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New York - December, 2021

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• NY Jury Holds Teva Liable After Opioid Trial
• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• SocGen, BNP Beat Suit By Cuban Bank Heirs, For Now
• Investor Balks At Reddit-Based Brief In Ackman SPAC Spat
• Allergan Unit Says Linda Evangelista's $50M Suit Time-Barred
• Goldman Takes 3rd Shot At Nixing Cert. For Investor Class
• The New Right Of Publicity Theories Facing Retailers
• Injunctions May Only Pause Gov't Contractor Vaccine Mandate
• Law360's Tort Report: Dismissal Bid In Glenn Frey Death Suit
• New York Cannabis Brand Blocked From Using City Logos
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Salvadoran Woman's Due Process Appeal
• Diddy Buys Back Sean John In Global Brands Ch. 11 Sale
• 2nd Circ. Says Ace Can Cut Cord On Covering Dish DVR Suits
• Fund Manager's Late Appeal Pandemic Excuse Rejected
• Brooklyn Developer Gets Liquidator To Keep Control In Ch. 11
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• 2nd Circ. Sends Light Fixture IP Suit To Fed. Circ.
• Reed Smith-Advised Health Care SPAC Makes $75M Offering
• McKool Smith To Promote 4 To Principal In NY, Texas Offices
• DOJ Opioid Trial Team Tainted By Kirkland Ties, Ex-CEO Says
• Joint Venture's $4.53B Poultry Deal Faces DOJ Scrutiny
• January 1MDB Trial Slated To Proceed, Despite Virus Surge
• IAnthus, Gotham Green Want Investors' Latest Pot Suits Axed
• Purdue Asks To Keep Lawsuits Frozen Pending Ch. 11 Appeal
• JPMorgan, Traders Finally Get OK On $60M Spoofing Deal
• Insurer Ducks Paying $9.6M In NYC Hotel's COVID Suit
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Offers Key Antitrust Takeaways On Standing
• Verrill Dana, Boston's Rackemann Plan New Year's Day Tie-Up
• Getting Ahead Of Manual Worker Pay Frequency Claims In NY
• Ex-GPB Capital CEO Sues In Chancery For Legal Fees
• Judge Skeptical Of Amazon COVID Race Bias Claims
• Top State And Local Tax Policies Of 2021
• High Court's Foreign Discovery Question, Take 2
• Meitar-Advised Cyber Authorization Biz Nabs $75M In Series C
• Mayer Brown-Led TJC Nabs $5B For Top Fund In Firm History
• Dechert Adds 3 Ex-Milbank Attorneys To Finance Team In NY
• DLA Piper Hit With $180M Malpractice Suit From Investor
• Texas Says Justices Must Weigh In On Its Challenge To ICWA
• SEC Fights Hemp Co.'s Bid To Dismiss $11M Scalping Suit
• $200M JPMorgan Fine Signals Broader Regulatory Crackdown
• Ex-Citibank Exec In Contempt For Bid To Enforce $9.5M Award
• SEC Fines PE Firm $4.5M For Fee Overcharges
• Firm, Employees Agree On Divvying Chubb Defense Funds
• American Finance Trust To Buy $1.3B In Grocery, Retail Assets
• DeFi Exec Says SEC's Subpoenas Broke Agency Rules
• Court Split On Amazon's Seller Liability Could Be Moot
• Airliner Owner To Face Creditor Dismissal Motion In Ch. 11
• Bankrupt NYC Tower Owner Gets Court OK To Toss Manager
• Ex-WilmerHale Temp Moves To DQ Judge In Employment Case
• Blockchain Infrastructure Biz Figment Worth $1.4B In Series C
• Ex-NFLers Waited Too Long For Painkiller Suit, Judge Says
• 4 Firms Shape Blackstone's $3.6 Billion Bluerock REIT Buy
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• Top 10 SALT Developments Of 2021: Part 2
• Minor League Teams Sue MLB To End Antitrust Carveout
• Trump Sues NY AG To Halt Probe Into His Businesses
• Reforming Elections In NY: What Legal Experts Say
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investor Suit Against Hain Celestial
• Trade Court Backs Anti-Dumping Duty For Chinese Crawfish
