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The author writes "New York trial courts are sharply divided over whether a recent United States Supreme Court decision has had an impact on the manner in which predicate felony sentences may be imposed. In Erlinger v. United States, 144 S. Ct 1840 (2024), the Court determined whether certain facts, that are necessary for sentence enhancement, must be submitted to a jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt."

Andrea M. Alonso and Kevin G. Faley use case law to discuss the issue of spoliation—“an issue that courts have long struggled with.

Canada's biggest media outlets including The Canadian Press, CBC and others are represented by litigator Lenczner Slaght.

After some notable departures, Weil has added partners from Fried Frank and White & Case.

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The authors write "In this space nine years ago, nearly to the day, we analyzed the newly-enacted amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure relating to e-discovery. These amendments included a new Rule 37(e), designed to govern the imposition of sanctions by a court when a party has failed to preserve electronically stored information (“ESI ), thus resolving a circuit split on the degree of culpability required for certain sanctions."

The Rules Governing Judicial Conduct do not prohibit a town justice from simultaneously serving as commissioner of jurors and as chief clerk of the Supreme and County Court, subject to appropriate administrative approvals.

Donald Trump has nominated Todd Blanche, one of his criminal defense lawyers, to be deputy attorney general in his new administration. Blanche, an ex-Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft partner, was a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York for more than eight years.

New Ropes & Gray France Services was registered as a simplified stock company on Nov. 13.

Teresa Ribera's appointment as EU competition commissioner signals a shift toward integrating sustainability, industrial policy, and digital regulation into antitrust enforcement.

The decision by class action disruptor Pogust Goodhead to cut jobs in London and Brazil offers an insight into the challenges facing the international class actions market.

Although a magistrates association, as well as individual judges, may publicly oppose a court reorganization that would replace local town and village courts with a district court, they may not do so by undertaking traditional “campaign activity such as campaign advertisements, lawn signs, palm cards, or raising funds from the public.

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The state development bank KFW has released a 24 billion loan for the expansion of the country's German hydrogen network.

The case against Andrew Coates and Dennis Ko underscores the ongoing challenges law firms face regarding AML compliance and due diligence.

"The Court doubts the sufficiency of any conditions that place trust in Combs and individuals in his employ—like a private security detail—to follow those conditions,” Judge Arun Subramanian wrote in denying the motion.