A woman boarding a bus when she was suddenly trapped between the closing doors agreed to a $675,000 settlement of her Middlesex County suit. Michele Delaney Josiah was getting into a coach operated by Academy Bus Lines at a bus stop in Middletown on Feb. 6, 2020, when the driver closed…

A recent federal district court decision is making waves in the white-collar bar for dismissing a securities fraud indictment charging several defendants with participating in a pump-and-dump scheme. As alleged in United States v. Constantinescu, 4:22-CR-00612 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 20, 2024), a case in the Southern District of Texas, the defendants…

On Wednesday, e-discovery company DISCO announced that its board of directors appointed Eric Friedrichsen as its new chief executive officer, president and member of the board. Friedrichsen will be taking the reins from acting CEO Scott Hill, who will help Friedrichsen transition into the new role while also assuming the…

Generative AI is quickly changing the way lawyers work, and ignoring how the technology functions is no longer an option, according to Microsoft Assistant General Counsel Ben Glatstein. “Just to be a mediocre lawyer in general, you have to understand AI,” he said. “If you want to be a great…

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg Sentenced to 5 Months | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/04/10/former-trump-org-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-to-5-months-for-perjury/ Former CFO of Trump Organization Allen Weisselberg, left, and his lawyer Nicholas Gravante enter the courtroom for sentencing in the Trump Organization tax fraud trial in Manhattan on Jan. 10, 2023. Photo: Ryland…

The U.S. judiciary’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules will continue to study a proposal to curb judge shopping in single-judge divisions and to examine how federal district courts respond to nonbinding guidance that they randomly assign among all judges in a district any lawsuit where a plaintiff seeks national relief,…