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May 27, 2025
6th Circ. Urged To Revive FedEx, Kellogg Pension Suits
FedEx and Kellogg retirees urged the Sixth Circuit to revive two proposed class actions alleging their ex-employers' use of outdated actuarial assumptions shortchanged the value of their pension annuity benefits, arguing that definitions of the term "actuarial equivalent" from the time federal benefits law was enacted supported their appeals.
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May 27, 2025
Latest Junior Hockey Players' Abuse Suit Against NHL Tossed
An antitrust class action by two junior league hockey players, accusing the National Hockey League and Canadian Hockey League of collusion and abusive treatment during their development, was dismissed by a Washington state federal court, the second venue in which their suit was thrown out.
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May 27, 2025
Rental Co. Signs Deal With Pa. AG Over AI-Related Delays
The Pennsylvania arm of a Las Vegas-based rental management company will pay the state $45,000 — including $30,000 in refunds for tenants — to settle allegations that its artificial intelligence platform contributed to delays in repairs and rentals of unsafe housing, the Pennsylvania attorney general's office announced Tuesday.
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May 27, 2025
Contractor Blames Architect In $17.6M Conn. School Fire Suit
Connecticut contractor United Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc. on Tuesday asked a state trial court judge to throw out an architectural firm's attempt to shift blame after a school roof twice caught fire during a construction job, causing an alleged $17.6 million in damage.
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May 27, 2025
NC Justices Say Insured's Failure To Read Doesn't Bar Claim
North Carolina's highest court found a homeowner isn't barred from suing an insurance agency for negligence over false answers on a property insurance application even though he never read the document, saying context bears on his culpability.
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May 27, 2025
Ex-Solar CEO Can't Arbitrate Fraud Suit Now, Judge Says
The former CEO of a defunct solar company and its financial backers waived their rights to force Michigan residents into arbitration by extensively litigating a proposed class action that accused them of deceptive sales practices and racketeering, a federal judge ruled.
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May 27, 2025
Calif. Bar Seeks More Remedies After Problematic Feb. Exam
The state bar of California has formally asked the state Supreme Court to approve measures including a limited provisional licensure program and a more direct pathway to admission for out-of-state attorneys, in the state bar's latest attempt to seek equitable remedies amid the fallout from the bungled February 2025 California bar exam.
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May 27, 2025
Dollar Bank Yanks Funeral Home Loan Over Pet Accusations
A Pittsburgh-area funeral director's alleged failure to disclose that he was facing criminal charges and civil suits over accusations that he mishandled the remains of customers' pets led Dollar Bank to declare that he and his companies now owe nearly $332,000 on a 2023 loan, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.
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May 23, 2025
Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.
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May 23, 2025
Disney Accuses YouTube Of Poaching Ex-Distribution Exec
Disney has hauled YouTube and freshly resigned Disney executive Justin Connolly into California state court, accusing YouTube of poaching Connolly, who it said was leading license renewal negotiations with the Google-owned video sharing company.
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May 23, 2025
X Says Media Matters Must Pay For 'Unjustified' Transfer Bid
Social media giant X Corp. wants Media Matters for America sanctioned for waiting more than a year to try to transfer X Corp.'s lawsuit against it, and told a Texas federal judge Wednesday that the left-leaning media watchdog must cover the costs of defending against the unsuccessful motion.
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May 23, 2025
Texas Justices Flip $6M Judgment In Gas Pipeline Row
The Texas Supreme Court chided a trial court after it "blue-penciled extra words" into a contract dealing with a natural gas pipeline, reversing Friday a $6 million judgment previously in favor of Rainbow Energy Marketing Corporation and what it called a "cascade of errors."
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May 23, 2025
X Corp. Hit With $8.2M Judgment Over Colo. Lease Breach
A Colorado state judge on Friday found that X Corp. violated a lease and ordered the company to pay more than $8.2 million in unpaid rent and other costs, citing testimony from a former employee that the social media company stopped making rent payments on various leases as a "renegotiating tactic."
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May 23, 2025
Alleged Forex Scammers Owe $18.5M In CFTC Default Win
A pair of entities purporting to be commodity trading platforms and the duo that allegedly controlled them have been hit with an order saddling them with restitution and civil penalty obligations totaling nearly $18.5 million after ignoring claims brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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May 23, 2025
X Alleges Vietnamese Group Is Exploiting Engagement Metrics
X Corp. on Thursday filed suit in Texas federal court against several Vietnamese nationals it alleges run a cybercrime ring that farms money using computer-generated content and manipulating its social media platform's engagement metrics through bots.
