Health System Says AI Co. Botched $32M Software Project

By Gianna Ferrarin

A San Francisco-based healthcare technology company failed to deliver on promises it would consolidate a Catholic health system's data under a unified platform, breaching a projected $32 million service agreement, the health system alleged in a complaint.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Crypto Exec Sun Accuses Trump Family-Tied Firm Of Fraud

By Aislinn Keely

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun is suing World Liberty Financial for fraud, claiming the Trump family-tied crypto firm's operators became "the new boogeyman behind the curtain" when they used backdoor mechanisms to hold Sun's tokens hostage after he invested $45 million in the project.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Chevron Gets Steel Firm's NJ Soil Cleanup Suit Pared Down

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge tossed contract claims from a Maryland-based steel company accusing Chevron USA Inc. of failing to clean up pesticide contamination at a New Jersey industrial site, while allowing environmental and indemnity counts to proceed.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Texas Judge Says Treasure Hunter Can Seek Share Of Loot

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge mostly kept intact a suit seeking to force a company to hand over part of the haul from a Caribbean treasure expedition, saying the treasure hunting company that brought the suit could continue to seek its claimed share of the booty.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Messner Reeves Accused Of $8.3M Trust Account Fraud

By Zach Dupont

Colorado law firm Messner Reeves LLP was hit with a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court from five businesses claiming it stole more than $8 million from them in a fraudulent loan scheme involving a now-defunct sports arena and hotel project in Las Vegas.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Alston & Bird Says Goliath Investors Can't Claim Malpractice

By Carolina Bolado

Alston & Bird LLP urged a Florida federal court on Wednesday to toss a malpractice suit claiming the firm facilitated a $328 million cryptocurrency scam at Goliath Ventures Inc., arguing that the proposed class of Goliath investors who brought the suit were never clients of the firm.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Developer Says Power Broker, Atty Brother Seek Rushed Ruling

By George Woolston

A Philadelphia-based developer has told a New Jersey state court that South Jersey power broker George Norcross and his attorney brother's opposition to his bid to amend his suit is really an effort to get an untimely ruling.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Citizenship Questions Can't End Fraud Suit Against SL Green

By Isaac Monterose

A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss a fraud suit accusing office-focused real estate investment trust SL Green Realty Corp. and several of its entities of conducting a fraudulent property transfer scheme in order to dodge a nearly $13 million judgment, ruling that allegations regarding the plaintiff's citizenship at the time it filed suit will have to be resolved later.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Natural Gas Co. Seeks Dismissal Of Unpaid Royalties Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A natural gas company urged a Colorado federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of underpaying oil and gas royalties, arguing the complaint relies on speculation about deductions and improperly attempts to convert a handful of leases into a case covering thousands of contracts.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

$16B YPF Argentina Feud Will Go To Arbitration

By Caroline Simson

Investors in Argentina's largest oil and gas exploration company confirmed to a New York federal judge Tuesday that they will pursue arbitration in their $16 billion fight with the country, and are now seeking permission to use discovery obtained in the case in the parallel claim.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Calif. Homeowners Say Allstate Deflated Rebuilding Costs

By Hope Patti

A group of California residents whose homes were destroyed in the January 2025 wildfires accused Allstate of deliberately deflating reconstruction cost estimates used to price homeowners policies, telling a state court that as a result, their properties are grossly underinsured and cannot be rebuilt without court intervention.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Citibank Defends Arbitration Ruling In Veteran Credit Card Row

By Sydney Price

Citibank has urged a North Carolina federal court to uphold a magistrate judge's decision to pause a military consumer lawsuit accusing the bank of misleading service members about interest and fees after the Fourth Circuit determined that the arbitration agreements were enforceable.

Memorandum attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Commure Took Health Co.'s Software Trade Secrets, Suit Says

By Elliot Weld

A San Diego-based healthcare technology services company has accused Commure Inc. of stealing trade secrets to launch competing cloud-based software, framing the alleged conduct as an instance of a large company "backed by big money" breaking the rules to obtain a much smaller competitor's information.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Entegris Says Ex-Engineer Used Its Tech To Start Rival Firm

By Julie Manganis

Tech company Entegris says a former lead engineer secretly founded his own competing firm by stealing trade secrets and has been soliciting its customers, including Intel, to bring their business to his startup, according to a suit in Massachusetts state court.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Pal Of Ex-Beneficient CEO Aided Fraud Cover-Up, Jury Hears

By Stewart Bishop

A childhood friend of the founder and former CEO of Dallas-based financial services firm Beneficient on Wednesday told a Manhattan federal jury that he fabricated email correspondence and signed documents misstating his time as head of what prosecutors say was a shell company used to pull off a $100 million fraud.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Cumulus Defends Nielsen Data-Tying Order At 2nd Circ.

