Yelp and a coalition of news organizations have asked a U.S. judge to disqualify Paul Weiss from defending Google in the DOJ’s ad tech lawsuit, saying the firm has a conflict of interest because it previously was their advocate on matters related to the case. The bid is the latest flashpoint over ethics in the litigation, one of two U.S. cases accusing Google of antitrust violations. Google has denied any wrongdoing. Yelp said it hired Paul Weiss in 2016 for counsel on antitrust issues. The Justice Department’s antitrust head, Jonathan Kanter, was on the Paul Weiss team representing Yelp. Read more.
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The 5th Circuit recently held that the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center had no standing to sue an apartment complex for race bias, saying the group didn’t suffer any legal injury. The ruling departs from U.S. Supreme Court precedent on organizational standing, which is crucial to civil rights litigation, columnist Hassan Kanu writes. And it comes amid a spike in reverse bias claims similar to the case underlying the Supreme Court’s anti-affirmative action decision in June. Kanu says the 5th Circuit’s ruling highlights a trend of federal courts taking a generous approach to discrimination claims by white and conservative plaintiffs, while raising the bar for minority groups. Read more.
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