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August 12, 2025
Fanatics Loses Bid For Bar On Boies Schiller In Antitrust Row
A New York federal judge Tuesday overruled Fanatics Inc.'s objection to an order requiring the sports collectibles company to turn over unredacted versions of licensing agreements to rival Panini America Inc., rejecting Fanatics' bid to place limits on Boies Schiller Flexner LLP attorneys who access the agreements.
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August 12, 2025
Lettuce Entertain You Accused Of Staging 'Corporate Coup'
Restaurant management company Lettuce Entertain You and its owners abandoned a longtime business partnership and personal friendship to carry out a "sham transaction" that illegally redirected equity in Joe's Stone Crab restaurants to its own family-owned empire, an Illinois state court lawsuit alleges.
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August 12, 2025
Boeing Must Give Up 737 Max Docs In Jet Purchase Dispute
A Washington federal judge said Tuesday that Boeing must hand over a decade of internal documents about the safety of the 737 Max to Norwegian Air Shuttle subsidiaries that claim the aerospace giant duped them into a jet purchase deal.
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August 12, 2025
Panama Hotel Looks To Confirm $1.25M Post-Pandemic Award
A Panamanian casino-hotel owner has petitioned a Florida federal court to enforce an approximately $1.25 million arbitral award it won against several hospitality companies after they apparently fell behind on payments associated with the hotel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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August 12, 2025
Solar Aircraft Co.'s Top Brass Hit With Investor Fraud Suit
A聽majority shareholder of solar aircraft company Skydweller Aero Inc. has filed suit against the top brass of the U.S.-Spanish aerospace venture, claiming the CEO and others misled the shareholder about the company's "dire" financial condition and denied it access to critical financial information, obstructing its ability to evaluate its investment or exit its equity position.
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August 12, 2025
CenturyLink Can't Duck $1.3M Wash. 911 Outage Fine
CenturyLink isn't going to be able to get out from under a $1.3 million penalty that Washington state slapped the telecom with after an outage in 2018 left people across the entire state unable to call 911 for two days, a state appeals court ruled.
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August 12, 2025
Title Co. Hits Atty With Malpractice Suit Over $2.5M Refi
Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. on Monday filed suit in state court against a Connecticut attorney, alleging his oversight when issuing a loan policy of title insurance for a $2.5 million refinancing cost Fidelity $920,000.
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August 12, 2025
Texas Says Eli Lilly Offered Nursing Services As Kickbacks
Texas sued Eli Lilly & Co. Inc. on Monday in state court, accusing the drugmaker of offering kickbacks in the form of administrative services to healthcare providers via illegal marketing and quid pro quo arrangements to push its most popular drugs.
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August 12, 2025
Delta, Aeromexico Defend Partnership From Antitrust Scrutiny
Delta and Aeromexico are pushing back against the federal government's move to strip their joint venture of its antitrust immunity, saying the move would only punish Delta and American consumers, not the Mexican government for restricting access to Mexico City International Airport.
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August 12, 2025
Pa. Marina Can't Cite 1849 Law To Reopen Railroad Crossing
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the owner of a bar and marina south of Pittsburgh to claim an 1849 law in seeking to force railroad company CSX Transportation to reopen a rail crossing providing the only public access to the business.
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August 12, 2025
Biogen Says It Owes Nothing After $122M IP Royalties Mistrial
Biogen MA Inc. urged a California federal judge to rule that it owes Genentech Inc. nothing in royalties related to expired patents, saying Genentech's argument for a $122 million award relies on "linguistic gymnastics," in a rare post-mistrial arrangement that will see the judge step in to deliver the verdict.
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August 12, 2025
AstraZeneca, Stockholders Far Apart In Merger Damages Tally
Syntimmune Inc. stockholders and Alexion Pharmaceuticals have landed tens of millions of dollars apart in new tallies of interest owed after a Court of Chancery ruling in June that Alexion failed a "best efforts" duty to fulfill an autoimmune drug candidate deal.
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August 12, 2025
11th Circ. Suggests 'Bad Drafting' Led NCR To Benefit Liability
The Eleventh Circuit signaled Tuesday that it will likely uphold an early win by former executives of a Georgia e-commerce company who said they were short-changed in payouts from a "top hat" benefits plan, telling the company it couldn't escape the "bad drafting" of its contract.
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August 12, 2025
Insurer Obstructed $116M In Funding Claims, Court Told
A company that invested in a personal injury law firm's docket of cases alleges in a lawsuit removed to North Carolina federal court that its insurer "intentionally obstructed" its recovery of more than $116 million in coverage under policies insuring that investment.
