Navigation The profession is beginning to train oratory back into relevance. Presence, connection, and advocacy—long treated as “soft —are once again becoming the hard edge of legal practice. Click Here To Read The Full Article
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Former FBI Informant Seeks $250M in Google Gemini With Defamation Lawsuit
In May, a former FBI operative-turned-writer, best known for a memoir about his time as an informant tasked with investigating a suspected serial killer, claims he discovered that his name was getting tied to nonexistent criminal charges where almost the whole world could see: right at the top of Google’s search results. Click Here […]
NJ Among States Challenging Capital One's $425M Settlement, Saying Deal 'Perpetuates' Deceit
“The premise of the Proposed Settlement is that class members will remain in 360 Savings accounts that pay materially lower interest than otherwise-identical 360 Performance Savings accounts, and Capital One will continue to profit from an artificial distinction of its own making. The parties call this an excellent result,’ 18 state attorneys general argued, pushing […]
How the Deal Got Done: Debevoise and Cerberus/ECI
Debevoise & Plimpton recently advised Cerberus Capital Management L.P. and Electrical Components International (ECI) in the sale of ECI to Rosebank Industries in a transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion. New York partner Katherine Durnan Taylor and London partner Dominic Blaxill offer this perspective on “How the Deal Got Done.” Click Here To Read […]
9th Circuit Petitioned for En Banc Rehearing After Striking Down Challenge to SEC's Settlement ‘Gag Rule'
A conservative nonprofit public interest law firm is requesting that an en banc panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rehear its First Amendment challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s so-called “gag rule,” which the court rejected in August. Click Here To Read The Full Article