Judge Nixes Visa Gift Card Suit, Says No One 'Reasonable' Would Believe Cards Were Scam-Proof
A New Yorker represented by Wolf Popper had argued that he had bought Visa Vanilla gift cards, believing that the payments giant had taken measures to protect its cards from widespread card draining scams. But U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods for the Southern District of New York dismissed the case, unconvinced that Visa had sold or marketed the cards to trick consumers into believing they were safe from scammers.
Zillow Real Estate Listing Policy Faces Antitrust Challenge Alleging Market-Wide Harm
"Zillow has willfully maintained and abused its monopoly power in the residential real estate online search services market by adopting the anticompetitive and exclusionary policy that is the Zillow Ban and thus violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act," counsel for Compass Inc. alleged in the complaint.
Why Every Lawyer Must Defend Our Judiciary Now
In recent years, inflammatory political rhetoric—regardless of party—has fueled a troubling surge in violence against judges. This kind of rhetoric not only undermines public trust in the judiciary, weakening the very foundation of our legal system, but also endangers the lives of judges and their families.
How a Disgraced Financier Defrauded His Investors—and His Own Mother
Notably, the SEC did not take the position that any particular cryptocurrency asset was a security, but rather that the investment in the funds satisfied the security requirement, said David Oliwenstein, formerly with the SEC's Division of Enforcement and now a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
In Democratic Primary, Civil Litigator Patrick Timmins Takes on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
Timmins said that when no one else stepped forward, he chose to "bring the action," faulting the incumbent's performance on safety in the New York City transit system. Bragg points to work the DA's office has done with law enforcement and community groups on guns, shootings, in addressing mental illness and expanding survivor services.
9th Circuit Revives Antitrust Counterclaims Against Real Estate Data Company CoStar
Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. "plausibly alleges that CoStar has monopoly power in the relevant markets and engaged in anticompetitive conduct by entering de facto exclusive agreements and constructing technological barriers," Judge Anthony D. Johnstone wrote in the Ninth Circuit's decision reviving CREXi's antitrust counterclaims.
Doug Emhoff to Return to Alma Mater as Law Professor in California
“In this difficult moment for the legal community, I believe it is more important than ever to instill in the next generation of lawyers the same principles that drove me to the legal profession: the imperative of speaking out on behalf of the vulnerable, standing up for the rule of law, defending every citizen's fundamental rights, and always fighting for justice, without fear or favor," Emhoff said.