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July 5, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Two SCOTUS Decisions to Amplify Demand for Litigation Aimed at Fed. Agencies

Some experts think the ruling involving a challenge to the length of a statute of limitations will be even more consequential than the end of Chevron deference, which curtails all federal regulatory agencies' powers.

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July 2, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Corner Post' Will Lead to More Litigation, Losses for Agencies, Regulatory Attorneys Say

"The playing field has been leveled in challenges to agency actions," said Dan Jarcho, a partner at Alston & Bird.

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June 28, 2024 | National Law Journal

Post-'Chevron': Lower Court Fights Are Expected Over Ability to Challenge Pre-'Loper' Agency Rules

"I think we have a bit of uncertainty as to what happens as to prior adjudication that rested on Chevron," said Paul Hughes, of McDermott Will & Emery.

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June 25, 2024 | The Recorder

Here's What's in the Proposed 'New PAGA' Law

Employers who take "reasonable steps" to comply with California's Labor Code can avoid hefty penalties for violations under the terms of proposed PAGA legislation heading toward the governor's desk.

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June 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Litigation Departments of the Year Recognized at Daily Report's Southeast Legal Awards

The winners for the Southeastern Legal Awards Litigation Department of the Year awards were presented for Appellate, General, Product Liability, Personal Injury and Securities categories.

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June 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

New Leaders: Meet Our Young Attorney of the Year and All the On the Rise Winners!

Milinda Brown of Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown was named as Daily Report's 2024 Young Lawyer of the Year. See links to all On the Rise winners below.

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Matter of Bentkowski v. City of New York

Publication Date: 2024-05-30
Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Health Care Law | Insurance Litigation
Industry: Health Care | Insurance | State and Local Government
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Justice Ellen Gesmer
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondents: Jacob S. Gardener and Hannah Belitz of counsel, Walden Macht & Haran LLP, New York, and Steve Cohen of counsel, Pollock Cohen LLP, New York.
for defendant: For Appellants: Richard Dearing, Devin Slack, Jonathan Schoepp-Wong and ChloÉ K. Moon of counsel, Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix, Corporation Counsel, New York. For Aetna Life Insurance Company, Amicus Curaie: Karl Geercken, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Elizabeth A. Buckel, Sharon Steinerman and Kristen C. Kuan of counsel, Alston + Bird LLP, New York.
Case Number: 154962/23

City Did Not Breach Administrative Code When Switching Retiree Medicare Supplement Plans

May 17, 2024 | Litigation Daily

This Week's Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

This week's runners-up include litgators at Paul Weiss, Proskauer Rose, Ropes & Gray and White & Case.

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KOS Limited v. Dockery et al.

Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Pipkin
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Taube, Peter Munk, Edgar Neely, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: John Hadden, Darren Penn, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Eric Ripper, (Ripper Law Firm PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A1697

Curt affirms denial of a motion by one defendant to set aside a joint and several damages award because that defendant failed to timely provide evidence to support apportionment

April 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

On the Move: Thompson Coburn Enters Southeast With Birmingham Office Launch

Thompson Coburn has lured a former education practice leader and others from Maynard Nexsen. Meanwhile, a former Home Depot in-house lawyer returns to boutique Bondurant Mixson.

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