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March 04, 2025
DC Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Removing MSPB Chair
President Donald Trump illegally attempted to fire the Merit Systems Protection Board chair without cause, a D.C. federal judge ruled Tuesday, repudiating the administration's arguments that removal protections for board members violate the U.S. Constitution.
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March 04, 2025
Alcon, Lens.com Settle 7-Year Trademark Fight In NY
Alcon and Lens.com informed a New York federal judge Tuesday that they've agreed to resolve their long-running trademark dispute over claims that Lens.com was reselling some of Alcon's products without authorization.
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March 04, 2025
Target Can't Pause Warehouse Workers' Wage Suit
Target warehouse workers' class action claiming they performed unpaid work-related duties before and after their shifts will not wait for the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with standing for certified classes, a New Jersey federal judge ruled.
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March 04, 2025
Chancery Finds Recent Precedent Backs Tesla's Texas Jump
Elon Musk and Tesla on Monday beat a challenge in Delaware's Court of Chancery to the company's charter move to Texas, with fewer than two-thirds of shareholders approving, as the court invoked an opinion issued in November when a vice chancellor opened the door to The Trade Desk's exit to Nevada.
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March 04, 2025
CFPB Will Continue Litigating Debt Relief Co. Suit With NYAG
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a New York federal judge it will continue appearing with a multistate coalition of attorneys general in a suit accusing financial services firm StratFS of running an illegal debt-relief enterprise, marking a change for the bureau that has been voluntarily dismissing cases.
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March 04, 2025
Reynolds Wrap Maker Must Face 'Made In The USA' Case
A New York federal judge declined to dismiss a proposed class action accusing the maker of Reynolds Wrap of misleading consumers with its "Made in U.S.A" label, saying the plaintiff properly alleged the statement led her to pay a premium price for the product.
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March 04, 2025
Poultry Co. Hits Animal Rights Activists With Chancery Suit
Poultry producer Mountaire Farms Inc. has sued for an injunction and damages against two alleged animal rights activists in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing both of sneaking onto a processing plant with a ladder, tools and a camera, and then fleeing when spotted near a chlorine tank.
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March 04, 2025
After 'Historic Low' In 2023, Number Of ITC Cases Soar In 2024
The U.S. International Trade Commission saw a significant uptick in disputes last year, according to a Tuesday report by a firm that represents expert witnesses used in litigation.
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March 04, 2025
Ga. PFAS Liability Bill Faces Debate Ahead Of Key Deadline
A Georgia bill to reduce corporate liability for PFAS contamination on Tuesday received strong industry backing and intense pushback from North Georgia residents and communities who warned state lawmakers against handing "a get-out-of-jail-free card" to carpet manufacturers accused of polluting waterways.
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March 04, 2025
Taft Eyes Florida Debut With Litigation Boutique Tie-Up
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Tuesday it plans to make its first foray into the Florida market this summer through a merger with litigation boutique Mrachek Law, which is based in West Palm Beach and Stuart.
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March 04, 2025
Career DOJ Atty, Civil Division Chief Of Staff Joins Jenner
Jenner & Block LLP has hired the former chief of staff of the Justice Department's Civil Division, who is joining the firm after spending her entire career in public service, the firm announced Tuesday.
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March 04, 2025
Colo. Biotech, Founders Owe SEC $14.3M Over Fraud Claims
A Colorado federal judge has ordered a biotech startup and two of its founders to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission roughly $14.3 million and barred them from serving as officers and directors of public companies after finding that they fraudulently raised over $10 million by overstating their own investments in the company.
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March 04, 2025
IRS Crypto Summons Broke Privacy Law, 5th Circ. Told
The IRS failed to comply with privacy law in seeking a cryptocurrency executive's third-party bank records, the executive told the Fifth Circuit, saying the agency never notified his attorney even though it was aware he was represented by counsel.
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March 04, 2025
Justices Doubt Mexico Can Pin Cartel Deaths On US Gun Cos.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared highly skeptical of a suit by the Mexican government that seeks to hold Smith & Wesson and other American gunmakers liable for cartel violence, with justices from both sides of the ideological spectrum suggesting that the claims are too speculative.
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March 04, 2025
CFPB Drops Zelle Fraud Prevention Suit Against Big Banks
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday abandoned its lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and other major banks over digital payment fraud on Zelle, the latest Biden-era enforcement action to be dropped by the agency's Trump-appointed interim leadership.
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March 04, 2025
Pretium Clinches $500M Inaugural Legal Opportunities Fund
New York-headquartered investment firm Pretium, advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Tuesday revealed that it closed its inaugural Legal Opportunities Fund after securing roughly $500 million from investors.
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March 04, 2025
New US Atty Wants 6-Month Pause Of Cognizant Bribery Trial
A federal judge has ordered the parties in a long-running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case to file their positions Wednesday about how a 180-day adjournment would affect the Speedy Trial Act clock after a newly anointed U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey asked to delay the trial of two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives.
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March 04, 2025
High Court Says EPA Went Too Far With SF Water Permit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with San Francisco in its attempt to escape the terms of a federal sewer and wastewater system permit that the city challenged as too vague and difficult to comply with.
