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 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 “A federal appeals court based in Cincinnati has refused to certify a class action lawsuit comprising about 11.8 million Ohio residents suing manufacturers of “forever chemicals” said to contaminate the environment. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati ruled Monday that the lead plaintiff, Ohio firefighter Kevin Hardwick, Read more…
Bloomberg Law “Publicly owned companies must comply with a new set of regulatory deadlines during the next week that will require swift disclosure of malicious cyberattacks on their networks and the processes in place to prevent them from happening again. Entities subject to Securities and Exchange Commission authority will be Read more…
Bloomberg Law “Meta Platforms Inc. sued the US Federal Trade Commission claiming its in-house trials violate the Constitution and asked a court to immediately halt the agency’s bid to change a 2020 privacy settlement. The social networking giant filed the suit in Washington federal court seeking a halt to FTC proceedings related to Read more…