• 2nd Circ. Asks BIA If Withdrawn Request Nixes Inadmissibility
• SDNY Judge Says Feds Misled Her In Hedge Fund Case
• Seismic Purdue Ruling May Finally Get High Court's Attention
• NY Judge Takes Oslo-Based Vewd's Ch. 11 With 'Trepidation'
• States Urge DC Circ To Affirm Their CWA Certificate Power
• Film Scammer Who Lied On Probation Gets Prison Reboot
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• Health Hires: Balt, McDermott Will & Emery
• Elite Horse Trainer Navarro Gets 5 Years In Doping Scandal
• Top 10 SALT Developments Of 2021: Part 1
• 2 SPACs Raise Combined $300M In IPOs Steered By 4 Firms
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Simpson
• The Biggest D&O Liability Insurance Rulings Of 2021
• High-End Jeweler Yurman Says Mejuri Is Ripping Off Its Brand
• Davis Polk, Goodwin Lead MoneyLion Buy Worth Up To $440M
• NY Pot Regulators Approve Rules For Smokable Hemp
• J. Crew GC Says She Was Belittled, Fired After Hearing Loss
• Tech Co. Vewd Hits Ch. 11 With $118M Debt-Swap Plan
• Purdue Pharma's Ch. 11 Plan Is Unraveled On Appeal
• NY Surgeon Faces Renewed Suit Over Spinal Implant Injuries
• PDVSA Says It Didn't Get A Fair Shake In $40M Debt Fight
• Alden Global Affiliate Sues Lee Enterprises Over Board Slate
• T-Mobile Wins Venue Fight In Data Breach MDL
• NY Case Shows Insurance Possibility For SEC Disgorgements
• Former Philly Refinery Owner Gets Win In Row With Insurers
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Illumina Investor Eyes Bail Amid Insider Trading Appeal
• Virus-Sick Suspect Who Talked To FBI Can't Block Statements
• How Attys Should Handle Unsolicited Privileged Information
• Latham, Skadden Steer Payroll Software Maker's IPO Filing
• Construction Cos. Defend Fraud Suit Against Teamsters
• GM Ignition MDL Firms Get OK For Another $10.8M In Fees
• US Broadened Reach Of Targeted Sanctions In 2021
• Disputing Plaintiff Expert Testimony In Product Liability Cases
• Cockroach Hits $5B Valuation In Greenoaks-Led Round
• New York City Will Ban Natural Gas In New Buildings
• MyPillow CEO Loses Defamation Suit Against Daily Mail
• 'Non-Plant Touching' Cos. Shine In 2021 Top Cannabis Deals
• Real Estate Rumors: Pads Properties, Dauntless, Foundry
• Manhattan Diamond Dealer's Virus Coverage Suit Tossed
• 2nd Circ. Nom Defends Record Amid Personal Views Queries
• Plaintiffs Attys In Limbo, With Jury Trials 'Impossible' In NY
• Law Firm Says 'Metaverse' Name Too 'Ironic' For TM Claim
• Ex-OppenheimerFunds Analyst Admits Making Inside Trades
• Ex-McKinsey Partner Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• GTT Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Minus Release Clause
• AKT Must Pay Some Of Celeb Trainer's Fees After Failed Suit
• DevaCurl Buyers Push For Final OK On $5.2M Settlement
• Judge Who Oversaw Lehman Bankruptcy Stepping Down
• Brooklyn Property Developer Hits Ch. 11 With $1.6B Of Debt
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• Dechert, Kramer Levin Vets Among Biden's New Judicial Picks
• Dems Unveil Bill To Disclose Amicus Brief Funders
• SoulCycle Settles Claim It Used COVID-19 As Firing Pretext
• Morgan Stanley, 3 Others Ink $104M Deal In Rigging Case
• Court Rejects Seneca Nation's Bid To Block $255M Judgment
• Opioid Treatment Provider Ophelia Grabs $50M In Series B
• U.S. Sanctions Barred Payments On $118M Debt, PDVSA Says
• 'Salt Bae' Celebrity Chef's Eatery Hit With Staff Bias Suit
• Info Bid In Malta Bank Fight Is Improper, Court Hears
• 5 Benefits Rulings From 2021 That Attorneys Should Know
• DOJ, Penguin-Simon & Schuster Expect Short, In-Person Trial
• Odebrecht Bribe Laundering Probe Nets Another Plea
