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Latest News in Trials

  • October 28, 2025

    Shifting Crypto Landscape Complicates Tornado Cash Verdict

    Amid shifts in the decentralized finance regulatory landscape, the mixed verdict in the prosecution of Tornado Cash’s founder may represent the high-water mark in a cryptocurrency enforcement strategy from which the U.S. Department of Justice has begun to retreat, say attorneys at Venable.

  • October 28, 2025

    4th Circ. Overturns Landmark W.Va. Opioid Verdict

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a key ruling by a West Virginia judge in the first federal bellwether in multidistrict opioid litigation that went in favor of the country's three biggest drug distributors, finding that the oversupply of opioids can create a public nuisance.

  • October 28, 2025

    2nd Circ. Upholds $54M Award To Citgo In Oil Cargo Dispute

    The Second Circuit affirmed a $54 million judgment for Citgo Petroleum Corp. in its suit seeking coverage for oil cargo lost during political unrest in Venezuela, finding Tuesday that a lower court did not err or abuse its discretion in rulings on summary judgment, judicial notice and jury instructions.

  • October 28, 2025

    Insurer Says Late Notice Dooms $7.5M Crash Coverage

    A food distributor's excess insurer told a Connecticut state court it should owe no coverage for a nearly $7.5 million judgment stemming from an automobile collision involving a company worker whom a jury found at fault, saying it only learned of the case after an unsuccessful appeal.

  • October 28, 2025

    Wash. Hospital System Can't Undo $230M Wage Suit Loss

    A hospital system can't undo a $230 million judgment against it because it didn't sufficiently counter evidence that its default rounding system was unlawful and assumed caregivers wouldn't take a second meal break, a Washington state appeals panel ruled.

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