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  • May 05, 2025

    Defamation Litigation Roundup: Palin, Fox, Crime Podcasters

    In this month's review of ongoing defamation fights, Law360 looks back on developments in two voting technology companies' cases against news organizations that claimed they helped rig the 2020 election.

  • May 05, 2025

    Pa. District Paid Female Teachers Thousands Less, Jury Told

    Central Bucks School District in Pennsylvania unfairly paid female teachers less than their male counterparts, in some cases by tens of thousands of dollars despite holding the same jobs, a federal jury was told Monday.

  • May 05, 2025

    Ex-Dilworth Chair Remembered For Wit, Love Of History

    Philadelphia attorney, former speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson and longtime partner and co-chair at Dilworth Paxson LLP, Stephen Harmelin has been remembered as a smart, steady and even-tempered lawyer with a dry sense of humor and deep love of U.S. history and the Constitution.

  • May 05, 2025

    Justices Reject Review Of NLRB's COVID-19 Bonus Pay Order

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied review of a shuttered New Jersey nursing home's challenge to the Third Circuit's enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board decision that found the employer unlawfully slashed or ended COVID-19 bonuses for unionized workers.

  • May 05, 2025

    Coal Miner Says It Must Liquidate Without Creditor Deal

    Counsel for the owners of Heritage Coal told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday that if secured and unsecured creditors cannot reach a deal by Tuesday, the company will have to move to convert its bankruptcy from a Chapter 11 to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • May 05, 2025

    Credit Repair Specialist Gets 1 Year For Role In $14M Fraud

    A Pittsburgh credit repair specialist was sentenced to a little more than a year in prison for her role in referring businesses to get falsified federal pandemic relief loans, with a judge weighing her relatively small part in the conspiracy against the overall size of the $14.5 million, multistate scheme Monday.

  • May 02, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Budget Cuts, Student Housing, Old Malls

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including real estate takeaways from President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget cuts and two asset classes attracting attention.

  • May 02, 2025

    Dick's Sporting Goods Execs Sued Over Post-COVID Issues

    The top brass of Dick's Sporting Goods was hit with a shareholder derivative suit Friday alleging that the company failed to disclose excess inventory and increased shrinkage or theft following the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused Dick's stock price to drop by more than 24% once the truth was revealed.

  • May 02, 2025

    American Airlines Seeks To Disband Military Leave Suit Class

    American Airlines urged a Pennsylvania federal court to revoke class certification in a lawsuit claiming the company unlawfully denied pilots pay for time spent on military leave, arguing the case involves too many individual inquiries about whether workers can control when they take time off.

  • May 02, 2025

    Quest Settles Fired Black Phlebotomist's Retaliation Suit

    Quest Diagnostics and a Black worker who claimed the company retaliated against her when she reported racist threats patients allegedly made to her have settled their dispute, according to an order Friday in Pennsylvania federal court dismissing the case.

  • May 02, 2025

    Convicted Ex-Sacks Weston Atty Gets Early End To Probation

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted the request of a Philadelphia lawyer sentenced in 2023 to prison and supervised release for resolving cases behind the back of his former firm to be let out of probation early.

  • May 02, 2025

    Off The Bench: DC Stadium, BetMGM Victory, Transfer Rules

    In this week's Off The Bench, the Washington Commanders strike a deal to build a new stadium in D.C., BetMGM fends off a consumer fraud suit targeting its gambling promotion efforts and a Rutgers University football player scores another win against the NCAA's transfer rules.

  • May 02, 2025

    Trump Denied $53K Atty Fee Award In Central Park 5 Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday denied President Donald Trump's request for $53,000 in attorney fees and costs for his counsel's work in the Central Park Five defamation lawsuit against him over comments made about their prosecution during a presidential debate.

  • May 02, 2025

    3rd Circ. Says County Judges Need Notice To Pull Probation

    The Third Circuit on Friday partly revived claims from criminal defendants who said they were jailed for alleged probation violations too hastily and too long by Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Judges Jill Rangos, Anthony Mariani and Kelly Bigley, but the split panel declined to require more than "probable cause" for someone to be returned to jail.

  • May 02, 2025

    Live Nation Antitrust Fight Won't Have Split Damages Phase

    A Manhattan federal judge declined Friday to break out a possible monetary damages phase in a suit by federal and state authorities accusing Live Nation of quashing competition in live entertainment, saying the move would be unlikely to streamline the complex case.

