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  • May 21, 2025

    Rite Aid Cleared To Sell Pharmacy Assets To CVS, Others

    A New Jersey bankruptcy judge Wednesday gave drugstore chain Rite Aid the go-ahead to transfer millions of prescriptions and dozens of stores to CVS, Walgreens and other pharmacy businesses in Chapter 11 transactions.

  • May 21, 2025

    Kraft Heinz Signals M&A Ambitions Amid Berkshire Board Exit

    Kraft Heinz Co. is evaluating potential "strategic transactions" amid a board shakeup, as the food giant lays the groundwork for potential changes to its portfolio.

  • May 21, 2025

    Distiller Says Ex-Partner, Attys Used RICO Suit To Ruin Him

    A Pennsylvania distiller claims his erstwhile partner in Pittsburgh's Kingfly Spirits launched years of litigation against him designed to ruin his reputation and career, saying in a complaint of his own that the ex-collaborator texted him "game on" before beginning his abusive legal campaign.

  • May 21, 2025

    NRA Asks Justices To End Fla.'s Age Limit On Gun Sales

    The National Rifle Association is taking its fight against Florida's prohibition on gun sales to anyone under 21 up to the U.S. Supreme Court, telling the justices that a circuit split makes the Eleventh Circuit's March decision upholding the ban ripe for review.

  • May 21, 2025

    Clerk Shouldn't Have Deemed Injury Suit Late, Pa. Court Rules

    The Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled in a precedential opinion that a county prothonotary clerk did not have the authority to reject an injury lawsuit against a resort as lacking the proper signatures or as untimely after the filing sat in the courthouse for five days, with the appellate court reviving the case for further proceedings.

  • May 21, 2025

    Pa. Dems Coast to Primary Wins In Judicial, DA Contests

    Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner fought off a challenge from fellow Democrat and former judge Patrick Dugan on Tuesday night, clearing the way for the incumbent's third term as the city's top prosecutor.

  • May 20, 2025

    Trump Admin Rationale For HHS Firings Challenged By Judge

    A Rhode Island federal judge expressed skepticism Tuesday about the Trump administration's assertion that mass firings at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were lawful and intended to improve national health, saying during a preliminary injunction hearing that nothing in the record demonstrates "thoughtful work" behind these decisions.

  • May 20, 2025

    Cigna Accused Of Mismanaging Retirement Plan Funds

    Cigna has been unlawfully putting its own interests above those of a 401(k) plan's participants by using forfeited plan funds to reduce company contributions, despite experiencing "significant financial performance," a putative class action filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania federal court alleges.

  • May 20, 2025

    Chancery Orders EB-5 Co. Head To Pay Ousted Member $6.9M

    A Delaware vice chancellor has ordered the founder and controller of a Philadelphia-based center that oversees an investment incentive program for foreign nationals to pay nearly $6.9 million to a member who was obliged to cash out under what the court found to be unfair, conflicted terms.

  • May 20, 2025

    Creditors Win Fight Against Insider Releases In Azzur Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday sustained an objection to insider releases in the Chapter 11 liquidation plan of Azzur Group, finding the pharmaceutical services company had not justified the releases for prepetition conduct of current and former officers, directors, and equity holders.

  • May 20, 2025

    Pennsylvania Biz Owner Cops To COVID Fraud Schemes

    A Pennsylvania business owner on Tuesday admitted to running fraud schemes targeting government business pandemic relief programs that could result in a maximum $3.25 million fine, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia.

  • May 20, 2025

    The Alien Enemies Act Cases: A Roundup

    Litigation over President Donald Trump’s March 14 proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act has moved at breakneck speed, spurring two U.S. Supreme Court decisions already while at least five different districts weigh his authority to invoke the wartime law. Here, Law360 catches you up on major developments in the litigation.

  • May 20, 2025

    GOP Lawmakers Defend Stricter Independent Contractor Bill

    Republicans on a U.S. House subcommittee Tuesday pushed for passing a recently introduced bill that would tighten standards for classifying workers as independent contractors, while Democrats feared moving in that direction would significantly hurt workers.

  • May 20, 2025

    Cozen O'Connor's Insurance Team Hires Former Deputy AG

    Veteran insurer-side litigator Frank Toddre II has joined Cozen O'Connor in Las Vegas from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, the business law firm announced, touting his experience as a former senior deputy attorney general in Nevada and a seasoned Ninth Circuit appellate and civil rights attorney.

  • May 20, 2025

    MLBPA, Underdog Sports End Suit Over Using Player Images

    The Major League Baseball Players Association and sports betting platform Underdog Sports have agreed to end the union's suit alleging unauthorized use of players' names, images and likenesses to promote its services, a complaint that originally also accused FanDuel of the same usage.

  • May 20, 2025

    State AGs Back NJ Judicial Privacy Law At 3rd Circ.

    Most states' attorneys general, along with law enforcement organizations and a data privacy group, have encouraged the Third Circuit to uphold a New Jersey judicial privacy measure, saying states have sovereignty to enact such laws in a time of increased threats against judges.

