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May 02, 2025
Smith & Wesson Says Catholic Investors' Suit Misfires
Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. slammed as mere "social activism" an investor lawsuit filed by groups of Catholic sisters seeking to curb company sales and marketing of AR-15-style rifles that are sometimes used in mass shootings, urging a Nevada federal judge to dismiss the suit and the claims that it violated a fiduciary duty.
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May 02, 2025
Boston Scientific, FDA Sued Over 'Unsafe' Spinal Implant
Boston Scientific evaded safety regulations to market a defective spinal cord stimulator and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rubber-stamped those alterations in an instance of "agency capture," according to a California federal lawsuit filed by a patient suffering from ongoing pain after the device was implanted.
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May 02, 2025
Plaintiffs Seek Redo Over Sterilization Co.'s Trial Tactics
Four women who claimed a Colorado sterilization company caused their cancers asked a state court to order a new trial, arguing the business won a favorable verdict with prejudicial evidence about law firm ads and by suggesting the women are not "real victims but pawns in a scheme orchestrated by their lawyers."
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May 02, 2025
Brown Rudnick Pushes For Fees In Red River Ch. 11
Brown Rudnick LLP is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to authorize nearly $4.3 million in fees for its work for the talc claimants committee in the Red River Talc Chapter 11, saying its work against previous Johnson & Johnson talc spin-off bankruptcies should not count against it.
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May 02, 2025
Apple Beats Suit Over Child Porn In ICloud Accounts, For Now
A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action Thursday claiming Apple engaged in "privacy-washing" by ignoring a problem with child sexual abuse material on its iCloud storage platform, dismissing some claims with prejudice while allowing others to be amended.
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May 02, 2025
Pro Golfer Urges 11th Circ. To Revive Media Defamation Suits
A professional golfer urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to revive two defamation lawsuits against various news and media publications, saying he was wrongly targeted as the "villain" or "bad boy" of golf due to false accusations of cheating and reports over his defection from the PGA Tour.
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May 02, 2025
Conn. Exoneree Says Town Can't Escape $5.7M Jury Verdict
A murder exoneree who spent three decades in prison has asked a federal judge to reject a Connecticut town's attempt to escape a $5.7 million evidence fabrication award, saying a limited post-verdict review weighs in his favor and that the town's prior Second Circuit loss supports his win.
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May 02, 2025
CR Bard Owes $20M In Ga. Ethylene Oxide Cancer Trial
A Georgia jury awarded $20 million in compensatory damages on Friday to a man who said his cancer was caused by exposure to ethylene oxide from C.R. Bard's medical sterilization plant, sending the case to a second phase for punitive damages.
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May 02, 2025
Contractors Settle Mass. AG's YMCA Asbestos Claims
The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office said Friday that two contractors will pay $150,000 each to settle claims that their faulty asbestos removal at a YMCA might have exposed schoolchildren, building residents and staff to carcinogenic particles.
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May 02, 2025
Florida Runners' Website Ordered To Comply With ADA
A Florida federal judge has instructed a website for runners to accommodate customers with disabilities by bringing the site into compliance, after a visually impaired man sued the website's operator alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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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.
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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.
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May 02, 2025
Reuters Escapes Suit Over NJ Judicial Privacy Law
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging Thomson Reuters violated the New Jersey judicial privacy measure Daniel's Law, finding the plaintiffs failed to properly serve the Canadian organization.
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May 01, 2025
Aetna And Humana Accused Of Medicare Kickbacks And Bias
The federal government brought a bombshell False Claims Act suit Thursday against Aetna, Elevance and Humana, claiming the insurers paid hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks to brokers in exchange for enrollments into their Medicare Advantage plans, with Humana and Aetna also accused of discriminating against disabled beneficiaries.
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May 01, 2025
Fla. Condo Wins Noise Dispute With Autistic Man's Family
A Florida appellate panel ruled in favor of a condominium association in a lawsuit over a noise dispute between a family caring for their autistic son and a neighbor, finding no evidence that the family faced discrimination in violation of housing laws.
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May 01, 2025
CR Bard Owes For Plant Neighbor's Illness, Jury Told
A Georgia jury heard in closing arguments on Thursday that C.R. Bard's medical sterilization plant wantonly polluted the air with ethylene oxide and caused a man's cancer, while the company said the man's exposure was nowhere near danger levels.
