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October 07, 2025
Ex-Reed Smith Atty Says NJ Pay Bias Law Goes Back 6 Years
A former Reed Smith LLP attorney suing the firm for gender discrimination told a New Jersey appeals court Tuesday that a 2018 equal pay law was intended by the Legislature to be a "game changer" and be applied retroactively, expanding the scope of her claims.
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October 07, 2025
Mich. Court Scraps Ruling That Affirmed Solar Farm Permit
A Michigan state appeals court tossed a ruling that upheld a township's permit for an Invenergy subsidiary's industrial-scale solar farm, concluding that its board of trustees failed to sufficiently explain or provide a basis for its decision.
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October 07, 2025
Willkie Adds Ex-Asst. Solicitor General As Group Head
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added a former assistant to the solicitor general as its new firmwide chair of appeals and strategic motions practice group, the firm announced Tuesday.
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October 07, 2025
Estate's $17M Transfer Not Tax-Related, 5th Circ. Told
The estate of a woman who inherited her husband's oil business and was the victim of elder abuse told the Fifth Circuit that it had multiple reasons unrelated to avoiding estate tax for setting up a partnership and transferring $17 million into it just before she died.
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October 07, 2025
Pa. Justices Wary Of Lifting Corporate Veil To Beat Time Limit
Members of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court seemed skeptical of a bid by asbestos claimants to sue the parent company of a defunct industrial firm, pointing to a two-year time limit for claims against the dissolved subsidiary.
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October 07, 2025
Mich. Panel Upholds Hazing Charges In Frat Member's Death
A Michigan appeals panel upheld the constitutionality of a state law criminalizing hazing that results in injury or death, greenlighting charges stemming from a Michigan State University fraternity pledge's death from alcohol poisoning.
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October 07, 2025
11th Circ. Won't Halt Labor Mandate Case For Gov't Shutdown
The federal government can't stay a builders association's case challenging an executive order that requires union-favoring labor agreements for expensive government contracts, the Eleventh Circuit ruled, declining a request made in light of the government shutdown.
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October 07, 2025
Copyright Chief Says DC Circ. Decision Bars Removal
Shira Perlmutter has shot back at the government's arguments defending President Donald Trump's decision to fire her as head of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying the D.C. Circuit has said in her case that Trump likely never had the power to do so.
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October 07, 2025
Vape Cos. And Sellers Urge 4th Circ. To Block NC Regulation
A group of vaping interests is defending its bid to block enforcement of a new North Carolina law regulating the sale of e-cigarettes, saying the state is wrong to argue that the law is not preempted by federal law.
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October 06, 2025
Supreme Court Won't Review Russian Bank Jet Crash Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to undo a precedential Second Circuit decision finding that Sberbank of Russia must face Anti-Terrorism Act litigation related to the 2014 downing of a commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, rejecting the bank's argument it is entitled to sovereign immunity.
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October 06, 2025
High Court Declines Challenge To Ore. Secret Recording Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up conservative media group Project Veritas' First Amendment challenge to an Oregon law prohibiting secret audio recordings of people's conversations, leaving in place a Ninth Circuit ruling upholding the measure.
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October 06, 2025
Justices Pressed To Overturn TM Denial Of Dark Green Gloves
Surgical glove manufacturer PT Medisafe Technologies has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to wipe out a precedential Federal Circuit decision rejecting the company's attempt to claim a trademark for dark green surgical gloves, arguing that "thousands of such marks" have been registered.
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October 06, 2025
IP Notebook: Miss Cleo, Political Slogans, Reggaeton Clash
The latest edition of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues features a case where a judge injected some humor into dismissing a complaint involving a TV psychic who became known for her infomercials, as well as a sanctions request in a heated conflict over the birth of reggaeton.
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October 06, 2025
6th Circ. Backs Termination Of Fire Chief Accused Of Threats
The Sixth Circuit declined on Monday to revive a former paper mill fire chief's suit alleging his union representative refused in bad faith to contest his termination for allegedly threatening coworkers, finding the representative made his decision after getting reports from officials that the appellant's colleagues felt unsafe around him.
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October 06, 2025
Justices Wary Of Hard Rules On Recess Testimony Talks
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared reluctant Monday to rule that the Sixth Amendment allows defense counsel to freely discuss defendants' testimony with them during an intervening overnight recess, with justices questioning which topics should be off limits and which should not.
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October 06, 2025
2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Green Infrastructure Co. Suit
The Second Circuit on Monday revived a proposed class action against defunct green infrastructure firm Abengoa SA, ruling that details from Spanish criminal proceedings against the firm could be used to claim that the company had defrauded its U.S.-based investors.
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October 06, 2025
Justices Hint At Barring Del. Med Mal Law In Federal Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared to side with a retired attorney's position that a Delaware medical malpractice statute clashes with federal rules of procedure and is therefore unenforceable in federal court, with several justices saying the law appears to be an improper procedural requirement.
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October 06, 2025
Justices Urged To Leave Trans Passport Ban On Ice
Two classes of transgender and nonbinary people urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reject the Trump administration's bid to lift a nationwide order that requires it to continue issuing passports that reflect the holders' gender identity, saying the proposed policy change is a textbook example of an unreasoned decision.
