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April 11, 2025
Permit Suit Can't Sidestep ICE's Immunity, GEO Group Says
GEO Group Inc. told a New Jersey federal judge that the city of Newark's lawsuit aiming to block development of an immigration detention facility over permitting and inspections can't proceed without naming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a defendant.
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April 11, 2025
Native Villages Say It's Time To Vacate $70M Broadband Grant
Now that a federal court has found that Alaskan native villages are tribal lands in the same way reservations are, that court is being told it's time for it to grant two such villages summary judgment on their claims that the government wrongly gave away $70 million in broadband funds meant for them.
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April 11, 2025
Rebuffed Medical Pot Patient Can Pursue Disability Bias Claim
A Pennsylvania federal judge has reinstated a medical marijuana user's disability bias claim in a lawsuit against a Cleveland-based construction company after revisiting a prior order, finding the company might have failed to explore alternative accommodations for the man's disabilities — apart from cannabis use — before rescinding a job offer.
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April 11, 2025
Texas Justices Uphold City's Wastewater Release Permit
A Central Texas city can move forward with its treated wastewater discharge operations, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday, rejecting a challenge to an environmental permit that was based on an increase in dissolved oxygen in a nearby stream.
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April 11, 2025
NC Judge Whittles PVC Pipe Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
A state court judge has scaled back PVC pipe-maker Atkore International Inc.'s suit accusing a former high-level executive of taking valuable information to a competitor, greenlighting the company's claim for trade secrets' theft but rebuffing its noncompete as unenforceable.
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April 11, 2025
Another Calif. Tribe Files Suit Over $700M Casino Project
A California Native American tribe alleged in District of Columbia federal court that the federal government unlawfully placed land in a trust and approved a $700 million, 160-acre casino resort project that was proposed by another California tribe.
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April 11, 2025
Mich. Top Court Won't Hear Appeal Of $217M Dam Repair Tax
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday said it wouldn't hear an appeal from a host of homeowners challenging a $217 million special assessment to fund the repair of dams and restoration of lakes after 2020 floods that devastated mid-Michigan counties.
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April 11, 2025
Developer, Hedge Fund Settle Colo. Housing Project Dispute
A Colorado state judge permanently dismissed a real estate developer's suit alleging a hedge fund owner owed hundreds of thousands of dollars related to a Denver commercial housing project and misused grant funds, after the parties reached a settlement.
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April 11, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen law firm Michael Wilson & Partners reignite a 20-year dispute with a former director over an alleged plot to form a rival partnership, headphone maker Marshall Amplification sue a rival in the intellectual property court, and a commercial diving company pursue action against state-owned nuclear waste processor Sellafield. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new cases in the U.K.
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April 10, 2025
2nd Circ. Says Investor Can't Join $250M Sri Lanka Bond Suit
The Second Circuit on Thursday held that a U.S.-based investor can't intervene in a lawsuit between the Sri Lankan government and Hamilton Reserve Bank over more than $250 million in foreign bonds, finding that the investor failed to show how his property interest in the bonds overlapped with the bank's claims.
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April 10, 2025
Oracle Wins Bid To Keep Trade Secret Case Out Of Arbitration
Oracle doesn't have to arbitrate its trade secret case against a former employee accused of absconding to a rival with confidential information related to enterprise resource planning applications, after a California federal judge said Wednesday he signed a proprietary information contract that says such issues could be litigated in court.
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April 10, 2025
Parish Must Face Discriminatory Land Use Suit, 5th Circ. Says
A Fifth Circuit panel has revived a lawsuit accusing a Louisiana parish of steering hazardous industrial facilities into Black communities, holding that claims from a church and two resident groups in an area dubbed Cancer Alley were timely and alleged concrete injuries.
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April 10, 2025
Insurer Denies $3M Legal Fees After Worker Death Settlement
An insurer that paid its policy limits on behalf of insured contractors to settle a lawsuit over a jobsite fatality told an Oklahoma federal court it owed no coverage for more than $3 million in legal fees incurred because the insureds hired private counsel without consent.
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April 10, 2025
Del. Justices Urged To Revive Gellert Seitz Malpractice Case
A homebuilder is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to undo Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC's win in a legal malpractice case over damages the builder says it suffered due to negligent representation in loan restructuring disputes with a bank.
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April 09, 2025
Fla. Investigator Sued Over Tossed Insurance Fraud Cases
A Florida man accused of home insurance fraud and who later had his cases tossed by for lack of evidence has sued the criminal investigator who referred the charges, alleging a false set of facts that were negligently provided to state attorneys led to his malicious prosecution.
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April 09, 2025
Underwriters Owe $2.6M For Damaged Ship Loader, Co. Says
A seller of ship loaders said its underwriters owe it an additional $2.6 million for a piece of equipment that was damaged en route to Canada, telling a Washington federal court that the carriers have breached their obligations under a marine all-risk cargo policy.
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April 09, 2025
15 Cos. Win Slots On $7B Army Construction Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded 15 construction companies out of 35 bidders slots on a $7 billion contract for design-build and design-bid-build horizontal construction task orders.
