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August 29, 2025
Norwegian Shipping Co. Pleads Guilty To Pollution Charge
Shipping company V.Ships Norway admitted to illegally dumping oil-contaminated waste in the Atlantic Ocean and was sentenced to pay a $2 million fine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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August 29, 2025
DOJ Targets BigLaw, Big Tech For Antitrust 'Gamesmanship'
The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official singled out technology platforms and the BigLaw attorneys who represent them for "gamesmanship" by hiding key information from merger and conduct investigators, and announced a special task force "to tackle abuses that arise in our investigations."
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August 29, 2025
GardaWorld Can't Avoid Tobacco, Vaccine Health Fee Suit
A North Carolina federal judge trimmed — but refused to toss — a proposed class action challenging a security company's health plan surcharges to employees who refused COVID-19 vaccinations and who use tobacco, opening discovery on claims that the fees violated nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law.
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August 29, 2025
Calif. AG Puts Conditions On $24B Walgreens Deal
California enforcers have reached a settlement that puts several conditions on Sycamore Partners' recently completed $24 billion deal for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., including measures intended to protect competition, patients and workers in the state.
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August 29, 2025
Vanguard To Pay $19.5M Over Adviser Conflict Disclosures
Vanguard Advisers Inc. agreed to pay $19.5 million to resolve claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to adequately disclose conflicts of interest in connection with its recommendation to clients to enroll in its managed account program.
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August 29, 2025
High Court Urged To Uphold Wash. Gaming Compact Order
Washington state, an Indigenous nation and the federal government are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a gaming operator's bid to undo a Ninth Circuit ruling over tribal compacts, saying the petition mischaracterizes the decision and argues for certiorari based on the strawman it creates.
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August 29, 2025
Banks Ignored Pig Butchering Scheme's Red Flags, Suit Says
A California couple who say they lost $600,000 in a so-called pig butchering investing scam have sued several financial institutions, including three banks and two fintech payment platforms, alleging the banks chose to "bury their heads in the sand" as the purported scammers took advantage of their targets.
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August 29, 2025
GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
Is AI killing the billable hour — here's what general counsel need to know about how the use of artificial intelligence is affecting law firms' billing model. Anthropic has agreed to a deal to end copyright suits brought by authors who said their works were illegally used to train the company's large language model. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​
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August 29, 2025
SEC, Musk File Competing Bids To End Twitter Buy-Up Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Elon Musk have both moved for early victories in a lawsuit accusing Musk of failing to timely disclose a beneficial ownership stake in Twitter, with the billionaire owner of the social media site calling the case one of "gross governmental overreach."
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August 29, 2025
Creek Nation Halts Citizenship Cards After Freedmen Ruling
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation's Citizenship Board must pause the issuance of any enrollment cards to descendants of those once enslaved by the tribe, Principal Chief David Hill said in an executive order, arguing he must uphold its constitution until the requirements of a recent high court ruling can be reviewed.
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August 29, 2025
NY Tenants Claim Cos. Hiked Rents, Abused Tax Exemption
A multifamily real estate company and a property owner were accused by a proposed class in New York state court of illegally raising rents for Long Island City residential tenants by taking advantage of the state's 421-a tax-exemption program.
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August 29, 2025
Meet The Attys Facing Off In NJ's First Clergy Abuse Trial
A high-powered national plaintiffs litigation firm and several local trial experts will face off soon in New Jersey's first civil suit to go to trial alleging sex abuse claims against the Catholic order behind the Delbarton School in Morristown.
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August 29, 2025
M&A Attys Hand Tasks To 'Machines' In Careful Embrace Of AI
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a back-office tool in mergers and acquisitions legal work, but is increasingly embedded in core deal processes that help attorneys manage due diligence, draft agreements and assess risk.
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August 29, 2025
'I'm Flabbergasted': Fla. Atty's Accusers Rip Bar For Inaction
More than a year after it began receiving complaints that a Florida lawyer was ghosting clients, the state bar has yet to take action — highlighting what experts call a slow-moving process that can fail to keep pace with expansive alleged frauds.
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August 28, 2025
NSO's Bid To Slash Meta's $168M Win Faces Skeptical Judge
A California federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday of NSO Group's bid to slash Meta's $168 million jury win in their spyware fight, saying she's having a "hard time" reconciling NSO's argument for $444,000 as a "substantial" award when its lawyer had called that sum "a mere pittance" at trial.
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August 28, 2025
FTC Warns Google Over Alleged Partisan Gmail Spam Filters
The Federal Trade Commission Thursday warned Google that it could face an investigation and potential enforcement action if Gmail blocks emails sent from Republican senders, citing recent reporting that Google flagged GOP fundraising emails as spam.
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August 28, 2025
10th Circ. Told Okla. 'Race Theory' Law Must Go
The Tenth Circuit is being told it must ensure academic freedom for the students of Oklahoma, whose constitutional rights and "the very nature of the classroom as a place that nurtures inquiry and discussion" are being undermined by a state law restricting what they can be taught.
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August 28, 2025
'Still A Mess': Colo. Special Session Fails To Deliver AI Clarity
During its recently concluded special session, the Colorado Legislature extended the implementation deadline for the state's groundbreaking artificial intelligence law but failed to make any substantial changes to the legislation, leaving companies to face continued uncertainty on the scope of liability and other pressing issues.
