The Georgia Court of Appeals has been asked to decide whether a trial court was right to grant an anti-SLAPP motion to a defendant sued over a review-bombing campaign for breach of a social media nondisparagement clause. Key questions at oral argument were whether a party can contract away their rights…

A lawsuit seeking to prevent Alabama’s attorney general from prosecuting groups helping residents travel out-of-state to access legal abortions is allowed to continue, a federal judge held Monday. In a 98-page opinion and order, U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson for the Middle District of Alabama ruled against Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall who sought…

In the New York office of Ice Miller, a small number of trial and transactional partners only started charging four-figure hourly rates in 2023, a result of the firm’s efforts to pivot to practice areas that command higher hourly rates. This strategy has allowed the Am Law Second Hundred firm…

Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit weighed the constitutionality of Idaho’s law that makes it illegal for an adult to help a girl obtain an abortion across state lines, spending much of a hearing Tuesday trying to pinpoint precisely what conduct the statute prohibits. Idado’s…

‘Incredible and Gross Negligence’: Pa. Federal Judge Sanctions Ikea for Destroying Evidence | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/05/07/incredible-and-gross-negligence-pa-federal-judge-sanctions-ikea-for-destroying-evidence/ Ikea store in White Marsh, MD. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM NEWS Brody ruled that Ikea’s deletion of four email accounts significantly prejudiced the plaintiffs, and the company’s “conduct and strategy…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s agressive enforcement of alleged fraud must be examined to ensure the agency deters wrongdoing without violating the due process rights of publicly traded companies, Republican lawmakers said Tuesday in support of their legislation to protect respondents in SEC proceedings. The proposed 2024 Due Process…