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May 23, 2025
Texas Justices Answer 5th Circ. Query On State Usury Laws
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday concurred with a credit card industry firm that sued a lender over its "usurious" interest charges, telling the Fifth Circuit that state law holds that the maximum permissible interest on a loan is based on the declining principal balance, not the initial total principal amount.
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May 23, 2025
SoCal Edison To Pay $82.5M Over 2020 Bobcat Fire Costs
Southern California Edison agreed Friday to pay $82.5 million to the federal government to resolve a lawsuit that seeks to recoup costs incurred by the U.S. Forest Service as a result of the devastating 2020 Bobcat Fire, which burned over 100,000 acres, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced.
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May 23, 2025
DC DHS Guards Forced To Work Through Breaks, Court Told
A contractor that provides guards for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security facility in Washington, D.C., forces them to take meal break pay deductions despite such breaks rarely occurring, employees said in a proposed class and collective action.
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May 23, 2025
Judge Tells Boat Crash Widow To Replead $66M Insurer Suit
A Florida federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by the widow of the victim of a fatal boat crash seeking to get insurers to pay $66 million judgments but told the widow to replead her claims without the bad faith allegations to streamline discovery in the first stage of the litigation.
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May 23, 2025
Ohio Pest Co. Says Ex-Director Is Unfairly Competing
An Ohio-based pest control company took a former regional director of operations to federal court, claiming he formed his own pest control firm in violation of his noncompete agreement and is unfairly cutting in on the company's business.
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May 23, 2025
Dallas Jury Enters $9.4M Verdict Against El Rancho Chain
A Dallas County jury said that a Texas trucking company is owed nearly $10 million from the El Rancho Supermercado grocery chain and its shipping arm over contract breaches that occurred after the chain was acquired by a new company.
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May 23, 2025
9th Circ. Urged To Force ERISA 401(k) Suit Arbitration
A Los Angeles-based investment management company urged the Ninth Circuit to force individual arbitration of an ex-worker's proposed class action alleging 401(k) mismanagement, arguing a lower court incorrectly concluded an arbitration provision in employees' retirement plan wasn't enforceable because it waived statutory rights under federal benefits law.
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May 23, 2025
Home Makeover Host Sues Citibank For Debit Declines
The host of a home makeover show who calls himself "America's top lifestyle expert" has sued Citibank N.A. in Connecticut state court, alleging that he suffered embarrassment and loss of business opportunities when his debit card transactions were declined numerous times despite sufficient funds.
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May 23, 2025
NC Biz Court Serves Up Wins In Real Estate Commission Fight
North Carolina's business court gave a food service company and a real estate broker partial wins in their ongoing commission dispute, ruling that the broker is entitled to commissions on transactions it has not been paid for but cannot require the food firm to use it for future deals.
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May 23, 2025
Musk Doubles Down After OpenAI Drops For-Profit Transition
OpenAI's decision to abandon its transition into a for-profit enterprise was not enough to appease Elon Musk, who doubled down Thursday with an amended California federal court complaint continuing to allege the ChatGPT maker tricked him into contributing nearly $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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Strategizing For Renewable Energy Project Success In Texas
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has long been a key market for renewable energy projects, but rising financial and regulatory uncertainty means that developers and investors must prepare for inflation and policy risks, secure robust insurance coverage, and leverage tax equity transferability to ensure success, say attorneys at McDermott.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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4th Circ. Health Data Ruling Opens Door To State Law Claims
In Real Time Medical v. PointClickCare, the Fourth Circuit recently clarified that state law claims can rest in part on violations of a federal law that prohibits electronic health information blocking, expanding legal risks for health IT companies and potentially creating exposure to a range of competitive implications, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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5 Key Licensing Considerations For AI Innovations
As businesses increasingly integrate artificial intelligence technology into their operations, they must prepare to address complex intellectual property challenges and questions surrounding licensing AI-based innovations, which require careful consideration of ownership, usage rights and regulatory compliance, says Lestin Kenton at Sterne Kessler.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Series
Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.
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How The CRE Industry Is Adapting To Tariff Uncertainty
Amid uncertainty about pending tariffs and their potential ripple effects, including higher material costs, supply chain delays and tighter margins, commercial real estate industry players are focusing on strategic planning and risk mitigation, says Daniel Diaz Leyva at Day Pitney.
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Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.