By C. Ryan Barber | July 25, 2017
This week, President Trump nominated Ann Marie Buerkle, the former New York congresswoman, to serve as the Consumer Product Safety Commission's chairwoman in a permanent capacity, putting her in line to lead the agency when Republicans take a majority. Here's a look at what companies and safety advocates need to know about Buerkle.
By Ross Todd | July 24, 2017
Friday's order brings tally awarded to the 22-lawyer plaintiffs' steering committee led by Elizabeth Cabraser of San Francisco's Lieff Cabraser Heimann Bernstein to nearly $350 million.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 24, 2017
A California law firm on July 21 blasted a recent subpoena from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as "nothing more than an unwarranted and impermissible fishing expedition," in a brief that also called for eliminating the agency on the grounds that its independent, single-director structure violates the Constitution.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
Chopping down Washington's "dense thicket of rules, regulations and red tape," as President Donald Trump described it in June, doesn't always come so easily—or quickly. For a number of other regulations, the Trump administration has been playing the delay game.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to reinstate a former branch manager fired for blowing the whistle on three subordinates who were opening new accounts for customers without their knowledge—the conduct at issue in the bank's $185 million settlement last year with federal regulators and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
The Trump administration is touting the number of federal regulations that are on the chopping block. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s suing the U.S. Treasury Department over a $2 million fine for violating Russia sanctions. The Federal Trade Commission's looking at Amazon.com's discounting practices. And financial regulators appear to be pulling back on a plan to restrict Wall Street bonuses. This is a weekly roundup from ALM and around the web.
By Juliet Linderman, Jason Dearen and Jeff Martin | July 20, 2017
In promotional brochures, a U.S. company boasted of the "stunning visual effect" its shimmering aluminum panels created in an NFL stadium, an Alaskan high school and a luxury hotel along Baltimore's Inner Harbor that "soars 33 stories into the air." Those same panels — Reynobond composite material with a polyethylene core — also were used in the Grenfell Tower apartment building in London. British authorities say they're investigating whether the panels helped spread the blaze that ripped across the building's outer walls, killing at least 80 people.
By Cogan Schneier | July 20, 2017
A nonprofit group represented by a longtime plaintiffs lawyer is challenging Mott's applesauce in a case that could be a sign of things to come.
By Josefa Velasquez | July 20, 2017
A tort-reform business group is pushing for a bill that would regulate the third-party consumer litigation funding industry in New York state, despite the end of the legislative session for the year.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
No Injury-in-Fact on Benefit of the Bargain Theory Based on Manufacturer's Omission in Absence of Affirmative Duty to Disclose
Presented by BigVoodoo
The New York Law Journal honors attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in New York.
The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
Consulting Magazine identifies the best firms to work for in the consulting profession.
Yardi is a global software company providing innovative property management solutions and services in every real estate market. We are focus...
Jaffe Glenn Law Group, P.A. is a Boutique Wage and Hour Litigation law firm. Candidates should have 2-3 years litigation experience. The ex...
McHenry & Horan, P.C. is a legacy medical malpractice defense firm with offices in Uniondale, NY. We are well respected for our expertis...