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The Recorder

Google, Repped by King & Spalding, Countersues Russian Media Outlets Over Alleged U.S. Sanctions Violations

The suits were filed on Aug. 19 in the California Northern District Court against TV-Novosti, which operates the Russian government-funded TV network RT; media company NO Fond Pravoslavnogo Televideniya, which distributes a TV channel associated with the Russian Orthodox Church; and NAO Tsargrad Media, a TV station owned by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, who was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2022 with violating U.S. sanctions "arising from the 2014 Russian undermining of democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine."
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New York Law Journal

Real Estate Fund Sues Fiduciary After $58 Million USD Converted to Euros

Plaintiffs, represented by a team at Steptoe, claim Land Services USA breached their contractual and fiduciary obligations as escrow agent while disbursing a loan from Deutsche Bank Luxembourg in July.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Tosses Uber's 'Creative' Bid to Compel Arbitration of Employee's Claims

Murphy held that "compelling arbitration in the present action could impair the PHRC's interest in investigating future charges of discrimination filed by individuals who are subject to an arbitration clause."
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fortune 500 Company Sues Metals Supplier Alleging It Used Proprietary Info Obtained During Bidding Process to Poach Talent

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.
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Law.com

'Nothing Is Good for the Consumer Right Now': Experts Weigh Benefits, Drawbacks of Updated Real Estate Commission Policies

"Consumers are caught in a maze of 'What do I do?' Nobody has good answers and even the realtors themselves have no clue what's going on," said University of Buffalo School of Law professor Tanya Monestier.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

DraftKings Faces $65M Lawsuit by National Football League Players Association

"The NFLPAs actions in this suit could have a chilling effect in the future, with companies coming out with new technologies, things like artificial intelligence and so forth," said Ivan Parron, the managing partner at Parron Law and an uninvolved sports entertainment law expert.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'A Confounding Record' Results in Sanctions for Discovery Violations in NJ Fed Court

"The allegations present about as straightforward a breach of contract action as one could imagine: alleged duty, breach, and damages between two parties," U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor said. "It is therefore surprising that this case is still active over six years after the filing of the complaint."
4 minute read

The Recorder

Argentine Attorney's Uber Lawsuit Gets Lift From California Supreme Court

In answering the Ninth Circuit's question about the economic loss rule, the court addressed the line separating tort law and contract law.
3 minute read

Law.com

Quinn Emanuel Client Sues Biotech Company, Seeking $100M Over Allegedly Breached COVID-19 Test Kit Agreement

Upon obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the plaintiffs claim the defendants "unilaterally cancelled plaintiffs' manufacturing and distribution rights, and unfairly demanded that plaintiffs agree to new, less favorable terms, or else defendants would choose a new manufacturer and cut plaintiffs out entirely. When plaintiffs refused to capitulate to defendants' deceptive scheme, defendants made good on their threats by deserting the deal and ignoring plaintiffs' demands for just compensation," according to the complaint.
3 minute read

Law.com

FTC's Ban on Noncompete Agreements Struck Down on the Eve of Implementation

"This means in essence that, unless a federal appeals court reverses Judge Brown's decision—and we are admittedly only at the end of one phase of the likely three-phase judicial process as appeals are next—the FTC's noncompete rule will not take effect on Sept. 4," employment lawyer Mark S. Goldstein said.
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