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August 18, 2025
Mexican Co. Slams 'Grotesque' $46M Award In LNG Plant Fight
A Mexican construction company asked a New York federal court Monday to vacate a $46 million arbitral award favoring industrial conglomerate Honeywell's subsidiary in a dispute over a contract to fabricate equipment for a liquefied natural gas plant, calling the award invalid, unjust and "grotesque."
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August 18, 2025
Physicians Call Out ICE Medical Neglect In Detention Facilities
Medical professionals decried U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's denial of medical care inside a makeshift detention space inside 26 Federal Plaza, a federal building in Lower Manhattan, on Aug. 18, 2025. (Marco Poggio | Law360)
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August 18, 2025
Deutsche Bank, NCUA Net Partial Wins In Crisis-Era RMBS Suit
A New York federal judge has granted partial early wins to both the National Credit Union Administration board and Deutsche Bank in a long-running suit stemming from the 2008 financial crisis and concerning allegations that Deutsche Bank failed to fulfill its duties to certificate holders in several residential mortgage-backed securities trusts.
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August 18, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. tentatively settled a stockholder derivative suit for $111.25 million, VectoIQ board members reached a $6.3 million deal on stockholder claims over electric carmaker Nikola's prospects, and class attorneys who secured a $50 million derivative suit settlement saw their proposed 25% attorney fee cut by almost half. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.
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August 18, 2025
Defense In Gilgo Beach Killings Case Opposes DNA Evidence
Rex Heuermann, accused in a series of Gilgo Beach killings, is urging a New York state court not to allow the admission of DNA evidence in his murder trial, arguing that the "paradigm shifting methodology" employed to link him with hair found on victims is too untested to pass rigorous court admissibility standards for the first time.
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August 18, 2025
NY Cannabis Regulators Sued Over Proximity Rule Change
New York cannabis dispensaries are suing state regulators claiming they have changed the minimum distance their businesses need to be from a school and ordered them to move or lose their licenses, threatening millions of dollars in investments and the "life savings" of many entrepreneurs.
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August 18, 2025
Judge Orders Jamaican's Release For Due Process Violations
A New York federal judge ordered immigration officials to immediately release a Jamaican asylum seeker from detention Monday, after ruling last week that the man was afforded no due process whatsoever.
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August 18, 2025
NY Judge Questions Brazilian Co. Oi's Ch. 15-To-Ch. 11 Shift
A New York federal bankruptcy judge expressed concerns about a Brazilian telecommunications company's novel plans to undo Chapter 15 recognition of a restructuring proceeding in its home country so it can file for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S.
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August 18, 2025
AGs Sue DOJ For Tying Victim Aid To ICE Enforcement
A coalition of 21 state attorneys general, led by Matthew Platkin of New Jersey, filed suit against the Trump administration on Monday, accusing it of unlawfully tying $1 billion in crime victim funding to immigration enforcement, a move they say defies congressional intent and jeopardizes critical support for survivors.
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August 18, 2025
AmeriCorps Restores $400M In Slashed Grants, Judge Told
AmeriCorps told a Maryland federal judge Monday that the agency restored around $400 million in funding to nonprofits canceled under the Trump administration in April, saying the government doesn't plan to ax grants before they end.
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August 18, 2025
Goldberg Segalla Adds Employment, Insurance Attys In NYC
Goldberg Segalla LLP announced Monday that it has grown its employment and insurance services in New York with the recent addition of two attorneys who moved their practices from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP and Clyde & Co. LLP.
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August 18, 2025
2nd Circ. Partially Reopens Grocery Chain 401(k) Fee Suit
The Second Circuit partially revived a proposed class action Monday against a Northeastern U.S. grocery chain alleging mismanagement of an employee 401(k) plan, finding a lower court wrongly tossed some allegations in the suit for failure to state a claim.
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August 18, 2025
5 Firms Guide Soho House $2.7B Take-Private Deal With MCR
Soho House & Co. Inc. announced Monday that it has inked a take-private deal with hotel operator MCR that values the company at $2.7 billion.
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August 18, 2025
Founder Of 'Modest Needs' Charity Admits Stealing Millions
A New York City man who operated a crowdsourcing charity for the poor copped to fraud and tax evasion charges Monday, telling a Manhattan federal judge that he stole millions and spent the money on a lavish lifestyle.
