California resident and serial plaintiff Jerry Aviles has sued RELX Inc., the parent company of LexisNexis and Lex Machina, alleging that it deployed web tracking software on its Lex Machina website without users’ prior consent, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). CIPA, passed in 1967, protects against eavesdropping…

More than two months after voters decided retiring Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge M. Yvette Miller’s replacement at the polls, an election result challenge continues to stew. During a motion for dismissal hearing Monday, counsel for Judge-elect Jeff Davis and additional respondents challenged the validity and vitality of the…

Simpler Trading VP of Options & Delta analyst Danielle Shay discusses the airlines shares following the IT outage and her outlook on tech stocks. A group of passengers impacted by Delta’s mass flight cancellations following the CrowdStrike outage last month is suing the airline, claiming the carrier has not provided…

Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation allowing New York-licensed attorneys to serve as poll watchers anywhere in the state, regardless of whether the lawyer resides in the city or county in which the election takes place. Hochul signed S.6130A/A.530A and six other bills on Tuesday, which are intended to strengthen voting protections…

McCarthy Tétrault has ushered in two new partners, while Bennett Jones has lost two and McMillan has brought on a new “national client relationship ambassador.” Bennett Jones has lost its former vice chair and Vancouver managing partner Radha Curpen to McMillan.

The first person criminally convicted of cryptocurrency market manipulation filed a motion asking a federal district court in Manhattan to vacate the jury verdict and grant a new trial. Sanford Talkin, a partner at Talkin, Muccigrosso & Roberts, is among the lawyers for the defendant, trader Avraham Eisenberg, who claimed the…