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January 29, 2024
Couple To Pay $730K To End Filipino Workers' Trafficking Case
An Oklahoma couple has agreed to pay $730,000 to end allegations that they made false promises of fair wages to lure Filipino workers and then charged steep recruitment fees that made the workers indebted to them, according to a federal court filing.
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January 29, 2024
Increase In Trafficking Reveals Hospitality Coverage Concerns
As human trafficking continues to increase and travel returns to prepandemic levels, hospitality industry policyholders may see more direct trafficking exclusions and increased education requirements as the insurance industry works to address this growing risk, experts said.
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January 29, 2024
Judge Won't Pause Ohio Trafficking Case For Centralization
An Ohio federal judge denied a woman's bid to pause her sex trafficking lawsuit while she awaits a decision to have her case centralized with other trafficking cases because it would delay efficient resolution.
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January 29, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
A transportation services company and cryptocurrency fund both exited litigation, a grill maker and EV-charging company fired up new cases, and biotechs bandaged old wounds while judges fast-tracked a musical power struggle and unwound a REIT deal. All told, a typical week for Delaware's court of equity.
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January 29, 2024
Trump Assails Fraud Monitor For 'Misleading' Final Report
Counsel for former President Donald Trump denounced the independent monitor overseeing his businesses on Monday, accusing her of seeking to extend her term and get more money by bolstering the New York attorney general's civil fraud case as a decision looms.
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January 29, 2024
KSL Closes $3B Continuation Fund To Invest In Ski Resort Biz
Private equity shop KSL Capital Partners, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Hogan Lovells, on Monday announced that it closed its single-asset continuation vehicle after securing over $3 billion in commitments to invest in Alterra Mountain Co.
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January 26, 2024
Trump Org. Monitor Flags Financial 'Errors' As Ruling Looms
An independent monitor overseeing the Trump Organization's finances amid the New York attorney general's civil fraud suit reported Friday she found multiple errors and misstatements in disclosures sent to third-party lenders, including underreporting the organization's liabilities by millions of dollars and hiding $40 million recently sent directly to the former president.
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January 26, 2024
Museums Cover Native Exhibits In Renewed Repatriation Push
Museums and other institutions throughout the country are covering exhibits that display Indigenous artifacts as updates to a federal law governing the repatriation of remains and culturally affiliated objects has gone into effect.
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January 26, 2024
2 Business Owners Get Jail Time For Bribing DC Tax Official
A concert operator and a bar owner have been hit with sentences of two years or longer in the District of Columbia for participating in separate conspiracies focused on evading business tax obligations via bribes to a former employee of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue.
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January 26, 2024
Casino To End Del. SPAC Suit Despite Hedge Fund Butting In
A New York hedge fund that helped draft a failed $2.6 billion deal to take a casino in the Philippines public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company is now trying to intervene in the company's Delaware lawsuit against the casino's operators, challenging a pending settlement that would end their Chancery Court litigation.
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January 26, 2024
Mich. Justices To Hear Disney, Eatery Group's Escheat Fight
The Michigan Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a lower court's finding that audits that the state Department of Treasury initiated against Disney and a restaurant company paused the statute of limitations for the agency to demand that the businesses turn over unclaimed property to the state.
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February 08, 2024
Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2024 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of its publications to serve as members of its 2024 editorial advisory boards.
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January 26, 2024
Carnival Beats Suit Over Passenger's Dining Area Fall
A Florida federal court has thrown out a passenger's claims that a Carnival Corp. cruise liner had a dangerous threshold to its dining area that caused him to trip and suffer a brain injury, saying he hasn't offered evidence that shows the company was aware the walkway was dangerous.
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January 25, 2024
MrBeast Says Restaurant Co.'s Suit Is Trying To 'Gaslight' Court
YouTube megastar MrBeast urged a New York state court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the virtual restaurant company he partnered with and then sued for damaging his brand by allegedly making bad food, arguing the company's countersuit attempts to both unlawfully silence him and "gaslight" the court and the public.
