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2021-12-15

Former Mass. AG Deputy Joins Morgan Brown & Joy

A lawyer who spent nearly two decades with the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has left public service to join management-side employment firm Morgan Brown & Joy LLP as counsel, the Boston firm said.

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2021-12-15

Ex-Pharma Worker's 'Dark Web' Suit Can Stand, 3rd Circ. Told

A former employee of pharmaceutical research company ExecuPharm Inc. urged the Third Circuit on Tuesday to revive her proposed class action over a data breach that leaked her private information on the so-called dark web, arguing she had standing to sue even though she hadn't become a victim of identity theft or fraud.

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2021-12-15

Policyholder Group Backs Developer's Virus Coverage Appeal

Nonprofit advocacy group United Policyholders backed a sports and entertainment real estate developer in its Fourth Circuit COVID-19 coverage appeal, arguing a lower court conflated "physical loss" and "damage" in an Affiliated FM policy.

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2021-12-15

Split 5th Circ. Won't Block United Vax Mandate Amid Appeal

A Fifth Circuit panel late Monday declined to block United Airlines Inc. from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a group of employees proceed with an appeal in their proposed class action alleging that United's "calloused" refusal to accommodate employees' religious or medical exemptions violates federal law.

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2021-12-15

7th Circ. Decertifies Classes In Chicago Towing Suit

The Seventh Circuit has undone certification of two classes in a suit brought by a woman with disabilities against the city of Chicago alleging it wrongly impounded and destroyed her van, saying the certification order did not demonstrate the rigorous analysis necessary for determining common issues.

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2021-12-15

11th Circ. Restores $400K Fee Award Against Terminix

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday reinstated $442,476 in fees and expenses for a couple who succeeded in their arbitration alleging Terminix failed to protect their home from termites, finding the lower court was wrong to vacate the arbitrator's decision to award fees and expenses.

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2021-12-15

Ex-Ga. Law Firm Leader Asks 11th Circ. To Nix His Prison Time

A suspended Georgia attorney convicted of embezzling more than $26 million from his now-defunct real estate law firm and its clients asked the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to toss his 15-year prison term as well as a $40.3 million restitution order.

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2021-12-15

FilmOn Founder Can't Reverse $11M Sexual Battery Loss

A California state appeals court Tuesday dismissed FilmOn founder Alki David's appeal of a former employee's $11 million sexual battery jury win, finding the lower court did not abuse its discretion in denying a new trial or in allowing a claim to proceed that was only pled in a stricken complaint.

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2021-12-15

Texas Panel Dismisses ERCOT From Winter Storm Price Suit

A San Antonio appellate panel has tossed claims against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. related to spikes in the price of energy during February's winter storm, agreeing that the utility suing ERCOT should have pursued its claims with state regulators before filing suit.

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2021-12-15

Total Says Kinder Morgan Owes $9M For Wrongful Death

TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA Inc. told a Texas appellate panel during oral arguments on Tuesday that, under a contract between the companies, it and its insurer are entitled to recover $9 million from Kinder Morgan Petcoke LP that it spent settling and defending a wrongful death lawsuit.

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2021-12-15

Ill. Panel Upholds Doc's $4.5M Arbitration Win In Wage Row

An Illinois appellate panel on Monday upheld a $4.5 million arbitration award for a gynecologist who claimed a women's health clinic underpaid him in bonuses, saying arbitrators don't need to explain how they reached a conclusion and that the clinic failed to show evidence of an error that would warrant vacating it.

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2021-12-15

Pa. Court DQs Firm Over Conflict In Utility Pole Crash Suit

A small Pennsylvania law firm can't represent a client suing PPL Electric Utilities Corp. because it failed to build a "wall" around an attorney who used to defend the utility company against personal injury cases, a divided Superior Court panel ruled on Tuesday.

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2021-12-15

NJ Atty Can't Revive 'Gangster' Defamation Claims

The New Jersey Supreme Court recently declined to consider a Calzaretto & Bernstein LLC attorney's bid to pursue defamation claims against a Dembo Brown & Burns LLP lawyer who allegedly called him a "wannabe gangster" during a real estate dispute.

