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  Oil Giants Sued Over Climate-Linked Rise In Insurance Costs

  By Ben Adlin

  The fossil fuel industry spent decades pushing a coordinated disinformation campaign to conceal its central role...(read more)

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  Judges Decline Invites To Senate Hearing On Impeachment

  By Courtney Bublé

  Two federal judges, both of whom Republicans are looking to impeach, declined to testify before the U.S. Senate ...(read more)

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• Keesal Young Poaching Suit Against Stradley Ronon Trimmed

  By Madison Arnold

  A California state judge cleared Keesal Young & Logan to pursue most of its lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young crossed the line when it recruited 10 former Keesal Young attorneys, finding that claims such as inducing breach of contract could more forward, in part, because of conversations among the attorneys.

• After Big Win For 2 Trump Foes, A Third Faces 'Tougher Job'

  By Phillip Bantz

  The recent dismissal of federal criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey does little to help President Donald Trump's ex-national security adviser John Bolton, whose defense in a classified-materials case presents a thornier set of legal and factual issues, experts say.

• Nukkleus Exec's SPAC Begins Trading After $150M IPO

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  A special purpose acquisition company led by the CEO of defense company Nukkleus began trading publicly on Wednesday after raising $150 million in its initial public offering built by three law firms.

• Tube Maker's Board Says CEO Funneled Profits To Sons' Co.

  By Jarek Rutz

  The special committee of the nation's largest squeezable tube manufacturer's board has sued the company's CEO and his two sons in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging they siphoned off corporate profits through a self-dealing arrangement that steered label-supply business to a family-owned business at inflated prices.

• Magic Circle Firms Enchant Associates With Top-Tier Bonuses

  By Tracey Read

  U.S. associates at Linklaters LLP and Clifford Chance LLP have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, as the Magic Circle firms Wednesday became the latest to match the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.

• 6 December Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  Workers who say Prudential mismanaged their retirement savings will ask the Third Circuit to reinstate their class action, while a union pension fund will ask the Eighth Circuit to put General Electric back on the hook for a $230 million in pension withdrawal liability. Here's a look at six upcoming oral argument sessions benefits attorneys should have on their radar.

• Kaiser Cleared To Pay $46M For Sharing Data With Tech Cos.

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge granted preliminary approval Tuesday to a settlement of at least $46 million from three Kaiser Permanente entities to resolve claims by 13.1 million patients across the country who say it disclosed their information to Google, Microsoft, Twitter and other third parties without consent.

• Warner Music, Suno Settle AI Suit, Unveil Partnership

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Warner Music Group and artificial intelligence music startup Suno entered a new music creation partnership that also resolves WMG's copyright lawsuit against the AI-powered platform, the companies announced Tuesday, nearly a week after WMG also announced a settlement and collaboration with another AI music generator.

• 6th Circ. Largely Shoots Down Ohio Derailment Atty Fee Fight

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday largely refused to revive Morgan & Morgan's bid to halt the allocation of attorney fees from a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment disaster, but remanded it for a look into the firm's individual allocation amount.

• Lowe's To Pay $12.5M To Settle Lead Safety Allegations

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Lowe's will pay $12.5 million as part of a proposed settlement resolving the federal government's claims that its contractors failed to follow certain requirements to minimize lead exposure when renovating older homes, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.

• Anthropic Judge Warns Firm Against 'Extortion' In Opt-Out Bid

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge doubled down Tuesday on his concerns that Arizona law firm ClaimsHero is misleading authors to opt out of AI company Anthropic's $1.5 billion deal to end copyright infringement claims, saying the firm appears to be seeking "a nuisance settlement" and warning it against a legal strategy he called "extortion."

• 9th Circ. Slams 'Unimpressive Excuses' In L'Oréal Rival's Suit

  By Lauren Berg

  The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a trade secrets case against L'Oréal USA Inc., saying the plaintiff company's "unimpressive excuses" for fabricating evidence and other misconduct do not override the district court's conclusion that the proper sanction was to dismiss the case.