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Corporate Counsel

Ex-Senior FDIC Lawyer Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence for Sexually Exploiting Children

The sentence for Mark Alan Black handed down Tuesday fell short of the 30 years prosecutors said was warranted. But it exceeded the 15-year sentence his attorney argued was appropriate.
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Law.com

Rental Applicants Reach $2.28M Settlement Agreement for Discriminatory AI-Powered Screening Tool

"The changes SafeRent has agreed to make are key to ensuring the original intention of the nation's voucher programs, helping to erase historic discrimination in the housing markets," said Brian Corman, a partner at Cohen Milstein who leads the firm's fair housing litigation efforts and helped negotiate the settlement.
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Corporate Counsel

'Mortified and Ashamed' Ex-FDIC Attorney Seeks 15 Years in Child-Exploitation Case

The government is seeking a sentence twice as long, saying that Mark Alan Black's more than $250,000 income gave him the resources "to obtain assistance with his proclivity."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Republican States Sue EEOC Over PWFA Rule's Abortion Accommodation Mandate

"Congress passed the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to protect mothers-to-be and promote healthy pregnancies, and the EEOC's attempt to rewrite that law into an abortion mandate is illegal," Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Flurry of Law Firms Sign New Client Lobbying Relationships as Big Law Reports Millions in Q1 Revenue

Akin, Brownstein Hyatt, Holland & Knight, K&L Gates, Covington and Hogan Lovells all reported new lobbying client relationships in recent weeks.
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Daily Business Review

Understanding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and Its Possible Impact on Community Associations

The CTA poses potential challenges for volunteer association board members in private residential communities, who must now provide personal information to FinCEN.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Probing Companies Victimized by Massive MOVEit Cyberattack

The agency has dispatched dozens of sweep letters to companies affected by the hack, which compromised the private information of 2,770 organizations and more than 94 million individuals.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

With Noncompetes Out, Businesses May Swivel to 'Garden Leave,' Other Ways to Protect IP

"Nonsolicitation agreements will be that much more important, that much more of a prevalent part of how private entities regulate ... or manage the market for employment and employment mobility," said John Siegal, a Baker & Hostetler partner.
5 minute read

Law.com

Federal Judge Reverses $1M Exemplary Damages Award in Favor of Employee Accused of Misappropriating Trade Secrets

"The evidence was more than sufficient for the jury to find that Parzych was doing more than simply looking for another job opportunity while still employed by ZipBy: It is disingenuous to compare an employee searching for a new position during his lunch break to Parzych's covert attempts to acquire a valuable asset behind his employer's back," U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani for the District of Massachusetts wrote. "Parzych's argument otherwise ignores the facts and the law at issue in this case."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

EPA Finalizes Rules to Reduce Power Plant Pollution 90% in 8 Years

An industry group calls the 2032 deadline for cutting greenhouse gas emissions problematic.
5 minute read

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