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Counsel for consumers, insurers and others urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to approve Sandoz and its subsidiaries' $275 million deal settling claims it conspired with other companies to fix some generic drug prices, with Sandoz separately calling states' objections "a paternalistic desire to control private class action settlements."
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TOP NEWS

Sandoz, Buyers Defend $275M Deal Amid State Objections

By Bonnie Eslinger

Counsel for consumers, insurers and others urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday to approve Sandoz and its subsidiaries' $275 million deal settling claims it conspired with other companies to fix some generic drug prices, with Sandoz separately calling states' objections "a paternalistic desire to control private class action settlements."

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Plan Administrator Seeks To Toss Union's Pension Error Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A benefit plan administration company said it shouldn't have to face a lawsuit claiming a union pension fund paid $2.4 million in interest because the administrator paid benefits on the wrong day of the month, arguing in Pennsylvania federal court that it wasn't acting as a fiduciary.

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Brief

'Cookie-Cutter' Slip-And-Fall Suit Against Walmart Settled

By Jonathan Capriel

Weeks after personal injury law firm Simon & Simon PC was chastised by a Pennsylvania federal judge for letting paralegals file a "cookie-cutter" slip-and-fall lawsuit against Walmart, the plaintiff's counsel have notified the court that a deal was reached ending the claims.

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FDA Gets Early Win In Blue States' Abortion Pill Suit

By Mark Payne

A Washington federal judge has granted an early win to the federal government in a lawsuit from 17 Democratic attorneys general challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's restrictions on access to the abortion drug mifepristone, finding the agency has properly reviewed the drug when issuing regulations.

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LITIGATION

Telecom Consultant Seeks To Enforce Nonsolicitation Deals

By Matthew Santoni

A Pittsburgh-based telecommunications consulting firm says three of its employees joined up with a competitor and violated their nonsolicitation agreements by taking certain customers and jobs with them, according to a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court.

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Transport Co. Not Covered In Crash Suits, Judge Says

By Hope Patti

A transportation company is not entitled to coverage for personal injury suits stemming from a crash involving a trucking shipment, a Pennsylvania federal court has ruled, saying coverage is excluded because the company was listed on the bill of lading for the shipment.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Probes 'Disruption' By Alt-Right Ex-Prof's Speech

By Amanda Ottaway

A Third Circuit panel pressed the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Wednesday to show that what it called racist off-campus comments by a professor had caused such a disruption that it had to fire him, with one judge asking where they should draw the First Amendment line for free speech.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care

Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

VC Giant Andreessen Rips Del. Courts, Plans Move To Nev.

By Rae Ann Varona

Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz on Wednesday announced plans to reincorporate in Nevada, saying that it was no longer a "no-brainer" to launch a company and incorporate in the historically corporate-friendly state of Delaware.

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Dems Say 3rd Circ. Nominee Urged DOJ To Ignore Courts

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee on Thursday unveiled 150 pages of documents, which they say substantiate whistleblower allegations against Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove and raise concerns about his conduct during his tenure at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Another Atty Sanctioned For Allegedly Hallucinated Case Law

By Andrea Keckley

A Florida judge on Wednesday issued a blistering order against an attorney who became the latest of many to face sanctions over filings with case law suspected of being hallucinated by generative artificial intelligence, ordering him to take AI ethics courses and repay opposing counsel's fees.

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'Admonition' But No More Amazon Penalty For Hidden Docs

By Bryan Koenig

A federal judge in Washington state took Amazon.com to task Thursday for "bad faith" material review that labeled tens of thousands of documents as covered by attorney-client privilege despite involving no legal advice, but the judge, who is presiding over the Federal Trade Commission's Prime subscriptions case against the company, opted against further punishment.

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Trump Taps Holland & Hart Partner For Montana Bench

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump announced on social media Thursday he has chosen a Holland & Hart LLP partner and veteran government attorney to serve on the federal bench in Montana.

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Senate Tees Up 6th Circ. Nom Vote As 1st Of 2nd Trump Term

By Courtney Bublé

The first judicial confirmation of the second Trump administration was readied on Thursday, with the U.S. Senate voting 51-43 to end debate on the nomination of Whitney Hermandorfer to the Sixth Circuit.

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Judge Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Nationwide

By Britain Eakin

A New Hampshire federal judge on Thursday issued a nationwide block of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, and granted certification to a nationwide class that will cover all affected children born in the U.S.

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Analysis

5 Employee Benefits Takeaways On The GOP Tax Bill

By Kellie Mejdrich

Congressional Republicans' sweeping tax and policy bill, which President Donald Trump sought and then signed, contains multiple provisions that caught the attention of employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys, including new changes to high-deductible health plans and an employer-side deduction limit affecting highly compensated employees. Here are five takeaways from employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys on what's in — and out of — the GOP megabill.

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Alston & Bird

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Clark Hill

Covington & Burling

Davis Wright Tremaine

Fine Kaplan

Groom Law Group

Holland & Hart

Hueston Hennigan

Kaufman Dolowich

Lewis Brisbois

Manning Gross

McDermott Will & Emery

Nicolaides Fink

Seyfarth Shaw

Simon & Simon PC

Skadden Arps

Walsh Pizzi

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts

American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire

Andreessen Horowitz LLC

Asian American Center for Advancing Justice

Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Harvard University

Los Angeles Times

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Novartis AG

PGT Trucking Inc.

PGT, Inc.

Sandoz International GmbH

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Tesla Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The New York Times Co.

TripAdvisor Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Zenith American Solutions Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

National Labor Relations Board

Supreme Court of Nevada

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. District Court of the District of New Hampshire

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana

Washington Attorney General's Office