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TikTok Parent Hires Hollywood Heavy Hitter as Global GC Amid Showdown With US
Former Warner Bros. General Counsel John Rogovin is taking the legal reins of the popular social media app as its continued operation in the United States hangs in the balance.
Attorneys General Coalition Files Multistate Brief in Support of Title IX Changes, Protections for Transgender Students
“Enough is enough,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement regarding an amicus brief filed in support of Title IX’s recent changes. “We need policies that durably ensure fair and nondiscriminatory treatment of all students nationwide and do not change with the political winds.”
Lawyers Vying for 23andMe Data Breach Leadership Fear Bankruptcy Imminent
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen heard arguments on Monday from more than a dozen lawyers vying for leadership of the 23andMe data breach litigation.
Judge Clears Way for Wiretap Claims Against Delta, JetBlue for Use of Session Replay Code
“The court found no source in this district or under this circuit to suggest that visitors to websites should justifiably expect to have all their actions recorded. On the contrary, courts have found that software like the Session Replay Code are not an expected component of internet activity,” U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville said. […]
'Not Your Typical Conviction': Past Fraud, Contempt Findings Against Trump Likely to Inform Sentencing, Experts Say
This may be Donald Trump’s first criminal conviction, but observers say his past fraud and contempt findings make a non-carceral sentence far from assured.
NCBE Releases Results of NextGen's First Pilot Test
It was determined that extensive legal reference material, such as the Federal Rules of Evidence, will not be provided on the NextGen exam, according to NCBE’s Monday announcement.
1st Circuit Seems Unsure of Overturning Order Barring American Airlines-JetBlue Alliance
“I thought he [the trial judge] listened to the experts that the defendants [airlines] put forward and assessed their testimony and expressly found they were biased and largely not credible,” said First Circuit Judge William Kayatta Jr.
K&L Gates Represent Honeywell in Breach of Supply Agreement for Millions of Nitrile Gloves
“The nature and timeline of each S2S-manufactured deadline demonstrates that S2S was acting unreasonably with respect to issues that it had failed to show present health or safety concerns,” according to Honeywell’s complaint filed by attorneys with K&L Gates.
Lawyers Forge On With Ozempic Litigation Amid MDL Reassignment Uncertainty
“When a client reads that their judge has passed, it is a scary, scary thing,” said Jonathan Orent, a member at Motley Rice.