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April 09, 2025
Defunct Concrete Co.'s Profits Were An 'Illusion,' NC Jury Told
The former owner of a concrete business that flopped months after it was bought out cooked the books to make the sale look more appealing, a federal jury in North Carolina heard Wednesday at the start of a civil fraud trial, in which the company's buyer has alleged he was lured into a bad deal.
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April 09, 2025
Ill. Real Estate Broker Gets 4 Years For $3M Investment Scam
A Chicago real estate broker has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty last year to allegations he duped clients into investing millions of dollars in properties that did not exist and then used the investors' funds for personal expenses, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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April 09, 2025
Dinsmore Labor Duo Moves On To Greenspoon Marder
Greenspoon Marder LLP has hired a labor and employment duo from Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, which they had joined in December after leaving a firm that one of them helped launch in 2022, the firm has announced.
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April 08, 2025
Pa. Justices Probe Limits To Workers' Comp Immunity
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court questioned the fairness of state law offering broad immunity from liability to co-workers in workers' compensation cases, especially when injuries stemmed from acts that weren't immediately part of the job, as a company co-owner argued Tuesday that the "straightforward" language in the law gives him that protection.
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April 08, 2025
Town's Insurance Suit Unfrozen After $11M Civil Rights Deal
A previously paused lawsuit that East Haven, Connecticut, brought against its insurers has been referred for settlement negotiations after the town and former officials lost an underlying civil rights case over the politically motivated closure of a quarry and then reached an $11 million deal to end the underlying dispute.
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April 08, 2025
Construction Co. Says Iraq In Contempt In $120M Award Suit
A Cypriot construction company has urged a D.C. district court to fine the Iraqi government $15,000 per day on claims that it isn't complying with a discovery order over a $120 million arbitral award against the country in a port project dispute.
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April 08, 2025
Ranch Seller Lied To 'Yellowstone' Creator, Justices Told
A Texas appeals panel questioned Tuesday whether the former owner of a 600-acre, $10 million ranch knew about a significant roof leak before he sold the property to "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan, asking if the seller had indeed told his employee to "keep your mouth shut" about the leak.
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April 08, 2025
Private Owner Subject To Prevailing Wage, Pa. Justices Told
Counsel for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Labor Law Compliance told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that contractors who constructed a state police barracks were entitled to pay in line with public works projects, arguing that private financing and ownership of the building doesn't negate the prevailing wage.
Expert Analysis
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California Supreme Court's Year In Review
Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's last term, including voter initiatives, hostile work environment and the economic loss rule.
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Navigating 4th Circ.'s Antitrust Burden In Hybrid Relationships
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review the Fourth Circuit's Brewbaker decision, a holding that heightens the burden on antitrust prosecutors when the target companies have a hybrid horizontal-vertical relationship, but diverges from other circuits, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.
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Opinion
Justices Should Squash Bid To Criminalize Contract Breaches
In Kousisis v. U.S., the U.S. Supreme Court should reject the sweeping legal theory that breaches of contract can satisfy the property element of the mail and wire fraud statutes, which, if validated, would criminalize an array of ordinary conduct and violate basic constitutional principles, say attorneys at The Norton Law Firm.
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'Reverse Redlining' Suit Reveals Language Risks For Lenders
The Justice Department's case against consumer finance provider Colony Ridge highlights the government's focus on lending to consumers with limited English proficiency and the risks of generating marketing materials in other languages while conducting actual transactions in English, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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What Trump's Next Term May Mean For Biz Immigration
Leonard D'Arrigo at Harris Beach discusses the employment-based immigration policies businesses can potentially expect during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, based on policies enacted during his first administration, statements made during his campaign and proposals in Project 2025.
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Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer
Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.
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3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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Key Plaintiff Litigation Strategies For Silicosis Lawsuits
A California stone worker's recent $52 million jury award highlights the growing silicosis crisis among employees in the stone fabrication industry — and points to the importance of a strategic approach to litigating silicosis cases against employers and manufacturers, says David Matthews at Matthews & Associates.
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Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: State Immunity And ICSID Awards
In a landmark decision in cases involving Spain and Zimbabwe, the English Court of Appeal grappled with the intersection of state immunity and the enforcement of arbitration awards, setting a precedent for future disputes involving sovereign entities in the U.K, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.
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Trump Fossil Fuel Focus Won't End Interest In Clean Energy
A second Donald Trump administration is expected to prioritize expanding oil and gas drilling and reducing regulations — but some clean energy investments, including energy storage, hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel, will likely continue to garner bipartisan and market support, says Scott Segal at Bracewell.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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Trump Rollback Of Biden Enviro Policies: What To Expect
Donald Trump's upcoming second presidential term will usher significant shifts in U.S. environmental and natural resource law and policy — and while the Biden administration is racing to secure its legacy, the incoming Trump administration is making plans to dramatically roll back most, if not all, of Biden's environmental initiatives, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.