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April 25, 2025
Wells Fargo Looks To Upend $22M Disability Bias Loss
Wells Fargo is turning to the Fourth Circuit to challenge a $22.1 million verdict in an Americans with Disabilities Act case claiming the banking giant fired an investment director for requesting telework, according to a North Carolina federal court filing.
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April 24, 2025
Samsung Wants Acting USPTO Director To Eye PTAB Denials
Samsung has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director to review several discretionary denial decisions from the patent board, arguing that the rulings were unfair because they came down "the very same day" the patent office changed how those rulings are supposed to be evaluated.
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April 24, 2025
Google Case Judge Weighs Rivals' Data Needs Against Privacy
The D.C. federal judge weighing whether to break off the Chrome browser and force Google to share data with search engine rivals zeroed in Thursday on the balancing act between propping up other competitors and protecting the search data the Justice Department says they need to compete effectively.
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April 24, 2025
Ill. Judge Won't Reduce Claims In Defective Smoker Suit
Grill manufacturer Char-Broil LLC can't escape claims it sold an electric smoker that shocked its users and didn't work correctly even after a recall, a Chicago federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting arguments that the buyers' fight is actually with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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April 24, 2025
Ex-OneTaste Execs Ask Justices To Nix 'Stolen' Docs
Former OneTaste executives facing forced-labor conspiracy charges asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to bar allegedly stolen and attorney-client privileged documents from being used at a May trial, saying corporate legal communications are broadly at risk.
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April 24, 2025
Mass. DA Says No Basis For Contempt Against ICE Agent
The chief prosecutor for Boston said Thursday he will not pursue a criminal contempt complaint against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who took a defendant into custody in the middle of a trial last month, calling a state court judge's finding and referral "patently illegal."
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April 24, 2025
Ex-Pain Clinic Owner Gets 3½ Years For Drug Test Scheme
The former owner of a Pennsylvania pain management practice has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for conspiring with others to defraud Medicare by submitting unnecessary urine drug tests for chronic opioid patients at his medical clinics.
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April 24, 2025
Insurer Says No Coverage For Nursing Home Negligence Deal
An insurer shouldn't have to pay for a settlement that a healthcare management company reached following a nearly $3.3 million jury verdict in an underlying nursing home negligence suit, the carrier told a Washington federal court, saying the company settled without its consent.
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April 24, 2025
Jury Deadlocks In Ill. Senator's Bribery Trial
An Illinois federal judge declared a mistrial in a state senator's bribery trial Thursday after jurors signaled two times in as many days that they couldn't reach a unanimous decision in his case.
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April 24, 2025
'Egregious' Delays Wipe Out Ga. Health Fraud Case
A Georgia federal judge on Thursday dismissed an eight-year-old case over alleged Medicaid fraud, calling the government's delays in bringing three healthcare executives to trial "egregious" and noting that the alleged criminal conduct took place between 12 and 25 years ago.
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April 24, 2025
SEC Annuity Fraud Case Ends In Mixed Verdict
A federal jury cleared a Massachusetts investment adviser and his firm of two of three claims in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission case claiming they secretly earned commissions from clients' annuity plans.
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April 24, 2025
Verdict Upheld For Security Co. Accused In Teen's Drowning
A Connecticut judge has declined to set aside a jury verdict in favor of a security company that beat product liability and recklessness claims in the death of a teenager who drowned after sneaking into a Hartford park pool, rejecting arguments from the boy's mother that two evidence rulings tainted the outcome of her case.
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April 24, 2025
Red Sox TV Network Wins Civil Judgment In Fraud Suit
The regional cable channel that broadcasts Boston Red Sox and Bruins games has obtained a civil judgment against a former executive who was convicted of embezzling nearly $600,000 through a billing fraud scheme.
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April 23, 2025
No Need To Look At Tire IP Dispute, Toyo Tells Justices
Japanese tire giant Toyo Tire Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday not to examine a Federal Circuit ruling that discarded a $10 million award in a case that's been going on for over a decade around allegations of interfering with a rival's business through patent settlements with other companies.
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April 23, 2025
Perplexity AI 'Hit A Wall' Of Google Defaults, Exec Testifies
An executive for search engine startup Perplexity AI Inc. on Wednesday described Google LLC as a key impediment to competition for the future of artificial intelligence-powered search, in D.C. federal court testimony supporting U.S. Department of Justice efforts to forcibly open up smartphones now heavily connected to the search giant.
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April 23, 2025
Charter Slams Claim It Confused Jury To Beat $1B Patent Suit
Cable TV giant Charter Communications urged a Texas federal judge Tuesday to preserve its defense verdict in Touchstream Technologies' $1 billion suit over patents for casting and playback of video content from smaller devices to larger ones, rebutting the startup's claim of jury confusion.
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April 23, 2025
Disney Seeks $532K Atty Sanctions In Artist's 'Moana' Suit
Disney asked a California federal judge to issue $532,815 in sanctions against attorneys for an animator who alleged "Moana" lifted his Polynesian adventure story, arguing Tuesday that the plaintiff's lawyers vexatiously prolonged litigation with "sanctionable misconduct" by pursuing "baseless" trade secret misappropriation claims that were untimely and premised on a forged document.
