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From: Public Policy Law360 <news@law360.com> To: < Subject: Perkins Coie IP Atty Confirmed As Fed. Circ.'s 1st Black Judge Date: Tue. 20 Jul 2021 08:06:52 +0000 P, PUBLIC POLICY Tuesday, July 20, 2021 2Follow Law360 TOP NEWS IJ aw360 Rising Stars 2021 Perkins Coie IP Atty Confirmed As Fed. Circ.'s 1st Black Judge The Federal Circuit will see its first Black judge after a bipartisan Senate vote Monday to confirm Tiffany R Cunningham, a Perkins Coie LLP partner and veteran patent litigator who said the appellate position had long been her "dream job." 2 documents attached I Read full article » Contentious Biden Pick For 2nd Circ. Reports $1.3M Net Worth A longtime voting rights litigator nominated to the Second Circuit whose efforts to reduce voting barriers led to biting criticism from Senate Republicans has reported a net worth of almost $1.3 million in congressional disclosures. LAW FIRMS Read full article » Consumer Law Group Arnold & Porter Top Florida Litigation Of 2021: Midyear Report Florida has seen no shortage of notable litigation developments in 2021, Ballard Spahr including a likely resolution of the state's long-running "Water Wars" with Beasley Allen Georgia and key rulings that could impact disputes arising from the COVID-19 Beck Reed pandemic. Camara & Sibley Read full article » Cohen Milstein Consovoy McCarthy Man Gets 18 Mos. For Murder Threats Against Flynn Judge Foley & Lardner A New York man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after admitting to threatening to assault and murder the D.C. federal judge who oversaw the Foley Hoag politically charged criminal case of former Trump national security adviser Gibson Dunn Michael Flynn. Girardi & Keese Read full article » GrayRobinson Hansen Reynolds Congress Revives Push To Codify DOJ Access To Justice Unit Hogan Lovells A powerful, bipartisan group in Congress is reviving a proposal to permanently restore the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Hunton Andrews Access To Justice, in a bid to codify the unit dedicated to legal representation Jones Day for the poor that was shuttered by the Trump administration. Joseph & Hall 2 documents attached I Read full article » Kirkland & Ellis Kobre & Kim BANKING & SECURITIES Kuck Baxter Robinhood Says It Expects $30M Fine From NY Regulator Lewis Brisbois Robinhood said Monday that it now anticipates paying $30 million as part of a Lewis Longman tentative settlement with a New York regulator over anti-money laundering and Lipcon Margulies cybersecurity issues at its cryptocurrency subsidiary, double the amount that McGuireWoods the stock-trading platform previously earmarked for the matter. Mintz Levin Read full article » Morgan Lewis Warren Calls For CFPB Scrutiny Of Overdraft Fees, Crypto O'Melveny & Myers EFTA00030767 Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Monday that the Consumer Financial Outten & Golden Protection Bureau should be part of the regulatory response to emerging Pentiuk Couvreur cryptocurrency risks and cited "predatory" bank overdraft fee practices as an Perkins Coie area where she hopes to see action from the agency as it marks its 10th Price Benowitz anniversary. Read full article » Rusty Hardin & Associates ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL Sidley Austin Siskind Susser House Passes Bills To Tackle Energy Cybersecurity Threats Sterlington PLLC The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday approved a pair of legislative Vinson & Elkins proposals aimed at staving off cyber threats facing critical energy infrastructure White & Case in the wake of the damaging Colonial Pipeline hack by expanding the U.S. Department of Energy's role in this realm and boosting information sharing WilmerHale between the government and industry. COMPANIES Read full article » Adobe Inc. HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES Amazon.com Inc. American Bar Association Ex-FDA Senior Regulatory Counsel Joins Foley Hoag In DC American Civil Liberties Union Foley Hoag LLP has continued its growth in Washington, D.C., by adding a American Federation of Labor & former senior lead regulatory counsel from the U.S. Food and Drug Congress of Industrial Administration who spent nearly a decade with the agency, the firm announced Organizations Monday. American Federation of State Read full article » County & Municipal Employees MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Americans for Tax Reform Apple Inc. Garland's 'Historic' Leak Probe Memo Comes With Fine Print Boston University Attomey General Merrick Garland's move Monday to sharply curtail the seizure Cable News Network Inc. of data from reporters drew praise as a major step forward for press freedom, Center for Justice but experts say the memo leaves some wiggle room for the government to snoop on sensitive news-gathering activities. Center for Strategic and International Studies Memorandum attached I Read full article Cigna Corp. Twitter Seeks 9th Circ. Review Of Texas' Moderation Probe Colonial Pipeline Co. Twitter lambasted a trial judge's denial of its lawsuit seeking to block Texas DISH Network Corp. Attomey General Ken Paxton's probe into the tech giant's moderation