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But it often fails to hold doctors and hospitals accountable for discrimination, Bloomberg Law found after reviewing hundreds of records released by the agency in response to a public records request and the office’s public settlement agreements from the past five years. By Courtney Rozen A STAR BANKRUPTCY JUDGE’S DOWNFALL: BLOOMBERG LAW INVESTIGATION SEX, SECRETS TRIGGER DOWNFALL OF STAR TEXAS BANKRUPTCY JUDGE After helping to transform Houston’s bankruptcy court from a backwater to a boomtown, Judge David R. Jones resigned in 2023 following the disclosure of his long-running romantic relationship with a local bankruptcy lawyer. As the revelations mount, the inner workings and casual approach to potential ethical conflicts of a highly productive and tight-knit legal community have begun to surface. SEX, SECRETS TRIGGER DOWNFALL OF STAR TEXAS BANKRUPTCY JUDGE After helping to transform Houston’s bankruptcy court from a backwater to a boomtown, Judge David R. 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EVERSHEDS RECRUITS ERIK SMITH AS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PARTNER Erik Smith joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner in its intellectual property practice, the firm announced Wednesday. FAEGRE DRINKER ADDS ELI BURRISS AS COMMERCIAL LITIGATION PARTNER Eli Burriss joined Faegre Drinker as partner in its litigation group in Dallas, the firm announced Wednesday. COOLEY ADDS THREE PARTNERS TO COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY PRACTICE Tony Lin, Ronald Del Sesto, and Tamar Finn joined Cooley as partners in its global communications regulatory practice in Washington, the firm announced Wednesday. GREENSPOON MARDER ADDS PHILIPPE ZIMMERMAN TO LITIGATION PRACTICE Philippe Zimmerman joined Greenspoon Marder as a partner in its litigation practice group in its New York and New Jersey offices, the firm announced Wednesday. NYU CAN AVOID JURY TRIAL IN LONGRUNNING RETIREMENT PLAN LAWSUIT New York University on Wednesday scored a court order establishing that a longrunning class action over the school’s retirement plans won’t be tried by a jury. BLACK PENN PHARMACIST PUNISHED FOR FALLING ASLEEP LOSES BIAS ROW The University of Pennsylvania defeated a lawsuit alleging it held a Black pharmacist who fell asleep during an overnight hospital shift to a higher standard and disciplined him because of his race. STARBUCKS CHALLENGES LABOR BOARD’S REMEDIAL POWER AT THIRD CIR. Starbucks Corp. told a federal appeals court that the National Labor Relations Board lacks the power to order employers to pay for the downstream economic consequences of their unfair labor practices. FIRED PNC EMPLOYEE ADVANCES AGE, DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT A long-time PNC Bank NA employee can pursue claims that she was discriminated against and terminated because she was in her 60s and had sought accommodation for her bipolar disorder and ADD. BOEING FURLOUGHS SALARIED STAFF TO PRESERVE CASH AMID STRIKE (1) Boeing Co. is requiring many salaried workers to take unpaid leave to preserve cash as the planemaker digs in for contentious contract talks with its largest union. DUPONT FAMILY DOMESTIC STAFF LOSES APPEAL OVER PENSION SHORTFALL A trust intended to provide retirement benefits for the duPont family’s domestic staff isn’t a pension plan governed by federal law, according to a Third Circuit decision blocking a worker from using ERISA to challenge a multi-million dollar funding shortfall. IRS NOTICE: WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATES, YIELD CURVES, SEGMENT RATES UPDATES (IRC §417) Updates on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates used under I.R.C. §417(e)(3), the 24-month average segment rates under §430(h)(2), the interest rate on 30-year Treasury ... TAX BREAKS SET TO EXPIRE AS US NAVIGATES ELECTIONS: BGOV WEBINAR Tax policy is shaping up to be one of the biggest issues facing lawmakers next year, and uncertainty around the November elections mean the fate of favored tax breaks is up in the air. HOUSE GOP VOWS TO OPPOSE GLOBAL TAX, PROFITS RULES AT OECD House Republicans are voicing support for a US business group’s legal challenge of an EU directive requiring all bloc member states to apply global minimum tax rules and vowing retaliatory action if countries employ the levy on US companies. IRS APPEALS OFFICE OFFERS CONSERVATION EASEMENT SETTLEMENTS, TOO The IRS’s Independent Office of Appeals will be offering the same kinds of settlement terms on syndicated conservation easements to taxpayers whose cases are before the appeals office as it does to those who are currently going through the exam process, an agency official said Wednesday. LATVIA WORKING ON WINDFALL TAX ON BANKS, FINANCE MINISTRY SAYS Latvia is considering options for imposing a temporary windfall tax on banks amid heightened national security funding needs. MADOFF VICTIMS LAUNCH NEW BID TO RECOUP LOSSES FROM INSURANCE Victims of the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme will try again after the US Tax Court blocked their efforts to deduct some losses incurred by the crime. SEC SETTLES LATEST INSIDER TRADING CASE OVER COVINGTON DEAL INFO A New Jersey man accused of using information stolen from Covington & Burling for insider trading has agreed to pay nearly $33,000 to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission suit. MATT LEVINE’S MONEY STUFF: THERE’S A ROBOT WARREN BUFFETT ETF COOLEY ADDS THREE PARTNERS TO COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY PRACTICE Tony Lin, Ronald Del Sesto, and Tamar Finn joined Cooley as partners in its global communications regulatory practice in Washington, the firm announced Wednesday. COCOA TRADERS SAY EU DEFORESTATION LAW SET TO FAIL, SEEK DELAY Major cocoa traders, amid mounting criticism, have asked the European Union to delay a new environmental regulation aimed at tackling deforestation. ACCOUNTING BODY BACKS HIGHLIGHTING ESG IN MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY Global accounting rulemakers Wednesday voted in favor of requiring companies to feature sustainability issues more prominently in the management commentary section of their annual reports. BOEING FURLOUGHS SALARIED STAFF TO PRESERVE CASH AMID STRIKE (1) Boeing Co. is requiring many salaried workers to take unpaid leave to preserve cash as the planemaker digs in for contentious contract talks with its largest union. 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