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October 09, 2024
NFL Settles Racism, Retaliation Suit From Reporter Jim Trotter
Award-winning sports journalist Jim Trotter and the National Football League on Wednesday agreed to settle his federal lawsuit accusing the league and its media arm of retaliating against him for persistently raising concerns about discriminatory hiring.
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October 08, 2024
Ex-Girardi Keese CFO Inks Plea Deal Over Firm Embezzlement
Girardi Keese's former Chief Financial Officer Christopher K. Kamon reached a plea agreement Tuesday with Los Angeles federal prosecutors, who allege he spearheaded a "side fraud" that bilked millions of dollars from the embattled law firm's accounts behind disbarred attorney Tom Girardi's back.
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October 08, 2024
PetroSaudi Says US Not Entitled To All Of $380M Award
A PetroSaudi unit said it wants a California federal court to make clear that only 5% of funds should go to the Biden administration in a dispute over the proceeds of a nearly $380 million arbitral award allegedly tied to embezzled 1Malaysia Development Berhad funds.
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October 08, 2024
Vince McMahon Accuser Wants Freedom To Air 'Toxic' Culture
A woman accusing former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. executive chair Vince McMahon in Connecticut federal court of pressuring her into performing sex acts in exchange for an entry-level job has asked both McMahon and the company to voluntarily waive nondisclosure agreements, saying she and other accusers could help reform WWE's "toxic and sexualized culture."
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October 08, 2024
Adobe Slams FTC, DOJ For 'Rewrite' Of Subscription Law
Adobe Inc. blasted a federal government lawsuit over its annual subscription plan and early termination fees on Monday, saying the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice are improperly attempting to "rewrite existing law" with the case.
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October 08, 2024
Jackson, Kagan Target Loper Bright In Ghost Gun Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was uncharacteristically quiet during initial arguments Tuesday over the federal government's authority to regulate ghost guns. While her colleagues debated whether kits of unassembled parts qualify as firearms, she waited patiently to post a different question: Can courts now toss agency interpretations they don't like?
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October 08, 2024
FCC Chair Denounces Fla. Officials' Threat Over Abortion Ads
The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday blasted Florida officials for suggesting broadcast stations could be unlawfully airing ad claims by an abortion rights group.
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October 08, 2024
House Panel Probes FCC's Revoking Starlink's $885M Subsidy
The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee is investigating the Federal Communications Commission's 2022 decision to pull an $885.5 million broadband subsidy for SpaceX's Starlink, calling the Elon Musk-owned satellite internet company an asset in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and accusing the agency of "partisanship," in a new letter Monday.
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October 08, 2024
Congress Urged To Prevent Stalking Via Smart Car
An auto technology trade group asked congressional leaders Tuesday to push through legislation that would allow car connectivity services to cut access to domestic abusers.
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October 08, 2024
FuboTV Rips Fox Attempt To Transfer Sports Streaming Fight
Fox wants the New York federal judge overseeing the lawsuit accusing it, ESPN and Warner Bros. of trying to run a rival out of business with a joint sports streaming venture to lop off the claims against it and ship them to California, but plaintiff FuboTV says Fox is trying to "forum shop mid-case."
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October 08, 2024
NY Is 'Fair Play' For Barry Sanders Statue IP Row, Judge Told
A professional photographer suing over the alleged unauthorized use of his copyrighted photo to create a statue of legendary Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders urged a New York federal judge Tuesday not to drop the sculpture company from his lawsuit, arguing its jurisdictional claim lacks merit.
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October 08, 2024
Live Nation Shooting Case Stays In Seattle, Judge Says
Seattle will remain the venue for a lawsuit seeking to hold Live Nation Entertainment Inc. liable for fatal shootings at the Gorge Amphitheatre in rural Grant County, Washington, after a state court judge rejected the live music promoter's assertion that potential jurors were tainted by negative media coverage in the state's largest metro area.
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October 08, 2024
Broadband Study No Longer Justifies New Rules, Group Says
The end of Chevron deference to agencies means the Federal Communications Commission can no longer use an annual report on the state of broadband deployment to claim new regulatory powers, a free-market group has argued.
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October 08, 2024
Limp Bizkit's $200M Suit Says UMG Hid Royalties
Rock band Limp Bizkit hit Universal Music Group Inc. on Tuesday with a suit seeking more than $200 million, alleging that the music company created and used technology that allows it to hide royalties from its artists and hoard profits.
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October 08, 2024
Texas Tribune Can Attend Bail Hearings, 5th Circ. Told
A Fifth Circuit panel pushed back on a Texas county's argument that the Texas Tribune and other news organizations do not have the right to enter magistration proceedings, asking why the process of setting bail would count as an informal procedure during oral arguments Tuesday.
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October 08, 2024
Google Says Rumble Suit Too Late To Join Ad Tech MDL
Google wants to keep Rumble away from the consolidated litigation targeting the company's advertising placement technology dominance, telling the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the Canadian video-sharing service's May antitrust lawsuit comes too late and is too different to join in.
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October 08, 2024
NJ Judge Suspended For 'Admittedly Vulgar' TikTok Videos
The New Jersey Supreme Court has suspended a state Superior Court judge for three months for posting "admittedly vulgar" TikTok videos of himself lip-syncing songs with sexual content in his chambers and sometimes in his robes.
