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Under Pressure, Dept. of Ed. Moves Title IX Finalization Date to March

"It is our understanding that these proposed rules were scheduled to be finalized last month, and we are concerned about the delay," stated a letter signed by 66 members of Congress and addressed to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.
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New Jersey Law Journal

'Your Personal Attack Is Both Unnecessary and Unfortunate': Chief District Judge Denies Lawmaker's Recusal Request in Manhattan Congestion Pricing Plan

"Such attacks are a disservice to the name of public service and the work that our dedicated public servants perform tirelessly day in and day out," Chief U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb wrote in a letter. "These attacks serve no purpose other than to foment further attacks that threaten the sacred principle of judicial independence which is the greatest cornerstone of our democracy."
4 minute read

International Edition

UK Justice Secretary Vows Legislation to Protect Litigation Funding

The proposed legislation could bypass a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that litigation funding agreements were unenforceable in competition cases.
3 minute read

International Edition

Meet The Shearman Lawyer Who Wrote the Blueprint for Brexit

Expressing his views on post-Brexit rules led Shearman financial regulation partner Barnabas Reynolds to write seven books, liaise with senior figures in successive governments and play a key role in the UK's future.
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New York Law Journal

Morgan Stanley Agrees to Pay $249 Million to Resolve Block Trading Investigations

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Williams emphasized that the resolution also demonstrates that his office is willing to "evaluate each case and each prosecution on its facts and circumstances" and consider alternatives to prosecution.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Judge Awards $3.1M in Precedent-Setting Nutraceutical Trademark Action

"If it's not in the license agreement, you do not have rights of exhaustion after the license agreement is terminated," said Kirk Villalon, a partner at Quintana Portal Villalon.
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Law.com

Massachusetts SJC Adopts Standard for Snoozing Trial Counsel's Effectiveness

"Counsel's constructive absence during either a significant portion of trial or an important aspect of trial so offends the constitutional protections surrounding the right to assistance of counsel that it renders the entire adversary process 'presumptively unreliable' and creates an uncurable error," Chief Justice Kimberly S. Budd wrote.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Challenging a Judge: These Jurists Survived Attempts to Remove Them

Two incumbent judges and two challengers to incumbents had their primary ballot applications contested in courts.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey Gains Amicus Support in 3rd Circuit Appeal Over Constitutionality of Private Detention of Immigrants

"Pax Christi USA's position is that New Jersey's enactment of AB 5207 was a proper exercise of the State's traditional police powers to protect the health and safety of those whom the federal government chooses to detain in New Jersey under its immigration authority," Pashman Stein partner David N. Cinotti said.
4 minute read

International Edition

Gaza: Two Law Professors Front Israel's Defence at International Court of Justice

'This case is important. Lives are at stake. Israel's credibility and reputation are at stake,' said one of South Africa's lawyers at the ICJ on Thursday.
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