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April 30, 2025
Website Operators Challenge $102M FTC Judgment
Two former executives of On Point Global LLC urged the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a civil contempt sanction of $102 million for violating a prior injunction, arguing that the lower court should have held a hearing to allow them to present evidence in their favor.
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April 30, 2025
Ill. Developer Gets 6 Years For Role In Bank Embezzlement
A real estate developer has been sentenced to more than six years in prison following his conviction for participating in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at a now-shuttered bank, federal prosecutors in Chicago announced Wednesday.
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April 30, 2025
TikTok Exec Calls Facebook, Instagram 'Complements'
A TikTok executive said Wednesday that his company views Facebook and Instagram as "complements" to the Chinese-owned short-form video platform rather than direct competitors playing in the same market, in testimony that largely supported the Federal Trade Commission's claim that Meta dominates personal social networking services.
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April 30, 2025
IHOP Franchisee Dodges Most Of Fired Server's Bias Suit
A North Carolina federal judge let an IHOP franchisee escape the bulk of a fired waitress's suit claiming she was propositioned for sex by a male manager and fired for complaining about it, ruling she had failed to put forward any corroboration about the alleged harassment to keep her claims in court.
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April 29, 2025
Ex-Levi's Exec Loses Bid To Call Therapist At Bias Trial
A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected a renewed bid from an ex-Levi Strauss executive suing for sex discrimination to have her therapist testify in the trial's liability phase about work-related stress, saying comments from a former Levi's colleague about the plaintiff's home struggles didn't open the door for his testimony.
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April 29, 2025
Omnicare Hit With $136M Jury Verdict For Bilking Feds
A New York federal jury on Tuesday returned a verdict finding that CVS Health Corp. subsidiary Omnicare illegally billed the federal government to the tune of $135.6 million, one of the largest jury verdicts in a False Claims Act case, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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April 29, 2025
2nd Circ. Not Sure FCC Fine Denied Verizon's Trial Right
Second Circuit judges questioned Tuesday why the feds couldn't fine Verizon millions of dollars for location data misuse since the telecom carrier has the option of refusing to pay and demanding a jury trial if the U.S. Department of Justice comes to collect.
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April 29, 2025
California Judge Loses Pay After Conviction For Murdering Wife
The California Commission on Judicial Performance formally suspended a California judge without pay after a state jury found him guilty of second-degree murder last week for shooting his wife to death in their Anaheim Hills home on Aug. 3, 2023, following a heated argument.
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April 29, 2025
Meta Seeks Punitives For NSO WhatsApp Hack As Trial Opens
Meta's counsel told a California federal jury during trial openings Tuesday that Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes nearly $445,000 plus punitive damages for its "despicable" conduct hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices, while NSO's counsel denied owing Meta anything and criticized Meta's case as a PR attempt to "own the narrative."
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April 29, 2025
Judge Mulls If Google Could Still Vie To Be Default Search
A D.C. federal judge probed potential middle grounds Tuesday for how to give Google's search engine rivals a leg up against the company's monopoly, asking how to avoid a "duopoly" with Microsoft and if Google might be permitted to continue paying browsers and phonemakers for default placement.
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April 29, 2025
CRT Buyers Want $3.7B In Damages After Price-Fixing Default
Groups of buyers in long-running litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix cathode ray tube prices asked a California federal court for $3.7 billion in damages after a default judgment against Chinese electronics company Irico Group for failing to preserve evidence.
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April 29, 2025
Alex Jones Wants High Court Look At $1.3B Sandy Hook Case
Bankrupt Infowars host Alex Jones will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a mammoth libel judgment that families of Sandy Hook shooting victims secured against him and his company over his conspiratorial broadcasts calling the massacre a hoax, he told a Connecticut appellate court in seeking to extend a pause on the payout.
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April 29, 2025
PacifiCorp Hit With $11M Verdict In Latest Wildfire Case
A Portland, Oregon, jury awarded around $10.8 million in noneconomic damages Tuesday to nine plaintiffs who suffered property damage in a group of 2020 wildfires attributed to PacifiCorp's negligence, with the awards likely to be increased to account for punitive damages.
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April 29, 2025
Combs Wants Gag Order For Attorneys Repping Accusers
Hip-Hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs asked a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday to direct attorneys representing his accusers to not make extrajudicial statements until his upcoming trial on sex-trafficking charges concludes.
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April 29, 2025
Mayer Brown Loses $1M Fee Award For Death Row Case Work
A Texas state appellate court on Tuesday threw out roughly $1.2 million in attorney fees awarded to Mayer Brown LLP in its representation of a death row convict, finding that the law firm was not entitled to the funds under laws related to public information requests because it is not "liable" for the fees.
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April 29, 2025
OneTaste Execs Can't Get High Court Relief Over 'Stolen' Docs
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to bar allegedly stolen and privileged documents from being used at the upcoming forced-labor conspiracy trial of two former OneTaste executives.
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April 28, 2025
Meta Gets Jury In Damages Trial Over NSO's WhatsApp Hack
A California federal judge empaneled eight jurors Monday to decide how much Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes Meta Platforms for hacking into 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices, selecting from a pool of dozens of San Francisco Bay Area residents, many of whom criticized Meta, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the Israeli government.
