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General News
Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
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The investors' lead attorney, Nicholas I. Porritt of Levi & Korsinsky LLP, has been trying to establish throughout the trial Musk's tweet materially affected the behavior of investors. |
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Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
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Noting it had been 20 years since President George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in the wake of a series of corporate and accounting scandals, Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr said the Delaware Court of Chancery has integrated the federal statute into the state's corporation law. |
General News
Thursday, February 2, 2023 |
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SB 253, a bill proposed by state Sen. Scott Wiener, would require companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenues who do business in California to disclose their annual greenhouse gas emissions even if they are in another state. |
General News
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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"Nobody is resting on 50 years of achievements. It's, 'What is coming up next? What are the new frontiers that we are headed to?'" said Bruce Broillet, who has been with the El Seguno plaintiffs' firm since 1977. |
General News
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 |
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The Democratic member of the commission said the exception carved out for private companies – once intended for small businesses – has exploded in recent years. With Democrats holding a majority on the five-member commission, attorneys are paying close attention to changes the SEC might try to make. |
General News
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 |
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Jennifer L. Keller used a racial slur in questioning a rapper about music lyrics. |
General News
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 |
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"It's chaos. The government agencies, in an effort to help, have created complete chaos. Nobody really knows what's going on or what the rules are," said David DiJulio, managing partner with DiJulio Law Group, which specializes in real estate matters. |
General News
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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9th Circuit Judges Ronald M. Gould and William A. Fletcher agreed that the plaintiff's litigation history, filing well over 1,000 lawsuits, couldn't be used to deny him standing, although Judge Daniel P. Collins dissented. |
General News
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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"See's Candies primarily seeks coverage under a provision that appears not to have been addressed by any court or even raised by any litigant. That is because See's Candies manufactures and sells unique, perishable products that have a limited shelf life; it secured unique 'stock throughput' coverage specifically designed to cover losses to its unique, perishable products," said the complaint filed by Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. |
General News
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said he wanted a more robust oversight mechanism, with the appointment of a special master to assist the court in supervising the deal. The settlement between the County of Los Angeles and plaintiffs anticipates five years of judicial supervision. |
General News
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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These companies have access to state courts in jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis. But this hasn't stopped attorneys from trying to find an exception to the rules to bar them from federal civil relief or access to Chapter 11 bankruptcy. |
General News
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 |
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"Plaintiff's theory of recovery as to the meal periods is that defendant failed to provide employees fully compliant meal breaks, and unlawfully permitted its employees to 'waive' their meal breaks on shifts of any length," Superior Court Judge Kenneth Freeman wrote in his Jan. 11 order. |
General News
Monday, January 23, 2023 |
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Skye Bioscience Inc. was found liable for retaliating against Wendy Cunning, the company's former vice president of business operations, after she approached the former CEO about allegedly committing securities fraud. She received $1.35 million in compensatory damages and $3.5 million in punitive damages. |
General News
Monday, January 23, 2023 |
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"It's not automatic — the judge would have to make a decision — but evidence of a judgment, conviction of a felony, can be used to prove any fact that's essential to the judgment, and that's also true even if it's nolo contendere or no contest," said plaintiffs' attorney Mary E. Alexander. |
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Monday, January 23, 2023 |
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"We're very pleased to have the continued support of Sen. [Richard] Roth in putting forth that bill seeking to get additional judgeships for not only the Inland Empire but all of the under-resourced courts throughout the state," said Riverside County Superior Court Presiding Judge Judith C. Clark. |
General News
Friday, January 20, 2023 |
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Nicole A. Clark, also a labor and employment attorney at Newmeyer and Dillion, is suing engineer Andrew Thaler for allegedly interfering with investor relations, defamation and commercial disparagement. Clark is also defending allegations of wrongful termination by Thaler, who is countersuing and has denied the claims against him. |
General News
Friday, January 20, 2023 |
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Stefanie Pollack accuses Dennis Chernov of breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment, and seeks $650,000 in damages. Pollack is represented by H. Mark Madnick and Jonathan M. Starre of Kramar Madnick. |
General News
Friday, January 20, 2023 |
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The lead counsel for Activision, Kevin P. Muck, said the decision could have broad applications to other companies. "The fundamental issue in this case is whether Activision's board is entitled to do its job — specifically, to make decisions as to what is in the best interests of the company and its shareholders," wrote Muck. |