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2021-12-15

Texas Atty Can't Limit Ga. Discipline To 36-Month Suspension

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Texas attorney's request to limit disciplinary action against him for an out-of-state criminal conviction to a 36-month suspension, leaving his future lawyering in the state in limbo.

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2021-12-15

Ga. High Court Won't Remove Judge Over Slow Gov. Pick

Georgia's top court on Tuesday unanimously backed a decision that preserved an Augusta judge's gubernatorial appointment, ruling against a lawyer who'd argued that the executive's pick was made too late.

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2021-12-15

Mass. AG To Appeal Toss Of Landmark COVID Neglect Case

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey will appeal a state court's decision to dismiss what her office has called the nation's first criminal case against nursing home operators related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Tuesday announcement.

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2021-12-15

4th Circ. Ruling Offers Guidance On Scope Of WARN Act

A recent ruling from the Fourth Circuit in Pennington v. Fluor clarified how a company may be liable under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, providing key workforce layoff lessons for investors, parent corporations and enterprises that rely on third-party service providers, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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2021-12-15

CFPB's Chopra Isn't Backing Down In FDIC Board Fight

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's director on Tuesday accused Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. management of trying to sideline the deposit insurer's Democratic board majority, hinting at a potential for escalation if there isn't a "return to legal reality."

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2021-12-15

Nippon Chemi-Con Strikes Deal Ahead Of Price-Fix Closings

Capacitor maker Nippon Chemi-Con and its U.S. subsidiary reached a settlement with direct purchasers Tuesday just ahead of closing arguments in a California federal antitrust trial in which 1,800 U.S. companies alleged they were overcharged $427 million in a decadelong global conspiracy to fix prices for the electronic part.

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2021-12-15

Solana Ventures Spearheads $150M Blockchain Gaming Fund

A trio of investors led by Solana Ventures said Tuesday they are forming a $150 million fund to finance "Web3" gaming projects that utilize Solana's blockchain technology.

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2021-12-15

Investor Can't Serve Crypto Execs Via Twitter, Court Says

A federal judge in Arizona on Tuesday denied a cryptocurrency investor's request to serve officers of crypto exchange Binance through Twitter, saying that while a private investigator was unable to locate their countries of residence, serving them on the social media site may violate international law.

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2021-12-15

Despite DOL Proposed Rule, ESG Investing Faces Barriers

While a recently proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor would make it easier to consider environmental, social and governance factors in retirement plan investment decisions, fiduciaries may tread carefully in the face of extensive litigation against defined contribution plans, says William Pollak at O'Melveny.

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2021-12-15

Key Commodities Trends To Watch In 2022

Despite continuing worldwide economic turmoil, the commodities realm can look forward to many opportunities in the coming year, including growing activity in renewables, advances in carbon capture and carbon credit generation, and important developments at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, say Michael Mapp and Deanna Reitman at DLA Piper.

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2021-12-15

Milling Co. Can't Slip ERISA Suit Over $244M Stock Sale

Milling company Kruse-Western Inc.'s board of directors must face a proposed class action for allegedly overcharging its employees in a $244 million stock deal before an animal feed contamination problem drove the company's share value down, a California federal judge has ruled.

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2021-12-15

Bias Suit Time Limit Should Have Been Paused, 3rd Circ. Told

A former executive for an Indian information technology consulting firm told the Third Circuit on Tuesday that the statute of limitations on his workplace discrimination class claims should have stopped running when he initially sued in the wrong forum.

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2021-12-15

COVID-19 Didn't Cause Tangible Damage, Zurich Argues

A Zurich affiliate asked a Connecticut state judge to reject a COVID-19 coverage suit from a real estate investment management company, arguing that the presence of the virus on its properties doesn't qualify it for coverage.

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2021-12-15

TD Ameritrade Clients Can Bring Short Sale Tax Suit As Group

A Missouri federal judge has certified a class of investors accusing TD Ameritrade Inc. of failing to compensate them for the higher taxes they paid due to the broker's use of their securities to facilitate short sales.

