/pulse/daily-litigation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Daily Litigation Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:29:17 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361052 A Seventh Circuit panel reduced a $51.6 million fee award for class counsel who took on alleged price-fixing among the country's biggest producers of broiler chickens to about $47 million Wednesday, saying the district court made one easily-correctable error. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:01:51 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361168?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361168 A central Pennsylvania county prosecutor's office on Thursday urged a federal court to grant an early win in an ex-clerk's race discrimination suit, arguing a "single, isolated incident" in which the clerk overheard a racial slur could not be tied into her firing weeks later. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:59:49 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360980?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360980 The U.S. Trustee's Office and the largest creditor of Firstbase.io urged a New York bankruptcy judge to reject three law firms' applications for $1.2 million in legal fees, arguing the bankrupt business services platform could become administratively insolvent and hasn't made enough progress in its Chapter 11. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:30:14 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2354744?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2354744 It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:44 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360694?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360694 The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:53:53 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2355526?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2355526 Three sitting members of Florida's state House of Representatives — all Democrats and all Black women — are joining together to create a new law firm, and they're starting with the endorsement of a Florida attorney who has built a national profile for his representation of Black families: Ben Crump. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:45:41 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361131?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361131 McCarter & English LLP argued a veterans' rights law does not apply in a former attorney's anti-veteran discrimination suit against the firm, while the attorney fought to preserve his claims relating to the law, according to briefs they filed in New Jersey state court Thursday. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:28:49 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360939?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360939 Buchalter PC has named an Atlanta-based shareholder as administrative chair of the firm's intellectual property practice while also elevating a pair of shareholders to corporate and litigation leadership roles in Portland, Oregon, and Denver. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:24:52 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361035?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361035 New Jersey is seeking a protective order to halt an ex-workers' compensation judge's "harassing" inquiries in her suit over her removal, telling a state court that her conduct over the past month raises serious concerns about the security of the individuals she is targeting. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:21:15 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361000 A law firm has accused a New Jersey lawyer who is suing it in a complex fee dispute of filing a vexatious complaint designed to chill its legal work and gain an advantage in separate ongoing cases. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:17:28 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361076?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2361076 A Minnesota freight broker claims it had to settle a personal injury lawsuit with one of its employees following a crash for more than $3 million because the Lone Star State lawyer hired to defend the case allegedly failed to file motions and made misrepresentations to the court and the company. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:01:45 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2358316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2358316 A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:16:29 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360386 The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:09:59 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360220 The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:29:53 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2359921?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2359921 Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP has announced that its longtime partners James M. Yoch Jr. and Paul J. Loughman have been selected to serve as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the firm's corporate litigation and counseling section. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:41:30 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2350682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2350682 The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:56:10 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360619?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360619 A state court judge in California has granted Texas attorney Tony Buzbee's request to toss claims of defamation and extortion brought by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter over sexual abuse allegations connected to Sean "Diddy" Combs, finding that the state's free speech statute requires dismissal. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:45:50 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360556?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360556 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against a disbarred California attorney and several CEOs of penny stock companies, claiming that they helped an outside party facilitate a $112 million pump-and-dump fraud scheme. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:43:59 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360550?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360550 A North Carolina Business Court judge has barred a Florida attorney from practicing in North Carolina for a year, after he was found to have made numerous false representations in applications for pro hac vice status in two separate suits on which he sought to appear in the Tar Heel State. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:42:59 +0000 /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360562?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/daily-litigation/articles/2360562 A cognitively impaired man has sued an attorney and a Florida real estate broker in Connecticut state court for alleged unscrupulous sales practices, saying they took advantage of his condition to purchase his home for a "predatory discounted price" and left him homeless.