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October 02, 2024
SEC Plans To Appeal Ripple Labs Decision To 2nd Circ.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New York federal judge on Wednesday that it plans to appeal her decision in its registration suit against blockchain firm Ripple Labs to the Second Circuit.
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October 02, 2024
ACLU Seeks Info On Feds' Ability To Deport People En Masse
The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday sued U.S. government agencies overseeing the nation's immigration system in New York federal court for records outlining their ability to carry out a mass detention and deportation campaign.
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October 02, 2024
2nd Circ. Won't Nix Amazon Awards Against Chinese Sellers
A pair of Chinese third-party sellers were unable to convince the Second Circuit to vacate arbitral awards favoring Amazon after the sellers allegedly bribed customers for positive reviews, with the appeals court rejecting their argument that the arbitrators manifestly disregarded the law.
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October 02, 2024
NY Judge Not Confused By Irish Butter Packaging
The company behind the Kerrygold butter brand has failed to convince a federal judge in New York that consumers were confused by a smaller, newer Irish butter brand, per a ruling that called the businesses' respective packaging "markedly dissimilar."
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October 02, 2024
14 States, DC Urge 11th Circ. To Uphold Train Crew Size Rule
A coalition of 14 states and the District of Columbia urged the Eleventh Circuit to reject the railroad industry's attempt to vacate the U.S. Department of Transportation's final rule requiring all trains to be operated with at least two people, saying doing so would make rail operations less safe nationally.
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October 02, 2024
This Is L Can't Toss Tampon Misleading Labeling Suit
A New York federal judge on Wednesday declined to toss a suit alleging that This Is L. Inc. misleads consumers by advertising its tampons as having no "chlorine bleaching, dyes or fragrances" when it includes a pigment.
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October 02, 2024
2nd Circ. Prods NY Appeals Court To Weigh Foreclosure Law
The Second Circuit has urged a state appeals court to provide input on a ruling retroactively canceling U.S. Bank's attempt to foreclose on a Queens condo in 2016 by applying a six-year statute of limitations in the state's 2022 Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act.
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October 02, 2024
Software Co. Settles Ex-Sales Director's Pregnancy Bias Suit
A New York-based software company agreed to settle a former sales director's lawsuit alleging it unlawfully gave away her job during her maternity leave and put her in a more junior role when she returned, according to a filing Wednesday in Connecticut federal court.
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October 02, 2024
NY Man Posed As Exec To Steal $810K Tax Refund, Feds Say
A New York man has been charged with intercepting an unnamed Connecticut investment firm's $810,337 tax refund and then impersonating an executive of the company to steal most of it.
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October 02, 2024
Brooklyn Man Cops To Placing Rigged NBA Bets
A Brooklyn man pled guilty Wednesday to conspiring with former NBA player Jontay Porter and several other men to place fraudulent bets on basketball games and guarantee payouts.
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October 02, 2024
'Netflix Of China' Beats Investor Suit Over Inflated User Claims
China-based streaming service iQIYI, dubbed the "Netflix of China," and another streaming service, Baidu Inc., have beaten proposed shareholder class action suits alleging the companies falsely beefed up iQIYI's user metrics, causing stock price drops when the truth was later revealed in a short seller report.
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October 02, 2024
Ranking House Dems Urge Swift DEA Action On Pot Reform
A pair of House Democratic committee ranking members have urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to act quickly to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana and suggested that federal agencies should consider descheduling the drug altogether.
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October 02, 2024
Settlement Talks Fizzle As Soccer Antitrust Fight Plows Ahead
Hopes for a quick resolution in the antitrust brawl between the U.S. Soccer Federation and promoter Relevent Sports LLC seem dashed as the two sides informed a New York federal judge that settlement talks have stalled.
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October 02, 2024
Fleetwood Mac Producer Says 'Stereophonic' Rips Off His Book
One of the producers of Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 record album "Rumours," Kenneth Caillat, has accused the author of the play "Stereophonic" of swiping copyrighted material from his memoir "Making Rumours" to make the hit Broadway show.
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October 02, 2024
Ex-Airline Exec Sentenced To 32 Months For $32M Scam
A New York federal court has handed down a 32-month prison sentence to a businessman who confessed to a conspiracy to defraud his former employer, Polar Air Cargo Worldwide Inc., of more than $32 million.
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October 02, 2024
M&A Vet Joins Debevoise In NY From Legal AI Co.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has boosted its New York office with a veteran mergers and acquisitions attorney who recently worked as chief product officer at legal-focused artificial intelligence company Harvey.
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October 02, 2024
Justice Roberts Names Judicial Conference Committee Chairs
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has reshuffled the leadership of the U.S. Judicial Conference, naming five new committee chairs and extending the terms of five current chairs by one year.
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October 02, 2024
Tilray Gets Investor Stock Suit Scrubbed For Good
A New York federal judge has dismissed with prejudice an investor suit alleging cannabis company Tilray Inc. and its officers misled investors about a co-branding agreement's prospects, saying the latest amended complaint fails to show that the company's CEO had intent to defraud or other nefarious motives.
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October 02, 2024
Cozen O'Connor Lobbying Shop Adds De Blasio Vet In NY
Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, the international law firm's public affairs and lobbying arm, has grown with the addition of a veteran lobbyist who previously worked in New York City government, including with Mayor Bill de Blasio's office.
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October 02, 2024
NYC Mayor Adams May Face More Charges, Feds Say
Prosecutors told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday it was "possible" they would charge New York City Mayor Eric Adams with additional crimes in his corruption case, indicating they have evidence he told witnesses to lie to the FBI.
