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September 16, 2025
Trump Files $15B Defamation Suit Against NYT, Penguin
President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit in Florida federal court against The New York Times, several of its reporters and publisher Penguin Random House, claiming they published a book and three articles that were "malicious, defamatory and disparaging" and meant to derail his 2024 presidential campaign.
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September 15, 2025
Uber Riders Use Service 'At Their Own Risk,' Senior VP Says
An Uber Technologies Inc. executive testified Monday during a bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against the ride-hailing giant that Uber passengers accept rides with its drivers "at their own risk."
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September 15, 2025
Clergy Sex Abuse Inquiry Was Limited, NJ Jurors Told
A canon lawyer for an elite Catholic prep school told New Jersey jurors Monday that the school's operator feels a duty to protect minors from sexual abuse, but admitted that some investigations into such allegations had been limited.
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September 15, 2025
Social Media Apps Can't Toss Mental Health Suit In Mass Tort
A California state judge denied a bid from Meta Platforms, Snap and TikTok on Monday to toss a suit from consolidated litigation alleging the companies harm users' mental health, saying a jury can decide if the plaintiff should have been put on notice about her alleged injuries from news articles.
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September 15, 2025
Personal Injury Firm Looks To Nix $6.6M Fee Award
A personal injury law firm is seeking the annulment of a $6.59 million arbitral award issued to its co-counsel in a dispute over fees owed in long-running litigation over a 1983 terrorist bombing in Lebanon, cases that ordered Iran to pay billions of dollars to victims' families.
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September 15, 2025
Discord Says Suit Over Abuse Of Girl Must Be Arbitrated
The messaging platform Discord urged a Texas federal judge to compel arbitration in a suit by a teenage girl who alleges that she was groomed by a child predator there and on the gaming site Roblox, saying Friday that it doesn't matter that she was a minor when she agreed to their terms of service.
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September 15, 2025
3 Law Firms Want Ford's 'Thermonuclear' RICO Suit Snuffed
Knight Law Group LLP, the Altman Law Group and Wirtz Law APC have urged a California federal judge to dismantle Ford Motor Co.'s racketeering lawsuit accusing the firms of overzealous billing and conspiring to dupe unsuspecting clients in product liability and personal injury cases against automakers.
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September 15, 2025
Surgical Center, Surgeon Clash Over $75K Settlement At Trial
Attorneys representing a surgeon and the surgical center where he used to practice each claimed on the first day of trial in Colorado federal court Monday that the other party was the first to breach the terms of a settlement agreement, which nullified their own commitments to the agreement.
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September 15, 2025
Delayed Notice Of $3.2M Verdict Bars Coverage, Insurer Says
A Florida property owner isn't covered for a $3.2 million judgment entered against it in an underlying personal injury lawsuit, an insurer told a federal court Monday, arguing that the property owner failed to fulfill its reporting obligations and that exclusions in a commercial general liability policy bar coverage.
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September 15, 2025
Ex-Airman Sues Iran Over 1996 Khobar Towers Bombing
A first responder to the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia is using the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to sue the Iranian government, claiming it provided material support to the terrorist group that carried out the bombing, which killed 19 American service members.
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September 15, 2025
Ellen DeGeneres Ran Stop Sign And T-Boned Driver, Suit Says
Emmy Award-winning comedian and former TV host Ellen DeGeneres allegedly ran through a stop sign and T-boned another vehicle two years ago in Southern California, causing the plaintiff serious injuries, according to a civil suit in state court.
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September 15, 2025
11th Circ. Told Fla. 'Radioactive' Road Suit Must Be Tossed
The U.S. government and a fertilizer producer urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss an environmental nonprofit's challenge to the use of radioactive phosphogypsum on a private roadway, arguing the nonprofit lacks standing.
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September 15, 2025
Ga. Jury Sides With Makers In Mattress Injury Case
After about an hour of deliberation on Monday afternoon, an Atlanta jury found that a mattress manufacturer and a bedding components supplier weren't liable for injuries a woman allegedly incurred when her skin was punctured by a mattress in her husband's tractor-trailer sleeping cabin.
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September 15, 2025
Security Co. Not Covered In Shooting Injury Suit, Insurer Says
An insurer said it doesn't owe coverage to a security company or one of its employees for an underlying suit over a shooting and a related $500,000 stipulated judgment, telling a Nevada federal court Monday the shooting wasn't an accident and therefore doesn't qualify as an occurrence.
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September 15, 2025
Jay-Z Opposes Sexual Assault Accuser's Bid To Shield Name
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter told an Alabama federal court on Friday that allowing a woman to remain anonymous in his defamation lawsuit against her and Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee would be "contrary to principles of justice and fairness" given that she continues to claim she was sexually assaulted by him and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs at a party when she was 13.
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September 15, 2025
Atty Claims Judge's Conduct Shows Bias In Katt Williams Suit
An attorney representing four women suing comedian Katt Williams in Georgia federal court said that the presiding judge in the case should step down from the matter because he showed bias and questioned the lawyer's "honesty, candor and credibility" at a hearing last month that involved discussions of a brief she submitted containing artificial intelligence hallucinations.
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September 15, 2025
Exactech Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Ditching Sponsor Deal
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday approved Exactech's Chapter 11 sale and liquidation plan that drops a previous deal with the joint implant maker's equity sponsor in favor of funding the pursuit of potential legal claims against the sponsor on behalf of creditors.
