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  • September 11, 2025

    Vet's Wells Fargo Credit Ding Didn't Break Law, Jury Finds

    Wells Fargo didn't violate the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to recognize fraud affecting the account of a customer who described himself as a veteran of the U.S. military's special forces, a federal jury in Washington state has concluded.

  • September 11, 2025

    Sudanese 'Can't Prove' BNP Bankrolled Dictator, Jury Told

    French banking giant BNP Paribas told a Manhattan federal jury on Thursday that three plaintiffs who fled Sudan amid horrific human rights abuses, later to become U.S. citizens, "can't prove" it contributed to former Islamist dictator Omar al-Bashir's killing and destruction.

  • September 11, 2025

    Nadine Menendez Gets 4½ Years In Bribery Case

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday sentenced Nadine Menendez to 4½ years in prison following her conviction at trial for aiding her husband Bob Menendez's corruption by acting as the go-between for bribe payments made to the former U.S. senator to help further the business and personal interests of three New Jersey businessmen.

  • September 10, 2025

    Uber Balanced Safety With Need For Growth, Jurors Told

    Uber's former head of global safety testified Wednesday in a bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against the ride-hailing giant, telling jurors that during his tenure, Uber worked to balance safety priorities with its corporate growth.

  • September 10, 2025

    Pa. Court Upholds Defense Verdict In Throat Surgery Suit

    The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday affirmed a jury verdict in favor of an anesthesiologist accused of causing a patient's trachea tear following throat surgery, saying the doctor's expert witness didn't introduce new testimony at trial.

  • September 10, 2025

    Denver Fights $14M Verdict Over Protester Abuse Claims

    A Tenth Circuit panel pressed both sides Wednesday over whether jurors should have heard testimony from an investigator that Denver says unfairly tainted a trial which yielded a nearly $14 million verdict to 12 protesters over clashes with police during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the city.

  • September 10, 2025

    Ga. Stroke Patient Seeks New Trial Over Misdiagnosis Claims

    A woman who says that an emergency room doctor at an Atlanta-area hospital failed to diagnose her stroke in time to save her from lifelong brain damage urged the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday to grant her a new trial, telling the court that "the record is absolutely silent" about the doctor's purported ordering of exams that might have turned the tide.

  • September 10, 2025

    T-Mobile Trial Kicks Off As Cell Tower Co. Ups Damages Claim

    A Washington state judge chided a cell tower builder Wednesday for introducing new testimony in a breach-of-contract case against T-Mobile USA Inc. just before opening arguments in the trial, asking why the plaintiff firm hadn't shown its math on a fresh $30 million damages estimate.  

  • September 10, 2025

    Feds Want 10 Years For Ex-Navy Admiral In Bribe Case

    Prosecutors asked a federal judge Tuesday to sentence a former top U.S. Navy admiral to more than 10 years for corruption, while his own legal team said a sentence without prison time will be enough punishment.

  • September 10, 2025

    Disney Says Forged Doc Aids $532K 'Moana' Sanctions Bid

    An attorney for Disney on Wednesday urged a California federal judge to issue $532,815 in sanctions against attorneys representing an animator who unsuccessfully alleged "Moana" lifted from his Polynesian adventure story, saying the lawyers knew or should have known a key document in the case is a forgery.

  • September 10, 2025

    CORRECTED: Fla. Court Affirms $131M Judgment For Trinidad And Tobago

    A Florida appeals court Wednesday affirmed a $131 million judgment against a trio of businessmen a jury found conspired to defraud the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago out of more than $32 million in a bid-rigging scheme that involved the government awarding hyperinflated airport construction contracts.

  • September 10, 2025

    NC Justices Debate 2-Second Reaction Time In Crash Suit

    The North Carolina Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether two seconds was enough time for a town utility worker to both register and react to the fact that he was about to hit a pedestrian with his work truck.

  • September 10, 2025

    Prison Term Delayed For Former CEO Who Didn't Pay Taxes

    A former software executive slated to start his prison sentence for failing to pay employment taxes was allowed by a North Carolina federal judge Wednesday to push the date back a second time to have medical operations, including one the government described as elective.

  • September 10, 2025

    Mass. Justices Reject Former State Senator's Immunity Claim

    Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that a former state senator is not immune from prosecution for using his State House staff to work on his reelection campaigns in 2018 and 2020.

