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August 08, 2025
He Faced Removal Unrepresented. A Court Found It Wrong
The Third Circuit ruled that noncitizens in reasonable fear hearings — screenings to decide if they face persecution or torture if deported — have a right to counsel, vacating Alex Pino Porras’ deportation after the judge proceeded without his lawyer and cited an unsupported gang claim.
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August 08, 2025
NJ Nonprofit Says Foundation Trying To Take Over Business
A nonprofit organization that trains law enforcement officers and educators to teach children about the dangers of drugs and violence has sued the foundation that provides its curriculum, alleging that the foundation is attempting to put it out of business.
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August 08, 2025
Fed. Circ. Undoes LG's $14M Trial Loss, Invalidating Patent
The Federal Circuit on Friday scrapped a $14 million judgment against LG Electronics Inc. for infringing a Mondis Technology Ltd. patent covering a computer display technology, deeming the patent invalid based on an inadequate written description.
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August 08, 2025
Administration Says States Can't Second-Guess ACA Changes
The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal court to reject a request by a group of states seeking to stay implementation of new rules that will reduce Affordable Care Act healthcare marketplace subsidies and enforce certain enrollment restrictions.
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August 08, 2025
Rite Aid Picks Azend As Buyer Of Pharmacy Assets
Pharmacy chain Rite Aid has told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge it's selected Med One Pharmacy Inc. as the buyer of drugs in its inventory, customer information, leases and other assets, months after the company transferred millions of prescriptions and dozens of stores to CVS and other businesses in Chapter 11.
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August 08, 2025
Why DOJ's US Attorney Moves Are Reaching Critical Point
The Trump administration's strategy of extending U.S. attorney appointments using a pair of laws that allow for interim and acting prosecutors has sparked a constitutional tug-of-war between the executive, legislative and judicial branches that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court or spur congressional action.
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August 08, 2025
Transit Cos. Get Woman's $1.7M Tripping Verdict Undone
A New Jersey appeals panel has vacated a $1.7 million verdict in favor of a woman who sued Delaware River Port Authority and Port Authority Transit Corp. after she tripped and fell at a train station, saying the trial court wrongly permitted an inadmissible lay opinion that tainted the verdict.
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August 08, 2025
'Legally Indefensible Scheme' DQs NJ US Atty, Court Told
A New Jersey criminal defendant argued in federal court this week that Alina Habba's appointment as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey is an "end-run" around the Constitution and moved to have her and any prosecutors working under her disqualified.
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August 08, 2025
New Jersey Litigation Highlights For The 1st Half Of 2025
More than halfway through 2025, the New Jersey legal community has seen the state lose its case against one of the most politically connected figures to never hold office, as well as the federal government dropping its case against two former technology executives accused of bribing foreign officials. Here are some of the biggest decisions and ongoing cases to watch for the rest of the year.
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August 07, 2025
Crypto Buyers Win Class Cert. Against Kardashian, Celebs
EthereumMax buyers accusing celebrities of promoting the cryptocurrency allegedly used in a pump-and-dump scheme can certify subclasses in four states, but not their nationwide class, a federal judge ruled, agreeing with famed boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. that there's a risk of California and Florida securities laws being inappropriately applied outside those states.
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August 07, 2025
Teamsters Say Airgas Released Hazardous Gas On Strikers
Members of a New Jersey-based Teamsters union have sued Airgas, alleging that the company released an unknown hazardous gas on them as they were peacefully picketing outside company facilities in New Jersey and Illinois, with both releases creating a "dense white cloud plume" that enveloped the striking workers.
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August 07, 2025
False Light Claims Barred After 1 Year, NJ Justices Rule
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday held that false light invasion of privacy claims are subject to a one-year statute of limitations, backing a lower court's decision to toss a Garden State man's suit over comments that he dealt drugs to high school students.
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August 07, 2025
NJ Panel Restores Infant Death Suit Over Alleged Misdiagnosis
A New Jersey state appeals court on Thursday revived a medical malpractice lawsuit filed by the parents of a 3-week-old infant who died just hours after being discharged from a hospital, finding the trial court wrongly excluded expert testimony that could support claims of misdiagnosis and improper care by multiple healthcare providers.
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August 07, 2025
Federal Courts Disclose New Cyberattacks On PACER System
The federal judiciary on Thursday disclosed there have been escalating cyberattacks on its case management system, putting sealed and sensitive case documents at risk, and that it is taking steps to strengthen its security.
