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Uvalde Shooting 'Fresh in Everyone's Mind:' Lone Dissenting Judge Disagrees with School's Disciplinary Decision Over Pellet Gun

In a 2-1 decision, a dissenting judge concluded school officials in Illinois allowed recent school shootings, including in Uvalde, Texas, to influence its punishment of a middle school student.
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Law.com

'A Mockery' of Deposition Rules: Walgreens Wins Sanctions Dispute Over Corporate Witness Allegedly Unfamiliar With Company

"Zeikos's counsel made roughly 300 objections during Mr. Goldstein's deposition. ... The objections' numerosity alone might be enough to be considered obstructionist, but upon review of them in the full context of the deposition, the court notes it would fail to sustain about 90% of them," wrote U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri L. Holleb Hotaling in a business dispute against Walgreens.
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Corporate Counsel

GC Conference Takeaways: Picking AI Vendors 'a Bit of a Crap Shoot,' Beware of Internal Investigation 'Scope Creep'

“You appease the government by trying to do the right thing," said Xavier Cunningham, a supervisory attorney adviser at the Justice Department.
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Corporate Counsel

How a 200,000-Worker Global Enterprise Took Down the Silos and Made ESG Its Mission

"Sometimes, you know you won’t change someone’s mind, but you have to listen to them anyway. That dialogue can uncover unexpected insights," said Margaret Egan, general counsel Hyatt Hotels & Resorts.
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Law.com

Suit Over Citric Acid in Kraft Mac & Cheese Survives Challenge

"[The] plaintiffs have described several respects in which artificial citric acid differs from natural citric acid. Dismissal on this basis is thus inappropriate," U.S. District Judge Mary M. Rowland said, clearing the way for a products liability suit to proceed against Kraft Heinz for marketing its macaroni and cheese product as having no preservatives.
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The Recorder

Federal Prosecutor in Tom Girardi Trial Joins Edelson

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ali Moghaddas was a lead prosecutor who obtained an Aug. 27 guilty verdict against Tom Girardi.
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The American Lawyer

Labor & Employment Firms Expect Demand Surge as Bosses Face Uncertainty Over Rules Changes

"You can draw some analogies between the current state and the landscape employers faced during the pandemic. Companies faced a great deal of uncertainty and had to make business decisions without knowing what the future would hold," Seyfarth Shaw chair and managing partner Lorie Almon said of her expectations for the coming Trump administration.
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Corporate Counsel

AT&T General Counsel Joins ADM Board as Company Reels From Accounting Scandal

It is the first director role for David McAtee, though he's no newcomer to helping navigate a business through tumultuous times.
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Law.com

Inside Track: How 2 Big Financial Stories—an Antitrust Case and a Megamerger—Became Intertwined

At issue is whether Discover's underperforming digital payments network would have the muscle to challenge Visa's dominance of the payments industry if regulators OK its merger with Capital One.
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Law.com

Judge Dismisses Microplastics Suit Against Evian's 'Natural Spring Water'

In "Daly v. Danone Waters of America," the court determined that the plaintiffs' claims were preempted by federal regulation.
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