Above The Law

APRIL 3, 2025

If pressed for an answer, I would say it is a shared responsibility. You must understand your companys business, industry, and key stakeholders — that requires getting out of your office (or away from your inbox) and engaging with colleagues in different departments. Who is responsible for providing that legal education?

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) chairperson Selina Cheng after she refused a senior editor’s request to withdraw from the chair election and to quit the HKJA board entirely, said Cheng in a statement. ” The official reason for her termination is corporate restructuring.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Bolivian police accused protestors of committing various crimes, including attacks on transportation security, usurpation of functions, criminal association, armed robbery and terrorism. At the time of the announcement, the police had cleared at least 12 blockades. The protests have disrupted fuel and energy supplies.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 21, 2023

On Friday, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the two adult children of Bosnian Serb and pro-Russia leader Milorad Dodik and their associated business entities for their alleged involvement in his ongoing corruption. According to the OFAC press release, companies such as Global Liberty d.o.o.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against petroleum giant Exxon Mobil alleging the company misled the public about the recyclability of plastic products and plastic pollution. Since 1970, Exxon Mobil, through this trade association, also adapted and promoted the chasing arrows symbol for plastics.

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JURIST

MARCH 10, 2023

Moreover, because US trade bans impose restrictions upon foreign companies, Douhan argued that they may impact labour rights. She says “these policies affect labour rights, freedom of movement, and the rights of foreign individuals who may be associated with these companies.”

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

Vietnamese users will be required to provide their phone or ID card numbers when accessing overseas social media companies and businesses under the new rules, raising concerns that the rule aims to expose dissidents who may previously have posted anonymously.

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JURIST

AUGUST 30, 2024

The union representing workers from Canada’s two largest rail companies filed a court challenge against a labour board order requiring them to return to work. The order was issued after the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference entered into a lockout last week. The right to collectively bargain is a constitutional guarantee.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2025

The court will then hear a former Halliburton employee’s effort to renew his age discrimination suit against the energy company in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services. Listen live at 10 a.m. EST. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. 14 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2021

The 38-page complaint alleges that the defendant companies knowingly produced highly toxic chemicals known as PFAS (which include PFOS and PFOA) and released the compounds into the environment through their products. ” Dupont and Chemours were also among the thirty named chemical-making company defendants in the suit.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2022

Zubair’s advocate, Vrinda Grover, denied these allegations stating the alleged funds were received by his company and not by his personal bank account. Several international organizations and national press associations have condemned Zubair’s arrest.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Vincent Desry, the former president’s attorney, claimed in a press interview Wednesday that Sarkozy was innocent of all charges against him and intended to file a further appeal of the sentence. Sarkozy was facing charges over alleged illegal campaign financing in his 2012 re-election campaign. million (US $49.7

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

has announced sanctions against an overseas fentanyl trafficking ring that reaped millions in virtual currency, reports Fatima Hussein of Associated Press. Two Dutch nationals, an Englishman and their nine companies were linked to a ring that exploited commercial firms to sell synthetic fentanyl to Americans.

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2025

The Legal Marketing Associations 40th Annual Conference (LMA25) was brimming with insights and real talk about where our profession is heading. Connect with attorneys and colleagues when the stakes are low, building rapport before there is a pressing need. The big themes? Key takeaways included: Relationship building is paramount.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Malachi Love-Robinson pleaded guilty of routing customer payments to his own accounts while working as a salesperson for a shipping/trucking company, the Associated Press reports.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

officials alleging that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation, reports the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, told Congress recently that there was “at least one agent” from China’s intelligence service on Twitter’s payroll and that the company knowingly allowed India to add agents to the company roster as well, reports the Associated Press.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

David Sackler, grandson of one of the brothers who nearly 70 years ago bought the company that later became Purdue, has stated that Purdue Pharma won’t contribute billions of dollars to a legal settlement unless they get off the hook for all current and future lawsuits over the company’s activities, reports the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

MAY 10, 2022

ending a two-year-old lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups alleging that it collected people’s photos without their consent and in violation of Illinois digital privacy law, reports the Associated Press. Clearview continues to deny and dispute the claims brought by the ACLU and other plaintiffs.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 25, 2021

.” Todd Spangler of The Detroit Free Press reports that “ Ford loses Supreme Court decision, state claims can go forward.” ” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “ Justices say accident victims can sue Ford in state courts.”

