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On September 30, 2023, U.S. District Judge Hector Gonzalez dismissed a proposed class action accusing McDonalds Corporation and Wendys International, LLC of exaggerating the size of their...

The Second Circuit has vacated a district court's disgorgement order against the founder of an industrial manufacturer who allegedly diverted more than $7.3 million of investor funds from his company to his private accounts, saying the lower court got it wrong when it failed to credit the value of his surrendered securities against the disgorgement award and did not find that the defrauded investors were harmed to justify additional disgorgement.

The case could upend disciplinary procedures at colleges nationwide, ensuring that accused students are granted due process rights like the ability to…

“In Sarbanes-Oxley, Congress employed a phrase: ‘discriminate because of’ that has long been recognized to require a plaintiff to show discriminatory intent. It is this transplanted phrase with its rich soil that decides this case.” ~ Eugene Scalia, former Labor Secretary

A federal appeals court recently made clear that judges must evaluate equal pay claims separately under federal law and New York’s separate equal pay law because the scope of the NY law...

On October 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order (EO) announcing a series of new agency directives for managing risks related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

An official may not deny the right to possess a firearm based on subjective criteria.

The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to petitioner, Warner Chappell, to clarify whether the Copyright Act precludes retrospective relief for infringing acts occurring more...

The appellate courts for the second and ninth circuits recently issued rulings reinforcing the reasonable consumer standard. In doing so, these cases refine prior precedent and...

(The Center Square) — Critics of a Connecticut law banning religious exemptions from school vaccination requirements have lost several rounds in federal court but are planning to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case.