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Litigation Trends to Watch: AI-Related Fraud, EEOC Enforcement and Roller Coaster Injuries Spark Lawsuits
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scrutinizing claims regarding AI-powered bots and trading signals.
For Saul Ewing's New Atlanta Team, a Chance to Build Something Fresh
Lawyers from Squire Patton Boggs, Holland & Knight and Arnall Golden Gregory lawyers joined two Saul Ewing veterans to help introduce the firm to Georgia.
Alston & Bird Adds Expertise With Regulatory Agencies, West Coast Litigation
The Am Law 50 firm added a longtime leader at the Federal Trade Commission and a pair of litigators from Loeb & Loeb in California.
AECOM Elevates GC Manav Kumar to Chief Legal Officer
Manav Kumar will succeed longtime legal chief David Gan at the $16.1 billion infrastructure company, which is overseeing venue infrastructure for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
Dormant License Plate Reader Law Fuels Surge in Privacy Suits in 1 Major State
There is no current federal law regulating the technology, but Washington, D.C., and two dozen states have laws on the books pertaining to the cameras, according to the New York University Law School's Policing Project.
Disney Hires Warner Bros. Discovery M&A Veteran Dan Weinberger as Deputy General Counsel
The veteran media attorney joins Disney after helping steer some of Hollywood's largest corporate deals, including the Time Warner sale to AT&T and the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger.

Labor leaders Argue Measure S Could Block Affordable Housing Just Approved By Voters
Labor leaders and housing advocates cheered in November as Los Angeles voters approved a ballot measure that imposes new affordable housing requirements on many big developments.
If real estate developers wanted to get city permission to erect taller or denser buildings than city rules allowed, they would have to help provide affordable housing, backers of the measure said. Builders would also have to meet…

Industrial Is Only Heading Up, Up, Up
Ecommerce isn’t going anywhere but up,” according to the Allen Matkins industrial outlook panel, which predicts another hot year for the market with no impact from trade policy changes, GlobeSt.com reports in this EXCLUSIVE story.
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BRC Advisors Brokers 190-Unit Sale of Los Angeles’ Historic William Penn Apartment Homes
BRC Advisors – BH, Inc., one of the top commercial real estate brokerages in the Greater Los Angeles area, today announced the sale of the William Penn Apartment Homes in downtown Los Angeles. The historic, 190-unit reinforced brick apartment complex, which just underwent over $3 million in renovations, is located at 2200 W.
8th Street in Los Angeles, just west of downtown and sold for $17,825,000. Los…

Downtown La’s Industrial Supply Gives Way To Other Uses
When you visit Los Angeles, the sight of the cranes looming in the sky in all directions shows a city undergoing significant revitalization and re-development. Not so long ago, the Downtown area of Los Angeles went “dark.” This occurred after the hustle and bustle of the normal workday was done and the streets were mostly empty, businesses closed.
Fortunately, Los Angeles has seen significant construction and redevelopment over the…
