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May 22, 2025
Tribes Sue US Over $23B Used For Boarding School Program
A group of Indigenous nations has asked for class certification and an order that would require the U.S. to account for how much of the tribes' money was used in an estimated $23.3 billion appropriated by the federal government in connection with its past Indian boarding school programs.
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May 22, 2025
High Court Declines To Narrow Reach Of Federal Fraud Law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that using deceptive means to induce a business transaction may still be a crime even if the defendant doesn't seek to cause economic loss, a departure from earlier decisions that have narrowed the scope of federal fraud statutes.
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May 21, 2025
ITC To Eye Qualcomm, Nvidia Circuit Imports Over Onesta IP
The U.S. International Trade Commission will look into allegations over whether Qualcomm Inc., Nvidia Corp. and others are infringing several electronics patents by importing integrated circuits and electronics devices.
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May 21, 2025
DraftKings Denied 3rd Circ. Review In MLB Players' IP Case
A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday denied a request from DraftKings Inc. to appeal to the Third Circuit the lower court's refusal to dismiss an intellectual property lawsuit that accuses the company of using players' images without permission, saying the issues raised are not appropriate for immediate appeal.
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May 21, 2025
Goddard Systems Settles $11M Shaken Baby Suit In Conn.
Goddard Systems Inc. has settled a lawsuit claiming that negligence in hiring at one of its franchise schools resulted in an employee shaking an infant and permanently injuring them, according to a new order issued in the Connecticut Superior Court.
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May 21, 2025
Pa. Justices To Mull State DOT Liability For Hanging Branches
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if the state Department of Transportation should be immune to wrongful-death claims stemming from a large tree branch that overhung a PennDOT road but grew from a tree on land owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the court announced Wednesday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2025
The critical policy milestones for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances expected in 2025 will not only shape the trajectory of PFAS regulation, but also set key precedents for environmental accountability, potentially reshaping the corporate approach to these "forever chemicals" for decades to come, say attorneys at MG+M.
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Series
Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025
In 2025, we expect state attorneys general will navigate a new presidential administration while continuing to further regulate and police financial services, artificial intelligence, junk fees and antitrust, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024
In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape
Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.
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5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024
B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.
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Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.
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Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Nippon, US Steel Face Long Odds On Merger Challenge
Following the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' review of Japan's Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, the companies face a formidable uphill battle in challenging the president's exercise of authority to block the deal on national security grounds, say attorneys at Kirkland.
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024
Following an eventful year in noncompete law at both state and federal levels, employers can no longer rely on a court's willingness to blue-pencil overbroad agreements and are proceeding at their own peril if they do not thoughtfully review and carefully enforce such agreements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.