Jury Clears Novo Nordisk Of Medicaid Fraud Over Blood Drug

By Ben Adlin

A Tacoma federal jury cleared Novo Nordisk on Friday of allegations that it defrauded Washington state's Medicaid and Medicare systems by paying kickbacks and promoting off-label use to illegally boost prescriptions of its hemophilia drug NovoSeven.

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Ex-NY Jets Exec 'Not A Victim,' Team Tells NJ Court

By Carla Baranauckas

The New York Jets urged a New Jersey state judge Friday to send to arbitration a former finance executive's case alleging retaliatory firing after her husband reported sexual harassment by the team's president, arguing that the ex-employee had signed a clear arbitration agreement.

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Eli Lilly Rep Says Off-Label Sales Protest Got Her Fired

By George Woolston

A former Eli Lilly and Co. sales manager said she was fired for objecting to how she and other sales personnel were required to present the diabetes drug Mounjaro to physicians as a weight loss drug when it was not approved for such use, according to a complaint filed in New Jersey federal court Friday.

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Ex-NJ Lawyer Disciplined For Sharing Fees With Non-Attys

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court has handed down a deferred two-year suspension to a retired attorney for improperly sharing more than $650,000 in fees with nonattorneys over several years after he had been censured for similar misconduct.

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Acting NJ Law Division Director Gets Permanent Post

By Jake Maher

The current acting director of the Division of Law in the New Jersey Office of Attorney General took over the role in a permanent capacity Friday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced.

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NJ Senate Bill Seeks Tax Credit For Employer Child Care

By Zak Kostro

New Jersey would establish tax credits for employers who provide child care services for their employees' children under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

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NY, NJ Approve Pipeline Project In CWA Permitting About-Face

By Keith Goldberg

New York and New Jersey environmental regulators on Friday issued Clean Water Act permits for a controversial Williams Cos. pipeline upgrade project, five years after they denied the permits over pollution concerns.

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Mamdani, Immigration, Q3 Debrief

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including real estate reactions to the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, how condo attorneys are bracing for a surge in immigration enforcement and third-quarter takeaways across asset classes.

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Analysis

New Govs. Will Keep Heat On Grid Operator Over Power Costs

By Keith Goldberg

The nation's largest regional grid operator, which has come under fire for limiting state involvement in its policymaking, will continue to face pressure following the election victories of New Jersey and Virginia governors who campaigned on lowering utility bills.

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New Jersey Hits 5 Gas Stations With Contamination Lawsuits

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

New Jersey on Thursday sued five gas station owners and operators over alleged pollution and failure to adhere to previous settlements, saying overburdened communities have suffered from the contamination.

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Fla. Judge Sentences HIV Drug Fraudster To 8 Years In Prison

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Friday sentenced a man to more than eight years in prison after he pled guilty to a wire fraud-related charge in connection to a roughly $100 million HIV medication fraud scheme, referencing the harm that called into question the nation's pharmaceutical drug supply. 

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DC Circ. Airs Doubts About USPS Args In 2020 Mail Delay Row

By Nadia Dreid

The D.C. Circuit has doubts that the U.S. Postal Service can kibosh a permanent injunction in a case that aimed to ward off delivery delays ahead of the 2020 election because the plaintiffs had an administrative route open to them — not at the time they filed their suit, but by the time the judge issued summary judgment.

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Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Full SNAP Payments

By Rae Ann Varona and Rachel Riley

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday evening temporarily paused a Rhode Island federal judge's orders compelling the Trump administration to fully fund November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and transfer roughly $4 billion by the end of the day, hours after the First Circuit denied the administration's emergency request.

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Laborie Buys Postpartum Bleeding Device For Up To $465M

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Medical technology company Laborie Medical Technologies, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Cooley LLP, unveiled plans Friday to acquire a postpartum uterine bleeding device from New Jersey-based healthcare company Organon for up to $465 million.

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Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

The third quarter of 2025 was another eventful quarter for total loss valuation class actions, with a new circuit split developing courtesy of the Sixth Circuit, while insurers continued to see negative results in cost-of-insurance class actions, says Kevin Zimmerman at BakerHostetler.

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Why Appellees Should Write Their Answering Brief First

Though counterintuitive, appellees should consider writing their answering briefs before they’ve ever seen their opponent’s opening brief, as this practice confers numerous benefits related to argument structure, time pressures and workflow, says Joshua Sohn at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Senate Committee To Investigate Impeachment Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee will have a hearing next week to consider impeachment of "rogue" federal judges, according to an announcement on Monday.

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Ex-Mass. Judge Joins Todd & Weld After Fiery Resignation

By Emily Sawicki and Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday he would join Boston boutique litigation firm Todd & Weld LLP after resigning from the bench and penning a public letter saying that he could no longer "bear to be restrained" from speaking out against the Trump administration.

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Shutdown Deal Funds Justices' Security, Public Defender Pay

By Courtney Bublé

The government funding agreement reached in the Senate on Sunday includes funding for public defenders, some of whom haven't been paid since July, and security for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

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Judge To Review Grand Jury Materials In Comey Indictment

By Jared Foretek

A Virginia federal judge said he would review grand jury materials in camera to see if any privileged information was used to secure the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress.

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Ex-Judges, US Attys Urge Axing 'Political' Indictment Of NY AG

By Lauren Berg

A bipartisan group of former federal judges and U.S. attorneys on Monday threw their weight behind New York Attorney General Letitia James' bid to dismiss the indictment accusing her of mortgage fraud, rebuking the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan and slamming the prosecution's apparent political motivations.

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Fitch Even, Ex-Client Settle $1.2M Fee Fight

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge suspended all briefing deadlines Monday in Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP's $1.2 million fee dispute with a former client and a litigation funder's CEO, following the parties' signal that they've resolved their legal issues in principle.

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Trump Pardons Giuliani, Others Accused Of Election Crimes

By Emily Sawicki

President Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned scores of lawyers accused of attempting to interfere in the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Sidney Powell, according to a social media post created by the president's pardon attorney, Ed Martin.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's top court issued a flurry of rulings last week and heard arguments on recently passed legislation that expanded liability shields for some corporate acts while the Court of Chancery passed on another round of arguments over control of Caribbean broadcaster Caribevision.

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