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New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Allows Suit to Proceed Against BMW Vehicles Alleged to 'Spontaneously Combust and Catch Fire'

The judge declined to dismiss the plaintiffs' other claims, including allegations of consumer fraud, unfair competition, false advertising violations out of California, New Jersey and Nevada, along with a Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act claim.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Akin, MoFo and Holland & Hart Make DC Partner Hires

International trade partner Jason Prince, previously a Treasury Department official, has moved from Crowell to Akin.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Trucking Firm Fighting NLRB Order to Reopen Operation It Shuttered in 2020 Amid Strike Rumors

Quickway Transportation asserts that letting an NLRB ruling stand "would eviscerate an employer's right to close its business for any reason."
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Law Firms Terminate Lobbying Relationships With Chinese Companies

Akin, Brownstein and Steptoe have parted ways with Chinese lobbying clients in recent months amid increased scrutiny of China on Capitol Hill.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Can Seek Monetary Relief From Government, Business Impersonators Under New Rule

The regulation, which went into effect Monday, marks the agency's latest effort to combat the illicit billion-dollar-a-year business.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Antitrust Cops Disavow Collusion 'Safety Zones,' Leaving Companies Walking on Eggshells

The DOJ's and FTC's retreat from long-standing guidance on information-sharing appears to have been intended "to inject some uncertainty—to make people nervous about antitrust," Fenwick & West partner Steve Albertson said. "And it worked."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge Lets EEOC's Race-Bias Suit Against Tesla Proceed, Tossing Aside Claims of 'Factual Vacuity'

Tesla had struck a dismissive tone in its motion to dismiss, saying the suit lacked required specificity. But a judge ruled that the automaker had misstated the standard the EEOC had to meet.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Antitrust Leaders Exit for Skadden, Foley & Lardner

The lawyers were chief and assistant chief in the Washington criminal II section of the DOJ's antitrust division.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Capital One's $35.3B Bid for Discover Faces Bevy of Regulatory Agencies, Hurdles

"The [DOJ] is going to have a challenge because you're dealing with some major companies who are going to not just back out of this easily. They're going to put forth their best foot and be persistent," said antitrust lawyer Carl Hittinger.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

EPA Finalizes Strict Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

The American Trucking Associations said the new rule has "unachievable targets and will carry real consequences for the U.S. supply chain and movement of freight throughout the economy."
3 minute read

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