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2021-12-15 | Trademarks And The City: Peloton Gets Big Branding Lesson | Peloton may have approved the appearance of its product in "And Just Like That...," a reboot of "Sex and the City," but the fitness company claims it didn't sign off on its exercise bike's role in a shocking plot twist. Amid public outcry, I couldn't help but wonder: Does Peloton actually have a legal case to challenge... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Feds Seek Injunction In Okla. Coal Mining Battle | The federal government urged an Oklahoma federal judge to approve its request for an injunction against Oklahoma for refusing to acknowledge its jurisdiction over coal mining in Indian Country. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Morgan Stanley, 3 Others Ink $104M Deal In Rigging Case | Four banks including Morgan Stanley have agreed to pay a combined $104 million to settle claims that they conspired to rig the price of derivatives based on an Australian foreign exchange benchmark. | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Monsanto Successors Agree To $17.9M Superfund Cleanup | Two Monsanto Co. successor companies on Tuesday agreed to an estimated $17.9 million settlement that requires them to clean up landfills and waste lagoons near St. Louis. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | NAB Decries Big Tech Claims Over FCC Regulatory Fees | The National Association of Broadcasters has spoken out against what it's calling a "disingenuous campaign" by Big Tech to mischaracterize its attempt to make the Federal Communications Commission's regulatory fee structure more fair as a means to create a Wi-Fi tax. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Fla. Judge Trims Woman's Claims In Belviq Cancer Lawsuit | A Florida federal judge on Tuesday trimmed a woman's lawsuit alleging Eisai Inc. and Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s recalled diet drug Belviq caused her breast cancer, dismissing claims of fraudulent misrepresentation but allowing design-defect allegations to move forward. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Puma Biotech Investors Ink $54M Deal Over Drug Statements | Investors alleging that Puma Biotechnology Inc. misstated the effectiveness of a breast cancer treatment, causing the biopharmaceutical company's share price to drop, asked a California federal judge Monday to preliminarily approve a $54.2 million proposed settlement, telling the judge the deal represents a complete re... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | FCC Eyes Competitive Tweaks For E-Rate, Satellite Systems | The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday opened an inquiry into how it could make bidding in the E-Rate subsidy program for schools and libraries more competitive and transparent, as well as how it could unlock the ecosystem of low-Earth orbit satellites for more new broadband players. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | FCC Mulls Industry's Call To Rework Contraband Phone Ban | The Federal Communications Commission is asking for input from the public on the wireless industry's petition to rethink parts of the agency's July order requiring mobile providers to shut down contraband cellphones in prisons. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Top 3 Groups Lobbying The FCC | During the month of November, top lobbyists before the Federal Communications Commission discussed ways to reshape valuable agency subsidy programs aimed at keeping vulnerable Americans connected online, as well as the impact of Verizon's now-approved acquisition of TracFone. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | GOP Sens. Want Answers About Broadband Benefits Fraud | Four Republican senators say they are "troubled" by a report from the Federal Communications Commission's inspector general that revealed it had found fraud among providers of the Emergency Broadband Benefit, which offers discounted internet service to low-income households. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | PTAB Axes Voice Tech IP In Win For AI Co. Held In Contempt | The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has nixed one of two Voice Tech Corp. patents involved in its bitter infringement fight with artificial intelligence company Mycroft AI, which was held in contempt in September for violating a court order to take down a threatening blog post. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | NFL Says App User Failed To Back Up Privacy Claims | The NFL asked a Rhode Island federal judge on Monday to reject claims its app secretly shares Android phone users' personal information with Google's marketing apparatus, calling the privacy law allegations "an exercise in conjecture and overreach." | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Ace Says Tech Co. Must Cover Firm's $2M Ransom Payment | A Chubb unit has accused the provider of an online file-transfer platform of failing to properly notify a Boston law firm of a critical security update, leading the firm to pay hackers a $2 million ransom to prevent its confidential files from being released. