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  • December 16, 2024

    Knicks Blame Raptors Arbitration Delay On Silver 'Conflict'

    The New York Knicks reiterated their claim that National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver is biased against the franchise and incapable of arbitrating their data-theft dispute with the Toronto Raptors, accusing Silver of a "clear conflict of interest.''

  • December 16, 2024

    Lin Wood Must Pay $2M To Ga. Court After Defamation Verdict

    Embattled former attorney Lin Wood will have to hand over $2 million to a Georgia federal court and must ensure that property offered as collateral is accessible and maintained while he appeals a $4.5 million defamation award against him, a federal judge ruled Monday.

  • December 16, 2024

    Firm Tells Colo. Justices To Ignore Ex-Atty's Poaching Petition

    A petition to have the Colorado Supreme Court review a decision upholding a verdict against an attorney accused of soliciting BigLaw firms to poach her department at a personal injury firm must fail, her ex-firm told the high court, as it presents "no novel or complicating issue."

  • December 13, 2024

    Combs Gives Up Bail Fight Ahead Of Sex-Trafficking Trial

    Embattled music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs abandoned his final avenue for pursuing bail amid racketeering and sex-trafficking charges Friday, agreeing to remain jailed through his scheduled May 2025 trial in New York federal court.

  • December 13, 2024

    New Evidence Allows Doctor's Questioning In Zeta DQ Bid

    Transocean's attorneys will now have the chance to question a doctor at the center of a rival law firm's disqualification bid, after a Houston judge told the parties Friday that she received evidence from the crew member plaintiffs that "significantly changes" the issue.

  • December 13, 2024

    EPA Mandates More Worker Safety For Carbon Tetrachloride

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule this week on carbon tetrachloride exposure, requiring "robust" employee safety planning on worksites but continuing to allow for its use as a feedstock for refrigerants.

  • December 13, 2024

    Supreme Court To Review Wis. Catholic Charity Tax Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court plans to examine whether a group of Catholic charities is exempt from Wisconsin's unemployment tax, agreeing Friday to review a state Supreme Court finding that the organizations are not operated primarily for religious purposes.

  • December 13, 2024

    ByteDance Ex-Coder Perjured Himself In Suit, Judge Finds

    A California federal judge imposed terminating sanctions against a former engineer at TikTok's parent company, finding he committed perjury in a suit alleging he was wrongly fired and ordered the dispute to arbitration.

  • December 13, 2024

    Virginia Judge Will Rethink Atty Award Amount In Bowling Suit

    A Virginia federal judge has agreed to reconsider a requested $3.2 million attorney fee award to a bowling alley chain in its suit claiming that the company's former chief information officer hacked into its CEO's email, finding that a state law doesn't explicitly permit attorney fees.

  • December 13, 2024

    Old Dominion, Workers Settle BIPA Suit Over Fingerprint Data

    Old Dominion Freight and a group of workers told a federal court that they reached a deal to end the workers' proposed class action accusing the company of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by scanning and storing employees' fingerprints without their consent.

  • December 13, 2024

    White House Reviewing 2nd Half Of H-1B Modernization Rule

    With just over a month to go before the inauguration, the White House is reviewing the second half of a regulation to overhaul the H-1B temporary visa program for specialty occupations, the last step before the rule can be finalized.

  • December 12, 2024

    Diddy Hit With 3 New Sexual Assault Suits In NY

    Three men Thursday filed new suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs, each claiming that the hip-hop mogul got them drunk, drugged them and raped them in recent years, according to complaints filed in New York County Supreme Court.

  • December 12, 2024

    Insurer Must Defend Texas Oilfield Against Burned Worker

    An insurer must continue to defend an oilfield services company in a suit brought by a severely burned worker seeking over $1 million for his injuries, a Texas federal court ruled, finding nothing in his short complaint triggered exclusions.

  • December 12, 2024

    Sam Adams Maker Using 'Draconian' Noncompete, Court Told

    A former Boston Beer Co. sales worker told a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday that the Sam Adams brewer is aggressively enforcing noncompete agreements that don't comply with state law.

  • December 12, 2024

    Hartford Needn't Defend Contractor In Workplace Injury Suit

    A Hartford unit has no duty to defend an electrical contractor against an employee's workplace injury suit, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday, saying the underlying negligence- and intent-based claims don't fall within the scope of a workers' compensation and employers' liability policy.

  • December 12, 2024

    Former CFO Admits To Stealing $1.3M From SF Law Firms

    A former chief financial officer of two San Francisco law firms admitted to stealing more than $1.3 million from his former employers via several fraudulent schemes, including redirecting firm payments to a nonprofit organization he set up privately.

  • December 11, 2024

    Metals Co. Gets $1.1M Verdict In Fireproofing IP, Transfer Feud

    A Washington federal jury has awarded a company with nearly $786,000 in damages after finding that an ex-employee and another business willfully induced customers to infringe its patents for fire-resistant construction assembly products, plus another $300,000 for a fraudulent transfer of assets.

