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November 06, 2024
Natera Declared 'War' On Guardant, Jury Told At Trial's Start
Guardant on Wednesday told a California federal jury during opening statements in its false advertising lawsuit that rival Natera saw Guardant's competing colorectal cancer detection test as "an existential threat" and declared "war" while Natera maintained that its ads to doctors comparing the tests were meant "to educate, not deceive."
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November 06, 2024
9th Circ. Says No New Trial For Tesla Investors' Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a lower court didn't err in denying Tesla investors' request for a new trial regarding their $12 billion claim over Elon Musk's 2018 tweets that he had "funding secured" to take the electric car giant private, saying there were no improper instructions given to the jury.
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November 06, 2024
Trump's Win Likely To Spur Deals For Capital Markets Attys
Former President Donald Trump's decisive win in Tuesday's presidential election will enable deals to proceed on a more certain basis, capital markets advisers said Wednesday, citing pent-up demand to restart capital raising after a long period of subdued activity.
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November 06, 2024
SEC's Gensler Faces Group's Call To Resign After Trump Win
Following Donald Trump's election victory Wednesday, a financial services trade association called on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler to "immediately" step down in order to boost trust in the agency.
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November 06, 2024
Chancery OKs Trade Desk Vote On Charter Move To Nevada
The Trade Desk Inc. received a Delaware Court of Chancery go-ahead Wednesday for a Nov. 14 stockholder vote on reincorporating the digital advertising company in Nevada, after a vice chancellor rejected claims in a stockholder suit that the company's move requires a supermajority stockholder vote.
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November 06, 2024
Customers Look To Preserve Lead Class Action Against AT&T
AT&T shareholders are telling a Texas federal judge that the company acted with scienter when it allegedly misled investors about the removal of lead-covered copper cables from its network, pushing back on AT&T's motion to dismiss the suit stemming from a drop in the company's stock price.
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November 06, 2024
2nd Circ. Revives Authors' Breach Claim Against McGraw Hill
The Second Circuit has partially restored a breach of contract claim from a would-be class action that alleged McGraw Hill shortchanged textbook authors on royalties from e-book sales, saying there was merit to one of their arguments relating to contract language.
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November 06, 2024
Judge Axes NY Claims In Chase Bank Counterfeit Check Row
A New Jersey federal judge partly granted JPMorgan Chase Bank's bid to toss a tile company's lawsuit over the financial giant's alleged acceptance of $5 million in counterfeit checks drawn from its Valley National Bank account, reasoning that Florida law claims could stand but allegations under New York statutes could not.
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November 06, 2024
Amazon Can't 'Just Walk Out' On BIPA Claims
An Illinois federal judge largely allowed two biometric privacy suits to proceed against Amazon and a Midway Airport shop operator over Amazon's Just Walk Out cashierless checkout technology, trimming just an unlawful profiting claim against the travel retailer.
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November 06, 2024
Morgan Stanley Denied ERISA Deferred Comp Ruling Redo
A New York federal judge denied Morgan Stanley's request that the court rethink its order compelling to individual arbitration a proposed class action from former financial advisers seeking deferred compensation to individual arbitration, keeping a holding intact that found disputed benefits were subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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November 06, 2024
Ex-Exec Says Do-Nothing ComEd Jobs A Favor To Madigan
A former Commonwealth Edison executive testified Wednesday that several subcontractors the utility kept on the payroll for years did little to no work and were hired as a favor for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, bolstered by a series of recordings he captured while cooperating with the government.
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November 06, 2024
Coinbase, CFTC Reach Discovery Agreement For SEC Case
Coinbase said it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on certain search terms that it believes satisfies its discovery needs in its ongoing securities enforcement case, resolving an earlier motion to compel the futures regulator to provide certain communications with crypto firms.
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November 06, 2024
Business Groups Urge Calif. Justices To Nix HIV Drug Ruling
Business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are asking the California Supreme Court to throw out a suit alleging Gilead Sciences Inc. deprived customers of a safer form of its HIV drug for profits, saying the current ruling creates an untenable duty and liability even when there's no harmful defect in a product.
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November 06, 2024
What A Second Trump Term Could Mean For FDA And CPSC
The historic reelection of former President Donald Trump could lead to shake-ups at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, while questions remain about what policies he will enact.
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November 06, 2024
Fake BigLaw Atty Duped Exec Into Wiring $55M, Co. Says
A German rubber product manufacturer is suing a California woman and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA in California federal court alleging a company employee was tricked into wiring more than $54.9 million to at least 18 bank accounts by a fraudster posing as both an Orion executive and a partner at Clifford Chance LLP.
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November 06, 2024
Tesla Defeats Sanctions Bid Over Atty's Mediation Appearance
A widow suing Tesla Inc. for the wrongful death of her late husband can't pursue sanctions against the automaker for allegedly wasting her time in mediation, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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November 06, 2024
Ex-GE Exec Called 'Innocent Victim' In $1.1B Forgery Trial
Counsel for a former GE Power executive accused of taking a $5 million kickback after forging documents to close a $1.1 billion gas turbine deal in Angola suggested to a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that others were behind the fraud.
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November 06, 2024
Former Walmart Manager Can Proceed With OT Suit
A former Walmart manager supported her claims for unpaid overtime in her misclassification suit, a Georgia federal judge said Wednesday, rejecting the retail company's bid to toss her lawsuit.
