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June 27, 2025
Crypto Co. CEO Sued Over Alleged Sex Assault, Retaliation
The CEO of blockchain platform Mask Network has been hit with a suit in New Jersey federal court from a former employee at his affiliated payroll company alleging he sexually assaulted her during a work trip, fired her after she raised concerns about millions in unreported cryptocurrency transactions, and withdrew sponsorship of her U.S. green card.
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June 27, 2025
NJ Judge Denies Investment Fund's Bid For Nonparty Docs
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a Black-owned investment fund's bid to obtain personal emails and other documents related to the relationship between an asset management firm's principals and the ex-director of the Garden State's investment division, ruling the fund failed to show the need for the documents and that the request is overly burdensome.
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June 27, 2025
Party City To Send Liquidation Plan Out For Creditor Vote
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday gave Party City permission to send its liquidation plan out for a vote after the retailer agreed to give parties with claims racked up during the Chapter 11 case more time to opt out of proposed cuts to their recoveries.
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June 27, 2025
Rite Aid Picks $19.2M Bid For Thrifty Ice Cream In Ch. 11
Drugstore chain Rite Aid said it has reached a deal to sell its Thrifty Ice Cream brand to an entity tied to the chief executive of Monster Beverage Corp. for $19.2 million during its Chapter 11 case.
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June 27, 2025
Feds Seek 3rd Circ. Stay Of Columbia Grad's Release Order
The federal government has asked the Third Circuit to stay a New Jersey judge's order that released Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on bond, arguing that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the immigration issue and Khalil's habeas filing.
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June 27, 2025
Justices Limit Universal Injunctions But Defer On Citizenship
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump can partially implement his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, in a ruling that significantly limits the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationally applicable orders against presidential edicts and policy initiatives.
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June 26, 2025
Construction Cos. To Pay $13M For PPP Loan Statements
Several companies have agreed to pay the federal government $13 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by misstating their qualifications for Paycheck Protection Plan forgivable loans during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to New Jersey's top federal prosecutor.
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June 26, 2025
Ex-McCarter & English Atty Questioned On Bias Pleading
A New Jersey state judge pressed a former McCarter & English LLP attorney on Thursday to show how his anti-veteran discrimination complaint against the firm met the pleading standards for a whistleblower suit as he faces the firm's motion to dismiss.
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June 26, 2025
ICE Agents Could Testify Anonymously In 1st Am. Trial
A Massachusetts federal judge suggested Thursday he is open to allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to testify anonymously at an upcoming bench trial in a suit brought by academic groups challenging the detention of noncitizen students and faculty who express pro-Palestinian views.
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June 26, 2025
'50 Cent' Liquor Biz Can Target Ex-Boss's Home In Ch. 7
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge ruled that famous rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson's liquor company Sire Spirits LLC can enforce its lien on its former brand manager Mitchell Green's home in Westport to get some recovery for a $7 million fraud judgment against him, even as Green goes through Chapter 7 proceedings.
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June 26, 2025
Litigators, Jurists And A Prosecutor Get Closer To NJ Bench
Partners at Leary Bride Mergner & Bongiovanni PA, Costello Mains & Silverman LLC and Rainone Coughlin Minchello were among the dozen nominees advanced by the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee to the state's Superior Court bench on Thursday.
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June 25, 2025
TD Bank Worker Cops To Taking Bribes To Open Accounts
A former employee of TD Bank has pled guilty to accepting bribes for opening around 140 fraudulent bank accounts that led to checking account scams that cost the bank tens of thousands of dollars, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey announced Wednesday.
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June 25, 2025
Aetna, CVS Slam Lab's Revised Suit Seeking $20.6M Payment
Aetna and its owner, CVS Health Corp., say a medical laboratory's revamped lawsuit alleging that $20.6 million in invoices remain unpaid fares no better than an earlier version that led a Connecticut federal judge to show the lab the courthouse door earlier this year.
