U.S. District Judge Dan Polster on Monday declined to disqualify Motley Rice from dozens of opioid cases but said he was ‘very uncomfortable’ with its government client arrangements. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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Class-Action Reform in France Awaits Parliament's Pleasure—and Waits, and Waits…
Because of disagreement between the two chambers, the French legislature is already a year late in passing a national law under the 2020 EU Representative Actions Directive. Until it does, group actions and litigation funding are stalled, lawyers say. Click Here To Read The Full Article
SEC's Climate Disclosure Rule Prompts More Legal Challenges, GOP's Continuing Wrath
“Our Constitution empowers only Congress to make the law and importantly to take responsibility for the consequences,” said Rep. Andy Ogles. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Former President Trump Sues ABC News in Miami Court
The lawsuit stems from a show where ABC host George Stephanopoulos questioned Rep. Nancy Mace on her stance as a rape victim supporting the Republican party presidential candidate and former president in light of the May jury verdict in his recent civil trial brought by E. Jean Carroll. Click Here To Read The Full […]
Appellate Court Reinstates Consumer Protection Suit Against Boston-Area Marriott
Associate Justice Gregory I. Massing said that Fairfield Inn’s alleged knowledge about the plaintiffs’ business stay and its “failure to tell them in advance that they could not do business there was unlike neglecting to warn that an elliptical machine in the hotel gym was out of order, and more akin to neglecting to tell […]
Supreme Court Seems Sympathetic to Biden Administration, NRA in 1st Amendment Cases
“My biggest concern is that your view has the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways in the most important time periods,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said. Click Here To Read The Full Article
AI Risks Are Evolving—And Organizations May Not Be Keeping Up
Focusing on defining AI or taking on unnecessary burdensome vendor oversight obligations may no longer be the most effective strategies to mitigating AI risks, Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys said during a Monday webinar. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Kirkland Seeks Dismissal as Defendant, Sanctions in Suit Against Former Bankruptcy Judge
Kirkland & Ellis seeks to be dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed against former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones that is connected to an undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and Elizabeth Freeman, a former partner in Texas’ Jackson Walker. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Gibson Dunn Breaks $3B Revenue Mark With Litigation, Transactions Firing on All Cylinders
Gross revenue was up 12.3% while profits per equity partner rose 13.4% during the firm’s 28th consecutive year of revenue growth. Click Here To Read The Full Article
'Tip of the Iceberg': Appellate Ruling Provides Roadmap for Bias Suits Over DEI Training
“I think there’s going to be a huge number of reverse discrimination type cases filed this year and in subsequent years,” said employment lawyer Jason Schwartz. Click Here To Read The Full Article