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February 25, 2025
Tampa Bay Rays To Return $200K In Alleged Ponzi Proceeds
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement in which the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to relinquish $200,000 the baseball team received for marketing services as part of an alleged Ponzi scheme.
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February 25, 2025
PCAOB Fines PwC Israel $2.75M For Training Exam Cheating
An Israeli accounting firm affiliated with PricewaterhouseCoopers on Tuesday agreed to pay the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board $2.75 million to settle allegations that hundreds of personnel cheated on mandatory internal training courses.
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February 25, 2025
Nelson Mullins Brings On Corporate Ace From Fla. Boutique
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced Tuesday that it has deepened its real estate and corporate capabilities with a new partner in its Boca Raton, Florida, office from Kapp Morrison LLP.
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February 25, 2025
Masimo Aims To DQ Hueston Hennigan As Ex-CEO's Counsel
Masimo Corp. is urging the Delaware Chancery Court to disqualify Hueston Hennigan LLP from representing its founder and former CEO in a lawsuit over his quest for a $450 million payout from the medical technology company, arguing the firm has a conflict of interest.
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February 25, 2025
Ex-Allianz Exec Avoids Prison As Massive Fraud Case Wraps
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday allowed a former fund executive from New Jersey to avoid prison for lying to clients of Allianz's U.S. unit, citing his cooperation as the government investigated a fraud that cost the German finance giant $6 billion.
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February 25, 2025
IBM Gets UK Green Light On $6.4B HashiCorp Buy
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said Tuesday it has cleared IBM's planned $6.4 billion acquisition of HashiCorp Inc., but a review by U.S. authorities remains open after IBM's original anticipated close date for the transaction came and went.
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February 24, 2025
Apple Exec Had Doubts Over New App Store Fee Compliance
Apple fellow Phil Schiller testified Monday during a high-stakes compliance evidentiary hearing that he had initially been concerned that Apple's decision to implement a new 27% commission on purchases made outside Apple's App Store wouldn't comply with the court's 2021 anti-steering injunction in its yearslong antitrust fight with Epic Games.
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February 24, 2025
Insurer Won't Have To Cover Sports CEO's Child Sex Suits
An insurance company doesn't have to defend the former leader of a sports equipment company against allegations of sexual assault against minors, a Washington federal court said Monday, making final an earlier ruling that said the policies offered no conceivable coverage.
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February 24, 2025
Lloyd's Says Cadwalader's Suit Claims Nonexistent Tort
A Lloyd's of London syndicate has urged a North Carolina judge to toss part of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's coverage lawsuit stemming from a data breach, saying there's no tort remedy for the allegation that the insurer exposed the firm's confidential information in a court filing.
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February 24, 2025
Unions, Groups Say Fed. Employees '5 Things' Email Illegal
A group of unions challenging the federal layoff order said the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's controversial request for federal employees to include in a weekly email five things they accomplished flouts federal law, amending their lawsuit in California federal court.
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February 24, 2025
Biotech Minority Investor Sues In Del. To Block Control Moves
A company control and takeover battle between Aurion Biotech Inc. and a large investor made its second landing in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday, in a minority stockholder's direct and derivative suit accusing Alcon Research Inc. and its board designates of multiple fiduciary breaches.
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February 24, 2025
Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case
A U.S. investor who was among those accused by Denmark's tax agency of participating in a $2.1 billion tax fraud scheme related to fraudulently claiming refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends has reached a settlement, according to New York federal court documents filed Monday.
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February 24, 2025
Charter Communications Keeps Trade Secrets Suit In Conn.
A Charter Communications Inc. trade secrets lawsuit against a former Colorado-based vice president will remain in Connecticut, a federal judge ruled from the bench on Monday, greenlighting the company's request for a preliminary injunction in its home state.
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February 24, 2025
Ousted MSPB Chair Defends Humphrey's In Injunction Bid
The Merit Systems Protection Board chair fired by President Donald Trump demanded an injunction to prevent her removal by administration officials, telling a D.C. federal judge that siding with the president's position on the U.S. Supreme Court's Humphrey's Executor ruling would "upend constitutional law."
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February 24, 2025
Mich. Sales Co., Auto Parts Maker Settle $6M Commission Suit
A Michigan-based auto sales company has reached a settlement with an Italian auto parts maker the company alleges owes $6 million in commissions for building the foreign business' relationship with General Motors.
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February 24, 2025
Investors Don't Have 'Shred' Of Fraud Evidence, Exxon Says
Exxon Mobil Corp. has told a Texas federal judge that an investor class doesn't have a "shred of evidence" that the company engaged in the stock inflation scheme the investors allege.
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February 24, 2025
Micron Faces Insider Trading Suit In New Court
A suit accusing Micron Technology Inc.'s brass of selling $70 million worth of stock just before the release of disappointing financial results has been refiled in an Idaho federal court, after an earlier iteration of the suit in a Florida federal court was voluntarily dismissed.
