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June 25, 2025
How An Ex-AUSA's Compliance Savvy Ended A Kickback Case
An attorney drew upon his past as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey and as a healthcare compliance counsel to get all charges dropped against a doctor accused of accepting close to $150,000 in bribes through Insys Therapeutics for "sham" speaker program engagements.
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June 24, 2025
Wash. Judge Blocks Trump Admin's EV Charging Funds Freeze
A Seattle federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 14 states, but stopped short of applying it to two other states and Washington, D.C., and stayed the order to give the administration time to appeal.
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June 24, 2025
NJ Bank, DOJ Push To End Redlining Deal Amid Opposition
Lakeland Bank and the U.S. Department of Justice urged a New Jersey federal judge to reject a brief from three fair housing groups opposing the early termination of the bank's $13 million redlining settlement, arguing the groups' call for housing discrimination accountability is irrelevant to the settlement's termination.
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June 24, 2025
State AGs Sue Trump Admin To Stop Billions In Grant Cuts
A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states.
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June 24, 2025
Apple Users Who Lost Cert. In Storage Suit File New Case
A group of Apple customers from New Jersey and Illinois who were denied class certification last year in a suit alleging the company falsely markets the storage capacity of 16-gigabyte iPhones and iPads preinstalled with the iOS 8 operating system filed a new proposed class action Monday in California federal court.
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June 24, 2025
NJ Agency Fights $26M Property Taking Verdict In Ch. 11
A New Jersey development agency pushed back against a move in bankruptcy court by the owner of a former tire factory site to collect a $25.6 million jury verdict stemming from the agency's decision to condemn the property and make way for housing.
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June 24, 2025
Food Co. Escapes Workers' Wage Theft Suit
Two former employees brought their lawsuit accusing a food services company of using a faulty timekeeping system that shortchanged their wages too late, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, granting the company's bid to throw out the proposed class action.
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June 24, 2025
P&G Worker's 'Unworthy' Ex Can't Claim $754K, 3rd Circ. Told
The estate of a late Procter & Gamble employee has urged the Third Circuit to undo a lower court's decisions in favor of the deceased employee's "unworthy ancient girlfriend" from the 1980s, arguing that the Pennsylvania federal judge who granted that former flame the worker's $754,000 retirement fund "failed to comprehend" relevant law.
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June 24, 2025
Ex-J&J Atty's Race Bias Suit Lacks Facts, Company Argues
Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. told a New Jersey federal court this week that a former in-house data privacy attorney suing the pharmaceuticals giant for discrimination failed to plead any facts supporting her allegation that the company passed her over for a job in favor of a less qualified candidate.
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June 24, 2025
Trump Admin Must Release NIH Funds Amid Appeal
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday denied the Trump administration's request to stay a recent order that it resume processing National Institutes of Health grant applications and releasing funds, warning that even one more day of delay would lead to irreparable harm.
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June 24, 2025
Exec Says Event Co. Bosses Called Her Too Old For CFO Job
A former vice president of finance at an endurance event operator has alleged in Massachusetts state court that the company considered her "too old for the C-suite" when it passed her over for the job of chief financial officer, then fired her in retaliation for complaining about age discrimination.
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June 23, 2025
9th Circ. Backs $26M Fraud Penalty Against Importer
The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a $26 million tripled fraud verdict against a pipe importer over allegations it made false statements on customs forms to avoid paying tariffs on some imports from China, rejecting the company's argument that the Tariff Act leaves no room to invoke the False Claims Act.
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June 23, 2025
NJ Justices Greenlight Renewed Bid For Roundup Mass Tort
The New Jersey Supreme Court has granted a renewed application for lawsuits against Monsanto Co. and its parent company, Bayer AG, alleging injuries from exposure to the company's weed killer Roundup to be designated as multicounty litigation, according to a Monday notice to the bar.
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June 23, 2025
Dems Demand Info On Emil Bove's Alleged Misconduct
Ahead of Emil Bove's hearing on Wednesday for his judicial nomination, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing for information on complaints alleging his misconduct while at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and Main Justice earlier this year.
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June 23, 2025
3rd Circ. Remands NLRB Solo Protest Spat To Weigh Evidence
The Third Circuit on Monday backed the NLRB's findings that a lone fired worker's COVID-19 safety complaints were concerted activity under federal labor law, but remanded the case to the board in order to weigh evidence about whether the worker would have been fired regardless of whether he spoke up.
