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…

Acclaimed rap artist Kanye West has been hit with a copyright infringement suit filed by Baker & Hostetler on behalf of musician DJ Khalil and three other artists over use of their work on his 2021 album “Donda.” The complaint, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central…

Blank Rome is on a transactional practice hiring spree this year, most recently tacking on three energy and natural resource partners from Reed Smith, including the firm’s former energy and natural resources practice co-chair Ryan Purpura. Purpura, who will be operating in both Pennsylvania and Texas, is joined in the…