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Jun 14, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Adolfo Pesquera |Stephanie Wilkins
Citing a likelihood of success on the merits, the New Orleans federal appellate court granted a stay, pending review, of a U.S. Department of Transportation agency’s order prohibiting transport of an explosive device used in oil and gas drilling. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit temporarily barred enforcement, noting imminent economic harm, for MCR Oil Tools LLC, an Arlington, Texas-based company whose flagship product accounts for 75% of its sales.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Dan Roe |Stephanie Wilkins |Aleeza Furman |Daryush Sabaghi
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed six judges to three of the five new business courts that are set to become operational Sept. 1. Abbott announced his picks of two judicial appointments for each of three courts. The courts are to be located in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin. Want to continue reading?
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Michael Mora |Stephanie Wilkins |Thomas Spigolon |Dan Roe |Alexander Lugo
California-founded Am Law 200 firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is bringing on a crypto-focused financial services partner from an in-house role at a venture capital firm. Michael Katz headed the legal department of crypto venture capital company Digital Currency Group prior to joining Manatt. Before his in-house experience, Katz also worked in venture capital-related roles at Cooley and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephanie Wilkins |Thomas Spigolon |Alex Anteau
A plaintiffs team led by Matt Cook, Joshua Bearden and Ruben Cruz recently secured a $10.1 million settlement for a client whose leg was severely injured when she was hit by a truck. But there’s a catch. According to the plaintiffs, the defendant, originally represented by Hall Booth Smith, misrepresented the amount of insurance coverage available, insisting for nearly a year that the policy only covered $1 million, according to a motion for sanctions the plaintiffs filed in March.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephanie Wilkins |Geoffrey D. Ivnik |Jimmy Hoover |Avalon Zoppo
After pushback from attorneys, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has discarded a proposed rule that would have required lawyers to disclose if they used generative AI in crafting a brief. If adopted, attorneys would have had to check a box confirming no AI program was used in drafting a filing or, if one was used, certify that it was reviewed for accuracy by a person. Attorneys who submitted comments said the proposal was unnecessary given existing federal rules.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephanie Wilkins |Brad Kutner |Daryush Sabaghi |Sulaiman Abdur Rahman |Avalon Zoppo
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seemed skeptical Monday of its authority to rule on a lawsuit that alleges the Biden administration’s support of Israel’s war efforts in Gaza violates international laws barring genocide. Judge Jacqueline Nguyen questioned whether the claims, brought by several Palestinian rights groups, fail under the political questions doctrine.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephanie Wilkins |Amanda O'Brien |Aleeza Furman |Andrew Maloney
The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected claims that Blank Rome and a hospital it represented defamed a man when the hospital issued a press release about a lawsuit it filed against him. The court held in a precedential ruling June 7 that the contents of the hospital’s press release were covered by the same judicial privilege that shields litigants from defamation claims based on statements made in their pleadings. Want to continue reading?
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Sulaiman Abdur Rahman |Stephanie Wilkins |Adolfo Pesquera |Avalon Zoppo
In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed whether the Trump administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was lawful, with more than a dozen amicus briefs vying for the justices’ attention. One in particular took a unique approach. Want to continue reading?
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Isha Marathe |Stephanie Wilkins |Maria Dinzeo
Colorado became the first state to sign into law an artificial intelligence-specific law, the Colorado AI Act, on May 17. The law, which focuses on regulating algorithmic discrimination in “high-risk” sectors such as employment and housing and education, applies to all developers and deployers of this technology, operating in Colorado, regardless of the number of consumers affected.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Kat Black |Stephanie Wilkins |Alex Anteau |Justin Henry
U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies may file complaints against the biggest companies advancing artificial intelligence, legal experts said Thursday in reaction to news reports of a handshake agreement between the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. The DOJ has agreed to investigate Nvidia while the FTC probes Microsoft and OpenAI, the New York Times reported Wednesday, citing two unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter. Want to continue reading?
