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Corporate Counsel

Will Khan Resign? FTC Chair Isn't Saying Whether She'll Stick Around After Giving Up Gavel

“Some of the more politicized cases might end up in ties, and you can’t enforce without a majority,” said Gerald Stein, a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Intentionally Caused Motor Vehicle Accidents in the Video Spotlight

The author writes that public awareness of staged motor vehicle accidents has been raised by the viral video of the Belt Parkway crash and the video of a person in a bear costume damaging luxury cars in California, but staged, intentionally-caused losses have been a problem for insurers for a long time.
9 minute read

The Recorder

US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison

“I hope this settlement will help survivors, like me, as they begin to heal – but money will not repair the harm that BOP did to us." — Aimee Chavira, plaintiff and former inmate at now-closed prison in Dublin, California.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Asks: Should Tom Girardi Serve Sentence in a Medical Facility or Behind Bars?

U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, who is scheduled to sentence Tom Girardi this Friday, ordered both sides to submit additional briefing on whether he should serve time in a medical facility.
4 minute read

The Recorder

EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump

The EPA said opponents of the two waivers did not meet their legal burden to show how either the EV rule or a separate measure on heavy-duty vehicles was inconsistent with the federal Clean Air Act.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fisher & Phillips Elects 25 New Partners In 15 Cities

More partners were elected in Southeast offices this year, while fewer were promoted in California, compared to last year.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

‘Badge of Honor’: SEC Targets CyberKongz in Token Registration Dispute

“A criminal statute of limitations on regulations cannot be retroactive, but on the civil side, if it is clarifying existing law subject to SEC jurisdiction and authority, it would be something that could be enforced going forward,” said Neama Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Santa Barbara Judge Accused of Moonlighting as Attorney for Secretary/Girlfriend

The Commission on Judicial Performance said Superior Court Judge Michael Carrozzo improperly used court resources to help his assistant, who later became his wife.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

An AI Danger to Minors: Two Texas Families Want to Shut Down Character.AI

Parents in Texas are alleging a Character.AI program encouraged children to harm themselves and justified parenticide.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor Glasscock Reflects on Rewards of Equity Work, Clerks and the Delaware Way

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock, who has not announced any post-retirement plans, discussed how the court's workload has changed, the most pivotal chancery cases resolved during his tenure and his experience working with law clerks and members of the Delaware bar.
10 minute read

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