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Corporate Counsel

Antitrust Cops Sound Alarm Over Private Equity's Buying Binge in Health Care

"In the aggregate, these roll-up plays can eliminate meaningful competition and allow new owners to jack up prices, degrade quality and neutralize rivals without a competitive check," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.
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New York Law Journal

New Indictment Charges Menendez with Obstruction of Justice, Extortion, Bribery

Menendez called the indictment—filed after a co-defendant pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors—a "flagrant abuse of power."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Lands $7.7M Award for Fertilizer Broker in International Dispute

"The ruling will serve as viable precedent in this jurisdiction moving forward involving this act," said Jason Baruch, a partner at Holland & Knight.
4 minute read

Law.com

JetBlue-Spirit Airlines Planned $3.8 Billion Merger Dropped Due to Antitrust Concerns

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland called the decision "yet another victory for the Justice Department's work on behalf of American consumers," claiming execution of the deal "would have caused tens of millions of travelers to face higher fares and fewer choices."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

In IRS Seizure Case, 1st Circuit Weighs 4th Amendment Protection for Crypto Records

Appeals court considers whether investors have a reasonable expectation of privacy in information they provide to a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Billing Rates: $740K in Fees for Winston & Strawn and This Florida Firm

"Sure, the defendants would have liked the $1.2 million in attorney fees," said Bill Schifino, a shareholder at Gunster. "But the most important thing for the defendant was winning the case and they did so hands down."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Boeing Turns to String of Big Law Firms for Latest Legal Troubles

While the aviation giant retained Perkins Coie to handle a new suit related to a door plug blowout, Boeing is also working with several others, such as Kirkland & Ellis and McGuireWoods, for ongoing matters.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Menendez Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty to Bribery Conspiracy, Tax Evasion, Agrees to Cooperate

According to a superseding information, Jose Uribe facilitated payments for a Mercedes convertible for the senator and his spouse's benefit in exchange for their influence with the state attorney general in two matters.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

IRS Brings Aboard Chief Counsel Who Spent Quarter-Century at EY

"You don't earn those job titles without real expertise in tax law, down to the finest details that leave most of us scratching our heads," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said of incoming IRS Chief Counsel Marjorie Rollinson.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Employers Try Novel Tactic to Blunt New Rules Lowering Hurdles to Unionizing

Since last fall, employers have filed hundreds of petitions requesting union elections, a strategy aimed at thwarting workers' efforts to organize.
3 minute read

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