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Good morning. A new survey dives into how much weight prospective lawyers give to attending a law school where they feel others share their social and political views. Plus, 3M and other manufacturers defeated a class action over forever chemicals; Gannett says a lawsuit over diversity goals should be dismissed; and the Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments today over allowing abortions in medical emergencies.
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A new survey found that a majority of would-be attorneys want to attend law school with like-minded classmates, our colleague Karen Sloan reports.
Of the 390 pre-law students polled by test prep company Kaplan, 58% said it was important to go to a school where students generally hold the same political and social views as they do. Another 36% said the views of their future law school classmates is not important, while 6% said they were not sure.
The rising percentage of pre-law students weighing law schools’ political cultures reflects both the political polarization of the U.S. and students’ desire to pursue law in a supportive academic environment, said Amit Schlesinger, Kaplan’s executive director of government and legal programs.
The survey was conducted before escalating tensions on college and university campuses between Palestinian and Israeli supporters. Law schools have also faced a growing number of free-speech controversies involving the disruptions of conservative speakers on campus.
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- Russia hired small firm Marks & Sokolov to defend the country’s interests in a long-simmering case in D.C. federal court over the return of sacred Jewish manuscripts to the Agudas Chabad of United States. Russia withdrew from the case more than a decade ago. Lawyers for Chabad decried the appearance of the firm as part of an effort to delay the litigation.
- U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly referred patent monetization firm IP Edge and its lawyers to the DOJ, USPTO and state bar regulators to investigate their conduct in a series of patent cases in Delaware. Connolly’s opinion said that three IP Edge-backed plaintiffs concealed that IP Edge was the “de facto” owner of the patents and that their attorneys violated professional conduct rules.
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That is the number of square feet that Quinn Emanuel will lease for a new office in Manhattan, where it has more than 300 lawyers. The new Midtown South office will roughly match the size of the Los Angeles-founded law firm’s existing space in New York, as its work-from-anywhere policy remains intact after the pandemic. Lawyers who go into the office frequently each week will have the option to sit in traditional, designated offices, while those who go less often will be able to sign up to use unassigned “hoteling” offices. Read more about the move.
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If you are going to deprecate the corporate benefit of intensely-fought litigation that cleared the way for shareholders to elect two independent board members, it’s best not to do so before the judge who presided over your case, writes Alison Frankel in her latest column. That’s one of the key lessons delivered earlier this month by Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook of Delaware Chancery Court in the closely-watched litigation between activist hedge fund Politan and medical technology company Masimo.
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“Seldom is so ambitious a case filed on so slight a basis.“
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—Circuit Judge Raymond Kethledge, vacating a lower court’s approval of a massive class action of Ohio residents suing 3M, Corteva subsidiary E.I. du Pont de Nemours and other manufactures of toxic so-called “forever chemicals.” The appeals court found that the lead plaintiff filed too broad a complaint against the manufacturers and had not shown that certain chemicals found in his body could be traced directly to the defendants. The panel instructed the lower court to dismiss the lawsuit.
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- The highest court in Texas will hear arguments about whether the state can enforce its near-total abortion ban in certain medical emergencies, in a lawsuit brought by a group of women who say they were denied care and put at risk by the ban, our colleague Brendan Pierson writes. The 22 plaintiffs in the case, including patients and doctors, will urge the Texas Supreme Court to let an Aug. 4 ruling by a lower court judge in their favor take effect.
- In Chicago federal court, a status hearing is scheduled in egg price-fixing litigation in which major food companies Kraft, Kellogg and others will seek damages at the second part of a jury trial. A jury last week found the country’s two largest egg producers liable for allegedly conspiring to artificially inflate the price of eggs. The defendants, including Cal-Maine, have denied any wrongdoing. Kraft and the other plaintiffs are seeking $31 million in total damages for claimed overcharges between 2004 and 2008, a court filing showed. Cal-Maine said it would “vigorously contest plaintiffs’ presentation of purported damages.”
- The New York City Bar’s white-collar symposium will feature speakers including Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and Marshall Miller, a top-level official at the DOJ. Panel discussions include global enforcement trends and anti-corruption developments.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- Idaho asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily halt a federal judge’s ruling that blocked the Republican-governed state from enforcing its near-total abortion ban in medical-emergency situations following a legal challenge by the Biden administration.
- The NLRB dismissed claims that Tesla illegally fired employees working on Autopilot software at a New York factory to put an end to union organizing. An NLRB regional official tossed out the complaint filed by Workers United, a union seeking to organize workers at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York “gigafactory.” Tesla and Workers United did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- Agricultural machinery maker Deere must face antitrust claims from farms and farmers challenging restrictions on how and where they get maintenance or repairs for their equipment, U.S. District Judge Iain Johnston ruled. Deere, represented by Jones Day, has disputed the allegations.
- Former Binance chief Changpeng Zhao must stay in the U.S. for the time being, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones ruled. The order allows the court to weigh whether Zhao should remain through his sentencing hearing in February, or if he should be allowed to return to the United Arab Emirates, where he is a citizen.
- A U.S. prosecutor said Venezuelan politicians, military officials and police were “bought and paid for” by Carlos Orense, on trial in Manhattan on charges of shipping tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the U.S. Orense has pleaded not guilty to three counts of narcotics importation conspiracy and criminal weapons possession.
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- Cahill turned to Frank Weigand, a former general counsel at HSBC Securities (USA) and Oasis Pro, to lead a newly-launched trading and markets practice. (Reuters)
- Goodwin added capital markets partner David Lynn in D.C. as chair of the firm’s public company advisory practice. Lynn led a related practice at Morrison & Foerster. (Reuters)
- Willkie brought on litigation lawyer Michael Rome as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. Rome previously was a regulatory and litigation counsel at Google. (Willkie)
- Hogan Lovells hired Michael Bonsignore, who advises on energy transactions, as a D.C.-based partner. He arrives from Clifford Chance. (Hogan Lovells)
- Foley Hoag picked up intellectual property partner John Lanza in Boston. He most recently was at Foley & Lardner. (Foley Hoag)
- Kilpatrick Townsend added energy partner John Pierce in Seattle from Stroock. (Kilpatrick Townsend)
- Nelson Mullins hired corporate partner Benjamin Hron for its venture capital and technology team in Boston. He arrives from Brown Rudnick. (Nelson Mullins)
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