The Connecticut Supreme Court narrowed an election law that was used to fine two publicly funded candidates who criticized the incumbent governor in their advertisements during the 2014 general election cycle. After about a decade of litigation, the appeal of the State Elections Enforcement Commission’s application of the Citizens’ Election Program,…

Bayer’s counsel was seeking sanctions against Bursor & Fisher less than two weeks ago for allegedly filing a consumer class action against its Mirena IUD device without thoroughly investigating the plaintiff’s allegations. After the parties agreed to dismiss that first suit May 10, attorneys with Bursor & Fisher filed a…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission slapped the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange with a $10 million penalty Wednesday, saying it failed to comply with a rule requiring securities exchanges to immediately notify the agency of cyber intrusions. Receiving immediate notification is critical because of the potential…

Law firms opposing Johnson & Johnson’s latest bankruptcy plan lodged a class action on Wednesday alleging a series of fraudulent maneuvers prevented ovarian cancer and mesothelioma victims from obtaining fair compensation by delaying trials for more than two years. The class action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the…

Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday asked a federal judge to sentence former FTX executive Ryan Salame to five to seven years in prison for his role in one of the “largest-ever” campaign finance frauds in American history and for helping to operate an unlicensed money…

The Biden administration has aggressively moved to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in various ways. Regarding PFAS as a critical environmental and public health issue, the administration has implemented regulations outlined in the PFAS Strategic Roadmap, including the establishment of national primary drinking water standards for PFAS. Most recently,…