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August 20, 2024
Honigman Hires Highway Traffic Safety Agency Atty In DC
Honigman LLP announced that a former senior attorney with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has joined the firm as senior counsel in Washington, D.C.
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August 20, 2024
'Full Steam Ahead' For Pandemic IG Despite Sunset Fear
A pandemic watchdog office is poised to shutter in seven months — its pleas for an extension have gone unheeded. But in the meantime, its remaining employees, some working away in their nondescript Alexandria office, others from their homes, are hustling to recover millions of dollars from COVID-19 fraudsters.
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August 20, 2024
Mass. AG Can't Enforce Housing Act, State's Top Court Told
Massachusetts' attorney general lacks the authority to force compliance with a law requiring communities to create multifamily housing zoning districts because lawmakers have already included the loss of some types of state aid as a penalty, but no other enforcement powers, lawyers for the town of Milton have told the state's highest court.
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August 20, 2024
A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report
The legal industry continues to see incremental gains for female lawyers in private practice in the U.S., according to a Law360 Pulse analysis, with women now representing 40.6% of all attorneys and 51% of all associates.
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August 20, 2024
These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
The legal industry still has a long way to go before it can achieve gender parity at its upper levels. But these law firms are performing better than others in breaking the proverbial glass ceiling that prevents women from attaining leadership roles.
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August 20, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
A nearly record-breaking attorney fee got the nod in Delaware last week, along with Chancery Court settlements involving an international private jet service and a chain of trampoline parks. New disputes involved a famous burger restaurant chain, a computer-chip maker, a now-defunct genomic science company, and a historic manor house in west London.
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August 20, 2024
Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines Clear DOJ Review Of $1.9B Deal
Alaska Airlines said Monday that the deadline for the U.S. Department of Justice to complete the review of its planned $1.9 billion merger with Hawaiian Airlines has expired, paving the way for the closure of the deal after the DOJ's deadline had been extended several times.
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August 20, 2024
Broadcasters Fight Blockage Of Sports Streaming Megadeal
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have petitioned the Second Circuit to allow their "sports-first" broadcasting service Venu to move ahead while they face antitrust litigation from streamer Fubo, which blocked Venu's launch last week.
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August 20, 2024
Clifford Chance 'In Shock' Over Missing Partner
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it is "in shock and deeply saddened" that a partner is among six passengers missing from a yacht that was reportedly chartered to celebrate the legal victory of technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch.
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August 20, 2024
EU OKs CMS-Led Aareal Bank To Sell Unit To TPG For €3.9B
The European Union approved on Tuesday the sale for approximately €3.9 billion ($4.3 billion) by German lender Aareal Bank AG and investment company Advent International of a property management and maintenance software company to U.S. private equity firm TPG and Canada's CDPQ.
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August 19, 2024
TPG Dumped Opioid Co. On 'Unsuspecting' Endo, Suit Says
After pushing Par Pharmaceutical to grow its market share in generic opioids and disregard federal requirements to report suspicious orders, TPG Capital saw other opioid manufacturers being inundated with litigation and sold Par to "an unsuspecting" Endo International PLC, according to a lawsuit filed in New York bankruptcy court.
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August 19, 2024
Parents Not Bound By Schools' Arbitration Pact, FTC Argues
The Federal Trade Commission has stepped into a proposed class action accusing education technology company IXL Learning of unlawfully collecting and selling children's personal information, telling a California federal court that the company's agreement with schools to arbitrate disputes doesn't extend to the parents pressing the data privacy suit.
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August 19, 2024
Pilgrim's Pride Agrees To Pay $100M In Chicken Farmers' Suit
Pilgrim's Pride will pay $100 million to broiler chicken farmers to settle claims it conspired with other competitive chicken producers to suppress farmer compensation, according to the plaintiffs' preliminary approval bid filed Friday in Oklahoma federal court.
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August 19, 2024
Ariz. Sheriff Can't Ax Racial Profiling Injunction, 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit on Monday kept in place a permanent injunction in a class action alleging the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona racially profiled Latinos for traffic stops under the guise of immigration enforcement, saying the district court was within its powers to assign an independent monitor.
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August 19, 2024
Mike Lynch, Clifford Chance Pro Among Missing After Yacht Sinks
Former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch and a Clifford Chance LLP partner who helped him beat federal fraud charges back in June are among those missing after their chartered luxury yacht sank during a storm off Sicily early Monday during a trip reportedly to celebrate Lynch's legal victory.
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August 19, 2024
10 States Join DOJ's Antitrust Case Against Live Nation
The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that it has updated the government's case accusing Live Nation of violating antitrust law through its control over the live entertainment industry to add 10 new states and claims for damages.
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August 19, 2024
Kroger Flips Script, Challenges FTC's Constitutionality
Kroger went on the offensive Monday, a week before Oregon federal court proceedings kick off in the Federal Trade Commission's challenge to its purchase of Albertsons, in a lawsuit going after the constitutionality of the agency's in-house court, also set to contest the merger.
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August 19, 2024
Justices Urged To Refuse Rent-To-Own Co. Fee Suit
Two consumers suing a rent-to-own furniture store over fees that are allegedly barred under California law urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to review a Ninth Circuit decision nixing the company's arbitration bid, arguing that the case is too fact-specific to warrant the court's attention.
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August 19, 2024
FERC Can't OK Calif. Hydropower Permit Delays, DC Circ. Told
A Northern California water district has told the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrongly concluded that the state water board did not waive its Clean Water Act permitting authority with regard to two hydroelectric dam projects, adding that it is not blocked from arguing so.
