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September 05, 2025
Rochester Diocese's $246M Abuse Settlement Plan Approved
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday approved the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester's $246 million Chapter 11 plan to the sound of applause as a six-year-old effort to craft a plan to pay sexual abuse claimants rolled to a conclusion.
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September 04, 2025
18 States Fight Trump Admin's Bid To End Haitian Protections
A coalition of 18 states led by Massachusetts, California and New York has thrown its weight behind immigrants challenging the Trump administration's effort to remove temporary protected status for more than 250,000 Haitians in D.C. federal court, arguing TPS-eligible Haitians contribute $4.4 billion annually to the U.S. economy.
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September 04, 2025
7th Circ. Mulls Ex-Cushman & Wakefield GC's Defamation Row
A Seventh Circuit panel on Thursday asked an attorney for Cushman & Wakefield's former general counsel, who has alleged a Law.com article about his departure was defamatory, if there was any reasonable interpretation of the story other than his claim that it linked his termination with his handling of the firm's involvement in an investigation into President Donald Trump.
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September 04, 2025
Late Funkadelic Member's Royalty Suit Too Late, Judge Finds
A Michigan federal judge ended a case Thursday brought against George Clinton by his late keyboardist's estate over unpaid royalties, saying the statute of limitations expired when there was silence between the parties about a contract between them for decades.
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September 04, 2025
NJ Transit Urges Justices To Affirm Its Sovereign Immunity
New Jersey Transit is a sovereign arm of the state of New Jersey and should be immune from out-of-state lawsuits according to U.S. Supreme Court precedent, attorneys for the agency told the justices in a brief filed Thursday.
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September 04, 2025
Asset Manager Seeks OK Of $53M Mexican Bank Award
An asset management firm has urged a New York federal court to enforce a more than $53 million arbitral award it won in a dispute over management fees due under a trust agreement with a Banamex unit.
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September 04, 2025
Ropes & Gray Leads Carlyle Unit's $20B Secondary Raise
Guided by Ropes & Gray LLP, a unit of The Carlyle Group said Thursday it has raised $20 billion for its latest secondary fund, which has more than 325 new and existing investors who have committed capital to provide liquidity solutions.
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September 04, 2025
Goldman Investors Clinch Class Cert. In 1MDB Bribery Suit
A New York federal judge on Thursday overruled objections raised by Goldman Sachs and fully adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to certify a class of Goldman investors who claim losses from the 1MDB bond bribery scandal.
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September 04, 2025
NY AG Appeals Toss Of $500M Trump Fine In Civil Fraud Case
New York's attorney general said Thursday she will challenge an appeals court's decision to throw out what it called an "excessive" $489 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump and his sons, his companies, and executives of his companies.
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September 04, 2025
AARP Attys Back Suit Challenging TIAA's 401(k) Management
AARP attorneys have offered their resources to a proposed class action claiming the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America shirked federal benefits law by failing to cut costly and underperforming proprietary investment funds from its workers' retirement plans.
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September 04, 2025
Cushman Told Hold Vote On Cleary-Advised Bermuda Move
Commercial broker Cushman & Wakefield said Thursday that it will hold a shareholder vote in October on a plan to change its place of incorporation from England to Bermuda.
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September 04, 2025
Stay Lifted On Merch Monopoly Case Against The NFL
A New York federal judge has lifted the stay on a lawsuit brought by fans that accuses the NFL, its teams and Fanatics of monopolizing sales of licensed league merchandise, resuming a motion-to-dismiss schedule that was paused pending the outcome of a similar lawsuit.
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September 04, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The Justice Department settled a challenge to UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion home hospice acquisition while Democrats called for a judge to reject a different government settlement and the Federal Trade Commission moved against medical technologies transactions for heart valves and device coatings.
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September 04, 2025
Judge Questions Defense Dept. Cap On Research Costs
A Massachusetts federal judge weighing whether to vacate a U.S. Department of Defense cap on administrative costs for research funding programs said Thursday that the government appeared to have ignored a series of injunctions in similar challenges to Trump administration grant cuts and terminations when it imposed the across-the-board limits.
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September 04, 2025
Axinn Veltrop Raises Salaries, Offers Bonuses Up To $25K
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP is bumping up its pay scale for its associates by $25,000 along with paying them special bonuses of up to $25,000, the firm announced Thursday.
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September 04, 2025
Beer, Wings, Patents: Tackling The Latest IP Football Fights
As this NFL season kicks off, a copyright fight stemming from the statue of a famed Detroit Lions player and a suit from a former New York Jets player over his portrayal in the sports documentary series "30 for 30" are brewing in the courts.