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May 01, 2025
Couple's J&J Pelvic Mesh Claims Too Late, 11th Circ. Affirms
The Eleventh Circuit held Thursday that a couple's lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over injuries allegedly caused by a pelvic mesh device made by the company's med-tech unit was filed too late despite evidence that the woman's doctors had expressed uncertainty for years about whether the mesh was causing her pain.
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May 01, 2025
Publix Can't Slip 'Zero-Market Share' Opioid Claims
Publix Super Markets Inc. can't slip opioid-related claims from nine municipalities in which the supermarket chain alleges it has no pharmacies, an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation ruled.
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May 01, 2025
Girl Says Discord, Roblox Make Kids 'Easy Prey' For Predators
A 16-year-old girl who alleges she was groomed by a child predator on Roblox and Discord has hit the companies with a product liability suit in Texas, writing that their sites make kids "easy prey for pedophiles."
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May 01, 2025
Fla. Judge Clears Miami In Hannibal Buress Arrest Case
A Florida federal judge tossed a lawsuit against Miami over the arrest of comedian Hannibal Buress in 2017, saying it originally misunderstood the city's arguments and that granting its motion to reconsider "would prevent manifest injustice."
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May 01, 2025
J&J Talc Unit Says New Doc 'Key' To Talc Study Libel Suit
A Johnson & Johnson talc unit has asked a New Jersey federal court to reinstate its libel suit over a scientific article linking talcum powder to mesothelioma, arguing that newly discovered evidence shows statements in the article are false.
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May 01, 2025
Civil Order Stalling Chamber Death Prosecution, Judge Hears
A prosecutor and attorneys for clinic workers charged in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy in a hyperbaric chamber explosion expressed frustration Wednesday that they cannot get their experts into the building to investigate because of a temporary restraining order they say is interfering with the criminal cases.
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May 01, 2025
Trucker Chases Down Mich. Appeals Court Win In Injury Suit
A trucker who was hit in his sleeper cab and then ran after the semi-truck that he believed caused the incident, jumping on its running board till he was thrown, may be entitled to insurance benefits, Michigan appellate judges said, reversing most of a lower court's judgment.
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May 01, 2025
Zipcar, Garage Not Liable For Injuries To Driver Returning Car
Massachusetts-based car sharing company Zipcar and the owner of a public parking garage are not liable for injuries suffered by a college student who was struck by a drunken driver while dropping off a car back in 2017, an intermediate appellate court concluded Thursday.
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April 30, 2025
Nationwide Says Claim For 'Fat Freezing' Injury Isn't Covered
Nationwide has filed suit asking an Illinois federal court to declare that it has no duty to cover a suburban Chicago gym in a 3-year-old "fat freezing" injury case headed to trial in June, saying the underlying injury doesn't trigger the facility's policy.
Expert Analysis
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Courts Must Stick To The Science On Digital Addiction Claims
A number of pending personal injury and product liability lawsuits allege that plaintiffs have developed behavioral addictions to the use of social media and video games — but this is not yet recognized by relevant authorities as an addiction, so courts must carefully scrutinize such claims, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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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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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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Series
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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Opinion
A Federal Insurance Mandate For Private Aviation Is Overdue
A recent private plane crash in California that killed two people and injured 19 others spotlights the dangers of such occurrences — and serves as a reminder that because there is no federal requirement for general aviation pilots to carry insurance, the victims of these accidents are often unable to obtain fair compensation, says Timothy Loranger at Wisner Baum.
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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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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.
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Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Laws
Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.
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Defense Strategies For Addressing Conspiracy-Minded Jurors
As conspiracy theories continue to proliferate and gain traction in the U.S., defense attorneys will need to consider ways to keep conspiracy-minded jurors from sitting on the jury, and to persuade them when this isn’t possible, say consultants at IMS Legal Strategies.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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4 Novel Issues From The Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Suits
A series of lawsuits arising from actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, Justin Baldoni, present novel legal issues that employment and defamation practitioners alike should follow as the litigation progresses, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Opinion
Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok
Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.
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How Trial Attys Can Wield Amended Federal Evidence Rules
Trial lawyers should assess recent amendments to four Federal Rules of Evidence and a newly enacted rule on illustrative aids to determine how to best use the rules to enhance pretrial discovery and trial strategy, says Stewart Edelstein, former litigation chair at Cohen & Wolf.
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Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.