Acuren Inspection Inc., the largest nondestructive testing and examination contractor in North America, secured a preliminary injunction against three former employees and a competitor for misappropriating trade secrets. A court concluded that Acuren, the plaintiff, showed that it could prevail on its claims of breach of contract against former employees Ryan…

DoNotPay has reached a settlement in a class action alleging that the AI startup illegally claimed to practice law while billing itself as the “world’s first robot lawyer.” The original lawsuit was filed in March 2023 in the Superior Court of the State of California County of San Francisco. It alleged that DoNotPay flouted the State Bar…

A financial services industry group has sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in an effort to compel disclosure of the agency’s enforcement procedures related to its investigation of communications by investment advisers on their personal devices. In a complaint filed in a Florida federal court, the American Securities Association…

Fired Lawyer Loses Bid to Retain Her Job | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/06/07/fired-lawyer-loses-bid-to-retain-her-job/ (l-r) Gov. Ron DeSantis, former State Attorney Monique Worrell, and Judge Jorge Labarga. Photos: ALM/Handout “If his dissent was an answer to a law school exam, it would get an ‘F,'” said Nova professor…

The former chief investment officer for a group of funds managed by Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of investment adviser fraud. Gregoire Tournant, 57, also agreed to forfeit about $17 million in paid and deferred compensation. The charges to which he pleaded guilty carry…

A Texas company’s challenge to Federal Trade Commission regulations barring enforcement of employment noncompete clauses is drawing wide attention, with some amicus organizations enlisting the services of Big Law. The case, Ryan v. Federal Trade Commission, could determine the future of the Biden administration’s attempt to end nearly all noncompete clauses.