  • September 09, 2025

    Uber Jury Won't Hear Exec's Convo He 'Trashed Rape Victims'

    A California judge overseeing a trial in a rape victim's lawsuit against Uber declined Tuesday to allow the woman's lawyer to introduce evidence that an Uber communications executive once joked with a colleague via Slack that he "trashed rape victims" in talks with a reporter.

  • September 09, 2025

    Accuser Avoids Mistrial In 1st Day Of Clergy Sex Abuse Trial

    The accuser in New Jersey's first clergy sex abuse trial avoided a mistrial Tuesday after his counsel used "rape" in opening argument, but got a warning to refrain from using the word to describe the oral sex he was allegedly subjected to by a priest at a Catholic prep school in the 1970s.

  • September 09, 2025

    PacifiCorp Fire Property Wasn't 'Lost' But 'Taken,' Jury Told

    The latest wildfire damage trial against PacifiCorp began Tuesday with the stories of 10 Oregon property owners who, a jury was told, didn't "lose" their property but had it "taken" by an irresponsible utility.

  • September 09, 2025

    Ga. Truck Driver Blames Defective Mattress For Wife's Injury

    A truck driver whose wife was allegedly injured after her skin was punctured by a mattress in his tractor-trailer's sleeping cabin told an Atlanta jury Tuesday that he believed she never would have been injured if the mattress had coil springs that were not defective.

  • September 09, 2025

    Hoodie Co. Wants $3.6M In Fees After Trial Loss Overturned

    A sweatshirt maker wants $3.6 million in attorney fees from a rival after a $21 million judgment that forced it into bankruptcy was overturned by the Federal Circuit in July, saying the judgment was based on meritless allegations all along.

  • September 09, 2025

    Nursing Exec Says $10.5M Fraud Penalty Excessive

    A nurse staffing executive convicted of wage-fixing told a Nevada federal court the U.S. Department of Justice's request for a $10.5 million forfeiture order for allegedly failing to disclose the antitrust investigation when selling his business is excessive.

  • September 09, 2025

    Pa. Court Orders Resentencing In 2 DUI Cases Over Treatment

    A pair of drunk-driving cases in Pennsylvania will be sent back to the lower courts for resentencing after a state appeals court ruled Tuesday that recently decided state Supreme Court precedent requires prosecutors to prove in front of a jury that the drivers had previously completed a drunk-driving program in order to apply sentencing enhancements. 

  • September 09, 2025

    Fund Managers, Firms Owe SEC $27.6M After Jury Trial Loss

    Two men and their companies owe the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $27.6 million in disgorgement, interest and fines after a Wisconsin jury found they violated federal securities law with an offering that raised $53 million through "largely fictitious" gains in a fund valued in part on a gem and mineral collection.

  • September 09, 2025

    1st Circ. Urged To Nix $42M Disgorgement In Stock Scheme

    Five alleged participants in a $144 million multinational pump-and-dump scheme asked the First Circuit on Tuesday to vacate a disgorgement order holding them jointly and severally liable for nearly a third of the alleged ill-gotten gains, saying the order is based on "gibberish" records generated by the scheme's mastermind.

  • September 09, 2025

    4 Possible Factors In Nadine Menendez's Bribery Sentence

    The New York federal judge tasked with sentencing Nadine Menendez in the high-profile public corruption case that also ensnared her husband, a once entrenched New Jersey politician, will weigh a higher number of mitigating factors than in the usual criminal case, leaving her ultimate penalty a question mark to legal observers.

  • September 08, 2025

    Uber Put Profits Over Safety, Jury Told At 1st Sex Assault Trial

    Uber put growth and money over passenger safety, counsel for a woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by a driver said Monday at the first trial in coordinated proceedings in San Francisco involving hundreds of plaintiffs, while Uber's lawyer countered sexual violence incidents against passengers are "exceedingly" rare.

Expert Analysis

  • DC Circ. Ruling Augurs More Scrutiny Of Blanket Gag Orders

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    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.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test

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    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.

  • A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations

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    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.

  • Strategies For ICE Agent Misconduct Suits In The 11th Circ.

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    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.

  • How Securities Defendants Might Use New Wire Fraud Ruling

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    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.

  • Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase

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    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.

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review

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    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.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    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.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    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.

  • Reel Justice: 'Oh, Hi!' Teaches Attys To Return To The Statute

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    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.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • What To Do When Congress And DOJ Both Come Knocking

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    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.

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