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California DOJ's Mission: Reinvigorate Criminal Prosecutions Program Image

California DOJ's Mission: Reinvigorate Criminal Prosecutions Program

Maria Dinzeo

California hasn't brought a case for criminal antitrust violations in more than 20 years. But that's about to change, according to California Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard.

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FTC Chair Concerned About Dominant Tech Firms

Maydeen Merino

The concentration of dominant technology firms could harm U.S. national interests and global leadership, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said in March at a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event.

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U.S. Regulators Lift the Curtain on Data Practices with Assessment, Reporting and Audit Requirements Image

U.S. Regulators Lift the Curtain on Data Practices with Assessment, Reporting and Audit Requirements

Alan Friel, David Manek, Sasha Kiosse, David Farber & Colleen M. Yushchak

The assessment and audit requirements of the new generation of state data protection laws will force U.S. companies to move beyond mere window dressing and instead require them to develop fulsome data protection programs.

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Decoding DOJ's New 'Justice AI' Initiative

James D. Gatta, Allan J. Medina & Ian Q. Rogers

The DOJ is likely to face many practical challenges and novel issues as it begins coding its own algorithm for AI-related enforcement. This article briefly examines three areas of AI-related enforcement where such practical challenges and novel issues may arise.

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NYC Guarantor Liability for Post-Window-Period Rent Image

NYC Guarantor Liability for Post-Window-Period Rent

Cheryl Ginsburg

In Tamar Equities Corp. v. Signature Barbershop 33 Inc., the Appellate Division analyzed whether the Guaranty Law bars recovery from a guarantor where a commercial tenant's default initially arose during the Guaranty Law's window period, but persisted after its expiration.

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The FTC and DOJ's New Guidelines Promise Sharper Scrutiny of Mergers Image

The FTC and DOJ's New Guidelines Promise Sharper Scrutiny of Mergers

Karen Hoffman Lent & Kenneth Schwartz

From loosened structural presumptions to unconventional theories of harm such as "ecosystem competition" to consideration of a merger's effects on outside markets, we review some of the most noteworthy changes in the new Guidelines.

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Supreme Court Set to Decide On Competing Interpretations of Federal Corruption Statute Image

Supreme Court Set to Decide On Competing Interpretations of Federal Corruption Statute

Elkan Abramowitz & Jonathan Sack

In this article, we describe the competing interpretations of Section 666 and comment on the implications of a Supreme Court decision in United States v. Snyder, where it will decide whether the law criminalizes "gratuities," and not simply "bribes," given to state and local officials.

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'Yellowstone' Injunctions: Navigating the Wild West of Commercial Lease Disputes Image

'Yellowstone' Injunctions: Navigating the Wild West of Commercial Lease Disputes

Janet Kljyan & Charles F. Martin III

The Yellowstone injunction is implicated in nearly every lease for commercial real property in the state of New York, yet most landlords and tenants do not know what it is or how it affects them. Below is a succinct overview of its implications so that commercial landlords and tenants can better navigate lease disputes.

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The Role of the SEC In Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement

Jay Dubow, Joanna Cline & Milica Krnjaja

The SEC's cryptocurrency-related actions reached a new high in 2023, jumping more than 50% when compared to 2022. We expect the SEC's enforcement efforts in this area to continue at a high pace in 2024, even though whether or not cryptocurrency should be classified as a security or something else remains uncertain.

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New Jersey Passes Privacy Law

Peter Brown

The New Jersey law follows states, such as California, Texas, and Connecticut, who have enacted privacy laws, including broad laws addressing consumer data privacy, children's privacy laws, consumer health data privacy laws, and data broker laws.

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