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April 16, 2025
Ill. Sen. Says He Was 'Cautious' With Red-Light Camera Exec
An Illinois senator accused of accepting a bribe to help a red-light camera company testified Wednesday that he was "cautious" as he observed the company executive consistently repeat himself and seem to have "an answer for everything" in their first meeting.
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April 16, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday on Federal Trade Commission efforts to cabin the company's allegedly monopolistic social media dominance into a market that excludes TikTok and YouTube, telling a D.C. federal judge video has become the new predominant form of social media interaction.
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April 16, 2025
AlmondNet Sues Amazon Again After $136M Ad IP Victory
AlmondNet Inc. is aiming to expand on the $136 million it already won against Amazon for patent infringement with a new suit in Texas federal court accusing the technology giant of infringing another patent tied to directing television advertisements.
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April 16, 2025
Limits On Conn. Biz Law Stay In Effect In Sandy Hook Case
A Connecticut appeals court's $150 million paring of a $1.44 billion judgment against Infowars host Alex Jones for defaming the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families was a shift away from a broader view of the state's most popular business litigation statute, several experts told Law360.
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April 16, 2025
Conn. Town Wants Murder Exoneree's $5.7M Jury Win Tossed
A Connecticut town has asked a federal judge to either toss or zero out an exonerated murder defendant's $5.7 million jury trial win, saying one of its police officers did not, as a matter of law, assist a state police officer in fabricating a jailhouse informant's testimony.
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April 16, 2025
Orlando Health Hit With $45M Verdict Over Heart Attack Death
Orlando Health Inc. was hit with a $45 million verdict after a Florida jury found the healthcare company acted with reckless disregard when treating a heart attack patient who died while waiting for a transfer to another Orlando Health facility by helicopter despite a competing hospital being available a few miles away.
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April 16, 2025
Texas Judge Romance Fees Trial Nixed After Disputes Moved
A Texas federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday canceled an upcoming trial after a federal district court agreed to preside over a suit brought by the U.S. Trustee's Office in an effort to make Jackson Walker LLP forfeit fees from more than 30 cases overseen by a former bankruptcy judge who was romantically involved with a onetime partner at the firm.
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April 16, 2025
X Corp. On The Hook For $105M In Video IP Row, Jury Finds
X Corp. will have to cough up $105 million after a Dallas jury found Wednesday that it infringed a startup company's video sharing technology, awarding significantly less than the $632 million that the patent owner VidStream LLC had sought.
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April 16, 2025
Dominion-Newsmax Defamation Trial Postponed
A Delaware judge postponed Wednesday a scheduled April 28 trial kickoff for a billion dollar defamation suit between Newsmax Media Inc. and Dominion Voting Systems, one day after a hearing on Newsmax's request for a delay and newly emerged schedule complications.
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April 15, 2025
Astellas Bladder Drug Patent Survives Following Bench Trial
A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday held that generic-drug makers Lupin and Zydus Pharmaceuticals haven't shown "by clear and convincing evidence" that an Astellas Pharma patent covering the bladder medication Myrbetriq is invalid.
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April 15, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls Buying Rival, Building Co. Two Sides Of 1 Coin
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried Tuesday to distance himself from internal documents describing Instagram and WhatsApp as competitive threats, pushing back on Federal Trade Commission monopolization claims by arguing in D.C. federal court that the owner of Facebook was always focused on improvements to itself and the acquisitions.
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April 15, 2025
X Corp. Should Pay $632M For Stealing Video IP, Jury Hears
X Corp. systematically copied a startup's video sharing technology while stringing it along with promises of a partnership, VidStream LLC told a Dallas jury during closing arguments Tuesday in a $632 million intellectual property suit that has spanned nearly a decade.
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April 15, 2025
Ill. Senator Takes Stand To Defend Self On Bribery Charges
An Illinois senator accused of agreeing to take a bribe from a red-light camera executive testified Tuesday that passing bills is "a numbers game" at the state Capitol, and it requires sorting through some dishonest organizations and lobbyists to obtain the information necessary to vote on them.
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April 15, 2025
Seller Of NC Concrete Co. Cements Midtrial Victory
A North Carolina federal judge has cut short a jury trial in which the former owner of a concrete business in the state was accused of manipulating financial records to sell her company, siding with the defense in a directed verdict after the plaintiffs rested.
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April 15, 2025
DC Asks Judge To Narrow Nursing Home Ruling
The District of Columbia urged a D.C. federal judge on Tuesday to narrow an injunction requiring it to do more to help disabled nursing home residents transition into the community, arguing the order reaches beyond the class of plaintiffs and is too vague.
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April 15, 2025
Timing For Newsmax, Dominion Defamation Trial Still Unclear
The timing for a potential billion-dollar defamation battle in Delaware between Newsmax Media Inc. and Dominion Voting Systems that had been scheduled to begin April 28 was left in the air late Tuesday after a daylong hearing on final pretrial issues and Newsmax's calls for a delay.
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April 15, 2025
9th Circ. Rejects Ex-Netflix Exec's Bribery Appeal
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the bribery conviction of Netflix's former vice president of information technology, rejecting his argument that prosecutors had introduced an extra fraud theory that wasn't described in his indictment.