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2021-12-15

U.S. Sanctions Barred Payments On $118M Debt, PDVSA Says

Venezuela's state-owned oil company told a New York federal judge Tuesday that U.S. sanctions complicated its ability to make payments on a $118 million debt and that liability should not be decided based on its recent court loss to another creditor.

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2021-12-15

SEC Returns To Written 'No Action' Letters In Policy Flip

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will return to the practice of responding in writing to each so-called no-action request from companies looking to exclude certain shareholder proposals from proxy statements without running afoul of the agency, the SEC said.

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2021-12-15

Treasury Seeks AML Info Ahead Of Yellen Report To Congress

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes unit issued a request for information Tuesday that the agency said it will use to help "streamline, modernize, and update" existing anti-money laundering regulations and support a related report that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen must submit to Congress by Jan. 1.

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2021-12-15

Bitcoin Investment Firm Valued At $7B In Funding Round

New York Digital Investment Group, an asset manager focused on bitcoin investments, said Tuesday it's now valued at more than $7 billion as part of a growth equity funding round that included WestCap, Bessemer Venture Partners and FinTech Collective.

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2021-12-15

'Outrageous' Forex Fraud Lands Trader 2-Year Sentence

A foreign exchange trader received a two-year sentence Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court and now faces deportation for conning Korean American backers of his currency investing business with what prosecutors called "truly outrageous" lies that were "divorced from any grounding in reality."

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2021-12-15

CFPB Suit Over Unfair Debt Collection Practices Can Proceed

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can proceed in its suit alleging 15 student loan trusts harmed borrowers through deceptive and unfair debt collection tactics, according to a federal judge's ruling Monday that said the suit was not yet time-barred.

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2021-12-15

SEC Handed Rare Midtrial Defeat In Insider Trading Case

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suffered a rare midtrial loss after a Virginia federal judge dismissed the agency's insider trading case against a mortgage broker without hearing any evidence from the defendant.

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2021-12-15

VirnetX Tells Fed. Circ. Hirshfeld Can't Weigh Arthrex Reviews

VirnetX has told the Federal Circuit that the interim U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director lacked authority to deny its bids for director review of several remanded Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that nixed patents involved in a $576 million win against Apple.

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2021-12-15

VA Worker Can't Move Equal Pay Dispute Out Of Claims Court

A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs employee must keep her Equal Pay Act claim in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday, saying that district courts don't have jurisdiction over claims against the government seeking more than $10,000 in damages.

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2021-12-15

Okla. Law Firm Tries To End Ex-Employee's Pot Licenses Suit

Tulsa law firm Jones Brown has pushed back against a former firm secretary's legal negligence suit in connection with a purported scheme to skirt Oklahoma's medical marijuana residency rules, saying the state law defining ownership of marijuana licenses is "unsettled."

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2021-12-15

MedMen Says Ex-Partner Trying To Dodge $10.4M Judgment

Cannabis giant MedMen Enterprises Inc. has filed suit against a former business partner in California state court, seeking to undo a real estate transfer it said was done to hide assets from a $10.4 million Arizona court judgment.

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2021-12-15

CBD Co. Sued By Ex-CEO Over Surprise $5M Tax Bill

The co-founder and former CEO of CBD company CV Sciences Inc. has filed suit against the company, alleging that it is responsible for a $5 million tax bill he has been stuck with since it failed to withhold all applicable taxes from stocks it issued to him.

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2021-12-15

Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work

While name recognition still benefits BigLaw in the recruiting process, even the most revered of those firms may have to work a little harder to appear lucrative to junior lawyers, and even more so to partners, who are placing a greater emphasis on diversity, mental health and work-life balance.

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2021-12-15

4 Highlights From FDA Nominee Hearing

Dr. Robert Califf, the Biden administration's pick to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for future outbreaks would be his top priority if confirmed again to the post.

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2021-12-15

SEC Wants Claims In 1st Crowdfunding Case Kept Alive

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a Michigan federal court it has adequately alleged that one of the individuals swept up in its first crowdfunding enforcement action was involved in a fraudulent scheme.