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October 06, 2025
Conn. Judges Unsure Why Court Called IVF A Sexual Act
Connecticut appellate judges expressed some doubt Monday that a fertility doctor accused of impregnating two in vitro fertilization patients with his own sperm had committed sexual misconduct that disqualifies him from insurance coverage of a civil suit brought by his alleged children.
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October 06, 2025
Fed. Circ. Examines $41.8M Seagen Cancer Drug Patent Case
With a $41.8 million infringement verdict against Daiichi Sankyo at stake, a Federal Circuit panel Monday grappled with whether a Seagen breast cancer treatment patent adequately described the claimed invention and would enable a skilled person to use it.
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October 06, 2025
2nd Circ. Declines To Reconsider NFL Arbitration Decision
The Second Circuit on Monday declined the NFL's request to reconsider its finding that the league offers arbitration "in name only" and that it cannot force fired Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores to arbitrate his racial discrimination claims.
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October 06, 2025
DC Circ. Grills Feds Over Expedited Removal Procedures
A D.C. Circuit judge on Monday pressed the government about the procedures in place for ensuring noncitizens who are ineligible for expedited removal aren't deported, noting a dearth of evidence about their sufficiency.
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October 06, 2025
Justices Won't Review SC School District's Arbitration Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision reviving an insurer's bid for arbitration in a South Carolina school district's suit claiming its former chief financial officer steered unnecessary and expensive insurance contracts in exchange for bribes.
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October 06, 2025
Full 11th Circ. Told To Rehear Sentence In Armed Career Case
The Eleventh Circuit was asked to rehear a decision upholding a 15-year prison sentence for a man who claims an enhancement to a federal firearms conviction violates his rights under the equal protection clause of the Constitution.
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October 06, 2025
Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Mich. Claims Court
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a challenge to the structure of Michigan's trial-level court for claims against the state, which is staffed by judges of the state's intermediate appellate court.
Expert Analysis
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.
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How McKesson Ruling Will Inform Interpretations Of The TCPA
Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, we can expect to see both plaintiffs and defendants utilizing the decision to revisit the Federal Communications Commission's past Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretations and decisions they did not like, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.
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Justices Rethink Minimum Contacts For Foreign Entities
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Devas v. Antrix and Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, suggest that federal statutes may confer personal jurisdiction over foreign entities that have little to no contact with the U.S. — a significant departure from traditional due process principles, says Gary Shaw at Pillsbury.
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Opinion
High Court Must Overrule Outdated Patent Eligibility Doctrine
A certiorari petition should directly ask the U.S. Supreme Court to correct its 1972 patent decision in Gottschalk v. Benson, the critical point where patent eligibility law veered from the statutory text toward judicial policymaking, says Robert Greenspoon at Dunlap Bennett.
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Examining TCPA Jurisprudence A Year After Loper Bright
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, lower court decisions demonstrate that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will continue to evolve as long-standing interpretations of the act are analyzed with a fresh lens, says Aaron Gallardo at Kilpatrick.
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Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures
With the recent rise of securities fraud actions based on external events — like a data breach or environmental disaster — that drive down stock prices, risk disclosures have become more of a sword for the plaintiffs bar than a shield for public companies, now the subject of a growing circuit split, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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How Justices' Ruling Limits Options To Challenge DHS Orders
In Riley v. Bondi, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a 30-day deadline for challenging deportation orders begins when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issues a final administrative review order, opening the door for the government to effectively bar circuit court review in future similar cases, says Kevin Gregg at Kurzban Kurzban.
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Series
Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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Purdue Case Could Transform Patent Obviousness Analyses
If accepted for review by the U.S. Supreme Court, Purdue Pharma v. Accord Healthcare — concerning whether Purdue's abuse-deterrent opioid formulation patents were invalid as obvious — could significantly shift how courts weigh secondary considerations in patent obviousness analyses, say attorneys at Lathrop.
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NM Cyber Ruling Will Spur Litigation As Coverage Remedy
In Kane v. Beazley, the New Mexico Court of Appeals recently found that a cyber liability provision insuring security breaches included coverage for funds transfer fraud, implicitly and incorrectly motivating policyholders to commence litigation to avoid contractual limitations on cyber coverages, say attorneys at Zelle.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard at MG+M.
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Texas' Cactus Ruling Clarifies 'Produced Water' Rules
The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Cactus Water Services v. COG Operating, holding that mineral interest lessees have the rights to water extracted alongside oil and gas, should benefit industry players by clarifying the rules — but it leaves important questions about royalties unresolved, say attorneys at Yetter Coleman.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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How Political Divisions Are Stalling Pa. Energy Development
Despite possessing the nation's second-largest natural gas reserves and a legacy of energy infrastructure, Pennsylvania faces a fragmented and politically charged path to developing the energy resources it will need in the future, thanks to legislative gridlock, divided public opinion and competing energy interests, says Andrew Levine at Stradley Ronon.
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How High Court Ruling Can Aid Judgment Enforcement In US
In CC/Devas (Mauritius) v. Antrix, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that only two steps are required to keep a foreign sovereign in federal court, making it a little easier for investors to successfully bring foreign states and sovereign-owned and -controlled entities into U.S. courts, says Kristie Blase at Felicello Law.