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Attorneys general from 21 Republican-controlled states warned the ABA that its law school diversity rule is unlawful. The coalition of state lawyers sent a letter opposing both the current diversity standard and a proposed revision of that rule under consideration. Both versions of the standard "impermissibly impose race-based admissions and hiring requirements as a condition of accreditation," according to the letter, spearheaded by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and signed by top state lawyers from Florida, Texas, Ohio, Georgia and others. The ABA on Monday closed its public comment period on the revised rule. As of Tuesday morning, the publicly available comments were mixed, with several conservative legal groups joining the Republican state attorneys general in opposition and the Law School Admission Council and numerous ABA entities arguing that the proposed standard is legal. Karen Sloan has more. |
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- The Republican-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court blocked the state's elections board from certifying the results of an election to fill a seat on the court currently occupied by the leading Democratic candidate, Justice Allison Riggs. The 5-1 decision came at the request of Riggs' Republican opponent, Judge Jefferson Griffin, a member of the North Carolina Court of Appeals who is trailing her by 734 votes and seeking to prevent 60,000 ballots from being included in the final tally.
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam will step down when Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, the agency said, paving the way for Trump to appoint his own chief and kick-start a crypto policy overhaul.
- Judge Joseph Nocella Jr of Nassau County District Court will be Donald Trump's nominee to lead the federal prosecutors' office for the Eastern District of New York.
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That's the charge New York is imposing on passenger vehicles in the daytime that are entering Manhattan south of 60th Street. Trucks and buses will pay up to $21.60. The fee is reduced by 75% at night. The fee went into effect on Sunday after New Jersey failed on Friday to convince a judge to halt it pending an appeal. The effort marked the first such congestion fee in the U.S. |
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"Powerful exposés authored by people like Nellie Bly, Gloria Steinem, and John Howard Griffin clearly demonstrate what our court has long recognized: 'hidden mechanical contrivances' are not 'indispensable tools' of newsgathering."
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—9th Circuit Judge Morgan Christen in a majority opinion upholding an Oregon law banning most secret recordings of oral conversations, rejecting a First Amendment challenge by Project Veritas, a conservative activist group known for using covert recordings against opponents. Read more. |
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- Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is set to serve as a member of three-judge panels hearing appeals at the 1st Circuit, marking the first time he's been on the bench since stepping down from the Supreme Court in June 2022. Breyer will hear nine cases over two days of argument this week.
- In Los Angeles, U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett will weigh Amazon's bid for a preliminary injunction against the NLRB. The e-commerce giant, represented by Seyfarth Shaw, is battling against the labor board in a dispute over "joint employment" of drivers.
- The 3rd Circuit will consider the lawfulness of a lifetime ban on firearm ownership under a federal law that prohibits gun possession based on a prior conviction for bookmaking and other gambling-related offenses.
- FTC Chair Lina Khan will participate in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in D.C., where she will address her agency's accomplishments and future in the second Donald Trump administration.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- U.S. District Aileen Cannon temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigations into Donald Trump. Cannon directed the DOJ not to release the report until a federal appeals court rules on a request from Trump's two former co-defendants in the case.
- The DOJ sued six large landlords, including Cushman & Wakefield, over alleged anticompetitive practices in housing rental markets.
- The CFPB sued Experian claiming the company maintains crucial files on most American families but allegedly mishandles their complaints, damaging household finances in the process. The complaint seeks a court order barring Experian from further misconduct and requiring the company to pay redress to harmed consumers, to forfeit any resulting ill-gotten gains and to pay a fine.
- A consumer lawsuit accusing Live Nation and subsidiary Ticketmaster of charging artificially high ticket prices will proceed at the same time as a parallel antitrust case filed by the U.S. government and 39 states, a federal judge ruled.
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- Venable added former Republican U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada as a D.C.-based senior policy adviser. (Venable)
- Nixon Peabody added corporate trust partner Elizabeth Taraila in the firm's New York office. Taraila previously was at A&O Shearman. (Nixon Peabody)
- Dentons brought on Van Durrer as a Los Angeles-based partner in the firm's restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy practice. Durrer was previously at Skadden. (Dentons)
- Gibson Dunn added financial regulatory partner Hagen Rooke in the firm's Singapore office. Rooke was previously at Reed Smith. (Gibson Dunn)
- McGuireWoods tapped employment litigator Gretchen Woodruff as a partner in its Pittsburgh office. She joins from Buchanan Ingersoll. (McGuireWoods)
>> More moves to share? Please drop us a note at LegalCareerTracker@thomsonreuters.com.
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The 43rd annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco next week will highlight the intersection of innovation and regulation in the health care sector, write Erin Whaley, Tammy Ward Woffenden and Paul Mahoney Jr of Troutman Pepper. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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