Analysis

Colo. Justices' Med Mal Cap Ruling A Win For Patients

By Y. Peter Kang

The Colorado Supreme Court's recent decision prohibiting trial courts from considering an injured patient's insurance liabilities before imposing the state's $1 million medical malpractice damages cap was the right call, experts say, and prevents an unfair windfall for negligent health care providers.

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Colo. Jury Hits Berkshire Unit With $7M Monopoly Verdict

By Daniel Ducassi

A Colorado federal jury on Friday awarded the rival of a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier $6.7 million for the larger company's monopolistic practices, hours after a judge scolded the Berkshire company's lawyer because he "crossed a line" during closings.

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SEC Fines Trump Media's Audit Firm For 'Massive Fraud'

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Friday that it has fined and permanently suspended the public accounting firm of former President Donald Trump's social media company for allegedly running a "sham auditing mill" by failing to meet industry standards in reviewing the financial statements of hundreds of clients.

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Roundup

The Privacy Report: Legislative Moves You May Have Missed

By Allison Grande

Tennessee's enactment of new restrictions on teens' social media use led the charge this week amid a flurry of state and federal efforts to increase protections for minors online, while Connecticut faces a looming deadline to become the first state with a comprehensive framework for regulating artificial intelligence. 

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10th Circ. Blasted For Warhol Reading In 'Tiger King' IP Suit

By Ivan Moreno

Filmmakers, authors and law professors have urged the Tenth Circuit to revisit its decision to revive part of a copyright complaint against Netflix for its popular "Tiger King" docuseries, arguing that an appeals panel misapplied the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Warhol decision when it ruled against the streaming service.

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Mintz Adds Proskauer Life Sciences IP Litigation Team

By Emily Johnson

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC has brought on a life sciences patent litigation team of roughly a dozen attorneys from Proskauer Rose LLP in Los Angeles, Boston and New York led by the former chair of Proskauer's life sciences patent practice, the firm announced Monday.

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Interview

SEC's Grewal Says Self-Reporting Best Bet For No Penalties

By Sarah Jarvis

Self-reporting is the most important factor that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement staff weigh in determining cooperation credit and whether a firm should face a penalty, SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal said in an interview with Law360.

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Berkeley Law Faces Claims Over Anti-Israel Student Protests

By Jake Maher

A group of Jewish advocacy organizations suing the University of California, Berkeley, and its law school since November for purportedly tolerating antisemitism on campus have amended their complaint to add allegations stemming from recent campus protests, including an allegedly antisemitic campaign against the law school's dean.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: McKool Smith's Courtney Statfeld

By Katryna Perera

Courtney Statfeld's dad always tells her, "they never see you coming." The McKool Smith principal is one of few female litigators practicing in the male-dominated field of complex financial products, and she has made a conscious decision over the years to be herself — and to let her work speak for itself.

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Trump's NY Jury Sees Paper Trail From Alleged Cover-Up

By Rachel Scharf, Stewart Bishop and Frank G. Runyeon

New York prosecutors began the third week of Donald Trump's criminal trial on Monday with a parade of documents demonstrating in minute detail how the former president allegedly misbranded hush money reimbursements as legal fees after the 2016 election.

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NY Judge Holds Trump In Contempt Again, Threatens Jail

By Frank G. Runyeon and Stewart Bishop

Donald Trump was once again slapped with criminal contempt and a fine on Monday after the New York judge presiding over his hush money case found that he violated a gag order for the 10th time, explicitly warning that further violations could land the former president in jail.

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Coverage Recap: Day 8 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial

By Stewart Bishop

Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Here's a recap from day eight.

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Workday Defeats In-House Atty's Bias Suit, For Now

By Gina Kim

A California magistrate judge on Monday dismissed, for now, a lawsuit by a Workday Inc. in-house attorney who accused the company of discriminatory and retaliatory behavior, which included pay inequities and calling the police to conduct an unnecessary wellness check at his house when he was hospitalized. 

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Ex-Morgan & Morgan Paralegal Hits Firm With FMLA Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former Morgan & Morgan PA paralegal who says she was unlawfully fired after requesting time off under protections afforded by the Family and Medical Leave Act has sued the firm in Florida federal court, alleging interference and retaliation.

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