A woman grand master and chess champion filed a complaint in New Jersey state court this week against U.S. Chess and other leaders, claiming the organization tolerates sexual misconduct and punishes whistleblowers who warn of such abuses. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed…

A Change Is Coming to the Bar Exam—And Some Lawyers Are Skeptical | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/07/18/a-change-is-coming-to-the-bar-exam-and-some-lawyers-are-skeptical/ Florida Board of Bar Examiners.1891 Eider Ct, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit: Google street view “One important consideration was addressing the subjects Florida attorneys have identified as necessary for entry-level attorneys to…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday probed whether a prior ruling under the now-discarded Chevron doctrine still applies to a challenge to a federal agency regulation requiring Title X-funded family planning clinics to refer patients to abortion providers if they request it. Tennessee is seeking a…

Kirkland Client Dodges $60 Million Fraud Claim on Summary Judgment | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/07/18/kirkland-client-dodges-60-million-fraud-claim-with-summary-judgment/ Kirkland & Ellis offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Plaintiff’s fraudulent inducement and breach of contract claims ignored the defendant’s contract right to walk away from the deal by forfeiting its…

Bitzlato Founder Anatoly Legkodymov Sentenced to Time Served | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/07/18/an-entrepreneur-and-a-visionary-us-judge-sentences-ex-crypto-exchange-founder-to-time-served/ Eric N. Vitaliano, federal district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. File photo. The judge explained that under the American Bar Association’s “shadow guidelines”—an alternative…

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III decided Thursday not to stop a former Hub Group Inc. executive from taking another job, stating that the transportation and logistics company hadn’t convinced him it would be able to prove the contract enforceable at trial. The denial of Hub Group’s preliminary injunction, a win for the Richards, Layton…