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June 03, 2025
Calif. Startup's Lender Gets Prison For Investor Fraud
A Greenwich, Connecticut, hard-money lender was sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison and must pay $9.4 million in restitution to investors in loans he made to the failed California tech startup Bitwise Industries, which operated as a $115 million Ponzi scheme, federal prosecutors said.
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June 03, 2025
3rd Circ. Flags 'Double-Counting' Damages In Trade Secrets Trial
A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday seemed ready to double-check a jury's apparent double-counting of damages in a trade secrets case between two regulatory compliance businesses, noting that the jurors' math indicated they had multiplied an expert's estimate of allegedly ill-gotten profits, while the victor in the case cautioned against trying to divine the jury's thoughts.
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June 03, 2025
Fla. Jury Finds CEO Guilty In $1.4B Medicare Fraud
A Florida federal jury on Tuesday found a software company CEO guilty of participating in a scheme to coordinate illegal medical kickbacks through an internet platform, resulting in about $1.4 billion worth of false billings to Medicare and other insurers for unnecessary medical products, including orthotic braces.
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June 03, 2025
Indicted Judge Seeks Info On His 'Disgruntled' Ex-Workers
A Pennsylvania state judge accused of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his law firm's staff is seeking employment records from their other jobs to determine the credibility of who he calls "disgruntled employees" who made the claims about him to the government.
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June 03, 2025
Estate, Lawyer And Law Firm Clash Over Malpractice Liability
Wachtel Missry LLP and a former client's estate are once again at odds in Brooklyn federal court after a judge found a September jury verdict unclear on liability in the case of a former law firm partner's alleged abuse of an elderly client, with all three parties arguing over the scope of a new trial.
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June 03, 2025
Tom Girardi Sentenced To Over 7 Years For $15M Client Fraud
A California federal judge sentenced Tom Girardi on Tuesday to over seven years in prison for his wire fraud conviction, granting some leniency to the disbarred attorney on his 86th birthday by imposing a sentence below the guidelines in recognition of his age and ailing health.Â
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June 03, 2025
The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms
A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the Law360 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts.
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June 03, 2025
Text To Sanctions Trial Witness Just An 'Error,' Judge Agrees
A Manhattan federal judge declined on Tuesday to revoke bail for a businessman accused of helping a Russian banker evade sanctions on assets worth nearly $150 million, after his lawyer said his text to a trial witness was merely a phone flub.
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June 02, 2025
J&J Unit May Owe Around $125M Over AI Tissue Imaging Deal
A New York federal judge ruled Friday that J&J unit Ethicon Inc. owes a termination fee of $40 million plus intellectual property impairment damages in the neighborhood of $85 million to ChemImage Corp. after unilaterally ending their deal to develop in-surgery artificial intelligence imaging techniques.
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June 02, 2025
Pa. Panel Grants New Trial In Death Suit Against ER Doctor
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Monday ordered a new trial in a suit accusing an emergency room physician of negligently treating a man's cardiac issues which proved fatal, saying a medical journal article written by the defense's medical expert should have been admitted as evidence.
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June 02, 2025
Fed. Circ. Asks Whether Trade Secrets Were Secret Enough
The Federal Circuit set out Monday to determine whether an Ohio federal judge was right or wrong to throw out a $64 million jury verdict finding that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. stole an inventor's ideas for self-inflating tires because the trade secrets were too vague to have gone to a jury.
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June 02, 2025
Amazon Gets A Look At Some Of FTC's Antitrust Suit Theory
A Washington federal judge said Monday the Federal Trade Commission must hand over some information about the underlying legal theories in its landmark antitrust case against Amazon but mostly agreed with the agency that the company's discovery requests were "premature."
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June 02, 2025
A Jury Says Fortress Controls VLSI. What Now?
A Texas federal jury has concluded that Fortress Investment Group controls VLSI Technology, which could be a game-changing step in the patent company's multibillion-dollar patent fight with Intel. Here's how the jury's narrow finding could play into the widespread litigation.
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June 02, 2025
Bed Skirt Biz Trial On Snooze After Partial Deal, Atty Exit
The joint owners of a commercial bed skirt company have all but settled their dueling claims of corporate mismanagement on the eve of trial, according to a notice filed Monday, though a lone holdout has forced the parties to recalibrate what remains of the case for a later trial.