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2021-12-15

Product Liability Risks Cannabis Companies Must Consider

The expanding and profitable markets for cannabis and CBD products, coupled with unknowns regarding potential side effects and safety, make future product liability litigation likely, so companies in this space must understand where the legal risks lie and how to prepare for them, say David Kerschner and Aaron Levine at Arnold & Porter.

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2021-12-15

How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs

Avi Stadler at Esquire Deposition Solutions discusses the practice areas that are expanding most aggressively during the COVID-19 era of increased litigation and technology needs, and offers recommendations for how law firms can attract and retain the expertise they need to thrive in today's competitive market for legal services.

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2021-12-15

Selendy & Gay Exceeds Prevailing Associate Bonus Scales

The wave of year-end bonus announcements for associates rolled on this past week, with firms like White & Case LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC matching the pay scales set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP this year, while Selendy & Gay PLLC exceeded the scale for the fourth year in a row.

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2021-12-15

Debevoise Says Name Being Used As Phishing Bait

Two website domains are using Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's name and imitating its attorneys to peddle phishing emails to try to steal people's sensitive personal information, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Virginia federal court.

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2021-12-15

Edelson Sought Solid Case Before Flagging Girardi Concerns

Edelson PC founder Jay Edelson testified Tuesday that his firm waited to sound alarm bells on Thomas V. Girardi's suspected theft of at least $2 million in client settlement money because he wanted to make sure the firm wasn't basing its claims on "mush."

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2021-12-15

Jones Day Tells Court It Fired Paralegal For Lying, Denies Bias

A fired Jones Day paralegal accusing the firm of discrimination and harassment was actually let go for lying to a partner after giving a "middling" professional performance that required constant hand-holding, the firm claimed Tuesday in response to her Massachusetts federal lawsuit.

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2021-12-15

New 4th, 6th Circ. Vacancies Open For Biden

Three judges on the Fourth and Sixth circuit courts have announced that they'll be taking senior status, giving President Joe Biden three additional vacancies to fill on the nation's federal appellate courts.

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2021-12-15

Diversity, Equity Focus For Philly Bar's Incoming Chancellor

The Philadelphia Bar Association's incoming chancellor told a masked audience of colleagues Monday night that enhancing the association's leadership on diversity and equity is his top priority.

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2021-12-15

Ill. Bar Insurer Can't Ditch Law Firm Defense In Fees Fight

The Illinois State Bar Association Mutual Insurance Company can't avoid defending a law firm accused of wrongfully pocketing attorney fees for its handling of an estate case, an Illinois appellate court ruled in an opinion filed Monday, saying the suit is covered by the firm's malpractice insurance.

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2021-12-15

Tornadoes Damaging But Manageable, Insurer Analysts Say

Property damage from last week's deadly tornado outbreak in the U.S. could push annual insurance industry losses to their highest level in years, according to market analysts, but early signs pointed to a manageable event.

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2021-12-15

Apple, Google 'Mobile Ecosystem' Worries UK Watchdog

The U.K.'s antitrust watchdog warned that Apple and Google's duopoly on the "mobile ecosystem" threatens competition for digital services and laid out potential enforcement actions that might be taken next year.

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2021-12-15

Feds Urge DC Circ. Not to Rethink Tribal Health Care Order

The federal government told the D.C. Circuit it should not reconsider an Alaska Native health care organization's call for reimbursements, calling it an attempt to convert contract support costs into open-ended program funding.

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2021-12-15

FERC Insists Climate Review Of $45B LNG Project Was Sound

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says it conducted a thorough review of likely climate impacts of a proposed $45 billion liquid natural gas export facility in Alaska before approving it, and wants the D.C. Circuit to reject an environmental challenge.

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2021-12-15

Dems Unveil Bill To Disclose Amicus Brief Funders

A group of Democratic congressional members introduced legislation Tuesday that would require the identities of amicus curiae funders to be disclosed amid concerns that anonymous dark money special interests have captured the federal judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

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2021-12-15

Discrepancy In Fraud Standards Is Overstated, Justices Told

A False Claims Act suit brought by two former hospice workers failed at the Eleventh Circuit because the allegations were faulty, not because the circuit is hard on whistleblowers, according to the hospice the pair accused of bilking Medicare.