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Ill. Residents Say Insurer On Hook For $20M BIPA Settlement | A proposed class of Illinois residents told a state court that Axis Insurance Co. must cover a $20 million settlement between them and its policyholder, which the residents sued over alleged violations of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Opioid Treatment Provider Ophelia Grabs $50M In Series B | Ophelia, a digital provider of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, said Tuesday it grabbed $50 million in a Series B fundraise led by investment firm Tiger Global. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | 4 Firms Rep $37M In IPOs For Satellite, Winemaking Cos. | A winemaker and a satellite company began publicly trading Tuesday after raising a total of $37 million in initial public offerings, guided by four law firms including Maslon LLP and Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP. | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | GAO Says NSA Wrongly Assessed Bids On $10B Cloud Deal | The U.S. Government Accountability Office has revealed why it sustained Microsoft's protest over an up-to $10 billion National Security Agency cloud computing contract awarded to Amazon, saying the agency unreasonably assessed the companies' technical proposals. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Boardroom Considerations Ahead Of Expected M&A Surge | The past year’s flurry of merger and acquisition activity is projected to continue into 2022, so directors should closely consider their fiduciary duties in these transactions, looking to Delaware case law for guidance, including the Chancery Court’s recent Flannery v. Genomic Health decision, say attorneys at Alston &... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | 'Salt Bae' Celebrity Chef's Eatery Hit With Staff Bias Suit | A former server at a steakhouse chain made famous by a Turkish chef whose "Salt Bae" meat-seasoning videos went viral has hit his ex-employer with a discrimination suit in New York federal court, accusing the restaurant of favoring its Turkish employees over its non-Turkish counterparts. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Ill. Judge Pauses McDonald's BIPA Dispute Over Similar Case | An Illinois federal judge has agreed to pause claims made by a former employee at a Chicago McDonald's franchise that her bosses' timekeeping system breached the Biometric Information Privacy Act, citing similar litigation playing out in state court. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Apple Seeks Funding Info For £1.5B Putative UK Class Action | Counsel seeking to bring a £1.5 billion ($2 billion) class action against Apple over allegedly unlawful App Store charges urged a British competition tribunal Tuesday to reject the company's bid for information on the lead claimant's litigation insurance and budget, saying the disclosure would provide a "tactical advan... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Ex-Vyera CEO Criticizes Shkreli At Drug-Pricing Bench Trial | Former Vyera Pharmaceuticals CEO Eliseo Salinas told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday that he thinks Martin Shkreli's 2015 move to dramatically jack up the price of an anti-parasitic drug the company controlled was "crazy," "irresponsible" and "careless." | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true |
2021-12-15 | Wachtell, Weil Rep $9.3B Neogen-3M Biz Reverse Morris Trust | Animal and food safety product developer Neogen Corp. said Tuesday it's combining with 3M's food safety business in a reverse Morris trust deal, which was guided by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and gives the combined entity a $9.3 billion enterprise value. | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Boy Scouts Tout $800M Settlement As AIG Seeks Delay | Closing in on the voting deadline for its Chapter 11 plan, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday hailed an $800 million settlement for sexual abuse claimants while fending off criticisms that the plan is being rushed and survivors are getting frustrated about mixed messages from attorneys. | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Bankruptcy Court Fines Hotel 'Fraudsters' Who Kept $2.4M | Two "fraudsters" who snubbed a Delaware bankruptcy court's order to return $2.43 million to Eagle Hospitality Group's bankrupt U.S. hotels will each be fined $250 per day until they make good on the debt, the judge in the case said Tuesday. | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Engineering Co. Gets $28M Award Over Luxury SUV Pact OK'd | Edag Engineering GmbH has won confirmation of a $28.6 million arbitral award against electric vehicle startup Byton, a victory as the Swiss company scrambles to collect what it's owed amid findings that the startup may be trying to transfer its assets and operations to China. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Info Bid In Malta Bank Fight Is Improper, Court Hears | A European Central Bank official is fighting efforts to force her to turn over information that could shed light on an allegedly politically motivated campaign to seize the assets of a private Maltese bank, arguing that a substantially similar petition has already been rejected in New Hampshire. | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true |
