Conn. Justices Let Parole Outcomes Impact Resentencing

By Brian Steele

Judges at sentence modification hearings can consider the decisions of the state parole board as part of a broader array of evidence, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday in turning down an appeal from an elderly convict who lost his bid for release from prison.

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Carmody Escapes Most Claims By Irish Mogul's Ex

By Aaron Keller

Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP has escaped all but a sole malpractice claim in a 2024 lawsuit by Gayle Killilea Dunne, the ex-wife of Irish real estate developer Sean Dunne, whose $942 million bankruptcy has played out in Connecticut federal court dockets dating back to 2013.

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Frontier's $14M Deal In 401(k) Verizon Stock Suit Gets 1st OK

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Connecticut federal judge has given his initial OK to a $14 million settlement Frontier Communications Corp. has reached to end a proposed class action over claims its employee 401(k) plan was overinvested in Verizon Wireless and other telecommunications stocks.

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Fidelity Says Deal Doesn't Bar $920K Atty Malpractice Claim

By Christine DeRosa

Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. is fighting a Connecticut attorney's bid for summary judgment in a malpractice case over a $2.5 million mortgage refinancing loan, saying neither the statute of limitations nor a prior settlement to which the insurer is not a party bar the suit.

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Conn. Nissan Dealer Will Pay $4M To End FTC's Junk Fee Suit

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday approved a $4 million deal to resolve claims from government enforcers that a Nissan dealership broke consumer protection laws by adding deceptive junk fees to vehicle sale prices.

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2nd Circ. Says Justices' Remand Can't Save Immigrant's Case

By Ganesh Setty

The Second Circuit rejected a Chinese citizen's bid to avoid removal after he pleaded guilty to theft by deception under New Jersey law and forgery under New York law, analyzing what "conviction" means after the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the case.

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Ticket Buyers Ask 2nd Circ. To Nix Live Nation Arbitration

By Matthew Perlman

Concertgoers who purchased tickets on the secondary market are asking the Second Circuit to vacate a lower court's decision forcing them to arbitrate their antitrust claims against Live Nation and its Ticketmaster unit.

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Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer

Playing shows in storied New York City venues and rehearsing with my bandmates in poorly ventilated rooms helped develop the professional qualities I rely on as a litigator, including an ability to collaborate with strong-minded equals and the determination to treat each client with singular focus, says Eliad Shapiro at Herrick Feinstein.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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TikTok's Ex-Legal Head Made Racist Comments, Suit Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

TikTok and its former head of global legal operations have been accused in a California state court lawsuit of harassment and discrimination based on race and sex by a former legal department employee who claims the executive subjected her and other nonwhite colleagues to an "unrelenting campaign of harassment."

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Meta Atty 'Absolutely Wrong' On Client Privilege, Judge Warns

By Dorothy Atkins

With trial dark Thursday due to juror illness, a California judge overseeing states' claims that Meta Platforms Inc. hid social media's harms heard arguments over evidence, at one point criticizing Meta's efforts to assert attorney-client privilege and calling the company's in-house lawyer "absolutely wrong" about the appropriate standard.

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Uber Gets Greenlight On Most Fraud Claims Against LA Firms

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Wednesday largely rejected two Los Angeles personal injury firms' attempts to ditch Uber's suit claiming it's being targeted by a scheme involving fraudulent personal injury claims, finding Uber has plausibly alleged that the firms schemed with a surgeon to rack up medical costs.

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Trump Taps DOJ Official, ND Solicitor General For Judgeships

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he's tapping Jesus Osete, a top U.S. Department of Justice official, to serve on the Western District of Missouri and Philip Axt, solicitor general of North Dakota, for the District of North Dakota.

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Jay-Z Appeals Buzbee Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

Music mogul Jay-Z's counsel fought uphill Thursday to convince a California state appeals court to revive claims that Texas attorney Tony Buzbee defamed and extorted him by roping him into a sexual abuse suit against Sean "Diddy" Combs, arguing in court that a trial court erroneously read evidence in Buzbee's favor.

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CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ

By Isaac Monterose

Property listing company Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc. has moved to dismiss its own Ninth Circuit mandamus petition, which challenged a lower court's disqualification of CREXi's counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, from a legal battle against rival CoStar.

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Eastman Among 16 Calif. Attys Disbarred In Q2 2026

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California removed the licenses of 16 attorneys between April and June of this year over a broad spectrum of ethical breaches ranging from the high-profile case of John Eastman attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, to a lawyer found to be in possession of child sex abuse images.

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