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November 25, 2024
Native Corp. Faces Default In $3.4M Stock Scam Suit
A Native American microcap company has until Dec. 6 to tell a federal district court judge why it shouldn't face a default judgment in a $3.4 million stock scam lawsuit after the Securities and Exchange Commission said its chief executive officer's "willful disobedience" warrants such a ruling.
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November 25, 2024
Ye Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 'Top Model' Contestant
A model who appeared as a contestant on "America's Next Top Model" sued Universal Music Group Inc. and Ye in New York federal court on Friday, alleging the rapper choked and sexually assaulted her during a music video shoot at the Chelsea Hotel in 2010.
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November 25, 2024
Geico, Travelers To Pay NY $11.3M To Settle Data Security Row
New York's financial services regulator and attorney general revealed Monday that they've hit Geico and Travelers with $11.3 million in penalties for the auto insurers' alleged failure to adequately secure driver's license numbers, birth dates and other personal information that was compromised as part of a hacking campaign targeting online rate quote tools.
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November 25, 2024
Pom Juice Maker Trims But Can't Nix 'Forever Chemicals' Suit
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday pared down a putative class action alleging the makers of Pom pomegranate juice misled consumers about whether its products contained harmful "forever chemicals" while allowing claims of negligence and violation of New York's business laws to go forward.
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November 25, 2024
Texas AG Loses 'Unserious' Bid For Jack Smith Doc Order
A Texas federal judge refused Monday to enter an emergency order preserving special counsel Jack Smith's records, saying there is no reason to think the U.S. Department of Justice will not follow document retention laws and slamming Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's allegations to the contrary as "unserious."
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November 25, 2024
Uber Negligence Case Can Be Arbitrated, NY High Court Says
New York's highest court affirmed on Monday that a woman who was struck by a car upon exiting an Uber in Brooklyn must pursue her negligence claims in arbitration, after a divided panel upheld the rideshare company's "clickwrap" arbitration agreement.
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November 25, 2024
Charlie Rose Settles Sexual Harassment Suit On Eve Of Trial
Longtime talk show host Charlie Rose reached a confidential settlement Sunday to end claims he sexually harassed three former CBS News staffers, averting a looming jury trial set for the next day in New York state court.
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November 25, 2024
Judge Bemoans 'Chaotic' Contracts In Jack Nicklaus IP Case
The New York state judge presiding over golf legend Jack Nicklaus' intellectual property lawsuit on Monday signaled he may not be able to untangle a set of contradictory contracts, which could lead to a trial over who can use the "Golden Bear's" name and likeness.
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November 25, 2024
Spirit's Cayman Units To Hit Ch. 11 As Airline Eyes Swift Reorg
Four Spirit Airlines subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands were expected to file for bankruptcy protection Monday and ask a New York federal court to join the company's main Chapter 11 case, a move that Spirit says will help keep the debtor on course to confirm a reorganization plan.
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November 25, 2024
Final Buzzer Sounds On NBA Fraud Case With Doc's Sentence
A Manhattan federal judge hit a Seattle-area doctor with five years in prison Monday for joining with the ringleader of the NBA's $5 million health billing fraud ring to submit fake invoices, the final sentencing in the sprawling case.
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November 25, 2024
DOJ Says Realtor Commissions Deal Is No Antitrust Shield
The U.S. Department of Justice warned the National Association of Realtors that changes to broker commission rules agreed to in a settlement with home sellers do not shield the industry from government antitrust scrutiny.
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November 25, 2024
Hedge Fund-Backed SPAC Returns To Market With 3rd IPO
Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. III, the third special purpose acquisition company affiliated with executives of hedge fund Kingwood Capital Management, filed plans on Monday for a $220 million initial public offering, guided by three law firms.
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November 25, 2024
J.S. Held Acquires Forensic Accounting Firm Luttrell Wegis
J.S. Held, a global consulting firm, has acquired Lutrell Wegis LLP, a California-based forensic accounting and business valuation firm, in a move one of the new company's co-founders said will strengthen their companies' capabilities.