  • December 11, 2024

    Temp Agency Owner Gets Prison For $2M Tax Scheme

    A temp agency owner was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty in Massachusetts federal court to paying employees under-the-table wages to avoid $2.1 million in taxes.

  • December 11, 2024

    DA Says Allegheny County Pension System Risks Insolvency

    The Allegheny County employee retirement coffers could run out of money within 15 years, the Pennsylvania jurisdiction's top prosecutor warned in a lawsuit seeking to make the county and the retirement board fix the allegedly floundering system.

  • December 10, 2024

    OneTaste Execs Want Sexually Explicit Evidence Out Of Trial

    Former OneTaste executives on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge to block prosecutors from showing jurors sexually explicit evidence at their upcoming forced labor conspiracy trial, saying the government is trying to put the sexual wellness company and "orgasmic meditation" on trial.

  • December 10, 2024

    BNSF Railway On The Hook For $2.7M Spinal Injury Verdict

    BNSF Railway Co. can not escape a $2.75 million jury verdict that found it had negligently caused a worker's permanent spinal injuries, a Missouri appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying the trial court made no mistake when telling jurors to consider both the safety conditions of the train and reflective vest.

  • December 10, 2024

    Tool Co. Fights Bid To DQ Law Firm In Whistleblower Case

    A tool company pushed back on a bid to disqualify a Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles PA attorney from representing it in a former employee's False Claims Act suit, saying documents made available to the firm when a different firm attorney represented the ex-employee in a domestic matter have no bearing on the case.

  • December 10, 2024

    Insurer Eyes Dismissal Of Pot Co. Trulieve's Coverage Case

    An insurance company that is a unit of Berkshire Hathaway is arguing that it has no obligation to defend Trulieve Inc., which is being sued over a cannabis worker's death, urging a federal judge to toss the lawsuit brought by the largest medical marijuana operator in Florida.

  • December 10, 2024

    Ex-CEO Argues Arbitrator's Failure To Disclose Sinks Award

    A former CEO of Canadian biopharmaceutical company FSD Pharma Inc. who sued after he was terminated is urging the Third Circuit to reverse a lower court's decision confirming an unfavorable Canadian arbitral award, asserting the arbitrator concealed an extensive prior relationship with the company.

  • December 10, 2024

    Biz Owner In $2.8M Worker Tax Scheme Gets 18 Months

    A construction company owner who failed to pay $2.8 million in employment taxes by falsely claiming his workers were subcontractors was sentenced to 18 months in prison Tuesday and ordered to pay full restitution, according to Massachusetts federal court documents.

Expert Analysis

  • Navigating The Last Leg Of The Worker Retention Tax Credit

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    Whether a business has applied for the pandemic-era employee retention tax credit, received a denial letter or is still considering making a claim before the April 15 deadline, it should examine recent developments significantly affecting the program before planning next steps, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.

  • Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus

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    Although the outcome of the presidential election may alter the course of antitrust enforcement in certain areas of the economy, scrutiny of labor markets by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to remain largely unaffected — with one notable exception, say Jared Nagley and Joy Siu at Sheppard Mullin.

  • How Immigration Attys Should Prep For A 2nd Trump Term

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    In light of the possibility of a drastic policy shift under a second Trump administration, immigration lawyers must review what Trump did during his first term, assess who would be most affected if those policies return and develop legal strategies to safeguard their clients' interests, says Adam Moses at Harris Beach.

  • Challenges Of Insuring An NIL Collective

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    Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty examines the emergence of name, image and likeness collectives for student-athletes, the current litigation landscape that has created a favorable environment for these organizations, and considerations for director and officer insurers looking to underwrite NIL collectives.

  • How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program

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    During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.

  • Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.

  • Next Steps For FCA Defendants After Fla. Qui Tam Ruling

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    Because a Florida federal court's recent decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates could eventually prove to be a watershed event for False Claims Act suits, defendants should consider potential next steps to ensure that their litigation benefits from the court's reasoning and further developments, says Scott Gallisdorfer at Bass Berry.

  • E-Signature Best Practices For Employers After Calif. Ruling

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    In Garcia v. Stoneledge Furniture, a California appellate court found an arbitration agreement invalid after an employee raised doubts about the authenticity of its e-signature, underscoring the importance of employers implementing additional measures to verify the authenticity of electronically signed documents, say Ash Bhargava and Reece Bennett at Atkinson Andelson.

  • Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys

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    Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.

  • The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan

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    Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.

  • HSR Amendments Intensify Merger Filing Burdens, Data Risk

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    The antitrust agencies' long-awaited changes to premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act stand to significantly increase the time and cost involved in preparing an initial HSR notification, and will require more proactive attention to data issues, says Andrew Szwez at FTI Technology.

  • Fla. Ruling May Undermine FCA Whistleblowers' Authority

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    A Florida federal court's decision in Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates last month will deprive relators of their ability to bring suits under the False Claims Act, limiting their capability to expose and rectify wrongdoings and potentially affecting billions in FCA recoveries, say Matthew Nielsen and Lily Johnson at Bracewell.

  • State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape

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    Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.

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