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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.
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April 23, 2025
New Videos Undercut Ex-Knick's Assault Claim, Judge Hints
A federal judge said Wednesday that new videos appear to show former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley slipping — not being pushed — during a 2017 altercation with Madison Square Garden security, evidence MSG's lawyers say disposes of his assault claims.
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April 22, 2025
PacifiCorp Should Pay For 39 Years Of Fire Trauma, Jury Told
A group of nine displaced property owners started the latest trial Tuesday over 2020 wildfires during which PacifiCorp chose not to de-energize its power lines, telling an Oregon state jury that more than 39 years' worth of harm has been done when all the plaintiffs' sagas are considered together.
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April 22, 2025
ChatGPT Exec Says Google Data Access Could Aid Rival AI
The head of product for OpenAI's ChatGPT vouched Tuesday for the Justice Department's proposal to force Google to produce search data to rivals, telling a D.C. federal judge the suggested remedy for Google's monopolistic conduct could accelerate development of a tool capable of competing directly with Google search.
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April 22, 2025
Ga. Woman Gets 12 Years In $156M FEMA Fraud Case
A Georgia woman convicted of defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a case involving nearly $156 million in fraudulent contracts related to Hurricane Maria relief has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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April 22, 2025
Instagram Founder Says Meta 'Starved' Co. After Acquisition
During testimony in the Federal Trade Commission's monopoly case against Meta on Tuesday, the founder of Instagram said his company was "starved" after being acquired by Facebook as Mark Zuckerberg grappled with "a lot of emotion" over Instagram siphoning users away from its parent company's flagship platform.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.
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Using Primacy And Recency Effects In Opening Statements
By understanding and strategically employing the primacy and recency effects in opening statements, attorneys can significantly enhance their persuasive impact, ensuring that their narrative is both compelling and memorable from the outset, says Bill Kanasky at Courtroom Sciences.
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Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Opinion
AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.
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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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Series
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.