Google told a federal district court in Virginia on Thursday that it would break “historical precedent” if the antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice were decided by a jury instead of a judge. “Civil antitrust cases brought by the United States have historically been tried to the bench—not…

A Washington Court of Appeals decision that reversed a $185 million verdict against Monsanto over PCBs earlier this month could wipe out much of the $1.6 billion in jury awards obtained over the past three years in the state of Washington. The May 1 decision reversed the first verdict to…

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that an attorney who provided limited representation to a pro se plaintiff in a discrimination suit did not commit legal malpractice. The former client, Keith Thomas, claimed that the attorney’s representation, which was limited to drafting documents and responding to the adversary’s requests, was…

Tim Cornell, an antitrust lawyer with two decades of experience and leader of Clifford Chance’s U.S. antitrust practice out of Washington, D.C. for the last 11 years, is moving to Debevoise & Plimpton, the New York firm said Friday. Debevoise said he is joining as a D.C. partner in its antitrust group…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under pressure to boost oversight of online prescription drug promotions amid the rise of social media influencers and their potential to convey misinformation to vulnerable patients and impressionable teens. Whether or not demands from some in the medical community and in Congress will spur new…

Are Frozen Embryos People or Property? Texas Supreme Court Receives Briefs | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/05/17/are-frozen-embryos-people-or-property-texas-supreme-court-receives-briefs/ Frozen eggs in vitro. Credit: viktoriya/Adobe Stock At stake is the fate of Roman v. Roman, a 2006 First District Court of Appeals ruling that treated embryos as property in a divorce…