• DOJ, States Defend Challenge Of American-JetBlue Alliance
• NY Tenants Sue To Reopen Rent Relief Application Portal
• Ex-Vyera CEO Criticizes Shkreli At Drug-Pricing Bench Trial
• Bitcoin Investment Firm Valued At $7B In Funding Round
• Product Liability Risks Cannabis Companies Must Consider
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• NY High Court Ends Case Of Older Judges' Recertification
• The Biggest Copyright Rulings Of 2021
• 'Outrageous' Forex Fraud Lands Trader 2-Year Sentence
• 3 Forces That Will Define Sales Tax Compliance In 2022
• 5 Firms Vie To Lead Insider-Trading Suit Over Archegos Crash
• 4 Firms Shape Rentokil's $6.7B Pest Control Biz Deal
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• Latinx Former Exec Sues ViacomCBS For Race Discrimination
• Teamsters Pension Fund Wants $4.8M From NY Businessman
• NY Opioid Deliberations Delayed After Rancorous Closing Day
• Penguin Random House Hits Back At DOJ Merger Challenge
• Food Packaging Co. CEO Asks Chancery To Stop Ouster Bid
• 12 AGs Back DOL's Proposed ESG Retirement Investing Rule
• Ideanomics Agrees To Governance Reforms After Investor Suit
• Kevin Spacey's Sex Life Mostly Off-Limits In Abuse Suit Depo
• 2 Firms Steer $1.8B Harley Electric Motorcycle Go-Public Deal
• Bitcoin Miner Claims Investors' Suit Copies 'Unverified' Report
• Penguin Antitrust Fight Points To Past Piecemeal Enforcement
• NY Adviser Hit With Fraud Verdict For Hiding Dad's SEC Ban
• Bilzin Sumberg Helps With $340M Miami Construction Loan
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• Jury Finds Brooklyn Judge Guilty Of Obstructing Feds
• Insurer Ducks Coverage For John Varvatos Discrimination Suit
• NY Bar Tells Attys To Steer Clear Of Non-Atty-Owned Firms
• High Court Won't Block NY Health Care Worker Vax Mandate
• Pa. DAs Say AG's $26B Opioid Deal Steps On Their Suits
• Lowenstein Sandler Rehires Former Counsel As Funds Partner
• NY Atty Kossoff Pleads Guilty To Stealing $14.6M From Clients
• Calif. Atty Sues Ex-Firm For Defamation, Breach Of Contract
• Climate Change Dominated Energy Court Rulings Of 2021
• Sanford Heisler Debuts More Relaxed Office Reopening Plan
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• Jenner & Block Managing Partner Nominated To Lead NYC Bar
• 3 Firms Draw Up Pfizer's $6.7B Arena Pharmaceuticals Buy
• NCAA Hits Auburn Basketball Over Hoops Corruption Case
• Real Estate Rumors: Fifteen Group, Ladder Capital, DRA
• Ex-Giuliani Ally Wants Campaign Finance Convictions Tossed
• Another Year Without Federal Pot Reform, But States Step Up
• Cannabis Bill Roundup: The Prefiling Season Kicks Off
• Clayton Utz Guides Blackstone's Australia Logistics Buy
• The Top Product Liability Cases Of 2021
• Shkreli, Vyera To Settle Out Of BCBS Antitrust Class Action
• Engineering Firm Settles Patent Claims Against US Tennis
• No More Prison For Trader Who Helped Feds In Insider Bust
• Why Deep-Six NRA Entirely? Judge Asks NY AG
• DOJ's Penguin-Simon & Schuster Challenge Eyes August Trial
• Advantage Gets OK On Ch. 11 Plan Without 5-Year Immunity
• Investor Class Cert. Win Offers Post-Goldman Insight
• Pomerantz, Levi & Korsinsky To Co-Lead Del. StoneMor Suits
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Rep In Corcentric's $1.2B Go-Public Deal
• Dechert Grabs Large Share Of 2021 Single-Family CMBS Deals
• Getty Images Inks $4.8B SPAC Deal Driven By 4 Firms
• Chancery Probes Contract Risks In $130M Merger Hack
• PDVSA Must Pay $166M To Dresser-Rand, Court Says
• No Teva Execs Testified In NY Opioid Trial, Jury Told
• No Reconsideration Of Dismissal In DePuy Hip Implant Suit