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April 28, 2025
Levi's Biased Against Pregnant Exec, Jury Told At Trial's Start
Counsel for a former Levi Strauss executive suing for sex discrimination told a California federal jury Monday that her manager told the then-pregnant woman she lacked "work capacity" for a promotion, while Levi's lawyer said she merely "grew impatient" climbing the corporate ladder at a company where many mothers are leaders.
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April 28, 2025
Exec 'Can't Believe' X Offers Itself As Place For Friends
The Federal Trade Commission pressed executives and former leaders from X Corp., Strava, Pinterest and Reddit on Monday for all the things that distinguish their services from Meta Platforms Inc., painting Facebook and Instagram in D.C. federal court as effectively the only place to really connect with friends and family to show the social media giant's alleged monopoly.
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April 28, 2025
DOJ Wants Live Nation Case Split Between Liability, Damages
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a New York federal court on Monday to split the case accusing Live Nation of quashing competition in the live entertainment industry by having a jury decide if the company violated antitrust law and the judge decide what remedies to impose.
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April 28, 2025
NC Dentist Acquitted Of $3M Fraud, Tax Evasion Charges
A North Carolina dentist was acquitted of wire fraud and tax evasion charges on the fourth day of a federal jury trial in which prosecutors had alleged the dentist submitted false loan applications to the Small Business Administration and failed to pay income taxes.
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April 28, 2025
'Shake & Bake': 4th Circ. Cites Ricky Bobby In NASCAR Ruling
The Fourth Circuit on Monday called back to the satirical cult classic "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" in finding the former owners of a NASCAR team must cover the cost of a settlement involving a bank lien on their charter after they sold it to new owners.
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April 28, 2025
2nd Circ. Upholds Clinic Manager's Repeat Charges For Fraud
A decision that allowed the federal government to reindict a health clinic manager for a Medicare and tax fraud scheme can stand, a Second Circuit panel found Monday, agreeing with the lower court that his offenses were serious enough to permit it.
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April 28, 2025
NC Judge Says 'Natural Dog' TM Confusion Fight Needs A Trial
A North Carolina federal judge denied a Tar Heel State pet store chain's bid for a pretrial win in a trademark infringement suit brought against it by Natural Dog Acquisitions LLC, ruling Monday that the case needs a jury trial to resolve certain questions of fact.
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April 28, 2025
MyPillow Attys Blame Filing Error After Judge Suspects AI Use
Attorneys representing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in a defamation lawsuit from a former Dominion Voting Systems Corp. executive have told a Colorado federal judge that a February brief the court suspected of being written with AI was a rough draft filed by mistake.
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Antitrust Issues To Watch Amid Google Ad Tech Trial
Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. Department of Justice's advertising technology antitrust suit against Google in Virginia federal court, matters ranging from market definition to unified pricing will likely have far-reaching implications for the digital advertising industry, competition and innovation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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6 Tips For Trying Cases Away From Home
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A truly national litigation practice, by definition, often requires trying cases in jurisdictions across the country, which presents unique challenges that require methodical preparation and coordination both within the trial team and externally, say Edward Bennett and Suzanne Salgado at Williams & Connolly.
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How NLRB Memo Balances Schools' Labor, Privacy Concerns
Natale DiNatale at Robinson & Cole highlights the recent National Labor Relations Board advice memorandum that aims to help colleges reconcile competing obligations under the National Labor Relations Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act as university students flock toward unionization.
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A Blueprint For Structuring An Effective Plaintiff Case Story
The number and size of nuclear verdicts continue to rise, in part because plaintiffs attorneys have become more adept at crafting compelling trial stories — and an analysis of these success stories reveals a 10-part framework for structuring an effective case narrative, says Jonathan Ross at Decision Analysis.
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Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.
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Boeing Ruling Is A Cautionary Tale For Trade Secret Litigants
A Washington federal court’s recent ruling canceling a $72 million jury award against Boeing because Zunum Aero had failed to properly identify its trade secrets highlights the value of an early statement of alleged secrets, amended through discovery and used as a framework at trial, says Matthew D'Amore at Cornell.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Google And The Next Frontier Of Divestiture Antitrust Remedy
The possibility of a large-scale divestiture in the Google search case comes on the heels of recent requests of business breakups as remedies for anticompetitive conduct, and companies should prepare for the likelihood that courts may impose divestiture remedies in the event of a liability finding, say Lauren Weinstein and Nathaniel Rubin at MoloLamken.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.
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It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.
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5 Credibility Lessons Trial Attys Can Learn From Harris' Run
In launching a late-stage campaign for president, Vice President Kamala Harris must seize upon fresh attention from voters to establish, or reestablish, credibility — a challenge that parallels and provides takeaways for trial attorneys, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies.
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Court Denial Of $335M UFC Deal Sets Bold Antitrust Precedent
A Nevada federal court’s recent refusal to accept a $335 million deal between Ultimate Fighting Championship and a group of former fighters to settle claims of anticompetitive conduct was a rare decision that risks the floodgates opening on established antitrust case law, says Mohit Pasricha at Lawrence Stephens.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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5 Ways To Confront Courtroom Technology Challenges
Recent cybersecurity incidents highlight the vulnerabilities of our reliance on digital infrastructure, meaning attorneys must be prepared to navigate technological obstacles inside the courtroom, including those related to data security, presentation hardware, video playback and more, says Adam Bloomberg at IMS Legal Strategies.
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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.