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Law schools will soon be required to set “minimum learning outcomes” for every class they offer and ensure those outcomes are the same across all sections of required courses. The American Bar Association adopted a series of changes to its student learning outcomes standards, which will also mandate all first-year classes include one early assessment that gives students feedback on their performance prior to a final exam. Academic support must be made available to any students “who fail to attain a satisfactory level of achievement.” Karen Sloan has more on the changes.
The updated standards must still be approved by the ABA’s House of Delegates, which will meet next in February. If that body signs off, as it typically does with revisions to law school accreditation standards, the new student learning outcomes will phase in starting in 2026.
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- A corporate attorney who tipped off the SEC to possible fraud involving his company was properly denied eligibility to collect a whistleblower award, the D.C. Circuit ruled.
- As Vice President Kamala Harris focuses on price gouging in her presidential campaign, state laws and laws proposed by her colleagues in the Senate show potential paths for a crackdown on high prices. Price gouging laws generally prohibit profiteering during emergencies, but vary widely as to when they apply, Lindsay Owens, who leads anti-monopoly think tank Groundwork Collaborative, told our colleague Jody Godoy.
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That’s the number of nations that met an Aug. 15 World Court deadline to file written comments in an advisory opinion case that may become a reference point in defining countries’ legal obligations to fight climate change. The court said it would hold hearings in the case starting Dec. 2. While the court’s advisory opinions are not binding under international law, they are significant legally and politically. The opinion on climate change, expected in 2025, will likely be cited in thousands of climate-driven lawsuits pending in courts around the world.
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While Disney might not be winning any public relations awards with its push to move a wrongful death lawsuit brought by a widower in Florida out of the courts and into arbitration, lawyers for the entertainment giant are not without precedent in arguing the attempt is warranted. Jenna Greene in her latest column looks at Disney’s claim that because the man signed up for a trial of streaming service Disney+ in 2019, his lawsuit faulting the company for the death of his wife, who died from an allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant, is subject to arbitration. Read more.
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“The damage has been done. Public confidence in our courts is difficult to rebuild.“
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—Chief U.S. District Judge Alia Moses in an opinion dismissing a lawsuit by Michael Van Deelen that accused former U.S. bankruptcy judge David Jones of fraud and ethics abuses for concealing his relationship with a former Jackson Walker lawyer. The suit also alleged that Jackson Walker and Kirkland illegally profited from the relationship in cases before Jones, who was ordered in a separate conflicts matter to attend ethics instruction. Moses, who ruled that she did not have jurisdiction over many of the claims, slammed what she described as “a sprawling tapestry of ethical lapses by major players in the nation’s bankruptcy system.” Read more.
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- Today, former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress last year, is expected to plead guilty to criminal corruption charges, a person familiar with the matter said. Santos, a Republican, faces federal charges of laundering campaign funds to pay for his personal expenses, charging donors’ credit cards without their consent, and receiving unemployment benefits while he was employed, among other counts. He has been in plea talks with prosecutors since December.
- Also today, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s lawyers face a deadline to file motions to overturn a jury’s guilty verdict in his corruption trial last month. He submitted his resignation last month in the aftermath of his conviction, bowing to pressure from fellow Democrats.
- By Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton in D.C. is poised to rule on whether the SEC violated the law when it raised the bar on how investors can press for corporate reforms – a move critics say silences Main Street investors. Shareholder advocates including the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, which represents religious groups and other investors, sued the SEC over the rule in 2021, alleging it failed to conduct an adequate cost-benefit analysis and ignored data suggesting the rule would disqualify many proposals.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash is scheduled to hold a status conference in a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that secured an order blocking venture capital fund Fearless Fund from making grants to Black women-owned businesses. The 11th Circuit in June found that the discrimination lawsuit by the American Alliance for Equal Rights was likely to succeed, reversing Thrash’s earlier decision that the program should be allowed to continue while the case moves forward.
- On Thursday, a U.S. court auctioning shares in a parent of Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum to pay creditors owed for expropriations and debt default by the South American country is set to reveal the top bidder. The court separately has set an Oct. 15 hearing date to formally choose the winner, which must be approved by the U.S. government before a sale is completed.
- On Friday, a New York judge is expected to issue a written ruling on former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s motion to dismiss criminal fraud charges against him over a push to fund the former U.S. president’s signature wall along the U.S. southern border. Bannon has pleaded not guilty to charges of money laundering, conspiracy and scheming to defraud. He is currently slated to face trial on Dec. 9.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- A divided 7th Circuit ruled that class action-style lawsuits alleging violations of federal wage law must be limited to states where the plaintiffs worked, deepening a circuit split.
- Humana agreed to pay $90 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit by one of its former actuaries accusing the health insurer of overcharging the U.S. government for prescription drugs.
- AI company Anthropic asked a federal appeals court in California to dismiss some copyright claims brought by a group of music publishers over the alleged misuse of song lyrics to train its AI-powered chatbot Claude.
- Bankrupt hospital operator Steward Health Care received a bankruptcy judge’s approval to sell its nationwide physician network to a private equity buyer for $245 million. Meanwhile its stalled efforts to sell Massachusetts hospitals caused the state to step in and seize one hospital.
- Automotive technology giant CDK Global agreed to pay $100 million to settle a nationwide class action by retail auto dealerships claiming they overpaid for the company’s dealer management systems.
- The 9th Circuit will allow an Alaska fishery to remain open, dealing a blow to environmentalists. A three-judge panel found that a judge in Seattle abused his discretion by vacating a key authorization issued by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Services for the fishery’s summer and winter Chinook salmon harvests.
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- Paul Hastings hired M&A and shareholder activism partner Andrew Goodman in Boston and New York from Goodwin. (Paul Hastings)
- Employment firm Jackson Lewis added partners Justin Dean in Kansas City from Ogletree Deakins and Katelyn O’Connor in Pittsburgh from Buchanan Ingersoll. (Jackson Lewis)
- Nelson Mullins brought on real estate partner Eamon Welch in Boston from Goodwin. (Nelson Mullins)
- Buchalter picked up corporate partner Shai Larkin in San Diego from Procopio. (Buchalter)
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With the release of ChatGPT, an era of generative artificial intelligence began, and along with it, a spectrum of genAI models — from open to closed — has emerged. Ken Kumayama and Pramode Chiruvolu of Skadden discuss how the “openness” of various components of genAI models offers benefits and drawbacks with respect to transparency, control, innovation and usability, along with legal risks counsel should consider.
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