Nadine Menendez's Atty Seeks Trial Delay Due To Jan. 6 Case

By Carla Baranauckas

Counsel for Nadine Menendez in a bribery case that toppled her husband, former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, asked a New York federal judge to delay her January trial date because it would likely conflict with the trial of another client facing charges in March in the 2021 Capitol insurrection.

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NY Groups, Truckers Say Congestion Pricing Unconstitutional

By Linda Chiem

A New York teachers union, and coalitions of residents and truckers have told a federal judge that Manhattan's recently resurrected congestion pricing is still unconstitutional and discriminatory, and federal and state transportation agencies shouldn't be allowed to shake their claims just because the tolls will be reduced.

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Jackson Hewitt Workers Get Final OK On $10.8M Settlement

By Asha Glover

A federal judge granted final approval to a $10.8 million settlement between former Jackson Hewitt Inc. workers and the tax preparation firm over claims the company's franchisees entered into an anti-competitive no-poach agreement despite the provision being removed from the company's franchise agreements.

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NJ Equal Pay Law Date Will Guide Atty's Discrimination Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

Discovery and damages in a former Reed Smith LLP labor and employment attorney's suit claiming gender discrimination will be limited to the effective date of New Jersey equal pay law, a state judge ruled, saying the law doesn't apply retroactively.

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Lawmaker-Turned-Judge Right Not To Recuse, Panel Says

By Emily Sawicki

A New Jersey appellate panel has backed a state judge's decision not to recuse herself from a dependency case involving a law she sponsored in her previous role as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, issuing a precedential ruling that the judge's knowledge of the law would not harm her ability to interpret it fairly.

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NJ Law Firm Hit With Whistleblower Suit From Fired Atty

By James Boyle

New Jersey law firm Post Polak PA has been hit with a state whistleblower lawsuit from a former associate alleging that she was fired over her handling of a public records case against Englewood Cliffs and her disagreements with the town mayor.

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Mass. AG Fines Burger King Franchises Over Labor Violations

By Julie Manganis

The operator of dozens of Burger King franchises in Massachusetts was hit with $2 million in citations for wage and child labor violations, the state attorney general's office announced Tuesday.

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River Group Sues Pa. Silver Refiner Over Water Pollution

By George Woolston

A Delaware River advocacy group has filed a Clean Water Act lawsuit against a Pennsylvania silver refinery, alleging the facility has been dumping polluted stormwater into the river.

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Victim Shares Blame For $1.4M Scam, Connecticut Atty Says

By Brian Steele

A New Jersey real estate development company is at least partly to blame after it transferred more than $1.4 million to a fraudster without taking proper precautions, a Connecticut attorney said Tuesday in response to a federal lawsuit that accuses her of involvement in the scam.

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Tort Report: Fla. Jury Delivers $141.5M Trucking Crash Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

A pending Pennsylvania Supreme Court case over Uber's so-called click-through arbitration agreements and a $141.5 million trucking crash verdict out of Florida lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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Beasley Allen Escapes Sanctions For J&J Deposition No Show

By Clara Geoghegan

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday laid ground rules for documents and communications to be shared in a messy discovery phase of the Chapter 11 of Red River Talc, Johnson & Johnson's latest liability spinoff, while also saying he wouldn't sanction a Beasley Allen attorney who didn't appear at a deposition last week. 

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Streaming Biz Brightcove Sold In $233M Go-Private Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Streaming technology company Brightcove Inc., advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, has agreed to go private and be bought by Latham & Watkins LLP-led software company Bending Spoons in an all-cash deal valued at around $233 million.

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Series

Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

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Mayer Brown, Gibson Dunn Match Milbank Bonuses

By Anna Sanders

Mayer Brown LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP joined a chorus of other BigLaw firms in doling out extra cash for associates, matching the year-end and special bonuses set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.

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Analysis

Better, Faster, Stranger: What Attys Think Of Our AI Future

By Chris Villani

Law firms are increasingly embracing the use of artificial intelligence, wary of its limitations but enchanted by its potential to transform the practice of law through smaller headcounts and cheaper litigation.

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Trump Nominees Receive Bomb Threats, Feds Say

By Frank G. Runyeon

Some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet appointees and administration nominees were targeted with "numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents," federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday, confirming reports from Trump's transition team.

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North Carolina Federal Judge Whitney To Take Senior Status

By Jared Foretek

U.S. District Judge Frank DeArmon Whitney will take senior status in the Western District of North Carolina on Sunday.

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High Court Bar's Future: Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher

By Katie Buehler

Principal Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Brian H. Fletcher is the legal equivalent of the coveted five-tool baseball player, who uses his unique intellect to dissect complex issues, quickly develop theories and arguments and level with skeptical U.S. Supreme Court justices, former colleagues and court watchers say.

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Up Next At The High Court: Transgender Care, Holocaust Art

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday for its December arguments session, which will include blockbuster questions about the constitutionality of state laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors and whether Hungary can be held liable for property stolen during World War II.

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Data Cos. Lose Challenge To NJ Judicial Privacy Law

By Jake Maher

A federal judge has ruled that the New Jersey judicial privacy and security measure known as Daniel's Law is constitutional, handing a defeat to a large group of data brokers accused of illegally posting judges' names and addresses online.

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Citi Gets TRO On Banker Accused Of Poaching Atty Clients

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Citibank NA's request for a temporary restraining order against one of its former bankers who it alleges jumped to a rival with confidential information on law firm and attorney clients, but denied the request regarding a second banker as "too speculative."

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Analysis

How Trump's Ga. Allies Could Walk Back Their Guilty Pleas

By Phillip Bantz

If any of President-elect Donald Trump's four co-defendants who secured early plea deals in the Georgia election meddling prosecution regret their decisions now that scandal has engulfed the case and Trump is returning to the White House, they might have some long shot options left on the table.

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Myman Greenspan Accused Of Wrongfully Firing Assistant

By Emily Sawicki

Motion picture and television law firm Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light LLP used a "transparent pretext" to illegally fire an assistant who had a health condition and was over the age of 50, according to a suit alleging wrongful termination in California state court.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

President-elect Donald Trump announced that a King & Spalding LLP international trade partner is his choice for U.S. trade representative. Meanwhile, the new general counsel for the largest federal employees' union is expected to fight any attempts to cut government jobs, which the new administration has threatened to do.

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Hub Hires: Goodwin Procter, Morgan Lewis, Foley Hoag

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts firms bolstered their white collar, intellectual property and regulatory practices with November hirings, including a former federal prosecutor who oversaw a massive kickback prosecution.

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