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Supreme Court Will Consider Challenge to Voting Rights Act Remedies

Mon, 2025-08-04 20:10

The justices may limit the ability of courts to take race into account when trying to remedy under-representation by minority voters.

       

SEC Expected to Follow DOJ in Scaling Back FCPA Enforcement, Experts Say

Mon, 2025-08-04 20:08

Since May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed at least two Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations and dropped a civil action.

       

KWM Was Once a Legal Industry's Trailblazer. Now the Firm's China Ties Thwart Its Global Ambitions

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:59

In what may be seen as a law firm merger cautionary tale, the firm has struggled to successfully integrate its Chinese and Australian arms, lawyers say, and geopolitics now has the firm operating as two very separate entities. 

       

Dentons Global CEO Not Fazed by Recent Legal Mega-Mergers

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:44

In a wide-ranging interview with Law.com International, Kate Barton says the firm remains unique in the breadth of global coverage, with India offering the greatest opportunities for growth.

       

Class Action Over UPS Notary Fees Cleared to Proceed, State Appellate Court Rules

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:16

Lynch Carpenter and Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz brought the claim for the plaintiff against the store, its notary Rex K. Ingram and other defendants, alleging their additional $4 "clerical fee" for $1 notary transactions violated the Illinois Notary Public Act.

       

Roundup Judge Threatens Sanctions Against 37 Plaintiffs Firms Over Unpaid Fees

Mon, 2025-08-04 18:08

On Aug. 1, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria ordered Monsanto to call the heads of the 37 firms, which haven't paid their required 8% assessment toward the common benefit fund.

       

Meta Faces Revived DC Lawsuit Alleging Unlawful Data Privacy Failures

Mon, 2025-08-04 17:29

"This is a significant victory," D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said after an appeals court revived the District of Columbia's Consumer Protection Procedures Act lawsuit alleging Meta Platforms Inc. failed to protect Facebook users' privacy.

       

Judicial Officer Has Immunity From Political Retaliation Lawsuit, 5th Circuit Rules

Mon, 2025-08-04 17:26

The officer was performing a judicial act in presiding over the venire stage of jury duty, when prospective jurors are asked questions, offer excuses and make exemption requests, the court stated. That procedural step calls for the officer's discretionary judgment, thus he or she enjoys judicial immunity, the court held.

       

Billion-Dollar Lawsuit? Big Law Gathers for Nestlé Class Action

Mon, 2025-08-04 17:25

"This case turns on whether any of Nestlé's Poland Spring Water sources satisfy the objective spring-water standard of identity," the motion to certify the class said. "Nestlé represents that they are all 'springs.' Plaintiffs contend that each one is merely a groundwater well and that Nestlé strips minerals from all its products. If plaintiffs are right—either that Nestlé collects groundwater or uses demineralizing purification towers—then Poland Spring Water is mislabeled."

       

The DOJ Says He 'Pulls Rabbits Out of Hats:' Meet Ghislane Maxwell's Attorney David O. Markus

Mon, 2025-08-04 16:22

“David is a prosecutor's nightmare," said Mark Rosman, partner at Proskauer Rose and former assistant chief of the Washington Criminal Section in the DOJ's Antitrust Division.

       

Former Law Dean Named Interim President of UVA

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:58

Paul Mahoney will become the university's interim president on Aug. 11, succeeding Jim Ryan, who resigned at the end of June.

       

Lawyers Are Weighing Suits Over Driverless Cars—But There's a Catch

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:41

Amid the arrival of self-driving rideshare vehicles in Atlanta, attorney Drew Ashby has created a road map for pursuing tortious claims against autonomous defendants.

       

Landmark $2B PFAS Contamination Settlement Could Bring Other Claims, Attorney Predicts

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:36

"Public servants at those agencies have worked for almost 20 years to achieve these results from DuPont, and it took a month-long trial in Camden this summer to get here, but we're thrilled that we're here and just too happy that New Jersey can get this behind them, and address the contamination from the DuPont sites and PFAS contamination statewide," said William J. Jackson, national environmental practice co-chair at Kelley Drye & Warren in Houston.

       

Arnold & Porter Continues Raiding K&L Gates Amid Big Law Summer Hiring

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:35

The firm's total catch from K&L Gates is at least 12 partners now.

       

Big Law Litigators Raise Concerns About State Premerger Notification Laws

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:14

"It really increases the burden and imposes additional costs on companies that are trying to engage in transactions," Covington & Burling partner Ryan Quillian said of the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act state laws compelling parties to report merger and acquisition proposals well before the transaction closes.

       

‘Troubling': Split 4th Circuit Rejects ‘History and Tradition' Challenge to Bankruptcy

Mon, 2025-08-04 14:07

“[T]he Constitution grants Article III judicial power over all cases arising under the laws of the United States," the appeals court held in its 2-1 decision. "The Bankruptcy Code is a law of the United States. So, petitions for relief under the Bankruptcy Code—even those filed by solvent debtors—arise under the laws of the United States.

       

Facing a 'Workload Crisis': Delaware Court of Chancery Announces Changes to Filing System, Judicial Assignments

Mon, 2025-08-04 13:59

The changes are intended to streamline case assignment and filing data, as well as prepare for new categories of health care decision-making cases.

       

Ex-Honeywell Asia-Pacific GC Sues, Says Firm Wrongly Applied China's Mandatory Retirement Age of 55 to Her

Mon, 2025-08-04 13:48

Ji “Liz Li alleges the company was all set to expand her duties when it suddenly reversed course and pushed her out.

       

How I Made Partner: 'Don't Be Afraid to Take on Different or Challenging Matters,' Says Drew Pakett of Braverman Greenspun

Mon, 2025-08-04 10:59

"Don't be afraid to take on different or challenging matters. This will help showcase your true abilities. It is also important to take pride in your work, no matter the significance of the assignment, and to demonstrate to the firm's leadership that you are invested in the firm's success."

       

NCAA Promotes Top Lawyer Weeks After Settling Mega-Case

Mon, 2025-08-04 10:45

The new chief legal officer joined the organization 25 years ago and most recently was general counsel.

       

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