DoorDash Hit With Suit Over Breach Of Customer, Dasher Data

By Allison Grande

Delivery service DoorDash failed to delete old data and take other necessary steps to protect the personal information of customers, dashers and merchants that was exposed in a recent security breach, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court. 

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Trump Excludes Some Brazilian Foods From Higher Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump has excluded many Brazilian food products from a 40% tariff, including coffee, cocoa, beef and fruits, after receiving word initial progress has been made in ongoing trade negotiations, according to an executive order.

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NC Farmworker Wage Trial Canceled Amid Proposed Deal

By Corey Rothauser

A North Carolina federal judge has called off a December jury trial over claims that Lee and Sons Farms underpaid migrant H-2A workers and forced them to buy inadequate meals, with the parties telling the court there is a proposed settlement.

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Alaskan Tribes Look To Void Gold Mining Project Permit

By Crystal Owens

Several Alaskan Native communities are asking a federal court to vacate a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit and record of decision for a suction dredge mining operation, saying the agency violated a number of federal laws in concluding the project would not harm an ecologically productive estuary.

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Union Pacific Loses Bid To Keep Fatal Crash Case Federal

By Jonathan Capriel

Union Pacific Railroad must face in Oregon state court a lawsuit over a crash allegedly caused by an unkept crossing that killed three people, a federal judge ruled, saying the plaintiffs have adequately made claims against an Oregon-based defendant, justifying state court jurisdiction.

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Analysis

IP Notebook: Kahwa Mix-Up, WallStreetBets, Hotel California

By Ivan Moreno

This round of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues includes a Federal Circuit case over an obscure tea drink and a nod to the Eagles' "Hotel California" in a precedential decision that is a primer on having an actual intent to use a trademark.

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Key Strategies For Supplement Cos. Facing Lead Risks

In the wake of a recent Consumer Reports article detailing dangerously high levels of lead in many popular protein powders, supplement companies face increased litigation, rising enforcement risks and reputational harm — underscoring the need to monitor supply chains, test ingredients and understand labeling standards, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

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Opinion

Despite Deputy AG Remarks, DOJ Can't Sideline DC Bar

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent suggestion that the D.C. Bar would be prevented from reviewing misconduct complaints about U.S. Department of Justice attorneys runs contrary to federal statutes, local rules and decades of case law, and sends the troubling message that federal prosecutors are subject to different rules, say attorneys at HWG.

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Bonus Spotlight

5 BigLaw Firms Match Prevailing Year-End, Special Bonuses

By Anna Sanders

BigLaw continues to dole out extra cash for attorneys just in time for the holidays, with five more firms matching the year-end and special bonuses previously announced by their peers.

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Feds' Claim Against Judge Weighing Trans Troops Ban Tossed

By Lauren Berg

The D.C. Circuit's chief judge tossed the U.S. Department of Justice's misconduct complaint against the federal judge overseeing litigation challenging the Trump administration's ban on transgender troops serving in the military, saying judicial misconduct proceedings are not the appropriate avenue to address concerns about a judge's impartiality.

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Comey, James Defeat Charges Over Halligan's Appointment

By Ryan Boysen

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed.

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Calif. Personal Injury Law Firm Sued Over Ransomware Attack

By Gina Kim

A former Adamson Ahdoot LLP client lodged a proposed class action in California state court on Friday over a Nov. 3 ransomware attack, alleging the law firm failed to protect his personal information despite touting on its website that it follows industry standards to do so.

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Feature

Prep, Panic & Poise: Inside An Associate's First Oral Argument

By Jeff Overley

Fraser M. Holmes followed a long professional path to a Texas court's lectern. He'd been a baseball blogger, travel writer and social studies teacher before appellate law beckoned. After years of toil, a milestone moment — his first oral argument — finally arrived, but as justices took the bench, his heart sank: "Oh, my God. I think I've just forgotten my entire argument."

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Google Calls Rumble's Recusal Bid Irrelevant To Its Appeal

By Andrea Keckley

Google is urging the Ninth Circuit to disregard concerns Rumble has raised about the trial judge's relationship with the tech giant's litigation vice president, saying Friday that the information is irrelevant to the YouTube rival's appeal of the court's ruling that its antitrust lawsuit was filed too late.

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Oversight Chair Seeks USPTO Briefing On Litigation Funding

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is seeking a briefing by the end of the month from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on third-party litigation funding and reforms the agency is working on.

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8th Circ. Won't Force Judge's Recusal In Pork Price-Fixing Case

By Matthew Perlman

The Eighth Circuit has denied a mandamus petition from Agri Stats Inc. and major pork producers who are seeking a Minnesota federal judge's recusal in price-fixing litigation based on a law clerk's previous work on a related case.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week delivered a packed mix of fraud allegations, merger fallout, corporate-governance reforms and jurisdictional fights, while a new academic report ignited debate over attorney fee awards in Delaware's influential corporate forum.

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