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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Evandro C Gigante |Keisha-Ann G. Gray |Guy Brenner |Steven J Pearlman
As we previously reported, on March 3, 2025, theMaryland District Court denied Defendants' motion to stay thepreliminary injunction in National Association of DiversityOfficers in Higher Education v. Trump, preventing the federalgovernment from enforcing several DEI-related clauses in its recentExecutive Orders. The court held that the Government had not showna likelihood of success on the merits and that both the balance ofharms and the public interest weighed against the stay.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Steven J Pearlman |Nicole Sockett
On December 3, 2024, a U.S District Court for the District ofMassachusetts jury awarded Plaintiff Insulet Corporation $452million in compensatory and punitive damages after findingDefendants willfully misappropriated Insulet's trade secrets. Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow Co. Ltd., et al., Case No.1:23-cv-11780 (D. Mass.)Insulet is a manufacturer of tubeless insulin pump patches withits Omnipod brand of products. Insulet Omnipod products have beenFDA approved since 2005.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Steven J Pearlman |Nicole Sockett
On December 3, 2024, a U.S District Court for the District of Massachusetts jury awarded Plaintiff Insulet Corporation $452 million in compensatory and punitive damages after finding Defendants willfully misappropriated Insulet’s trade secrets. Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow Co. Ltd., et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-11780 (D. Mass.)Insulet is a manufacturer of tubeless insulin pump patches with its Omnipod brand of products. Insulet Omnipod products have been FDA approved since 2005.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Eric Troutman |Lucas Nicolet-Serra |Peter A. Steinmeyer |Steven J Pearlman
On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced lawsuits against Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (together, “Allstate”), for the unlawful collection, use and sale of precise geolocation data collected through Allstate’s mobile apps, in violation of Texas’s comprehensive data privacy law. The AG’s office alleges that Allstate then used this covertly obtained data to justify raising insurance rates.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Eric Troutman |Lucas Nicolet-Serra |Peter A. Steinmeyer |Steven J Pearlman
Skip to main content January 22, 2025 Volume XV, Number 22 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Pinchos Goldberg |Steven J Pearlman
On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit
declined to enforce a preliminary reinstatement order issued by
OSHA in favor of two purported whistleblowers under SOX, holding
that the former employees lost Article III standing after they
abandoned the administrative process to instead challenge their
terminations though a separate civil action in federal court. Gulden v. Exxon Mobil Corp.,
No. 23-1859.
This case relates to OSHA's October 2022 order requiring ExxonMobil Corp.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Lloyd B Chinn |Steven J Pearlman |Scott H. Tan
On October 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) gave notice that it would appeal a Texas federal court’s decision halting its non-compete rule (the “Rule”) from taking effect as to all employers nationwide. The appeal sets the stage for a decision by the conservative Fifth Circuit, which has become a key battleground for challenges to federal rules. In August, in Ryan LLC v.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Pinchos Goldberg |Steven J Pearlman
The SEC recently announced the settlement of multiple enforcement actions for violations of its whistleblower protection rule, which prohibits “any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation.” SEC Rule 21F-17(a). These settlements resulted in the targeted companies paying fines exceeding $3 million in the aggregate.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Steven J Pearlman
The SEC recently announced the settlement of multiple enforcement actions for violations of its whistleblower protection rule, which prohibits “any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation.” SEC Rule 21F-17(a). These settlements resulted in the targeted companies paying fines exceeding $3 million in the aggregate.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Allan Bloom |Lloyd B Chinn |Evandro C Gigante |Steven D Hurd |Steven J Pearlman |Pinchos Goldberg | +1 more
On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 3:24-cv-00986-E (N.D. Tex.), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs and ordered the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) non-compete rule (the “Rule”) to be set aside with respect to all employers nationally and that it shall not be enforced or take effect on September 4, 2024. The FTC may immediately appeal the court’s decision to the Fifth Circuit.
