Snapchat is accused of strict liability and negligence in a wrongful death suit where a 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after he was a victim of a “sextortion” scheme, according to the federal lawsuit filed in South Carolina. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed…

LTN Startup Spotlight is an ongoing series that aims to amplify the stories of startups in the legal tech space, highlighting what they’re working on, how they’re adding to the legal tech market and changing the conversation around legal tech innovation, and what lessons they’ve learned in their startup journey…

The former top lawyer for the Florida Department of Transportation, who admitted to forging the signatures of other agency staffers on official state documents without their consent, accepted a consent judgment with the state’s disciplinary board. The bad news for Erik Fenniman, 45, ex-general counsel for the FDOT, largely began…

Democratic state attorneys general are backing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants, which is under legal attack by Republican state attorneys general who argue in court that the rule exceeds the agency’s statutory authority. Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general, led by New York’s…

Appeals Court and Two District Court on Ballot in Greater Houston Runoffs | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/05/20/vote-for-judge-appellate-2-district-courts-on-ballot-in-houston-runoffs/ Justice Jerry Zimmerer, the Place 3 incumbent at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, faces trial/appellate attorney Velda Faulkner in the May 28 runoff election. Credit: candidates’ campaign websites. Three…

A settlement for bankrupt cryptocurrency brokerage firm Genesis Global Capital to repay its creditors $2 billion in cash and digital assets is said to be the largest digital assets agreement in New York history, the office of state Attorney General said on Monday. “This historic settlement is a major step…