Trials

  • March 05, 2024

    NY Giant Appealed Too Late To Contest $800K Arbitral Award

    A New Jersey appeals court on Tuesday refused to let a former New York Giant appeal an $800,000 arbitration award to the estate of a man who died in his basement, saying he missed the 30-day deadline to demand a new trial.

  • March 05, 2024

    Ga. Justices Say Rap Video's Use Dooms Murder Conviction

    In a split decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Georgia tossed out the murder conviction of a man accused of shooting a nightclub security guard on the grounds that a music video that prosecutors made a "focal point" of the trial was "highly prejudicial" and inadmissible evidence.

  • March 05, 2024

    Avadel Told To Pay Jazz Pharma $234K Over Narcolepsy Drug IP

    A Delaware federal jury found Monday that a specialty drugmaker owes nearly $234,000 to drug manufacturer Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. for using a patented process behind its newer narcolepsy drug, launched last year to sales of over $28 million.

  • March 05, 2024

    CryptoQueen's Brother Avoids More Prison For OneCoin Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday allowed the younger brother of fugitive OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova to avoid additional prison time for his role in the $4 billion, global cryptocurrency scam, after he testified for the feds at a high-profile trial.

  • March 05, 2024

    'Rust' Defense Opens By Pinning Blame On Producers, Police

    The fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of "Rust" was the fault of the Western film's producers and culminated in a shoddy law enforcement investigation, jurors heard Tuesday in the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

  • March 05, 2024

    ADI Can't Recoup Full Quinn Emanuel Bill In IP Theft Case

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday compared Analog Devices Inc.'s pricey hiring of a Quinn Emanuel attorney to monitor its former engineer's trade secrets trial in person to paying "a brain surgeon to pop a pimple" in an order denying restitution for those costs.

  • March 05, 2024

    Fla. Attorney Asks 11th Circuit To Toss Extortion Conviction

    A former criminal defense attorney on Tuesday asked the Eleventh Circuit to overturn his conviction for extorting a client for cash, arguing that the instructions sent to the jury on the Hobbs Act charge were improper.

  • March 05, 2024

    Ill. Atty Tells 1st Circ. Feds Botched Venue For Scam Case

    An Illinois lawyer convicted of receiving proceeds from business email compromise schemes orchestrated by others told the First Circuit on Tuesday that Massachusetts was the wrong place for him to have been tried, urging the appeals court to dismiss the charges underlying the guilty verdict. 

  • March 05, 2024

    Monsanto Nabs 1st Win In Philly's Roundup Trial Blitz

    A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday cleared Monsanto of liability in a Pennsylvania cancer patient's suit alleging he developed his illness after using the weed killer Roundup, handing the company its first win in the venue where plaintiffs have won more than $2.5 billion in damages on tort claims over the Bayer AG unit's signature product.

  • March 05, 2024

    Willis Faces New Claim On Romance Timing From Trump Ally

    An ally of former President Donald Trump told a Georgia state court that she has even more evidence that Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis began seeing a special prosecutor romantically before hiring him to help prosecute the Georgia election interference case, citing alleged testimony of a former law partner of Willis' paramour.

  • March 05, 2024

    J&J Trial Over Doctor's Cancer Death Ends In Hung Jury

    A Florida state judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors said they were "hopelessly deadlocked" over whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused the cancer that killed a Miami anesthesiologist.

  • March 05, 2024

    Trials Group Of The Year: Irell

    Irell & Manella helped client VLSI convince a jury to award $949 million against Intel in a tech patent trial and secured a $303 million win for a second tech patent client, earning the trials practice group a spot among Law360's 2023 Trial Practice Groups of the Year.

  • March 05, 2024

    Vegas Man Convicted In Bank Fraud, Laundering Scheme

    The CEO of a Las Vegas-based company was convicted in New York federal court Monday of participating in multiple schemes to defraud banks and credit card companies and launder proceeds from fraud and narcotics sales.

  • March 04, 2024

    USPTO Can't See Snapchat 'Spectacles' IP Win Ahead Of Trial

    A California federal magistrate judge rejected Monday the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's bid for a summary judgment win in a lawsuit by Snapchat's parent company seeking to secure trademark rights to the word "Spectacles" for its flagship virtual-reality product, sending the intellectual property dispute to a March 12 bench trial.