By Matthew Perlman

Radio giant Cumulus Media has told the Second Circuit that Nielsen helped contribute to the broadcaster's bankruptcy earlier this year by tying sales of its national radio ratings data to sales of its local offerings, calling the practice unlawful and saying it should be stopped.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

NJ Co. Presses 3rd Circ. To Nix Hudson Tunnel Project PLA

By Tom Lotshaw

A New Jersey company has urged the Third Circuit to scrap a project labor agreement the Gateway Development Commission entered for the Hudson Tunnel Project, claiming the agreement unlawfully blocked it and its United Steelworkers employees from vying for a major segment of the project.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Anthropic Slams Hegseth's Security Risk Label At DC Circ.

By Lauren Berg

Anthropic Wednesday asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn the U.S. Department of Defense's action branding it a supply chain risk, saying the decision was retaliation for the artificial intelligence company's refusal to provide the Trump administration with technology for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

AIM Spars Over $10M Fee, Board Fight In Del. Supreme Court

By Jarek Rutz

Investor AIM Ventura Capital Fund LLC and Gabb Wireless founder Stephen Dalby clashed Wednesday before the Delaware Supreme Court over whether a lower court wrongly denied a contract remedy and imposed a multimillion-dollar fee award in a bitter governance dispute.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Pot Dispensary Owners Sue Partners Over 'Phantom Debt' Plot

By Jonathan Capriel

An investor and a cannabis license holder are suing a couple they had hoped would manage a Los Angeles marijuana dispensary for them, claiming in California state court that they instead created $3.4 million in "phantom debt" to steal majority ownership interests in the business and then misappropriate millions.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

What Employers Should Know About Wash. Noncompete Ban

Washington state recently passed one of the most expansive prohibitions on noncompetes in the country, marking a significant shift in the state's approach to restrictive covenants and requiring employers to carefully assess how this change will affect their current and future agreements, say attorneys at Cozen.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Draft Pleadings

Most law school graduates step into their first jobs without ever having drafted a complaint, answer, motion or other type of pleading, but that gap can be closed by understanding the strategy embedded in every filing, writing with clarity and purpose, and seeking feedback at every step, says Eric Yakaitis at Haug Barron.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Norton Rose Faces $100M Suit Over Withdrawn Patent App

By Celeste Bott

Norton Rose Fulbright was sued in Illinois state court Tuesday by an advertising tech company claiming that the law firm mishandled a patent application and caused it to be deemed withdrawn, but kept the company in the dark about the loss of its valuable patent rights for over a year.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Lockheed Birth Defect Trial Judge 'Disappointed' By Attys

By Cara Salvatore

A Florida federal judge said Tuesday he's "puzzled and disappointed" in counsel who appear "unprepared" on the eve of trial in a suit by children who blame their birth defects on Lockheed Martin's chemical handling practices at an Orlando defense system manufacturing and research facility.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Hunter Biden Blasts Winston & Strawn Tactics In Fee Row

By Emily Sawicki

As a discovery dispute between Hunter Biden and Winston & Strawn LLP drags on amid a suit over allegedly unpaid legal bills, the former president's son accused the BigLaw firm, which once represented him in a Delaware criminal case and other matters, of resorting to "what is uncomfortably close to an ad hominem attack" against him.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

Bondi's Proposed Rule Change May Shield Her In Ethics Case

By Phillip Bantz

A federal rule change that Pam Bondi proposed before she was fired as U.S. attorney general could stymie an ethics complaint against her in Florida, which is expected to be refiled after the state bar declined to take up the case during her tenure, experts say.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

House GOP Again Pushes Data Privacy Bill To Override States

By Allison Grande

House Republicans on Wednesday took their latest crack at establishing a cohesive nationwide data privacy framework, floating legislation that would give consumers more control over their personal information while preempting a growing patchwork of state laws, although early criticisms indicate that the issues that have long stymied these efforts persist.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

330+ Groups Urge DOJ To Restore Immigration Aid Staff

By Courtney Bublé

More than 300 legal services providers, faith-based institutions and community groups are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to fully restore a program that allows nonlawyers to assist low-income and indigent persons in immigration proceedings.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Acting DOJ Inspector General Tapped For Permanent Post

By Jack Karp

President Donald Trump has nominated the U.S. Department of Justice's acting inspector general, who investigated the FBI's probe into Trump's links with Russia, to remain in that role on a permanent basis, according to a White House announcement.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Paint Co. Says Injury Firm Used Stolen Data To Solicit Clients

By Abigail Harrison

A paint company has asked a North Carolina federal court to boot the opposing counsel in a putative data breach class action, accusing them of finding stolen data on the dark web and using it to solicit potential plaintiffs before victims were even notified of the breach.

Memorandum attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »