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May 01, 2025
States Urge 1st Circ. To Reinstate Federal Housing Grants
A coalition of states urged the First Circuit to reinstate a ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from cutting $30 million in fair housing grants, saying the federal government failed to consider the impact this decision would have on the groups' operations.
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April 30, 2025
Nationwide Says Claim For 'Fat Freezing' Injury Isn't Covered
Nationwide has filed suit asking an Illinois federal court to declare that it has no duty to cover a suburban Chicago gym in a 3-year-old "fat freezing" injury case headed to trial in June, saying the underlying injury doesn't trigger the facility's policy.
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April 30, 2025
SuperValu Fights New Trial Bid In Whistleblower Drug Case
SuperValu urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday not to overturn its defense win on whistleblower claims of systematic prescription overbilling, saying the whistleblowers are now making "kitchen sink arguments" with little basis.
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April 30, 2025
Ill. Developer Gets 6 Years For Role In Bank Embezzlement
A real estate developer has been sentenced to more than six years in prison following his conviction for participating in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at a now-shuttered bank, federal prosecutors in Chicago announced Wednesday.
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April 30, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from April.
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April 30, 2025
Coal Mining Cos.' $15.2M Wage Deal Needs Revision
A Kentucky federal judge declined to greenlight a $15.2 million settlement resolving miners' class and collective action against several mining companies over unpaid wages, saying the deal must be revised because the wage and hour landscape has changed over the past few years.
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April 30, 2025
NBA Looks To Keep Knockoff Sales At Bay Amid IP Suit
The NBA's licensing arm has asked an Illinois federal judge to extend a ban on the illicit sales of counterfeit goods while freezing the assets of alleged culprits, saying without this, defendants in a copyright infringement suit may attempt to move their money to offshore accounts.
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April 30, 2025
Boston Lab Says Exec Took Trade Secrets To Rival
An executive departing a Boston contract research lab allegedly downloaded confidential and proprietary documents before he left to join a competing business in a move that breached his noncompete contract, according to a trade secrets lawsuit filed Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court.
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April 29, 2025
Acadia Investors Seek Partial Win, Sanction In Healthcare Suit
Investors suing behavioral health care provider Acadia Healthcare Co. have asked a federal judge to find that they relied on certain alleged misrepresentations before investing in the company after previously moving for sanctions over allegations that the company systematically destroyed pertinent records to stymie their understaffing claims.
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April 29, 2025
FTC Defends John Deere Right-To-Repair Suit
Farm machinery-maker Deere & Co. is trying to get out of an FTC enforcement action using the same arguments that didn't help it escape multidistrict litigation accusing the company of breaking antitrust laws by restricting access to repair services, the government says.
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April 29, 2025
Trump Executive Order Aims To Defend Police In Lawsuits
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order directing the attorney general to help defend police officers from misconduct lawsuits, including arranging private-sector pro bono aid for them.
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April 29, 2025
Honda America Asks To Halt Faulty Brakes Suit
American Honda Motor Co. urged a California federal judge Monday to throw out an amended proposed class action alleging some of the automaker's vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking are unsafe, arguing the claims are meritless because the owner's manuals disclose the possibility of false activations of the braking system.
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April 29, 2025
2 Dozen States Say DOGE Can't 'Dismantle' AmeriCorps
Two dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging layoffs and $400 million in funding cuts to the national volunteer agency AmeriCorps, alleging the Trump administration is trampling over Congress' authority by trying to dismantle the agency.
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April 29, 2025
Chicago US Atty Focusing On Local Cases Amid DC Priorities
Chicago's new interim U.S. attorney says he plans to keep the office's traditions and "Sunday brunch buffet" of sections alive and active in the Northern District of Illinois, even as he helps them thrive alongside his bosses' "very clear" priorities in Washington, D.C., and a personnel shortage in his office.
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April 29, 2025
Trump Can't Reorganize Gov't Without Congress, Groups Say
President Donald Trump lacks the power to reorganize the executive branch and push for mass terminations of workers when Congress hasn't given its blessing, unions and other groups told a California federal court.
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April 28, 2025
Pulled Decision Dooms Chicago Disposal Site Suit, Feds Say
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a suit challenging its decision to expand a disposal facility that stores sediments dredged from Chicago waterways now that it has withdrawn that decision.
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April 28, 2025
DOJ Wants Live Nation Case Split Between Liability, Damages
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a New York federal court on Monday to split the case accusing Live Nation of quashing competition in the live entertainment industry by having a jury decide if the company violated antitrust law and the judge decide what remedies to impose.
