Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Monteleoni of the Southern District of New York began his closing argument Monday in the bribery and extortion trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, by reminding jurors that the FBI found gold bars and envelopes of cash stashed all around the New Jersey home…

The Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning employers from imposing noncompete agreements on their workers is unlikely to prevail in litigation, competition and intellectual property experts said following a Texas federal judge’s decision last week preliminarily enjoining the regulation’s implementation. “I think that the odds of the FTC rule ever becoming…

A central Pennsylvania gymnastics camp has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenage gymnast who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a coach at the camp. The plaintiff, referred to in court documents as S.C., alleged that the Woodward Camp in State College knew that S.C.’s abuser had a history…

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky and Strauss Borrelli filed a data breach class action Monday against Prudential Insurance Co. of America on behalf of more than 2 million current and former customers. Prudential has been hit with three class actions in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey since the beginning of June…

Counsel from Hinshaw & Culbertson filed an appeal in Virginia district court earlier this month on behalf of pop singer Ariana Grande’s company GrandeAri, challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s refusal to register “One Love Manchester” as a trademark for a 2017 benefit concert. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source…

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Fangda Partners have taken the top three spots in the latest Asia (excluding Japan) mergers and acquisitions legal adviser league table rankings published by the London Stock Exchange Group. The three firms are advising on the highest collective value of Asia deals…