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September 04, 2025
5 Firms Guide Rithm Capital's Crestline Buy
Five firms steered real estate-focused investment firm Rithm Capital Corp.'s purchase of Crestline Management, adding and expanding the firm's private credit, insurance and reinsurance capabilities with the acquisition.
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September 04, 2025
2nd Circ. Says Prison Violated Tribal Rights Of Two Inmates
Two Native American inmates can pursue their First Amendment claims against Connecticut prison officials after they were barred from participating in sweat lodge and smudging ceremonies, the Second Circuit determined, saying there was no penological justification for the request denials.
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September 04, 2025
Gov't Backs Funds Against Activist Investor Before High Court
The federal government and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have filed amicus briefs in support of a group of investment funds that are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to constrain the rights of private parties to file lawsuits under the Investment Company Act.
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September 04, 2025
Purdue Pharma Approved For $17.5M In Ch. 11 Bonus Plans
Bankrupt pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma LP received approval from a New York judge Thursday to pay more than $17.5 million in employee bonuses, mirroring the bonus structures of the last few years since the company commenced its Chapter 11 case.
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September 03, 2025
Trump Seeks To Have Justices Toss E. Jean Carroll Verdict
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's planning to challenge writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual assault finding against him at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to give him 60 days to file a petition for the justices to review "significant issues."
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September 03, 2025
How Morgan & Morgan Got Ousted As Top Federal Tort Filer
Heavyweight injury firm Morgan & Morgan PA was ousted from the top spot for most federal court filings in the past three years thanks to more than 2,000 individual cases filed in Mississippi over drinking water there, according to a new analysis by Lex Machina, whose rich trend data also shows how other firms fared over the same period.
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September 03, 2025
NBCUniversal Again Defeats Claims It Shared Data With Meta
A New York federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action accusing NBCUniversal of sharing Today.com visitors' personal and video viewing information with Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., saying one website visitor in Missouri failed to meet the Second Circuit's newly adopted standard for what is considered personally identifiable information.
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September 03, 2025
Real Estate Counsel Rejoins Ropes & Gray In New York
Ropes & Gray LLP said an alumnus has rejoined the firm's New York office as counsel in its real estate investments and transactions group from GIC Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund.
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September 03, 2025
Amex Owes $12M In Antisteering Rule Suit, NY Jury Holds
A New York federal jury ordered American Express Co. to pay over $12 million to a class of Illinois consumers after finding the company liable under Illinois state law for overcharges that the class says they experienced due to so-called antisteering rules Amex imposed on merchants that accept Amex cards.
Expert Analysis
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Evolving Federal Rules Pose Further Obstacles To NY LLC Act
Following the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent changes to beneficial ownership information reporting under the federal Corporate Transparency Act — dramatically reducing the number of companies required to make disclosures — the utility of New York's LLC Transparency Act becomes less apparent, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.
A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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Ch. 15 Ruling May Offer Path To Ch. 11 Workaround
In Mega Newco, a New York bankruptcy court recently recognized an English scheme of arrangement involving a Mexican financial services company under Chapter 15, showing the flexibility and pragmatism of U.S. bankruptcy courts in effectuating an international restructuring that was consensually designed as a Chapter 11 alternative, says Arthur Rosenberg at Holland & Knight.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Understanding Compliance Concerns With NY Severance Bill
New York's No Severance Ultimatums Act, if enacted, could overhaul how employers manage employee separations, but employers should be mindful that the bill's language introduces ambiguities and raises compliance concerns, say attorneys at Norris McLaughlin.
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Mergers Face Steeper Slopes In State Antitrust Reviews
The New York Supreme Court's recent summary judgment in New York v. Intermountain Management, blocking the acquisition and shuttering of a ski mountain in the Syracuse area, underscores the growing trend among state antitrust enforcers to scrutinize and challenge anticompetitive conduct under state laws, say attorneys at Robins Kaplan.
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Maneuvering The Weeds Of Cannabis Vertical Integration
The conversation around vertical integration has taken on new urgency as the cannabis market expands, despite federal reform remaining a distant dream, so the best strategy for cannabis operators is to approach vertical integration on a state-by-state basis, say attorneys at Sweetspot Brands.
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Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials
As shown by the recent fraud convictions of two executives at the now-shuttered education startup Frank, multidefendant criminal trials pose unique obstacles, but with some planning, defense counsel can mitigate the harm and maximize the chances of a good outcome, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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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.