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September 03, 2025
Nationwide Unit Needn't Cover Restaurateur In Fraud Disputes
The former co-manager of a defunct Colorado restaurant venture cannot get coverage for a suit alleging he defrauded a lender and a separate bankruptcy proceeding, a New York federal court ruled, finding a Nationwide unit has no duty to defend him under a policy issued to the entity he partnered with.
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September 03, 2025
NJ Health Biz Can't Move Data Privacy Suit To NY
A New Jersey federal judge has denied a healthcare company's request to transfer a proposed information privacy class action to the Eastern District of New York, ruling that New Jersey is the proper venue for the case to proceed because that is where the alleged conduct occurred.
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September 03, 2025
Referee Blows Whistle On NBA's Partial Win In Vaccine Fight
A fired referee suing the NBA for religious discrimination asked a New York federal court to reconsider its ruling that denied him front and back pay, arguing the judge overlooked controlling case law that makes the decision "inappropriate."
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September 03, 2025
Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-Asst. To The Solicitor General
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former assistant to the solicitor general whose wealth of appellate experience includes six arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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September 03, 2025
Manhattan DA To Target Wage-Fixing With Antitrust Laws
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wednesday that his office plans to be the first to use New York's criminal antitrust laws against companies that collude to keep workers' wages low.
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September 03, 2025
Latham Adds Former Fried Frank Atty To M&A, PE Team In NY
Latham & Watkins LLP announced another addition to its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice Tuesday, welcoming a former Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP attorney with broad expertise in asset management M&A transactions.
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September 03, 2025
Transit Tech Startup Via Ignites Plans For $450M IPO
Rideshare and transit services company Via Transportation, which offers software and technology-enabled services to replace aging transportation systems, on Wednesday outlined a price range for its estimated $450 million initial public offering.
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September 03, 2025
Archegos Witness Avoids Prison After 'Extensive' Cooperation
A former accountant who served as director of risk at Archegos before its fraud-driven collapse avoided prison Wednesday after a Manhattan federal judge said his testimony was crucial in securing the conviction and 18-year prison sentence imposed on fund founder Bill Hwang.
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September 03, 2025
Judge Accepts DNA Evidence In Gilgo Beach Case
A New York state court judge ruled Wednesday that DNA evidence allegedly linking accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to the bodies of women found dead on Long Island can be considered by a jury, marking the first time the scientific technique known as whole genome sequencing has passed such rigorous admissibility standards.
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September 02, 2025
Visa, Mastercard Still Can't Beat Intuit, Block Antitrust Claims
A New York federal judge has rejected Visa and Mastercard's latest effort to ditch antitrust claims brought by Intuit and Block in long-running multidistrict litigation over payment processing fees, agreeing with a magistrate judge's finding that the court has already considered and rejected the credit companies' arguments.
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September 02, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
For appellate attorneys feeling sad summer's over, September's circuit calendars are here to help with argument topics — including the former Meghan Markle, an ex-Jones Day lawyer's religious liberty suit and $17 million in fees after "a vigorous litigation battle" between BigLaw firms — offering enough intrigue to vanquish any autumn ennui.
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September 02, 2025
Wall Street Banks Beat Revived Bond-Rigging Antitrust Claims
A New York federal judge tossed a recently revived proposed antitrust class action Tuesday accusing Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and other major financial institutions of conspiring to rig corporate bonds and boycott rival bond-trading platforms, finding the allegations are vague, conclusory and time-barred.
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September 02, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Patel's GF, Dershowitz, Nunes
In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 reports on a new suit by the girlfriend of the current FBI director over a podcaster's claims that she was an Israeli intelligence agent, as well as the latest settlement between a voting machine company and a conservative news organization over 2020 election claims.
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September 02, 2025
DOJ Says Illinois Tuition Perks Illegally Disfavor US Citizens
Illinois is breaking federal law by providing in-state tuition, scholarships and other benefits to people who entered the country illegally and in doing so is discriminating against American citizens, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
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September 02, 2025
NYPD Urges Dismissal Of Racial Bias Suit Over Gang List
The city of New York has asked a federal judge to toss a putative class action alleging NYPD officials violated the constitutional rights of people on the department's list of purported gang members, saying the lawsuit, brought by three anonymous men, is "highly speculative."
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September 02, 2025
2nd Circ. Affirms Arizona Iced Tea's Audit Expense Coverage
Hanover Insurance Co. must cover the maker of Arizona Iced Tea for additional audit expenses from a power surge that erased years of financial data, the Second Circuit determined Tuesday, finding that delays and additional costs were directly traced to the surge and therefore covered.
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September 02, 2025
Bernstein Litowitz To Lead Hasbro Investors' Post-COVID Suit
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP will represent a proposed class of investors in a suit alleging toy and games giant Hasbro Inc. and some of its current and former executives concealed certain inventory level issues following a pandemic-era spike in demand for games and global supply chain disruptions.
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September 02, 2025
Paramount Scores Some Docs In 'Top Gun' Copyright Suit
A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday granted Paramount Pictures' request for certain documents held by Shaun Gray, a man suing the company claiming that he wrote some key scenes in "Top Gun: Maverick" without receiving any money or credit.
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September 02, 2025
Nike, StockX Resolve Counterfeiting Suit Ahead Of Trial
Shoe giant Nike and sneaker reseller StockX LLC have agreed to end Nike's false advertising claims that StockX sold counterfeit Nike shoes, according to a filing in New York federal court.
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September 02, 2025
Spirit Airlines Promises Aggressive Cuts In Second Ch. 11
Spirit Airlines kicked off its second Chapter 11 case in under a year on Tuesday by emphasizing it will more aggressively use the tools of bankruptcy to transform itself into a leaner business with dozens fewer jets, telling a New York federal judge that the case in effect will be the budget air carrier's "first Chapter 11."
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September 02, 2025
CooperSurgical Says Earlier Cases Sink Conn. Filshie Clip Suits
CooperSurgical Inc. on Tuesday asked a Connecticut state judge to issue a win in its favor against several groups of women who say their birth control clips detached and migrated inside their bodies, accusing the women of forum shopping after their claims failed in several other states.
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September 02, 2025
Sullivan & Cromwell Sees NY Exits As It Grows In London
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has seen at least two of its mergers and acquisitions attorneys depart from its New York office in recent weeks, as the global firm concurrently boosts its standing in London with the announcement this week of two high-profile private capital hires.
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September 02, 2025
Goodwin Adds Sidley Atty To Lead Shareholder Activism Team
Goodwin Procter LLP has tapped a Sidley Austin LLP partner to lead its shareholder activism and takeover defense practice, the firm announced Tuesday.
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September 02, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs X In Arb. Fees In Severance Case
Courts can't sort out who pays arbitration fees, and employers' refusal to pay such fees isn't a failure to arbitrate, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday, siding with X in a case accusing the social media platform of owing workers severance.
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September 02, 2025
'Never My Intention' To Defy Justices, Judge In NIH Case Says
A veteran Massachusetts jurist on Tuesday responded to suggestions by two U.S. Supreme Court justices that he had defied the high court by going ahead with a bench trial on two challenges to the Trump administration's cuts to National Institutes of Health research grants, saying he would never intentionally disregard precedent.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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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.