  • March 04, 2024

    Brother Faces Punitive Damages In Siblings' $7B LA Trial Win

    A California jury considering punitive damages for a man it found wrongly pushed his brothers out of a multibillion-dollar real estate partnership heard wildly different estimates Monday about his net worth, as a financial expert said it's possibly $4.5 billion, while the man tried to say he's in debt.

  • March 04, 2024

    Don't Skip Mock Trials, Veteran Criminal Defense Atty Says

    A mock trial is a must before the real thing, even when the defendant is on a budget and the jury is just friends of friends, a veteran trial lawyer told a New York City Bar audience Monday.

  • March 04, 2024

    Trump Blasts DA's Gag Order Motion In NY Hush Money Case

    Donald Trump's attorneys on Monday slammed the Manhattan district attorney's request for a gag order in the hush money case against the former president, arguing it would be unconstitutional to silence the "leading candidate in the 2024 election" in the midst of the primary season.

  • March 04, 2024

    Trial Of Ex-Stimwave CEO Over Medical Device Nears End

    Prosecutors on Monday urged a Manhattan federal jury to convict the former CEO of Stimwave Technologies for hawking a medical device for chronic pain sufferers with a bogus component designed to drive up billings, while defense counsel derided a lack of evidence to support the government's claims.

  • March 04, 2024

    Philly Uber Drivers Tell Jury They're Employees

    Counsel for Uber drivers told a federal jury in Philadelphia on Monday that the ride-hailing company saved big on labor costs by misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees entitled to benefits.

  • March 04, 2024

    Full 9th Circ. To Review Mormon Church Tithe-Misuse Suit

    The Ninth Circuit has voted for en banc review of a panel decision reviving claims against the Mormon Church brought by a former member who alleged its leadership used his tithes to finance commercial projects after promising it would not do so.

  • March 04, 2024

    'Varsity Blues' Feds Rip 'Alice-In-Wonderland' Bid To Nix Plea

    Federal prosecutors in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case said Monday that a former television executive's bid to vacate her guilty plea is "built on an Alice-in-Wonderland version of events" in which pretrial litigation and rulings in her case never occurred.

  • March 04, 2024

    Ind. Man Found Guilty In Houston For Role In $7M Scam

    A federal jury in Houston found an Indianapolis man guilty Monday of money laundering and conspiracy to launder money for his role in a $7 million financial scheme that involved a network of individuals who impersonated bank employees.

  • March 04, 2024

    H-2A Farmworkers Seek Partial Win Ahead Of Wage Trial

    A certified class of migrant sugarcane farmworkers under the H-2A visa program asked an Arkansas federal judge to partly rule in their favor in a wage dispute set for an April jury trial, saying payroll records indicate the farm labor contractor shorted them $410,089 and that the owner should be held liable.

  • March 04, 2024

    'Rust' Prop Supplier Denies Giving Armorer Live Rounds

    A gun and ammunition prop supplier for "Rust" told a New Mexico state jury Monday that he was not responsible for live rounds that ended up on the set of the Western film, potentially bolstering the state's involuntary manslaughter case against armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

  • March 04, 2024

    Deported Man Seeks Mass. Justices' OK For Remote Retrial

    A man deported to the Dominican Republic due to convictions that were later vacated asked Massachusetts' high court on Monday for permission to join the government's retrial of the same charges via videoconference because there's no legal way for him to attend the trial physically.

Expert Analysis

  • A Higher Bar For Surviving Summary Judgment In SC Courts

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    The South Carolina Supreme Court's recent decision in Kitchen Planners v. Friedman, rejecting a lower court's usage of the mere scintilla standard for allowing cases to proceed, suggests that the mere existence of an alleged factual dispute between parties will no longer be sufficient to thwart a well-supported motion for summary judgment, says Denver Smith at Butler Snow.

  • 3rd Circ. Ruling Fine-Tunes The 'But It's Hemp' Defense

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    The Third Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Rivera decision, upholding the appellant’s conviction for marijuana possession, clarifies that defendants charged with trafficking marijuana have the burden of proving that the cannabis is actually federally legal hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill, say attorneys at McGlinchey Stafford.

