Mike LaSusa
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A Louisiana federal court said Tuesday that a $20 million settlement in a different case allows Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC to exit a suit alleging the Wall Street titan and other major banks rigged the price of bonds issued by government-sponsored entities such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac… Read this piece in its…
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Home Depot lost a bid to nix a proposed class action claiming the retailer failed to warn buyers that Roundup weedkiller contained an ingredient that causes cancer when a California federal judge ruled Tuesday that Home Depot’s dismissal request wrongly relied on outside information… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Allstate doubled down Friday in its bid for sanctions against a Culver City, California, attorney who sent threatening, profanity-laced emails to the insurer’s counsel during a coverage dispute, saying the lawyer still hadn’t apologized for his behavior even as the case neared settlement… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A D.C. federal court ruled Friday that Surescripts LLC can’t kill a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which accused the company of using contract terms and other tactics to illegally maintain its monopoly over electronic prescription services… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Third Circuit denied a bid by the former mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, to slash an eight-year federal prison sentence stemming from his 2018 conviction on charges that he took campaign contributions from contractors in exchange for promises of work with the city… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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