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June 02, 2025
1st Circ. Largely Backs Convictions For Cop Union Kickbacks
The First Circuit on Monday mostly upheld the convictions of a former Massachusetts state police union president and a Beacon Hill lobbyist who were found guilty of running a kickback scheme, but ordered new sentencing hearings for them after vacating some of the guilty findings.
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June 02, 2025
Florida Court Tosses $28M Verdict Over Ignored Mandate
A Florida appeals court has vacated a $28 million verdict and ordered a new, bifurcated damages trial in a suit over a car accident, saying the trial court ignored a previous appeals court's mandate to keep evidence that the at-fault driver was drunk out of the compensatory-damages phase.
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June 02, 2025
Judge Allows Obviousness Defense At Bladder Drug Retrial
A Delaware federal judge has released two makers of generic bladder drugs from a stipulation that barred them from arguing patents held by rival Astellas Pharma Inc. are invalid for obviousness, since two other generic-drug makers targeted in the consolidated litigation could make the same argument at a bench trial later this year.
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June 02, 2025
Ga. Panel Urged To Back $17M Honda Seatbelt Verdict
A Georgia man whose wife was killed after being ejected from her Honda SUV asked a Georgia appellate panel Monday to uphold a $17 million verdict against the automaker, urging the court to reject Honda's arguments that it was wrongly denied the chance to defend itself after its attorneys introduced prohibited materials at the trial's opening.
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June 02, 2025
Nursing Exec Says DOJ Misapplied Justices' Fraud Ruling
A Nevada nursing home executive convicted of wage-fixing and wire fraud has told a Nevada federal judge that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a fraud case doesn't preclude his motion for a new trial, contrary to what the U.S. Department of Justice has argued.
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June 02, 2025
4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In May
Massachusetts judges grappled with accusations of fraud in the sale of a struggling life sciences company and gave the benefit of the doubt to a vendor who allegedly sold the state gallons of ineffective hand sanitizer, among other notable rulings last month.
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June 02, 2025
Girardi's Dropped Pants Don't Sway Judge From Sentencing
A California federal judge ruled Monday she will sentence Tom Girardi this week for his wire fraud conviction, finding him mentally competent enough to potentially serve prison time following a bizarre hearing where the disbarred attorney made an appearance on the witness stand that culminated in his pants falling down.
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June 02, 2025
Judge Out Of Line In Undoing $1M LSD Verdict, 5th Circ. Told
A man who became a quadriplegic after ingesting LSD told the Fifth Circuit that a Houston judge didn't have the authority to undo a jury's decision putting an insurance company on the hook for his $1 million injury settlement.
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June 02, 2025
Feds To Face Discovery, Trial In Free-Speech Removals Case
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration's bid to foreclose discovery and a July 7 bench trial in a free-speech lawsuit by academic organizations challenging deportations of some of their members apparently based on their pro-Palestinian views.
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June 02, 2025
Judge Finds Exec Sought To Dodge Chicago Hotel Fraud Order
A construction company and executive found by a jury in 2022 of misusing millions intended for Chicago's Nobu Hotel are facing contempt orders from an Illinois federal judge for concealing cash withdrawals and construction work as an investor attempts to collect a $22 million judgment.
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June 02, 2025
Feds Want 12½ Years For Ex-Ill. Speaker Convicted Of Bribery
Prosecutors are urging an Illinois federal judge to sentence former state House Speaker Michael Madigan to prison for 12½ years for bribery, conspiracy and fraud, saying his conduct adds "another sordid chapter to Illinois' storied reputation of corruption" while Madigan, armed with more than 200 letters of support, seeks only probation.
Expert Analysis
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Series
Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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Strategies To Help Witnesses Manage Deposition Anxiety
During and leading up to deposition, witnesses may experience anxiety stemming from numerous sources and manifesting in a variety of ways, but attorneys can help them mitigate their stress using a few key methods, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Justices May Clarify What IP Competitors In Litigation Can Say
If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on Atturo Tire v. Toyo Tire, it may be able to provide guidance on the murky questions surrounding what companies enforcing their intellectual property against competitors are allowed to say in public, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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A Recurring Atty Fee Question Returns To Texas High Court
As the Texas Supreme Court is poised to decide if it will once again address — in Maciejack v. City of Oak Point — when a party must segregate attorney fees it seeks to recover, litigators would be wise to contemporaneously classify fees as either recoverable or unrecoverable, say attorneys at Munck Wilson.