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Q&A: Ex-NYSBA president: New York s future is regional law firms and a fintech focus

1 Min Read Stephen Younger knows a thing or two about New York’s legal market, as a former New York State Bar Association president who spent 35 years at Manhattan’s Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Now, he’s thinking about how that market could change, as he makes his own leap, changing law firms for the first time to join Boston-based Foley Hoag as a litigation partner. Reuters recently spoke with Younger about why he made the move, where he sees New York’s legal market headed and more. This interview has been edited for clarity and length. To read the full story on Westlaw Today, click here: bit.ly/2OpxfzY

Judge won t certify class action over Mercedes-Benz transmissions

1 Min Read A federal judge in California has refused to certify a lawsuit accusing Daimler AG unit Mercedes-Benz USA LLC of concealing a defect in its vehicles’ transmissions as a class action. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose ruled Friday that plaintiff Terry Hamm could not represent a proposed class of buyers and lessors of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in California because he had bought his used vehicle from a Toyota dealership, and that individual issues would predominate over common issues among class members. To read the full story on Westlaw Today, click here: bit.ly/39MO3bQ

NLRB s acting GC says he will pursue cases involving workers political advocacy

1 Min Read The National Labor Relations Board’s acting general counsel, Peter Sung Ohr, has indicated that he will seek to extend the protections of federal labor law to workers who engage in political advocacy, such as protesting workplace immigration raids and race discrimination. Ohr in a memo released on Thursday said that despite the Trump-era NLRB’s narrow view of the type of conduct protected by the National Labor Relations Act, the law shields workers from retaliation for political activity that has a direct connection to their “interests as employees.” To read the full story on Westlaw Today, click here: bit.ly/2PrVzBR

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