More than 120 mostly Democratic lawmakers raised concerns Thursday about the proposed $10 million sale of Spirit Airlines' internal data to Google for artificial intelligence training, saying the sale would involve an "extraordinary volume" of internal records containing individuals' sensitive information.
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Lawmakers Push For Protections In $10M Spirit Data Sale

By Kelcey Caulder

More than 120 mostly Democratic lawmakers raised concerns Thursday about the proposed $10 million sale of Spirit Airlines' internal data to Google for artificial intelligence training, saying the sale would involve an "extraordinary volume" of internal records containing individuals' sensitive information.

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Genesis Healthcare Gets OK For Amended $1B Asset Sale

By Rick Archer

A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved the sale of Genesis Healthcare's 175 care facilities after being told that the debtor had reached an amended deal with the buyer that will add $15 million in cash to the $1 billion Genesis was already slated to receive.

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Nikola's Pardoned Ex-CEO Seeks To Flip Ch. 11 Claim Ruling

By Emlyn Cameron

The former CEO of electric-truck maker Nikola has asked the Third Circuit to review a Delaware federal judge's decision that his nearly $70 million bankruptcy claim against his former company was properly subordinated in the debtor's Chapter 11, despite a pardon from President Donald Trump.

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CHAPTER 11

'Chicken Soup' Parent Owes $25M Judgment, Investor Says

By Aaron Keller

The entity that manages self-help book publisher Chicken Soup for the Soul Holdings LLC should be ordered to pay $25 million after a sale of most of an affiliate's assets never materialized, according to an investor seeking to recover some of its alleged $50 million in losses.

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Brief

NJ Event Venue Gets OK For Reworked Ch. 11 Plan

By Ben Zigterman

The company behind a New Jersey event venue called The Chariot received confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan, which will hand over the reorganized company to two investors.

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LITIGATION

Fla. Court Vacates $5 Law Firm Sales In Litigation Funder Suit

By David Minsky

A Florida state court vacated an order allowing a discount sale of an attorney's $20 million worth of shares in three law firms to a litigation funder seeking to collect on an out-of-state judgment, saying the auction notice wasn't issued properly. 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Mentalism Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Convincing strangers I can read their minds may seem like an unusual second career for a legal practitioner, but both disciplines share several important requirements, including trust and preparation, says Warren Biro at Manatt.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sheppard Mullin Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

By Jake Maher

A former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP paralegal launched a proposed class action against the firm in California federal court on Wednesday over a cyberattack it had in August, in which she says at least 1,000 people's names and Social Security numbers were stolen.

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IP Rights Group Urges Against Litigation Funding Disclosure

By Elliot Weld

An inventor rights advocacy group has told a federal courts rules committee that requiring the disclosure of who is funding civil litigation would put independent inventors at a disadvantage when trying to enforce patents against a larger company.

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Analysis

New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy

By Phillip Bantz

The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond traditional healthcare providers and highlights the division's growing dominance within the U.S. Department of Justice, experts say.

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Cornell Defendant Seeks To Nix James As Special Prosecutor

By Andrea Keckley

One of the seven men accused of drugging and raping a fellow Cornell University student at a fraternity home has asked a New York state court to void Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.

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Gov't Attys Could Face Sanctions Over AI Use Omissions

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has ordered four government attorneys to explain why they shouldn't be sanctioned for making factual misrepresentations about the U.S. Army's use of artificial intelligence to evaluate contract proposals.

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Split Congress Could Spur Competing Probes, Cleary Finds

By Courtney Bublé

If the new year brings an era of divided Congress, then "dueling investigations" into the same topics should be expected, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP said in a report it released Thursday.

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Fla. Judge Says Oct. 7 Attack Was 'Inflection Point' For U.S.

By David Minsky

U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman addressed a small group of attorneys in a Florida law office to speak on his book about the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, saying public debate over facts surrounding the event and underlying feud has reached an "inflection point" in America.

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Buzbee Faces $970K Fee Bid In Dismissed Conspiracy Cases

By Lynn LaRowe

A Mississippi lawyer is asking a Texas state court to award her more than $970,000 in fees after defeating claims that she and her law firm conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.

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Dems Says GOP Broke Senate Rules In Jack Smith Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have accused Republicans of violating committee rules during a hearing last week with former special counsel Jack Smith.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Baker & Hostetler

Bracewell LLP

Bradley Arant

Buzbee Law Firm

Cleary Gottlieb

Fox Rothschild

Gelber Schachter

Gibson Dunn

Graubard Miller

Halloran & Sage

MJ Legal PA

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Schulte

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan Lewis

Nesenoff & Miltenberg

Paul Hastings

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Roniel Rodriguez IV PA

Sheppard Mullin

Strauss Borrelli

Sullivan & Cromwell

Tripp Scott

Vedder Price

Weil Gotshal

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Atlanta Hawks

Bogota Savings Bank

Cornell University

Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

Nikola Corp.

ROC Nation LLC

Redbox Automated Retail LLC

Spirit Airlines Inc.

Toyota Motor Corp.

United Nations Children's Fund

Virage Capital Management LP

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

New York Attorney General's Office

Texas Supreme Court

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals

U.S. Army

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission