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President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden is set to stand trial in Los Angeles in a criminal case accusing him of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes while spending lavishly on drugs, sex workers and luxury items, our colleague Jack Queen reports.
Biden has pleaded not guilty. He was charged in December as part of a wide-ranging probe of his finances and business dealings, becoming the first child of a sitting president to face criminal charges. The trial before U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi is expected to last two to three weeks.
The tax evasion trial in Los Angeles federal court follows the younger Biden’s June trial conviction in Delaware for illegally buying a gun while using drugs, which he is appealing. That conviction means he could face a stiffer sentence if convicted in the tax case because he would be a repeat offender.
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- Reed Smith is planning to close its Beijing office, becoming the latest major U.S. law firm to downsize in China. The firm said it will consolidate its resources in its Shanghai office, and maintain outposts in Hong Kong and Singapore.
- Federal prosecutors say they had no legal obligation to inform a defendant’s lawyer that now-former U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred in Alaska had developed a “flirtatious rapport” with one of their senior colleagues and sent him nude photos, even if she was “expected” to refrain from involvement in any cases before him, according to a court filing.
- DLA Piper and other firms are seeking $5.4 million in legal fees on behalf of their client, American Future Systems, which defeated the FTC at trial last year in a deceptive practices case. The telemarketer in its fee filing said the government case amounted to “dramatic overreach.”
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You have to give credit to plaintiffs lawyers from Levi & Korsinsky: After the 8th Circuit roundly rejected their original theory in a payment-for-order-flow class action against TD Ameritrade in 2021, Levi & Korsinsky came up with a completely different theory to allow customers to band together. The rejiggered case was good enough for a trial court in Omaha – but not for the 8th Circuit in a ruling on Monday. Alison Frankel has the story.
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- U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland, California, will weigh preliminarily approving the NCAA’s historic $2.7 billion accord to compensate thousands of current and former student athletes. Winston & Strawn’s Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman of Hagens Berman will defend the accord, which faces opposition.
- Three former JPMorgan traders, including global precious metals desk head Michael Nowak, will challenge at the 7th Circuit their financial industry criminal convictions. The case was the DOJ’s most aggressive to date targeting spoofing, which involves creating a false impression of high demand or supply. Paul Weiss appellate leader Kannon Shanmugam will argue for Nowak.
- Lawyers for the Naval Academy and Students for Fair Admissions will meet in federal court in Baltimore for a pretrial hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett. This month, Bennett will preside over a nonjury trial in the student group’s challenge to the university’s consideration of race in admissions. Bennett earlier declined to preliminarily bar the policy.
- In D.C., U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan will hold her first hearing in the election interference case against Donald Trump since the government filed a new indictment. Prosecutors narrowed their case after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- Amazon should be held jointly liable with a contractor for alleged labor law violations against delivery drivers, a second NLRB prosecutor concluded. If Amazon is found to be a “joint employer” under federal labor law, it could be required to bargain with drivers’ unions and be held liable under federal labor law.
- Retired Discover executive Diane Offereins sued the digital banking giant for alleged gender and age bias, claiming it made her a scapegoat for regulatory problems and revoked more than $7 million in stock awards. Offereins led Discover’s payments network until her retirement last year.
- Utah’s highest court appeared reluctant to revive a lawsuit from young people who allege the state was violating their right to life under the state’s constitution by adopting laws that promote fossil fuel development and contribute to climate change.
- Walgreens was hit by a class action accusing the retail pharmacy giant of failing to warn consumers that its generic version of cold medicine Mucinex contains a cancer-causing chemical. Walgreens did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- The DOJ signaled in a court filing for the first time that it may file a claim against the owner of the ship that caused the March collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.
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- Linklaters tapped restructuring partner Michael Torkin in New York from Simpson Thacher to lead its U.S. capital solutions and special situations practice. (Reuters)
- Mayer Brown added Sonali Patel, former assistant chief of the DOJ’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit, as a D.C.-based investigations and white-collar defense partner. (Mayer Brown)
- Paul Hastings brought on technology M&A and emerging companies partner Ian Engstrand in Boston from Goodwin. (Paul Hastings)
- Keker, Van Nest & Peters hired litigation partner Andrew Dawson in San Francisco. He previously held leadership roles in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of California. (Keker)
- Freshfields brought on Christopher DeCresce as a partner in New York from Paul Hastings, where he was vice chair of the securities and capital markets practice. (Freshfields)
- Weil added Mark Seidman as a D.C.-based antitrust partner from the FTC, where he was head of a mergers division. In San Francisco, the firm brought back IP and technology partner Max Scott from Hogan Lovells.
- Haynes and Boone picked up litigation partner Chelsea Corey in Charlotte, North Carolina, from King & Spalding. (Haynes and Boone)
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Bree Vculek and David Holman of Sterne Kessler highlight examples of biotech patents in space and their role in sustaining human life in the cosmos. Read today’s Attorney Analysis.
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