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New York Law Journal

Creation of New Family Court Judgeships Put Candidates on Quick Turnaround

Chenango County is one of the few family courts with just one judge currently, and his duties are spread across county criminal and surrogate court matters.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta-Based Fearless Fund Ends Black-Only Entrepreneurial Grant Contest After Settling Civil Rights Lawsuit

"Race-exclusive programs like the one the Fearless Fund promoted are divisive and illegal," the American Alliance for Equal Rights stated. "Opening grant programs to all applicants, regardless of their race, is enshrined in our nation's civil rights laws and supported by significant majorities of all Americans."
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Uber's Rocky Journey Through Pa. Trials Highlights Risks and Strategies for Managing Independent Contractors

In an unusual ruling, Pennsylvania federal judge Michael M. Baylson invoked a court's inherent powers to manage its docket in dismissing with prejudice a long-running lawsuit against Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) but also awarded—after two hung juries—victory to Uber by granting its Rule 50(b) motion for judgement as a matter of law.
5 minute read

Law.com

New York Times, Athletic Media Hit With Data Privacy Class Action for Allegedly Sharing User Data

The claim alleged that the New York Times violated the federal Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the New York Video Consumer Protection Act by sharing consumers' personally identifiable information with third parties. Counsel has not yet appeared for the defendants.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Meet the Judge Heading Philadelphia's Mass Torts Program

Judge Joshua Robert suggested lawyers who handle mass torts in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas try "resetting the dialogue," saying, "the more pedantic details or the more little things that we're going to be asked to decide are just going to bog us down."
5 minute read

International Edition

Facebook Breached Canadian Privacy Laws But Avoids Court Penalty

The Federal Court of Appeal decision relates to misuse of users' personal data between 2013 and 2015.
3 minute read

Law.com

Got 'Flat' Milk?: NY Company Says German Ex-Partner Stole Flat-Food Trade Secrets

A complaint filed in New York contends Veganz Group stole Vitiprints' patented technology to market dehydrated "flat" food products on its own, violating terms of their licensing partnership.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

How Florida Supreme Court Changes Affect Firms: AI Concerns at Forefront

Robert "Bob" Jarvis, an ethics professor at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, reminded lawyers to be mindful of how generative artificial intelligence may compromise client confidentiality.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'I'm Sorry for What I Did': Judge Gets Public Admonishment

The former city of Teague municipal court judge was found to have had ex parte communications during the course of trying to dismiss a traffic citation for an acquaintance, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct found.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Caroline Ellison Requests Time-Served for 'Extensive' Cooperation Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Sentencing is currently scheduled for Sept. 24 before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York.
3 minute read

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