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National Law Journal

Do 'Fail Safe' Class Definitions Automatically Derail Certification?

Hilton Hotels Retirement Plan asks U.S. Supreme Court to decide class action certification issue that has divided lower courts.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Lawsuits Over Big Law Diversity Fellowships Prompt Firms to Scrutinize DEI Program Language

The lawsuits filed this week take particular aim at language contained in the firms' diversity fellowship applications that conservative legal activist Edward Blum's group views as exclusionary against its "white, nondisabled heterosexual man" client.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Hyatt Faces Destination Fee Lawsuit in Action Echoing Proposed Federal Efforts

The suit comes just months after President Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to ending so called "junk fees" across multiple sectors, including travel.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Appellate Lawyers Say ChatGPT Can Help in Brief Writing—to a Point

The AI tool can help with style but is not reliable for research, attorneys add.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Judiciary Seeks to Clarify Appellate Costs Rule After Supreme Court Ruling

The justices held that a district court cannot second-guess an appellate court's allocation of costs.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Biden Picks Former Obama Lawyer for White House Counsel

During his first stint at the White House, Ed Siskel helped fend off attacks on the Affordable Care Act. He also spearheaded the response to congressional inquiries into the 2012 Benghazi attack that resulted in the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Set to Require Fund Advisers to Disclose Performance, Fees, Expenses

Stringent requirements will mark a "fundamental shift" in how the agency regulates investment advisers, attorney Ryan Swan said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Tina Luongo Named New ABA Criminal Justice Section Chair

Luongo, currently chief attorney of the Criminal Defense Practice of The Legal Aid Society of New York City, is the first gender fluid person to lead the ABA Criminal Justice Section.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

The Defense Lawyers for Trump and 18 Associates in Georgia Election Interference Case

Many of the lawyers, including a couple former and current partners in Am Law 200 firms, specialize in white-collar defense or were former federal prosecutors.
10 minute read

The Recorder

O'Melveny Hires Long-Serving SEC Regional Director in Los Angeles

O'Melveny has once again grown its roster of former high-ranking government officials with the addition of Michele Wein Layne to its white-collar defense and corporate investigations group.
3 minute read

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