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August 18, 2025
Fox Corp. Sues Mexican Broadcaster Over Use Of 'Fox Sports'
Fox Sports has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court accusing a Mexican media company of misusing its sports-related intellectual property rights and trying to interfere with its other business relationships in Mexico after Fox nixed their trademark agreement.
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August 15, 2025
Argentina Can Stay YPF Stake Turnover, 2nd Circ. Says
The Second Circuit on Friday paused a New York federal judge's order requiring Argentina to give up its 51% equity stake in the nationalized oil company YPF SA to partially pay off a $16.1 billion judgment in investor litigation, while the country appeals.
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August 15, 2025
Nat'l Guard Deployment In States Won't Be As Easy As In DC
President Donald Trump's power to deploy the D.C. National Guard and federalize local police lays bare the unique vulnerability of the district, but that power may be more limited in states where Trump has threatened to take similar action.
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August 15, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Water Law, Risky Debt, NYC Rezone
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into coastal development, one bank's bullish outlook on construction financing, and Midtown Manhattan's greenlight for denser residential development.
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August 15, 2025
NY Judge Orders Temu Users To Arbitrate Data Claims
A New York federal judge ordered a group of plaintiffs accusing online bargain app Temu of privacy violations to arbitrate their claims, saying an arbitration agreement in the company's terms is not unconscionable and that an arbitrator must determine the pact's scope.
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August 15, 2025
Chancery Says Failed FTX Claim Buy Is Outside Its Jurisdiction
A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Friday ruled that a lawsuit over a failed deal to buy a claim in the Chapter 11 case of cryptocurrency platform FTX does not belong in his court, saying the fact the bankruptcy is being heard in Delaware does not constitute a sufficient connection to the state.
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August 15, 2025
2nd Circ. Says Sun Life Can't Nix Worker's Benefits Challenge
A split Second Circuit panel resuscitated a worker's suit challenging Sun Life's decision to deny her long-term disability benefits, ruling a release she signed with her employer didn't bar her from suing the insurance company because she was assured the agreement wouldn't block her ability to collect benefits.
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August 15, 2025
Charter Hid Losses After FCC Subsidies Ended, Investor Says
Charter Communications has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it misled investors about its ability to offset internet customer losses after the end of the FCC's pandemic-era Affordable Connectivity Program, which 5 million of Charter's customers used.
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August 15, 2025
NY Fines Insurer Healthplex $2M Over Cybersecurity Failures
A dental insurance provider has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty and undergo an audit of its multifactor authentication controls in order to resolve the New York financial regulator's claims that its failure to implement robust cybersecurity safeguards led to an email phishing attack that exposed customers' sensitive data.
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August 15, 2025
Bankrupt NJ Office Building Gets OK For $26M Sale
A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved the sale of a New Jersey office building for $26 million, a higher price than that offered by the stalking horse bidder, which will get a $215,000 breakup fee.
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August 15, 2025
DLA Piper Welcomes Longtime Goodwin Corporate Lawyer
DLA Piper has announced it has welcomed a longtime Goodwin Procter LLP attorney to its capital markets and public company advisory practice in New York, touting his skills representing investment banks, issuers and investors in a range of capital markets transactions.
Expert Analysis
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Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds
The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies
The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.
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Despite SEC Climate Pause, Cos. Must Still Heed State Regs
While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.
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Atty Insurance Implications Of Rising Nonclient Cyber Claims
As law firms are increasingly targeted in cyberattacks, claims by clients as well as nonclients against lawyers are also on the rise, increasing the scope of exposure that attorneys face in their practice, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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AG Watch: Letitia James' Major Influence On Federal Litigation
While the multistate cases brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James appear to be based upon her interpretation of the effect of the Trump administration's policies on New York state and its residents, most also have a decidedly political tone to them, says Dennis Vacco at Lippes Mathias.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving pretrial detainee bail funds, employment law, product defect allegations and claims of not providing proper pain medication at a jail.
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Employer Tips For Navigating Cultural Flashpoints Litigation
A New York federal court's recent refusal to fully dismiss claims that Cooper Union failed to address antisemitism underscores why employment litigation that involves polarizing political, social or cultural divides requires distinct defense strategies to minimize risk of an adverse outcome and of negative impacts on the employer's reputation, say attorneys at Seyfarth Shaw.