  • May 01, 2025

    Ex-Amtrak Director Steered IT Contracts For Bribes, Feds Say

    Pennsylvania federal prosecutors announced Thursday that the former director of network planning and engineering for Amtrak is charged with taking bribes worth tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for steering millions of dollars in Amtrak contract work to various vendors.

  • May 01, 2025

    3rd Circ. Backs Charter School In Black Worker's Bias Suit

    The Third Circuit upheld the dismissal of a Black cafeteria manager's suit claiming she was fired for complaining that her bosses at a charter school system mistreated her due to her race, ruling the suit falls flat because she was employed by an outside food service company.

  • May 01, 2025

    3rd Circ. Unsure Defunct NJ Law Blocked ICE Detentions

    The Third Circuit appeared skeptical of prison operator CoreCivic Inc.'s argument Thursday that a defunct New Jersey law barring detention centers from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unconstitutional, questioning whether the statute actually blocked the federal government from detaining migrants.

  • May 01, 2025

    Masonry Exec Cops To $52M Amtrak Program Bribery Scheme

    The owner of an Illinois-based masonry business awarded a federal contract to renovate Philadelphia's historic 30th Street Station admitted Wednesday to bribery charges in a case alleging he had his executives shower gifts on an Amtrak employee who then approved additional work that added $52 million to the project's cost.

  • May 01, 2025

    PE-Backed Hometown Food Nabs Chef Boyardee For $600M

    Hometown Food Co., a portfolio company of Holland & Knight LLP-advised private equity shop Brynwood Partners, on Thursday announced plans to acquire the iconic Chef Boyardee brand from Mayer Brown LLP-led Conagra Brands Inc. in a $600 million deal.

  • May 01, 2025

    Baking Co. Burned For Revealing Recipe After IP Trial Loss

    A Pennsylvania federal judge had strong words of warning Wednesday for Bundy Baking Solutions, a baking products company that lost a jury trial over a rival's trade secrets and responded to a motion for a permanent ban by allegedly disclosing some of those same secrets on a public docket.

  • April 30, 2025

    BetMGM Beats Problem Gambler's 3rd Circ. Fraud Suit Appeal

    The Third Circuit has declined to revive a man's consumer fraud suit accusing BetMGM and others of pushing him to continue gambling through more than 1,800 text messages, finding in a nonprecedential opinion that he failed to state a claim under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.

  • April 30, 2025

    Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

    Spring has sprung for appellate arguments over the White House's pruning and shearing of agencies, part of a bountiful circuit calendar in May, when appeals courts will also tend to defamation drama involving a pro golfer, antitrust suits against drugmakers and hotels, and a nine-figure patent verdict against Apple Inc.

  • April 30, 2025

    ICE Agent Tells 3rd Circ. Jury Can Handle Sig Sauer Defect Suit

    The Third Circuit wondered Wednesday why a jury couldn't be allowed to examine the same type of gun, or at least a replica of one, that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer claims spontaneously fired into his leg at a design defect trial that he wants revived.

  • April 30, 2025

    Judge Rejects $5M Fee Bid In Prospect Medical's Ch. 11

    Bankruptcy Code provisions that allow creditors who make substantial contributions to be reimbursed for costs don't cover Prospect Medical's pre-Chapter 11 investment banker, a Texas bankruptcy judge said Wednesday, rejecting a finance firm's bid for a $5 million sale fee.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Philly Project Case Renews Ongoing Fraud Theory Tug-Of-War

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    In its upcoming term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Kousisis v. U.S., a case involving wire fraud convictions related to Philadelphia bridge repair projects, and may once again further rein in prosecutorial attempts to expand theories of fraud beyond core traditional property rights, say Jonathan Halpern and Kyra Rosenzweig at Holland & Knight.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Considering Noncompete Strategies After Blocked FTC Ban

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    A Texas district court's recent decision in Ryan v. Federal Trade Commission to set aside the new FTC rule banning noncompetes does away with some immediate compliance obligations, but employers should still review strategies, attend to changes to state laws and monitor ongoing challenges, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss the muted nature of the property and casualty insurance class action space in the second quarter of the year, with no large waves made in labor depreciation and total-loss vehicle class actions, but a new offensive theory emerging for insurance companies.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement

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    As new state privacy laws take effect, businesses are facing an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations and risk of scrutiny by attorneys general, but companies can gain a competitive edge by building consumer trust and staying ahead of regulatory trends, say Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel at Cozen O’Connor.

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