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June 23, 2025
Convicted Pot Ring 'Consigliere' Denied Return To Pa. Bar
An attorney convicted of federal crimes after serving as a "consigliere" to a drug trafficking ring has been denied reinstatement to the Pennsylvania bar, with the state's Supreme Court siding with a disciplinary board report that flagged "his efforts to downplay his misconduct."
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June 23, 2025
Conflict Forces Transfer Of Seton Hall Whistleblower Case
Seton Hall University's former president's whistleblower suit against the school will be heard in a New Jersey state court in Hudson County after an Essex County judge confirmed her decision to move the case due to a potential conflict of interest involving the daughter of one of the defendants.
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June 23, 2025
States Back PBS, NPR In Fight Against Trump Broadcast Cuts
A coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia backed a pair of motions from the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio Inc. seeking pretrial wins in their challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order that purports to revoke their funding, arguing that only Congress can pull that money.
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June 23, 2025
IT Co. Can't Get Justices To Review White Worker's Bias Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a Third Circuit ruling that revived a proposed class action claiming a subsidiary of India-based Tech Mahindra unlawfully favored South Asian workers, despite the company's argument that the appeals court had deepened a circuit split.
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June 23, 2025
Justices Skip Pa. Med Mal Fund's Bid To Shield $300M Surplus
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't decide if Pennsylvania's medical malpractice insurance fund is a government entity for the purpose of determining if the state is authorized to dip into the money pool's $300 million budget surplus.
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June 20, 2025
Science Research Funding Cuts Blocked By Mass. Judge
A Massachusetts federal judge Friday prohibited the Trump administration from cutting certain National Science Foundation research funding associated with facilities and administrative costs, ruling that the policy runs afoul of multiple laws and the government hasn't adequately explained its reasoning.
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June 20, 2025
NJ Court Upholds Some Claims In Athlete's Cannabis Suit
New Jersey marijuana retailers can't shake a lawsuit by a champion collegiate athlete who claims their products caused him to develop cannabis-induced psychosis resulting in a suicide attempt, a state judge has ruled, saying the plaintiff's defective design and failure to warn claims are valid.
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June 20, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Senior Living, Data Centers, CEQA
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into a senior housing surge, data center construction, and the Golden State's latest efforts to spur housing construction without upsetting the California Environmental Quality Act.
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June 20, 2025
Fed. Circ. Revives MSN Challenge To Bausch IBS Drug Patent
The Federal Circuit has instructed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to take another crack at evaluating the validity of a drug patent owned by Bausch Health Ireland Ltd., holding that the PTAB's initial decision lacked the detail needed to determine whether it was right or wrong.
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June 20, 2025
NJ Tech Co. Brass Face Suit Over NASA Partnership Claims
Executives and directors of Quantum Computing Inc. have been hit with a shareholder's derivative lawsuit accusing them of misleading investors on the company's dealings with NASA, its revenues and its progress on building a chip foundry.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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The Political Branches Can't Redefine The Citizenship Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Wong Kim Ark opinion and subsequent decisions, and the 14th Amendment’s legislative history, establish that the citizenship clause precludes the political branches from narrowing the definition of citizen based on how a parent’s U.S. presence is categorized, says federal public defender Geremy Kamens.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Appealing An Interlocutory Order On Insurer Duty To Defend
A recent First Circuit decision on a motion regarding an insurer's duty to defend underlying litigation highlights how policyholders may be able to pursue immediate appeals of interlocutory orders, especially in light of other circuit courts' stances on this issue, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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As Failure-To-Warn Preemption Wanes, Justices May Weigh In
Federal preemption of state failure-to-warn claims has long been a powerful defense in strict liability tort cases, but is now under attack in litigation over the weedkiller Roundup and other products — so the scope and application of preemption may require clarification by the U.S. Supreme Court, says Michael Sena at Segal McCambridge.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.
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4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
Trial attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools should review a few key reminders, from the likelihood that prompts are discoverable to the rapid evolution of court rules, to safeguard against embarrassing missteps, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
Politically charged prosecutions have captured the headlines in recent years, providing lessons for defense counsel on how to navigate the distinct challenges, and seize the unique opportunities, such cases present, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Series
Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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The Case For Compliance During The Trump Administration
Given the Trump administration’s shifting white collar enforcement priorities, C-suite executives may have the natural instinct to pare back compliance initiatives, but there are several good reasons for companies to at least stay the course on their compliance programs, if not enhance them, say attorneys at Riley Safer.
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Opinion
Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness
President Donald Trump’s orders attacking birthright citizenship, civil rights education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten hard-won constitutional civil rights protections and decades of efforts to undo bias in the law — undermining what Chief Justice Earl Warren called "our American ideal of fairness," says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's Ƶ Shake-Up
Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.