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By Max Mitchell | November 27, 2017
A lead attorney in the NFL concussion settlement has been very critical of numerous third-party litigation funding companies that have loaned money to retired players involved in the class action, but it is his alleged failure to publicly disclose his history with another litigation funding company that has raised some eyebrows recently.
By Erin Mulvaney | November 27, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge this month, ruling for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, awarded $55,500 in damages and other relief to a private employee who claimed he was discriminated against because he is gay. The case was a test for the agency as it pushes for such protections to be recognized under federal civil rights laws.
By Scott Graham | November 27, 2017
There was no clear majority Monday signaling the death of inter partes review—the administrative procedure for reviewing patent validity created by the 2011 America Invents Act.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | November 27, 2017
Jim Schultz has returned to private practice after nearly one year serving the Trump administration.
By Kristen Rasmussen | November 27, 2017
Thaddeus Bereday, the former general counsel at Tampa-based insurer WellCare Health Plans Inc., was sentenced on Nov. 22 to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty in June to one count of making a false statement in connection with a scheme to defraud the Florida Medicaid program.
By Christine Simmons | November 27, 2017
It's been a year of high-profile prosecutions and convictions involving partners at prestigious firms. What keeps leading lawyers astray?
By Marcia Coyle | November 27, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday had no appetite for disputes firearms and Confederate symbols. The justices left intact lower court decisions upholding Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons and Florida's prohibition on open carry of weapons and firearms. The court also declined to wade into a dispute over the appearance of a Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 27, 2017
Anthony Alexis, the former enforcement director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is joining Goodwin Procter, where he will lead the firm's consumer financial services enforcement practice as a partner. Goodwin Procter was among several firms that recently had expressed interest in hiring a top official from the Obama-era agency, whose leadership was thrown into tumult over the weekend. Two acting directors of the agency, replacing Richard Cordray, have assumed power.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 26, 2017
A top Consumer Financial Protection Bureau official on Sunday night sued the Trump administration to block the appointment of Mick Mulvaney as the temporary director of the independent agency. The lawsuit forces a judge to confront a clash over who should rightfully lead the agency as the White House looks to nominate a permanent replacement for Richard Cordray.
By C. Ryan Barber | November 25, 2017
The relationship between the U.S. Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, already fraught under the tenure of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, moved to even shakier territory when the two agencies staked out opposing positions over the rightful successor to Richard Cordray.
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