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Connecticut Law Tribune

Danbury Hires Ventura Law to Pursue Opioid Litigation

Danbury has hired Ventura Law to study a prospective lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lehman Ordered to Pay $2.4B to Close Out Mortgage-Backed Claims

What's left of the former investment bank Lehman Brothers will be responsible for $2.38 billion in compensation to hedge funds and institutional investors who were hurt by the bank's actions leading up to the financial crisis a decade ago.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sister of Financier Benjamin Wey Also Has SEC Charges Dropped

In a letter to U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel, the SEC said it was dismissing its case against Tianyi Wei, without explaining its reasoning.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Big Law Associate Who Blew Whistle on Gender Bias Finds New Home

Two years after her high-profile exit from Squire Patton Boggs, former senior associate Kristen Jarvis Johnson is adjusting to a new life at a much smaller firm in Florida. Johnson, who gave birth to a third child last week, spoke with The American Lawyer about maternity leave, the #MeToo movement in Big Law and finding happiness with her career path.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Rakoff Sends Uber Suit to Arbitration, but First Sounds Off on Why the Law Is Wrong

Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff fiercely criticized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the federal judiciary as a whole, for repeatedly upholding U.S. companies' use of mandatory arbitration clauses that consumers sign on to via internet-based customer agreements that appear on screens.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Michael Cohen's $130K Payment to Stormy Daniels: What's Next at the FEC

Trump Organization lawyer Michael Cohen's $130,000 payment to adult actress Stephanie Clifford—Stormy Daniels on stage—is the subject of a complaint at the FEC. Here's what to know about the review process.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Judge Links Ethics Allegations to His State AG Campaign

Steven Bailey, the retired El Dorado County judge now running for attorney general, suggests a state disciplinary investigation tied to his tenure on the bench "was timed to coincide" with his campaign for the Republican nomination.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Baker McKenzie Nabs 5 Hogan Lovells Partners, Launches Los Angeles Office

Nearly 25 years after leaving Los Angeles, Baker McKenzie has returned to the market as part of a move to hire five lawyers from Hogan Lovells in California.
3 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Carney May Still Consider Party in Judicial Nominations, Lawyers Argue

Lawyers for the Carney administration are arguing in federal court that Gov. John Carney has the discretion to consider party affiliation in judicial nominations, despite a federal court ruling that struck down a provision of the Delaware Constitution that requires strict political balance among the state's judges.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How NFL, 9/11 Settlements Could Complicate Emerging Law on Litigation Funding

A clear line of case law is emerging that holds litigation funding agreements are generally not subject to state usury restrictions, but a pair of high-profile cases—one that arose out of the $1 billion NFL concussion settlement and the other linked to a fund for 9/11 victims—may complicate matters.
7 minute read

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