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November 25, 2024
Sanctions Sought Against Reed Smith In Eletson Ch. 11
Creditors of bankrupt gas tanker operator Eletson Holdings Monday called for "harsh sanctions" against company directors and officers and their attorneys at Reed Smith, saying they are peddling bogus legal theories to stall the company's reorganization.
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November 25, 2024
Attys Fight Sanctions In Dropped Bob Dylan Abuse Suit
An attorney for two solo practitioners sanctioned for not turning over discovery material in a now-abandoned sexual assault suit against Bob Dylan told Second Circuit judges Monday that "lawyers are not their clients," arguing that the pair never personally disregarded a court order or instructed their client to do so.
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November 25, 2024
Kirkland, Milbank Shape $3.5B Blackstone-EQT Corp. JV
EQT Corp., led by Kirkland & Ellis, will form a $3.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone Credit & Insurance to take over ownership of the Mountain Valley Pipeline and other midstream assets that EQT got in its re-acquisition of Equitrans Midstream, the partners announced Monday.
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November 25, 2024
Jack Smith Drops Trump's Federal Cases
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to drop the federal prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump in D.C. and Florida, citing long-standing Justice Department policy barring the prosecution of a sitting president while insisting that the government "stands fully behind" the merits of the charges.
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November 25, 2024
Macy's Delays Earnings Report After $154M Employee Error
Macy's said Monday that an employee had misstated up to $154 million in delivery expenses since 2021, forcing the retailer to delay releasing its third-quarter results for the year, just ahead of the holiday shopping season.
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November 25, 2024
SDNY's Williams To Resign Before Trump Takes Office
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Monday he will resign Dec. 13, clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Jay Clayton, to run the office next year.
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November 22, 2024
Real Estate Recap: AI, NY Rent Control, NEPA
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including one BigLaw partner's view of local governments leveraging artificial intelligence for land use, how landlords may challenge New York's rent laws following the latest High Court cert denial, and what a recent D.C. Circuit ruling could mean for National Environmental Policy Act interpretation.
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November 22, 2024
Sirius XM Cancellation Policies Flout Federal Law, Judge Says
A New York state judge held that Sirius XM Radio Inc.'s account cancellation policies, while not fraudulent, violate federal law by forcing consumers to call customer service and listen to drawn-out discount pitches before they're able to unsubscribe.
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November 22, 2024
Disputes Firm Gaillard Banifatemi Heads To Cairo, Abu Dhabi
International arbitration firm Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes has opened offices in Cairo and Abu Dhabi, saying the firm will deepen its roots in the Middle East and North Africa following its 2021 founding by eight former Shearman & Sterling LLP arbitration partners.
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November 22, 2024
'The Future Of Wells Fargo' Sues For Sex Discrimination
Wells Fargo's former global head of resiliency and continuity sued for gender discrimination in New York federal court on Thursday, saying that despite once being celebrated as "the future of Wells Fargo," her boss repeatedly favored male employees over her and other female employees.
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November 22, 2024
Chemical Co.'s PFAS Coverage Suit In SC Gets Tossed
A South Carolina federal court tossed BASF Corp.'s suit seeking coverage for thousands of underlying allegations that the chemical manufacturer's firefighting foam caused pollution and injury, finding Friday that a parallel suit in New Jersey state court favors abstention.
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November 22, 2024
Nissan Automatic Brake Classes Dismantled By 6th Circ.
A Sixth Circuit panel vacated class certification Friday for Nissan drivers who say their cars' automatic braking system activates unnecessarily, finding the trial judge failed to grapple with software upgrades that may have fixed the alleged flaw for some of the class vehicles.
Expert Analysis
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The AI Consumer Class Action Threat Is Not A Hallucination
As regulators scrutinize whether businesses can deliver on claims about their artificial intelligence products and services, the industry faces a wave of consumer fraud class actions — but AI companies can protect themselves by prioritizing fundamental best practices that are often overlooked, say Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein and Richard Torrenzano at the Torrenzano Group.
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Expect More State-Level Scrutiny Of Noncompetes Ahead
Despite the nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban, and the incoming Republican administration, employers should anticipate that state legislatures will continue to focus on laws that limit or ban noncompetes, including those that target certain salary thresholds or industries, says Benjamin Fryer at FordHarrison.
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Series
Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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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.