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2021-12-15

The Biggest Copyright Rulings Of 2021

While Google's victory over Oracle at the U.S. Supreme Court made the biggest splash this year, appellate and district courts delivered a stream of noteworthy copyright decisions, including disputes over embedded Instagram posts and the "Friday the 13th" horror franchise. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright rulings of 2021.

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2021-12-15

States Continue Bid To Fight Public Charge Rule At High Court

A group of conservative states asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let them weigh in on a case challenging a Trump-era rule that limited low-income migrants' access to green cards, saying their input is needed to prevent the executive branch from circumscribing the Administrative Procedure Act.

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2021-12-15

Fed. Circ. Backs Ax Of Sunbio's Supplement TM

A trademark fight between California nutritional supplement company Sunbio Corp. and a South Korean rival ended in a Tuesday ruling from an appeals court that found the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board was correct to throw out Sunbio's underlying trademark registration on procedural grounds.

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2021-12-15

5th Circ. Won't Let 'Remain In Mexico' Go Away

The Fifth Circuit has spurned the Biden administration's attempts to end a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims for protection are processed, saying the White House was flouting federal immigration law by rescinding the program.

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2021-12-15

Real Estate Rumors: Boich, Entrada Partners, Konover South

An entity led by investor Wayne Boich has reportedly paid $21.25 million for a Florida retail property, Entrada Partners is said to have picked up 27,951 square feet of office and retail space in Dallas, and Konover South has reportedly paid $4 million for seven acres in Florida.

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2021-12-15

Georgia Justices Reverse Rare Ruling Against Arbitrator

The Georgia Supreme Court sent a closely watched arbitration dispute back to a lower court on Tuesday, reversing a ruling that held — possibly for the first time in the state's history — that an arbitrator had manifestly disregarded the law.

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2021-12-15

5 Firms Vie To Lead Insider-Trading Suit Over Archegos Crash

Five firms including Pomerantz LLP and the Rosen Law Firm PA submitted competing bids in Manhattan federal court Monday to lead a proposed securities class action alleging Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs engaged in insider trading amid the collapse of Archegos Capital Management.

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2021-12-15

Greenpeace Fights Bid To Dismiss Walmart Recycling Suit

Greenpeace Inc. has asked a California federal court not to throw out a suit alleging that Walmart Inc. fails to substantiate its claims that its products are recyclable, saying the state's Environmental Marketing Claims Act gives it standing to sue.

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2021-12-15

High Court Told Law Barring Fraud Coverage Is Constitutional

A Starr Insurance unit urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up a challenge to a Ninth Circuit ruling on the constitutionality of a California law that prevents insurers from defending claims over alleged violations of the state's unfair competition and false advertising laws.

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2021-12-15

Hard Rock's $1B Vegas Hotel Buy Prompted By Inflation Fears

Hard Rock International Inc.'s recent $1.075 billion purchase of the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the latest in a growing trend of investing in hotels amid fears of inflation, and experts expect hotel mergers and acquisitions activity to remain strong over the coming months.

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2021-12-15

3 Forces That Will Define Sales Tax Compliance In 2022

As we head into 2022, it's likely that many of the legal and cultural shifts we saw this year — such as increased adoption of economic nexus and marketplace facilitator laws, growth in state budgets and continuation of remote work — will define sales tax compliance in the new year, says Liz Armbruester at Avalara.

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2021-12-15

The Pandemic Patent Lawsuit Boom Continues

A surge in patent lawsuits that accompanied the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, according to a new report that cites a 15% increase in cases since 2019.

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2021-12-15

K&L Gates Adds White & Case, Jones Day Attys In DC

K&L Gates LLP has added two partners from White & Case LLP and Jones Day, who each have more than a decade of legal experience, for its office in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

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2021-12-15

George Washington Law Reports Cyberattack During Finals

The George Washington University Law School reported a cyberattack it said affected a third-party vendor the university contracted with to support its academic programs, disclosing the attack just as students take their final exams.

