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September 23, 2025
Mich. Doctor Gets 6 Years For Role In Opioid Pill Mill
A Detroit area doctor was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for prescribing unnecessary opioids out of a pill mill that eventually were sold on the streets, with a Michigan federal judge saying some detainment was warranted for the dangers the operation posed to the community.
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September 23, 2025
Sympathy Led To $45M Motorcycle Crash Verdict, Judge Hears
The speed at which a Connecticut state jury awarded $45 million to a Marine Corps reservist who was paralyzed in a motorcycle crash suggests that the verdict was unfairly tainted by sympathy for the plaintiff, a towing and recovery company told a Waterbury judge on Tuesday.
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September 23, 2025
Gibson Gets $1 Guitar TM Award Upped To $168K
After a Texas federal jury awarded guitar maker Gibson just $1 in damages from a Florida-based competitor found to have infringed trademarks for its iconic guitar shapes, a federal judge increased the award to just over $168,000 in disgorgement of profits earned through infringement.
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September 23, 2025
Social Media Giants Must Face Expert Testimony On Harm
A California state judge ruled Monday that jurors set to consider claims against major social media technology companies for allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health will be allowed to hear expert testimony about potential injuries inflicted by the design and operation of the platforms.
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September 23, 2025
EX-CTA Worker's $425K Vaccine Bias Award Capped At $300K
An Illinois federal judge lowered a former Chicago Transit Authority employee's $425,000 jury award to $300,000 Tuesday for the ex-worker's claim that he was wrongly fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, entering a judgment the judge said he'll later amend with awards that include back and front pay.
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September 23, 2025
Jury Convicts Would-Be Trump Killer
A Florida federal jury on Tuesday found Ryan Wesley Routh guilty of trying to assassinate Donald Trump during a round of golf at Trump International Golf Club last year while the now-president was campaigning to retake the White House.
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September 22, 2025
Uber Assault Accuser's PTSD Signs Pre-Date Ride, Jury Told
A woman claiming she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of being sexually assaulted by her Uber driver when she was 18 has a history of childhood abuse and traumatic incidents, indicating she had PTSD before the 2016 ride, two psychiatrists told jurors Monday in a bellwether trial.
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September 22, 2025
Google Ad Tech Breakup 'Drastic' But Best, DOJ Tells Judge
A U.S. Department of Justice attorney pressed a Virginia federal judge Monday to break up Google's advertising placement technology business, asserting in opening statements that a divestiture is doable and the only way to fully address Google's monopoly.
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September 22, 2025
Colorado Jury Awards $205M In Girl's Theme Park Death
A jury in Colorado state court found a Colorado theme park liable for the death of a young girl, which occurred on one of its rides in 2021, and awarded her family $205 million in damages.
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September 22, 2025
4th Jury Will Consider MGA, T.I.'s OMG Doll Dispute
A California federal judge who tossed a jury's $53.6 million punitive damages award against MGA Entertainment for willfully infringing the trade dress of a pop group co-owned by hip hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris said Monday he would order a new jury to consider whether to award punitive damages.
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September 22, 2025
2nd Circ. Undoes $25M Restitution In Horse-Doping Case
A veterinarian convicted of conspiracy in a sprawling horse-doping scheme has escaped $25 million in restitution and is also off the hook for the $10.3 million forfeiture of funds tied to the sale of undetectable, performance-enhancement drugs, the Second Circuit said Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Conn. Man Who Murdered Ex-Girlfriend Can't Blame Emotions
A man sentenced to 70 years in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend in front of her 12-year-old son wasn't extremely emotionally disturbed, the Connecticut Supreme Court has found, affirming a trial court's decision preventing a jury from finding him guilty of a lesser charge on that basis.
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September 22, 2025
Fifth Third Can Keep $30M In Escrow Fight, Judge Rules
A New York federal judge has sided with Fifth Third Bank in a $30 million escrow fight, finding its claim notice over alleged "platform fee" violations was timely and valid, in a ruling that will require the suing private equity seller to return $10 million that was already released.
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September 22, 2025
Ex-Boston Transit Cop Spared Prison In Beating Coverup
A federal judge on Monday, "with some reservations," spared a former Boston transit police sergeant from prison time for his alleged role in trying to cover up the 2018 beating of a homeless man by an officer.
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September 22, 2025
Stewart Wants More Info On Nixed Chip Patent In $11M Verdict
The deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order allowing a company to challenge a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that invalidated a claim in its semiconductor patent, citing a contrary result in federal district court litigation.
