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  • February 11, 2025

    Peet's Coffee, Splenda Maker Settle Sweetener TM Row

    Peet's Coffee Inc. and Splenda maker Heartland Consumer Products LLC said Tuesday they have agreed to settle a trademark dispute over the coffee retailer's alleged use of Splenda labels to identify non-Splenda sweeteners, according to a one-page order in California federal court.

  • February 11, 2025

    Lender Eyes Receiver For $17M Hotel Construction Note Debt

    A hotel development owner has defaulted on a promissory note worth $17.5 million and needs a receiver to assume control of its assets before the company becomes insolvent, according to a new complaint filed in North Carolina Business Court by the lending company.

  • February 10, 2025

    Wynn Wants Justices To Undo 'Actual Malice' Defamation Test

    Casino mogul Steve Wynn has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the decades-old "actual malice" standard for public figures to prove defamation, calling it a "faulty precedent" that has enabled journalists to get away with libel in a "golden era of lies."

  • February 10, 2025

    Fla. Court Lets Seminoles Intervene In Gaming Ad Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Monday granted the Seminole Tribe of Florida's request to intervene in a proposed class action over allegedly misleading advertisements by gaming vendor Seminole Hard Rock Digital, which the judge found cannot adequately represent the tribe's interests.

  • February 10, 2025

    Calif. Tribe Says DOI Gives It No Protection In Casino Row

    The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria told a California federal judge that the U.S. Department of the Interior filed an incomplete status report about how it will monitor another tribe's project plans for the construction of a casino, saying the report fails to protect FIGR.

  • February 10, 2025

    Former Palm GC's Racial Bias Claim Should End, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge has recommended dismissing a race discrimination claim brought by an ex-general counsel for The Palm steakhouse chain's owner while allowing her retaliation and breach of contract claims to proceed to arbitration, concluding that the company's onetime top lawyer had not shown the restaurant had "discriminatory intent."

  • February 10, 2025

    BCLP Received Improper OK To Challenge Ga. Fee Ruling

    A Georgia state appeals court said Monday that it improperly gave Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP the green light to appeal a trial court ruling ordering the firm to return more than $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator.

  • February 10, 2025

    Little Caesars Cheated Workers Out Of OT, Suit Claims

    Pizza chain Little Caesars didn't pay workers for the time they spent responding to texts and phone calls outside their scheduled shifts, a former co-manager said in a proposed class and collective action filed in Michigan federal court on Monday.

  • February 10, 2025

    Latham, Hogan Lovells Advise Hyatt's $2.6B Playa Hotels Buy

    Latham & Watkins LLP guided Hyatt Hotels Corp. on a $2.6 billion acquisition announced Monday of Playa Hotels & Resorts NV — which operates resorts in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica — and worked with Hogan Lovells on the deal.

  • February 07, 2025

    Del.'s Quiet Ambition To Tweak Chancery, Stem Feared DExit

    Anxious over claims that stockholder-tilted decisions by Delaware's Court of Chancery will trigger more companies to follow Tesla, SpaceX, Meta and Dropbox to other states, Delaware policymakers are taking a hard look at the venerable business court's processes, hoping to slow a feared rush to DExit.

  • February 06, 2025

    Ala. Tribe Fights Bid To Renew Burial Grounds Row

    The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is asking a federal district court to deny a bid by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to renew a complaint in a dispute over an Alabama burial site, arguing the new claims should have been added to the original lawsuit more than a decade ago.

  • February 06, 2025

    Tort Report: Kiss Death Suit Must Be Axed, Band Says

    A bid to escape a suit accusing legendary rock band Kiss of causing a guitar technician's coronavirus death and the $8.5 million settlement of a convoluted medical malpractice case lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

  • February 05, 2025

    California Tribes Sue Feds Over 'Massive' Casino Project

    The Wintu Tribe of Northern California and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians hauled several federal agencies into Washington, D.C., federal court for allegedly greenlighting a plan to turn over 220 acres of Indigenous territory into a "massive" casino development without evaluating the environmental impact or the land's cultural significance.

  • February 05, 2025

    Cruise Line Can't Avoid Trial In Suit Over Seaplane Crash

    A Washington federal magistrate judge has recommended the rejection of a cruise line's summary judgment bid in a lawsuit over a 2021 seaplane crash that killed passengers on an Alaskan excursion, saying a jury should determine whether Holland America had a duty to warn travelers of the flight's dangers.

  • February 04, 2025

    JBS Inks $83.5M Deal Over Ranchers' Beef Price-Fixing Claims

    One of the nation's biggest meat producers has reached an $83.5 million deal to end claims it conspired with others in the industry to suppress the price ranchers are paid for raising feeder cattle.

