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A special committee at the FDIC’s governing board hired Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton to conduct an independent review of sexual harassment allegations and the agency’s workplace culture, the top bank regulator announced on Monday. Cleary Gottlieb replaces the firm Baker Hostetler, which had initially been selected by the FDIC prior to the formation of the special committee. Read more.
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For years, lawyers and scholars have been speculating about what would happen when a fully self-driving car – one tooling around with no human being in the front seat – seriously injured someone. After a GM Cruise unit robotaxi hit and dragged a pedestrian earlier this fall in San Francisco, that future is now. The victim to date has taken no legal action, but Jenna Greene in her latest column looks at how such a case might play out and potentially novel issues it might raise.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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