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New York Law Journal

‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ $440 Million Meme Coin Collapse Sparks Legal Battle

A crypto coin inspired by the viral social media meme suffered a near-total collapse in less than a day, leading a group of investors to file suit against founders of the cryptocurrency.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Disjunctive 'Severe or Pervasive' Standard Applies to Discrimination Claims Against University, Judge Rules

"The parties' disagreement is understandable given that the jurisprudential landscape with respect to whether Ms. Canaan must plead harassment that was severe-or-pervasive or severe pervasive-and-objectively-offensive is murky, in part because one of several statutes may be applicable to allegations of harassment depending on the bases for the purported harassment, e.g., sex, race, etc." U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy wrote in the matter captioned Canaan v. Carnegie Mellon University.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ozempic MDL Expands to Include New Drugs, but Not New Injuries

"An MDL that encompassed any potential injury relating to use of these exceedingly popular weight loss drugs might quickly become procedurally and substantively unwieldy,” the Judicial Panel of Multidistrict Litigation ruled.
3 minute read

Law.com

Five Noteworthy Litigation Trends of 2024—and What to Watch in 2025

With the potential to redefine key areas of the law, here are the five most interesting litigation hotspots spotted by Law.com Radar in 2024.
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Canadian Court Rules Thumbs-Up Emoji Can Constitute a Contract Agreement

Saskatchewan court upholds earlier ruling that an emoji text sent by a farmer created a binding contract with grain buyer.
3 minute read

International Edition

Canadian Appeal Court Rules Thumbs-Up Emoji Can Constitute a Contract Agreement

Saskatchewan court upholds earlier ruling that an emoji text sent by a farmer created a binding contract with grain buyer.
3 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields Takes on Syria's Brutal Legacy, But Will Victims Ever See Compensation? 

Washington, D.C.'s lawyers are fighting for justice in the U.S. on behalf of Bashar Assad’s victims but they face long delays and uncertain payouts.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

An ‘Indiana Jones Moment’: Mayer Brown’s John Nadolenco and Kelly Kramer on the 10-Year Legal Saga of the Bahia Emerald

Mayer Brown’s Kramer said that the case shows that countries can coordinate on returning stolen property, but the process is “long and slow.”
6 minute read

International Edition

ECJ Ruling Upholds German Ban on Pure Private Equity Investment in Law Firms

The European Court of Justice has issued a surprise rejection of the Halmer case which could have allowed private equity to directly invest in German law firms.
4 minute read

The Recorder

‘BiT Global Lost’: Federal Judge Won’t Stop Coinbase From Delisting wBTC Token

“Ultimately, I have no evidence from you about what is to come,” U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California told BiT Global Digital Ltd.'s counsel on Wednesday.
3 minute read

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