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Donald Trump, the Presidential Records Act and ‘Clinton's sock drawer’ defense

If you believe the most ardent defenders of newly indicted former president Donald Trump, there’s a silver bullet hiding in Bill Clinton’s sock drawer. → Read More

Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather can’t evade EMax crypto investors’ claims, judge says

A new ruling in a case brought by investors in a now-worthless crypto token is a warning to celebrities and social media influencers like reality star Kim Kardashian: If you’re paid to hype a dicey investment to your followers, you may be liable when they take your advice. → Read More

Sysco sues litigation funder Burford, blasts Boies Schiller over $140 million soured deal

Critics of the multibillion-dollar litigation finance industry could hardly have dreamed up a more vivid illustration of its purported perils than a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the gigantic restaurant food distributor Sysco Corp against subsidiaries of Burford Capital Limited, the biggest litigation funder in the world. → Read More

U.S. Chamber blames judges, arbitrators and lawyers for mass arbitration 'abuses'

In more than a decade of litigation to entrench corporations’ power to impose arbitration on consumers and employees, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has steadfastly championed arbitration as a fair and efficient alternative to class actions. → Read More

Dentons' $30 mln fight with ex-lawyer could put N.Y, Calif. courts on collision course

It started out as just a viciously ugly fight over a giant contingency fee. But a new order from the California Supreme Court has transformed a dispute between Dentons and onetime partner Jinshu “John” Zhang into a landmark test of a state law mandating California jurisdiction for employment disputes involving California employees. → Read More

Facebook, Gibson Dunn sanction order is light on dollars, heavy on message

To Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc and its lawyers at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, $925,000 isn't a whole lot of money. → Read More

Adani Group threatens, but Hindenburg Research rarely sued in U.S.

In the midst of a market rout last week that stripped Indian conglomerate Adani Group of $65 billion in market capitalization, Adani announced that it was contemplating “remedial and punitive action” against Hindenburg Research, the short seller whose scathing Jan. 24 report sparked the sell-off. → Read More

Prospective jurors don't like Elon Musk. Just ask his own lawyers.

Elon Musk is not a popular man in the San Francisco Bay Area. → Read More

Bankman-Fried relied on Ghislaine Maxwell precedent to shield bail co-signers

Indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried persuaded a Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday to block the public disclosure of the identity of two people who have agreed, along with his parents, to sign bonds securing Bankman-Fried's release on $250 million in bail. → Read More

Big firm litigators are amped up for 2023

You know who is not at all worried about a recession in 2023? → Read More

Surprise! U.S. Chamber backs 3M, argues bankruptcy is fix for mass tort ills

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Tort Reform Association told the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday that bankruptcy is often the only way for an otherwise healthy company to resolve “catastrophic” mass torts exposure because Chapter 11 promotes fast, fair and global claims resolution. → Read More

‘Ghost gun’ group loses bid to restore Texas claims against N.J. official

A fight over the proper jurisdiction for a politically charged case involving a “personal gunsmithing” advocacy group’s right to publish instructions for making so-called ghost guns left the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sputtering on Thursday. → Read More

Boies law firm makes odd moves in FTX case against Tom Brady, celebs

The law firm led by famed litigator David Boies appears to have engaged in some unusual litigation tactics on behalf of FTX crypto exchange users who accuse NFL quarterback Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, comedian Larry David and other celebrities of inducing them to open FTX accounts. → Read More

Justice best served by leaving intact a conflicted judge’s ruling: 5th Circuit

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that a federal trial judge in Louisiana made an “unfortunate mistake” when she failed to recuse herself in a 2015 civil rights case against Walmart Inc. The judge owned Walmart shares, the appeals court said, so there’s no doubt that she was required to step aside under the rules for judicial recusal. → Read More

Bankman-Fried, Ellison tap attorneys as FTX probes ramp up

FTX founder and former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, head of its now-defunct trading affiliate, have tapped defense attorneys as U.S. authorities probe the crypto exchange's collapse, according to a spokesperson for Bankman-Fried and a source familiar with Ellison's selection. → Read More

Musk is entitled to order disclosures like 'The Twitter Files.' Are states?

As the owner of a private social media company, Elon Musk is entitled to reveal whatever he wants about Twitter Inc’s editorial decisions. If he wants to throw open Twitter’s files, as he apparently did to journalist Matt Taibbi last week, to reveal the company’s internal deliberations over tweets related the New York Post’s 2020 report on Hunter Biden’s laptop, that’s Musk's prerogative. → Read More

Godiva accused of post-settlement meddling with claims in Belgium chocolate class action

Something weird is happening in a class action accusing Godiva Chocolatier Inc of falsely marketing its chocolate as being made exclusively in Belgium. → Read More

Robbins Geller and Lieff Cabraser in nasty spat over FirstEnergy shareholder case

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd is never shy about expressing confidence in its ability to obtain the best possible results for shareholders in big class actions, even occasionally at the expense of rival plaintiffs' firms. That’s the nature of securities class action work, after all, since firms have to fight for lead counsel assignments. The system has trained shareholder firms to attack each… → Read More

Meta refuses to give up on campaign to disqualify FTC chair

Meta Platforms Inc has almost no chance of barring the chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, from participation in the to Meta's planned acquisition of virtual reality content developer Within Unlimited Inc. → Read More

Religious groups to Supreme Court: Skirts-only decision imperils food pantries, hospitals

It’s not just about the skirts. → Read More