Clark Hill’s Paul Starkman and Daniel Kinsella consider states’ response to the FTC noncompete rule, noting current enforcement and restrictions and legislation to come.

The White House plans to nominate April Perry to a US district court seat in Chicago after her selection as the first female federal chief prosecutor in the city stalled in the Senate.

Kwan-Ho Chung has joined Sheppard Mullin as a partner in the intellectual property practice group and life sciences industry team in Washington, D.C., the firm said Wednesday.

Supreme Court Today, Vol. 92 No. 40, pages 3275-3286, dated April 25, 2024, is now available. A link to the PDF version can be found in the Related Documents field.

Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s investments into artificial intelligence startups will get deeper scrutiny from the UK’s antitrust watchdog, the latest example of how global regulators are grappling with how the world’s largest technology firms are influencing the booming market.

Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai’s recent memo to workers, sent amid the latest round of discontent at the company — this time over the company’s $1.2 billion contract (shared with Amazon.com Inc.) to provide cloud services to Israel. By Tuesday, at least 50 employees had been fired for involvement in several protests at Google’s offices.

Ornua Foods North America Inc. failed to convince a federal court that a class action alleging that its Kerrygold Butter products contain PFAS should be dismissed on the pleadings.

Solar manufacturers are asking the US government to slap duties on $12.5 billion of imported equipment from Southeast Asia, setting the stage for a sweeping trade probe that threatens to make power projects more expensive.

The Biden administration is laying out more of its vision for decarbonizing the nation’s freight industry, including plans for standardizing charging infrastructure for electric trucks and accelerating the adoption of emission-free big rigs.

Child labor is a sensitive and hard-to-measure risk that typically stays hidden in the far reaches of corporate supply chains—and climate change is only making it worse.

The Biden administration is taking steps to jump-start the fledgling offshore wind sector, outlining a five-year leasing plan that would include turbines in the far reaches of the Pacific.

Columnist David Lat explains the controversy behind universal injunctions and their impact on public policy and judicial power.

The Tesla Inc. shareholder who successfully challenged co-founder Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package is asking the Delaware court for an order barring Musk from trying to litigate the matter again in Texas.

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Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai’s recent memo to workers, sent amid the latest round of discontent at the company — this time over the company’s $1.2 billion contract (shared with Amazon.com Inc.) to provide cloud services to Israel. By Tuesday, at least 50 employees had been fired for involvement in several protests at Google’s offices.

Major US companies could face lawsuits from their own shareholders for making political donations, according to a new legal strategy progressives are advocating to reign in corporate influence on elections.

Clark Hill’s Paul Starkman and Daniel Kinsella consider states’ response to the FTC noncompete rule, noting current enforcement and restrictions and legislation to come.

The White House plans to nominate April Perry to a US district court seat in Chicago after her selection as the first female federal chief prosecutor in the city stalled in the Senate.

The New England Patriots will face renewed claims that their use of wireless data communication systems in stadiums infringes on a patented technology after a patent monetization firm appealed a Massachusetts federal judge’s decision to throw out their case.

Supreme Court Today, Vol. 92 No. 40, pages 3275-3286, dated April 25, 2024, is now available. A link to the PDF version can be found in the Related Documents field.

Early figures show that the CARE Court system, which has received about $200 million in state funding since 2022, has seen only a tiny fraction of the people it expected.

Baker McKenzie is picking up a 17-lawyer corporate group from Munger, Tolles & Olson in Los Angeles, the latest move to expand its deals roster.