OLeary Ventures Chairman Kevin OLeary discusses his plans to buy TikTok as Congress voices its concerns over Chinese spying on The Claman Countdown.  Social media platform TikTok on Thursday called for a federal court to strike down the law that requires its China-based parent company ByteDance to divest the app…

New York commercial litigator Stephen Younger said Thursday that he was making his third law firm move in just as many years, this time to international firm Withers. The former president of the New York State Bar Association moved in 2021 to Boston-based firm Foley Hoag from his lifetime partner position…

A federal judge in Massachusetts granted an industrial sewing machine parts manufacturer’s  motion for default judgment and attorney fees and costs, at nearly $23 million, amidst claims the defendants carried out a scheme to sabotage and bankrupt the company. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs for the District of Massachusetts, entered a…

The Claman Countdown panelists Robbie Whelan and Kenneth Leon break down Disneys battle against Trian Partners. Disney’s cancellation of a planned Florida campus that left some California-based employees slated for relocation in the lurch last year has the entertainment giant facing a lawsuit. Disney announced in 2021 that it would…

This installment of the Mass Torts Update highlights upcoming deadlines and resolution updates in mass tort litigation, focusing on four specific cases. Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy: Resolution Closer for 82,000 Claimants and Debtor The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy has a pivotal deadline this summer, which marks a…

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is pursuing his plan to replace the country’s federal judiciary with elected judges and magistrates before he steps down on September 1—a move that has the legal sector and investors on edge. The country’s system of appointed judges, while imperfect, has clear steps for…