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(Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images) The basketball tournaments have ended, but we have one more showdown in the Above the Law annual bracket challenge. When we began, Donald Trump couldn’t find anyone willing to give him a half-billion dollar bond and the AG’s office began looking into properties worth seizing to cover the judgment. We…
09 April 2024 Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In a significant move within Spain’s energy sector, Iberdrola, a prominent Spanish electric utility, has initiated legal proceedings against Repsol, the country’s leading oil company. The lawsuit, filed on February…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Apr 9, 2024 at 10:06 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Tuesday, April 9, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 9, 2024, 10:06…
(Photo by Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images) In late March, Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for defrauding investors and customers of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In addition to the relatively lengthy prison term, the former King of Crypto was ordered to pay $11 billion in restitution. Bankman-Fried is appealing his conviction….
09 April 2024 Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The National Advertising Division of BBB National Programs (NAD) recommended last month that Stihl Incorporated USA (Stihl), a manufacturer of equipment and tools, discontinue or modify its unqualified…
CASE PREVIEW By Amy Howe on Apr 9, 2024 at 10:16 am Former President Donald Trump’s supporters clash with police as they attempt to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Lev Radin via Shutterstock) The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on April 16 in the case of a former police officer from…
Six weeks have passed since Change Healthcare discovered it was hit by a cyberattack. The Nashville-based company, part of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, is the nation’s largest claims and prescription processor, managing 15 billion transactions per year and touching one in every three patient records. The fallout of the cyberattack remains messy — thousands of…
09 April 2024 Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Rule-A-Palooza continues at the FTC. On March 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a Final Rule that updates the recordkeeping requirements under the Telemarketing Sales…
* Attorney and wife killed by opposing counsel in deposition murder-suicide. [Law360] * Elite NYC firms did better than the rest of the market for roughly the 8 millionth year in a row. [American Lawyer] * Western District of Texas drama as chief judge allegedly tried to move newly appointed judge out of the courthouse….
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. 1. Legal framework 1.1 Does your jurisdiction have a civil law system, a common law system or a hybrid system? Nigeria operates the English common law system, which can be traced back to its colonial history. Nigeria was colonised…