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4 Argument Sessions For Benefits Attys To Watch In June

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Ninth Circuit will hear from a benefits administrator that claims federal law preempts state-law data breach claims, and Amazon will defend its win in a military leave bias suit at the Second Circuit. Here, Law360 looks at cases being argued in June that benefits attorneys should have on their radar.

NY Panel Probes Professor's Challenge Of Remote Tax Bill

By Paul Williams

New York appellate court justices pressed a New York university professor Monday over his arguments that the state illegally subjected him to income tax for days he worked from his home in Connecticut while the school was closed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Emory Says Insurer Shirked Coverage For COVID Tuition Row

By Hope Patti

Emory University said its insurer must cover $1.2 million in defense costs and costs incurred to settle a proposed class action over the school's switch to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, telling a Georgia state court the insurer improperly denied coverage based on a False Claims Act exclusion.

Sheppard Leader Sees Tariffs Weighing On Building Budgets

By Andrew McIntyre

Developers are having to think twice about their construction budgets as tariffs continue to create pricing uncertainty 13 months after President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" Rose Garden speech, one of Sheppard's real estate leaders told Law360 Real Estate Authority.

Ex-Atlanta Housing Exec Gets Sentenced For Section 8 Fraud

By Kelcey Caulder

A former Atlanta Housing Authority executive was sentenced to nine months in prison and nine months of home detention, to be served as part of her two-year term of supervised release, for carrying out a scheme to collect fraudulent housing assistance payments under Section 8 and pandemic relief funds.

DOJ Says Container Makers Fixed Prices During Pandemic

By Bryan Koenig

Four of the world's largest shipping container manufacturers and seven of their current and former executives conspired to restrict production to drive up prices, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday in criminally charging them, although most may be beyond the reach of American courts.


Expert Analysis

What FCA Liability Looks Like In The Cybersecurity Realm

​Two recent settlements highlight how whistleblowers and the U.S. Department of Justice have been utilizing the False Claims Act to allege fraud predicated on violations of cybersecurity standards — timely lessons given new bipartisan legislation introducing potential FCA liability for artificial intelligence use, say​ attorneys Rachel Rose and Julie Bracker.

Texas Case Shows Why Juries Are Well-Suited To COVID Suits

The original jury verdict in Baylor College of Medicine v. Lloyd's, currently on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court after being overturned by an appellate panel, illustrates why COVID-19 business interruption claims with their case-specific facts need to be decided by juries, not by judges using a one-size-fits-all approach, says Jeremy Lawrence at Farella Braun.

NC COVID Ruling May Have Greater Coverage Implications

While the North Carolina Supreme Court's recent finding in favor of policyholders in a suit for business interruption coverage due to COVID-19 comes too late for most insureds to benefit, it should nonetheless have coverage implications far beyond COVID-19 claims, say attorneys at Robinson Bradshaw.

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