Attorneys who challenged the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan have once again asked the Sixth Circuit to rethink its decision leaving intact a district court's sanctions against them, arguing that new facts and U.S. Supreme Court precedent warrant recalling the appellate court's mandate.
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Trump Attys Again Ask 6th Circ. To Reconsider Sanctions

By Hailey Konnath

Attorneys who challenged the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan have once again asked the Sixth Circuit to rethink its decision leaving intact a district court's sanctions against them, arguing that new facts and U.S. Supreme Court precedent warrant recalling the appellate court's mandate.

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Ohio AG Says Social Media Age Limit Fight Hurts Democracy

By Ryan Harroff

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and the internet technology trade association that sued to block him from enforcing the Buckeye State's new law requiring parental consent for children under 16 to create online accounts have filed competing bids for early wins.

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Nonprofit Dodges Punitive Damages Over Child's Death

By Ryan Harroff

An Ohio state court jury did not find any malice in Catholic Charities Corp.'s actions before a developmentally disabled 5-year-old, whom one of its former workers allegedly lied about checking on, was found in a shallow grave, meaning the nonprofit does not have to pay punitive damages for the boy's death.

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Nothing 'Unusual' About Claims Appeals, Mich. Tells 6th Circ.

By Carolyn Muyskens

Michigan defended the appellate setup of its claims court in a Sixth Circuit brief Friday, pointing to federal circuit courts' en banc review procedure to argue it is not so extraordinary to ask judges to scrutinize their colleagues' work.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss notable insurance class action decisions from the first quarter of the year ranging from salvage vehicle titling to rate discrimination based on premium-setting software.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Susman's Brook, Shackelford

By Sydney Price

Susman Godfrey LLP attorneys Davida Brook and Stephen Shackelford Jr. learned very early on in their working relationship that they needed to trust each other. That concept, they say, has been foundational to their success as defamation attorneys, and those who have worked alongside them say everyone else has reason to trust them, too.

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Live Coverage: Day 9 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial

By Rachel Scharf, Stewart Bishop and Frank Runyeon

Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Follow along here.

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Stormy Daniels Tells NY Jury Of Sexual Encounter With Trump

By Frank Runyeon, Stewart Bishop and Rachel Scharf

Adult film star Stormy Daniels on Tuesday began her highly anticipated testimony in Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan, describing a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 that later prompted the alleged hush money payment at the center of the case.

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