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August 03, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

Uber's Legal Chief Tony West Takes Unpaid Leave to Campaign for Kamala Harris

In an internal email, West said he'll be "acting as a family-member surrogate, one who can speak about the vice president from the perspective of someone who's known her for decades."
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August 02, 2024 | Law.com

'Vision': How Judge David Tatel Mastered Blindness and Justice

In this week's Legal Speak episode, retired D.C. Circuit Judge David Tatel discusses how his memoir, "Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice," weaves narratives about his legal career and deteriorating vision.
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August 02, 2024 | The Recorder

'Absolute Victory': Judge Tosses $4.7 Billion Verdict Against NFL in 'Sunday Ticket' Trial

Federal antitrust laws could have tripled the damages to more than $14 billion if the verdict, which held that the NFL violated the Sherman Act by conspiring to inflate the price of its "Sunday Ticket" streaming service, had been sustained.
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August 02, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

TikTok Slapped With DOJ Lawsuit for Allegedly Violating Children's Privacy

"This action is necessary to prevent the defendants, who are repeat offenders and operate on a massive scale, from collecting and using young children's private information without any parental consent or control," Brian Boynton, head of the Justice Department's Civil Division, said in a statement Friday.
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August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

Justice Kagan Emerges as the Supreme Court's Unflinching Critic

At a time when the court's approval rating has sagged to near-historic lows, Elena Kagan has appeared sympathetic to progressive and Democratic critics who see the current court as driven by a conservative agenda.
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August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

Apple Urges Federal Court to Dismiss DOJ's iPhone-Related Antitrust Case

"This lawsuit is based on the false premise that iPhone's success has come not through building a superior product that consumers trust and love, but through Apple's intentional degradation of iPhone to block purported competitive threats," the tech giant stated.
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August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

Md. Supreme Court Affirms Virginia Damages Cap in Medical-Malpractice Case

"We hold that the circuit court erred in applying the Maryland cap on non-economic damages to the damages that the jury awarded to Ms. [Shelly] Blackston," Justice Angela M. Eaves wrote in her opinion for the Maryland Supreme Court. "Therefore, the cap on damages under Virginia law, not Maryland law, is applicable to the damages awarded by the jury."
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August 02, 2024 | National Law Journal

The Crowell & Moring Paralegal Who Made History Refereeing at the Paris Olympics

"The commitment that we have as water polo referees is so big, and then it's like I'm billing 2,000 hours plus a year," said Jenn McCall, a health care recovery specialist at Crowell.
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August 01, 2024 | Daily Business Review

MDL Judge Faces Ruling on Who Should Be in Charge of Claims by FTX Customers

In a response to three questions posed by the federal district court in Miami, Adam Moskowitz, managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm, announced on Thursday that all FTX victims may actually be made "whole" in the multidistrict litigation.
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August 01, 2024 | The Recorder

Ex-CNN Host Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Contract

Lemon, best known for his 2006-23 tenure on CNN, filed the complaint on Thursday in California Superior Court for San Francisco County. He is represented by Carney Shegerian, founder of Shegerian & Associates. The complaint alleges fraud, negligent misrepresentation, misappropriation of name and likeness, breach of express contract and restitution and unjust enrichment.
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