2021-12-15 | DOD Cyber Self-Certification Elevates Gov't Contractor Risks | The U.S. Department of Defense's reintroduction of cybersecurity self-certification creates new risks for defense industrial base companies — challenges that are heightened by the U.S. Department of Justice’s recent call for use of the False Claims Act to fight company misrepresentations of cybersecurity practices,... | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | Trump Can't Block Tax Return Release To House, Judge Says | Former President Donald Trump can't block a House committee's efforts to obtain his tax returns, a D.C. federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the panel had sufficient legislative reason for requesting the documents but also warning against any public disclosure. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true |
2021-12-15 | Russia Again Looks To Pause $50B Yukos Awards Fight | A Netherlands high court decision has left a $50 billion arbitral award issued to the former shareholders of Yukos Oil Co. unenforceable, at least for now, Russia has told a U.S. district court in an attempt to pause the case. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | 3-Part Ch. 11 Stalking Horse Sale OK'd For Teligent | Bankrupt generic pharmaceuticals venture Teligent Inc. secured a Delaware judge's approval Tuesday for a three-part stalking horse sale that could net the business $64 million or even more if other offers surface. | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | true | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-15 | 'Crying' Atty Won't Undo $1.3M Cancer Misdiagnosis Verdict | A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to overturn a $1.3 million jury award in a suit accusing a gynecologist of misdiagnosing a woman's ovarian cyst that turned out to be cancerous, rejecting arguments that jurors were tainted after an expert witness and plaintiff's counsel became emotional and failed to maintain c... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-15 | DOJ, States Defend Challenge Of American-JetBlue Alliance | Enforcers hit back against a bid from American Airlines and JetBlue to duck a case challenging their regional alliance in the Northeast, telling a Massachusetts federal court it doesn't have to wait until after consumers are harmed to block the pact. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false |
2021-12-15 | Ex-Netflix Exec Sentenced To 2.5 Years For Bribery Scheme | A California federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former Netflix executive to two and a half years in prison for taking kickbacks from vendors, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true |
2021-12-15 | DOJ, Penguin-Simon & Schuster Expect Short, In-Person Trial | The U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to Penguin Random House LLC's $2.18 billion bid to buy Simon & Schuster is expected to take less than a month, the parties told a D.C. federal judge Tuesday, while eyeing in-person proceedings for the August 2022 trial. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-15 | Opioid Makers Cement Calif. Win As Judge Spurns Objections | An Orange County judge finalized his decision Tuesday and granted a win to major drugmakers accused of causing an opioid epidemic in California, delivering a blow to four communities that represented the people of the state during a monthslong trial. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-15 | New DOJ Crime Chief On Boosting Morale And Diversity | Face time with subordinates is a mainstay of U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division chief Kenneth Polite's management style. After just four months on the job, he's already well-known in the cavernous halls of Main Justice. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true |
2021-12-16 | US Hemp Roundtable Pushes Back Against Ore. CBD Rules | The U.S. Hemp Roundtable has urged the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to pause finalizing and implementing its newly proposed rules for hemp and cannabis regulation in the state, saying the rules are not based on science and set arbitrary thresholds and burdensome requirements. | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Cardi B's Album Profits Fair Game In IP Trial, Judge Told | A California man who says the rapper Cardi B misappropriated his image for a raunchy album cover asked a federal court to let him tell a jury about the rapper's royalties from the mixtape during an upcoming February trial. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | Making 'Women On Boards' Voluntary Didn't Work, Judge Told | A California state senator who authored S.B. 826, a law requiring publicly held corporations to place a minimum number of women on their boards, testified Wednesday at a bench trial over the bill's constitutionality that earlier noncompulsory legislative efforts to improve gender parity on boards proved ineffective. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | Jury Hands SEC Win In Fraud Trial Against Investor Recruiter | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission prevailed Wednesday in a lawsuit accusing a South Florida financial adviser of committing securities fraud as part of a scheme the government said raised nearly half a billion dollars from some 1,200 investors. