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  • February 20, 2025

    Trump Admin Says CFPB Defunding Suit Guesses At Harms

    The Trump administration on Thursday pushed back on a lawsuit alleging it seeks to "defund" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that concerns about access to a consumer complaint database and other information are "baseless speculation" about the agency's future financial decisions that don't justify an injunction.

  • February 20, 2025

    Boston, Other Cities And MassBio Back Challenge To NIH Cuts

    The city of Boston and 44 other cities, counties and elected officials around the country and, separately, the life sciences industry group Massachusetts Biotechnology Council asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday to extend a temporary restraining order blocking steep cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement for research projects.

  • February 20, 2025

    Another Ex-Allianz Exec Gets No Time For $7B Investor Fraud

    A former managing director for Allianz SE's U.S. unit on Thursday avoided a term of imprisonment for his role in a ploy to con investors about the riskiness of a group of private funds that lost over $7 billion when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

  • February 20, 2025

    Feds Say DC Judge Can't Bar 'Hypothetical' Spending Freezes

    A Justice Department attorney argued before a D.C. federal judge Thursday that there is no basis to continue blocking the Trump administration from implementing a blanket suspension on federal spending, saying the court cannot bar "hypothetical" future freezes.

  • February 20, 2025

    Textbook Authors Seek Final OK Of $20M Royalties Deal

    A class of authors asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to give his final blessing to a $20 million settlement resolving their claims that an educational content company broke its publishing agreement by underpaying promised royalties, calling the deal "an excellent result under any metric."

  • February 20, 2025

    Intel, Israeli Ex-Exec End Bias Suit Over Pro-Hamas Sentiment

    Intel Corp. and an Israeli former executive have agreed to shutter his suit claiming the tech giant fired him following complaints that his boss appeared to support Hamas after the militant group's October 2023 attack took place in Israel, according to a Thursday New York federal court filing.

  • February 20, 2025

    Ex-Eletson Owners Given Reprieve On Ch. 11 Sanction Bid

    The former owners and managers of Greek shipping group Eletson Holdings Inc. have until Monday to comply with the orders of a New York bankruptcy judge concerning the change in ownership of the business under a court-approved Chapter 11 plan, or they will face daily monetary sanctions.

  • February 20, 2025

    The Intercept's IP Claim Against OpenAI Holds Up, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge said Thursday that the only plausible allegation in The Intercept's lawsuit accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of removing copyright information from works used to train ChatGPT is over "regurgitations" of articles produced in the OpenAI-owned chatbot's outputs.

  • February 20, 2025

    Lottery.com Exec Indicted Over Allegedly Bogus SPAC Filings

    New York federal prosecutors unveiled criminal charges Thursday against Trident Acquisitions Corp.'s former CEO, accusing the executive of duping investors about the profitability of a 2021 take-public deal involving Lottery.com Inc. before cashing out and lying under oath while privately telling alleged co-conspirators he's in "deep, deep, deep, deep water."

  • February 20, 2025

    NY AG Sues 13 Vape Cos. Over Flavored Products

    The New York attorney general on Thursday sued 13 electronic cigarette makers and sellers in federal court, alleging that they are illegally selling flavored vapes in violation of both state and federal law, contributing to the youth vaping epidemic.

  • February 20, 2025

    JPMorgan Has 'Buyer's Remorse' Over $175M Buy, Javice Says

    Frank founder Charlie Javice believed in her student loan company, her lawyer told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday, pushing back against charges that the executive tricked JPMorgan Chase into a $175 million acquisition by claiming the case is about "buyer's remorse."

  • February 20, 2025

    2nd Circ. Agrees Parts Of NY Ag Labor Law Can Stand

    Portions of a New York agricultural labor law related to a card-check process for unionization and impasse arbitration can stand, the Second Circuit ruled, upholding a lower court's partial denial of an injunction bid from a farming group based on due process and other constitutional claims.

  • February 20, 2025

    NY Expands Local Power To Give Storm Damage Tax Breaks

    New York state expanded municipalities' authority to provide property tax breaks to owners of property damaged by severe storms and other natural disasters by allowing that relief to be granted for small business' property as part of a bill signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

  • February 20, 2025

    No Deal In Sight For DOJ's Case Against Amex GBT Merger

    The Justice Department and American Express Global Business Travel appear unlikely to settle a government challenge to the planned $570 million purchase of CWT, according to a New York federal court filing that came just a day after the transaction got a boost from U.K. authorities.

  • February 20, 2025

    Spirit Airlines' Bankruptcy Plan Approved With Opt-Outs Intact

    A New York bankruptcy judge said Thursday he will greenlight budget air carrier Spirit Airlines' Chapter 11 plan to hand control of the business to creditors and approve third-party releases that prompted objections from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and others, setting up Spirit to exit bankruptcy and wipe out almost $800 million of debt.

  • February 20, 2025

    Boies Schiller Hires Ex-Dechert International Arbitrator In NY

    Boies Schiller Flexner LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a former Dechert LLP associate for its international arbitration practice, the second addition to the group so far this year.

  • February 20, 2025

    Sen. Warren Wants DOJ To Probe Disney-FuboTV Deal

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to "closely scrutinize" Disney's acquisition of a majority stake in the live television streamer Fubo, saying the deal raises serious antitrust concerns and could allow Disney to inflate prices.

  • February 20, 2025

    2nd Circ. Backs Ex-NBA Ref's $2.9M Win In Vax Pension Row

    The Second Circuit on Thursday backed a trial court's ruling that the NBA owed a referee $2.9 million in pension benefits after he was fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, ruling the plan requires payment even if he could be reinstated.