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September 22, 2025
Ohio Court Grants New Murder Trial Due To Race Bias Worry
A Black man sentenced to more than 37 years for murder and other charges is owed a new trial, an Ohio appeals court found, because his attorney should have been able to question potential jurors regarding racial bias regardless of the fact that the victim was also Black.
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September 22, 2025
Ga. Tip Theft Attys Secure $226K Fee Award
A Georgia federal judge awarded $226,000 in attorney fees to the lawyers behind a $161,000 verdict earlier this year against an Atlanta restaurant that was accused by servers of illegally pocketing their tips and docking their wages.
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September 22, 2025
Girardi Loses Bid To Avoid Prison During Appeal
Disgraced attorney Tom Girardi will have to wait in prison while he appeals his wire fraud conviction for stealing from his own clients, a California federal judge has ruled.
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September 22, 2025
CVS's Omnicare Hits Ch. 11 After $949M FCA Judgment
Omnicare LLC, CVS Health's subsidiary that provides pharmacy services for long-term care facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas following a $949 million judgment against Omnicare and CVS issued by a New York federal judge earlier this year.
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September 21, 2025
Chinese Exec Who Shipped Fentanyl Ingredients Gets 25 Yrs
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced a Chinese national and chemical company executive to 25 years in prison for shipping large quantities of fentanyl ingredients to the U.S., citing the defendant's "egregious, callous" disregard for the deaths caused by the drugs he helped create.
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September 19, 2025
Uber Expert Testifies Most Sex-Incident Claims Aren't Assault
Uber's statistics expert Friday told jurors considering a California bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against the ride-hailing giant that about 70% of the tens of thousands of sexual misconduct incidents that plaintiffs have claimed Uber doesn't report are allegations short of assault, like offensive comments, gestures, leering and staring.
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September 19, 2025
OSU, Prof Cleared In Harassment Case Revived By 6th Circ.
A federal jury on Friday rejected a former Ohio State University graduate student's harassment claims against her doctoral adviser and the school, a year after the Sixth Circuit revived the case.
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September 19, 2025
Former Bank Exec Sentenced For $2M Check-Kiting Scheme
An Illinois bank's second-highest executive has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for engaging in a check-kiting scheme that defrauded the bank out of about $2 million.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Walks Away From Ozy Media, Stanford Fraud Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from its $50 million case against former Ozy Media Inc. founder Carlos Watson after President Donald Trump granted him clemency earlier this year, and also dropped a long-dormant case against a co-conspirator in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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September 19, 2025
Google Search Judge Values Storytelling, Not 'Denigrating'
The federal judge who found Google liable for monopolizing search and ordered it to prop up rivals had advice in New York City remarks Friday for attorneys trying to sway courts: Write "plain," tell a story without "denigrating" the opposition, and back up economic analysis with business reality.
Expert Analysis
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DC Circ. Ruling Augurs More Scrutiny Of Blanket Gag Orders
The D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling in In re: Sealed Case, finding that an omnibus nondisclosure order was too sweeping, should serve as a wake-up call to prosecutors and provide a road map for private parties to push back on overbroad secrecy demands, says Gregory Rosen at Rogers Joseph.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.
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Opinion
Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.
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A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.
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Strategies For ICE Agent Misconduct Suits In The 11th Circ.
Attorneys have numerous pathways to pursue misconduct claims against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Eleventh Circuit, and they need not wait for the court to correct its misinterpretation of a Federal Tort Claims Act exception, says Lauren Bonds at the National Police Accountability Project.
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How Securities Defendants Might Use New Wire Fraud Ruling
Though the Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Chastain decision — vacating the conviction of an ex-OpenSea staffer — involved the wire fraud statute, insider trading defendants might attempt to import the ruling’s reasoning into the securities realm, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.
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Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase
As legislators, prosecutors and plaintiffs attorneys increasingly focus on labor and sex trafficking throughout the U.S., companies must tailor their due diligence strategies to protect against forced labor trafficking risks in their supply chains, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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Series
Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.
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Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review
Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Opinion
The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Opinion
Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.
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Reel Justice: 'Oh, Hi!' Teaches Attys To Return To The Statute
The new dark comedy film “Oh, Hi!” — depicting a romantic vacation that turns into an inadvertent kidnapping — should remind criminal practitioners to always reread the statute to avoid assumptions, meet their ethical duties and finesse their trial strategy, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.
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Series
Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.
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What To Do When Congress And DOJ Both Come Knocking
As recently seen in the news, clients may find themselves facing parallel U.S. Department of Justice and congressional investigations, requiring a comprehensive response that considers the different challenges posed by each, say attorneys at Friedman Kaplan.