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | Timing Is Key In Juul-Altria Arbitration Row With Buyers | A California federal judge offered a mixed bag in oral arguments Wednesday for consumers trying to avoid arbitration for antitrust claims against e-cigarette maker Juul and former rival Altria, saying he's likely to impose arbitration on recent online customers who agreed to the terms on Juul's website, but not those w... | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Cannabis Advocacy Org Urges Fed Action On CBD Regulation | The Council for Federal Cannabis Regulation has requested a meeting with the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address what the organization says is a public health crisis "unfolding with increasing severity" due to a federal reading of a rule that has "needlessly hamstrung" the regulation of ... | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Wilson Sonsini, Freshfields Steer Samsara's $805M IPO | Samsara, which helps businesses relying on physical operations connect to the cloud, began trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange after raising $805 million in an initial public offering, guided by Wilson Sonsini and underwriters' counsel Freshfields. | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | 'Non-Plant Touching' Cos. Shine In 2021 Top Cannabis Deals | The biggest U.S. cannabis transactions this year show "non-plant touching" businesses coming into their own and bringing diversity to transactions in the industry, though experts say the majority of deals were of multistate operators acquiring smaller companies and dispensaries. | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | New China Data Law Demands Distinct Compliance Approach | Following China's recently enacted Personal Information Protection Law, multinational companies must shift how they carry out internal and external investigations as well as cross-border litigation in China, and they should prepare for heavier data compliance obligations, say Christopher Pelham at Norton Rose and Tracy... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | true | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | 6 Ways To Protect M&A Deals From Ransomware In 2022 | Companies that announce M&A transactions may be at risk of ransomware events in 2022, but six security improvements could help protect against attacks and decrease their potential impact, say attorneys at Baker Botts. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | true |
2021-12-16 | Norway's Privacy Watchdog Cuts Grindr Fine To $7M | The Norwegian Data Protection Authority on Wednesday hit dating app Grindr with a reduced fine of $7.17 million for allegedly illegally sharing user data with advertisers, finding that the company had improved how it seeks consent from consumers. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Intelsat Reaches Deal To Pay First-Lien Notes In Ch. 11 | Commercial satellite operator Intelsat SA filed a proposed settlement Wednesday in the Virginia bankruptcy court that would pay the allowed claims of first-lien noteholders in full from the proceeds of a new post-bankruptcy loan. | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | Boston Says Detective's $2M Gender Bias Verdict Can't Stand | Boston said Wednesday that a "miscarriage of justice" in a gender bias case brought by a top female detective demands a new trial after a federal jury returned a $2 million verdict against the city. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | Cannabis Investor Sues Mich. Firm In Del. Over Option Block | A group of California-based cannabis investment funds has sued a Michigan cannabis venture in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging the company ignored information requests about its finances before the investors exercised stock warrants, then claimed the warrants had expired. | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Texas Panel Orders New Trial In Tree-Trimming Death Case | A split panel of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial take place in a wrongful death lawsuit of a man who fell out of a front-end loader while trimming a tree, finding the trial court wrongly let one witness testify. | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | 5th Circ. Affirms ATF Rule Banning Bump Stocks | The Fifth Circuit has affirmed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' rule banning bump stocks, finding the rule correctly interprets federal law to classify semiautomatic rifles equipped with bump stocks as "machine guns." | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Allegations Of Corruption, Bad Faith Dog $117M Award Fight | An infrastructure company owned by the Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht is urging a D.C. federal judge to force the government of Lima, Peru, to put up security for an arbitral award currently totaling nearly $117 million with interest. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Health Care Tech Platform Co. Valued At $3.2B After Series E | Health technology business Innovaccer said Wednesday that it has raised $150 million in a Series E funding round that values the company at $3.2 billion, with plans to pour the money into continued research and development while also strengthening its technology and adding employees. | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Sens. Ask High Court To Curb White House Tariff Authority | Five Republican senators urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the president's national security tariff powers Wednesday, warning that a recent Federal Circuit decision removed even a modest procedural check on the White House's trade authority. | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Senate Sends $768B Defense Bill To Biden's Desk | The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a $768.2 billion defense policy and budget bill for 2022 with broad bipartisan support, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true |
