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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.   

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • April 22, 2025

    Ohio Derailment Not Caused By Texas Hurricane, Rail Co. Says

    Railcar company GATX Corp. told a federal jury Tuesday that after three weeks of testimony, only a single witness had advanced Norfolk Southern's theory that a 2017 hurricane in Texas caused the hidden damage to a GATX-owned car that would eventually set off the 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

  • April 22, 2025

    Jury Issues Mixed Verdict In Surgeon's NuVasive Patent Fight

    A Delaware federal jury delivered a mixed patent infringement verdict late Monday in a surgeon's case against NuVasive over spinal implant products, although damages are up in the air because the judge already rejected his $61.8 million damages bid before the trial began.

  • April 22, 2025

    Calif. Judge Who Shot Wife Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder

    A Santa Ana jury on Tuesday found Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson guilty of second-degree murder in the August 2023 shooting death of his wife, convicting the judge in a retrial just weeks after a previous jury hung on the charges.

  • April 22, 2025

    Judge Boosts Damages To $35M In Fuel Tank Sensor IP Row

    A Wisconsin federal judge has enhanced the amount of damages KUS Technology Corp. must pay rival sensor company SSI Technologies LLC to more than $35 million, after a jury last year found it willfully infringed a patent for a fuel tank sensor.

  • April 22, 2025

    Albright Gives Blanket OK For Many Deadline Extensions

    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright said that any attorneys appearing before him in his Austin, Texas, courtroom who want a deadline extension no longer need to get his permission, according to a new standing order.

  • April 22, 2025

    Pharma Co. Owner Cops To Selling $60M Of Sham HIV Drugs

    An owner of a pharmaceutical company has pled guilty in Florida to participating in a $60 million nationwide scheme to illegally distribute misbranded and adulterated HIV drugs to patients.

  • April 22, 2025

    NYT Again Beats Palin's Defamation Claims After Retrial

    A Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday rejected Sarah Palin's libel claims against the New York Times over a 2017 editorial linking her to political violence, finding the paper and its former opinion editor not liable for an error that was promptly corrected.

  • April 21, 2025

    Judge Purposely Shot Wife Dead, Orange County DA Sums Up

    California state Judge Jeffrey Ferguson murdered his wife by drunkenly pointing a loaded gun at her during a heated argument and pulling the trigger, prosecutors said during closing arguments Monday, while defense counsel maintained he was fumbling with the gun because of a shoulder injury and it accidentally fired.

  • April 21, 2025

    DOJ Pushes Chrome Sale To Solve Google Monopoly

    The U.S. Department of Justice sought to shape the future of online search and artificial intelligence chatbots Monday with opening arguments pushing a D.C. federal judge to force Google to sell its Chrome browser and to "disrupt" the billions paid for default search engine status on iPhones, Firefox and more.

  • April 21, 2025

    7th Circ. Gives Costco Slip-And-Fall Suit A Second Life

    The Seventh Circuit on Monday revived a suit over a Costco customer's slip-and-fall, saying trial is warranted because a jury could find that surveillance video supports the claim that a spilled smoothie was on the floor for at least 28 minutes before the fall.

  • April 21, 2025

    'Corrupt' Ill. Sen. Took Bribes, Jury Told As Trial Wraps

    An Illinois state senator accused of agreeing to take personal benefits in exchange for helping a red-light camera company should be convicted of bribery because it's clear he illegally put his political position up for sale in 2019, prosecutors told a federal jury on Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    DOJ Defends Wage-Fixing Jury Win From Mistrial Bid

    The U.S. Department of Justice is defending a key wage-fixing and fraud conviction of a Nevada nursing executive, hitting back at the executive's claims that it used privileged documents and communications to sway the jury during the three-week trial.

  • April 21, 2025

    Pa. Judge Facing Fraud Charges Gets Filing Delay

    A Pennsylvania county judge indicted on charges that he misused unemployment relief funds to pay his law firm's employees during the pandemic succeeded Monday in having filing deadlines in his prosecution pushed back for more time to review discovery. 

  • April 21, 2025

    Wife Of Ex-Sen. Menendez Convicted On Corruption Charges

    A Manhattan federal jury on Monday found Nadine Menendez guilty of aiding in her husband Bob Menendez's corruption by facilitating bribe payments, including a Mercedes-Benz and gold bars, from New Jersey businessmen to the convicted former U.S. senator.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 Credibility Lessons Trial Attys Can Learn From Harris' Run

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    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.

  • Court Denial Of $335M UFC Deal Sets Bold Antitrust Precedent

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    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.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    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.

  • 5 Ways To Confront Courtroom Technology Challenges

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    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.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    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.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Ways Life Sciences Cos. Can Manage Insider Trading Risk

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    In light of two high-profile insider trading jury decisions against life sciences executives this year, public companies in the sector should revise their policies to account for regulators' new and more expansive theories of liability, says Amy Walsh at Orrick.

  • Strategies To Defend Against Healthcare Nuclear Verdicts

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    The healthcare industry is increasingly the target of megaclaims, particularly those alleging medical malpractice, but attorneys representing providers can use a few tools to push back on flimsy litigation and reduce the likelihood of a nuclear verdict, says LaMar Jost at Wheeler Trigg.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Bayer Antitrust Case Hinged On Evolving Market Definition

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    Generic flea and tick medication manufacturer Tevra's evolving market definition played a key role in the development and outcome of its five-year antitrust litigation against Bayer Healthcare, highlighting challenges that litigants may face when a proposed definition is assessed at trial, say Amy Vegari and Colleen Anderson at Patterson Belknap.

  • When Trauma Colors Testimony: How To Help Witnesses

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    As stress-related mental health issues continue to rise, trial attorneys must become familiar with a few key trauma-informed strategies to help witnesses get back on track — leaning in to the counselor aspect of their vocations, say Ava Hernández and Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • Until Congress Acts, EDNY 'Insider Betting' Case Is Premature

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    The Eastern District of New York’s novel wire fraud conspiracy indictment in U.S. v. Pham may have prematurely heralded a new era in federal gambling enforcement, but in the absence of an “insider betting” statute, sportsbooks — not prosecutors — should be responsible for enforcing their terms of use, says attorney Jonathan Savella.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • When The Supreme Court Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade

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    Instead of grousing about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions overturning long-standing precedents, attorneys should look to history for examples of how enterprising legal minds molded difficult decisions to their advantage, and figure out how to work with the cards they’ve been dealt, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

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