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October 08, 2024
College Admins Beat Ex-Prof's Suit Over Race-Based Study
Cleveland State University faculty defeated a former professor's suit alleging he was unlawfully fired for publishing research asserting intelligence differences between white and Black people, with an Ohio federal judge finding he was let go for abusing access to restricted data, not his research subject.
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October 08, 2024
AGs Slam TikTok With Youth Addiction, Fraud Claims
More than a dozen states have sued TikTok, alleging the popular social media platform targets young users and manipulates them into becoming habitual users while downplaying the harmful effects it can have on mental health and development.
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October 08, 2024
Media Co. And Ousted CEO Settle Suit Over Biz Sale
The company behind the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and other media outlets has settled a case brought against it by its ousted chief executive officer, who claimed he had been wrongly kept out of a committee looking into whether to sell the company by his family and other members of the firm's board.
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October 07, 2024
FTC's Amazon Monopolization Suit Largely Survives Dismissal
The bulk of the Federal Trade Commission's landmark monopolization case against Amazon will go forward, a Washington federal judge held in a recently unsealed opinion that trimmed only a few state-law claims from the 20-count antitrust complaint challenging the retail giant's pricing practices.
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October 07, 2024
FCC Needs To 'Harmonize' Cybersecurity, Mobile Group Says
A key wireless industry group has urged the Federal Communications Commission to ensure the network cybersecurity plans required by the agency's recent 5G Fund order are applied evenly across all its deployment funding programs.
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October 07, 2024
Activist Short Seller Blasts 'Preposterous' SEC Fraud Suit
The founder of Citron Research, a newsletter for short sellers, has asked a California federal court to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud suit against him and his investment advisory firm, arguing the suit "strategically omits" the disclaimers it accused the founder of not making.
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October 07, 2024
Morgan Lewis Taps SEC Enforcement Vet As DC Partner
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced on Monday that it has bolstered its securities enforcement and litigation team by hiring as a new partner the former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission division of enforcement associate director, a 17-year agency veteran who supervised many of the SEC's groundbreaking or noteworthy crypto actions, including one against Kim Kardashian.
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October 07, 2024
Music Label Says 2 Live Crew Songs Were Works For Hire
The owner of music label Lil' Joe Records took the stand Monday as he began to make the case that the members of hip-hop group 2 Live Crew were employees, not independent contractors, when they produced their hits and therefore cannot claw back their rights to the recordings.
Expert Analysis
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Lessons From Recent SEC Cyber Enforcement Actions
The recent guidance by the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance is helpful to any company facing a cybersecurity threat, but just as instructive are the warnings raised by the SEC's recent enforcement actions against SolarWinds, R.R. Donnelley and Intercontinental Exchange, say attorneys at O'Melveny.
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9th Circ. Ruling Flags Work Harassment Risks Of Social Media
The recent Ninth Circuit ruling in Okonowsky v. Garland, holding an employer could be liable for a co-worker's harassing social media posts, highlights new challenges in technology-centered and remote workplaces, and underscores an employer's obligation to prevent hostile environments wherever their employees clock in, say Jennifer Lada and Phillip Schreiber at Holland & Knight.
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Trump's Best Hush Money Appeal Options Still Likely To Fail
The two strongest potential arguments former President Donald Trump could raise in appealing his New York hush money conviction seem promising at first, but precedent strongly suggests they will still ultimately fail — though, of course, Trump's unique position could lead to surprising results, says former New York Supreme Court Justice Ethan Greenberg, now at Anderson Kill.
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5 Defense Lessons From Prosecutors' Recent Evidence Flubs
The recent dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges, and the filing of an ethics complaint against a former D.C. prosecutor, both provide takeaways for white collar defense counsel who suspect that prosecutors may be withholding or misrepresenting evidence, say Anden Chow at MoloLamken and Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Why The SEC Is Targeting Short-And-Distort Schemes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent crackdown on the illegal practice of short-and-distort trades highlights the urgent need for public companies to adopt proactive measures, including pursuing private rights of action, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.
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Considerations When Using Publicly Available Data To Train AI
To maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks of using publicly available data to train artificial intelligence models, companies should maintain a balance between openness and protection, and consider certain best practices, says Michael Cole at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America.
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Illinois BIPA Reform Offers Welcome Relief To Businesses
Illinois' recent amendment to its Biometric Information Privacy Act limits the number of violations and damages a plaintiff can claim — a crucial step in shielding businesses from unintended legal consequences, including litigation risk and compliance costs, say attorneys at Taft.
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3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture
Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.
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How Justices' E-Rate Decision May Affect Scope Of FCA
The U.S. Supreme Court’s eventual decision in Wisconsin Bell v. U.S., determining whether reimbursements paid by the E-rate program are "claims" under the False Claims Act, may affect other federal programs that do not require payments to be made by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, says David Colapinto at Kohn Kohn.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents
Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.
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Latest 'Nuclear Verdict' Underscores Jury-Trial Employer Risk
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury's recent $900 million verdict in a high-profile sexual assault and harassment case illustrates the increase in so-called nuclear verdicts in employment cases, and the need for employers to explore alternative methods of resolving disputes, say Anthony Oncidi and Morgan Peterson at Proskauer.
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Defamation Suit Tests Lanham Act's Reach With Influencers
Recently filed in the Northern District of Texas, Prime Hydration v. Garcia, alleging defamation and Lanham Act violations based on the defendant's social media statements about the beverage brand, allows Texas courts and the Fifth Circuit to take the lead in interpreting the act as it applies to influencers, says attorney Susan Jorgensen.