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Texas Lawyer

Texas Supreme Court Grapples Over Fifth Circuit Question on State Usury Law

The Texas Supreme Court must decide whether Texas law permits interest rates on the total principal amount for the life of the loan, regardless of a declining principle balance.
5 minute read

Law.com

Seattle Jury Awards $100M in PCB Trial Against Monsanto

The trial, called Rose v. Pharmacia, is the 10th involving former students, teachers and parents at the Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

A Voyeur Videotaped Them Undressing. Should Cruise Ship Passengers Have to Arbitrate?

Lawyers for women and children who were videotaped by a voyeur while on a cruise ship have moved to certify a class against Royal Caribbean, citing the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Crypto Exchange’s ‘Meteoric Rise’ Leads to Nationwide Class Action Trend

“Centralize exchanges are getting hit left and right,” said Joe Doll, general counsel at Magic Eden, one of the biggest NFT platforms in the world. “So this is definitely a trend to watch.”
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Trial Lawyer Mary-Olga Lovett Leaves King & Spalding to Open Boutique

Mary-Olga "Mo" Lovett, a trial lawyer who formerly practiced at King & Spalding and Greenberg Traurig, formed her own firm where she can avoid conflicts and Big Law billing rates, and have more control over her docket.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

'I've Seen Terrible Things': Lawyer Predicts Spike in Hazing Suits

"This is a new low, a new level of outrage, and it makes me sick," said David Bianchi.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Ordered to Explain ‘How and When the Federal Securities Laws Apply to Digital Assets’

“A single sentence disagreeing with the main concerns of a rulemaking petition is conclusory and does not provide us with any assurance that the SEC considered Coinbase’s workability objections, nor does it explain how it accounted for them,” the Third Circuit explained in the 72-page opinion.
5 minute read

Law.com

Lavish 'Lies' Led to Investors Being Fleeced in Nine-Figure International Crypto Scam

Among the false representations the defendants allegedly made was that a crypto investment firm was sponsored by the “All-Party Parliamentary Group” in London and it had retained the legal services of an Am Law 100 firm, according to the complaint.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

About Face: Court Takes Up Boeing Suit It Had Rejected

The Texas Supreme Court reversed itself, agreeing to hear a lawsuit between Boeing and Southwest Airlines pilots.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Knockout Blow to Latest FCC Net Neutrality Rules After ‘Loper Bright’

Jeffrey Wall and Morgan Ratner of Sullivan & Cromwell took the lead for petitioners challenging the Biden administration’s key tech policy at the Sixth Circuit.
7 minute read

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