WASHINGTON – Sen. Joe Manchin always said inflation would be his guide in deciding on the massive Build Back Better bill. Now, a new report on inflation says it will stay with us for much longer than anticipated, further calling into question by some the addition of trillions more in federal spending.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Companies including Bloomberg L.P. are accused of a massive bid-rigging scheme to drive up the prices of construction in and around New York City.
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) – Virginia’s two houses of its General Assembly have taken a stand against Bloomberg Philanthropies' attempt to hire environmental activist lawyers to sue major companies such as Exxon and Chevron over global warming.
Morgan Lewis has earned 22 top-10 rankings in the 2018 year-end M&A table rankings published by Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Mergermarket, and Buyouts.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A controversial program arming states with environmental activist prosecutors has led to an ethics complaint being filed against New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – Judge Phillip Shepherd of Kentucky's Franklin Circuit Court rejected a motion April 17 by defendants asking whether disbarred attorney William S. Lerach should be prevented from working as a “pension consultant” in a major investment-gone-wrong lawsuit.
NEW YORK – Democratic state attorneys general, like Pennsylvania's Josh Shapiro, are getting free help from New York University School of Law to bolster their environmental causes, though a Commonwealth business advocacy group worries this results in important work being outsourced to an out-of-state entity.
Father Emmanuel Lemelson, the chief investment officer of Lemelson Capital Management, argues the article, published in March, has hurt his business and his standing within the Eastern Orthodox Church. Bloomberg had the lawsuit removed to a Massachusetts federal court in August.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) -- Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly is entering into settlement talks over hundreds of lawsuits, both federal and state, alleging the company's vehicles suddenly accelerated, causing injuries and deaths.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- A Philadelphia lawyer who helped finance pollution litigation in Ecuador against Chevron Corp. testified earlier this week that he wanted the plaintiffs in the case to settle.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told the state's high court last week that he is dropping damages claims against ex-American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice "Hank" Greenberg.
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- Lawyers for plaintiffs suing over recalled DePuy hip replacements reacted this week to news that the replacements have a 37 percent failure rate after five years of use.
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A group of state attorneys general are reportedly looking into an alleged manipulation of the London InterBank Offered Rate, or LIBOR.
Schneiderman NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is again coming out against a proposed $8.5 billion settlement between Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced this week that Texas will receive a larger share than initially expected from a $158 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson that was approved by courts on Tuesday.
Cordray WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The new director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reportedly close to finalizing an information-sharing pact with a group of state attorneys general.
Miller DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Democratic state attorneys general have been asked to attend a meeting with federal officials next week in hopes of gaining support for a proposed settlement with the nation's top mortgage servicers.
Swanson SAINT PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - In a letter sent to the attorneys general of New York and Iowa on Friday, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said that banks shouldn't be protected from liability in connection with the nationwide foreclosure settlement.
Masto CARSON CITY, Nev. (Legal Newsline) - Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto is the latest attorney general to voice concerns over a possible settlement with the country's top mortgage servicers.