DaVita Inc. practices, telling the Ninth Circuit that it should revive the case because Paxton DoorDash Inc. is unlawfully retaliating against the company for removing former President Donald Trump from the platform. Dynamex, Inc. Bad attached I Read full article Exxon Mobil Corp. Facebook Inc. GOP House Members Form 'Freedom From Big Tech' Caucus Financial Industry Regulatory A group of House Republicans launched a "Freedom from Big Tech Caucus," Authority Inc. consisting of a group of conservative lawmakers who supported antitrust GameStop Corp. reform that advanced through the House Judiciary Committee last month. Getty Images Inc. Read full article » Google LLC Major Networks Ask FCC To Clarify Advertisement ID Rules GrubHub Inc. The nation's largest broadcasters are asking the Federal Communications Imerys SA Commission to clarify what length an advertisement must be in order for it to Immigrant Defense Project fall under the agency's newly passed rules on disclosure of advertisements by Intel Corp. foreign governments. International Refugee Assistance Comments attached I Read full article » Project EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS Intuit Inc. Jimmy John's Franchise LLC Garland Urged To Bring Charges After Nassar FBI Report Johnson & Johnson Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to Lockheed Martin Corp. consider prosecuting the former president of USA Gymnastics and FBI agents EFTA00030768 who allegedly made false statements to hide their botched investigation into Los Angeles Times team doctor Larry Nassar's pattern of sexual abuse. Louisiana State Bar Association 2 documents attached I Read full article * Massachusetts Institute of DoorDash, Grubhub Sue San Francisco Over 15% Fee Cap Technology Delivery giants DoorDash and Grubhub hit San Francisco with a lawsuit in McDonald's Corp. California federal court Friday over a law permanently capping fees that the Medicare Payment Advisory platforms can charge local restaurants at 15%, arguing that the law violates the Commission U.S. and California constitutions and may unintentionally harm local restaurants, workers and consumers. Michigan State University Complaint attached I Read full article » Microsoft Corp. Mississippi Center for Justice Walmart Applicant Says Criminal Check System Discriminates NBCUniversal Media LLC A Brooklyn woman hit Walmart with a proposed class action in New Jersey National Association for the federal court on Monday alleging it unlawfully discriminates against applicants Advancement of Colored People with criminal backgrounds through broad screenings that don't consider National Consumer Law Center evidence of rehabilitation, a practice she says disproportionately harms Black and Latino applicants. National Wildlife Federation Complaint attached I Read full article * New York Post New York University COMPETITION Norwegian Cruise Line Analysis Ohio State University DaVita Indictment, Biden Order Ramp Up No-Poach Pressure Orbit International Corporation The U.S. Department of Justice and the Biden White House are making it Owens-Illinois Inc. abundantly clear to expect more criminal antitrust prosecutions against Panasonic Corp. employers that agree to control wages or avoid recruiting from one another. Pixar Inc. Read full article » Planned Parenthood Federation DOJ Says Wage-Fixing Charges Were Never Off The Table Postmates Inc. The U.S. Department of Justice told a Texas federal court that federal Robinhood Markets Inc. prosecutors never promised not to charge the former director of a physical Royal Philips NV therapist staffing company with criminal wage-fixing violations in exchange for Space Exploration Technologies his cooperation. Corp. Response attached I Read full article * State Bar of Califomia Surgical Care Affiliates Inc. EU Watchdog Eyes Spain's €101M Investor Arbitration Award Europe's competition watchdog is going to be taking a hard look at whether a The Center for Immigration E101 million ($119.2 million) arbitration award Spain has been ordered to pay Studies after it retracted economic incentives for renewable energy investment meshes The New York Times Co. with the bloc's state aid rules. Twitter Inc. Read full article » U.S. Chamber of Commerce Uber Technologies Inc. PERSONAL INJURY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE United States Olympic Rioters Didn't Stop Congress On Jan. 6, Militia Says Committee The Oath Keepers militia group said Monday that members of Congress could UnitedHealth Group Inc. not sue over the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot because the lawmakers were the ones Viasat Inc. who interrupted the Electoral College certification with an emergency Walmart Inc. adjournment as rioters were attacking the Capitol. Washington Post Co. Brief attached I Read full article * Yelp Inc. INTERNATIONAL TRADE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Bureau of Citizenship and US And Vietnam Cool Trade Tensions With Currency Pact Immigration Services Vietnam's central bank pledged to refrain from suppressing the value of its currency to gain an economic advantage in a handshake deal with the Biden Bureau of Land Management administration Monday, quieting a long-simmering trade