Bloomberg Law “A pension fund and an AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. investor defended on Wednesday a settlement they negotiated with the cinema chain so it could proceed with a stock conversion opposed by its meme stock base. One of those retail traders, Rose Izzo, is asking the Delaware Supreme Court Read more…
Bloomberg Law “A new federal rule that bans the use of worker noncompete agreements in health care has focused attention on the nonprofit health sector, and its near-blanket exemption from the terms of the new regulation. The Federal Trade Commission will determine just how many of the nation’s roughly 3,000 Read more…
Bloomberg Law A company specializing in providing businesses with diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting is suing a rival for allegedly infringing its trademark in connection with providing “nearly identical services.” Catalyst Inc., a global advisory and research not-for-profit organization focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting, alleges Empathy Catalyst Consulting, Read more…
ABA Journal Existing methods of accessing knowledge will coexist with generative As generative artificial intelligence stormed the scene over the past year with its snazzy Q&A interface, it was fair to ask whether existing ways of accessing knowledge, such as keyword search or templates, would become redundant. After all, why Read more…
ABA Journal Titanic law helps ship owner limit liability in Baltimore bridge collapse The owner of the ship that rammed into a Baltimore bridge could face hundreds of millions of dollars in damage claims after the accident sent vehicles plunging into the water and threw the eastern US transportation network Read more…
ABA Journal A Florida driver alleges in a lawsuit that the sale of misleading driving data to insurers without his knowledge or permission violated consumer laws and his right to privacy. The would-be class action suit filed by Romeo Chicco says LexisNexis Risk Solutions violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Read more…
Bloomberg Law Pfizer Inc.‘s recent victory over a conservative group’s legal challenge to the pharmaceutical giant’s diversity fellowship has the potential to undercut a legal strategy often used by organizations attacking such programs in court. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that Do No Harm, an Read more…
Reuters WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee on Thursday unanimously approved legislation giving China’s ByteDance six months to divest from short video app TikTok or face a U.S. ban. The 50-0 vote represents the most significant momentum for a U.S. crackdown on TikTok, which Read more…
Reuters SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 1 (Reuters) – Starbucks union representatives want to create a national template for labor contract negotiations with the coffee chain, according to union organizers – an idea a Starbucks spokeswoman said the company believes is “speculative.” The union, Workers United, has organized nearly 400 stores out of the Read more…
ABA Journal “The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether Texas landowners can sue the state under the takings clause for flooding caused by highway reconstruction even when a statute has not authorized lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear four consolidated cases that argue the takings Read more…