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Northern District Prosecutors Report Jump in Federal Defendants Charged

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California saw a 24% spike in the number of criminal defendants charged year over year, according to internal office data. The office, however, bucked a national trend by handling a slightly lower number of immigration cases.
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Texas Lawyer

Tool Releases First Album in 13 Years. Files Suit in Advance Against Bootleggers

The band Tool is promoting "Fear Inoculum," its first album in 13 years, in a U.S. tour that will hit Texas, California, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Its merchandise company alleges in a new lawsuit that bootleggers are selling fake Tool T-shirts that infringe on the band's trademarks.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Right to Arbitration Waived After Defense Raised Clause on Eve of Trial

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that a contract clause requiring arbitration is waived when a defendant fails to mention it until just before trial.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge: Old Arbitration Agreement Can't Shield Comcast From FCRA Class Action

The plaintiff, a former customer considering coming back to Comcast, said he was on the phone with a representative who initiated a "hard pull" of his credit report without permission, causing his credit score to drop immediately.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Charges Reduced for 'Mailbox Fishing' Defendant for Lack of Evidence, High Court Rules

Prosecutors from the Bronx District Attorney's Office indicted Omar Deleon on charges of attempting to steal more than $3,000, but lacked the evidence to do so, the Court of Appeals said.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York City, California Sue Postal Service Over Illegal Cigarette Shipments

"Our nation's own postal service has ignored the practice and enabled one of the biggest killers in our country," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "It needs to end, and we intend to be the ones to end it."
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Legal Operations Experts Advocate for Diverse Training Backgrounds in Leadership

Experts say the number of legal operations leaders who do not have law degrees is increasing, and there is little downside to having someone without a juris doctor lead the function.
3 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Third Circuit Reinstates Action Over Stay Violation in Investment Management Company's Bankruptcy

The Third Circuit has vacated the dismissal of an investment management company's lawsuit over its creditors' violation of an automatic stay in its bankruptcy proceedings.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Morrison & Foerster Loses Corporate Team as King & Spalding Flexes M&A Muscles

The moves by Larry Yanowitch and three other partners signal King & Spalding's appetite for deals in the tech, aerospace, defense and government services sectors.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Asked if Judges Have Inherent Power to Release Grand Jury Records

A historian was seeking records from a Georgia grand jury that investigated the deaths of four African Americans in 1946.
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