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  • December 10, 2024

    'Figurehead Plaintiff' Dooms Cert. In Hotel Workers' BIPA Suit

    An Illinois federal judge refused Tuesday to certify a class of hotel workers accusing software provider Unifocus of violating Illinois' landmark biometric privacy law, saying their class representative had become a "forbidden figurehead plaintiff" who didn't see the operative complaint until more than three years into the litigation.

  • December 10, 2024

    DHS Makes Automatic Work Permit Extensions Permanent

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it's permanently increasing the automatic extension period for expiring work authorization to 540 days, giving a boost to eligible immigrant workers who may otherwise confront a lapse in their permission to work.

  • December 10, 2024

    Labcorp Accuses Ex-Sales Exec Of Stealing Customers

    Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings took its former sales marketing executive to North Carolina federal court, along with his new employer, claiming that the worker has been violating his noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements by poaching Labcorp's customers and using its confidential information against it.

  • December 10, 2024

    Diddy's Antagonist, Atty Buzbee, Accused Of Bilking Seaman

    Houston personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee — known lately for bringing sexual assault lawsuits against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs — didn't bring the "glitz and bravado" of his high profile law practice to his representation of an injured Louisiana seaman, according to a new federal lawsuit accusing Buzbee and his firm of fraud.

  • December 10, 2024

    Atty Avoids Suspension For Threatening To Sue Associate

    The managing partner of a Hartford, Connecticut, personal injury and employment law firm has escaped a proposed one-year suspension after he admitted that he threatened to sue a departing associate and his new firm, with a judge calling an ethics opinion unclear and concluding the partner already learned his lesson.

  • December 10, 2024

    Atty Recommended For Sanctions After 'Bad Faith' Filings

    A Florida magistrate judge has recommended sanctioning an attorney representing a franchisee in a contract dispute with CBD American Shaman LLC, saying his duplicate filings — including four motions to reconsider a single order — amount to bad faith.

  • December 09, 2024

    Seton Hall Whistleblower Case Confirmed For Hudson County

    A New Jersey judge has officially transferred a whistleblower suit from Seton Hall University's former president against the school and some of its leaders to Hudson County, rejecting a bid from Seton Hall to keep the case in Essex County.

  • December 09, 2024

    Pullman & Comley Blames Tech CEO's Statements For Firing 

    The ousted leader of WorldQuant Predictive Technologies LLC lost $6 million in company stock because he was legitimately fired for lying during a company probe into a lead salesperson's termination and not because of an alleged legal ethics gaffe, Connecticut law firm Pullman & Comley told a judge on Monday.

  • December 09, 2024

    Former Law School IT Director Admits To Thefts

    A former IT director for New England School of Law in Boston pled guilty Monday to using the school's Amazon account to purchase more than $80,000 worth of musical equipment and Apple products, state prosecutors announced.

  • December 06, 2024

    Jaguars Seek DraftKings Records In Suit Against Embezzler

    The Jacksonville Jaguars have asked a Massachusetts judge to let the team subpoena records from a DraftKings employee who handled the account of a former team executive who embezzled $22 million to support a gambling habit. 

  • December 06, 2024

    Biz Owner In $2.8M Worker Tax Scheme Asks To Avoid Prison

    A construction company owner who admitted skirting $2.8 million in employment taxes by claiming that his workers were subcontractors, including one who fell to his death on a job, asked a Massachusetts federal court Friday for a sentence of home confinement rather than prison.

  • December 06, 2024

    Boston City Councilor Indicted In Bonus Kickback Scheme

    A Boston city councilor stole thousands of dollars in public funds through a bonus kickback scheme she orchestrated with a relative she hired to work in her office, federal prosecutors said Friday.

  • December 05, 2024

    Jane Street Ends Trade Secret Fight With Rival Investing Firm

    Jane Street Group LLC and Millennium Management LLC have agreed to put to rest their trade secrets dispute over a proprietary trading strategy, according to a joint stipulation of dismissal filed Thursday in New York federal court.

  • December 05, 2024

    Ex-Posner Staffer Asks Court To Allow Salary Suit To Proceed

    A former staffer suing retired U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Posner for $170,000 in back pay has rejected Judge Posner's claim that the suit is untimely, arguing the onetime Seventh Circuit jurist's conduct was so egregious that it's exempt from otherwise relevant statutes of limitations.

  • December 05, 2024

    Combs Demands Court Inquiry Into Copied Jail Notes

    Sean "Diddy" Combs urged a Manhattan federal judge to hold a special hearing and consider dismissing his sex-trafficking indictment after staff at the Metropolitan Detention Center photographed his allegedly privileged, handwritten notes during a sweep of the prison and sent them to prosecutors, who he says used the information to argue against bail.

  • December 05, 2024

    Insulet Wins $452M In Trade Secret Theft Trial

    A Massachusetts federal jury has awarded Insulet Corp. $452 million after concluding that a South Korean company stole its trade secrets for a wearable insulin patch pump, marking one of the largest trade secrets verdicts of the decade.

