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April 01, 2025
Mich. Justices Urged To Reject Shorter Worker Suit Deadlines
A trial lawyers' association has advocated for the Michigan Supreme Court to end employers' ability to contractually shorten the limitations period for employee lawsuits, saying such contract terms weaken workers' civil rights protections.Â
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March 31, 2025
Hooters Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For Restaurant Sales
Restaurant chain Hooters filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court late Monday with about $380 million in debt, saying it has reached a deal to shed its company-owned restaurants and trade debt for equity.
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March 31, 2025
DOI Rescinds Gaming Eligibility In $700M Calif. Casino Project
The Department of the Interior has temporarily suspended a gaming eligibility determination for a California tribe's $700 million casino and gaming resort project, saying Secretary Doug Burgum is concerned that the agency didn't consider additional evidence regarding the 160-acre parcel's restored lands exception.
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March 31, 2025
10th Circ. Hands Server New Trial In Sexual Harassment Case
The Tenth Circuit granted a former server a new trial Monday on her sexual harassment and retaliation claims against a golf club restaurant, citing "puzzling" jury findings that cleared the restaurant of wrongdoing but awarded the server $125,000 in damages.
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March 31, 2025
DocGo Can't Nix Investor Suit Over 'Indisputably False' Claims
A New York federal judge has trimmed a proposed class action alleging that mobile medical provider DocGo and its top brass misled stockholders before its $432 million migrant-services contract with New York City faced public scrutiny, but the judge found that claims stemming from the former CEO's "indisputably false" statements can proceed.
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March 31, 2025
Dolphin Visit Co. Files For Ch. 11 With Debt Over $100M
Ejecutivos de Turismo Sustentable SA de CV, a business related to park and dolphin habitat operator The Dolphin Company, filed for bankruptcy Monday in Delaware with 14 affiliates and cited over $100 million in debt.
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March 28, 2025
FCC Chief Orders Probe Into Disney, ABC DEI Practices
The Federal Communications Commission's leader ordered on Friday a probe into Walt Disney Co. and its ABC network over their efforts to be diverse and inclusive, following similar FCC investigations into Comcast and NBCUniversal.
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March 28, 2025
Minors Sue Over Alleged Trafficking At Metro-Atlanta Hotels
Two unidentified minors have filed separate suits in federal court alleging the owners and operators of two Atlanta area hotels knew the minors were being sex trafficked but did nothing to stop it.
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March 28, 2025
Singapore Court Chides Indian Hotel Owner In Hilton Feud
A Singapore appellate court on Friday refused to set aside arbitral awards favoring certain Hilton entities in a dispute over a management deal with the owner of a luxury Indian hotel, in an opinion that cautions litigants against launching unmeritorious "backdoor" appeals challenging arbitral awards.
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March 28, 2025
NY Ski Resort Co. Appealing Court's Antitrust Ruling
A New York ski resort operator told a state court on Friday that it's appealing the state's victory in its antitrust suit, which alleged that the operator purposefully closed a local competitor after acquiring it.
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March 28, 2025
Expedia Can't Get Early Win In Cuban Property Suit
A Miami federal judge kept alive a suit from a man claiming ownership of an island off the coast of Cuba that was seized by the Communist government and allegedly trafficked by Expedia Group Inc. through hotel reservations.
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March 28, 2025
Mich. Justices Reject Shareholder's Stock Price Challenge
The Michigan Supreme Court said a shareholder of her family's ski resort business cannot challenge the redemption price of her stock shares, finding the company was not required to renegotiate how it calculated her redemption price after it took on debt that plunged her shares.
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March 30, 2025
Safari Co. Seeks Arbitration In Hippo Attack Death Suit
A Connecticut-based tour operator says a lawsuit over a hippopotamus attack that led to a New Jersey woman's death during an African safari belongs in arbitration, promising to contest claims by the woman's husband and estate.
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March 28, 2025
NYC Margaritaville Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Buffett Hit Played
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday confirmed the Chapter 11 plan of the developer of the Margaritaville resort in Times Square, as he played the resort's namesake song during a hearing.
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March 27, 2025
DC Judge Seems Open To Fired Inspectors' Reinstatement Bid
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday questioned whether it would make practical sense to reinstate eight inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump while signaling openness to the federal watchdogs' argument that the president must follow the legally mandated process before they can be terminated.