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August 12, 2025
Yale Hospital System Settles Data Breach Class Claims
Connecticut's largest hospital system agreed to settle class claims over a March data breach that may have exposed the personally identifiable information and protected health information of millions of people, federal court records show.
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August 12, 2025
Roche Settles Trade Secrets Suit With Stanford And Profs
Subsidiaries of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG have settled claims with a competing startup founded by Stanford University professors to resolve claims of trade secret theft related to cancer detection technology.
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August 12, 2025
MLB Star, Agent Undermined Housing Project, Suit Says
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his sports agent have been accused in Hawaii state court of being behind "a calculated and unlawful scheme" to boot two members of a real estate joint venture from a luxury residential project.
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August 12, 2025
11th Circ. Wary Of Individual Arbitration Push In ESOP Fight
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday appeared unlikely to force individual arbitration of a federal benefits lawsuit alleging that a legal technology company's employee stock ownership plan shares were undervalued in a plan termination, with multiple judges questioning the validity of an arbitration provision in ESOP plan documents.
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August 12, 2025
Travelers Units Freed From Builder's Asbestos Injury Dispute
A Travelers subsidiary has no obligation to defend a construction company against a suit seeking indemnification for asbestos-related injury claims, a South Carolina federal court ruled, finding that the suit does not seek damages but rather a declaration of contractual right.
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August 12, 2025
NC Judge Rejects NASCAR's Sanctions Bid In Antitrust Fight
A North Carolina federal judge rejected NASCAR's attempt to have two teams that are suing the organization over antitrust violations sanctioned for allegedly misleading the court, ruling that the request does not move the case forward and is an attempt to garner public sympathy.
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August 12, 2025
Disney Accuses InterDigital Of Monopolizing Video Tech
Disney has launched an antitrust lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing wireless technology company InterDigital Inc. of using its patents to create a monopoly on the market for technology necessary for streaming services.
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August 11, 2025
5th Circ. Backs Mexican Banks' Subpoena For Fraud Case
The Fifth Circuit on Monday refused to revive a Mexican businessman's motion to quash a subpoena stemming from major Mexican financial institutions' efforts to obtain discovery as they pursue claims that the businessman absconded with $32 million in loans, saying it detected "no error" in a lower court's denial.
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August 11, 2025
2nd Circ. Revives Hezbollah Terrorism Suit Against Bank
The Second Circuit held Monday that a Lebanese bank is subject to the personal jurisdiction of New York courts on claims over its predecessor's alleged assistance to Hezbollah, citing the state highest court's certified answer in the case while also reasoning that the bank being subjected to the state's jurisdiction was foreseeable.
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August 11, 2025
Petroleum Marketer Sues Subtenant Over $11M Contract Breach
A petroleum marketer told a Texas federal judge that a gas station operator has used its purchase of several stores as an excuse to try to muscle through a new contract, saying the operator has caused at least $11 million in damages by breaching their existing contract.
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August 11, 2025
Aetna, CVS Want Lab's $21M Payment Suit Tossed For Good
Aetna and its parent company, CVS Health Corp., said a medical laboratory can't stand in the shoes of patients who were allegedly denied coverage by the insurer for lab tests, and they have asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss the lab's lawsuit for good.
Expert Analysis
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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A Look At Trump Admin's Shifting Strategies To Curtail 蜜桃视频
The Trump administration has so far carried out its goal of minimizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority and footprint via an individualized approach comprising rule rollbacks, litigation moves and administrative tools, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Series
My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Google Damages Ruling Offers Lessons For Testifying Experts
The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google represents a shift in how courts evaluate expert testimony in patent cases, offering a practical guide for how litigators and testifying experts can refine their work, says Adam Rhoten at Secretariat.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Rocket Mortgage Appeal May Push Justices To Curb Classes
Should the U.S. Supreme Court agree to hear Alig v. Rocket Mortgage, the resulting decision could limit class sizes based on commonality under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Evidence as opposed to standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, say attorneys at Carr Maloney.
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3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts鈥� application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Employer Best Practices For Navigating Worker Separations
As job cuts hit several major industries, employers should take steps to minimize their exposure to discrimination claims, information leaks and enforcement challenges, such as maintaining sound documentation, strategic planning and legal coordination, says Mark Romance at Day Pitney.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Opinion
IRS Should Work With Industry On Microcaptive Regs
The IRS should engage with microcaptive insurance owners to develop better regulations on these arrangements or risk the emergence of common law guidance as taxpayers with legitimate programs seek relief in the federal courts, says Dustin Carlson at SRA 831(b) Admin.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate鈥檚 latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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Series
Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy鈥檚 Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement 鈥� by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at聽Tripp Scott.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths
Law schools don鈥檛 spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing
Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn鈥檛 just about superficial details like grammar 鈥� it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.