NHTSA Fines Ford $165M, Second-Largest Civil Penalty

By Emily Field

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday said it has issued Ford Motor Co. a fine of up to $165 million — the second-largest civil penalty in the agency's history — over the carmaker's failure to recall vehicles promptly.

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Insurer Says Mich. Lawyers Lying About Its Auto Coverage

By Danielle Ferguson

A no-fault auto insurer alleged in a new complaint Wednesday that Michigan personal injury attorneys and their law firms are engaging in a smear campaign to drive the insurer out of the state, accusing the attorneys and firms of posting lies that the company discourages drivers from selecting adequate policies and overcharges its customers.

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Notice Ruling For Mich. Claims Not Retroactive, Panel Says

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan Supreme Court ruling enforcing a notice requirement for lawsuits filed against the state government does not apply retroactively to cases filed in the last few years because it "reflected a 180-degree change in the law," a Michigan Court of Appeals panel said Wednesday. 

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47 AGs Support FCC's Robocall Database Reforms

By Brian Steele

A bipartisan coalition of 47 attorneys general encouraged the Federal Communications Commission to implement new rules aimed at improving the effectiveness of the Robocall Mitigation Database, or RMD, writing in a comment letter that the database is "currently one of the most important sources of information available for anti-robocall enforcement actions."

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Ex-JP Morgan Rep To Stop Soliciting Clients Amid Arbitration

By Emilie Ruscoe

A former J.P. Morgan Securities LLC employee who left to work for Morgan Stanley has agreed not to solicit customers from her former employer while the parties arbitrate the broker-dealer's claims she lured clients with more than $12 million in assets away to its rival.

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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

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Meet Trump's Solicitor General Nominee John Sauer

By Ali Sullivan

A former Missouri solicitor general who later convinced the U.S. Supreme Court that former presidents have sweeping immunity from prosecution for their official acts is poised to become the next U.S. solicitor general, joining other members of President-elect Donald Trump's criminal defense team who are slated to take top roles at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Trump's SDNY Pick A Familiar Face In Wall Street's Legal Wing

By Aislinn Keely & Sarah Jarvis

Jay Clayton's nomination to be the Manhattan U.S. attorney would seat a highly-regarded Wall Street lawyer in one of the top law enforcement jobs in the country, but he may face headwinds over his industry relationships and lack of criminal prosecution experience.

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Giuliani Gets New Atty As Poll Workers Seek To Collect $148M

By Craig Clough

Two days after Rudy Giuliani's lawyers asked a federal judge to allow them to withdraw from representing him in a pair of cases from former Georgia poll workers seeking to collect a $148 million defamation award against him, the embattled former mayor of New York found himself new representation.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Ocado file an intellectual property claim against an African fruit and vegetable importer, a claim filed against a Swiss bank founded by Indian billionaire Srichand Parmanand Hinduja and 300 individuals sue travel company TUI. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Tracey Read

Covington & Burling LLP leads this week's list of Law360 legal lions for helping Mark Zuckerberg beat multidistrict litigation claims alleging Meta concealed social media's risks to young users.

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Ga. Law Firm Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach

By Rose Krebs

Atlanta-based personal injury law firm Montlick & Associates PC has been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over an August data breach that compromised the private information of clients and employees.

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Grassley To Take 'Traditional Approach' To Blue Slips

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is signaling he will keep the process in place for home state senators' approval of district court nominees, although in the past he has claimed discretion to move forward when he thinks there's no good reason to block a nominee. 

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Plaintiffs Ask To Seal $8.5M Data Breach Deal With Gunster

By Andrea Keckley

Plaintiffs in a proposed data breach class action asked a Florida federal court Thursday to let them file under seal an $8.5 million settlement agreement to resolve accusations that Florida corporate law firm Gunster failed to safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees and other individuals from cybercriminals.

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OpenAI Says Ga. Defamation Suit Fails Without 'Actual Malice'

By Madison Arnold

OpenAI seeks summary judgment in a conservative talk radio show host's defamation lawsuit in Georgia state court, arguing, in part, that he can't prove there was actual malice when the company's ChatGPT software falsely claimed he was the defendant in another lawsuit.

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US Courts' Design Standards Increase Size, Costs, GAO Says

By Christine DeRosa

A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, publicly released Friday, has found that the judiciary's updated 2021 U.S. courts design guide would likely increase both the size and costs of federal courts.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

In moves that will affect general counsel, President-elect Donald Trump this week announced his choices to fill several key legal positions, including attorney general, deputy attorney general, solicitor general, chief White House counsel, and the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Meanwhile, the National Labor Relations Board told companies to stop ordering employees to attend anti-union meetings.

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Ex-McElroy Deutsch Exec Says Firm Has No Claim On House

By Jake Maher

The former McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP business development director whose husband pled guilty to stealing millions from the firm has argued that the time has come for the court to toss an attempt by the firm to put her house in a constructive trust.

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Girardi Seeks Sentencing Delay Amid Atty's Departure

By Madison Arnold

Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi is asking a California federal judge for more time before his sentencing date because a key member of his legal team is leaving the Federal Public Defender's Office on Monday.

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