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National Law Journal

FBI 'Pressure on Companies'?: DOJ Launches New Whistleblower Awards Program

Having 120 days to self-report corporate wrongdoing for a nonprosecution agreement "puts pressure on companies," Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer partner Jane Norberg said. "This puts pressure on doing internal investigations quickly."
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Law.com

Wisconsin Hospital Must Face Religious Discrimination Suits Over COVID-19 Vaccine Policies, Appeals Court Says

Despite a division in one of the two panels of judges to reinstate religious discrimination lawsuits against a Wisconsin hospital system, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit aligned with its sister court's decisions over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

West Palm Beach Federal Court Imposes $850K Penalty for Insider Trading

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission alleged that the defendant misappropriated material and non-public information regarding the partnership between ADT Inc. and Google LLC from a family member, who is a senior employee at the security company.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Uber's Legal Chief Tony West Takes Unpaid Leave to Campaign for Kamala Harris

In an internal email, West said he'll be "acting as a family-member surrogate, one who can speak about the vice president from the perspective of someone who's known her for decades."
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Judge Enters Setback for SEC in Crypto-Securities Action

U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman previously expressed apprehension over entering a ruling and setting a "moving target precedent."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

MDL Judge Faces Ruling on Who Should Be in Charge of Claims by FTX Customers

In a response to three questions posed by the federal district court in Miami, Adam Moskowitz, managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm, announced on Thursday that all FTX victims may actually be made "whole" in the multidistrict litigation.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Chair Lina Khan Calls for Investigation of High Grocery Prices

"We want to make sure that major businesses are not exploiting their power to inflate prices for American families at the grocery store," Khan said.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Biden Resolves 'Senior Status' Drama as US Senate Confirms Judges for NY and Pa.

"I will take senior status if a confirmed successor lives in this area and is permanently assigned to the United States Courthouse in Utica, New York," U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd wrote in a July 2022 ultimatum letter to the White House. "Otherwise, I shall remain on full-time active status until I retire or die."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Panel Advances Nomination of Labor Lawyer Karla Campbell to 6th Circuit

The Judiciary Committee also sent to the Senate floor nominees for the First Circuit and district court judgeships in Eastern Pennsylvania, Northern California, Vermont and Minnesota.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Which Presidential Ticket Are Florida Attorneys Supporting?

With two personal injury firms leading the pack, Florida-based attorneys gave huge sums to both the Biden and Trump presidential campaigns. But the Democratic ticket appears to hold an advantage among attorneys, even in the now solidly red state.
5 minute read

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