Bar associations in New York compete for fewer potential members More than 200 bar associations in New York are dealing with flat or declining revenue as they compete for a shrinking pool of potential members. Bars in the state have sold assets, taken out loans, cut staff and closed operations.…
The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially revived a small Wisconsin brewer’s lawsuit against the two largest American breweries for conspiring to monopolize the sale of beer in Ontario, Canada.
• A California appellate judge accused of longtime sexual harassment is a friendly man now being judged through the lens of the #MeToo era, his lawyer told an ethics panel Monday. Lawyer Paul Meyer told the panel that Justice Jeffrey Johnson is the victim of “vile” rumors spread in part…
• A judicial conduct committee says it doesn’t have authority to review complaints accusing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh of misconduct by showing bias and hostility during his confirmation hearings. The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability said Thursday that ethics complaints can be filed…
• For the second time in two weeks, a judge in California has reduced a verdict against the maker of Roundup weed killer in a suit by cancer victims. Judge Winifred Smith of Alameda County reduced the award to Alva and Alberta Pilliod from $2 billion to $86.7 million. Defendant…
Technology companies are under fire by the Trump administration. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Facebook will pay a record $5 billion privacy penalty to settle allegations that the company deceived users about their ability to control disclosure of their personal information. The Washington Post has coverage. The…
A federal appeals court has ruled that federal law protects online search engines from liability when they translate information from sham websites into pinpoints on a map. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo were protected by Section 230 of…
A Houston personal injury lawyer has settled his lawsuit against Ticketmaster for refusing to refund $2,325 he spent for Hamilton tickets. Lawyer Joshua P. Davis said he mistakenly bought three tickets for January rather than March when he pressed the back button on his browser and the calendar changed. But…
Law firms handling antitrust, capital markets and white-collar defense work are feeling the effects of the partial government shutdown, which has recently become the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
A federal judge in Miami has tossed an antitrust suit filed by ticket-fighting startup TIKD that alleged the Florida Bar violated antitrust law by investigating TIKD for the unlicensed practice of law. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke granted the bar’s December 2017 motion to dismiss the suit in a brief…
A ticket-fighting company that matches drivers with lawyers has dropped a law firm known as the Ticket Clinic from its antitrust lawsuit. The plaintiff, TIKD, had targeted the Ticket Clinic for allegedly filing ethics complaints against lawyers who worked with TIKD. The Ticket Clinic defendants and TIKD sought dismissal in…
Jeff Sessions announced Wednesday that he will discuss social media companies and concerns about anticompetitive behavior this month with state attorneys general, the Wall Street Journal reports. The U.S. attorney general is also concerned about platforms “intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas,” the agency said in a statement, according…
Lawyers are considering how and whether the government could use its regulatory authority over Google after President Donald Trump complained Tuesday that search results are skewed against conservative voices.
The European Union has fined Google $5.1 billion for using its market dominance to encourage device makers to preinstall its apps and services on Android phones and tablets. The antitrust fine by the EU is a record, report the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.…
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a notice indicating it will appeal a federal judge’s decision approving the merger of media giants AT&T and Time Warner. The notice of appeal was filed in federal court on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reports. The New York Times also has coverage. U.S.…