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February 21, 2025
Luigi Mangione Says His Rights Are Being Violated In NY Case
An attorney for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, told a New York state court judge on Friday that his constitutional rights are being violated in the state case as federal prosecutors are "hanging the death penalty over" his head on related charges.
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February 21, 2025
NFL Alums Accused Of Misusing COVID Outreach Funding
The National Football League's largest alumni organization has been accused by a biotechnology company of trying to misuse Georgia taxpayer dollars intended for a COVID-19 vaccine education program before unlawfully breaking their contract last year.
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February 21, 2025
Va. Judge Won't Bar DOGE Access To Treasury, OPM Data
A Virginia federal judge on Friday rejected a data privacy watchdog's bid for a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing data systems housed in the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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February 21, 2025
FanDuel Demands Arbitration For Ex-Jaguars Employee Suit
The former NFL team administrator now imprisoned for embezzlement is bound by an arbitration clause in his FanDuel contract, the betting platform argued Friday in its motion to send a $250 million New York federal lawsuit to arbitration.
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February 21, 2025
B. Riley Founders, Board Sued In Del. Over Investment Losses
A B. Riley Financial Inc. stockholder has launched a derivative suit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for the company in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging director conflicts tied to investments in now-bankrupt holding company Franchise Group Inc., led by a longtime friend of a B. Riley co-founder.
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February 21, 2025
Lenovo CLO Announces Retirement, Successor Named
Consumer technology company Lenovo will be shaking up its leadership team with retirement plans for its chief legal officer and chief financial officer, announced Friday.
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February 21, 2025
Steel, Aluminum Tariffs May Throw Wrench Into Future Deals
President Donald Trump's targeted tariffs on steel and aluminum imports could assist in his goal of reshoring more production to the U.S., but the elimination of agreements he reached during his first term may undermine the ability to strike new trade agreements — while also spurring historic price hikes.
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February 21, 2025
Ga. Senate Passes Measure To Rein In 'Excessive Litigation'
The Georgia state Senate on Friday passed a bill intended to cut down on "excessive litigation" and its accompanying costs by imposing new limits on negligent security claims.
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February 21, 2025
Paul Hastings Seeks To End GenapSys Malpractice Action
Paul Hastings LLP has moved for summary judgment in a malpractice action from GenapSys Inc., saying the case is barred because the genomic sequencing company failed to disclose its possible claim until after confirmation of its bankruptcy plan.
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February 21, 2025
WilmerHale Corporate Ace Joins DLA Piper In California
DLA Piper has added a former WilmerHale attorney to strengthen its corporate practice, including bolstering its service to clients in the life sciences and healthcare industries.
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February 21, 2025
GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Experts say the new U.S. guidelines on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could open the door for American companies to pay business bribes overseas. And a new survey shows adoption of AI by lawyers has nearly doubled in the past year. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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February 21, 2025
Kroger Workers' $21M Pay System Outage Deal Gets First Nod
An Ohio federal judge preliminarily approved a $21 million deal between The Kroger Co. and a proposed class of around 47,000 workers who accused it of missing paychecks and making inaccurate deductions to their wages after it switched payroll systems.
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February 21, 2025
Ex-Cognizant Execs Balk At Wording Of Trial Date Draft Order
Attorneys for two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that they object to the government's wording of a proposed order for proceeding with their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial on March 3.
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February 21, 2025
Coinbase Says SEC Will Drop Suit Amid Crypto Policy Shift
Coinbase said Friday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has committed to dropping its enforcement action against the crypto exchange, a move that would see the regulator walk away from one of its flagship crypto suits amid a wider policy shift under the Trump administration.
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February 20, 2025
DOJ Says Job Protections For ALJs Are Unconstitutional
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it no longer backs long-standing job protections for administrative law judges, saying it has determined that the "multiple layers of removal restrictions" shielding ALJs are unconstitutional because they violate the separation of powers doctrine.
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February 20, 2025
DOJ Says It Will Drop Immigrant Bias Case Against SpaceX
The U.S. Department of Justice told a Texas federal judge Thursday that it plans to drop administrative proceedings alleging Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. refused to hire refugees and asylees.
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February 20, 2025
Landmark AI Legislation On Kids, Bias Introduced In Calif.
A California lawmaker Thursday unveiled first-of-its-kind legislation aimed at protecting children from safety and privacy risks associated with artificial intelligence as well as a revised version of a bill addressing bias by AI tools.
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February 20, 2025
Florida Hits Target With New Suit Over Pride Month Merch
The state of Florida's investment management body Thursday became the latest to sue Target Corp. over its Pride-themed merchandise, saying the retail giant "betrayed" investors with its "exceptionally offensive" LGBTQ marketing campaign and product lines.
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February 20, 2025
Ex-Rio Tinto CFO Must Keep Fighting SEC Fraud Case
A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to throw out the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit accusing Rio Tinto PLC's former chief financial officer of violating accounting and auditing rules, ruling that certain claims should be decided by a jury.
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February 20, 2025
New SEC Enforcement Unit Shows Drift From Crypto Focus
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission continued its efforts to shift its approach to digital asset enforcement under the Trump administration when it announced Thursday that it replaced the unit responsible for many of its controversial crypto registration suits with a new fraud-focused iteration that will take a broader focus on "cyber and emerging technologies."
