Lindberg Sidekick 'Haunted' By $2B Fraud Gets 2 Years

By Hayley Fowler

The former right-hand man to convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison for his role in a $2 billion scheme that prosecutors say defrauded thousands of policyholders.

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Apple Gets Brief Pause In App Store Case From High Court

By Matthew Perlman and Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief stay Wednesday in a case from Epic Games targeting Apple's App Store policies, after the district court refused to put the case on hold while the justices review a contempt order against Apple.

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DEA Tells 4th Circ. Hemp Co. Can't Seek Review Of HHC Rule

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is urging the Fourth Circuit to throw out a hemp company's challenge to a recent rule allegedly designating a psychoactive hemp-derived compound as a Schedule I substance, saying the rule is a minor administrative change that cannot be challenged through a petition for review.

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'Core' Generics Leader Must Face Most AG Price-Fix Claims

By Bryan Koenig

A Connecticut federal judge ruled Wednesday that G&W Laboratories Inc. must face most price-fixing claims from dozens of state attorneys general targeting generic-drug makers, teeing the shuttered company up for trial as one of four companies deemed the "core group of leaders most responsible" for the conspiracy.

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Newrez Pays $15.5M Over Force-Placed Insurance Charges

By Gina Kim

Rithm Capital-owned mortgage servicer Newrez LLC will pay $15.5 million to resolve allegations that force-placed insurance charges were erroneously levied against customers, following a multistate mortgage loan servicing examination, according to an announcement Wednesday from the New York State Department of Financial Services.

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Army Loses Bid For 4th Circ. Burial Remains Rehearing

By Crystal Owens

The Fourth Circuit won't rethink its decision that the U.S. Army must return the remains of two Indigenous children to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska who have been buried at a former Indian boarding school cemetery in Pennsylvania for more than a century.

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4th Circ. Allows Review Of Immigrant's Untimely Petition

By Ganesh Setty

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling denying a Salvadoran man's bids to avoid removal back to El Salvador after fleeing from MS-13, using its equitable relief powers to toll a statutory 30-day petition filing deadline.

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Trump Repeats Call To Remove Stay On Mail-In Ballot Order

By Katie Buehler

The Trump administration prodded the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to "promptly" lift a Massachusetts judge's order prohibiting the enforcement of new restrictions on mail-in ballots in 23 states and the District of Columbia in this year's midterm elections. 

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Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework

By Andrea Keckley

A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judges Retire, HCA Suit Heads To Trial

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.

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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.

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DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month

By Courtney Bublé

By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.

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Latham Leads List Of Client Service 'All-Stars,' Report Says

By Ryan Boysen

Latham & Watkins LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP all delivered exceptional client service in a fast-changing, high-pressure era where "the business decision is also the legal decision," a new report by BTI Consulting Group says.

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