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  • August 28, 2025

    FTC Unpauses Administrative Case Over Insulin Prices

    The Federal Trade Commission has restarted its in-house case accusing Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx of artificially inflating insulin prices, now that two commissioners are able to consider the claims.

  • August 28, 2025

    SK Telecom Gets Record Fine For Massive Data Breach

    SK Telecom, the largest wireless carrier in South Korea, was fined a record 134.8 billion won (about $97 million) by South Korean regulators Wednesday after a data breach leaked phone numbers and other identifiers of more than 23 million users.

  • August 28, 2025

    Real Estate Mogul Wants $51.2M Conn. Asset Freeze Reduced

    The chairman, secretary and chief financial officer of bankrupt construction management firm Gateway Development Group Inc. on Thursday asked a Connecticut judge to reconsider a $51.2 million asset freeze demanded by a Chapter 7 trustee and a minority shareholder, claiming "mathematical errors" warrant a $17 million reduction.

  • August 28, 2025

    EPA Backs Truck-Makers' Bid To Block Calif. Emissions Regs

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday joined truck-makers in asking a California federal court to immediately block implementation of the state's emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks.

  • August 28, 2025

    Mylan Must Face Generic Drug Price-Fixing Claims In MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge shot down most of Mylan's request for an early win in multidistrict litigation claiming price-fixing of the generic antidepressant clomipramine, finding sufficient evidence for the company to have to face direct buyers' claims at trial, but trimming claims that it inflated the drug's price at CVS.

  • August 28, 2025

    White Workers Say Shell Reorganization Was Discriminatory

    Shell was hit with a federal lawsuit this week accusing it of implementing a "pretextual departmental reorganization" that discriminated against several white employees.

  • August 28, 2025

    USPTO Offers Streamlined Patent, TM Assignment Search Tool

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is upgrading its search system for patent and trademark assignment records with a web-based platform beginning next month, the agency said.

  • August 28, 2025

    Sonos Gets Fed. Circ. To Revive IP From $33M Google Verdict

    A California federal judge wrongly invalidated claims of Sonos Inc. speaker patents after its $32.5 million jury trial win over Google LLC, the Federal Circuit said Thursday as it largely reversed the judge's holding.

  • August 28, 2025

    Ex-State Farm VP Sues Activists Over Secretly Recording Date

    A former State Farm executive has sued political activist James O'Keefe and a woman who lied about her intentions to date him, claiming they violated Illinois' eavesdropping statute by secretly recording his comments about State Farm's diversity efforts and rate hikes and later posting misleading videos of him, costing him his job.

  • August 28, 2025

    AstraZeneca Challenges Colo. Law Over Drug Pricing Rules

    Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca told a Colorado federal judge Wednesday that a recently passed state law aiming to extend a federal drug discount program to certain pharmacies is preempted by the same law that created the program.

  • August 28, 2025

    J&J Unit Can't Shake $442M Loss In Catheter Antitrust Suit

    A California federal judge has refused to upend the $442 million trial loss of Johnson & Johnson's Biosense Webster health tech unit to Innovative Health, finding the jury was presented with sufficient evidence to fault Biosense for conditioning product support for its cardiac mapping systems on the purchase of cardiac catheters.

  • August 28, 2025

    Trump Fires Democratic Member Of Rail Regulator

    President Donald Trump on Thursday fired a Democratic member of the Surface Transportation Board who has opposed further consolidation in the rail industry, ousting Robert Primus just as the board prepares to consider the proposed megamerger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

  • August 28, 2025

    Hyundai Urges Judge To Dash Dealer's Denied Relocation Suit

    Hyundai has asked a Michigan federal judge to dismiss in full a dealership's suit claiming the automaker thwarted its plans to open a new showroom for a Hyundai-owned luxury car brand.

  • August 28, 2025

    1st Circ. OKs Terminating Ex-Pharma VP's Disability Benefits

    The First Circuit said Synta Pharmaceuticals' benefits administrator may terminate the benefits of a former executive after deeming that his significant weight loss, six-day-a-week pickleball hobby, and travels to far-flung places like Africa showed he was no longer disabled.

  • August 28, 2025

    FedArb Hires Ex-RTX Legal Chief As Commercial Mediator

    California-based alternative dispute resolution service Federal Arbitration Inc., or FedArb, announced Wednesday the hiring of a former corporate vice president and chief litigation counsel at aerospace and defense conglomerate RTX Corp. as a Connecticut-based mediator and arbitrator focused on commercial matters.

  • August 28, 2025

    Wyndham Licensee Must Cover Sex Trafficking Claims

    A New Jersey federal judge has found that a Wyndham Hotel Group LLC licensee can't escape an indemnity provision requiring it to cover the group in suits alleging sex trafficking was allowed to happen at the hotel.