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January 25, 2024
Movie Mogul's Wife Can't Escape Discovery In $500M Fight
A New York federal judge has refused to reconsider the bulk of his discovery order related to tax, immigration and financial records held by a Chinese cinema magnate's wife in an investor dispute over a half-billion-dollar arbitral award against her husband.
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January 25, 2024
Class Seeks OK Of $24M Hidden Fee Deal With AIG Units
A class of travel insurance buyers has asked a California federal judge to greenlight their nearly $24 million settlement resolving claims accusing three AIG units of stacking hidden fees on top of travel insurance premiums.
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January 25, 2024
State Farm Beats Suit Alleging Excessive COVID-Era Premiums
A California federal judge on Thursday said State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. did not collect excessive premiums during the COVID-19 pandemic, handing the insurer an early win in a proposed class action brought by a cafe owner.
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January 25, 2024
Domino's Seeks To Cut Swapped Plaintiffs In Driver Wage Row
Domino's Pizza told a Michigan federal judge that none of the proposed substitute lead plaintiffs in an expense reimbursement collective action can adequately represent a nationwide class of delivery drivers because many of them have already committed to arbitrate their claims.
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January 25, 2024
Alaskan Guide Co. To Pay $900K For Fire On Native Lands
An Alaskan fishing guide service will pay $900,000 to resolve claims brought by the U.S. Department of the Interior accusing one of its guides of lighting an illegal campfire that ultimately burned through 176 acres of Native and federal public lands, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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January 25, 2024
Real Estate Rumors: Maryland U., Cohen & Steers, Marriott
Maryland University of Integrative Health is said to have sold 12.5 acres of land and a two-story building for $8.3 million, a venture of Cohen & Steers and the Sterling Organization has reportedly bought a Texas shopping center for $42 million, and a Marriott hotel in Philadelphia is believed to have traded hands for $32.7 million.
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January 25, 2024
Philly Cheesesteak Shop Owners Get Prison For Tax Evasion
The father-son duo behind the famous Tony Luke's cheesesteak restaurant in South Philadelphia were each sentenced to 20 months in prison Thursday for what prosecutors said was a decadelong tax evasion scheme that included keeping false ledgers and paying employees under the table.
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January 25, 2024
Ga. Beer Biz Settles Trademark Suit Against Mobile Bar Rival
Dueling mobile bar companies based in Georgia and California have agreed to end an extended trademark dispute over strikingly similar names, according to a notice filed in a Peach State federal court.
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January 25, 2024
NJ Justices Keep Up Trend Of Virus Suit Wins For Insurers
In turning back an Atlantic City casino's $50 million bid for pandemic loss coverage, New Jersey's top court kept in line with the vast majority of courts deciding such suits, while shutting the door to Garden State policyholders seeking virus coverage, experts say.
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January 25, 2024
Glenn Beck Tries To Sink Canceled-Cruise Suit In Arkansas
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and his company, Blaze Media, have argued they lack the business connections to Arkansas necessary to face a proposed class action there concerning cruise ticket refunds following a COVID-related cancelation, further claiming the issue is bound to arbitration.
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January 24, 2024
Trump Bristles At Shkreli Comparison In NY Civil Fraud Case
Donald Trump on Wednesday took umbrage at New York Attorney General Letitia James comparing his civil fraud case to that of convicted "Pharma Bro" fraudster Martin Shkreli, saying it merely reveals "her desperation and obvious frustration" with the former president's "ongoing ascent toward the White House."
