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ROSEN, A TRUSTED AND LEADING LAW FIRM, Encourages Wheels Up

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NEW YORK, May 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP) between November 9, 2022 and March 31, 2023, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important June 20, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm. SO WHAT: If you purchased Wheels Up securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. WHAT TO DO NEXT: To…
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Judge rejects bid to disqualify JPMorgan law firm in Epstein litigation

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A federal judge on Thursday rejected an attempt to disqualify the law firm defending JPMorgan Chase & Co against a lawsuit by women who claimed they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein and that the bank aided in the late financier’s sex trafficking. US District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the firm WilmerHale did not have a conflict of interest because it once represented an antisex trafficking group that supported Courtney Wild, one of Epstein’s accusers. Rakoff also found no proof Wild gave Wilmer Hale confidential information that was material to the JPMorgan case, and said the bank would suffer…
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DOJ Fails Again in a No-Poach Prosecution

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A Ruling and Order issued on April 28, 2023 by the US District Court for the District of Connecticut in United States v. Patel, et al. ran the government’s losing streak to four failed trials seeking to criminally prosecute alleged wage-fixing and no-poach agreements. To review, in 2016 the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued Antitrust Guidance for Human Resources Professionals that warned of potential criminal prosecutions for so-called “naked” no-poach agreements, ie , agreements among competing businesses to restrict hiring or compensation of employees, untethered to any legitimate collaborative relationship. Since 2020, the DOJ…
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Dechert law firm asks judge to toss reporter’s hack-and-leak lawsuit

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(Reuters) – Law firm Dechert asked a US judge to throw out a former Wall Street Journal reporter’s lawsuit accusing the firm of working with mercenary hackers to leak private emails and get him fired from his job. Dechert argued in a Washington, DC, federal court filing late Friday that the lawsuit was untimely because it relates to events that occurred more than five years ago. The complaint by reporter Jay Solomon also does not show that Dechert was responsible for the harm he faced, the firm said. Solomon, who recently became an editor at the news startup Semafor, sued…