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National Law Journal

Assistant Solicitor General Heads to Paul Hastings to Co-Chair Appellate Practice

Ben Snyder joins the firm after five years at the Justice Department.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Wave of Office Closures Highlights the Weighty Stakes Surrounding Law Firm Growth

"Just because a certain legal market is hot does not mean that you should be there," said Major Lindsey & Africa consultant Jennifer Moss.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Crypto.com Becomes Latest Industry Player to Sue the SEC

"The outcome of this case could have far-reaching implications, not just for Crypto.com, but for the broader crypto industry, particularly as it relates to secondary-market transactions and how they're regulated," said Tonya M. Evans, a professor at Penn State Dickinson Law whose research includes digital assets.
4 minute read

Law.com

Skadden Partners: String of Securities Wins Highlights Cross-Border Practice

Partner Scott Musoff, who worked on five of the six cases, said the rate of dismissals is in part due to the firm's caseload, which has included the defense of at least 60 foreign securities issuers in the past few years, most of which are in Asia.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Monopoly Power'?: NCAA Faces Another Antitrust Class Action Alleging NIL Exploitation

"The Defendants have used and continue to use their monopoly power to exploit the Plaintiffs and the class both during and after their college athletic careers by fixing the amount they may be paid for their NIL at zero," according to the allegations in the complaint.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Massachusetts Federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor to Take Senior Status

"It has been my great honor and privilege to serve as a United States District Judge for more than twenty years, and as Chief Judge since January 1, 2020," Saylor wrote in a letter to the White House.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Ill-Gotten Gains'?: Cadwalader Alleges Beef Price-Fixing Conspiracy Hurts McDonald's

Global meatpacking companies have sold wholesale beef at "artificially high, noncompetitive levels throughout the United States" under an unlawful agreement, McDonald's alleges in an antitrust complaint filed by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Kirkland Adds FTC Lawyer Amid 'Pivotal Time' in Antitrust Practices

Stephen Mohr, who just left the FTC, said he "anticipates agencies will continue to be aggressive in bringing merger enforcement challenges."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

In First Case of Term, Justices Review 'Kafkaesque' Alabama Procedural Bar

"What was Kafkaesque is the ruling that we couldn't challenge our inability to exhaust precisely because we haven't exhausted," said the plaintiffs' lawyer, Adam Unikowsky of Jenner & Block.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

4th Circuit Revives Workplace Retaliation Lawsuit Against Biden's HHS Secretary

"[Tijuana] Decoster properly placed both the merits and remedy of her retaliation claim at issue by filing her complaint containing allegations which sufficiently state a claim of retaliation under Title VII," Judge DeAndrea Gist Benjamin wrote in her opinion for the Fourth Circuit.
3 minute read

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