  • August 28, 2025

    Sycamore Closes $24B Walgreens Deal, Replaces CEO

    New York-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its $24 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., and the pharmacy chain named a new CEO, the companies announced Thursday.

  • August 28, 2025

    Telehealth Co. Faces Investor Suit Over Revenue Reversal

    Telemedicine company LifeMD Inc. and two of its executives face a proposed investor class action alleging they "recklessly" raised revenue expectations for the 2025 fiscal year in May, only to lower their forecast three months later after seeing increased costs affecting the company's men's health and weight management offerings.

  • August 28, 2025

    Labor Atty Rejoins McGuireWoods After Food Company Stint

    McGuireWoods LLP announced Wednesday that it has welcomed an alumnus back to its labor and employment team following his stint as an associate general counsel for packaged meat company Smithfield Foods Inc.

  • August 28, 2025

    Longtime John Hancock Counsel Joins Prince Lobel In Boston

    Prince Lobel Tye LLP announced that a cybersecurity attorney with over 20 years of experience, including over a decade in-house at insurance company John Hancock, has joined the firm's Boston office as a partner.

  • August 28, 2025

    Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook Sues Trump To Block Firing

    Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's "unprecedented and illegal attempt" to remove her from her position.

  • August 28, 2025

    Chancery Says Docket For 'Routine' Matters Shows Success

    As it continues to pursue ways to streamline its docket and ease burnout concerns for its judges, Delaware's Chancery Court announced this week that a new procedure for handling "routine matters" is already showing success.

  • August 27, 2025

    HHS Says CDC Head Has Been Fired. She Says Otherwise.

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez said Wednesday that she's not resigning and also that she cannot be terminated except by the president himself, issuing a statement after CDC parent agency U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said she was "no longer director."

  • August 27, 2025

    Google Expert Says Its Disclosures Avoid 'Cognitive Overload'

    Google's user-interface expert witness testified Wednesday in a multibillion-dollar data privacy case that Google's decision not to tell users up front that it collected some information despite an activated privacy switch was "good UI design" that protected users from "cognitive overload."

  • August 27, 2025

    DOJ Throws Lifeline To J&J At 3rd Circ. After $1.6B FCA Loss

    A district judge made multiple errors in an opinion and jury instructions underpinning a staggering False Claims Act verdict tied to Johnson & Johnson's drug marketing practices, and a fresh look is needed "under a correct view of the law," the U.S. Department of Justice told the Third Circuit on Wednesday.

Expert Analysis

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    Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a case that confirmed credit unions' setoff rights, another that established contract rights between banks and cardholders, and the House passage of a digital asset bill, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Building Better Earnouts In The Current M&A Climate

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    In the face of market uncertainty, we've seen a continued reliance on earnouts in M&A deals so far this year, but to reduce the risk of related litigation, it's important to use objective standards, apply company metrics cautiously and ensure short time periods, among other best practices, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • A Deep Dive Into 14 Nixed Gensler-Era SEC Rule Proposals

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month formally withdrew 14 notices of proposed rulemaking, including several significant and widely criticized proposals that had been issued under former Chair Gary Gensler's leadership, signaling a clear and definitive shift away from the previous administration, say attorneys at Dechert.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

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    The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.

  • Reform Partly Modernizes Small Biz Stock Gains Exclusion

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    Changes to the Internal Revenue Code in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act update the qualified small business stock gains exclusion to reflect inflation, but the regime would be more in line with current business realities if Congress had also made the exemption available to additional business structures, says Mark Parthemer at Glenmede.

  • How Real Estate Funds Can Leverage Del. Statutory Trusts

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    Over the last two years, traditional real estate fund sponsors have begun to more frequently adopt Delaware Statutory Trust programs, which can help diversify capital-raising strategies and access to new sources of capital, among other benefits, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • New Interpol Silver Notice Could Be Tool For Justice Or Abuse

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    Interpol has issued dozens of Silver Notices to trace and recover assets linked to criminal activity since January, and though the tool may disrupt organized crime and terrorist financing, attorneys must protect against the potential for corrupt misuse, say attorneys at Clark Hill and Arktouros.

  • How NJ's Proposed Privacy Rules Could Reshape AI Data Use

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    Although not revolutionary, New Jersey's proposed privacy rules would create obligations around the management and processing of consumer personal data that will require careful planning before they can be successfully implemented, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Why SEC Abandoned Microcap Convertible Debt Crackdown

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently dismissed several cases targeting microcap convertible debt lenders, a significant disavowal of what was a controversial enforcement initiative under the Biden administration and a message that the new administration will focus on clear fraud, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • New PTAB Denial Processes Grow More And More Confusing

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    Guidance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office about the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's new workload management and discretionary denial processes has been murky and inconsistent, and has been further muddled by the acting director's seemingly contradictory decisions, say attorneys at Finnegan.

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