Law
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Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors Monday to take the COVID-19 pandemic into account when deciding whether to seek pretrial detention for criminal defendants… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Supreme Court won’t get to decide if it will hear a case brought by a litigation trustee seeking to claw back $177 million transferred from a tribe-owned casino in Detroit before it went bankrupt, with the parties telling the justices that they have agreed to end the dispute… Read this piece in its…
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A coalition of entertainment goliaths including Disney, Amazon, Columbia and Universal teamed up in an anti-piracy suit filed Friday in California federal court, alleging a “brazen” internet-based streaming service called Nitro TV is stealing their copyrighted content… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Texas real estate company broke the law when it paid its property tax consultant employees as if the workers were exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act when they actually were not, the Fifth Circuit said Friday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A Wisconsin federal judge on Friday slashed a jury’s $5.2 million award against Walmart to $300,000 in a U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission suit claiming the retail behemoth illegally pushed out a longtime employee with a disability who needed a job coach… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 