  • ABA's Money-Laundering Resolution Is A Balancing Act

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    While the American Bar Association’s recently passed resolution recognizes a lawyer's duty to discontinue representation that could facilitate money laundering and other fraudulent activity, it preserves, at least for now, the delicate balance of judicial, state-based regulation of the legal profession and the sanctity of the attorney-client relationship, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Tapping The Full Potential Of The Juror Questionnaire

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    Most litigators know that questionnaires can reveal biases that potential jurors would never reveal in voir dire, but to maximize this tool’s utility, attorneys must choose the right questions, interpret responses effectively and weigh several other considerations, say George Speckart and Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.

  • Law Firm Professional Development Steps To Thrive In AI Era

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools rapidly evolve, professional development leaders are instrumental in preparing law firms for the paradigm shifts ahead, and should consider three strategies to help empower legal talent with the skills required to succeed in an increasingly complex technological landscape, say Steve Gluckman and Anusia Gillespie at SkillBurst Interactive.

  • Lessons From High-Profile Witness Tampering Allegations

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    As demonstrated by recent developments in the cases against former President Donald Trump and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, allegations of witness tampering can carry serious consequences — but attorneys can employ certain strategies to mitigate the risk that accusations arise, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Opinion

    A New Strategy For Defending Spine Injury Claims

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    With spinal injury claims proliferating — often with verdicts in the seven-figure range — defense counsel can expand their current trial playbook by retaining experts to prepare and publish peer-reviewed scientific studies that can then be used in the courtroom to help juries understand the issues, says Nicholas Hurzeler at Lewis Brisbois.

  • The Basics Of Being A Knowledge Management Attorney

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    Michael Lehet at Ogletree Deakins discusses the role of knowledge management attorneys at law firms, the common tasks they perform and practical tips for lawyers who may be considering becoming one.

  • Perspectives

    'True Threat' Ruling May Ensnare Kids' Online Speech

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Counterman v. Colorado decision correctly held that a showing of intent is required to prosecute someone for true threats, but the amorphous standard adopted by the court risks overcriminalizing children’s use of social media and text-based communications, say Adam Pollet at Eversheds Sutherland and Suzanne La Pierre at Human Rights for Kids.

  • Mont. Kids' Climate Decision Reflects 3 Enviro Trends

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    A Montana district court's recent ruling in Held v. Montana represents a rare win for activist plaintiffs seeking to use rights-based theories to address climate change concerns — and calls attention to three environmental trends that are increasingly influencing climate litigation and policy, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • How 'Purely Legal' Issues Ruling Applies To Rule 12 Motions

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Dupree v. Younger holding that purely legal issues resolved on summary judgment need not be reraised in post-trial motions guides litigators on when to preserve certain arguments for appeal, but raises the question of how Rule 12(b) and (c) motion denials will be affected, say Blaine Evanson and Jeremy Christiansen at Gibson Dunn.

  • 3 Lessons From Mock Trials That Attys Can Use In Practice

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    The hordes of data gleaned from mock trial competitions can isolate the methods that maximize persuasion, providing key principles that attorneys in every practice area can incorporate into their real-world trial work, say Spencer Pahlke at Walkup Melodia and Justin Bernstein at UCLA.

  • 3 Factors That May Complicate Jury Selection In Trump Trials

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    As former President Donald Trump prepares to face four trials in Georgia, Florida, New York and Washington, D.C., judges and attorneys in these venues may find it challenging to seat fair and impartial juries for several key reasons, says Richard Gabriel at Decision Analysis.

  • To Hire And Keep Top Talent, Think Beyond Compensation

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    Firms seeking to appeal to sophisticated clients and top-level partners should promote mentorship, ensure that attorneys from diverse backgrounds feel valued, and clarify policies about at-home work, says Patrick Moya at Quaero Group.

  • Defense Practice Pointers In Venezuela Bribe Case Dismissal

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    A Texas federal court’s recent dismissal of charges in U.S. v. Murta — one of over two dozen prosecutions targeting bribes paid to a Venezuelan state-owned oil company — highlights the complicated issues presented by cross-border investigations, and provides lessons for defense counsel representing foreign clients in U.S. prosecutions, say attorneys at Steptoe & Johnson.

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