  • May 20, 2025

    Nursing Homes Facing 'Corporate Death Penalty' Owe $15.4M

    The companies behind two Pittsburgh-area nursing homes convicted of falsifying staffing records were ordered Tuesday to pay a total of $15.35 million in restitution to the federal government, though the corporations' attorney told the judge that they had already received a "corporate death penalty" for their conviction.

  • May 19, 2025

    Pa. Nursing Home Gets $2.7M Punitive Damages Award Axed

    A Pennsylvania appellate panel on Monday vacated a jury's $2.7 million punitive damages award in a suit accusing a nursing home of negligently causing a resident's fractured hip, saying plaintiff's counsel was too late in alleging the home acted recklessly in caring for the resident.

  • May 19, 2025

    House Urged To Ax Proposed 10-Year Ban On State AI Laws

    More than 140 civil rights and consumer advocacy groups on Monday became the latest to oppose a sweeping provision in the U.S. House of Representatives' budget proposal that would place a 10-year moratorium on states enacting or enforcing laws to regulate emerging artificial intelligence systems, joining a bipartisan coalition of state enforcers that issued a similar call last week.

  • May 19, 2025

    2 Dozen States Urge Judge To Stop AmeriCorps Cuts

    Two dozen states urged a Maryland federal judge on Monday to halt $400 million in cuts to AmeriCorps programs, while the lawyers for the Trump administration insisted that the states' challenge must be brought before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

  • May 19, 2025

    Vanguard $40M Deal Rejected In Investors' Tax Fight

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday rejected a $40 million proposed settlement between Vanguard and investors, blocking the investors' attorneys from netting $13 million in fees and embracing the objections of one investor who called out the deal — meant to compensate for surprise tax bills — as worthless. 

  • May 19, 2025

    Diamond Dealer Sentenced In $13M Fla. Fraud Case

    A Florida federal judge sentenced a Pennsylvania man to more than six years in prison after he admitted to defrauding more than 100 victims out of $13 million in connection with a diamond investment Ponzi scheme.

  • May 19, 2025

    Port Co. Slams 'Sham' Arbitration Bid In Panama Canal Project

    A Hong Kong company claiming that its interest in a $1 billion port project near the Panama Canal is being stolen by an investment firm and related entities has urged the Third Circuit not to send the dispute to a "sham" arbitration proposed by the investor.

  • May 19, 2025

    Cheesesteak Shop Owner's Sentence For Tax Scheme Vacated

    A Philadelphia cheesesteak shop owner sentenced to almost two years in prison for a conspiracy to pay employees under the table could get a lighter sentence after the Third Circuit ruled he was wrongly given extra time for swaying workers who were actually in on the tax scheme.

  • May 19, 2025

    FTC Owes Publisher Fees For Failed 'Deceptive' Tactics Case

    The Federal Trade Commission has to pay attorney fees to a newsletter and law book publisher it took to court in an unsuccessful suit over alleged "deceptive" tactics used to sell subscriptions, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling that the government's case wasn't justified.

Expert Analysis

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    Weight Drug Suits Highlight Need For Legal Work On Safety

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    The rapid ascent of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic has revolutionized diabetes management and weight loss — but legal wrangling over issues including off-label prescriptions, side effects and compounded versions underscores lawyers' roles in protecting patient safety, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.

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    Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.

  • Opinion

    Undoing An American Ideal Of Fairness

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    President Donald Trump’s orders attacking birthright citizenship, civil rights education, and diversity, equity and inclusion programs threaten hard-won constitutional civil rights protections and decades of efforts to undo bias in the law — undermining what Chief Justice Earl Warren called "our American ideal of fairness," says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Pier Pressure: Contract Takeaways From Pa. Ocean Liner Suit

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    The settlement that resolved the fate of the landmark SS United States ocean liner illustrates important lessons on managing contract disputes, illuminating common trade-offs such as the choice between deferred legal risk and the cost of legal foresight, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

  • Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Shake-Up

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    Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.

  • Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments

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    The U.S. government is primarily interested in restraining foreign transactions involving countries of concern, but former President Joe Biden’s January order blocking the merger of Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel shows that all foreign direct investments are under the federal government’s microscope, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • Opinion

    Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • 4 Potential Effects Of 3rd Circ.'s Coinbase Ruling

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    The Third Circuit's recent landmark decision in Coinbase v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the SEC's refusal to engage in rulemaking to clarify its stance on crypto enforcement was "insufficiently reasoned" could have wide-ranging impacts, including on other cases, legislation and even the SEC's reputation itself, says Daniel Payne at Cole-Frieman.

  • ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Message To States Takes On New Weight Under Trump

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's January guidance to state enforcers has fresh significance as the Trump administration moves to freeze the bureau's work, and industry should expect states to use this series of recommendations as an enforcement road map, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • SEC Motion Response Could Reveal New Crypto Approach

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    Cumberland DRW recently filed to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement action against it for the unlawful purchase and sale of digital asset securities, and the agency's response should unveil whether, and to what extent, the Trump administration will relax the federal government’s stance on digital asset regulation, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

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