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March 06, 2024
PacifiCorp Must Pay $42.4M To Oregon Fire Victims, Jury Says
A Portland jury said Tuesday that electric power company PacifiCorp must pay $42.4 million to compensate another 10 victims of devastating Labor Day fires that burned in Oregon in 2020, with thousands more class members awaiting potential trials.
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March 06, 2024
Possible Willis DQ Could End Ga. Trump Election Case
Weeks of salacious arguments over a district attorney's romantic relationship with a prosecutor has the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump on the ropes, and experts say the prosecutor's potential disqualification could effectively end the case.
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March 06, 2024
Trump Mocks Hush Money Case As 'Deluded Fantasy'
Counsel for former President Donald Trump has branded the hush money charges against him as a "deluded fantasy," arguing that the Manhattan district attorney is framing the New York state court case as a conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election despite it being a "narrow business records case."
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March 06, 2024
High Court To Close Out Term With Trump Immunity Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments over former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from federal charges related to interfering in the 2020 presidential election on April 25.
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March 06, 2024
Avenatti Trial Judge Didn't Coerce Jury, 2nd Circ. Says
The Manhattan federal judge who oversaw Michael Avenatti's trial on charges he defrauded ex-client Stormy Daniels didn't act improperly when he gave the jurors an extra instruction reminding them of their duties after the panel appeared deadlocked, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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March 06, 2024
Trials Group Of The Year: Kirkland
In a closely watched antitrust case, Kirkland & Ellis LLP helped pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences fight multibillion-dollar claims that it stifled competition for human immunodeficiency virus medications and raised prices by paying generic competitors to stay off the market, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Trials Practice Groups of the Year.
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March 06, 2024
Texts Constituted Contract In $7.7M Fertilizer Fight, Judge Says
A Florida federal court ordered a global fertilizer seller to pay a Brazilian client $7.7 million, finding that the company breached an agreement that was partially negotiated over WhatsApp to sell 45,000 metric tons of ammonium sulfate.
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March 06, 2024
Ex-Stimwave CEO Found Guilty Of Healthcare Fraud
A New York federal jury on Wednesday convicted the former CEO of Stimwave over allegations that the medical device maker sold an implant for chronic pain sufferers with a bogus component in order to drive up billings.
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March 06, 2024
Ohio Neurologist Can't Shorten His Drug Kickback Sentence
An Ohio federal judge ruled an imprisoned neurologist cannot shorten his 30-month sentence for conspiring to collect illegal kickbacks for prescribing Nuedexta, a drug used to treat patients who have uncontrollable fits of laughter or crying, stating that his victims' vulnerability exempts him from his requested reduction.
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March 06, 2024
'Manipulated' DA Checks Out Of 'Hotel California' Trial
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office cited newly produced evidence Wednesday to drop criminal charges midway through a trial over the sale of the Eagles' 1976 album "Hotel California," with a judge saying the prosecution had been "manipulated" by band frontman Don Henley and his attorneys.
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March 05, 2024
'Oh No': Surprise Document Roils $7B Real Estate Trial
A man facing potentially billions in punitive damages for a California jury's verdict that he froze his brothers out of a lucrative real estate business pulled out a paper while testifying Tuesday and tried to hand it to the judge, saying it would help prove he is not a billionaire.
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March 05, 2024
4th Circ. Affirms Med Mal Trial Win For Md. Patient
A clinic and gynecologist can't evade a $1 million judgment over claims they botched a surgery, causing a patient's infection and ultimately the removal of part of her large intestine, a Fourth Circuit panel ruled, saying there was sufficient evidence for a jury to find them liable.
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March 05, 2024
Fed. Circ. Grills Both Sides In Toyo Tire IP Dispute
Federal Circuit judges had pointed questions Tuesday about a $10.1 million award — slashed from $110 million — that a small tire maker won against Toyo Tire for unfair competition and other claims, and about Toyo's bid to revive its trade dress case against the rival, Atturo Tire.
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March 05, 2024
Parents Can't Get Redo Of Youth Soccer Concussion Suit
A Maryland appeals court won't upend a win for a youth soccer club and others in a suit over a 14-year-old's concussion during practice, saying even if they violated state law by failing to provide information about concussions, the parents haven't shown any proof that this failure caused the injury.
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March 05, 2024
App Store Users Tell 9th Circ. To Reject Class Cert. Appeal
Consumers pressed the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to not take up Apple's appeal of the certification of millions of App Store users, arguing the class action raises none of the issues justifying immediate intervention before trial on allegations targeting the technology giant's iron grip over app distribution on iPhones.
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March 05, 2024
Trump Says $83M Libel Trial 'Infected' By Malice Instruction
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a New York federal judge for a new trial after a jury held he must pay $83.3 million for calling writer E. Jean Carroll a liar in response to her sexual abuse allegations, saying the jury received erroneous instructions and the damages are excessive.
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March 05, 2024
Pharmacist Takes Deal In Mich. Over Fatal Meningitis Outbreak
The founder of a Massachusetts drug compounding center that was the source of a deadly meningitis outbreak has pled no contest to 11 counts of manslaughter brought by Michigan state prosecutors, the latter state's Department of Attorney General announced Tuesday.
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March 05, 2024
Ex-Ill. Chief Justice Urged Leniency For Former Madigan Aide
Former Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride and a sitting state appellate justice were among more than a hundred politicians, legislative staffers and state government employees who urged an Illinois federal judge to go light on former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's longtime chief of staff ahead of his perjury sentencing, according to letters unsealed Tuesday.
