Opponents of a new cannabis dispensary in Highland Park, New Jersey, have hit the town with a suit seeking to halt cannabis sales. The suit claims that local ordinances allowing the sale of cannabis in Highland Park go against a federal ban on that substance. But some cannabis lawyers have…

Attorneys for Microsoft on Monday wrote that they “conditionally oppose” an effort from writers pursuing lawsuits against ChatGPT developer OpenAI in California to intervene in a group of lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft in the Southern District of New York. Microsoft’s legal team, which includes attorneys at Orrick, Herrington &…

‘Her Vacation Getaway Turned Out to Be a Death Trap’: Airbnb Hit With Wrongful-Death Suit | Connecticut Law Tribune Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/ctlawtribune/2024/02/27/her-vacation-turned-out-to-be-a-death-trap-airbnb-hit-with-wrongful-death-suit/ Credit: Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock.com NEWS “When she rented the property, Airbnb promised her a safe and secure home away from home,” the complaint alleged. “Unbeknownst to Debra, the…

A federal judge is weighing whether to disqualify Motley Rice from dozens of opioid lawsuits because the firm obtained confidential information when representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the City of Chicago in separate actions. At a Feb. 12 hearing, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who…

South Korea’s Big Six firms Shin & Kim and Yoon & Yang have continued to make senior partner hires from government offices and in-house teams as they strive to offer differentiated services in Seoul. Shin & Kim has hired two local court judges for its tax and insolvency practices while…

The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Kroger’s $24.6 billion bid to acquire Albertsons is in keeping with the agency’s new merger guidelines’ emphasis on ensuring the well-being of workers, antitrust attorneys said in the wake of Monday’s court filing. The FTC, with eight states and the District of Columbia, filed…