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June 12, 2025
Insurer Says Hair Relaxer Maker Not Covered In Cancer Suits
An insurer told a Georgia federal court that it had no duty to defend a hair relaxer and beauty products manufacturer in underlying litigation filed by people who alleged that chemicals in hair relaxer products the company produced caused them to develop cancer and suffer bodily injuries.
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June 12, 2025
Charter Flight Co. Sanctioned In 'Hot Start' Damage Suit
A Kansas federal judge sanctioned charter flight company Sky Jet M.G. Inc. on Thursday in its suit alleging an aviation repair company improperly overhauled an engine component leading to a "hot start," finding Sky Jet deliberately tried to prevent the repair company from finding out about cockpit recordings of the incident.
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June 12, 2025
Fla. Jury Awards $2M To Welder Pinned Under Tow Truck Bed
A Florida state court jury awarded $2 million in damages to a welder who sustained serious injuries when he was pinned under the bed of a tow truck during an incident while working as an independent contractor at a metal fabrication shop in 2022.
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June 12, 2025
Econo Lodge Hit With Trafficking Suit In Ga. Federal Court
Econo Lodge has been sued in Georgia federal court by an unnamed plaintiff who alleges she was repeatedly trafficked for sex as a minor at one of the chain's hotels in College Park, Georgia, from 2014 through the end of 2016.
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June 12, 2025
8th Circ. Stubs Out Challenge To FDA Menthol Vape Denial
The Eighth Circuit on Thursday threw out a challenge from SWT Global Supply Inc. to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's denial of its application to market menthol-flavored e-cigarettes, saying the agency didn't arbitrarily or capriciously find that the company's sales plan failed to meet its standards for promoting public health.
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June 12, 2025
Construction Co. Beats Gas Pipeline Explosion Injury Suit
A Texas appeals court said Wednesday that a construction company could escape a negligence suit from a worker injured in a 2018 pipeline explosion, ruling that the man hadn't shown his injuries were a foreseeable result of construction activities.
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June 12, 2025
Admin Of $600M Norfolk Southern Derailment Deal Removed
The company administrating the payouts to plaintiffs in Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement stemming from the fiery derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, has been replaced, because it purportedly made miscalculations that overpaid some claimants.
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June 12, 2025
Fla. Court Nixes Roundup Cancer Suit's Punitive Damages Bid
A Florida state appeals court has refused to let a plaintiff pursue punitive damages against Monsanto Co. in his suit alleging that glyphosate in the company's Roundup weedkiller caused his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, finding he didn't present sufficient evidence to support the damages.
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June 12, 2025
WWE Accuser's Firm Blames PACER For Late Response
Counsel for the law firm representing a former World Wrestling Entertainment staffer on sex trafficking and abuse claims has objected to a motion for default in a related defamation suit, said he couldn't appear in the case earlier in part because of difficulty accessing the federal judiciary's electronic docket system, but he said he would have asked for more time to respond anyway.
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June 12, 2025
Detroit Can't Block Sidewalk Hazard Suit, Mich. Justices Say
Detroit cannot claim immunity in a lawsuit over a man's injuries from tripping on a metal post embedded in a sidewalk, the Michigan Supreme Court said Wednesday, ruling that the protrusion constitutes a dangerous defect under state law.
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June 12, 2025
Ex-NFL Player Ordered To Pay Dancer $78K In Assault Case
A Colorado federal judge has ordered former Los Angeles Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette Jr. to pay $78,634.50 to a dancer who said he assaulted her after a party at which she was hired to perform, an award entered as part of a default judgment against the player after he evaded service.
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June 12, 2025
Weinstein Sex Abuse Trial Ends After Mixed, Partial Verdict
Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse retrial ended Thursday with a Manhattan jury failing to reach a verdict on a count alleging the movie mogul raped an actress, one day after he was convicted of forcing sex on a production assistant and cleared on a third charge.
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June 12, 2025
Justices Grant Compensation Leeway To Late-Filing Vets
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Barring Act's six-year statute of limitations for certain military-related claims does not apply to combat-related special compensation, a win for a proposed class of roughly 9,000 veterans who say they deserve additional pay despite filing late.
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June 11, 2025
OneTaste Leaders In Custody Over Forced Labor Conspiracy
A Brooklyn federal judge denied a bond motion Tuesday by Nicole Daedone, the co-founder of sexual wellness company OneTaste, and her former deputy Rachel Cherwitz after they were convicted of a forced-labor conspiracy, rejecting their bid to remain on bail pending sentencing.
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June 11, 2025
Senate Panel Vets Trump FAA Pick's Aviation Safety Priorities
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration pledged Wednesday to prioritize air traffic control upgrades, bolster staffing and reinvigorate safety programs, but deflected Democrats' repeated demands that he promise to preserve a 1,500-hour pilot training rule.
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June 11, 2025
Miami Faces Atty Whistleblower Suit Over Mismanaged Funds
An attorney who managed billions of dollars worth of real estate for Miami brought a lawsuit alleging the city violated her state whistleblower protection rights, saying she was abruptly terminated after trying to report alleged payroll violations and financial mismanagement to her supervisors.
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June 11, 2025
Seattle Hospital Hit With Class Suit Over 'Diverted' Pain Meds
A Seattle-based hospital system has been slapped with a proposed class action in Washington state court over claims that hundreds of patients suffered unwarranted pain and risk of infection because a staff member may have been pocketing painkillers.