  • February 04, 2025

    EB-5 Investors Claim They Were Defrauded In NC Hotel Project

    Two Chinese EB-5 investors said they each lost $500,000 when several Tar Heel State residents and companies duped them in a risky, overleveraged hotel project that is now the subject of litigation assigned Monday to the North Carolina Business Court.

  • February 04, 2025

    Cherokee Nation, Group Spar Over Ark. Casino License Docs

    A federal district court is set to determine if the officers of a ballot issue committee backing an Arkansas amendment that revoked a Cherokee Nation business' casino license and the public affairs firm must hand over documentation in the dispute.

  • February 04, 2025

    NYC Mayor's Ex-Aide Seeks Wiretap Data As DA Investigates

    Defense counsel for the former chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday pushed state prosecutors to expand access to evidence of alleged bribery tied to ongoing probes.

  • February 03, 2025

    Ruling Boosts Claims In Ill. Tribal Casino Row, 7th Circ. Told

    A proposed tribal casino in the Illinois city of Waukegan has told the Seventh Circuit that a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling in a related case shows the city is responsible for a constitutional injury against the casino as it presses a case claiming intentional discrimination.

  • February 03, 2025

    Relief In Tribal Casino Fight Would Be Uncommon, Court Told

    An Oregon tribe at the center of a dispute over the federal government's decision to approve a land-into-trust application for the state's first off-reservation casino says any attempt to void the process is moot, telling a federal court that an unfavorable ruling in the case would be unprecedented.

  • February 03, 2025

    Hyatt Extends Talks About Possible Playa Hotels Buy

    Playa Hotels & Resorts NV and Hyatt Hotels Corp. announced Monday that the two companies are still in talks about a potential acquisition, noting that the duo have extended an exclusivity agreement to Feb. 10.

  • January 31, 2025

    McDonald's Settles Suit Over Latino College Scholarships

    McDonald's told a Tennessee federal court on Friday that it is revising its Latino scholarship program to get rid of requirements for applicants to be of Hispanic or Latino heritage, ending a lawsuit lodged by a group that had successfully sued Harvard University over its affirmative action policies.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ex-Disney Cruise Worker Wants To Dismiss, Not Stay, Suit

    A former Disney Cruise Line employee who was fired for testing positive for marijuana use then ordered to arbitrate his wrongful termination dispute in London has asked a Florida federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit instead of keeping it stayed.

  • January 31, 2025

    Titan Sub Death Suit Sent To Wash. State Court

    A Washington federal judge on Friday remanded to state court a wrongful-death lawsuit filed on behalf of a French explorer who died aboard the Titan submersible while exploring the wreck of the Titanic, saying Jones Act claims can't be removed to federal court if the plaintiff chooses to file in state court.

  • January 31, 2025

    Visa, Mastercard And Banks Oppose Swipe Fee Do-Over Bid

    Visa, Mastercard and several major banks have filed a motion opposing cardholders' solicitations for a New York federal judge to reconsider dismissing claims from their interchange fee suit.

Expert Analysis

  • Perspectives

    Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • What 11th Circ. FCRA Ruling Means For Credit Furnishers

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    Credit furnishers should revisit their internal investigation and verification procedures after the Eleventh Circuit declined last month in Holden v. Holiday to impose a bright-line rule that only purely factual or transcription errors are actionable under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, say Diana Eng and Michael Esposito at Blank Rome.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • Is The State Lottery The New Online Casino?

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    The traditional lines of demarcation between smartphone lottery games and online casino games are eroding since the difference is largely indistinguishable to the casual gambler — begging the question of how legal treatment may differ between state lotteries and the private-sector casino industry, says Michael Peacock at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.

  • Corporate Insurance Considerations For Trafficking Claims

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    With the surge in litigation over liability under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, corporate risk managers and in-house counsel need to ensure that appropriate insurance coverage is in place to provide for defense and indemnity against this liability, says Micah Skidmore at Haynes Boone.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Del. Dispatch: Chancery's Evolving Approach To Caremark

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    Though Caremark claims are historically the least likely corporate claims to lead to liability, such cases have been met in recent years with increased judicial receptivity — but the Delaware Court of Chancery still expressly discourages the reflexive filing of Caremark claims following corporate mishaps, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Leveraging Insurance Amid Microplastics Concerns

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    A pending microplastics lawsuit — New York v. PepsiCo Inc. — may be a harbinger of what is to come for companies whose products are exposed to the environment, so any company considering how to address microplastics liability should include a careful assessment of the potential for insurance coverage in its due diligence, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • Series

    Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • 4 Sectors Will Likely Bear Initial Brunt Of FTC 'Junk Fees' Rule

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    If the Federal Trade Commission adopts its comprehensive proposed rule to ban unfair or deceptive fees across the U.S. economy, many businesses — including those in the lodging, event ticketing, dining and transportation sectors — will need to reexamine the way they market and price their products and services, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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