Florida's governor signed legislation Monday that bans kids who are 13 and under from creating social media accounts and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get their parents' permission before joining these sites, a move that comes as similar laws in other states are being struck down on constitutional grounds. 
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Florida Becomes Latest To Restrict Teens' Social Media Use

By Allison Grande

Florida's governor signed legislation Monday that bans kids who are 13 and under from creating social media accounts and requires 14- and 15-year-olds to get their parents' permission before joining these sites, a move that comes as similar laws in other states are being struck down on constitutional grounds. 

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Analysis

Truth Social To Start Trading With Performance Tied To Trump

By Tom Zanki

Shares of former President Donald Trump's nascent social media platform Truth Social are set to begin trading Tuesday, setting up a potentially volatile ride for an unprofitable company with scant revenue.

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Fla. Hospital Can't Avoid Suit Over Unexplained Fractures

By Mike Curley

A Florida appeals court has revived a man's claims against a hospital over unexplained fractures he sustained while unconscious and recovering from a drug overdose, saying he can proceed on a theory that the injuries couldn't have happened without negligence.

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Chiquita MDL Parties Urge Fla. Judge To Ax Trial Testimony

By David Minsky

Parties in the multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands urged a Florida federal judge Monday to exclude each other's witnesses ahead of the upcoming bellwether trials, saying they were not timely disclosed and have no direct knowledge of the claims in the case.

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Farmers, Attys Say USDA Bias Payouts Can't Snub Fee Deals

By Ryan Harroff

A pair of law firms from Ohio and Florida and their farmer clients have asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture from paying out $2.2 billion in assistance directly to minority farmers it discriminated against, claiming the government disregarded contingent-fee agreements between the firms and the farmers.

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ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

Radio Host's Sex Orientation Bias Claims Fall Flat At 11th Circ.

By Emmy Freedman

The Eleventh Circuit rejected a former radio host's push for a second shot at pursuing his claims that he was fired because of his bisexuality, after the panel found he hadn't overcome the station's argument that he was terminated over a drunken episode at a concert.

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Atty Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Race Bias Suit Against Ga. Bar

By Madison Arnold

A Georgia attorney who is accusing the state bar of having an "apartheid disciplinary process" that discriminates against Black lawyers asked the Eleventh Circuit on Monday to revive her discrimination suit, saying the lower court erred when it found it didn't have jurisdiction in the case.

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Disbarred Ga. Atty Takes Reinstatement Fight To 11th Circ.

By Emily Johnson

A disbarred Georgia attorney has called on the Eleventh Circuit to revive her suit challenging the denial of her reinstatement bid, arguing that a lower court was wrong to find she doesn't have standing because she is no longer an attorney or does not have a pending readmission application.

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ENFORCEMENT

Owens Corning Extends $3.9B Masonite Deal Review

By Matthew Perlman

Construction materials manufacturer Owens Corning has agreed to give antitrust enforcers more time to review a planned $3.9 billion deal to purchase door-maker Masonite International Corp.

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LITIGATION

M&T Bank Execs Seek Exit From Fla. Law Firm's $1.5M Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Two M&T Bank Corp. representatives want out of a lawsuit claiming they participated in the unlawful restriction of a Florida law firm's trust account amid a chargeback dispute, arguing they are protected from such claims by Florida's corporate shield doctrine.

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Fla. Pharmacy Says It Was Cut From Federal PrEP Program

By Ali Sullivan

A Florida pharmacy says it was abruptly shut out of a federal program that provides free access to preexposure prophylaxis HIV-prevention medication, asking a D.C. federal judge on Monday to force the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and two contractors to reinstate the pharmacy to the program.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Leslie A. Pappas

Last week in Delaware's Court of Chancery, litigants battled as Truth Social went public, Carl Icahn and Tripadvisor hit a roadblock, and more shareholders wailed about "invasive" bylaws. Oil drilling and pharmaceutical mergers sparked new lawsuits, and a sewing machine trademark owner sued to end a contract.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Backstabbing 'Just How Law Firms Work': Sedgwick Judge

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge told counsel during bench trial openings Monday that the Sedgwick LLP trustee's bid to claw back $1.1 million from two ex-partners isn't a "blame game," and "partners stab each other in the back every day and move on to the next one" — "it's just how law firms work."

