The Judicial Conference of the United States has strengthened the policy governing random case assignment, limiting the ability of litigants to effectively choose judges in certain cases by where they file a lawsuit.
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LEDO PIZZA SYSTEM, INC. & LEDO PIZZA CARRYOUTS, INC., Plaintiffs,
v.
LEDO’S INC., Defendant.
No. 20 CV 7350.
United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. March 7, 2024.
The defendant’s fraud claim fails even to get out of the starting blocks, because the defendant has failed to adequately establish standing to assert the claim.[5] A petition to cancel a mark must “be filed . . . by any person who believes that he is or will be damaged, … Read the rest
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On Friday, March 15, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term.
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On March 12, at the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu discussed the importance of operational resilience in the banking sector and hinted that potential regulations aimed to promote the same may be forthcoming.
Comptroller Hsu defined operational resilience as a bank’s ability “to prepare for, adapt to, and withstand or recover from disruptions.” These disruptions can stem from external events like natural disasters, bad actors, pandemics, or global conflicts, or … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
- Trump seeks delay in N.Y. trial pending Supreme Court hearing on immunity (Shayna Jacobs, The Washington Post)
- New Supreme Court petition calls for limiting NEPA reviews (Niina H. Farah, E&E News)
- Texas tells Supreme Court its immigration law is key to handling border crisis (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
- Biden administration proposes $ 38
The Judiciary today released its Annual Report providing detailed information about mission critical initiatives that advanced over the course of 2023, including efforts to enhance the court system’s physical and information technology security and modernize its IT systems.
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- Supreme Court will hear Trump presidential immunity argument April 25 (Kevin Breuninger, CNBC)
- Trump’s on the ballot, but the Supreme Court left key constitutional questions unanswered (John Fritze & Marshall Cohen, CNN)
- Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court (Claire Rush, The Associated Press)
- Supreme Court wants $ 19.4 million in
Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as an anti-money-laundering initiative in 2021. Absent an applicable exemption,[1] the CTA requires all entities formed or registered to do business in the US (reporting companies) to report their beneficial ownership[2] to the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
In National Small Business United v. Yellen, No. 5:22-cv-01448 (N.D. Ala.), the National Small Business Association (NSBA) and one of its members brought a suit in the US District Court of the Northern … Read the rest