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August 28, 2025
Ohio Co. Says Kalshi Gambling Suit Belongs In State Court
An Ohio-based company suing several financial firms, including Kalshi and Robinhood, over their allegedly unregulated sports betting said its suit should be moved back to a state court because its claim regarding the legality of the companies' operations does not raise a federal question.
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August 28, 2025
DOJ Right On Anti-Vax Group's AP Boycott Claims, Court Told
The anti-vaccine group founded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday latched onto the arguments raised by the Justice Department backing its lawsuit alleging The Associated Press, the Washington Post, Reuters and the BBC colluded with social media platforms to censor rivals.
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August 28, 2025
Singapore Co. Looks To Arbitrate $53M Shipbuilder Claim
Singapore-based asset management firm Keppel Ltd. has initiated arbitration proceedings against shipbuilding and engineering company Seatrium Ltd. for approximately $53 million (68 million Singapore dollars) over claims of a crackdown on corruption in Brazil, the maritime company said.
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August 28, 2025
2nd Circ. Affirms Hedge Fund Win In $87M Short-Swing Suit
A unanimous Second Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a summary judgment win for hedge fund Armistice Capital LLC and its managing member in a derivative suit brought by a shareholder of biotechnology company Vaxart Inc., which sought disgorgement of $87 million in short-swing profits that allegedly were wrongfully obtained by the investment adviser.
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August 28, 2025
CFTC Clears Registration Path For Offshore Crypto Cos.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday made clear that certain offshore cryptocurrency entities can use its foreign board of trade registration framework to serve U.S. customers.
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August 28, 2025
Kimberly-Clark To Pay $40M Over Adulterated Surgical Gowns
Kimberly-Clark agreed to pay up to $40 million to resolve federal prosecutors' criminal charge that the multinational consumer goods and personal care company sold adulterated surgical gowns and conducted fraudulent testing on the gowns to avoid having to submit a new premarket notification to the FDA.
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August 28, 2025
Medical Pot Cos. Sue To Shutdown Most Of Pa.'s Hemp Market
Medical marijuana dispensaries owned by Jushi Inc. are asking a Pennsylvania state court to block local retailers from selling and distributing a range of intoxicating hemp products, claiming these illicit shops are "deceiving consumers and unlawfully diverting sales" away from their licensed businesses.
Expert Analysis
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SEC, FINRA Obligations In Changing AI Regulatory Landscape
Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent withdrawal of its proposed artificial intelligence conflict rules, financial regulators remain focused on firms developing the correct AI compliance framework, as well as continuously testing and supervising them to ensure they're fit for purpose, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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Trump Air Emissions Carveouts Cloud The Regulatory Picture
President Donald Trump's new proclamations temporarily exempting key U.S. industries from air toxics standards, issued under a narrow, rarely-used provision of the Clean Air Act, will likely lead to legal challenges and tighter standards in some states, contributing to further regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at GableGotwals.
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Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
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What US Medicine Onshoring Means For Indian Life Sciences
Despite the Trump administration's latest moves to onshore essential medicine manufacturing, India will likely remain an indispensable component of the U.S. drug supply chain, but Indian manufacturers should prepare for stricter compliance checks, says Jashaswi Ghosh at Holon Law Partners.
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How US Cos. Should Prep For Brazil's Int'l Data Transfer Rules
Brazil's National Data Protection Authority's new rules concerning the processing and storing of Brazilians' personal data carry significant reputational risks for the e-commerce, financial services, education and health sectors, so U.S. companies with business in Brazil should prepare ahead of the Aug. 23 compliance date, says Juliane Chaves Ferreira at Guimarães & Vieira de Mello.
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APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling
The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.
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Wells Fargo Suit Shows Consumer Protection Limits In Mass.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court's May decision in Wells Fargo Bank v. Coulsey underscores that consumer rights are balanced against the need for closure, and even the broad protections of state consumer protection law will not open the door to relitigating the same claims, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.
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Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a case that confirmed credit unions' setoff rights, another that established contract rights between banks and cardholders, and the House passage of a digital asset bill, say attorneys at Frost Brown.
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Building Better Earnouts In The Current M&A Climate
In the face of market uncertainty, we've seen a continued reliance on earnouts in M&A deals so far this year, but to reduce the risk of related litigation, it's important to use objective standards, apply company metrics cautiously and ensure short time periods, among other best practices, say attorneys at White & Case.
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Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap
Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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A Deep Dive Into 14 Nixed Gensler-Era SEC Rule Proposals
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month formally withdrew 14 notices of proposed rulemaking, including several significant and widely criticized proposals that had been issued under former Chair Gary Gensler's leadership, signaling a clear and definitive shift away from the previous administration, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.
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A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far
The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.
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FCA Working Group Reboot Signals EHR Compliance Risk
The revival of the False Claims Act working group is an aggressive expansion of enforcement efforts by the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services targeted toward technology-enabled fraud involving electronic health records and other data, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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Reform Partly Modernizes Small Biz Stock Gains Exclusion
Changes to the Internal Revenue Code in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act update the qualified small business stock gains exclusion to reflect inflation, but the regime would be more in line with current business realities if Congress had also made the exemption available to additional business structures, says Mark Parthemer at Glenmede.