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February 20, 2025
Ex-ITC Commissioner Talks IP Before Heading To WilmerHale
Former U.S. International Trade Commissioner Rhonda Schmidtlein stepped down this month after more than a decade at the agency, and on Thursday talked to Law360 about how she went from a small town in Missouri to one of the nation's top trade positions, along with what she wished practitioners in intellectual property disputes would do.
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February 20, 2025
What The ITC's Multiple Vacancies Mean For The Agency
Three of the six commissioner seats on the U.S. International Trade Commission are now vacant, which experts say may not disrupt the quasi-judicial agency's work on disputes involving duties and intellectual property, but is at odds with how it was designed to operate.
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February 20, 2025
Warby Parker Hit With $1.5M Fine After HHS Breach Probe
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it has imposed a $1.5 million fine on Warby Parker Inc. following a cyberattack on the eyewear manufacturer's website that exposed the protected health information of nearly 200,000 customers.
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February 20, 2025
Ex-SEC Lawyer Fights Gov't Bid To Ax Bias Claim Evidence
A former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer suing the agency for discrimination is fighting its request to have evidence of dismissed claims excluded from the upcoming trial, arguing the government's recent filing is an attempt to stymie her counsel in advance of the March trial.
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February 20, 2025
Amid Shake-Ups, USPTO Gets New Acting Deputy Director
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a new acting deputy director, with former chief adviser Will Covey taking over the role at a tumultuous time for the agency and federal government at large.
Expert Analysis
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Corporate Liability Issues To Watch In High Court TM Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a trademark dispute between Dewberry Group and Dewberry Engineers next week, presenting an opportunity for the court to drastically alter the fundamental approach to piercing the corporate veil, or adopt a more limited approach and preserve existing norms, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Rethinking Clawback Policies For 2025 Compensation Season
The start of a new year presents an opportunity for companies to reassess their executive compensation clawback policies, and while mandatory Dodd-Frank clawbacks are necessary, discretionary policies can offer companies greater flexibility to address misconduct, protect their reputations and align with shareholder priorities, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Antitrust in Retail: Handbag Ruling Won't Go Out Of Fashion
Although a New York federal court’s recent decision to enjoin a proposed $8.5 billion merger between the owners of Michael Kors and Coach applied noncontroversial antitrust interpretations, several notable aspects of the opinion stand out as likely candidates for further discussion in future merger litigation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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SEC Prioritized Enforcement Sweeps As Cases Slowed In '24
Following three consecutive years of increasing activity, fiscal year 2024 marked the lowest number of cases the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought since Gary Gensler assumed office in April 2021, buttressed by some familiar enforcement sweeps, say attorneys at Covington.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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2 Cases Show DAOs May Face Increasing Legal Scrutiny
Two ongoing cases that recently survived motions to dismiss in California federal courts concerning Compound DAO and Lido DAO threaten to expand the potential liability for activity attributed to decentralized autonomous organizations — and to indirectly create liability for their participants, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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The Fed. Circ. In October: Anti-Suit Injunctions And SEPs
The Federal Circuit's holding in Ericsson v. Lenovo, a complex global case involving standard-essential patents, will likely have broad consequences for practitioners, including by making it easier to obtain an anti-suit injunction, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.
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Pa. Ruling Highlights Challenges Of Employer Arb. Appeals
A Pennsylvania federal court's recent ruling in Welch Foods v. General Teamsters Local Union No. 397 demonstrates the inherent difficulties employers face when seeking relief from labor arbitration decisions through appeals in court — and underscores how employers are faced with often conflicting legal priorities, says Daniel Johns at Cozen O'Connor.
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How Boards And Officers Should Prep For New Trump Admin
In anticipation of President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs and mass deportation campaign, company officers and board members should pursue proactive, comprehensive contingency planning to not only advance the best interests of the companies they serve, but to also properly exercise their fiduciary duty of care, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.
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California Supreme Court's Year In Review
Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's last term, including voter initiatives, hostile work environment and the economic loss rule.
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3 Changes Community Banks Should Expect Under Trump
A second Trump administration promises a sea change for regional and community banks, including shifts in the regulatory environment, Community Reinvestment Act rules and the M&A landscape, say attorneys at Manatt.
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Navigating 4th Circ.'s Antitrust Burden In Hybrid Relationships
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review the Fourth Circuit's Brewbaker decision, a holding that heightens the burden on antitrust prosecutors when the target companies have a hybrid horizontal-vertical relationship, but diverges from other circuits, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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The Challenges Of Abandoned Retirement Plans In Ch. 7
The Department of Labor's rule for unwinding retirement accounts when plan sponsors file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy was intended to alleviate trustees' administration issues, but practical challenges, like unresolved fee and identification matters, could hinder its implementation, say David Goodrich at Golden Goodrich and Nancy Simons at Stretto.
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How CFIUS' Updated Framework Affects Global Investors
The recent change to the monitoring and enforcement regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will broaden administrative practices around nonnotified transaction investigations, increase the scope of information demands from the committee and accelerate its ability to impose mitigation on parties, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.