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November 06, 2024
Mass. Voters Back Gig Driver Unions, Setting Up Possible Suit
Massachusetts voters on Tuesday handed Uber and Lyft drivers a novel route to unionization, likely setting up a legal challenge to the measure that experts predict will face an uphill climb.
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November 05, 2024
Mass. Voters Reject Tipped Minimum Wage Proposal
Massachusetts voters on Tuesday rejected a hotly contested measure that would have fundamentally changed how servers and other tipped workers are compensated, one of a collection of ballot initiatives dealing with employment rights, education and legalized hallucinogens.
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November 05, 2024
Trump Has Official Immunity. What About His Aides?
Whether the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity extends to subordinates who follow a president's orders has become a more pressing question in the wake of Donald Trump's projected election win, according to legal experts.
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November 05, 2024
How Trump Can Quash His Criminal Cases
Donald Trump's projected victory at the polls also translates to a win in the courts, as the second-term president will have the power to end both of his federal criminal cases. And the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity would shield him from any consequences for ordering his charges to be dismissed, experts say.
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November 05, 2024
An Early Look At Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist
With former President Donald Trump projected to win the 2024 presidential election and the Republicans' success in securing the U.S. Senate majority, Trump may now get the chance to appoint two more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, cementing the court's conservative tilt for decades to come.
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November 05, 2024
GOP's Senate Win Hands Future Of The Judiciary To Trump
Republicans were projected to take back the White House and Senate and possibly the House early Wednesday, putting the GOP in position to back Donald Trump's agenda and his slate of young, conservative judicial nominees.
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November 05, 2024
The Firms With An Inside Track To A New Trump Admin
Law firms that have represented Donald Trump and the Republican Party on everything from personal legal woes to election-related lawsuits could see the risks of that work pay dividends as Trump is projected to secure a second term in office.
Expert Analysis
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Don't Phone A Friend: Disclosing Friendships With Executives
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement against a former Church & Dwight chairman for violating proxy disclosure rules by neglecting to disclose his friendship with an executive officer amid a CEO search illustrates the perils of relying solely on responses to questionnaires circulated to boards, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Planning For Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements In Sports
Attorneys at Wiley discuss the proposed rules under the Cybersecurity Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act that would impose extensive reporting requirements on professional and collegiate athletic organizations, universities and sports venues, including defining a covered entity and analyzing the types of events that would trigger reporting.
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Why Diversity Jurisdiction Poses Investment Fund Hurdles
Federal courts' continued application of the exacting rules of diversity jurisdiction presents particular challenges for investment funds, and in the absence of any near-term reform, those who manage such funds should take action to avoid diversity jurisdiction pitfalls, say attorneys at Sher Tremonte.
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The Ups And Downs Of SEC's Now-Dissolved ESG Task Force
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Climate and ESG Enforcement Task Force, which was quietly disbanded sometime over the summer, was marked by three years of resistance from some stakeholders to ESG regulation, a mixed record in the courts and several successful enforcement actions, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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The OIG Report: Bad Timing For FEC To Be Underresourced
With less than two weeks to the election, the Federal Election Commission’s job has never been more urgent, but a report from its Office of the Inspector General earlier this year found that the agency is facing a resource squeeze that will only get worse without corrective action, says Diana Shaw at Wiley.
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Opinion
It's Time To Sound The Alarm About Lost Labor Rights
In the Fifth Circuit, recent rulings from judges appointed by former President Donald Trump have dismantled workers’ core labor rights, a troubling trend that we cannot risk extending under another Trump administration, say Sharon Block and Raj Nayak at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
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SEC Fine Shows Risks Of Nonpublic Info In X, LinkedIn Posts
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced a settlement with DraftKings over charges arising from posting material nonpublic information on the CEO's social media accounts, highlighting that information posted to company websites and social media sites does not automatically qualify as "publicly disclosed" for purposes of Regulation FD, say attorneys at O'Melveny.
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Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus
Although the outcome of the presidential election may alter the course of antitrust enforcement in certain areas of the economy, scrutiny of labor markets by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to remain largely unaffected — with one notable exception, say Jared Nagley and Joy Siu at Sheppard Mullin.
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Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, federal courts may eventually issue decisions on banking law principles and processes that could fundamentally alter the agencies' enforcement action framework, and the relationship between banks and examiners, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.
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CFTC Anti-Fraud Blitz Is A Warning To Carbon Credit Sellers
With its recent enforcement actions against a carbon offset project developer and its senior executives for reporting false information about the energy savings of the company's projects, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is staking out its position as a primary regulator in the voluntary carbon credit market, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Unpacking State AG Approaches To Digital Asset Enforcement
Attorneys at Cozen O'Connor survey recent digital asset enforcement by attorneys general nationwide driven by concerns over regulatory gaps where technological developments and market changes have outpaced legislation.
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3 Takeaways From Navy Shipbuilder's Fraud Guilty Plea
Austal USA’s recent plea agreement over accounting fraud charges highlights for other companies the benefits of cooperating with government investigations, the challenges posed by senior executives’ involvement in misconduct, and the high stakes for defense contractors, say Michael DeBernardis and Shayda Vance at Hughes Hubbard.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.