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February 24, 2025
DoorDash To Pay $16.8M To End NY AG's Stolen Tip Claims
DoorDash has agreed to shell out $16.75 million following an investigation that found it cheated about 63,000 food delivery workers out of their full tips in order to subsidize their pay, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday.
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February 24, 2025
Trump Media Seeks Shareholder Approval To Leave Delaware
The owner of Donald Trump's social media platform plans to hold a shareholder vote in April asking investors whether it should move its legal address to Florida, potentially joining a growing number of companies reincorporating outside of Delaware.
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February 24, 2025
Moves To Change Del. Corporate Law Spark Pushback
A public opposition campaign complete with website and street signs has surfaced to oppose corporation and bar-backed legislation that would overhaul Delaware stockholder litigation rights and fee awards, intensifying an already unprecedented political fight that broke out last year over corporate governance concessions.
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February 24, 2025
NLRB Stops Defending Job Protections For Members, Judges
National Labor Relations Board prosecutors will no longer defend board members and judges against claims that their job protections are unconstitutional, the prosecutors told a Missouri federal judge, switching positions after the acting solicitor general stated that administrative law judges' job protections violate the U.S. Constitution.
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February 24, 2025
Atty Faces $190K Demand After Losing Malicious Litigation Trial
A trio of Blank Rome LLP attorneys and an aviation company told a Pennsylvania federal court on Friday they are owed combined costs of nearly $200,000 from an attorney who lost a malicious litigation jury trial against them in December.
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February 24, 2025
Ex-Sheppard Mullin Media Atty Joins O'Melveny In Calif.
An entertainment attorney with expertise representing stakeholders on all sides of deal negotiations has moved his practice recently to O'Melveny & Myers LLP's office in the Los Angeles area after more than six years with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.
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February 24, 2025
SEC Corporate Finance Leader Joins Gibson Dunn in DC
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired an attorney who has spent the majority of her professional career working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in several positions, the firm announced Monday.
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February 24, 2025
Skadden, Ropes & Gray Advising On 23andMe Buyout Bid
The CEO of 23andMe has teamed up with private equity firm New Mountain Capital on an offer to purchase and take the genetic testing company private at an equity value of approximately $74.7 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Expert Analysis
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Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
While the last quarter of 2024 didn't bring any notable state financial legislation, Illinois banks did see developments in the challenge to the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, and received some awaited guidance on credit line disclosures and bank-fintech relationships, say attorneys at Dykema.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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How Trump 2.0 May Change Business In Latin America
Companies in Latin America should expect to face more trade restrictions, tighter economic sanctions and enhanced corruption risks, as the incoming administration shifts focus to certain non-U.S. actors, most notably China, says Matteson Ellis at Miller & Chevalier.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability
In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Takeaways From DOJ, FTC End To Collaboration Guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission's and U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision to withdraw the guidelines for collaborations among competitors may reflect a desire for clearer parameters by emphasizing case law on specific ventures, but it also carries the potential to chill some future collaboration, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.
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Religious Accommodation Lessons From $12.7M Vax Verdict
A Michigan federal jury’s recent $12.7 million verdict against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan starkly reminds employers of the risks they face when assessing employees’ religious accommodation requests, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and raising the opportunity to consider best practices to follow, say attorneys at Williams & Connolly.
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A Look At PCAOB's Record-Breaking Enforcement In 2024
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in 2024 brought more enforcement actions against auditors and imposed increasingly higher monetary penalties, showing that it was not afraid to exercise its power to fine and reprimand firms, a trend that will likely continue in 2025, say attorneys at Briglia Hundley.
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Complying With Seasonal Product Labeling Requirements
Though the holiday season is in the rearview, many seasonal alcohol products remain in the market, and producers should ensure that their labels comply with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's additional requirements for such products, say attorneys at McDermott.
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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
In 2024's final quarter, the New York State Department of Financial Services published guidance on mitigating the rising cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence and remote technology workers with North Korean ties, and the state attorney general launched an antitrust investigation into Capital One's proposed Discover merger, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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Opinion
Aviation Watch: How Court Nixed Boeing Plea Deal Over DEI
A Texas federal court's rejection of the plea agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Boeing over the 737 Max aircraft gratuitously injected the court's views on diversity, equity and inclusion into a case that shouldn't have been a criminal matter in the first place, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.
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How To Manage During A Trade Dispute With USMCA Partners
Companies can try to minimize the potential impacts of future tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, and uncertainty about future trade relations, by evaluating supply chains, considering how they may be modified, and engaging with the new administration over exemptions and the upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Reviewing The High Court's Approach To Free Speech Online
As the U.S. Supreme Court began addressing the interplay between the First Amendment and online social media platforms, its three opinions from last term show the justices adopting a nuanced approach that recognizes that private citizens, public employees and online platforms all have First Amendment rights, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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In The CFPB Playbook: A Sprint To The Finish Line
The fourth quarter of 2024 was an impressive demonstration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ability to regulate, enforce and supervise, even on borrowed time following the election results, and we should expect the current bureau to run nonstop until Jan. 20, say attorneys at Covington.