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Feature

In High Court Sentencing Case, It's Everyone V. Gibson Dunn

By Jeff Overley

As the U.S. Supreme Court scrutinizes severe sentencing of repeat offenders, one view is backed by the Biden administration, defense bar groups, incarceration reformers and a household name among appellate advocates. And then there's the view backed by a few lawyers at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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Jackson Walker Dismissal Bid Says Atty Lied About Romance

By Lynn LaRowe

A former Jackson Walker LLP partner at the center of an ethics scandal over her relationship with a then-Texas bankruptcy judge was dishonest when questioned about the romance, the firm said Friday in seeking to escape a federal racketeering lawsuit.

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Analysis

FTX Clawbacks Unlikely To Help Bankman-Fried At Sentencing

By Rachel Scharf

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried probably won't find much success in arguing for a shorter prison term based on the billions of dollars recovered by the shuttered crypto exchange's bankruptcy estate, experts told Law360 ahead of this week's much-anticipated sentencing hearing.

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Trump Can't Dismiss Hush Money Case, Trial Set For April

By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York state judge on Monday emphatically denied Donald Trump's motion to dismiss the Manhattan district attorney's hush money case in the wake of a late evidence dump by federal prosecutors, scolding the former president's attorney and setting trial for April 15.

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Trump Gets Late Reprieve After Failing To Post $465M Bond

By Rachel Scharf

A New York appellate panel said Monday that Donald Trump can pause enforcement of the state attorney general's $465 million civil fraud judgment by posting just $175 million while he appeals, after the former president complained that he was unable to secure a bond for the entire amount.

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Trump Ally Jeffrey Clark Faces Disbarment In DC Hearing

By Alison Knezevich

In a case one expert called "the single most significant" in the history of the Washington, D.C., bar, a former U.S. Department of Justice official is set to go before an ethics panel this week to face charges over his role in former President Donald Trump's efforts to undermine the 2020 election.

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Sunday Ticket Plaintiffs Rip NFL For 'Privileged' Name Games

By David Steele

The plaintiffs in the antitrust class action against the NFL over its Sunday Ticket broadcast package have accused the league of hiding behind a front-office executive, with an inaccurate job title, to claim that vital documents were privileged and did not need to be disclosed.

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Plaintiffs' Attys Found Not Violating Soliciting Rules In OT Suit

By James Boyle

Current and former employees of a Pennsylvania coal company earned conditional certification and did not violate soliciting rules for a collective action accusing management of violating overtime rules by not compensating time spent attending to gear before and after shifts, a federal judge ruled.

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Law Firm Closures Hit Lowest Since 2019 As Premiums Dip

By Sam Tabahriti

Closures of law firms have fallen to the lowest level since October 2019 as more businesses negotiate their professional indemnity insurance premiums amid a general fall in insurance costs, research published on Monday suggested.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allen & Overy

Bandas Law Firm

Beck Redden

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Burnham & Gorokhov

Burr & Forman

Caldwell Carlson

Cohen Blostein

Continental PLLC

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Duane Morris

Faegre Drinker

Gibson Dunn

Habba Madaio

Hall Gilligan

Hausfeld LLP

Hueston Hennigan

Hugo Parker

Jackson Walker LLP

James K. Green PA

Jonathan C. Reiter Law Firm

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Langer Grogan

McKool Smith

Mignott Law Group

Milton Leach

Nall & Miller

NechelesLaw

Nelson Mullins

Nilges Draher

O'Melveny & Myers

Ogletree Deakins

Paul Hastings

Pillsbury Winthrop

Robert & Robert PLLC

Rosen Hagood

Rusty Hardin & Associates

Schaerr Jaffe

Searcy Denney

Sedgwick LLP

Shearman & Sterling

Shook Hardy

Susman Godfrey

Tanenbaum Keale

Trump & Trump

Wachtel Missry

Wilkinson Stekloff

Wright & Schulte

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP

CONSOL Energy Inc.

Cadillac Jack Inc.

Chiquita Brands International Inc.

Cumulus Media Inc.

Curaleaf Holdings Inc.

CymaBay Therapeutics Inc.

Dril-Quip, Inc.

Georgetown University

Gilead Sciences Inc.

Howden Broking Group Ltd.

Illumina Inc.

Innovex Downhole Solutions Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Luminar Technologies Inc.

M&T Bank Corp.

McDermott International

Meta Platforms Inc.

NASDAQ Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Owens Corning Corp.

PGT, Inc.

RedBird Capital Partners

SentinelOne Inc.

Snap Inc.

State Bar of Georgia

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

TikTok Inc.

TripAdvisor Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

Tryke Cos.

Twitter Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zynga Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Supreme Court

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

Small Business Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

 



 



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