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April 15, 2025
9th Circ. Backs $272M Verdict For Monster In Bang Ad Case
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a $272 million verdict for Monster Energy Co. in a false advertising case against defunct Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its former CEO, rejecting a series of challenges to rulings that narrowed the evidence at trial.
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April 15, 2025
How An Apple Exec's Attys Turned A Bribe Charge Into 'Vapor'
When jurors ruled this month that an Apple executive's promise to donate iPads to the local sheriff's department was not a bribe, it appeared to vindicate a defense strategy of calling no witnesses and painting the case as fundamentally flawed.
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April 15, 2025
4th Circ. Overturns Fee Award In Maryland Wage Dispute
The Fourth Circuit upended an order awarding lower-than-requested fees to attorneys representing workers in an unpaid overtime lawsuit against a nail salon, ruling Tuesday that a lower court was wrong to give so much authority to Maryland hourly rate guidelines.
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April 15, 2025
Judge Upholds Jury Verdict Against Project Veritas
A D.C. federal judge upheld a $120,000 jury verdict against Project Veritas for its sting operation on the liberal consulting firm Democracy Partners, ruling that the conservative activist group's activities are not protected by heightened First Amendment standards because the case involved non-expressive conduct, not speech content.
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April 15, 2025
Palin-NYT Libel Retrial Starts With Key Ruling For Paper
Sarah Palin's second libel trial against The New York Times over a 2017 editorial began Tuesday after a Manhattan federal judge declined to tell jurors that the article was defamatory as a matter of law.
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April 14, 2025
Justice Dept. Lands 1st Wage-Fixing Jury Trial Conviction
A Nevada federal jury on Monday convicted a nursing executive on wage-fixing charges, the first antitrust charge to succeed before a jury in a string of U.S. Department of Justice prosecutions targeting antitrust violations in labor markets.
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April 14, 2025
Earthquake Briefly Interrupts Judge's Retrial In Wife's Killing
The retrial for an Orange County judge who is accused of drunkenly shooting his wife to death in their home after an argument took a dramatic turn Monday morning when a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Southern California, shaking the courtroom and abruptly interrupting opening statements from the judge's attorney.
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April 14, 2025
Herbalife Wins $1.55M For Unauthorized $20M Computer Deal
A California federal jury on Friday awarded Herbalife International of America Inc. $1.55 million in damages from Eastern Computer Exchange after finding the computer equipment reseller deceptively concealed an order for millions of dollars in Dell computers that the dietary supplement company claims it never ordered.
Expert Analysis
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Ways Life Sciences Cos. Can Manage Insider Trading Risk
In light of two high-profile insider trading jury decisions against life sciences executives this year, public companies in the sector should revise their policies to account for regulators' new and more expansive theories of liability, says Amy Walsh at Orrick.
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Strategies To Defend Against Healthcare Nuclear Verdicts
The healthcare industry is increasingly the target of megaclaims, particularly those alleging medical malpractice, but attorneys representing providers can use a few tools to push back on flimsy litigation and reduce the likelihood of a nuclear verdict, says LaMar Jost at Wheeler Trigg.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Bayer Antitrust Case Hinged On Evolving Market Definition
Generic flea and tick medication manufacturer Tevra's evolving market definition played a key role in the development and outcome of its five-year antitrust litigation against Bayer Healthcare, highlighting challenges that litigants may face when a proposed definition is assessed at trial, say Amy Vegari and Colleen Anderson at Patterson Belknap.
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When Trauma Colors Testimony: How To Help Witnesses
As stress-related mental health issues continue to rise, trial attorneys must become familiar with a few key trauma-informed strategies to help witnesses get back on track — leaning in to the counselor aspect of their vocations, say Ava Hernández and Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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Until Congress Acts, EDNY 'Insider Betting' Case Is Premature
The Eastern District of New York’s novel wire fraud conspiracy indictment in U.S. v. Pham may have prematurely heralded a new era in federal gambling enforcement, but in the absence of an “insider betting” statute, sportsbooks — not prosecutors — should be responsible for enforcing their terms of use, says attorney Jonathan Savella.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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When The Supreme Court Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade
Instead of grousing about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions overturning long-standing precedents, attorneys should look to history for examples of how enterprising legal minds molded difficult decisions to their advantage, and figure out how to work with the cards they’ve been dealt, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Philly Project Case Renews Ongoing Fraud Theory Tug-Of-War
In its upcoming term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Kousisis v. U.S., a case involving wire fraud convictions related to Philadelphia bridge repair projects, and may once again further rein in prosecutorial attempts to expand theories of fraud beyond core traditional property rights, say Jonathan Halpern and Kyra Rosenzweig at Holland & Knight.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.
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Open Questions 3 Years After 2nd Circ.'s Fugitive Ruling
The Second Circuit’s 2021 decision in U.S. v. Bescond, holding that a French resident indicted abroad did not meet the legal definition of a fugitive, deepened a circuit split on the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, and courts continue to grapple with the doctrine’s reach and applicability, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.