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TOP NEWS
Meta Investors Seek Sanctions Over Execs' Deleted Emails
By Dorothy Atkins
Meta Platforms Inc. shareholders suing over the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal urged a Delaware Chancery Court Thursday to sanction Meta board members Jeffrey Zients and Sheryl Sandberg for allegedly spoiling evidence by using their personal email accounts to discuss the scandal and then deleting large portions of their correspondence.
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Evolve Bank Faces MDL Over Breach Of 7.6M Customers' Data
By Hannah Albarazi
Nearly two dozen proposed class actions accusing Evolve Bank & Trust of failing to adequately protect the personal information of 7.6 million customers from a cyberattack by a Russia-linked cybercrime gang will be centralized in Tennessee, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ruled, expressing their confidence in the judge selected to preside over the MDL.
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High Court Bar's Future: Jenner & Block's Adam Unikowsky
By Jeff Overley
In many ways, Adam G. Unikowsky of Jenner & Block LLP has traveled a tried-and-true path — Harvard, elite clerkships, BigLaw — to the upper echelons of U.S. Supreme Court advocacy. But his route to the forefront of the bar's next generation has been less conventional than it might appear, and he spoke with Law360 about how he's climbed so high — and how he excels by avoiding rhetoric that "judges really, really hate."
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Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
By Katie Buehler
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear several cases in its October 2024 term that could further refine the new administrative law landscape, establish constitutional rights to gender-affirming care for transgender minors and affect how the federal government regulates water, air and weapons. Here, Law360 looks at five of the most important cases on the Supreme Court's docket so far.
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POLICY & REGULATION
LITIGATION
Amazon Consumers Want In On FTC Antitrust Econ Primer
By Rachel Riley
Consumers bringing proposed class claims against Amazon over its seller contracts have asked a Washington federal judge to let them join an upcoming "economics day hearing" in the Federal Trade Commission's case accusing the e-commerce giant of similar antitrust violations, saying experts will be addressing overlapping competition issues.
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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
By Laura Stewart Liberty
This past week in London has seen GMB Union sued by the makers of Tetley Tea after a staff walkout in September, boxer Mike Tyson hit with legal action from a marketing company and the Met Police face a misuse of private data claim from a woman who had a relationship with an undercover police officer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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DEALS
ENFORCEMENT
SEC Should Take Over Market Database, Investor Group Says
By Jessica Corso
An investor-side trade association is pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to take control of a controversial market surveillance tool out of the hands of the nation's stock exchanges, saying in a recent rulemaking petition that a failure to do so could be "catastrophic" if either the government or the courts decide to shut down the database.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Series
Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
In the third quarter of the year, California continued to be at the forefront of banking regulation as it enacted legislation on unfair banking practices and junk fees, and the state Department of Financial Protection and Innovation notably initiated enforcement actions focused on crypto-assets and student loan debt relief, say Stuart Richter and Eric Hail at Katten.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
6 High Court Cases To Watch For Trial Attorneys
By Cara Salvatore
As the U.S. Supreme Court lifts the curtain on a new term, the justices are slated to consider a variety of cases impacting the work of trial litigators, including a death penalty case over a state-disavowed conviction, the boundaries of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and corporate veil piercing.
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