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By Diana Novak Jones, Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken |
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Some U.S. states are warning county and local officials who might be tempted to intervene illegally in the Nov. 5 election or refuse to certify results: Fail to do your duty and risk criminal charges or hefty financial penalties. Top election and law enforcement officials in at least five of the seven battleground states have investigated, indicted and even jailed officials who tried to interfere with the vote or delay certification of results, our colleagues David Morgan and Jack Queen write. The increased oversight of local election officials is aimed at preventing unfounded claims of fraud from slowing the certification of election results. County officials have been warned that failing to certify results on time could force their local governments to foot the bill for unnecessary audits or recounts. |
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Fox Corp's streaming TV subsidiary Tubi is counting on a newly-filed brief to keep alive its lawsuit against pioneering mass arbitration firm Keller Postman – and to preserve defendants' hopes for a new strategy to discourage the tactics that have made mass arbitration the latest scourge of defendants. Alison Frankel has the details. |
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"Maybe the moment isn't right yet for California, but it is turning out to be right for other states."
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—Logan Cornett, director of research for legal education and licensure at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. California's recent rejection of a proposal to allow law graduates to become lawyers without taking a bar is a loss for the national attorney licensing movement. But several legal experts said it's not a lethal blow. |
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- The U.S. Supreme Court meets for a private conference to weigh petitions. The court's list includes a case by former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who is seeking to revive his claims that he was abruptly returned to prison in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.
- In San Francisco, U.S. District Judge James Donato will hear arguments from Google that he should pause his blockbuster order requiring the tech giant to overhaul its app store Play to foster greater competition. Epic Games, which won the injunction, is expected to urge the court to let it take effect by Nov. 1.
- U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in D.C. intends to order the unsealing of evidence referenced in a sweeping court filing previously made public that detailed the government's case against Donald Trump for attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
- U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in Alexandria will weigh whether to dismiss or pause a consumer lawsuit seeking to block the proposed $35 billion merger of banking giant Capital One and card issuer Discover. The consumers contend the deal will reduce competition and drive up prices.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- U.S. consumer groups and two large labor unions urged the FTC to block Novo Holdings, the controlling shareholder of Novo Nordisk, from acquiring contract drug manufacturer Catalent in a $16.5 billion deal, saying the deal threatens competition in weight loss drugs and cutting-edge gene therapies.
- The Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada's most populous province, ordered a new hearing in a youth-led lawsuit claiming Ontario's climate plan violates young people's rights.
- Appellate veteran Neal Katyal and other Hogan Lovells lawyers are representing Google in its 9th Circuit challenge to a judge's order forcing the tech giant to overhaul its app store Play.
- Federal prosecutors said the FBI arrested a 25-year-old Alabama man for hacking the SEC's X account earlier this year as part of an alleged conspiracy to manipulate bitcoin prices.
- A group of non-U.S. citizens who have been detained at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Pennsylvania asked a federal judge to order the agency to allow them to access virtual hearings in their criminal cases in New Jersey.
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- Simpson Thacher hired Gillian Emmett Moldowan as an executive compensation and employee benefits partner in New York. She previously was at A&O Shearman. (Simpson Thacher)
- O'Melveny added Singapore-based M&A and private equity partners Stephanie Keen and Sylvia Taslim from Hogan Lovells. (O'Melveny)
- Morgan Lewis brought on Tim Powell as a patent litigation partner in London. Powell was a co-founder of IP boutique Powell Gilbert. (Morgan Lewis)
- Spencer Fane added insurance litigation partners Scott Davis and David Timmins in Dallas and Tyler Scott in Kansas City. They were previously at Husch Blackwell. (Spencer Fane)
- Barnes & Thornburg hired former Blommer Chocolate Company chief legal officer Robert Karr as a corporate partner in Chicago. (Barnes & Thornburg)
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Anthony Dreyer, Karen Lent and Jordan Feirman of Skadden explain recent litigation highlighting the risks of using unlicensed music in social media content, with key takeaways for avoiding costly infringement disputes. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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