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US Firm Brownstein Takes on Saudi Arabia NEOM Lobbying Effort

The Saudi government paid Brownstein nearly $10 million from 2016 until 2023, according to one study.
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Corporate Counsel

Judge Blocks Rule That Was Set to Unleash 'Tidal Wave' of Union Organizing

"Employers might feel like they have dodged a bullet here," the law firm Fisher & Phillips wrote in a note to clients.
3 minute read

Law.com

Motley Rice Cites ABA Ethics Opinion in Opioid Disqualification Duel

The disqualification motion comes as U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation, has lined up four bellwether trials against OptumRx and another pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

'I Concur With Trepidation': Ga. Appellate Court Expands Sovereign Immunity in ADA Claims

"Upsetting all of that will have policy consequences that we are ill-equipped to evaluate—and that it is not our role to evaluate," Presiding Judge Christopher McFadden wrote.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Montgomery McCracken Report Finds New Jersey 'Remains Underprepared for Next Emergency'

"Despite the lessons of the last four years, New Jersey remains underprepared for the next emergency," the report said. "We owe it to those who lost their lives, and the families who suffered, as well as the heroic state workers and healthcare professionals."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Reinvigorated' California DOJ Gears Up to Bring First Criminal Antitrust Case in Decades

California Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard said she's made it her mission to capitalize on the broadness of the state's antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act, and bring cases.
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New York Law Journal

Menendez Pleads Not Guilty to New Charges of Obstruction of Justice, Bribery, Extortion

Despite the new indictment, which expanded the number of counts in the case from four to 18, U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein said the May 6 trial date remains on the calendar.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Attorney Beats State's Extortion Charge Against Him

"It's important to remember that the supposed 'victim' in this case—the football player—told prosecutors that he was not extorted and was not a victim," said David Oscar Markus, a partner at Markus/Moss.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New DOJ Whistleblower Program Gives Companies Reason to Shudder

"Whistleblower reward programs have been extraordinarily effective in combating corporate fraud," Zuckerman Law said in a note to clients.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Administrative Director Give Criminal Justice Reform a 'B-' Before Senate Judiciary Committee

"I did not take Judge Grant's harsh grading as criticism of the system, but instead as a strength or acknowledgment that one of the strengths of the system is that you can make changes as you analyze data and realize things can be improved upon," said Alexander Shalom, the senior supervising attorney and director of Supreme Court advocacy for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey
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