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December 16, 2024
Ex-Top Aide To NYC Mayor Denies Guilt As Indictment Looms
A former top adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams professed innocence Monday as she braced for state criminal charges related to allegedly improper gifts.
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December 16, 2024
Freshfields IA Pro Goes Solo With NY Practice
A nearly decade-long Freshfields attorney in New York and Madrid has launched a solo practice offering independent counsel and arbitrator services, harnessing her experience working on more than 25 commercial and investment disputes.
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December 16, 2024
Troutman Adds Real Estate Finance Partner Ahead Of Merger
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP announced Monday that it has hired a real estate attorney from Goulston & Storrs PC as a finance and restructuring partner in New York.
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December 16, 2024
Gibson Dunn Guides Vera Wang In Sale Of IP To WHP Global
New York-based brand management firm WHP Global, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Pryor Cashman LLP, on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy all the intellectual property of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised luxury designer brand Vera Wang.
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December 16, 2024
Justices Won't Review NY Cap On Broadband Rates
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't review a split Second Circuit ruling upholding New York's $15 cap on the amount broadband companies can charge low-income households for high-speed internet service plans.
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December 14, 2024
ABC News Agrees To Pay $16M To End Trump Defamation Suit
ABC News has agreed to pay $16 million to end Donald Trump's defamation suit over George Stephanopoulos' on-air description of rulings in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll in her sexual abuse and defamation suits against Trump, according to a settlement filed Saturday in Florida.
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December 13, 2024
Combs Gives Up Bail Fight Ahead Of Sex-Trafficking Trial
Embattled music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs abandoned his final avenue for pursuing bail amid racketeering and sex-trafficking charges Friday, agreeing to remain jailed through his scheduled May 2025 trial in New York federal court.
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December 13, 2024
Real Estate Recap: New Mapping, Terrorism, What We Learned
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a new state-by-state mapping tool for real estate practitioners, one BigLaw attorney's view of terrorism liability safeguards for commercial real estate, and takeaways from the multifamily and life sciences sectors in 2024.
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December 13, 2024
Canadian Gold Mining Co. Beats Investor Suit Over M&A Plans
A New York federal judge on Friday granted a Canadian gold mining company a summary judgment win in a securities lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about its corporate acquisition strategy, saying statements a California investor challenged didn't exclude the possibility of acquiring another company if the right opportunity arose.
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December 13, 2024
US Bank Fails To Beat RMBS Suit From Commerzbank
A New York federal judge has ruled that Commerzbank AG's suit against U.S. Bank may proceed, rejecting U.S. Bank's argument that presuit notification to certain residential mortgage-backed securities trust parties was unnecessary due to their alleged involvement in the misconduct.
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December 13, 2024
DC Judge Questions DOT On Rail Line 'Buy America' Waiver
A D.C. federal judge Friday scrutinized the Federal Railroad Administration's rolling stock grant for Brightline's high-speed rail line from the Los Angeles area to Las Vegas, questioning whether a waiver of "Buy America" mandates was justified for Siemens trainsets with competitor Alstom claiming some components could be made domestically.
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December 13, 2024
Insurer Argo Beats Investor Suit Over Reserve Estimate Risks
A New York federal judge has dismissed a proposed investor class action against Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. and its executives, finding that the insurance firm adequately disclosed the risks and uncertainties in its reserve estimations and that a 2017 review of underwriting guidelines did not contradict its reserve management statements.
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December 13, 2024
ITC To Review Design Patent Case Over Blue-Soled Shoes
The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate whether a New York-based company and a group of overseas entities are importing women's flats that infringe design patents belonging to the maker of Tieks shoes.
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December 13, 2024
Jury Sides With MetLife In Fired Exec's Pay Bias Suit
A New York federal judge closed a former MetLife executive's suit after a jury sided with the company on her claims that she was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars less than her male counterparts and passed over for a promotion due to her gender.
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December 13, 2024
NYC Hospital System Wants Out Of REIT's $50M Campus Suit
The New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and the New York City Economic Development Corp. asked a New York federal court Friday to dismiss a $50 million suit that accused them of being misleading when it came to the development of a floodwall that's supposed to be part of a commercial life sciences campus project.
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December 13, 2024
Texas AG Sues NY Doctor Over Telehealth Abortion Script
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor who founded the Abortion Coalition for Telemedicine in the Lone Star State Friday, accusing the physician of violating Texas state abortion laws by providing abortion-inducing prescription drugs to a Texas resident via telehealth.
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December 13, 2024
US Trustee Wants Spirit To Explain Counsel Bid For Ch. 11
The U.S. Trustee's Office is opposing Spirit Airlines' bid to hire Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as primary counsel in its Chapter 11 and Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP as its conflicts counsel, telling a New York bankruptcy court that the carrier needs to specify what potential conflicts of interest exist.