Expert Analysis
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How Companies Could Define 'Social' In ESG Metrics
While the "social" prong of environmental, social and governance criteria is still hard to evaluate, a three-tiered approach similar to the framework for tracking greenhouse gas emissions could serve as a good basis for companies to develop goals and measure progress in a uniform way, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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The Wide Oversight Implications Of Del. McDonald's Ruling
The Delaware Chancery Court's recent ruling that a McDonald's officer had oversight obligations on par with directors has wide-reaching implications for Delaware corporate law, including precedent for the court to hear sexual harassment claims, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Reviewing Exec Separation Filings After McDonald's SEC Deal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged McDonald's and its former CEO Stephen Easterbrook with disclosure violations related to his separation from the company in 2019, offering a cautionary tale for public issuers making disclosures regarding internal investigations and executive separations, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Southwest Debacle May Spur Traveler Protection Legislation
The recent stranding of countless Southwest Airlines passengers due to canceled flights could finally move Congress to advance "bill of rights" legislation for airline passengers, which has faced stiff opposition from the commercial aviation industry when previously introduced in Congress, says Roger Clark at Signature Resolution.
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Atty Conflict Discussions In Idaho Murder Case And Beyond
A public defender's representation of the accused University of Idaho murderer after prior representation of a victim's parent doesn't constitute a violation of conflict of interest rules, but the case prompts ethical questions about navigating client conflicts in small-town criminal defense and big-city corporate law alike, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Charles Loeser at HWG.
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Why The Original 'Rocket Docket' Will Likely Resume Its Pace
Though the Eastern District of Virginia, for decades the fastest federal trial court in the country, experienced significant pandemic-related slowdowns, several factors unique to the district suggest that it will soon return to its speedy pace, say Dabney Carr and Robert Angle at Troutman Pepper.
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False Ad Takeaways From Toss Of Suit Against Giants, Jets
The recent dismissal of a proposed false advertising class action against the NFL, the New York Giants and Jets, and MetLife Stadium shows how federal courts often bring a fair degree of skepticism to these types of suits, and that advertising claims shouldn't be judged in isolation, says Jeffrey Greenbaum at Frankfurt Kurnit.
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The Discipline George Santos Would Face If He Were A Lawyer
Rep. George Santos, who has become a national punchline for his alleged lies, hasn't faced many consequences yet, but if he were a lawyer, even his nonwork behavior would be regulated by the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and violations in the past have led to sanctions and even disbarment, says Mark Hinderks at Stinson.
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A Litigation Move That Could Conserve Discovery Resources
Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben proposes the preliminary legal opinion procedure — seeking a court's opinion on a disputed legal standard at the outset, rather than the close, of discovery — as a useful resource-preservation tool for legally complex, discovery-intensive litigation.
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Litigators Should Approach AI Tools With Caution
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT hold potential to streamline various aspects of the litigation process, resulting in improved efficiency and outcomes, but should be carefully double-checked for confidentiality, plagiarism and accuracy concerns, say Zachary Foster and Melanie Kalmanson at Quarles & Brady.
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Recession Or Not, Elevated Restructuring Activity Is Coming
2023 is set up to be a strong year for corporate distress and reorganization, recession withstanding, but it may not be the blowout year that some are expecting — depending on whether the Fed continues its inflation fight and whether sponsors can go all out to defend investments, says Michael Eisenband at FTI Consulting.
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5th Circ. Confidential Witness Ruling Is A Big Change
The Fifth Circuit's recent ruling in Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Six Flags that confidential witness claims can be sufficient to establish scienter is a significant message that anonymous witness allegations should be credited, and plaintiffs should feel more confident including these claims in their securities fraud complaints, say James Christie and David Saldamando at Labaton Sucharow.
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5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
Lawyers are skilled at using their high emotional intelligence to build rapport with clients, so when planning your next pitch, consider how you can create some emotional peaks, personal connections and moments of magic that might help you stick in prospective clients' minds and seal the deal, says consultant Diana Kander.
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5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Cortney Young at ADR Partners discusses factors that can help to foster success in mediation, including scheduling, preparation, managing client expectations and more.
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How Attys Can Prep Latin American Brands For US Entry
Attorneys representing Latin American franchise systems entering the U.S. in 2023 should craft a careful strategy built around the dual-regulatory franchise scheme, intellectual property protection and other laws that may affect franchising, says Marc Lieberstein at Kilpatrick.