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September 15, 2025
Cookie Buyers Can't Get Certified In Mistranslated Label Suit
A California federal judge on Monday denied certification to a proposed class of cookie buyers alleging that tree nuts were omitted from the English label of imported Japanese cookies, saying individualized questions about which consumers read, relied on and were injured by the mistranslation would predominate.
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September 15, 2025
Segway Says E-Scooter Hazard Suit Doesn't Belong In Wash.
Segway Inc. is urging a Washington federal court to dismiss a proposed class action alleging its electric scooters are shipped with a dangerous defect, saying the company doesn't have sufficient ties to the state for it to have jurisdiction.
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September 12, 2025
Uber Rider's Past Sex Conduct Off Limits In Sex Assault Trial
A California state judge overseeing a bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against Uber warned attorneys for the ride hailing giant Friday that when it questions the plaintiff in coming days, it won't be allowed to elicit testimony about her other sexual activity unless her side "opens the door."
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September 12, 2025
FAA Suggests $3.1M Boeing Fine For 2024 Door-Plug Blowout
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed fining Boeing over $3.1 million for safety violations, including some related to the midair door-plug blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines in 2024, according to an announcement made Friday.
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September 12, 2025
Faulty Expert Report Dooms Foreign Object Med Mal Case
A Texas appellate court has dismissed claims against an obstetrician for allegedly negligently leaving surgical gauze in a woman's abdomen during a cesarean section, saying her medical expert submitted a report that did not comply with the state's medical malpractice statute.
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September 12, 2025
3rd Circ. Backs Fox News In DHS Expert's Defamation Suit
The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a win for Fox News Network LLC and Fox Corp. in a defamation lawsuit from the onetime head of the Biden administration's disinformation watchdog, holding that the unflattering claims the network's hosts made about the agency were opinion or not proven to be untrue.
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September 12, 2025
Roblox, Discord Face Wrongful Death Suit Over Teen's Suicide
The mother of a California teenager who died by suicide sued Roblox and Discord on Friday, claiming that her son was groomed and abused for years by a man who found him on the gaming platform, showed him how to disable parental controls and forced him to share explicit images.
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September 12, 2025
PetSmart Not Liable For Worker's Alleged Assault, Jury Says
A Michigan federal jury on Friday found that PetSmart Inc. is not liable for its employee's assault on a customer in 2020 over a dispute involving the price of a dog toy, instead finding that the worker was completely responsible for the incident and awarding the customer $5,000.
Expert Analysis
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Avoiding Unforced Evidentiary Errors At Trial
To avoid self-inflicted missteps at trial, lawyers must plan their evidentiary strategy as early as their claims and defenses, with an eye toward some of the more common pitfalls, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Liability Lessons From Luxury Cruise Thwarted By Sanctions
An ongoing legal dispute over a canceled luxury cruise to the North Pole reminds attorneys that liability can surface even before a ship leaves the dock — and that U.S. sanctions law increasingly lurks in the background of global travel contracts, says Peter Walsh at The Cruise Injury Law Firm.
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Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations
As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.
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When AI Denies, Insurance Bad Faith Claims May Follow
Two recent rulings from Minnesota and Kentucky federal courts signal that past statements about claims-handling practices may leave insurers using artificial intelligence programs in claims administration vulnerable to suits alleging bad faith and unfair trade practices, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI
Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.
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Ch. 11 Ruling Voiding $2M Litigation Funding Sends A Warning
A recent Texas bankruptcy court decision that a postconfirmation litigation trust has no obligations to repay a completely drawn down $2 million litigation funding agreement serves as a warning for estate administrators and funders to properly disclose the intended financing, say attorneys at Kleinberg Kaplan.
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Tesla Verdict May Set New Liability Benchmarks For AV Suits
The recent jury verdict in Benavides v. Tesla is notable not only for a massive payout — including $200 million in punitive damages — but because it apportions fault between the company's self-driving technology and the driver, inviting more scrutiny of automated vehicle marketing and technology, says Michael Avanesian at Avian Law Group.
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Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process
Every year, an advisory committee receives dozens of proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, most of which are never adopted — but a few pointers can help maximize the likelihood that an amendment will be adopted, says Josh Gardner at DLA Piper.
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Reel Justice: 'Sorry, Baby' Shows Need For Sensitive Voir Dire
In the recent film “Sorry, Baby,” the protagonist is called for jury duty while still coming to terms with a crime she recently survived, illustrating why attorneys should adopt trauma-informed practices in voir dire to minimize the retraumatization of potential jurors, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.
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Plaintiffs Bar Can Level Up With Strategic Use Of AI
As artificial intelligence adoption among legal professionals explodes, the question for the plaintiffs bar is no longer whether AI will reshape the practice of law, but how it can be integrated effectively and strategically to level the playing field against well-funded corporate defense teams, says Tyler Schneider at TorHoerman Law.
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Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally
As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Teaching trial advocacy skills to other lawyers makes us better litigators because it makes us question our default methods, connect to young attorneys with new perspectives and focus on the needs of the real people at the heart of every trial, say Reuben Guttman, Veronica Finkelstein and Joleen Youngers.
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Why Civil RICO Claims Are Gaining Traction With Plaintiffs
A Texas federal court's recent $71 million verdict in Point Bridge Capital v. Johnson demonstrates that, when used properly, civil lawsuits under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be a devastating weapon — and increasingly favorable for plaintiffs, says Akiva Shapiro at Gibson Dunn.
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5 Key Steps To Prepare For Oral Arguments
Whether presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court or a local county judge, effective preparation includes the same essential ingredients, from organizing arguments in blocks to maximizing the potential of mock exercises, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.