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Corporate Counsel

As AI Hype Train Rolls On, Regulators on High Alert for 'AI Washing'

"One thing we know about hot marketing terms is that some advertisers won't be able to stop themselves from overusing and abusing them," FTC attorney Michael Atleson wrote in a blog post.
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National Law Journal

FTC, DOJ Finalize Merger Guidelines, Emphasize Protecting Labor Markets

"Fair, open, competitive markets have been essential to America's dynamic, thriving economy, and policing unlawful mergers is our front line of defense against harmful corporate consolidation," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.
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National Law Journal

In Generational Transition, Zuckerman Spaeder Names Next Leader

Caroline Mehta will become the first female chair in its history.
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The Recorder

Ex-Federal Prosecutors Press Biden Administration Not to Reschedule Marijuana

Joseph Russoniello, McGregor Scott and Robert Brewer Jr. were among 29 former U.S. attorneys who told the Biden administration "now is not the time" to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana.
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National Law Journal

SEC Denies Coinbase Request for New Regulation on Digital Assets

"As Gurbir Grewal, the director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, has said, 'You simply can't ignore the rules because you don't like them or because you'd prefer different ones: the consequences for the investing public are far too great,'" SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Veteran Boeing Lawyer Takes Legal Reins of 21-Museum Smithsonian Institution

Jennifer Brosnahan McIntyre, who was an associate counsel to President George W. Bush and a deputy general counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation, now will help advance the nonprofit's noble purpose of increasing the diffusion of knowledge.
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National Law Journal

5th Circuit Rejects Lawsuit Over Prosecutor Who Allegedly Moonlit as Law Clerk

In the lawsuit, Erma Wilson alleges that Midland County violated her due process rights by employing Ralph Petty as a prosecutor at the same time that, unbeknownst to her, he worked as a law clerk for the county judge who handled Wilson's drug-possession case.
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National Law Journal

Meet the Players at the Center of the Supreme Court's New Trump Drama

The case sets up an unprecedented legal showdown over Trump's primary defense to a four-count indictment in D.C. federal court brought by Smith's office, which represents a dramatic new chapter in the relationship between the former president and the judicial body that he transformed.
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The Recorder

Juul Settlements Could Generate $150M in Fees: 'Everyone Undoubtedly Wishes the Pool Were Larger'

Plaintiffs' lawyers plan to ask a federal judge on Monday to approve as much as $150 million in fees tied to settlements with Juul Labs Inc. over the vaping epidemic.
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New York Law Journal

Trump Lawyers Lose Bid To Take Gag Order Litigation to NY High Court

In the Thursday decision, the appellate court stated that the issue did not rise to the "extraordinary remedy" requested.
4 minute read

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