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June 11, 2025
Ga. PI Firm Says 'Distasteful' Practices Aren't Court's Concern
An Atlanta personal injury firm called on the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday to squash a proposed class action accusing it of stealing clients from other lawyers through shady solicitation practices, arguing that whether its business model is ethical or not, it isn't grounds for litigation.
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June 11, 2025
Wash. Panel Grills Worker Family On $5M Asbestos Win Basis
A Washington appellate panel seemed skeptical Wednesday that a family's $5.5 million win against an industrial manufacturer could stand when it never made the asbestos-containing equipment at issue in the product liability case, with one judge also remarking the company had raised a "hard argument" on appeal.
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June 11, 2025
American Airlines Workers Win $18.7M Toxic Uniform Award
A California state jury has awarded $18.7 million to five American Airlines flight attendants who blamed their employer and a uniform maker for causing them to suffer injuries due to uniforms made with toxic chemicals.
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June 11, 2025
Insurer Says Day Care's $1M Child Injury Verdict Not Covered
A day care's insurer told an Alabama federal court it has no duty to cover a $1 million judgment against the center after a jury found it liable for leaving a woman's child in a van during a field trip, citing an exclusion for bodily injury arising from "any auto."
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June 11, 2025
Developers Urge Revival Of Suit To Unseat Miami Official
Two real estate developers seeking to unseat a Miami commissioner from office following a $63.5 million judgment for civil rights violations told a Florida appeals court Wednesday that the city's charter provides for the removal of a public official found to have violated their office.
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June 11, 2025
Uber Says Fla. Firm, Drivers Staged Wrecks For Profit
Uber told a Florida federal court Wednesday that at least five of its drivers faked accidents and colluded with healthcare providers and a Florida law firm to file sham litigation against the ride-hailing platform and its insurer, costing millions of dollars in legal defense and settlements.
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June 11, 2025
Paddle Maker Wants Counterclaims Tossed In Contract Row
Pickleball paddle producer Joola has urged the Maryland federal court to dismiss the fraud and false endorsement counterclaims in its breach of contract lawsuit against the self-proclaimed U.S. governing body for the sport, arguing the organization has not alleged any real harm.
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June 11, 2025
Insurer Says Law Firm Mishandled Pesticide Exposure Suit
An insurer is claiming it is owed at least $625,000 from a law firm hired to defend a poultry farm against a suit over toxic pesticide exposure, alleging in federal court that it was forced to settle the suit above policy limits due to the firm's negligence and malpractice.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
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What Gene Findings Mean For Asbestos Mesothelioma Claims
Recent advances in genetic research have provided substantial evidence that significant numbers of malignant mesothelioma cases may be caused by inherited mutations rather than asbestos exposure — a finding that could fundamentally change how defendants approach personal injury litigation over mesothelioma, say David Schwartz at Lumanity and Kirk Hartley at LSP Group.
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Series
Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.
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Oft-Forgotten Evidence Rule Can Be Powerful Trial Tool
Rule 608 may be one of the most overlooked provisions in the Federal Rules of Evidence, but as a transformative tool that allows attorneys to attack a witness's character for truthfulness through opinion or reputation testimony, its potential to reshape a case cannot be overstated, says Marian Braccia at Temple University Beasley School of Law.
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Trucking Litigation Will Shift Gears In The Autonomous Era
As driverless trucks begin to roll out across Texas, a shift in how trucking accidents will be litigated is swiftly coming into view, with the current driver-centered approach likely to be supplanted by a focus on the design, manufacture and performance of autonomous systems, says Geoffrey Leskie at Segal McCambridge.
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Series
Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Series
Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP
Though lawyers don't have a neat metric like baseball players for measuring the value they contribute to their organizations, the sooner new attorneys learn skills frequently skipped in law school — like networking, marketing, client development and case evaluation — the more valuable, and less replaceable, they will be, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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Ruling On Pollutants And Indemnity Offers Insurers Mixed Bag
Both insurers and policyholders can reap benefits from a Georgia federal court's recent declaratory judgment decision, which broadly defined pollutants, but also deemed the duty to indemnify not yet ripe for adjudication, says Jena Emory at Morris Manning.
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How Mass Arbitration Defense Strategies Have Fared In Court
As businesses face consumers who leverage arbitration agreements to compel mass arbitration, companies are trying defense strategies like batching arbitration cases to reduce costs, and escaping specific mass arbitrations without rejecting the process completely, with varying results in the courtroom, say attorneys at Montgomery McCracken.
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Perspectives
Reading Tea Leaves In High Court's Criminal Law Decisions
The criminal justice decisions the U.S. Supreme Court will announce in the coming weeks will reveal whether last term’s fractured decision-making has continued, an important data point as the justices’ alignment seems to correlate with who benefits from a case’s outcome, says Sharon Fairley at the University of Chicago Law School.
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$38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils
A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.
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Series
Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.
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Choosing A Road To Autonomous Vehicle Compliance
As autonomous vehicle manufacturers navigate the complex U.S. regulatory landscape, they may opt for different approaches to following federal, state and local rules and laws, as they balance the tradeoffs between innovation, compliance and speed of deployment, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Series
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.