2021-12-16 | High Court To Decide Scope Of Military Discrimination Law | The U.S. Supreme Court decided Wednesday to review if a federal law prohibiting employment discrimination based on military service applies to state employers, in a case filed by a former Texas state trooper and Army reservist. | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Raytheon, Others Hit With Antitrust Suits Amid DOJ Probe | Workers hit Raytheon Technologies and other aerospace firms with two putative antitrust class actions Tuesday in Connecticut federal court amid the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing probe, claiming the firms engaged in anti-competitive practices for nearly a decade by agreeing not to poach competitors' workers. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | What Calif. Automatic Renewal Law Changes Mean For Cos. | Changes to California laws governing automatic contract renewals that are set to take effect next month could have significant impacts on businesses offering subscription-based products and services to consumers, and are important signals that California is continuing to expand its regulatory reach in this space, say a... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Defunct Opioid Distributor's Compliance Manager Takes Plea | The former compliance manager for a defunct drug distributor pled guilty on Wednesday to hiding his knowledge of the company's conspiracy to flood Appalachia with opioids as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to his case in Ohio federal court. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Law Firm's TCPA Suit Against Medical Practice Can Go Ahead | A Philadelphia law firm can continue with its proposed class action against an area medical practice over unsolicited faxes after a federal judge said the firm had plausibly alleged the faxes were intended to encourage the firm to send its clients to the advertised physicians. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Centene Hits Gilead With HIV Generic Antitrust Suit | Managed care company Centene Corp. has hit Gilead Sciences Inc. with an antitrust suit in California federal court, accusing the pharmaceutical giant of conspiring with rivals to prevent generic versions of its blockbuster HIV treatment from entering the market even after patents had expired on the name-brand versions ... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | DevaCurl Buyers Push For Final OK On $5.2M Settlement | A proposed class of consumers is asking a New York federal court to grant final approval to a $5.2 million settlement to resolve claims that DevaCurl hair products caused scalp irritation, hair loss and other symptoms. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Mylan Can't Decertify EpiPen Antitrust Action Ahead Of Trial | A Kansas federal judge on Wednesday largely denied Mylan's bid ahead of trial next month to decertify antitrust class action claims accusing the pharmaceutical company of causing a delay in the release of cheaper EpiPen generics, finding that the buyers have shown that most class members sustained an alleged injury. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Brazos Gets Ch. 11 Plan Deadline Extended Through March | A Texas bankruptcy judge has given Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc. a three-and-a-half-month extension on its deadline to file a Chapter 11 plan over the objections of cooperative members who say the utility is pursuing the wrong strategy. | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | New York City Will Ban Natural Gas In New Buildings | New York City will become the largest city in the nation to ban gas heating and stoves in new buildings, after a Wednesday vote that makes the Big Apple a testing ground for communities across the country seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | FERC Wants 3rd Circ. To Delay Price Rule Impasse Fight | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has asked an appellate court to delay a challenge to proceedings that gutted a rule requiring renewable energy sources to meet a price floor in order to give time for all interested parties to weigh in. | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Ill. Appeals Court Pauses Workers' Biometric Privacy Claims | An Illinois state appeals court on Tuesday paused a putative biometric privacy class action against a pharmaceutical return service, finding that a similar dispute being considered by the state's high court over whether such claims are preempted by the state Workers' Compensation Act could significantly impact the liti... | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Skadden, Wachtell Lead $6.5B Chipmaking Materials Co. Deal | Entegris, steered by Skadden, will buy Wachtell Lipton-led CMC Materials at an enterprise value of $6.5 billion, the companies said Wednesday, in a transaction meant to create a major provider of materials for the semiconductor chipmaking industry. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Law Firm Says 'Metaverse' Name Too 'Ironic' For TM Claim | A California law firm focused on data privacy said Wednesday that ironically adopting the term "metaverse" in its name renders the tech jargon distinctive enough to survive a competing New York firm's trademark challenge. