Law
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Just over a quarter of the aspiring attorneys who took the Golden State’s bar exam in February passed the test, marking a record low percentage of successful applicants, according to new data from the State Bar of California… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A 71-year-old Chinese real estate developer with heart disease and diabetes will have to stay behind bars while serving time for a bribery conviction after a New York federal judge on Friday ruled against his coronavirus-based release bid… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Fiat Chrysler on Friday lost a bid to decertify a class of drivers suing the company over alleged clutch defects in 2013-2015 Dodge Dart cars when a California federal judge ruled that the automaker’s concerns could be addressed later in the class action process… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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In a decision playfully referencing Marilyn Monroe and James Bond, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled Friday that the Carnegie Institution can go forward with two lawsuits accusing diamond companies of infringing a pair of patents covering technology for creating the precious stones in a laboratory… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A divided Tenth Circuit panel on Thursday shot down a challenge to the Trump administration’s restrictions on firearm bump stocks, saying the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had likely acted within its authority when it issued a rule banning the devices… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 