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Fight Over Amicus-Funding Disclosure Surfaces in Google Play Appeal
University of Masssachusetts Amherst political science professor Paul Collins Jr. wrote that public records show numerous amici supporting Google in the underlying antitrust case have had financial ties to the company. He urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to view those filings with skepticism.Chicago Cubs' IP Claim to Continue Against Wrigley View Rooftop, Judge Rules
An Illinois federal judge said the business cannot rely on an expired settlement agreement between it and the baseball team to compel arbitration.Fulton DA Seeks to Overturn Her Disqualification From Trump Georgia Election Case
Her filing asks Georgia's high court to consider whether the lower court wrongly disqualified her “based solely upon an appearance of impropriety and absent a finding of an actual conflict of interest or forensic misconduct” and whether the state Court of Appeals erred “in substituting the trial court's discretion with its own” in this case.The FTC’s Noncompete Rule Is Likely Dead
Republicans will soon hold a majority of the five-member FTC and will likely withdraw the pending appeals discussed below, effectively killing the rule, a version of which the FTC first unveiled for public comment in January 2023 and which it finalized in April 2024.COVID-19 Vaccine Suit Against United Airlines Hangs on Right-to-Sue Letter Date
"Although unlikely, it is possible that McCladdie El didn’t receive the right-to-sue letter until 32 days after the EEOC sent it," said U.S. District Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois.View more book results for the query "news"
People in the News—Jan. 10, 2025—Lamb McErlane, Saxton & Stump
Lamb McErlane announced that Cara Coyne Sawyer has joined its family law group as of counsel.Essential Labor Shifts: Navigating Noncompetes, Workplace Politics and the AI Revolution
With the Aug. 20, 2024, nationwide permanent injunction issued by Judge Ada Brown, for the Northern District of Texas federal court, a contentious FTC rule prohibiting the use of most non-compete agreements is not going into effect. The rule is likely to remain in legal limbo until other courts also considering it finalize their rulings and any appeals run their course—which may ultimately involve the U.S. Supreme Court weighing in.The Coordinate Jurisdiction Rule on Insurance Bad Faith Litigation
The recent decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Ivy Hill Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Department of Human Services, regarding the coordinate jurisdiction rule may result in the dismissal of subsequent challenges raising issues which have previously been adjudicated in the course of the litigation. The coordinate jurisdiction rule precludes re-litigation of an issue that has been previously decided in the context of a lawsuit.South Carolina Physicians Challenge Abortion Ban Under Religious Freedom Claims
"The abortion ban violates the fundamental right to practice one’s faith, forcing plaintiffs to choose between observing their religious duties but risking imprisonment and professional discipline or reneging on their religious obligations but preserving their freedom and livelihood," a press release from The Lawyering Project said.Trending Stories
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