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Intellectual Ventures Says HP Infringed Computer Cluster IP | Intellectual Ventures sued Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. in Texas federal court on Wednesday, accusing the software company of producing and selling cluster computing products and services that infringe one of its patents. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Security Contractor Says Whistleblower Claims Already Public | Two companies contracted to provide private security staff for diplomatic facilities in Afghanistan urged a Georgia federal judge to toss a whistleblower's claims that its guards didn't meet training requirements, saying the suit simply dresses up years of publicly available allegations. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | StoryBuilt Links Up With Partners Group On $1B Joint Venture | Texas-based residential developer StoryBuilt has formed a new $1 billion joint venture with private equity shop Partners Group to build more than a dozen residential projects across the United States, the firms announced on Wednesday. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Brooklyn Property Developer Hits Ch. 11 With $1.6B Of Debt | A Brooklyn real estate development firm owned by Yoel Goldman filed for bankruptcy protection in New York court saying the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged its revenue sources, and it was unable to execute an out-of-court restructuring of its $1.6 billion in secured debt. | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Fla. Judge Allows Surfside's Engineer Access To Collapse Site | The Florida judge overseeing the consolidated litigation over the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building said Wednesday he would allow the town of Surfside's forensic engineer access to the site even though the town is not a party in the lawsuit yet. | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | PRS REIT Drops $80M On 3 Development Sites In UK | The PRS REIT has purchased three development sites for a combined £60.3 million ($80 million), according to an announcement from the U.K.-based residential real estate investment trust on Wednesday. | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Real Estate Rumors: Pads Properties, Dauntless, Foundry | Pads Properties Holdings has reportedly paid $13.28 million for a Florida container storage yard, Dauntless Capital Partners is said to have picked up two D.C. hotels for $152 million, and Foundry Commercial has reportedly paid $40.75 million for a Florida development site. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false |
2021-12-16 | BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing | The widening revenue gap between a handful of legal titans that pull in billions each year and other law firms will only continue to grow, experts say, resulting in a market consolidation that will likely give them a competitive advantage even over their BigLaw peers. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Bipartisan Bill Aims To Increase Native Homeownership | Four U.S. senators introduced a bipartisan bill Tuesday that promises to increase homeownership across Indian Country by cutting out government delays in mortgage processing. | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Zillow Faces Uncertain PTAB Judge In IBM Patent Fight | A Patent Trial and Appeal Board judge expressed doubt Wednesday about the viability of some of Zillow's arguments that two IBM Corp. patents are invalid, with the judge saying at one point he was "having trouble visualizing" arguments by the real estate giant's attorney. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | FERC Powers Challenge Belongs In Court, DC Circ. Told | A D.C. Circuit panel on Wednesday questioned whether federal district court was the proper venue for a group of landowners challenging a $6 billion natural gas pipeline project in West Virginia and Virginia, noting that a victory for the group might be equivalent to tossing aside federal regulators' approval for the pi... | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Jeff Lowe Of 'Tiger King' Fame Hit With $10K In Sanctions | An Oklahoma federal judge has ordered Jeff Lowe, a former executive in charge of the zoo featured in the hit Netflix documentary "Tiger King," to pay about $10,000 in sanction fees after he failed to meet his financial obligations while being forced to vacate the property. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Boutique Susman Godfrey Tops BigLaw Associate Bonuses | Susman Godfrey LLP said Wednesday that its year-end payments to associates are larger than the combined bonuses that many BigLaw firms are paying attorneys based on pay scales set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Dechert, Kramer Levin Vets Among Biden's New Judicial Picks | President Joe Biden nominated nine new district court judges in New York, California and Wisconsin on Wednesday, bringing his total number of federal judicial nominees for the year to 73, according to the White House. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Senate Confirms Labor Lawyer Jennifer Sung To 9th Circ. | The Senate voted 50-49 along party lines to confirm Jennifer Sung to the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday, making her the second of President Joe Biden's nominees added to that court and the 11th appellate court pick confirmed by the Senate this year. