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From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers

By Chris Villani

A growing group of legal influencers with huge followings say social media use is helping them expand their practices along with their brands and offering marketing lessons that even BigLaw can learn from.

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BNY Ducks Epstein Enabling Suit; BofA Must Face 2 Claims

By Lauren Berg

A New York federal judge closed the book Thursday on a proposed class action alleging the Bank of New York Mellon Corp. enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking enterprise, but kept alive some allegations that Bank of America benefited from the scheme.

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Former First Brands Execs Indicted On Fraud Charges

By Ben Zigterman

Patrick James, the founder of bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group, and his brother Edward James were indicted by federal prosecutors in New York, who accused the pair of inflating invoices, double pledging collateral and concealing liabilities from lenders.

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Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser Conned NBA Players, Jury Hears

By Stewart Bishop

A Manhattan federal prosecutor Thursday told jurors that a former Morgan Stanley adviser defrauded three NBA players out of millions of dollars through investments in wildly marked up life insurance policies, while defense counsel said the case was built on lies by a former client.

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Conn. Drug Price Cap Survives Distributor Challenge, For Now

By Aaron Keller

The Second Circuit has declined a bid to immediately block the state of Connecticut from enforcing a cap on generic and off-patent drug prices while the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, a collection of wholesale distributors, challenges the new law.

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Ex-Fla. Cop Gets 10 Months After Plea In DEA Bribe Case

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a former Florida police officer to 10 months in prison Thursday after he admitted knowing about $90,000 in bribes being paid to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration colleagues for tips and lying at a criminal trial.

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Fed's Master Account Stance Goes Too Far, 2nd Circ. Told

By Jon Hill

The Federal Reserve's claim of broad discretion to cut financial institutions off from master accounts could turn these U.S. payment system gateways into potential tools of partisan warfare, an attorney for a Puerto Rico bank told a Second Circuit panel Thursday.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Interior Dept. Says NY Can't Overcome Offshore Wind Halt

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to reject New York's attempt to undo the suspension of an Ørsted subsidiary's offshore wind project, saying the state has only claimed distant and derivative economic harm.

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Topps Co.'s 'Mega Box' Duped Sports Cards Buyers, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Fanatics-owned sports trading card and collectibles company Topps misled consumers about their chance to score rare trading cards with significant resale values in its 2025-26 NBA Mega Boxes and has blamed it on a misprint, a proposed class action filed Thursday in New York federal court alleged.

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Smartfood Popcorn Hit With False Ad Suit

By Emily Field

PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday was hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court brought by a Brooklyn woman who claims that its Smartfoods popcorn snacks contain an artificial ingredient that's both a flavor and preservative despite label claims.

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NYC Sets New Wage Standards For Security Guards

By Emily Brill

Security guards at private buildings in New York City will be entitled to the same minimum wage, paid time off and benefits received by security guards at public buildings under a new union-supported city law enacted Thursday.

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Sandoz, Teva Beat Malicious Prosecution Claims, For Now

By Bryan Koenig

Sandoz and Teva have won a reprieve from a former pharmaceutical marketing executive claiming the drugmakers and their officers offered him up to federal prosecutors with fabricated assertions of price-fixing, with a New York federal judge concluding the suit "does not come close" to the standard for malicious prosecution.

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2nd Circ. Backs Rental Assistance, Medicaid Fraud Conviction

By Isaac Monterose

The Second Circuit has upheld the conviction of a New York City man who was sentenced to 70 months in prison for running a more than $1.8 million rental assistance and Medicaid fraud scheme.

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Inspire Medical Leaders Face Suit Over Apnea Device Rollout

By Emilie Ruscoe

Brass of Inspire Medical Systems Inc. face shareholder derivative claims they breached their fiduciary duties by concealing issues affecting the launch of the company's latest sleep apnea device, damaging investors after its trading prices fell 32% when the issues were disclosed.

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NY Appeals Court Vacates Guilty Plea In Attempted Rape Case

By Elizabeth Daley

A man who has served a more than 20-year prison term after he pled guilty to attempted rape in Manhattan had his sentence reversed Thursday, after a New York state appeals court found he was convinced to admit guilt on false pretense.

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Defunct Energy Co. Challenges Indian Oil Corp.'s $9.2M Award

By Joyce Hanson

A defunct energy trading company has asked a New York federal judge to toss Indian Oil Corp.'s bid to confirm and enforce a $9.2 million arbitral award, arguing that the state-owned refiner never properly served the petition.

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Debevoise Appoints Commercial Litigation Group Co-Leaders

By Kevin Penton

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP promoted two litigators to be co-chairs of its commercial litigation practice, the firm has announced.

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Nonprofit Tax Pro Joins Harter Secrest From Weil

By Andrea Keckley

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former tax partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP with decades of experience in nonprofit and corporate taxation.

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Series

Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm who resigned after the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the firm said that the SCOTUSblog founder suddenly began offering her bitcoin, payment from case settlements and potential student loan relief after federal agents visited the office.

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Clemency Favors White Collar Offenders, New Study Shows

By Phillip Bantz

White collar criminal defendants are more likely than other types of offenders to receive presidential pardons, especially under the Trump administration, a new analysis of clemency actions shows, raising concerns about a system one expert called "broken."

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Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.

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DOJ Awards $1M In First For Antitrust Whistleblower Program

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division awarded a whistleblower $1 million for providing information that led to charges and a $3.28 million criminal fine against used-vehicle auction site EBlock, marking the first-ever award under a new antitrust whistleblower program, the DOJ announced Thursday.

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Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Crowell & Moring LLP's appeal for its $30 million rent dispute with a D.C. office landlord that refused to grant a coronavirus-related rent abatement.

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Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny

By Matthew Santoni

The first assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania is being retained and elevated to full U.S. attorney, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced Thursday, though the appointment will have to remain temporary or he could face the same questions about his appointment as other top prosecutors in President Donald Trump's administration.

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