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2021-12-15

4 Firms Assemble $11.6B Deal For Swiss Pharma Co.

Australian medical products giant CSL, advised by Homburger, Simpson Thacher and Allens, has agreed to buy Bär & Karrer-led Swiss pharmaceutical company Vifor in a transaction with an equity value of roughly AU$16.4 billion ($11.6 billion), the companies said Tuesday.

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2021-12-15

What New FDA Policy Means For COVID Tests And Beyond

In a reversal of Trump administration policy, the U.S. Food and Drug administration will soon require premarket review of laboratory-developed tests for COVID-19 and other diseases, throwing test makers into a position of regulatory uncertainty that will likely be resolved through litigation or legislation, say Stacy Amin and Bethany Hills at MoFo.

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2021-12-15

O'Melveny Snags McDermott Private Equity Specialist

O'Melveny & Myers LLP has nabbed a McDermott Will & Emery LLP private equity specialist to work in its Century City office in Los Angeles.

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2021-12-15

Odebrecht Bribe Laundering Probe Nets Another Plea

The eldest son of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli joined his younger brother Tuesday in admitting he conspired to funnel $28 million worth of bribes from Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA to a government official, Brooklyn federal prosecutors said.

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2021-12-15

Commerce Scrubs Door Parts From Duties After CIT Rebuke

The U.S. Department of Commerce excluded certain door parts from duties on aluminum in China in line with a court order that narrowed the scope of the duties, but the agency said it disagrees with the court's view.

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2021-12-15

Boeing Pilot Says FAA Insider Called Him 737 Max 'Scapegoat'

A former Boeing Co. chief technical pilot facing fraud charges in the wake of a Federal Aviation Administration evaluation of the 737 Max said Monday that a former FAA official has told the government that the pilot is a "scapegoat" and shouldn't be charged, according to a filing in Texas federal court.

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2021-12-15

Residents Fight For Remand Of Coal Ash Pollution Suit

Residents alleging a nearby Georgia Power Co. coal plant exposed them to carcinogens and neurotoxins urged a federal court to send their suits back to state court, arguing the utility's "disingenuous focus on the uranium" can't keep the suit in federal court.

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2021-12-15

UAE Pauses Talks On $23B Arms Sale Over F-35 Restrictions

The United Arab Emirates has halted talks on a proposed $23 billion agreement to buy American-made F-35 fighter jets, a deal initiated under the Trump administration and continued by the Biden administration, the Emirati Embassy and the U.S. Department of State said Tuesday.

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2021-12-15

House Dems Urge Firm To Pay DOD $21M In Excess Profits

House Democrats demanded TransDigm Group Inc. repay the $21 million it reportedly overcharged the U.S. Department of Defense for spare aviation parts after a federal watchdog revealed the contractor had again overcharged the DOD, despite a prior rebuke.

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2021-12-15

Former Northwest Airlines Workers Sue Delta Over Pensions

Delta Air Lines Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action in Nevada federal court accusing it of shorting thousands of married retirees on benefits in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

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2021-12-15

NY Tenants Sue To Reopen Rent Relief Application Portal

New York tenants blocked from applying for pandemic rental assistance have sued the state agency responsible for distributing payments, saying it lacked authority to close them out and that doing so went against lawmakers' "clearly expressed intent."

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2021-12-15

Tech Firm's Challenge To Ore. Real Estate Fee Ban Tossed

A tech-based real estate brokerage firm cannot bring a federal court challenge under competition law to Oregon's ban on fee rebates for home sales, a district judge has ruled.

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2021-12-15

Judge Tosses Alabama Hotel's COVID-19 Coverage Bid

An Alabama federal judge threw out a suit brought by the owner and operator of a Birmingham hotel seeking coverage for pandemic-related closures, ruling that the hotel's policy with Cincinnati Insurance Co. unambiguously bars coverage for losses caused by COVID-19.

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2021-12-15

Kelley Kronenberg Adds Four Insurance Attys In New Orleans

Kelley Kronenberg has added one partner and three associates, all of whom will join the first-party defense and third-party defense practice groups among others, to its New Orleans office.

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2021-12-15

White And Williams Adds Insurance Coverage Partner

An attorney with more than two decades of experience representing insurance companies has rejoined White and Williams LLP after leaving the firm five years ago.