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June 25, 2025
3rd Circ. Upholds $3.2M Atty Fee In Wawa Breach Suit
The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a $3.2 million fee award for Berger Montague and Fine Kaplan & Black in the settlement for consumers affected by a 2019 Wawa data breach, ruling Wednesday that the district court judge correctly found no improper "side deals" or collusion at class members' expense.
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June 25, 2025
Watchdog Targets US Atty Over Arrests, Probes Of NJ Officials
The legal ethics watchdog Campaign for Accountability on Wednesday accused interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba of an "abuse of power" over her office's recent investigations and arrests of New Jersey officials and called for an ethics investigation.
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June 25, 2025
3rd Circ. Pick Emil Bove Says He's 'Not Anybody's Henchman'
Emil Bove, nominee for the Third Circuit, who previously served as President Donald Trump's criminal attorney and was a top acting official at the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year, where he took various controversial actions, made his case on Wednesday for judicial confirmation.
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June 25, 2025
Hospital Slams Novo Nordisk's Insulin Pen Suit Sanctions Bid
Connecticut's Griffin Hospital says Novo Nordisk's attempt to score sanctions in a lawsuit about insulin pen contamination should be rejected because no law requires the healthcare facility to lay out its adversary's possible defenses when pleading its claims.
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June 25, 2025
NJ Rep. McIver Pleads Not Guilty In ICE Facility Incident
U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver pled not guilty Wednesday in New Jersey federal court to assault and interference charges stemming from an incident at an immigration detention center in Newark on May 9.
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June 25, 2025
NJ Accountant Admits To Role In $1.3B Easement Tax Scheme
A New Jersey accountant admitted to promoting fraudulent conservation easement tax shelters to wealthy clients in connection with a $1.3 billion scheme that triggered decades-long prison sentences for two ringleaders, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.
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June 25, 2025
Einhorn Barbarito Names New Co-Managing Partner
A co-lead of the appellate and family/matrimonial practices at Einhorn Barbarito Frost Botwinick Nunn & Musmanno PC is now co-managing partner, the New Jersey-based firm announced Tuesday.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.
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2 Cases May Signal Where FTC Is Headed On Labor Issues
Two recent Federal Trade Commission challenges to no-hire clauses in agreements between building service firms and their customers include comments by future FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson that may offer insight into the direction the FTC is headed on labor issues, says Michael Wise at Squire Patton.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Opinion
Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok
Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.
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Series
Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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What FARA Enforcement In 2024 Reveals For The Year Ahead
A number of developments, from indictments to legislation, shaped the Foreign Agents Registration Act enforcement landscape last year, and following the U.S. Department of Justice's recently released long-awaited proposed amendments to the law, 2025 shows no signs of slowing down, says Tessa Capeloto at Wiley.
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Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.
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Series
Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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How Changes In State Gift Card Laws May Affect Cos. In 2025
2024 state legislative movements around the escheatment of unused gift card balances and consumer fraud protections should prompt issuers to consider whether changes in company domicile or blanket cash-back policies are needed in the new year, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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The 6 Most Significant FCRA Litigation Developments Of 2024
From a key sovereign immunity decision at the U.S. Supreme Court to a ruling on creditworthiness out of the Seventh Circuit, several important Fair Credit Reporting Act cases wound their way through the courts in 2024, each offering takeaways for both plaintiffs and defendants, say attorneys at Shipkevich.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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NLRB Likely To Fill Vacuum After NMB Jurisdiction Ruling
The National Mediation Board's recent ruling in Swissport Cargo Services LP abandoned decades of precedent by concluding the Railway Labor Act doesn’t apply to airline service providers, likely leading the National Labor Relations Board to assert its jurisdiction instead and potentially causing more operational disruptions and labor strife, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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The Justices' Securities Rulings, Dismissals That Defined '24
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 securities rulings led to increased success for defendants' price impact arguments, but the justices' decisions not to weigh in on important issues relating to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's pleading requirements may be just as significant, say attorneys at Skadden.