  • December 04, 2024

    Trump Taps Ex-Sen. Loeffler For SBA, Fiserv CEO For SSA

    President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican from Georgia, to lead the Small Business Administration and Fiserv Inc. CEO Frank Bisignano to serve as Social Security Administration commissioner, according to announcements made Wednesday.

  • December 04, 2024

    GAO Finds Limited Oversight, Data On Crypto In 401(k)s

    Though crypto assets make up a small part of the 401(k) market, their limited federal oversight might leave workers responsible for monitoring the volatile investment options, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

  • December 04, 2024

    9th Circ. Open To Reviving Wash. Profs' Email Privacy Suit

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday expressed support for two University of Washington professors who allege their constitutional rights were violated by a state ethics board probe of their emails, with one judge saying he was troubled by the state's contention the professors' claims were merely speculative.

  • December 04, 2024

    Mass. Justices Probe Extent Of State Immunity In 2 Cases

    The Massachusetts high court on Wednesday mulled how far immunity extends for public employees and state agencies, with one justice questioning why the state is proposing that children in foster care should face the same legal standard as prison inmates.

  • December 04, 2024

    Mich. Justices Mull If Pizza Driver Deal Bars Franchise Claim

    A woman suing Jet's Pizza told the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday that she should be able to continue suing the pizza franchise after settling with the delivery driver who rear-ended her, pushing the justices to cast aside what she described as an antiquated rule that extinguished her claims.

  • December 04, 2024

    Ex-Tiffany Manufacturing Supervisor Gets Prison For Theft

    A former manager at a Tiffany & Co. jewelry factory was sentenced to 59 days in prison Wednesday, after he pled guilty to stealing $1.7 million in gold, silver and platinum from his employer.

  • December 03, 2024

    Ex-Apple Workers Accused Of Swiping Charity Match Funds

    A Northern California district attorney's office on Tuesday unveiled charges against six former Apple Inc. workers accused of scheming to convince their employer to match thousands of dollars in nonexistent donations to children's charities, according to an announcement from the office.

  • December 03, 2024

    Judge Won't Strike AECOM's 'New' Claims In Army Billing Suit

    A New York federal judge rejected a whistleblower's attempt to strike AECOM's purportedly new arguments in litigation accusing it of falsely billing the U.S. Army on a $1.9 billion support deal, writing "denied" in the margin of the whistleblower's request.

  • December 03, 2024

    Ogletree To Open Baltimore Shop With Small Firm Tie-Up

    Labor and employment firm Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday it will open an office in Baltimore on Jan. 2, making it the firm's 58th new space overall and fourth in 2024.

Expert Analysis

  • 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney

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    A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • Navigating Complex Regulatory Terrain Amid State AG Races

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    This year's 10 attorney general elections could usher in a wave of new enforcement priorities and regulatory uncertainty, but companies can stay ahead of the shifts by building strong relationships with AG offices, participating in industry coalitions and more, say Ketan Bhirud and Dustin McDaniel at Cozen O’Connor.

  • How A Trump Win Might Affect The H-1B Program

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    A review of the Trump administration's attempted overhaul of the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program suggests policies Donald Trump might try to implement if he is reelected, and specific steps employers should consider to prepare for that possibility, says Eileen Lohmann at BAL.

  • Compliance Considerations For Calif. Child Labor Audit Law

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    California employers will need to conduct a fact-intensive analysis to determine whether a new state law that imposes transparency rules for child labor audits applies to their operations, and should look out for regulatory guidance that answers open questions about deadlines and penalties, says Sylvia St. Clair at Faegre Drinker.

  • This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process

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    In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Illinois May Be Gearing Up To Ban E-Verify

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    Recently passed amendments to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act appear to effectively ban the use of E-Verify in the state, but ambiguity means employers will have to weigh the risks of continued use while also taking note of other work authorization requirements imposed by the updates, say Julie Ratliff and Elizabeth Wellhausen at Taft.

  • Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

  • Conn. Court Split May Lead To Vertical Forum Shopping

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    As shown by a recent ruling in State v. Exxon Mobil, Connecticut state and federal courts are split on personal jurisdiction, and until the Connecticut Supreme Court steps in, parties may be incentivized to forum shop, causing foreign entities to endure costly litigation and uncertain liability, says Matthew Gibbons at Shipman & Goodwin.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Using Primacy And Recency Effects In Opening Statements

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    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.

  • Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs

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    The Secret Service’s problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.

  • A Primer On Navigating The Conrad 30 Immigration Program

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    As the Conrad 30 program opens its annual window to help place immigrant physicians in medically underserved areas, employers and physicians engaged in the process must carefully understand the program's nuanced requirements, say Andrew Desposito and Greg Berk at Sheppard Mullin.

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