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December 17, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Trump Mulls Big Changes to Banking Regulation, Unsettling the Industry

“The FDIC is the glue that holds the whole banking industry together. Getting rid of it is a very bad idea," said Bill Isaac, who was FDIC chair from 1981 and 1985.
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December 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

President Biden: Use Your Pardon Power to Protect the Innocent

If President Biden pardoned his clearly guilty son because, as he suggested, Hunter got a raw deal from prosecutors, then he ought to pardon a whole slew of innocent folks who are about to get a raw deal from the incoming administration.
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December 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Presidential Immunity Doesn't Block Trump's NY Criminal Prosecution, Judge Rules

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan declined to dismiss Trump's New York case based on presidential immunity, but still he was still considering a final motion to set aside in the interests of justice.
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December 16, 2024 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Call for Immigration Advocates 

The availability of immigration attorneys, especially those who practice in the context of removal proceedings in immigration court, has long been stretched too thin, and quality attorneys are even fewer and farther between, Connecticut Law Tribune's editorial board writes.
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December 16, 2024 | National Law Journal

DC Judge Rules Russia Not Immune in Ukrainian Arbitration Award Dispute

"Russia has made its bed and now must lie in it," U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden wrote in his opinion denying Russia's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by 11 Ukrainian retail gas companies seeking to enforce a $34 million international arbitration award.
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December 16, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

Settlement Obtained in Class Suit Over Defective Artificial Turf

"Judge Shipp's July order is a brilliant road map for all courts to consider regarding whether to certify 'issue questions,'" said Adam Moskowitz, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs and managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm.
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December 16, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Former High-Ranking Manhattan Prosecutor Is Representing Luigi Mangione

Karen Friedman Agnifilo served as chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office between 2014 and 2021. Before that she was chief of the office’s trial division.
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December 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Luigi Mangione's Attorney Gives a Master Class in How Not to Handle a High-Profile Case in the Media

You won't know the whole story in the early days of a crisis—that means your initial statement needs to concentrate only on what you do know rather than what you think, a crisis communications manager advises to defense counsel for Luigi Mangione.
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December 13, 2024 | Law.com

Antitrust Class Actions Against CVS, Other Pharmacy Benefit Managers Are Piling Up

Plaintiffs, independent pharmacies, claimed the defendants "have vertically integrated" with health care giants such as insurance companies, health care providers, drug private labelers and others. As a result, the complaints say, pharmacy benefits managers use anticompetitive methods to suppress reimbursements for discount card payments, which allegedly causes stand-alone pharmacies to suffer and even go out of business.
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December 13, 2024 | Legaltech News

When Inadvertent Disclosures Happen at a Law Firm, Who’s Responsible?

While misconfigured document management systems have led to problems for law firms, experts say a lack of training may be the issue.
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