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August 07, 2025
Fox Rothschild Must Face Litigation Funding Suit, Court Told
A married couple is urging a New Jersey state judge to reject Fox Rothschild LLP's bid to exit a malpractice suit alleging that they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the firm's litigation funder client, saying they've "amply" pleaded claims of misconduct.
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August 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Skeptical Of Realty Co.'s IRS Contract Dispute
Federal Circuit judges seemed skeptical Thursday of a realty company's claim that the IRS improperly blocked its bid to continue leasing office space to the agency after IRS employees complained about the building, with one judge challenging whether evidence actually showed the agency acted in bad faith.
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August 07, 2025
UnitedHealth Selling Home Health Branches In DOJ Deal
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement Thursday resolving its Maryland federal court challenge to UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion acquisition of home health and hospice company Amedisys, with the deal requiring the companies to sell at least 164 locations across 19 states.
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August 06, 2025
States Urge Justices To Back Med Mal Laws In Federal Court
Tennessee and 26 other states on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that state statutes requiring an expert affidavit in all medical malpractice suits may be applied in federal court, arguing that overriding these laws under federal procedure rules would undermine state authority.
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August 06, 2025
Archdiocese Seeks Reinsurance Docs In Sex Abuse Row
The Archdiocese of New York urged a state appeals court Wednesday to uphold an order mandating that nine Chubb units turn over reinsurance documents as they litigate coverage for thousands of sex abuse lawsuits, noting Chubb already said before the trial court that "reinsurance is simply insurance for insurers."
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August 06, 2025
State AGs Want Final OK For $39M Apotex Price-Fixing Deal
Nearly every state attorney general in the country has asked a Connecticut federal judge to give final approval to a $39.1 million deal to settle claims that drugmaker Apotex Corp. schemed with others to fix prices and allocate markets for generic drugs, noting that the Florida-based company has already made the payment.
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August 06, 2025
Louisiana Doctor's Suit Against Porzio Bromberg Sent To NJ
A New Orleans federal judge approved a joint motion to transfer a legal malpractice case involving a Louisiana-based doctor and Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC to New Jersey federal court.
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August 06, 2025
CORRECTED: NJ Diocese Drops Abuse Coverage Claims Against Insurer
A Garden State diocese has voluntarily dropped its claims against one of its insurers it accused of violating state law over the coverage of defense costs tied to child sex abuse lawsuits, according to a Monday order.
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August 06, 2025
Judge OKs Addition Of Kenvue, Janssen To J&J Talc MDL
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected Johnson & Johnson's challenge to cancer patients' bid to add additional corporate defendants to multidistrict federal litigation over its talcum powder products, finding the additions would not be futile.
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August 06, 2025
NJ Panel Backs Jury Verdict For Law Firm In $244K Fee Row
A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday upheld a jury verdict in favor of the New York-based law firm Weg & Myers PC in a breach-of-contract action brought by a former client, finding no abuse of discretion or prejudicial error by the judge.
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August 05, 2025
Novo Nordisk Lodges Suits Over 'Knockoff' Semaglutide Meds
Novo Nordisk said Tuesday it has recently filed more than a dozen lawsuits accusing weight loss companies, med spas and pharmacies of tricking patients into purchasing and using unapproved drugs containing semaglutide, which the Danish pharmaceutical company uses in its blockbuster medicines Wegovy and Ozempic.
Expert Analysis
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NCAA Rulings Signal Game Change For Athlete Classification
A Tennessee federal court's recent decision in Pavia v. NCAA adds to a growing call to consider classifying college athletes as employees under federal law, a change that would have unexpected, potentially prohibitive costs for schools, says J.R. Webster Cucovatz at Gilson Daub.
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Recent Cases Clarify FCA Kickback Pleading Standards
Two recently resolved cases involving pharmaceutical manufacturers may make it more difficult for False Claims Act defendants facing kickback scheme allegations to get claims dismissed for lack of evidence, say Li Yu at Bernstein Litowitz, Ellen London at London & Noar, and Gregg Shapiro at Gregg Shapiro Law.
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Opinion
State FCAs Should Cover Local Fund Misuse, State Tax Fraud
New Jersey and other states with similar False Claims Acts should amend them to cover misappropriated municipal funding, and state and local tax fraud, which would encourage more whistleblowers to come forward and increase their recoveries, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
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As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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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.