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2021-12-15

Ameren Will Close Coal Plant After Air Quality Permit Ruling

Ameren Corp. on Tuesday announced plans to shutter its St. Louis coal plant rather than invest in court-ordered pollution controls, a decision the company said acknowledges souring public sentiment and the significant deterioration of coal's long-term economic viability.

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2021-12-15

Colorado, Mining Co. Reach $1.6M Settlement In Acid Blowout

The state of Colorado and a mining company have reached a $1.6 million settlement agreement putting an end to the company's alleged liability for a 2015 accident at the Gold King Mine near Silverton in which 3 million gallons of toxic acid drainage was released into local rivers.

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2021-12-15

Ex-Illinois Rep. Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

Former Illinois Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo pled guilty Tuesday to a tax evasion charge after admitting in a plea agreement that he underreported and concealed the true source of his income and failed to file tax returns for several years.

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2021-12-15

House Votes To Hold Meadows In Contempt

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold Mark Meadows, a former Republican congressman and chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for testimony from the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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2021-12-15

Tribe Sues Calif. Over Bad Faith Gaming Negotiations

A federally recognized tribe has sued California on claims that the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom have engaged in bad faith gaming compact talks with the tribe, saying the state has failed to consider a fair renewal of their agreement and wants to replace it with an unacceptable compact.

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2021-12-15

Budget Bill Would Make Union Deduction More Accessible

The budget reconciliation bill pending in the U.S. Senate calls for a temporary above-the-line deduction for union dues, which would make the provision more widely accessible than an itemized deduction scrapped in 2017, tax experts told Law360.

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2021-12-15

NJ Atty Gets 14 Months For Evading Taxes On Firm Income

The ex-managing partner of a law firm then known as Long & Marmero LLP was hit Tuesday in New Jersey federal court with a 14-month prison term in a case where authorities said he evaded more than $250,000 in federal taxes by instructing a firm bookkeeper to misclassify his income as business expenses.

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2021-12-15

SoulCycle Settles Claim It Used COVID-19 As Firing Pretext

SoulCycle Inc. has settled in principle with a former executive who claimed that the fitness company used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to fire her for taking maternity leave, according to a Tuesday order from a New York federal judge.

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2021-12-15

Pharma Co. Seeks To Deny Novartis' 'Speculative' DQ Bid

Shilpa Pharma Inc. has asked the Delaware federal court to reject Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s bid to disqualify a lawyer representing Shilpa in a patent dispute over a multiple sclerosis drug, arguing Novartis' contention the attorney is conflicted is "speculative at best and completely baseless at worst."

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2021-12-15

Court Rejects Seneca Nation's Bid To Block $255M Judgment

The Seneca Nation has lost its attempt to block a ruling that it owes some $255 million in revenue-sharing payments to the state of New York under an automatically renewed gambling compact.

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2021-12-15

5 Benefits Rulings From 2021 That Attorneys Should Know

The U.S. Supreme Court averted chaos for employee health care plans by rejecting a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, and the Ninth Circuit gave states a green light to try to boost workers' retirement savings by backing California's auto-IRA program. Law360 recaps these and three other noteworthy benefits rulings from 2021.

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2021-12-15

4 Firms Shape Rentokil's $6.7B Pest Control Biz Deal

U.K. pest control company Rentokil Initial, guided by Davis Polk and Freshfields, said Tuesday it plans to buy Tennessee-based Terminix, advised by Wachtell and Macfarlanes, in a deal valuing the U.S. extermination business at $6.7 billion.

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2021-12-15

Argentine Co. Drops Maradona Instagram TM Suit

An Argentine company suing Facebook for control of late soccer legend Diego Maradona's Instagram account dropped the case Tuesday, Florida federal court filings show.

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2021-12-15

SBA Beats News Outlets' COVID-19 Relief Disclosure Suit

The U.S. Small Business Administration has defeated a lawsuit by five major news organizations seeking to reveal names of all businesses that have received COVID-19 relief funds after a D.C. federal judge ruled that the agency has sufficiently supported its decision to withhold the data.

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