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 30, 2021

1, 2022, protecting the company and the Sacklers from litigation while also ordering Purdue, the Sacklers, the states and other parties to negotiate a new settlement, reports the Associated Press. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain has granted Purdue’s request to extend an injunction until Feb.

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HowAppealing

MAY 17, 2021

” And Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “ Supreme Court Rules for Oil-and-Gas Companies Fighting Climate Lawsuit; The justices say Big Oil defendants should get new shot at moving the city of Baltimore’s lawsuit out of state court.” ” Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “ U.S.

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JUNE 18, 2021

“Supreme Court Limits Human Rights Suits Against Corporations; Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms”: Adam Liptak has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times. chocolate companies over child labor in West Africa.”

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LawSites

APRIL 4, 2023

The two founders of Fastcase, CEO Ed Walters and President Phil Rosenthal , who started their company in 1999, will remain with the company in global executive roles and take seats on the merged company’s board, together with Faus and his cofounder and brother Angel Faus , who is CTO of vLex. Miami and Barcelona.

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The Crime Report

JULY 21, 2021

pipeline operators to bolster cyber security, reports Associated Press. The company paid an estimated $4.4 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new requirements for U.S. This follows the ransomware attack that disrupted gas delivery across the East Coast this May.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 30, 2021

In others, they’ve been overmatched in a cutthroat market dominated by international companies valued at millions and sometimes billions of dollars. The limited statistics available indicate business owners and investors at the top of the booming industry remain overwhelmingly white.

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JURIST

JANUARY 27, 2022

In separate lawsuits filed against Google, the attorneys general allege that the search engine giant has systematically deceived its users about its location tracking practices at least since 2014 and has misled them regarding the control they exercised over the information which is collected by the company.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The lawsuit alleges the arrest was unlawful and violated rights protected by Sections 2(b), 7 and 9 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which concern rights to liberty, freedom of the press and the right to be free from arbitrary detention. One month later, these conditions were dropped along with all charges.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Apple’s iPhones possess a flaw opening them up to hacking by use of iMessage, the company’s messaging software, reports The Wall Street Journal. Citizen Lab said the security issue was exploited by the NSO Group to, among other things, plant spyware on a Saudi activist’s iPhone, according to the Associated Press.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Walmart has filed a motion to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint accusing the retailer of permitting con artists and scammers to use its money-transfer services, the Associated Press reports. Walmart had been ordered to return customer funds, and the FTC had asked the court to impose civil penalties on the company.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In March, the Illinois law firm, MillerKing brought the putative class action against DoNotPay on behalf of “all law firms in the United States,” alleging false association and false advertising under the federal Lanham Act and Illinois state law. DNP is a web-based company purporting to use AI to provide legal services virtually.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Michigan Press Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses lodged a challenge Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission's new "click to cancel" rule requiring that companies allow customers to ditch their subscriptions with a single click, telling the Sixth Circuit the commission has overstepped its authority.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Weber of The Associated Press reports that “ Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation.” Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in their efforts to combat what they call censorship of conservative viewpoints by social media companies.” ” Paul J. Supreme Court again.”

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MARCH 22, 2023

” Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “ Supreme Court chews on Jack Daniel’s dog toy dispute.” ” Devan Cole of CNN reports that “ Supreme Court humors itself as it considers whether Jack Daniel’s can stop a dog toy company from parodying its brand.”

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The Crime Report

MARCH 14, 2023

In 2022, Australian telecommunications company Optus suffered a cyber attack that compromised 9.8 Although the company says there aren’t reports yet of crimes being committed against those whose information was leaked, the amount of information left vulnerable to hackers has been under scrutiny.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Alaska State Employees Association. The Alaska State Employees Association threatened suit if the state implemented such measures. The companies removed the case to federal district court, asserting federal subject-matter jurisdiction on multiple grounds. Next up is Alaska v. In Janus v.

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