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Texas Lawyer

Judge Albright Rips Kramer Levin Attorneys for Raising Anti-Semitism Claim

The judge said that a recent patent infringement trial involving an Israeli company had nothing to do with ethnicity or prejudice, and that he was "extremely offended" at the inference that he let Amazon.com play on cultural stereotypes. Albright's order clears Fenwick & West of "harsh accusations," and the judge hinted that some penalty against Kramer Levin could be forthcoming.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

E-Commerce Platform Packable Hires First Chief Legal Officer

Maria Krasnikow Harris' appointment comes as the company is preparing to go public through a SPAC merger that values the combined business at $1.9 billion.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

That's a Wrap: Enforceability of Terms Embedded in Online Contracts

Appellate Division emphasizes the importance of providing online consumers with reasonable notice of all terms and conditions of a transaction. A prevalent issue is whether the online consumer has actually agreed to the terms.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Emory Law Professor, Biden's Pick for CFTC, Reveals $200K Salary

Kristin Johnson was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for five years before moving over into academia.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Physical Places or Online Spaces? EDNY Considers Application of ADA to 'Intangible Spaces'

Does a place of "public accommodation" under the Americans With Disabilities Act require a "physical place"? The court in a recent case had to grapple with application of a statute drafted before the modern Internet to a rapidly evolved (and evolving) digital landscape.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Ruling Suggests Plaintiff Bar Must Rethink Strategy in Litigation Over Employers' Activity-Tracking Software

"As soon as the dam broke with Judge Ruiz, they then basically in sequence just dismissed all the other pending session replay cases without prejudice," said Aldo M. Leiva, of counsel at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz.
3 minute read

Law.com

Compliance Hot Spots: Afghanistan Chaos Creates Sanctions Worries + $20M Disclosure for DOJ Nominee + Big Law Lines Up Behind SPACs

For banks and other financial institutions, the Afghan government's rapid collapse has raised a series of compliance issues.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Consumers Claim E-Commerce Company Shopify Tracks Their Online Activity

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Volatility, Other Issues Make Cryptocurrency Prohibitive for Law Firms

'Companies are rightfully interested in moving to Texas because it is clear the state is interested in supporting this new industry, but the legal framework is still in its infancy at both the state and federal level... '
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

It's Not Just Amazon: South Florida Industrial Market Growing 18 Months After Pandemic Onset

There's huge investor demand to buy existing, vacant or income-producing land in South Florida, according to Colliers' Steve Wasserman.
4 minute read

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