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Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote, Jack Queen writes. The Tesla CEO is promising to give $1 million each day to a randomly selected person who signs his online petition pledging to support the First and Second amendments of the U.S. Constitution, which protect the rights to free speech and gun ownership. Musk's representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Four legal experts were divided on whether the giveaway violates federal laws that make it a crime to pay or offer to pay a person to register to vote. |
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- A U.S. judicial panel tasked with re-examining whether to keep in place the ban against TV or audio broadcasts of federal criminal proceedings recommended the judiciary leave it in place, even if former President Donald Trump ever faces trial. Members of the panel believe "cameras would have a negative effect on witnesses and victims in criminal cases," according to a summary of its deliberations.
- ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio will make history in December as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, opposing Tennessee's Republican-backed law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. The case is one of the most consequential of the court's current nine-month term.
- Lawyers from Torridon Law, a firm founded by former U.S. attorney general Bill Barr and ex-Facebook general counsel Ted Ullyot, are representing Dow Jones and the New York Post in their lawsuit accusing artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI of engaging in a "massive amount of illegal copying" of their copyrighted work.
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That's how much Carrier Global will pay in a settlement with its fire protection unit Kidde-Fenwal and claimants who have sued the bankrupt subsidiary over toxic "forever chemicals" in its firefighting foam products. Kidde-Fenwal said it would use the settlement to create a Chapter 11 plan that would pay its creditors. The unit filed for bankruptcy in May 2023, after being named as a defendant in more than 4,400 PFAS lawsuits. Read more. |
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Despite dire warnings from the pro basketball league and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about "abusive" video privacy litigation, the 2nd Circuit last week revived a class action accusing the NBA of improperly allowing Facebook to harvest personal data from viewers of NBA-posted videos. Alison Frankel analyzes the court's opinion, which held that the lead plaintiff qualified as a video "consumer" because he signed up to receive an unrelated NBA email newsletter. |
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- U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware in Las Vegas will weigh whether to approve a new $375 million UFC fighter settlement resolving an antitrust lawsuit claiming suppressed wages. The judge barred an earlier deal for less money that would have resolved two cases.
- A U.S. judge in Michigan will hold a status conference in a lawsuit filed by an auto parts manufacturer challenging the structure of the NLRB. U.S. District Judge Laurie Michelson denied Yapp USA Automotive's bid for a preliminary injunction, and the company has appealed.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a conservative challenge to job protections for the leaders of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in a case that would have given the justices a chance to reassess a 1935 precedent that limits a president's ability to fire certain agency heads.
- The U.S. Supreme Court also decided not to hear a bid by Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, to revive a lawsuit accusing Trump and various former federal officials of returning him to prison in 2020 in retaliation for penning a book critical of Trump, who was president at the time.
- Elon Musk's social media platform X cannot immediately obtain donor information from Media Matters in its defamation lawsuit against the nonprofit, the 5th Circuit ruled, finding that a judge likely erred in ordering the disclosure.
- A Texas doctor sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a new rule aimed at strengthening privacy protections for women seeking abortions and for patients who receive gender transition treatments. Conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, which has brought numerous lawsuits on behalf of abortion rights opponents, represents the plaintiff in the new lawsuit.
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- McGuireWoods added healthcare technology partner Jennifer Shanley in New York from Cooley. (McGuireWoods)
- K&L Gates hired Lena Sandberg for its antitrust, competition and trade regulation practice in Brussels from Gibson Dunn. (K&L Gates)
- Eversheds Sutherland added litigation partner Anthony Del Giudice, who will focus on sports and higher education. He most recently served as the NCAA's associate director of enforcement. (Eversheds)
- Kirkland brought on debt finance partners Jared Axelrod in New York from Milbank and Suril Patel in London from legal AI startup Harvey. (Kirkland)
- Thompson Hine added D.C.-based white-collar defense and investigations partner Mark Cipolletti. He previously was principal assistant chief in the DOJ's criminal division's fraud section. (Thompson Hine)
- Sidley hired commercial litigation and disputes partner Nima Mohebbi in Los Angeles from Latham. (Sidley)
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Ketan Bhirud and Emily Yu of Cozen O'Connor analyze the changing role of state attorneys general across several industries and the potential impact of the upcoming AG elections. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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