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August 19, 2024
FCC Yanks Phone Co.'s Authorization After Getting No Answer
The Federal Communications Commission says a telecom is no longer allowed to operate in the United States after it failed to live up to the commitments it made to the federal government and then ghosted the agency when it tried to get in touch.
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August 19, 2024
BankRI Pans 'Overspending' Customer's Account Fees Suit
One of Rhode Island's largest banks asked a Providence federal judge on Monday to throw out a proposed class action over its consumer fee practices, saying the customer behind the suit is attempting to blame it for fallout from her own "unfortunate practice of overspending."
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August 19, 2024
Red States Seek To Block Interior Mining Violation Rule
A coalition of Republican-led states has asked a D.C. federal court to block the U.S. Department of the Interior from implementing a rule that strengthens requirements for states to respond to federal and citizen notifications of possible violations of federal mining law.
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August 19, 2024
Deutsche Bank Moved Money For ISIS, Victims' Families Say
Families of two journalists and an aid worker captured and killed by the Islamic State sued Deutsche Bank AG in New York federal court for allegedly facilitating the financing of the terrorist group, a case that comes on the 10th anniversary of the death of journalist James Foley.
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August 19, 2024
California Rips Challenge To Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
California officials have urged a federal judge to toss a lawsuit from trade groups challenging new regulations requiring large commercial truck and bus fleets to start transitioning to electric and be completely zero-emission by 2036 and beyond, saying the mandates haven't even been enforced yet.
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August 19, 2024
2nd Circ. Keeps Macquarie Suit Alive After High Court Remand
The Second Circuit on Monday once again greenlighted an investor lawsuit accusing Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. of hiding the expected impact of a high-sulfur fuel ban on its oil storage business, saying that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Macquarie's favor had little impact on the circuit court's earlier ruling that the case should move forward.
Expert Analysis
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The Regulatory Headwinds Facing Lab-Developed Tests
Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final rule regarding regulation of laboratory-developed tests outlines a four-year plan for ending enforcement discretion, and though this rule is currently being challenged in courts, manufacturers should heed compliance opportunities immediately as enforcement actions are already on the horizon, say attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis.
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3 High Court Rulings May Shape Health Org Litigation Tactics
Three separate decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court's most recent term — Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy — will likely strengthen healthcare organizations' ability to affirmatively sue executive agencies to challenge regulations governing operations and enforcement actions, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Why DOJ's Whistleblower Program May Have Limited Impact
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new whistleblower pilot program aims to incentivize individuals to report corporate misconduct, but the program's effectiveness may be undercut by its differences from other federal agencies’ whistleblower programs and its interplay with other DOJ policies, say attorneys at Milbank.
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CFPB's Earned Wage Access Rule Marks Regulatory Shift
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly issued interpretive rule on earned wage access products, classifying them as extensions of credit, marks a significant shift in their regulatory landscape and raises some important questions regarding potential fringe cases and legal challenges, say Erin Bryan and Courina Yulisa at Dorsey & Whitney.
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How Calif. Justices' Prop 22 Ruling Affects The Gig Industry
The California Supreme Court's recent upholding of Proposition 22 clarifies that Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other companies in the gig industry can legally classify their drivers as independent contractors, but it falls short of concluding some important regulatory battles in the state, says Mark Spring at CDF Labor.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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How Corner Post Affects Enviro Laws' Statutes Of Limitations
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve Board has helped to alter the fundamental underpinnings of administrative law — and its plaintiff-centric approach may have implications for some specific environmental laws' statutes of limitations, say Chris Leason and Liam Martin at Gallagher and Kennedy.
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How Gov't AI Protections May Affect Contractors' Data Rights
The U.S. Senate’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 2025, which includes provisions to maintain the government's data rights when contracting for artificial intelligence, should prompt contractors to examine how to protect their own rights when the current data rights framework is applied to AI, say Tyler Evans and Caitlin Conroy at Steptoe.
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Jarkesy May Thwart Consumer Agencies' Civil Penalty Power
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy not only implicates future SEC administrative adjudications, but those of other agencies that operate similarly — and may stymie regulators' efforts to levy civil monetary penalties in a range of consumer protection enforcement actions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement
As new state privacy laws take effect, businesses are facing an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations and risk of scrutiny by attorneys general, but companies can gain a competitive edge by building consumer trust and staying ahead of regulatory trends, say Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel at Cozen O’Connor.
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Lessons From Recent SEC Cyber Enforcement Actions
The recent guidance by the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance is helpful to any company facing a cybersecurity threat, but just as instructive are the warnings raised by the SEC's recent enforcement actions against SolarWinds, R.R. Donnelley and Intercontinental Exchange, say attorneys at O'Melveny.
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2nd Circ. Ruling Reaffirms Short-Swing Claims Have Standing
The Second Circuit's recent ruling in Packer v. Raging Capital reversing the dismissal of a shareholder's Section 16(b) derivative suit seeking to recover short-swing profits for lack of constitutional standing settles the uncertainty of the district court's decision, which could have undercut Congress' intent in crafting Section 16(b) in the first place, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Viral Layoffs: How Cos. Can Avoid Bad Social Media Exposure
A recent trend of employees using social media to document their experiences with layoffs and disciplinary actions in the workplace should prompt employers to take additional precautions to avoid former workers' negative viral reviews when deciding how, when and what to communicate to employees, say Scott McIntyre and Chrissy Kennedy at BakerHostetler.