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LegalZoom Acquires Earth Class Mail - the virtual mailbox provider was acquired as part of LegalZoom's portfolio of subscription services for small businesses. More here.
Most-Cited Legal Scholars List - The list of the 50 most cited US legal scholars of all time contains well-known names but only two women are featured. More here.
FiscalNote Makes Plans to File for IPO - the legal and regulatory data platform plans to SPAC at a valuation of $1.3B. It's stated post-IPO strategy is to make buyouts across the market. More here.
Law Students Report Pandemic-Related Exhaustion - a Survey of 13k law students shows the impact of the pandemic as they struggle to pay their bills, buy food and general anxiety. More here.
Yale Law Dean Calls for New Curriculum - Dean Heather Gerken is helping the Ivy League law school to better prepare students with new courses in accounting, statistics, corporate finance, big data, globalization, and 'emerging issues related to technological change'. More here.
Harvard Law has received a $10M donation from the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy to help its animal law program. More here.
Florida Bar Board of Governors Rejects Non-Lawyer Ownership - the board unanimously voted in opposition of both allowing non-lawyer ownership as well as changes to rules governing advertising and fee splitting regulations. More here.
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The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues to dominate the courts, including a denial of a motion to dismiss regarding worker’s voiceprints. In California, a federal judge enjoined enforcement of the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. On the international level, Canada issued a Generative AI Code of Conduct for feedback, and the EU-DPF survives a court case.
In a significant advancement in the realm of central processing units (CPUs), Intel has unveiled its cutting-edge Core Ultra mobile processors, part of its Meteor Lake lineup, at the AI Everywhere event. This revolutionary series, moving beyond the traditional "Core i" naming, promises enhanced power efficiency and performance, leveraging a novel architecture that distributes tasks across multiple chiplets.
The FTC and DOJ have introduced new rules altering the filing process for companies pursuing mergers, demanding a substantial increase in documentation and information about competitive overlaps, supplier relationships, and deal rationales.
Litigation finance has evolved into a $15.2 billion market, with many of the biggest U.S. law firms now leveraging third-party funding to pay the costs of more complex or long-running lawsuits.
For the longest time, the EB-5 Program has been running with little clarification and guidance from the multitude of federal and state agencies involved which includes USCIS.
Internal Divides Hamper FTC's AI Watchdog Role as DOJ Probes Boom
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