• NYC Council Votes To Give Noncitizens Local Voting Rights
• Judge Hopped On Corrupt CEO's 'Gravy Train,' Feds Tell Jury
• Tribes, Feds Clash With States Over ICWA At High Court
• SEIU Says Hospital Owes $2.3M In Benefit Fund Contributions
• Advantage Seeks Del. Court OK For Ch. 11 Liquidation
• Libya Wants US Bank Records For $100B Gadhafi Asset Hunt
• Admitted Bank Fraudster Faces Separate COVID Loan Charge
• NY AG James Drops Her Campaign For Governor
• Donziger Sent Home 1½ Months Into Contempt Sentence
• Real Estate Rumors: Onx Homes, Tishman Speyer, Related
• Buffalo Bills Lose Virus Coverage Fight With Zurich
• How 11th Circ. Ruling Dominated 2021 COVID Insurance Cases
• Supreme Court Urged To Reverse Warhol Copyright Ruling
• Spinal Injury Not Evidence To Be Preserved, NY Court Finds
• Goodwin-Led Advent Closes $4B Tech-Focused Fund
• Ex-OmniView CEO Gets 11 Years For Penny Stock Fraud
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• Rakoff Sides With Russian Franchisee In Subway Award Row
• US Trustee Calls GTT Ch. 11 Releases Broad And Improper
• Opioid Sales Parody Videos Didn't Sway Docs, Jury Told
• Lemonade To Mediate Bio Data Claims With Policyholders
• Goldman Investors Again Win Cert. After High Court Review
• Ex-Insys Staffer Skirts Prison For Fentanyl Bribe Scheme
• Security Contractor Strikes $1.2M Deal In DOL Pay Bias Probe
• Feds Say Tenant With Emotional Support Parrots Faced Bias
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• Copyright Atty Liebowitz Suspended From North Texas
• Mexican Hotel Operator Cruises To Confirmation In Ch. 11
• Ex-Medicaid Fraud Director Joins Barclay Damon In NYC
• Ex-GGP Investors Tell Del. Justices Brookfield Dividend Unfair
• Real Estate Rumors: Respark, CenterPoint, Union Investment
• Chaotic Pa. Music Festival Sued Over 'Fyre'-Like Conditions
• Allergan Strikes $200M Deal To Exit NY Opioid Trial
• Former Shkreli Co. Inks Deal Worth Up To $40M With FTC, AGs
• Opioid Jury Finally Sees Teva's Movie-Parody Sales Videos
• 2nd Circ. Could Revive Nigeria's Docs Bid In $10B Award Fight
• Event Company Owner Loses Bid For COVID Coverage
• Real Estate Rumors: Kingdom, Schwartz Levine, MVW
• Justices Urged To Fix Law On Medical Pot Reimbursements
• Ghana U. Asks NY Judge To Toss Chubb's $165M Award Suit
• Manafort Pal Seeks No Time For Bribery Conviction
• Weinstein, Boies Defeat Actress's Suit After Missed Deadline
• HSBC Dodges Suit Over China-Backed Mexican Iron Ore Deal
• Amazon Urges Judge To Toss Mistaken Military Leave Claim
• $1M Sanction Against Stan Lee's Daughter Flops At 9th Circ.
• Prosecutors Want 'We Build The Wall' Trio In Single Trial
• NY Atty Who Missed 7th Circ. Hearing Reprimanded
• Agent Slams Knicks Player's 'Fishing Expedition' In $58M Suit
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• Chubb Must Face Tina Turner Musical's Virus Coverage Suit
• Warby Parker Wants 1-800 Contacts' 'Thin' Search Suit Nixed
• SEC Hits Dialysis Co., Execs With Accounting Fraud Claim
• Details Of Ex-Credit Union GC's Firing Off-Limits At Trial
• Real Estate Rumors: BlackRock, Atlas Capital, Garchik
• Withers Adds Day Pitney Partner To Estates Practice
• Sackler Family Denies Pre-Ch. 11 Looting Of Purdue Pharma
• Elite Horse Trainer Navarro Asks For Leniency In Doping Case
• Whole Foods Escapes False Ad Suit Over Sugar In Oatmeal
• Feds Fight To Keep World Cup Evidence In FIFA Bribery Trial
• Cannabis Co. Investors Want $7M Deal To End IPO Suit
• Philly Refinery's Insurers Ask Del. Court To Shrink Trial Claims
• JP Morgan Ruling May Have Broad Insurance Implications
