The White House on Wednesday night undercut the the Board of Judges for the Northern District of New York's appointment of Donald T. Kinsella as U.S. attorney for the Albany area, a move meant to end the tenure of John A. Sarcone III. Sarcone continues to lead the 32-county office, listed on the office's website as "first assistant U.S. attorney."

While Angelo Bonvino has been elevated to backfill Barshay's role, a source familiar with the firm said his role will not be backfilled, as Paul Weiss has several attorneys who can pick up the slack.

The programmers claim the companies violated the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which prohibits distributing works from when the copyright management information "has been removed or altered.” The DMCA carries steep penalties per violation, and the complaint initially sought $9 billion in damages.

"I would build up debts, but I would always pay them," appellate attorney Tom Goldstein said as a witness testifying in his own defense at his white-collar criminal jury trial in Maryland federal court. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts and denied tax-evasion allegations in his live testimony.

"There are way too many words in this record trying to describe something that's not nearly as complicated as the defendants are trying to make it seem. That is obfuscating to me," a Cook County judge said.

Deputy Securities Commissioner Cristi Ramo n Ochoa said the agency moved swiftly because investor harm was “immediate and ongoing.

A California federal judge has denied Big Tech platforms a motion for summary judgment in a case in the social media adolescent addiction multidistrict litigation, clearing the path for a Kentucky school district's negligence and public nuisance claims against Meta Platforms Inc., Google, ByteDance and Snap Inc. to proceed to trial.

Netflix wants antitrust regulators to view it as one of many providers of video-based entertainment. Critics of the deal, however, are zeroing in on its streaming market share.

A Jones Day and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom-represented coalition of banking and financial institutions had challenged the law, which was the first of its kind in the United States, arguing that the restrictions conflict with the National Banking Act, which authorizes banks to charge customers noninterest charges and fees. But U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall backed the restrictions, repeatedly stressing in a 47-page decision that banks do not set, “or arguably charge, interchange fees but just receive them.

"This was a necessary step by LSAC—they had to shut off the superhighway of cheating that was occurring on remote tests,” Dave Killoran, founder and former CEO of PowerScore Test Prep, told Law.com.

The ruling is a blow to Bprotocol Foundation and LocalCoin Ltd., who were represented by attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

"At present, no start-up in history has operated with losses on anything approaching this scale. We are firmly in uncharted territory," Deutsche Bank wrote in a December report.

The killings in Minneapolis have thrust into the national spotlight the question of how to hold federal agents accountable for their excessive use of force.

Several firms notched double-digit growth in revenue, profits or both last year.

A Law.com investigation into the tax structures of law firms has found that U.S.-based firms in London use vastly different corporate models, making uniform taxation nearly impossible—which could explain why the U.K. government abandoned plans for a tax raid.

"By way of explanation and not excuse, we are short-staffed in the Orlando Civil Division, which exacerbates our ability to confront this challenging docket," reads the response from U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joy Warner, who asked U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Roy B. Dalton to weigh the “extremely challenging (indeed, unprecedented) environment for civil AUSAs to operate in" when considering whether to impose sanctions.

"First, join an organization whose mission you are passionate about, then really embrace it and go all in. Don't just show up at seminars or other events once a year and be a wallflower. You've got to participate, get involved, put in the time. Talk to people. And when you get home from an event, you've got to follow up. (...) The secret lies in building authentic relationships."

Among other proposed changes to the bylaws, Section Delegates would "not be able to attend closed sessions of Council meetings involving accreditation matters," and the Accreditation Council would "have the authority to make changes to the bylaws without approval from any other body."

"The drivers just haven't gotten paid overtime properly," plaintiff counsel Shannon Liss-Riordan said.