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April 23, 2025
Fed. Circ. Passes Game Controller Patent Case Back To PTAB
Video game developer Valve on Wednesday won yet another chance to convince patent board judges to look at its challenge to claims in a rival's video game controller patent asserted in litigation in Washington federal court.
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April 23, 2025
Judge Orders MyPillow Attys To Explain AI Use, Fake Citations
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to explain why she shouldn't refer them for discipline for a brief full of misquotes, miscited cases and references to cases that "do not exist," noting that it wasn't until she asked about artificial intelligence that one of the lawyers admitted to his use of it.
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April 23, 2025
Pool Co. Wants Rival's CEO Arrested For Unpaid $17M Verdict
A U.S. pool parts supplier wants the owner of a rival Chinese business arrested after months of allegedly dodging court orders demanding information on company assets to satisfy a $17 million false advertising and deceptive business practices judgment.
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April 23, 2025
No Trade Secret Trial Do-Overs In Chocolate Moonshine Suit
A Pennsylvania chocolatier and her company can't get second chances in a lawsuit accusing them of stealing a rival and former spouse's recipe for Chocolate Moonshine fudge, after a federal judge ruled Tuesday that her ex had proved the value of his secret recipe and the court had not harmed the defense's case by blocking discussion of their divorce.
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April 23, 2025
Trulieve Resolves Ex-Manager's Age Bias Firing Suit
Nationwide cannabis company Trulieve Inc. has resolved a suit in Florida federal court by a former regional manager who alleged he was fired based on his age and in retaliation for assisting in another employee's discrimination charge.
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April 23, 2025
Railcar Co. Owes Nothing In $600M Ohio Derailment Deal
A federal jury on Wednesday freed a railcar company from Norfolk Southern Corp.'s suit seeking a contribution to a $600 million settlement with individuals and businesses impacted by a train derailment and chemical spill in a small Ohio village two years ago. Â
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April 23, 2025
Weinstein Challenges Accusers' Credibility As Retrial Begins
Harvey Weinstein's attorney told a majority-women jury in his sexual assault retrial Wednesday that the "casting couch is not a crime scene" and that he merely had "mutually beneficial" relationships with aspiring actresses who later accused him of rape and sexual violence.
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April 23, 2025
Judge Exits Allied Wallet Exec's Trial Over Plea Interference
A Massachusetts federal judge agreed to step aside Wednesday from the criminal bank fraud case of a former Allied Wallet executive after acknowledging that he had improperly inserted himself into plea negotiations.
Expert Analysis
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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What To Know About Major Fla. Civil Procedure Rule Changes
The Florida Supreme Court recently amended the state's Rules of Civil Procedure, touching on pretrial procedure, discovery, motion and trial practice, and while the amendments are intended to streamline cases, the breadth of the changes may initially present some litigation growing pains, say Brian Briz, Benjamin Tyler and Yarenis Cruz at Holland & Knight.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Perspectives
2 High Court Rulings Boost Protections Against Gov't Reprisal
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Gonzalez v. Trevino and Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon significantly strengthen legal protections against retaliatory arrests and malicious prosecution, and establish clear precedents that promote accountability in law enforcement, say Corey Stoughton and Amanda Miner at Selendy Gay.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Remedy May Be Google's Biggest Hurdle Yet In Antitrust Case
There are difficulties ahead in the remedies phase of the antitrust case against Google in District of Columbia federal court, including the search engine giant's scale advantage and the fast-moving nature of the tech industry, setting the stage for the most challenging of the proceedings so far, says Jonathan Rubin at MoginRubin.
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From Muppet Heads To OJ's Glove: How To Use Props At Trial
Demonstrative graphics have become so commonplace in the courtroom that jurors may start to find them boring, but attorneys can keep jurors engaged and improve their recall by effectively using physical props at trial, says Clint Townson at Townson Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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Trump's Best Hush Money Appeal Options Still Likely To Fail
The two strongest potential arguments former President Donald Trump could raise in appealing his New York hush money conviction seem promising at first, but precedent strongly suggests they will still ultimately fail — though, of course, Trump's unique position could lead to surprising results, says former New York Supreme Court Justice Ethan Greenberg, now at Anderson Kill.
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2 Vital Trial Principles Endure Amid Tech Advances
Progress in trial technologies in the last 10 years has been transformative for courtroom presentations, but two core communication axioms are still relevant in today's world of drone footage evidence and 3D animations, say Adam Bloomberg and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.
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7th Circ. Ruling Sheds Light On Extraterritoriality In IP Law
A recent Seventh Circuit decision involving the Defend Trade Secrets Act, allowing for broader international application of trade secrets laws, highlights a difference in how trade secrets are treated compared to other areas of intellectual property law, say Armin Ghiam and Maria Montenegro-Bernardo at Hunton.
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5 Defense Lessons From Prosecutors' Recent Evidence Flubs
The recent dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges, and the filing of an ethics complaint against a former D.C. prosecutor, both provide takeaways for white collar defense counsel who suspect that prosecutors may be withholding or misrepresenting evidence, say Anden Chow at MoloLamken and Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.