  • February 20, 2025

    Forensic Firm Can't Take Control Of Giuliani Assets

    A New York federal judge has denied a request by the forensic firm hired to probe Rudy Giuliani's assets to intervene in a lawsuit launched by two former Georgia poll workers who won a $148 million defamation award against him, preserving a settlement that the election workers and Giuliani reached last month. 

  • February 20, 2025

    Ex-Opioid CEO's Billing Spat With Trial Atty Lands In Court

    A Manhattan federal judge teed up a briefing schedule Thursday after a fight over expenses erupted between convicted former opioid CEO Laurence Doud and the lawyer who represented him at his criminal trial, who says Doud still owes $150,000.

  • February 20, 2025

    KKR Clinches Fuji Soft Majority Stake Ahead Of Take-Private

    KKR said Thursday it has secured a majority stake in Fuji Soft by completing the second stage of a tender offer after prevailing over rival bidder Bain Capital, as it readies to privatize and take full control of the Japanese company through a so-called squeeze-out of the remaining shares. 

  • February 19, 2025

    Ex-Perella Weinberg Partner Denies Plot To Split Firm

    A former Perella Weinberg partner on Wednesday testified that he had no plans to break off and start his own restructuring advisory shop before the investment banking firm fired him for purportedly violating his nonsolicitation provisions of his partnership agreements.

  • February 19, 2025

    Trump Wants Birthright Citizenship EO Enacted Amid Appeal

    The Trump administration on Wednesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to set aside his preliminary injunction blocking the president's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, arguing that the federal government should be permitted to implement it while the First Circuit considers its appeal.

  • February 19, 2025

    News Site Ditches Suit Over Sharing Of Visitors' IP Addresses

    A New York federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing online business news site Insider Inc. of unlawfully disclosing website visitors' IP addresses to a third party, finding that the plaintiff had failed to establish the type of concrete injury necessary to sustain his claims under California law. 

  • February 19, 2025

    2nd Circ. Affirms 'Reverse Redlining' Verdict Against Lender

    A split Second Circuit panel Wednesday upheld a jury verdict finding Emigrant Mortgage Co. engaged in "reverse redlining" by targeting Black and Latino homeowners with predatory loans, affirming the claims began accruing when the plaintiffs learned they were the victims of discrimination and not when the loans were signed.

Expert Analysis

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    In Visa Case, DOJ Continues To Misapply The Sherman Act

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    The recent U.S. Department of Justice debit market monopolization case against Visa fuels concerns that a misguided Biden administration DOJ is inappropriately expanding its interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act beyond the demonstrable economic effects that business conduct has on consumers, says Shubha Ghosh at Syracuse University.

  • Series

    Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron. 

  • High Court 'Violent Crimes' Case Tangled Up In Hypotheticals

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    In Delligatti v. U.S., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on whether attempted murder constitutes a crime of violence, and because the court’s interpretive approach thus far has relied on hairsplitting legal hypotheticals with absurd results, Congress should repeal the underlying statute, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.

  • How Property Insurance Coverage Shrank After The Pandemic

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    Insurers litigating property claims are leveraging rulings that provided relief in the COVID-19 context to reverse the former majority rule on physical loss or damage in all contexts, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Considering Chevron's End Through A State Tax Lens

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    States took the lead in encouraging Chevron's demise, turning away from Chevron-type deference in state tax administration ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision, a trend likely to accelerate as courts take a more active role in interpreting tax laws, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • NYC Hotel Licensing Law's Costs May Outweigh Its Benefits

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    A hotel licensing bill recently approved by New York's City Council could lead to the loss of many nonunionized hotels that cannot afford to comply, says Stuart Saft at Holland & Knight.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • The 3rd-Party Bankruptcy Release Landscape After Purdue

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    In its Purdue Pharma ruling prohibiting nonconsensual third-party releases, the U.S. Supreme Court did not comment on criteria to render a third-party release consensual, opening a debate in the bankruptcy courts on the permissibility of opt-out versus opt-in releases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Parsing SEC's Emerging Trend Of Section 204A Enforcement

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently settled with Sound Point Capital Management for violating Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act, adding to a slew of charges against investment advisers that allegedly failed to safeguard material nonpublic information, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • 2nd Circ. Hostile Workplace Ruling Widens Arbitration Pitfalls

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    The Second Circuit’s recent decision, affirming the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act applies to a worker whose workplace hostility claims arose before the law’s 2022 enactment, widens the scope of the law — and the risks of unenforceable arbitration agreements for employers, say attorneys at Hinshaw.

  • Comparing Antitrust Outlooks Amid Google Remedy Review

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    As the U.S. Justice Department mulls potential structural remedies after winning its recent case against Google, increased global scrutiny of Big Tech leaves ex post and ex ante antitrust approaches ripe for evaluation, say Nishant Chadha at the Indian School of Business and Manisha Goel at Pomona College.

  • Website Accessibility Ruling Leaves Circuit Split Unresolved

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    A New York federal court's recent decision in Mejia v. High Brew Coffee, holding that stand-alone websites are not "public accommodations" subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act, further complicates a long-running circuit split on this question — even as courts are burdened with thousands of similar lawsuits, say attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett.

  • 2nd Circ. Maxwell Ruling Adds To Confusion Over NPA Reach

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    The Second Circuit’s recent decision upholding Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction made an analytical leap in applying plea agreement precedent to a nonprosecution agreement, compounding a circuit split and providing lessons for defense counsel, say attorneys at Kropf Moseley.

  • Election Could Bring Change In Weather For Offshore Wind

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    Under another Trump administration, the offshore wind sector would encounter substantial headwinds, as Trump's policy track record emphasizes fossil fuel dominance and environmental rollbacks, while a Harris victory would likely further entrench the pro-renewable energy stance taken by the Biden administration, say attorneys at Jones Walker.

  • Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being

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    As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.

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