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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. 
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New York Law Journal

A Checklist for Navigating the Regulatory Landscape After 'Loper Bright' and 'Corner Post'

The U.S. Supreme Court's past term was a blockbuster for administrative law: Among other things, the Supreme Court overruled Chevron and made it easier to challenge old regulations. So what now?
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New York Law Journal

Navigating NY's Pioneering Environmental Justice Law: Implications and Predictions

This law has been coined the "nation's strongest environmental justice law." It also marks a significant step in ensuring that environmental burdens are more equitably distributed and that historically marginalized areas are not further compromised by industrial activities and development.
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New York Law Journal

The Appeal of Mediation: An Increasingly Successful Practice

In more recent years, led by the appellate courts, the use of mediation during appeal has become more widespread and increasingly successful.
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New York Law Journal

Reviewability of Interlocutory Orders on Appeal From a Final Judgment: Navigating the Shoals

Not every order that can be appealed on an interlocutory basis "necessarily affects the final judgment." In practice, it can be difficult to tell what does and what does not—and the Court of Appeals has admitted that its jurisprudence on this issue "may not all be consistent."
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The American Lawyer

Simpson Partner Heads to Paul Hastings, as Firm Plots Growth in Banking, Finance

"Our practices are not fully mature. There is room for market share expansion, and we will be looking to make opportunistic hires for high-level talent that will help expand our market share," firm chair Frank Lopez said.
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New York Law Journal

CPLR 5704 Is a Powerful, but Poorly-Defined, Tool That Highlights Department Differences

CPLR Section 5704 ("Review of ex parte orders") provides an avenue for Appellate Division review of such a refusal to sign an order to show cause. Unfortunately, however, New York courts have yet to provide clear guidance on when such applications will or will not be granted.
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New York Law Journal

Public Corruption Prosecutions: Constitutional Issues to Watch 

In recent years, pursuant to Supreme Court precedent, the definition of public corruption has progressively narrowed while the scope of governmental immunity has been enlarged. There are two ongoing public corruption prosecutions that will likely be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming terms and that will likely test these recent trends.
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Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Adam Siegel of Freshfields on Four 'Cs' of the Firm's Litigation Practice

Siegel, who joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer more than 15 years ago to help start its white-collar practice in the U.S., says the words "commercial," "creativity," "collegiality" and "cross-border" are "core" to the firm's litigation department.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Increasingly Rare': These Law Firms Still Maintain Smaller Partner Pay Spreads

A group of Am Law 200 law firms has partner pay spreads that are less than half of the median pay ratios across Big Law.
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