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March 27, 2025
Royal Caribbean Seeks Arbitration In Hidden Camera Lawsuit
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is pressing a Florida federal court to force an Iowa family to arbitrate their damages claim after a now-former employee secretly placed a hidden camera in their underage daughter's cabin, saying there was no physical injury that would exempt the claim from an underlying arbitration clause.
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March 27, 2025
Labor Shortage Not Enough For H-2B Estate Manager Hire
A biofuel business' holding company's inability to hire a domestic worker to manage an executive's new South Dakota estate doesn't demonstrate a "one-time" or "temporary need" allowing it to tap a foreign worker, a U.S. Department of Labor appeals board judge ruled.
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March 27, 2025
NYC Tour Bus Antitrust Suit Dead-Ends At 2nd Circ.
A New York City tour bus operator on Thursday lost its bid to revive a suit accusing a group of rivals of entering into an anticompetitive partnership, after a Second Circuit panel backed a lower court's finding that the case sought to relitigate failed claims from an earlier suit.
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March 27, 2025
California Tribe Wants In On 70-Acre Casino Project Challenge
A California tribe at the center of a challenge to an Interior Department decision to take 70 acres into trust for the construction of its hotel and casino project is asking a federal court to intervene in the dispute, arguing the plaintiff's anticompetitive behavior will impede its goal of self-governance.
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March 27, 2025
Pa. Court Voids Theme Park's 'Click-Through' Contract
A Pittsburgh-area amusement park's online season tickets came with a "click-through" agreement to resolve disputes out of court that Pennsylvania appellate courts have said is not binding without including a clear warning, which a judge said justified not sending a proposed class action to arbitration.
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March 27, 2025
Curaleaf Units Slam Pot Farm's Sanctions Bid In $32M Suit
Two Curaleaf units are pushing back on a Michigan farm's bid for sanctions following a $32 million verdict in its favor, saying the farm is the party dragging proceedings out by seeking sanctions over a disagreement on the law.
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March 27, 2025
Gastropub Chain Bar Louie Hits Second Chapter 11 In 5 Years
Texas-based gastropub chain Bar Louie filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, listing nearly $70 million of debt, about five years after the chain sold itself to creditors in a previous bankruptcy.
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March 26, 2025
Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.
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March 26, 2025
Resort Developer Asks To Unwind Pre-Ch. 11 Equity Deal
California resort developer SilverRock Development Co. filed an adversary complaint in its Chapter 11 case Tuesday asking a Delaware court to unwind a pre-bankruptcy securitization transaction that converted preferred shares into secured debt.
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March 26, 2025
Wings Restaurant Illegally Retains Tips, Server Says
Wild Wing Cafe claimed a tip credit allowing it to avoid paying servers a full minimum wage, but then required workers to pool their tips and used the cash to pay for restaurant expenses, a proposed class and collective action filed in North Carolina federal court said.
Expert Analysis
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Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.
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Series
Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer
As a master scuba instructor, I’ve learned how to prepare for the unexpected, overcome fears and practice patience, and each of these skills – among the many others I’ve developed – has profoundly enhanced my work as a lawyer, says Ron Raether at Troutman Pepper.
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Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act
As the Voting Rights Act reaches its 59th anniversary Tuesday, it must urgently be reinforced against recent efforts to dismantle voter protections, and lawyers can pitch in immediately by volunteering and taking on pro bono work to directly help safeguard the right to vote, says Anna Chu at We The Action.
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Drip Pricing Exemption Isn't A Free Pass For Calif. Eateries
A new exemption relieves California bars and restaurants from the recently effective law banning prices that don't reflect mandatory fees and charges — but such establishments aren't entirely off the hook for drip pricing, due to uncertainty over disclosure requirements and pending federal junk fee regulations, say Alexandria Ruiz and Amy Lally at Sidley.
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How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market
Faced with fierce competition and rising operating costs, firms are feeling the pressure to build a well-oiled marketing and business development team that supports strategic priorities, but they’ll need to be flexible and creative given a tight talent market, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step
From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.
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Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity
The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Opinion
Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism
As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.
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Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.
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A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates
Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.
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Opinion
States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions
Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.
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Series
Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Tackling daily puzzles — like Wordle, KenKen and Connections — has bolstered my intellectual property litigation practice by helping me to exercise different mental skills, acknowledge minor but important details, and build and reinforce good habits, says Roy Wepner at Kaplan Breyer.
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Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice
The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.