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | 2nd Circ. Nom Defends Record Amid Personal Views Queries | Judge Alison J. Nathan, a Second Circuit nominee, defended her judicial record and pledged to leave personal views out of her decision making when pressed by Republican senators about a variety of contentious issues during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | 5 Things To Know About 7th Circ. Judge Diane Wood | Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood has garnered a reputation for being a persuasive writer, a pioneer for women in law and a jurist worthy of consideration for the nation's highest court. Here are five things to know about Judge Wood, whose recent decision to take senior status opens up a third vacancy for President J... | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Trump Lawyer Eastman Sues Jan. 6 Panel To Block Subpoena | Conservative legal scholar John Eastman has sued to block the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot from obtaining cellphone records that could shed light on his role in the deadly incident, arguing the committee's request violates procedural rules and his constitutional rights. | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Chubb Unit Says Contracts Bar SXSW's Refund Coverage Suit | A Chubb unit told a Texas federal judge that an exclusion in its policy with the South by Southwest festival precludes it from facing a lawsuit over coverage of refund requests from last year's event that was canceled because of the pandemic. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Texas Woman Can't Sue Lyft Over Partial Foot Amputation | Lyft Inc. isn't responsible for the partial foot amputation suffered by a passenger who attempted to jump out of a ride-sharing car when the driver passed out, a Texas appeals court has ruled after finding the company fulfilled all statutory obligations to classify the driver as an independent contractor. | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Ga. Panel Holds Firm That LG Must Face Faulty Battery Suits | A Georgia Court of Appeals panel reaffirmed that Georgia state courts have the authority to hear exploding battery claims against South Korean manufacturer LG Chem Ltd., leaning heavily on its reasoning in an earlier opinion for why LG's most recent bids to ditch suits fail. | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Judge OKs $8.5M Disgorgement In AMS Trade Secrets Case | A Texas federal judge has found that light sensor maker Renesas Electronics America Inc. is liable for about $8.5 million in disgorgement to AMS Sensors USA Inc. in a trade secret and contract suit. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | false |
2021-12-16 | Patent Groups Spar With Big Tech Over $2.7B Cisco Loss | Trade groups that represent prolific patent litigators like Qualcomm and AbbVie are supporting a small Virginia startup in an appeals court fight over a $2.7 billion patent judgment that it won against Cisco, taking shots at a different trade group that represents tech giants like Amazon, Google and Intel. | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Senate Commerce Panel Advances Biden's NTIA Nominee | A Senate panel voted Wednesday to advance the Biden administration's nomination of Alan Davidson to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | true | true | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Wright's 'Bitcoin Bible' Copyright Win Slips Challenge | A London court refused Wednesday to revisit a decision handing computer scientist Craig Wright intellectual property rights to the "bitcoin bible," saying the person claiming to represent the inventor of the cryptocurrency didn't have standing to object. | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | The Biggest Trademark Rulings Of 2021 | With the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board finding an attorney's reckless disregard for the truth was enough to prove fraud and the Eighth Circuit wading into the ongoing debate over the doctrine of initial interest confusion, the past year has been full of important decisions shaping trademark law. Here are Law360's pi... | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false |
2021-12-16 | Holmes' 'Risky' Decision To Testify Could Save Her, Attys Say | With closing arguments in ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' monthslong criminal fraud trial slated to begin Thursday, legal experts say the outcome of her trial could hinge on her "highly risky" decision to take the stand and defend herself with claims of sexual abuse — uncharted territory for white collar prosecutions... | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | true | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | true | false | true | false | false | true | true |
2021-12-16 | Harvard Prof Rips 'Mangled' China-Ties Case As Trial Opens | A lawyer for a renowned Harvard University nanotechnology professor accused of lying about his ties to China blasted the government for a "mangled" and "misguided" prosecution as his trial kicked off Wednesday in a packed Boston courtroom. | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | false | true | false | false | true | true |
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