dispute between the California Supreme Court two nations. Centers for Disease Control and Read full article Prevention EFTA00030769 EU Fights Russia's 'Discriminatory' Import Policy At WTO Centers for Medicare & Medicaid The European Union launched a trade dispute with Russia at the World Trade Services Organization on Monday, saying that Russia's import substitution policy Colorado Department of Labor discriminates against foreign companies. and Employment I document attached I Read full article » Consumer Financial Protection Bureau TAX European Commission Ghislaine Maxwell Owes NY $1.6M In Taxes, State Tax Dept. Says European Union Ghislaine Maxwell, former associate of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Federal Bureau of Investigation is among the top 250 individual tax debtors in New York, owing nearly $1.6 Federal Communications million, according to a list maintained by New York's tax department. Commission Memorandum attached I Read full article » Federal Trade Commission Florida Department of Calif. Gov. Hopeful Threatens Suit Over Ballot Disqualification Environmental Protection A California candidate for governor said Monday that the secretary of state's Food and Drug Administration office disqualified him from the ballot because of improperly filed tax return Government Accountability information and said he would sue if the decision wasn't reversed. Office Letter attached I Read full article International Trade Commission BANKRUPTCY Legal Services Corp. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Talc Plaintiffs' Attys Fume At Idea J&J Might Use Ch. 11 Tactic Court Attorneys representing talc injury plaintiffs in some of the thousands of lawsuits National Aeronautics and Space related to exposure to Johnson & Johnson products said Monday that the Administration company's purported plan to consider siloing its talc liabilities with a subsidiary National Telecommunications and then moving it into bankruptcy is shameful and should be barred by law. and Information Administration Read full article » New York State Department of IMMIGRATION Financial Services New York State Department of Feds Call Off Appeal Salvaging Trump-Era Asylum Guidelines Taxation and Finance The Biden administration has called off an appeal of a Washington, D.C., Office of Surface Mining federal judge's decision striking down Trump-era credible fear guidelines as Reclamation and Enforcement setting too high a hurdle for asylum-seekers to clear. State Bar of Texas Motion attached I Read full article » U.S. Army DC Judge Mulls Reserving Thousands More Diversity Visas U.S. Army Corps of Engineers A D.C. federal judge is apparently leaning toward ordering the U.S. U.S. Attorney's Office Department of State yet again to set aside thousands of visas for green card U.S. Attorney's Office for the lottery winners whom the federal government hasn't processed or interviewed Southern District of New York by the time the visas are set to expire. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Read full article » District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Uber, Postmates AB 5 Suit Gets Nixed By Calif. Judge Fifth Circuit California escaped claims by Uber, Postmates and two drivers for those U.S. Court of Appeals for the companies that its worker classification test is unconstitutional after a federal Ninth Circuit judge agreed to toss the suit on the grounds that the law represents a legitimate state interest. U.S. Department of Commerce Order attached I Read full article » U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of Homeland 9th Circ. Backs DHS In Immigration Environmental Impact Row Security The Ninth Circuit nixed an appeal from conservationists and ranchers Monday, U.S. Department of Justice affirming that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was not required to U.S. Department of State put immigration policies through environmental review. U.S. Department of the Interior Opinion attached I Read full article » U.S. District Court for the Central ICE Pays $100K To End HIV-Positive Immigrant's Arrest Suit District of California U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pay an HIV-positive immigrant U.S. District Court for the District with a severe mental disability $100,000 to settle claims that he was of Columbia EFTA00030770 traumatized by an arrest that a New York federal judge described as "no U.S. District Court for the District routine" affair, according to a Monday court filing. of New Jersey 1 document attached I Read full article * U.S. District Court for the NATIVE AMERICAN Eastern District of Texas U.S. District Court for the Middle Oklahoma Sues DOI For Coal Control On Tribal Lands District of Florida Oklahoma has hit the U.S. Department of the Interior with claims that the U.S. District Court for the department is threatening the coal industry by illegally taking away the state's Northern District of California authority over coal mining on Muscogee (Creek) Nation lands, teeing up a U.S. District Court for the major test of how the Supreme Court's landmark McGill decision applies to Northern District of Illinois state regulation. Complaint attached I Read full article * U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida