Law
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A proposed class action filed in California federal court Monday is challenging Mondelez International Inc.’s claims that its Oreo brand cookies are made with “real” cocoa, claiming they instead contain a cocoa powder processed in a way that strips out flavor and health benefits… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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New York’s top prosecutor said Monday that her office is launching an inquiry into reports of allegedly predatory lending practices surrounding New York City’s once-coveted taxicab medallions, whose average sale price quintupled to more than $1 million between 2002 and 2014… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Less than a third of the aspiring attorneys who took the California bar exam in February passed the test, marking the second-lowest pass rate in more than a decade, according to data released by the Golden State’s bar association… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Former Skadden partner Gregory Craig urged a D.C. federal court Friday to bar the government from introducing evidence that he helped line up a job at Skadden for the daughter of the now-jailed former chairman of the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The American Bar Association on Friday adopted a new standard requiring ABA-accredited law schools to show that at least 75% of graduates pass the bar exam within two years of getting their diplomas, a tightened standard that the organization had rejected twice before… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 