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October 02, 2024
Teva Sales Workers Get $2.7M Unpaid OT Deal Approved
A New Jersey federal judge greenlighted a $2.7 million settlement that resolves a suit from a collective of sales specialists who accused pharmaceutical company Teva of unlawfully denying them overtime wages during an extended training program.
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October 01, 2024
Pras Accuses Lauryn Hill Of Looting Fugees Tour Profits
Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel accused bandmate Lauryn Hill in a Manhattan federal lawsuit Tuesday of wresting control of the Grammy Award-winning group's brand and pocketing most of their reunion tour profits, allegations the "Killing Me Softly" singer vehemently denies.
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October 01, 2024
Merrill Lynch To Pay $2M FINRA Fine Over Trade Report Flaws
Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. has agreed to pay the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority $2 million to settle allegations of trade-reporting compliance shortcomings, including its alleged failure to properly trace millions of relevant retail customer transactions for over a decade.
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October 01, 2024
CFTC Fines Barclays, 3 Others Over Swap Rule Violations
Barclays Bank PLC on Tuesday agreed to pay the Commodity Futures Trading Commission $4 million for swap reporting violations, and three other swaps market participants copped to reporting and safeguards violations and agreed to pay more than $2 million combined in settlements that drew criticism from one commissioner.
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October 01, 2024
Lyft Beats NY Wheelchair Access, Disability Bias Class Action
A New York federal judge on Monday threw out a long-running class action alleging that Lyft fails to offer adequate wheelchair-accessible vehicle options for riders in the vast majority of its service regions, finding that the plaintiffs' proposed modifications for increasing accessibility aren't reasonable.
Expert Analysis
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A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System
As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.
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When The Platform Is A Product, Strict Liability Can Attach
A New York state court's recent ruling in Patterson v. Meta, holding that social media platforms can be considered products, appears to be the first of its kind — but if it is upheld and adopted by other courts, the liability implications for internet companies could be incredibly far-reaching, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.
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Opinion
Climate Change Shouldn't Be Litigated Under State Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court should reverse the Hawaii Supreme Court's October decision in Honolulu v. Sunoco that Hawaii could apply state law to emissions generated outside the state, because it would lead to a barrage of cases seeking to resolve a worldwide problem according to 50 different variations of state law, says Andrew Ketterer at Ketterer & Ketterer.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data
Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Keeping Up With Class Actions: A New Era Of Higher Stakes
Corporate defendants saw unprecedented settlement numbers across all areas of class action litigation in 2022 and 2023, and this year has kept pace so far, with three settlements that stand out for the nature of the claims and for their high dollar amounts, says Gerald Maatman at Duane Morris.
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5 Climate Change Regulatory Issues Insurers Should Follow
The climate change landscape for insurers has changed dramatically recently — and not just because of the controversy over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate-related risk disclosure rules, says Thomas Dawson at McDermott.
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Justices Clarify FAA But Leave Behind Important Questions
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month in Bissonnette v. LePage firmly shuts the door on any argument that the Federal Arbitration Act's Section 1 exemption is limited to transportation workers whose employers transport goods on behalf of others, but two major issues remain unresolved, say Joshua Wesneski and Crystal Weeks at Weil.
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Is The Digital Accessibility Storm Almost Over?
Though private businesses have faced a decadelong deluge of digital accessibility complaints in the absence of clear regulations or uniformity among the courts, attorneys at Epstein Becker address how recent federal courts’ pushback against serial Americans with Disabilities Act plaintiffs and the U.S. Department of Justice’s proposed government accessibility standards may presage a break in the downpour.
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Series
Swimming Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Years of participation in swimming events, especially in the open water, have proven to be ideal preparation for appellate arguments in court — just as you must put your trust in the ocean when competing in a swim event, you must do the same with the judicial process, says John Kulewicz at Vorys.
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How Courts Are Interpreting Fed. Circ. IPR Estoppel Ruling
In the year since the Federal Circuit’s Ironburg ruling, which clarified the scope of inter partes and post-grant review estoppel, district court decisions show that application of IPR or PGR estoppel may become a resource-intensive inquiry, say Whitney Meier Howard and Michelle Lavrichenko at Venable.
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2nd Circ. Eminent Domain Ruling Empowers Municipalities
The Second Circuit's recent decision in Brinkmann v. Town of Southold, finding that a pretextual taking does not violate the Fifth Amendment's takings clause, gives municipalities a powerful tool with which to block unwanted development projects, even in bad faith, say James O'Connor and Benjamin Sugarman at Phillips Lytle.
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NY Tax Talk: Primary Function Is Key Analysis For Sales Tax
Two sales tax cases recently decided by New York's Appellate Division illustrate why both taxpayers and the state's Department of Revenue subscribe to the primary function test, a logical way to determine whether business transactions are subject to sales tax, say Elizabeth Cha and Jeremy Gove at Eversheds Sutherland.
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Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss notable insurance class action decisions from the first quarter of the year ranging from salvage vehicle titling to rate discrimination based on premium-setting software.
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Opinion
Viral Deepfakes Of Taylor Swift Highlight Need For Regulation
As the nation grapples with addressing risk from artificial intelligence use, the recent circulation of AI-generated pornographic images of Taylor Swift on the social platform X highlights the need for federal legislation to protect nonconsenting subjects of deepfake pornography, say Nicole Brenner and Susie Ruiz-Lichter at Squire Patton.
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Opinion
Time To Fix NYC's Broken Property Assessment System
A New York appellate court's decision to revive Tax Equity Now New York v. City of New York may force the city to revamp its outdated and unfair real estate tax assessment system, which could be fixed with a couple of simple changes, says Seth Feldman at Romer Debbas.