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Lin Wood Wants Fraud Claims Kept Out Of Defamation Trial
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Lin Wood Wants Fraud Claims Kept Out Of Defamation Trial <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841330?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Kelcey Caulder Controversial attorney Lin Wood has asked a Georgia federal judge to bar his former law partners, who allege he falsely accused them of attempted extortion, from introducing evidence at an upcoming August trial related to two separate and still pending suits filed against him in Fulton County. Motion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841330?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841330?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Ex-Ill. Prosecutor Arrested, Charged For Woodchipper Threat
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Ex-Ill. Prosecutor Arrested, Charged For Woodchipper Threat <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841207?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Emily Sawicki A former assistant state's attorney in suburban Chicago's DuPage County has been arrested and charged with threatening the children of two Illinois state representatives in an online post in which he allegedly suggested he would put them into a woodchipper. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841207?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841207?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Legal Lenders Can't Avoid Hurricane Ads Suit, Plaintiff Argues
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Legal Lenders Can't Avoid Hurricane Ads Suit, Plaintiff Argues <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841319?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Lynn LaRowe Funding companies that lent $20 million to a Texas law firm accused of using it to deceptively solicit hurricane victims can't escape liability by claiming they didn't know how attorneys were using the money or "simply because they don't have offices in the state," according to a Louisiana woman at the forefront of a putative class action. Brief attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841319?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841319?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Beasley Allen, J&J Trade Barbs Over DQ Bid In Talc Litigation
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Beasley Allen, J&J Trade Barbs Over DQ Bid In Talc Litigation <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841290?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Jake Maher Johnson & Johnson and the Beasley Allen Law Firm have accused each other by turns of "gamesmanship" and "unscrupulous conduct" in New Jersey courts in a fight over whether the firm should be disqualified from talcum powder litigation for allegedly collaborating in secret with a former J&J outside counsel. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841290?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841290?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Ga. Law Firm Beats Sanctions Over Fatal Crash Mistrial
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Ga. Law Firm Beats Sanctions Over Fatal Crash Mistrial <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841354?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Emily Johnson The Georgia Court of Appeals has thrown out sanctions against an Atlanta civil litigation law firm requiring the firm to pay more than $584,000 in attorney fees and costs for not uncovering a purported conflict that caused a mistrial in a fatal crash lawsuit, finding the trial court's decision was excessive and not supported by evidence. Opinion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841354?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1841354?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive 'Checking Financial History' Patents
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Fed. Circ. Won't Revive 'Checking Financial History' Patents <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1841397?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> By Andrew Karpan The Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that a judge in Georgia made the right call in deciding that a prolific patent lawyer should have never been issued a handful of patents covering "the idea of checking financial history before completing a transaction." 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1841397?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1841397?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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Treasury To Allow Online Banking, Cloud Services For Cuba
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Treasury To Allow Online Banking, Cloud Services For Cuba <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1841320?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> By Jennifer Doherty The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Tuesday eased restrictions on Cuba by modifying financial regulations to allow cloud-based services, bank accounts for entrepreneurs and remittance processing, saying the effort is to "increase support for the Cuban people." Notice attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1841320?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1841320?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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CFPB Will Ask DC Circ. To Rescue Rule Challenged By PayPal
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

CFPB Will Ask DC Circ. To Rescue Rule Challenged By PayPal <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1840954?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> By Jon Hill The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday it will appeal a Washington, D.C., federal judge's recent decision that sided with payments giant PayPal in its lawsuit challenging the agency's extension of certain prepaid card regulations to digital wallets. Notice attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1840954?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1840954?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…>

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Wells Fargo Seeks To Send Account Offsets Suit To Arbitration
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

Wells Fargo Seeks To Send Account Offsets Suit To Arbitration <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1840995?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> By Katryna Perera Wells Fargo has asked a California federal judge to send a class action lawsuit alleging it unlawfully dipped into customers' deposit accounts to repay itself for credit owed card debt to arbitration since the plaintiff signed a deposit account agreement containing a binding arbitration provision. Motion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1840995?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1840995?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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OpenText Says Excess Insurer Can't Join Merger Spat
by Gunnar Larson 30 May '24

30 May '24

OpenText Says Excess Insurer Can't Join Merger Spat <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1841346?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…> By Jennifer Mandato OpenText urged a Michigan federal court to keep an excess insurer out of a coverage dispute stemming from an underlying class action over the software company's merger with Covisint, arguing that the insurer's reasons behind wanting to intervene are speculative and unripe. Response attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1841346?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/1841346?nl_pk=a34c25b5-…>

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