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$33M Sonos Appeal Has Fed. Circ. Asking: What's Up, Alsup?

By Dani Kass

A Federal Circuit panel struggled Thursday to piece together the different interpretations of what U.S. District Judge William Alsup decided before upending Sonos Inc.'s $32.5 million jury verdict against Google LLC, with one judge claiming disbelief that there could be such a "fundamental disconnect" between the companies' understandings.

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Vax Refuser Tells Jury Red Cross Mandate Was 'Unsettling'

By Danielle Ferguson

A former nurse for the American Red Cross said the organization's requirement that employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine was "unsettling" to her and led to physical manifestations of stress, as she testified before a federal jury on Thursday that she believed receiving the injection went against her religious beliefs.

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AT&T's $181M Patent Loss Gets Tough Look At Fed. Circ.

By Theresa Schliep

A Federal Circuit panel had hard questions for an attorney looking to safeguard Finesse Wireless' $181 million verdict against AT&T and Nokia for infringing a pair of radio interference patents, with one judge in particular seemingly taking issue Thursday with the infringement findings. 

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DuPont Reaches $27M Settlement In NY PFAS Case

By Jonathan Capriel

The members of a proposed class of hundreds of residents whose drinking water was tainted by "forever chemicals" have told a New York federal judge that they've reached a $27 million deal with DuPont, ending claims that it is responsible for the contamination, putting the total settlements achieved at $92 million.

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Boehringer Wins Another Zantac Cancer Trial In Illinois

By Lauraann Wood

Boehringer Ingelheim notched another Zantac cancer trial win in Illinois state court this week, after a jury rejected a prostate cancer patient's claim that his seven-year use of the brand-name heartburn drug played a role in his diagnosis.

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DHS Official Walks Back Testimony On Deportation Leads

By Julie Manganis

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official testified in Massachusetts federal court on Thursday that he was only "speculating" when he said during a deposition last month that the offices of border czar Tom Homan and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were behind a decision to use pro-Israel websites to source leads on potential deportation targets.

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Fed. Circ. Judges Get Tough With Phillips 66 In Retrial Spat

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Circuit tangled with Phillips 66 on Wednesday over the "talismanic significance" of a lower court judge declaring the oil and gas giant had made prejudicial arguments in an infringement case over oil refinery patents.

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Punitive Damages Ruling Deferred In Jack Nicklaus' Fla. Suit

By David Minsky

A Florida state court judge deferred a decision on whether he'll overrule a previous order denying punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit brought by former professional golfer Jack Nicklaus against a company he founded and two of its officers, saying there must be enough evidence to find that reprehensible misconduct occurred.

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11th Circ. Revives Case Over $3.1M Glassware Verdict Debt

By Elliot Weld

The Eleventh Circuit has revived a case over $3.1 million in debt resulting from a jury verdict finding that two glass companies had copied the designs of another business, saying a lower court was wrong to find that the infringing companies' bankruptcy had wiped the debt out.

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Jazz Looks To Block Avadel From Asking For Sleep Drug OK

By Adam Lidgett

Jazz Pharmaceuticals wants a Delaware federal judge to block Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals from seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its Lumryz drug to treat the sleep disorder idiopathic hypersomnia, after the Federal Circuit sent the case back to the lower court.

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College Apparel Co. Seeks New Trial In Penn State TM Case

By Elliot Weld

A print-on-demand company that was permanently barred from using The Pennsylvania State University's name or logos asked a federal judge for a new trademark infringement trial, saying the verdict form at the first trial was confusing to the jury and the university's evidence had not shown it used the marks illegally.

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'Tiger King' Loses Retrial Bid Over Alleged Witness Lies

By Cara Salvatore

The Tenth Circuit has rejected Joseph "Tiger King" Maldonado's latest bid for a new trial following the Netflix series star's murder-for-hire conviction and 21-year sentence, saying arguments regarding supposed witness recantations were waived or unclear.

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10th Circ. Affirms Sentence In $1B Energy Tax Credit Scheme

By Anna Scott Farrell

A leader of a renewable-energy scheme that illicitly sought $1 billion in tax credits failed to persuade the Tenth Circuit to overturn his conviction by arguing that jurors were biased when his lawyer was identified as having helped Michael Jackson beat child molestation charges.

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Fla. Atty Suspended After Conviction In Embezzlement Case

By Lynn LaRowe

The Florida Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer who was found guilty at a June retrial of embezzling from an Orlando law firm where she worked as a paralegal before acquiring her law license.

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Texas Cop's Estate Can't Redo Trial Over Accidental Evidence

By Mike Curley

A Texas federal judge turned down a new trial bid from the estate of a Texas police officer who alleged he suffered carbon monoxide poisoning because of a defect in his Ford-made patrol vehicle, saying the inadvertent admission of a chart into evidence toward the close of trial is not enough to show prejudice.

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Conn. Hospital Hit With $20M Wrongful Death Verdict

By Jonathan Capriel

A Connecticut state jury on Wednesday slapped an anesthesiologist group and Middlesex Hospital with a $20 million verdict, finding that they negligently ignored multiple signs that a patient was bleeding during and after a routine abdominal surgery.

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Penn Hospital Can't Escape Record $207M Med Mal Judgment

By Y. Peter Kang

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Thursday affirmed a record $187 million verdict and subsequent $207 million judgment in a suit accusing the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania of causing a newborn's catastrophic birth injuries, saying the award did not "shock the conscience" given the evidence presented at trial.

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Series

Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.

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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 Bubl茅

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 Bubl茅

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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