Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months of probation and $1,000 in fines stemming from his high-profile altercation with a staffer in her home, with a Washtenaw County judge noting that charges carrying prison time weren't supported by the evidence.
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Ex-UMich Coach Avoids Prison Over Quarrel In Staffer's Home

By Melanie Dorsey

Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months of probation and $1,000 in fines stemming from his high-profile altercation with a staffer in her home, with a Washtenaw County judge noting that charges carrying prison time weren't supported by the evidence.

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Mich. AG Says PBMs Can't Duck Drug-Pricing Suit

By Mark Payne

Two pharmacy benefit managers can't dodge an antitrust lawsuit accusing them of price-fixing reimbursement rates because Michigan has properly claimed an antitrust violation, state Attorney General Dana Nessel told a federal court, asking it to toss aside the PBMs' dismissal bid. 

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Michigan Judge OKs $13 Million Deal In Debt Collection Suit

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan federal judge has given final approval for a $13.1 million settlement to a class of some 5,300 debtors who complained that a creditor law firm charged unlawfully high post-judgment interest rates during debt collection.

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UMich, Officials Seek Exit From Title IX Ex-Coach Hacking Suit

By Elaine Briseño

University of Michigan officials hoping to escape multidistrict litigation have said student-athletes cannot show the school or its staff were indifferent to the alleged sexual harassment the student-athletes endured after having their accounts hacked by a former assistant football coach.

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Michigan County Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit

By Susan Smiley

A former investigator for a Michigan public defender's office claims in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that she was sexually harassed and assaulted by a male senior attorney, then faced retaliation and constructive termination after she reported the misconduct.

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POLICY & REGULATION

26 State AGs Urge FTC To Ban Deceptive Rental Fee Tactics

By Rachel Riley

A bipartisan coalition of 26 state attorneys general led by New Jersey and Colorado are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to adopt a requirement that residential landlords clearly disclose all costs to tenants up front, responding to the agency's notice last month of potential rulemaking to combat hidden rental fees.

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LITIGATION

Westlake Inks $67M Antitrust Deal With PVC Pipe Buyers

By Hailey Konnath

Purchasers of polyvinyl chloride pipe urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to sign off on a proposed $67 million deal with Westlake Corp. that would put to rest allegations it and other PVC pipe producers conspired to fix prices, according to a motion filed in Illinois federal court.

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Feds Say USDA Can Tie State Funding To Gender Policies

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defended its move to condition grant funding on compliance with Trump administration policies on gender, women's sports, diversity and immigration, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that states can forgo the funding if they don't want to comply.

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States Denied Time For Talks To Settle Drug Price-Fixing Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Connecticut federal judge Tuesday denied a request by dozens of U.S. states to freeze their antitrust case against generic-drug manufacturers, a pause the states argued would allow the parties to focus on settlement talks rather than pending discovery and motion deadlines.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized Wednesday for comments she made at a University of Kansas appearance earlier this month criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger

By Marialuisa Taddia

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.

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Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit

By Vince Sullivan

A Chapter 7 malpractice suit brought by the trustee of fintech company GloriFi asserting $1.7 billion in damages from a failed initial public offering mostly survived a motion to dismiss late Tuesday, with a Texas bankruptcy judge saying the trustee sufficiently pled breach claims against law firm Winston & Strawn.

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Trump's 8th Circ. Pick Pressed On Leonard Leo Ties

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Eighth Circuit, who represented Trump in the two cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, came under scrutiny Wednesday for his affiliation with groups linked to longtime Federalist Society executive and Republican fundraiser Leonard Leo.

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Jones Day DQ'd From Vanderbilt Case Over Pre-Ch. 11 Work

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge disqualified law firm Jones Day from representing talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals in its Chapter 11 case Wednesday, saying the firm's prior work for the larger Vanderbilt corporate family raises questions about its disinterestedness.

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ICE Arrest Memo Switch Looks 'Specious,' Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday revived an effort by civil rights groups to block immigration courthouse arrests, citing what he called an apparently deceptive Trump administration move to disclaim its earlier litigation position.

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Historical Groups Fight To Save White House Records

By Jared Foretek

Historians are asking a D.C. federal judge for an injunction that would force the Trump White House to preserve official records after administration attorneys declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.

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DOJ Atty Slapped With $250 Sanction For Missed Deadlines

By Tom Lotshaw

A California federal judge hit a U.S. Department of Justice attorney with a $250 sanction for repeatedly missing deadlines in a noncitizen's habeas corpus case, rejecting his assertions that his need to juggle tasks under a 300-plus caseload should excuse him.

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Former Judge To Head New NJ Attorney Readmission Board

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court announced this week the lineup of a new committee that will consider disbarred attorneys' applications for readmission, with a former state court judge of over 20 years at the head of the board.

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Bailey & Glasser

Baker Botts

Barron & Newburger

Bond Schoeneck

Brown Rudnick

Butzel Long

Caplin & Drysdale

Collins Einhorn

Cravath Swaine

DLA Piper

Day Pitney

Dechert LLP

Dykema

Edelson PC

Emery Celli

Fink Bressack

Gibbs & Bruns

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC

Hausfeld LLP

Hickey Hauck

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Jones Day

Kaplan Fox

Kasowitz LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Mary Jane M. Elliott PC

Mayer Brown

Meritz Reddy

Milberg PLLC

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paladin Employment Law

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Stranch Jennings

Strauss Borrelli

Susman Godfrey

Wagstaff Law Firm

Watkins Calcara

White & Case

Wiggin & Dana

Wilentz Goldman

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

African Communities Together

Allergan PLC

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Express Scripts Holding Co.

Federalist Society

Invitation Homes Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Lannett Company, Inc

LinkedIn Corp.

Make the Road New York

National Federation of Independent Business

New Jersey State Bar Association

New York Civil Liberties Union

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Pfizer Inc.

Prime Therapeutics LLC

R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co. Inc.

Sandoz International GmbH

Stockton University

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Cigna Group

The University of Alabama System

Vanderbilt Minerals LLC

Viatris Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Trade Commission

New Jersey Supreme Court

State of Michigan

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York