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Corporate Counsel

Prof's Stinging Conclusion: Lawyers for Purdue Pharma Were 'Overzealous Accomplices in Corporate Misconduct'

Elise Bernlohr Maizel of Michigan State takes aim at the company's former general counsel and at its outside law firms in a new law review article.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

As New Powers for Paralegals Approach, Lawmakers Have Questions

"Utah and Arizona have been the leaders on this issue in the U.S. and those programs have been going for a few years now and every client of one of these providers is surveyed and they get extremely high ratings from the clients they serve," Justice Brett Busby said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia District Attorney Alleges Elon Musk's Voter Sweepstakes Is an Illegal Lottery

The sweepstakes has already drawn scrutiny over its legality, with some law experts suggesting that limiting participation to registered voters may be akin to illegally bribing people to vote. But Krasner's lawsuit takes a different angle.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Hershey's 'Bubble Yum' Hit With Consumer Class Action for Allegedly Containing 'Forever Chemicals'

The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Oct. 24, accused Hershey of omitting and failing to disclose that its Bubble Yum Original Flavor Bubble Gum Product has organic fluorine and misleading markets as "high quality," "sustainable" and "transparent about [their] ingredients."
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Planning Certification Program for Privacy Law Specialists

If approved, a proposed state bar certification program will allow successful applicants to tout their privacy law specialization to current and potential clients.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Google Fails to Secure Long-Term Stay of Order Requiring It to Open App Store to Rivals

Judge James Donato said halting enforcement of his order until the 9th Circuit rules on Google's appeal would not be in the public interest. "A much better argument could be made that the public's interest is best served by opening up the market to competition," he said.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Sixth Circuit: Consumer's FCRA Complaint Regarding Inaccurate Spousal Support Obligation Passes Muster

The court held Berry sufficiently pleaded Experian violated the FCRA by continuing to publish the allegedly inaccurate information about his support obligations despite receiving the court orders.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Claims for Deceptive Trade Practices and False Advertising

"Consumers bringing a cause of action under Section 349 or 350 thus must satisfy three elements," write Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Regulators Say AI Enforcement Sweeps Are Reining in Hucksters, Not Innovation

"We're going after companies making deceptive claims in the sale of particular products and services. And if you don't like that because it doesn't jibe with your, you know, techno-optimist, quasi-religious or accelerationist views about the tech, tough," said Michael Atleson, a Federal Trade Commission senior attorney.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC's Final 'Click to Cancel' Rule Drops Some Regulatory Burdens

"Less than a month from election day, the Chair is hurrying to finish a rule that follows through on a campaign pledge made by the Chair's favored presidential candidate," FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said in a 13-page dissent.
4 minute read

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