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‘More Sizzle Than Steak’: Trump Order on Regulatory Prosecutions Largely Symbolic, Experts Say

1 day ago | law.com | Dan Novak

President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at reducing regulatory criminal prosecutions reflects a distorted reality in which a draconian regulatory regime is supposedly turning ordinary Americans into unwitting criminals, legal experts said this week.
New Antitrust Suits Allege Price-Fixing of Construction Equipment Rentals

1 day ago | law.com | Amanda Bronstad

A new spate of antitrust lawsuits accuse the nation’s largest renters of construction equipment, such as forklifts, excavators and bulldozers, of a price-fixing scheme. At least 10 class actions have been filed by individuals and businesses in the past month targeting Rouse Services and its parent company, RB Global, which provide benchmark pricing to the rental companies.
Federal Judge Removes NYC Jails From Full Local Control, Will Appoint Outside Manager

1 day ago | law.com | Andrew Denney

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that she will appoint an outside “remediation manager” to supervise New York City’s efforts to reduce violence and civil rights violations at its troubled jail complex on Rikers Island.
Lawyer Suspended for Requesting Nudes

1 day ago | law.com | Emily Cousins

Connecticut attorney Wesley S. Spears was suspended for one year after a former client accused him of requesting nude photographs. This adds to the lawyer's current two-year suspension for allegedly making false claims against judges and other state officials.
Third Circuit Affirms Bulk of Boy Scout Bankruptcy Plan, But Sides With Insurers on Partial Remand

1 day ago | law.com | Ellen Bardash

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit partially remanded the Boy Scouts' bankruptcy plan Tuesday, determining recent Supreme Court precedent required a more explicit protection of insurers' rights. The opinion, written by Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, resolves an appeal a three-judge panel heard argument on in November and allows the majority of the scouting organization's Chapter 11 plan, which includes the second-largest sexual abuse settlement in U.S. history, to move forward.
Latham Takes on Major UK IPO as Main Market Shows Signs of Life

1 day ago | law.com | Habiba Cullen-Jafar

Latham & Watkins has landed the lead role as mining company Cobalt Holdings announces its intention to go public, in what would be the biggest IPO on the London Stock Exchange in two years. Cobalt, a company created for the purchasing and holding of physical cobalt, announced its intention to go public on Monday via a public filing outlining its aims to raise over $230 million through the offering.
Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers Founder Toby Landau KC Joins Temple Chambers in Hong Kong

2 days ago | law.com | Kasvi Sehgal

Hong Kong’s Temple Chambers has bolstered its offering by adding the founding member of Singapore’s Duxton Hill Chambers, Toby Landau KC, to its set. Landau, a barrister and international arbitrator, joins Temple Chambers whilst continuing to serve as counsel in Singapore as well as London, where he took silk in 2008 and has been practising since 1994, according to a statement.
‘Devastating Risk to America’s Food Supply’: Agricultural Amici Fear Roundup's Demise

2 days ago | law.com | Amanda Bronstad

Farmers growing corn, soybeans, blueberries and cherries were among the 18 groups that filed amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Monsanto’s petition to review the pesticide Roundup. The amicus groups, most of which filed their briefs last Friday, are double the number that supported Monsanto in its prior Roundup petition that the Supreme Court denied in 2022.
Ex-Court Commissioner Disciplined for Ex Parte Chats, Talks

2 days ago | law.com | Cheryl Miller

A former court commissioner was admonished by California's judicial watchdog agency for improper ex parte conversations with litigants during his brief tenure at the Calaveras County Superior Court. Bradley W. Sullivan violated several canons when he texted a litigant with a pending case before him and talked to other parties inside the court's self-help center while he was wearing his judicial robe, the Commission of Judicial Performance said in an admonishment order released Friday.
US Justice Department Calls EO Against Perkins Coie ‘Lawful,’ Says It's Reviewing Appellate Options

2 days ago | law.com | Christine Simmons

A week after a judge barred the federal government from enforcing President Trump’s executive order against Perkins Coie, the Justice Department told vendors that it still views the executive action as “lawful” and it’s pursuing avenues for appeal, according to an email obtained by Law.com.