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April 28, 2025
UScellular, Investors Ink $7.7M Deal In Postpaid Biz Suit
UScellular and the investors who sued the company over its representations about the health of its postpaid mobile phone outfit have agreed to settle their differences for $7.7 million and are asking an Illinois federal judge to sign off on the deal.
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April 28, 2025
Boeing Rips Investors' Class Cert. Bid In 737 Max Fraud Suit
Boeing has told an Illinois federal judge that pension funds and private investors cannot certify a sweeping class action seeking a "jaw-dropping" $15 billion in damages by alleging Boeing repeatedly misrepresented the overall safety and certification process for the 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.
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April 28, 2025
Trump To Target Sanctuary Cities With New Executive Order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday evening directing the attorney general and secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to publish a list of sanctuary cities, which are often found in Democratic states, as they "obstruct" the federal immigration efforts, according to the administration.
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April 28, 2025
Judge Weighs Impact Of Top Court Ruling On DOE Grant Cap
A federal judge hearing a challenge to a Department of Energy grant cap on Monday expressed concerns about the case's potential overlap with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that cast doubt on a bid to revive federal teacher training grants.
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April 28, 2025
Walgreens Opposes Merging 'Non-Drowsy' Labeling Suits
Walgreens is pushing back on a bid to consolidate two Illinois federal lawsuits alleging the "non-drowsy" label on some of the retailer's cough suppressant medications is misleading, saying the two cases involve different allegations and are at different stages, and arguing that consolidation would cause a delay in the litigation.
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April 28, 2025
Feds No Longer Want Convicted Ex-Ill. Speaker To Forfeit $3M
The federal government has reversed course on a bid for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to forfeit more than $3 million in the wake of his partial conviction on public corruption, saying it stands by its legal arguments but was backing off as "a matter of discretion."
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April 25, 2025
Judge Urges Creativity For Nonparties In Sprint Merger Row
T-Mobile, a group of Verizon and AT&T subscribers and a host of nonparty mobile carriers and network operators must try again to hash out a creative yet reasonable way to shield confidential information from the nonparties' anticipated discovery in litigation challenging T-Mobile's merger with Sprint, an Illinois magistrate judge has said.
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April 25, 2025
19 AGs Sue Trump Admin Over Anti-DEI School Funding Threat
Nearly 20 state attorneys general sued the U.S. Department of Education in Massachusetts federal court Friday accusing it of embarking on efforts to withhold funding from educational institutions that engage in vague, undefined, "illegal" diversity, equity and inclusion practices through an agency action passed earlier this month.
Expert Analysis
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
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Cos. Should Focus On State AI Laws Despite New DOL Site
Because a new U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored website about the disability discrimination risks of AI hiring tools mostly echoes old guidance, employers should focus on complying with the state and local AI workplace laws springing up where Congress and federal regulators have yet to act, say attorneys at Littler.
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Defining All-Risk: Despite $30M Loss, Loose Bolt Not 'Damage'
A Massachusetts federal court’s recent ruling in AMAG Pharmaceuticals v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co., denying coverage for $30 million in damages claimed when a loose bolt caused an air leak, highlights an ongoing debate over the definition of “direct physical loss or damage,” say Josh Tumen and Paul Ferland at Cozen O'Connor.
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8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.
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Challenge To Ill. Card Fee Law Explores Compliance Hurdles
A recent federal lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that will soon forbid electronic payment networks from charging fees for processing the tax and tip portions of card transactions, fleshes out the glaring compliance challenges and exposure risks financial institutions must be ready to face next summer, says Martin Kiernan at Amundsen Davis.
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Opinion
This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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The Complex Challenges Facing Sustainable Food Packaging
More and more states are requiring recycled content to be used in product packaging, creating complex technological and regulatory considerations for manufacturers who must also comply with federal food safety requirements, say Peter Coneski and Natalie Rainer at K&L Gates.
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Illinois May Be Gearing Up To Ban E-Verify
Recently passed amendments to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act appear to effectively ban the use of E-Verify in the state, but ambiguity means employers will have to weigh the risks of continued use while also taking note of other work authorization requirements imposed by the updates, say Julie Ratliff and Elizabeth Wellhausen at Taft.
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Series
Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.
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Applying High Court's Domestic Corruption Rulings To FCPA
After the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the domestic corruption statutes in three decisions over the past year and a half, it’s worth evaluating whether these rulings may have an impact on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, and if attorneys can use the court’s reasoning in international bribery cases, says James Koukios at MoFo.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.
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John Deere Penalty Shows Importance Of M&A Due Diligence
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent $10 million penalty against John Deere underscores the risks of not conducting robust preacquisition due diligence and not effectively integrating a new subsidiary into the existing compliance framework, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.