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Expert: Georgia Tech Faces Uphill Battle in Suit Over Cybersecurity Failures

"The government has the full force of the Department of Justice, so they can be very difficult to litigate, expensive in terms of discovery, typically there are lots of experts at multiple stages," said Kate Seikaly, managing partner of Reed Smith's Tysons, Virginia, office.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

The New Federal Sentencing Factor in Downstate New York? Prison Conditions

Federal judges in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York are fashioning alternative sentences because conditions are so bad at a Bureau of Prisons Facility in Brooklyn.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Names 3 New Federal Trial Judge Nominees, Including for NY

The president picked Elizabeth C. Coombe, the first assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of New York since 2018, for a seat on the federal district court there located in Syracuse.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Legal Fate of FTC Noncompete Ban Far From Resolved

"The validity of the rule is likely to come before the Third, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the possibility of circuit conflict also means that the issue could potentially receive Supreme Court review," according to an analysis from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Any NFT Is a Security': What an SEC Wells Notice Sent to OpenSea Could Mean for Attorneys

"The risk has been in the back of people's minds, but it has not been the same type of issue as creating a cryptocurrency," said Cameron Pick, a partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Lacks Merit.' Judge Was Wrong to Dismiss Trump Docs Case, Special Counsel Tells 11th Circuit

Cannon, in dismissing the case, found Smith wasn't put on the case in accordance with the Appointments Clause.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Securities Claims Against Lilium N.V. for Electric Plane Production Delays Fail to Take Flight, Federal Judge Holds

"In this case, Plaintiff cannot recast the alleged misrepresentations as a 'scheme' to avoid the [Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's] heightened pleading standards for alleged misrepresentations," U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg of the Southern District of Florida said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

To Protect Pa.'s Tech Economy, We Must Rein in the FTC's Antitrust Activism

We have the exciting opportunity to continue growing Pennsylvania's technology sector. However, the FTC's current approach to antitrust enforcement and disregard for longstanding agency standards threatens to undermine the future of this critical industry.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Kroger and Albertsons Defend Merger Plan in Federal Court Against US Regulators' Objections

In the three-week hearing that opened Monday, the FTC is seeking a preliminary injunction that would block the merger while its complaint goes before an in-house administrative law judge.
5 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

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