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New York Law Journal

'Hamilton' Ponzi Scheme Defendant Pleads Guilty

Joseph Meli, the man accused of executing a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that lured investors in with promises of substantial profits from the resale of tickets to the Broadway hit “Hamilton” and other big shows pleaded guilty Tuesday to security fraud, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York announced.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bout Over Boxing Class Actions Begins

It's Round 2 for lawyers suing on behalf of disgruntled boxing fans.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Former Jets Linebacker Claims Bipolar Disorder Got Him Cut

The New York Jets are accused in a disability discrimination suit pending in federal court of cutting former linebacker Erin Henderson from the team…
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Justices: Court Reporter Recordings Off-Limits Unless Filed with Court

The Georgia Supreme Court upholds a Floyd County ruling and hands a defeat to the makers of a podcast hoping to copy a court reporter's backup tapes from an old murder case.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Says Injured Ex-Softball Player Can Sue Former Coach, League

A New Jersey woman who sustained severe teeth and mouth injuries as a teenage softball player will be allowed to sue her coach and the league for…
7 minute read

The Recorder

Comic Con Litigants Can't Be Silenced on Social Media Ahead of Trial

Sorry comic fans. The Ninth Circuit thinks an upcoming trademark trial between two of your biggest annual conventions is "banal" and a "run of the mill" civil proceeding.
12 minute read

Daily Business Review

What Companies Should Take Away From the Harvey Weinstein Scandal

The hits keep coming and we are not talking about box office bonanzas at Weinstein Pictures these days.
5 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Harvey Weinstein Sues Weinstein Co. in Chancery Court, Seeking to Eye Records

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein on Thursday sued The Weinstein Co. in the Delaware Court of Chancery, seeking to access records in order to defend against civil and criminal allegations and to possibly mount a wrongful termination case against the company he founded with his brother in 2005.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Shout-Out: Skadden Scores for Viacom Directors Who Kept Paying Ailing Redstone Millions

Viacom directors who greenlighted $13 million in compensation to the company's nonagenarian chairman Sumner Redstone dodged a shareholder suit, thanks to a team from Skadden.
14 minute read

The Recorder

In IMDb Actor Age Discrimination Case, Judge Still Skeptical of California Law

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria previously sided with IMDb and its lawyers at Hueston Hennigan in granting an injunction by finding the law violated the First Amendment, and would likely do little to achieve its goal of cutting down on age discrimination.
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