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March 03, 2025
ByteDance, TikTok Get Editing App Privacy Suit Trimmed
An Illinois federal judge trimmed Monday a proposed class action alleging TikTok owner ByteDance secretly collects and profits from biometric data gathered from users of its CapCut video-editing tool, dismissing for good a Video Privacy Protection Act claim, while keeping alive other privacy allegations and tossing a few with leave to amend.
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March 03, 2025
Aspiration Founder Arrested For Alleged $145M Fraud Scheme
Joseph Sanberg, co-founder of the celebrity-backed and sustainability-focused financial services company Aspiration Partners Inc., was arrested Monday over federal criminal allegations he schemed to defraud investor funds out of at least $145 million, federal prosecutors in California announced.
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March 03, 2025
ITG Owes Reynolds Tobacco $251M For Settlement Payments
ITG Brands LLC owes R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. roughly $251 million for payments R.J. Reynolds made to the state of Florida under a settlement reached before ITG acquired cigarette brands from it, according to an order issued by a Delaware vice chancellor Monday.
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March 03, 2025
9th Circ. Rejects Redo Of Antitrust Case Against Zillow, NAR
The Ninth Circuit on Monday said it would not revive a defunct brokerage platform's case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of deception related to the online real estate company's website, saying there was no conspiracy in the way changes were made to how listings were displayed.
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March 03, 2025
Staffing Company Says Data Co. Dynata Stiffed It On $8M Bill
Connecticut-based market research company Dynata LLC stiffed a staffing company to the tune of $8 million after the staffing company refused to foot the bill for a wage and hour class action against Dynata, a Dallas jury heard Monday.
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March 03, 2025
Curaleaf Says Ex-VP Can't Be Kicked From C-Suite She Wasn't In
Curaleaf Holdings Inc. has pushed back on a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former executive who claims she was forced out of the company, arguing not only did it not retaliate against her by ejecting her from the C-Suite but that she was never actually a part of it.
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March 03, 2025
Nike Says Lululemon Owes $2.8M As Shoe Patent Trial Begins
Nike opened a $2.8 million trial on Monday by telling a New York federal jury that athletic apparel maker Lululemon was only able to enter the shoe market by infringing Nike footwear manufacturing patents, while Lululemon suggested Nike's suit is aimed at hindering a key rival.
Expert Analysis
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Private-Bidding Compliance Lessons From Siemens Plea Deal
Siemens Energy’s recent wire fraud conspiracy guilty plea shows that U.S. prosecutors are willing and able to police the private, domestic bidding market to protect the integrity of the competitive marketplace, and companies will need a robust compliance program to mitigate these risks, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.
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Kansas Bank's Suit Could Upend FDIC Enforcement Authority
Should CBW Bank's federal lawsuit in Kansas challenging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s enforcement authority gain traction with a post-Chevron U.S. Supreme Court, it could have profound implications for the FDIC and the banking industry at large, says Jack Harrington at Bradley Arant.
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Royal Canin Ruling Won't Transform Removal Jurisdiction
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Royal Canin USA v. Wullschleger means that federal district courts must now remand whenever an amended complaint excises grounds for federal jurisdiction — but given existing litigation strategy and case law trends, this may ultimately preserve, rather than alter, the status quo, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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End-Of-Year FCPA Enforcement Surge Holds Clues For 2025
The last three months of 2024 saw more Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement actions than any quarter in the previous four years, providing lessons for companies — even as a new administration raises doubts about whether this momentum will continue, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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What's Next For Accounting Enforcement After SEC's Big 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration will likely continue to focus enforcement efforts on many of the same accounting and auditing issues that it pursued over the past year — but other areas, such as ESG, internal controls and cryptocurrency cases, may fall out of focus, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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PE Strategies To Manage Adjacent Portfolio Firm Conflicts
A variety of tools can mitigate potential risk for a private equity director sitting on the board of directors of multiple companies, including the disclosure of potential conflicts in fundraising documents to help mitigate risk under the securities laws, says Michael Kendall at Goodwin.
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UPS Penalty Demonstrates Goodwill Impairment Red Flags
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent $45 million penalty against UPS for withholding reports of goodwill impairment should warn investors to watch for the telltale signs of companies inflating their worth by delaying tests that would reveal similar declines in the value of intangible assets, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny
A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.
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How Fintechs Can Respond To New CFPB Supervisory Rule
Even though a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule pulling large payment apps into supervision faces an uncertain fate in the new administration, providers should still examine the rule's definitions and prepare for increased compliance costs and more consumer-friendly practices, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Courts Must Stick To The Science On Digital Addiction Claims
A number of pending personal injury and product liability lawsuits allege that plaintiffs have developed behavioral addictions to the use of social media and video games — but this is not yet recognized by relevant authorities as an addiction, so courts must carefully scrutinize such claims, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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For Accounting Integrity, Start With The Rank-And-File
Macy's acknowledgment of an employee's accounting mistake underscores a valuable lesson for company leaders in fostering compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by cultivating a culture committed to strong accounting integrity and robust oversight, say Keerthika Subramanian and Jon Mantis at Winston & Strawn.
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Chancery May Have Raised Bar For Books, Records Requests
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently approved the denial of a books and records demand against Amazon, raising important questions about what evidence and purpose a stockholder is required to show to succeed on such a request, say attorneys at Selendy Gay.