• US Steel Barred From Rival's Suit Seeking Steel Tariff Refunds
• The State Of Article III Standing In ERISA Cases
• Goodwin-Led YipitData Raises Up To $475M In Series E
• Davis Polk Again Seeks End To Associate Discrimination Case
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• NY Law Firm's COVID Coverage Suit With CNA Unit Tossed
• Latham Adds Mayer Brown Partner To DC, NY Practices
• 2nd Circ. Says FCC Properly Axed Solicited Fax Opt-Out Rule
• Chinese Oil Co. Subsidiary Gets $558M From Occidental Deal
• Creditors Claim Aeromexico Plan Hands $268M To Insiders
• Lloyd's, NYC Jeweler Seek $2M For Damaged Ruby Ring
• Kentucky Pension Fund Says It Can't Be Sued In Delaware
• Feds, Trump Tell 2nd Circ. Defamation Case Belongs With DOJ
• Lightspeed's Statements Were Light On Facts, Investors Say
• Maryland Atty Charged With $8.5M Escrow Fraud In NY Court
• EPA Promises $44B For Water Projects To States, Tribes
• Real Estate Rumors: City National, HIG, Century Homebuilders
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of City's Gas Price Antitrust Suit
• Former NY Tax Dept. Worker Indicted In Sick Leave Scheme
• DISH Network Wins $4.4M In Pirated Content Suit
• GBG USA Moving Toward Ch. 11 Plan Following Diddy Sale
• Visa, Mastercard Accused Of Banking Fees Antitrust Scheme
• Why New Phase I Site Standard Matters For Real Estate
• Ex-Knicks Star Fights Sanctions Threat For Failed Assault Suit
• Legalist Accused Of Stealing Legal Database's Trade Secrets
• NY Court Revives Faulty Heart Valve Replacement Suit
• Advent, GIC Drop $8B Bid For Swedish Drugmaker Sobi
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Latham
• Kossoff Accused By DA Of $14M Escrow Theft, To Plead Guilty
• Avenatti Wants New Nike Trial Over Potential Brady Violation
• Columbia, NY Presbyterian To Pay $71.5M For OB-GYN Abuse
• AOC Co-Sponsors $20M Bill To Remove State Pot Convictions
• Wash. Judge Shortage May Sway T-Mobile Breach Row Venue
• Rockefeller U. Wins CRISPR Interference Battle At PTAB
• States Tell 2nd Circ. To Revive NY's $15 Broadband Cap
• Space Needle's Insurer Can't Keep Virus Coverage Row In NY
• NY Atty Gets 57 Months Over Theft Of Girl's Inheritance
• Blackstone REIT Lands $690M In Financing From 2 Banks
• 'Housewives' Star Says Feds Poisoned Trial With Hulu Doc
• Artist Jeff Koons Accused Of Ripping Off Serpent Sculpture
• Ex-Panama President's Son Cops To Laundering Bribes
• SEC Says Latvian Citizen Was Serial Crypto Fraudster
• Real Estate Fraudster Gets 5 Years In $58M Rip-Off Of Clients
• Quinn Emanuel Snags SS&C Technologies Holdings' CLO
• Performance Sports Investors Score $13M Deal In Fraud Suit
• Diddy Seeks To Buy Back His Bankrupt Fashion Line
• Crown Spurns $6.2B Blackstone Bid, Is Open To Further Talks
• Meet The 3 Ex-BigLaw Attys Trying To Solve The MLB Lockout
• Juul Wins Permanent Trim Of MDL Suit Claims
• Cessna Says Emirati Firm Ducking Fight Over $90M Award
• NBT Bank To Pay $5.7M In Overdraft Fee Class Action Deal
• Partners Accuse NY Chef Of Sabotaging Hell's Kitchen Eatery
• House Passes Judicial Stock Disclosure Bill
• Crypto Scam Suspect Wants Jail Calls With Wife Out Of Trial
• NY Inks Deals For Clean Energy Transmission Projects
• SDNY Pick Ho Pledges Impartiality, Regrets 'Overheated' Posts
• Real Estate Rumors: Capital Realty, Deutsche, Rockpoint
• Latham, Pillsbury Rep 3D Printing Biz's $974M Go-Public Deal
• Delivery Workers, NYC Food Court Settle OT Claims
• Attys In Law Firm Bias Suit 'Acting Like Children,' Judge Says
• NJ Atty Who Avoided Taxes Is Suspended 2 Years In NY
• Match Agrees To Pay Tinder Founders $441M To End Trial