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California Law Firms Broaden Intellectual Property Ranks With New Partner Hires

Three new partner hires underscore the Golden State's growing focus on IP and patent law.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Texas Federal Judge Blocks Implementation of FTC's Ban on Noncompetes

U.S. District Judge Ada Brown called the Federal Trade Commission Act a "housekeeping" statute that does not give the FTC "substantive" rulemaking authority.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Does Name-Calling a Judge Constitute Criminal Contempt? Pa. Justices to Decide

The allocatur grant comes following a December 2023 ruling by the Superior Court, which affirmed the defendant's conviction for direct criminal contempt.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Names Pa. State Trial Judge to Serve on Eastern District of Pa. Bench

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Gail A. Weilheimer has presided over a number of trials, including a jury's $4.7 million medical malpractice verdict award in 2019.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-Senior Apple Lawyer Fined $1.6M for Trading on Inside Information

Gene Levoff ended up with a harsher fine in the SEC's civil case than he did in a parallel DOJ criminal case that wrapped up last year with no prison time.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Corner Post' Will Lead to More Litigation, Losses for Agencies, Regulatory Attorneys Say

"The playing field has been leveled in challenges to agency actions," said Dan Jarcho, a partner at Alston & Bird.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Illegal Profit'?: Ex-Basketball Players' Antitrust Class Action Against NCAA Seeks Compensation for Name, Image, Likeness

The lawsuit accuses the NCAA of using its alleged "monopoly power to pay nothing to the people whose names, images, and likenesses it uses without their consent in support of its multibillion-dollar enterprise."
2 minute read

National Law Journal

4th Circuit Rules Damages Cap in Charlottesville Mayhem Case Applies for Each Plaintiff

"We are extremely gratified that the Fourth Circuit affirmed the jury's verdict, finding all defendants jointly and severally liable for the racially motivated conspiracy to harass, intimidate, and commit violence in Charlottesville in August 2017," Cooley partner David E. Mills said.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Dismisses Cannabis Companies' Suit Over Federal Marijuana Ban

U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni said the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in "Gonzales v. Raich" remains "binding precedent" in a case brought by Boies Schiller clients.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices to Consider Sentences of Bank Robbers Dubbed 'Scarecrow Bandits'

The high court will decide whether a defendant convicted and sentenced before the First Step Act, but then resentenced after the criminal justice reform law went into effect, is eligible for its sentencing relief provisions.
5 minute read

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