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New York Law Journal

George Santos Pleads Guilty in Financial Fraud Case

Santos, 36, admitted in court that he and a campaign staffer submitted false reports to the Federal Election Commission and stole the identities as credit card information of campaign donors.
3 minute read

The Recorder

9th Circuit Lifts Portions of Injunction Blocking California's Kids Online Safety Law

A three-judge panel agreed that some reporting language in the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is unconstitutional. But the district court should not have blocked other provisions, the judges said.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Cleared in HP Fraud Trial, British Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch Now Missing at Sea

Lynch, who spent months earlier this year standing trial in San Francisco, was on a luxury yacht that sank during a sudden thunderstorm off the coast of Sicily.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

'Courts Do Get It Wrong': Legal Experts Discuss State-Law Certification Pros and Cons

"Certification sounds great in theory, but doesn't always work efficiently in practice," said Vikram David Amar, a professor of law at the University of California, Davis. "It doesn't always generate the clear answer that the federal court is looking for."
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC's Kroger-Albertsons Suit Premised on 'Fanciful' Definition of Grocery Market, Dissenting States Say

The Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit seeking to block the $24.6 billion merger presumes "that consumers are walled off from any other sources for groceries and have no alternative but to buy all their needs from either Kroger or Albertsons alone," according to an amicus brief filed Friday by Alabama, Georgia, Iowa and Ohio. 
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

DOJ, New Jersey Judiciary Settle Over Language Access Discrimination Allegations, Retaliation Against Court Employee

"The judiciary, like the Department of Justice, is committed to ensuring equal access to the courts for all," Peter McAleer, spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the Courts, said in a statement to the Law Journal.
3 minute read

Law.com

Kamala Harris Would Only Be the Second Lawyer-President With a Non-T-14 Law Degree

UC Law SF Dean David Faigman said legal education is "a hallmark of American presidents," noting that 27 of the nation's 45 past presidents were previously lawyers.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Appeals Court Widens Scope of Allowable Child Victims Act Claims

The pivotal ruling by Appellate Division, Third Department Justice Sharon A.M. Aarons denied the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James' motion to dismiss A.J. v. State of New York, reversing a Court of Claims ruling.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Recommends Dissolving $63 Million Garnishment Against Joe Carollo

"We do not believe the law allows a judgment debtor to manipulate the family income or spending habits in that manner to defeat a writ of garnishment," said Jeff Gutchess, a partner at AXS Law Group.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Financial Firms Hit With Another $470M in 'Off-Channel' Communications Fines

The 3-year-old crackdown now has yielded more than $3 billion in penalties, and regulators show no signs of letting up.
2 minute read

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