TELECOMMUNICATIONS U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Analysis U.S. House Committee on Broadband Sats Are Filling The Sky. Are Regulators Ready? Energy and Commerce When the FCC allowed SpaceX to shift its planned Starlink broadband satellite U.S. House of Representatives constellation closer to Earth in April, the approval may have seemed routine, yet competitors like Dish and Viasat now say the unprecedented collection of U.S. Immigration and Customs devices could create challenges for scientific research and transmission from Enforcement their own satellites. Here's a look at the burgeoning industry and the policy U.S. Securities and Exchange questions still to be resolved. Commission Read full article » U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court CANNABIS United States District Court for the District of Colorado Illinois Sued Over Revised Pot Biz Licensing Scheme United States District Court for Illinois' newly revised licensing scheme for pot businesses is unconstitutional, the Westem District of Oklahoma an applicant has argued in a lawsuit alleging that a late change to the state's social equity regime is unfair and that its "discrimination" against out-of-state World Trade Organization owners is a violation of the commerce clause. Complaint attached I Read full article EXPERT ANALYSIS Opinion FTC Should Take Nuanced Approach On Noncompete Regs In response to President Joe Biden's recent executive order encouraging the Federal Trade Commission to regulate employer noncompete agreements, the agency should approach potential rulemaking with restraint by focusing on fair and transparent use of such agreements, says Russell Beck at Beck Reed. Read full article » Colo. Equal Pay Law Is Raising Job Post Hurdles Nationwide Because a compensation disclosure requirement in Colorado's new equal pay law also applies to businesses outside of the state with potential to hire remote workers who reside there, employers may want to consider several options to avoid compromising their proprietary payment schemes or methodologies in job ads, says Jonathan Israel at Foley & Lardner. Read full article » FINRA Shows Subtle Shift On Evaluating Best Execution McGuireWoods' Elizabeth Hogan and Alexander Madrid analyze the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's recent notice on best execution and payment for order flow, identifying an isolated focus on price that pivots from prior guidance emphasizing a more holistic approach. Read full article » Questions To Ask After MedPAC Alternative Payments Report EFTA00030771 The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's recent report to Congress recommends streamlining the number of alternative payment models with less overlap to permit better evaluation of their success, but further detail is needed on various issues, such as which aspects of different models actually result in more savings and quicker payment, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner. Read full article Series Embracing ESG: Cigna Counsel Talks Employee Wellness Building employee well-being into corporate environmental, social and governance priorities required our legal team to focus more closely on cross- functional collaboration within the company and increased communication with our board of directors and shareholders, says Julia Bmcic at Cigna. Read full article » LEGAL INDUSTRY Girardi Warning Signs Slipped Through Legal Loopholes Plaintiffs attorney Thomas V. Girardi escaped public discipline at the hands of the State Bar of California many times over four decades as clients alleged he stole millions of dollars from their settlements. How was he not held to account? This is the first in a series of stories examining his alleged misconduct and the system and culture that enabled it. Read full article » Judge Sets Discovery Rules In Jones Day Family Leave Suit A Washington, D.C., federal judge overseeing a suit by two former Jones Day lawyers challenging the firm's parental leave policy has approved limits on who can access sensitive information shared during discovery, but denied the ex- associates' bid for a more expansive protective order. Read full article Must-Join Texas Bar Won't Fight Ruling That Limits Lobbying The Texas bar association said Monday it will not fight a recent Fifth Circuit finding that some of its legislative lobbying activities are "wholly disconnected" from attomey regulation and unconstitutional for a mandatory-membership state bar. Read full article » BigLaw Partners Among New Crop Of Mass. ACLU Directors The Massachusetts chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and its associated foundation have named a new slate of directors, including a former jurist of the state's top court and several partners from BigLaw firms. Read full article » JOBS Search full listings or advertise your job opening NM sure II you' arm eubetettee? Atat yOur Ilbonerl We h000 you leuld toe meetege to be teepee Hammy. I you'd rather not roomy Mum *marls of the sat youA y UnSublUbe hero Please DO NOT reply ti the *marl. For oisfamor support tneurws. please cal • I.848-783.7I00 or me our Contact Us page. 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