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December 13, 2024
Ex-Weil Restructuring Atty Returns As Co-Chair
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Friday the return of a longtime partner who departed the firm last year to lead the debtor-side restructuring practice in the U.S. for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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December 13, 2024
Menendez, 2 Co-Defendants Lose Bids For New Bribery Trial
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected bids by former Sen. Bob Menendez and two co-defendants for a new trial, ruling there is no manifest injustice after the ex-senator argued the government failed to offer any evidence of how he used his office's power to benefit any of the alleged bribe givers.
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December 13, 2024
Off The Bench: PE Buys In On NFL, WWE Abuse Suit Back On
In this week's Off The Bench, two teams usher in a new era for the NFL by bringing in private equity investors, a suit accusing the WWE and Vince McMahon of sexual abuse and trafficking picks back up while a federal investigation continues, and a private equity giant and NHL owner passes away.
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December 13, 2024
Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis Polk, Wachtell
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Google and TPG Rise Climate partner with Intersect Power, Gen Digital Inc. acquires MoneyLion Inc., Patient Square Capital acquires Patterson Companies Inc., and the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins sell minority ownership shares to private equity firms.
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December 13, 2024
Trump Rips DA's 'Dark Dream' To Legally Treat Him As Dead
Donald Trump's attorneys Friday slammed a proposal by the Manhattan district attorney to preserve the president-elect's hush money conviction by treating him like a defendant who dies after a verdict, pushing the judge to dismiss the case altogether.
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December 13, 2024
Kirkland, Wachtell Guiding Warner Bros.' Strategic Split
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz are guiding Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on a new plan to separate its cable TV businesses from its streaming and studio operations.
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December 13, 2024
4 Firms Rep On Rent-A-Center Owner's $460M Brigit Deal
Rent-A-Center owner Upbound Group Inc. has agreed to acquire financial technology company Brigit for up to $460 million, with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Mayer Brown LLP guiding Upbound and Cooley LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP representing Brigit.
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December 12, 2024
Diddy Hit With 3 New Sexual Assault Suits In NY
Three men Thursday filed new suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs, each claiming that the hip-hop mogul got them drunk, drugged them and raped them in recent years, according to complaints filed in New York County Supreme Court.
Expert Analysis
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Video Privacy Law Claims After 2nd Circ. NBA Ruling
The Second Circuit's recent ruling in Salazar v. National Basketball Association expanded the definition of what constitutes a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act, breathing new life into the law by making any newsletter subscriber to a platform that hosts video content a potential plaintiff, say attorneys at Clark Hill.
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Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime
In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S. attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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3 Policyholder Lessons From NY Bad Faith Ruling
A New York appellate court's recent decision finding that Rockefeller University alleged viable bad faith claims against its insurers reinforces the principle that insurers may not elevate their own economic interests over those of their insureds, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Takeaways From State Votes On Abortion In The 2024 Election
Attorneys at Epstein Becker discuss how 10 states voted on ballot initiatives to either protect or restrict access to abortion in the 2024 general election, and analyze overarching trends.
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Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Total loss valuation cases and labor depreciation cases dominated the past quarter of insurance class actions, with courts continuing to reject challenges to condition adjustments in the former, and a pro-insured trend persisting in the latter, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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2nd Circ. Halkbank Ruling Shifts Foreign Immunity Landscape
Following the Second Circuit’s recent common law immunity ruling in U.S. v. Halkbank, foreign state-owned banks, wealth funds and other entities now must seriously consider the risk of criminal liability for commercial activity that violates U.S. laws, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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What Trump's 2nd Presidency Could Mean For Crypto Sector
Trump's second term will bring a fundamental shift from the Biden administration's approach to crypto-asset regulation and banking supervision, with the most significant changes likely taking effect in the first two quarters of 2025 and broader policy shifts emerging over the next year, say attorneys at Cahill.
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Putting NYDFS AI Cybersecurity Guidance Into Practice
New guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services explains how financial institutions should assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks associated with artificial intelligence, focusing on four main threats and highlighting how varying environments require specific mitigation measures, say attorneys at Saul Ewing.
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Copyright Questions Surround AI Music Platform Suits
If recent lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America against two artificial intelligence music platform developers — who maintain that use of copyrighted works to train AI models constitutes fair use — go to trial, this novel issue will make for potentially precedent-setting decisions, says intellectual property lawyer Eric Lane.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Opinion
In Visa Case, DOJ Continues To Misapply The Sherman Act
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.
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Series
Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
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.
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High Court 'Violent Crimes' Case Tangled Up In Hypotheticals
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.
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How Property Insurance Coverage Shrank After The Pandemic
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.