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Attorneys general from Democratic states launched a legal bid this week to defend Biden administration policies on immigration, the environment and guns, just days before Donald Trump takes office, our colleague Tom Hals reports. Attorneys general from a dozen states that include California, New Jersey and Michigan, asked a federal judge to let them take on the role of defending a Biden rule providing health insurance to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Similar coalitions of AGs moved to intervene in cases to defend Biden rules related to the environment, gun dealers and devices known as "forced reset triggers" that allow firearms to fire more rapidly. Coalitions of state attorneys general have emerged over the past decade, using the courts to thwart federal government policies in areas ranging from healthcare to energy and financial regulation. |
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"Remember who you are, and why you came to work here in the first place."
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—U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, preparing to step down from his post, in a farewell address urging career civil servants at the DOJ not to let unfair criticism prevent them from doing what is right for the country. Read more from Garland's address. |
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- A D.C. Circuit panel will hear arguments over New York derivatives trading platform KalshiEX listing contracts that allow Americans to bet on election outcomes. In a setback for regulators, the appeals court in October declined to put on hold a lower judge's order that backed KalshiEX.
- In Pittsburgh, U.S. District Judge Marilyn Horan will hold a status conference in the lawsuit U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel filed against rival Cleveland-Cliffs. Cleveland-Cliffs illegally tried to scuttle a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, the lawsuit alleged. The plaintiffs also separately have sued the Biden administration over its decision to block the merger.
- Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Shelby in Utah will weigh a request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of misrepresenting how donations would be spent. The plaintiffs contend the church "secreted tens of billions of donated dollars into an undisclosed fund."
- Google and lawyers for the DOJ will meet with U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in D.C. for a status conference in the government's web search antitrust lawsuit. The two sides are preparing to clash over proposed reforms to address Mehta's ruling that Google unlawfully dominates online search.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- Rudy Giuliani agreed to stop defaming two Georgia election workers whom he falsely accused of helping steal the 2020 election for Joe Biden as part of a settlement that also lets him keep his Palm Beach, Florida, condominium as well as his apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
- Novartis won an order from the D.C. Circuit temporarily blocking drugmaker MSN Pharmaceuticals from launching a generic version of Novartis' blockbuster heart-failure drug Entresto.
- A New York state appeals court ruled in favor of billionaire investor Leon Black, rejecting a defamation claim by a woman who also accused the Apollo Global Management co-founder of rape and sexual abuse.
- The FTC and Colorado sued multi-family rental property manager Greystar in federal court, alleging it deceived consumers about rental costs with hidden fees.
- Tech trade groups NetChoice and TechNet sued the CFPB to block a new rule giving the regulator supervisory authority over payment apps and digital wallets from large non-banks.
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- WilmerHale hired Rhonda Schmidtlein, an outgoing commissioner on the U.S. International Trade Commission. Schmidtlein will join the firm in April as a D.C.-based partner. (Reuters)
- Venable added Tara Pehush as a product liability and mass torts partner in New York from K&L Gates. (Venable)
- BakerHostetler picked up trust and estate litigation partner Denise Chambliss in San Francisco from Hoge Fenton. (BakerHostetler)
- Eversheds Sutherland added real estate partner Emanuel Tsourounis in the firm's New York office. He was previously at Cole Schotz. (Eversheds)
- Hogan Lovells hired IP litigation partner David Perlson in San Francisco from Quinn Emanuel. (Hogan Lovells)
- Ogletree Deakins added employment partner Caroline Cheng in D.C. from Jackson Lewis. (Ogletree Deakins)
- Sterlington brought on international arbitration partner Jesse Sherrett in New York from A&O Shearman. (Sterlington)
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Workplace bullies are not limited to employers and co-workers. In the legal field, other counsel, court staff and clients can also be bullies, writes Karen Ross of Tucker Ellis. Bullying is obviously harmful to the victims, but it also negatively affects the legal profession and its work product. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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