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March 05, 2024
Magnolia Medical Again Sues Kurin Over Sepsis IP
Magnolia Medical has accused Kurin of continuing to infringe patents covering its diagnostic tests for sepsis and other bloodstream infections after Kurin lost a jury trial in 2022 over a different patent, claiming its rival has a "predatory business model."
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March 05, 2024
NJ Jury Says Drug Co. Owes Ex-Worker $1M Over Accent Bias
A New Jersey state jury said a pharmaceutical technology company should pay $1 million to a Romanian former employee over allegations that she was ridiculed by her supervisor and demoted because she spoke with an accent.
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March 05, 2024
DA Defends Cohen's Credibility In Trump Hush Money Case
The Manhattan district attorney has told a New York state judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case that the presidential candidate's former attorney Michael Cohen will tell the truth at trial, despite his past perjury.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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Perspectives
How Attorneys Can Help Combat Anti-Asian Hate
Amid an exponential increase in violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, unique obstacles stand in the way of accountability and justice — but lawyers can effect powerful change by raising awareness, offering legal representation, advocating for victims’ rights and more, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Opinion
Congress Needs To Enact A Federal Anti-SLAPP Statute
Although many states have passed statutes meant to prevent individuals or entities from filing strategic lawsuits against public participation, other states have not, so it's time for Congress to enact a federal statute to ensure that free speech and petitioning rights are uniformly protected nationwide in federal court, say attorneys at Skadden.
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JetBlue-American Ruling Offers Fresh Angle On Antitrust Risk
The District of Massachusetts' recent decision that the JetBlue-American Airlines pact combining some Northeastern operations violates the Sherman Act stands as a reminder that collaborations between competitors can warrant close scrutiny — even if they create real, tangible benefits for consumers, say Benjamin Dryden and Elizabeth Haas at Foley & Lardner.
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Dealing With Dogmatic Jurors: Voir Dire And Trial Strategies
Dogmatic jurors — whose rigid reliance on external authority can inhibit accurate, objective decision making — may be both good and bad for plaintiffs and defense counsel, so attorneys should understand how to identify such jurors in voir dire and how to meet them where they are during trial, say consultants at Courtroom Sciences.
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Trending At The PTAB: IPR Estoppel After Ironburg
The Federal Circuit's recent Ironburg v. Valve decision does not make clear how patent owners could attempt to meet the burden of abiding by its rules for litigating inter partes review estoppel for references not asserted in a petition, but arguments in the case offer a clue, say attorneys at Finnegan.
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Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Model
Generative artificial intelligence technologies will put pressure on the business of law as it is structured currently, but clients may end up with more price certainty for legal services, and lawyers may spend more time being lawyers, says Jonathan Cole at Melody Capital.
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Seeking Compassionate Release Under New Health Guidelines
Though the U.S. Sentencing Commission recently changed its guidelines to allow prisoners who claim they are receiving inadequate medical care to apply for compassionate release, defense counsel will need to come armed with the correct case law and supporting medical documentation to successfully file for sentence reductions, say Marissa Kingman and Krista Hartrum at Fox Rothschild.
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A Lawyer's Guide To Approaching Digital Assets In Discovery
The booming growth of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens has made digital assets relevant in many legal disputes but also poses several challenges for discovery, so lawyers must garner an understanding of the technology behind these assets, the way they function, and how they're held, says Brett Sager at Ehrenstein Sager.
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Opinion
High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law
The U.S. Supreme Court justices' disappointing statement on the court's ethics principles and practices reveals that not only are they satisfied with a status quo in which they are bound by fewer ethics rules than other federal judges, but also that they've twisted the few rules that do apply to them, says David Janovsky at the Project on Government Oversight.
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High Court Amgen Patent Ruling Promotes Medical Innovation
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision last week in Amgen v. Sanofi — the first to enforce the patent enablement requirement in a biotech setting — will be enormously impactful, affecting patent drafting, litigation and licensing, and investment in research and development for life-changing therapies, says Irena Royzman at Kramer Levin.
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What's Unique — And What's Not — In Trump Protective Order
A Manhattan judge's recent protective order limiting former President Donald Trump's access to evidence included restrictions uniquely tailored to the defendant, which should remind defense attorneys that it's always a good idea to fight these seemingly standard orders, says Julia Jayne at Jayne Law.
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Opinion
Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts
As law schools prepare for the fall 2023 semester, administrators should reevaluate the role of the underappreciated, indispensable adjunct, and consider 16 concrete actions to improve the adjuncts' teaching experience, overall happiness and feeling of belonging, say T. Markus Funk at Perkins Coie, Andrew Boutros at Dechert and Eugene Volokh at UCLA.
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Perspectives
Why Trump Sexual Abuse Verdict May Be Hard To Replicate
Survivors of sexual assault may be emboldened to file suit after writer E. Jean Carroll’s trial victory against former President Donald Trump, but before assigning too much significance to the verdict, it’s worth noting that the case’s unique constellation of factors may make it the exception rather than the rule, says Jessica Roth at Cardozo School of Law.
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Tips For In-House Legal Leaders In A Challenging Economy
Amid today's economic and geopolitical uncertainty, in-house legal teams are running lean and facing increased scrutiny and unique issues, but can step up and find innovative ways to manage outcomes and capitalize on good business opportunities, says Tim Parilla at LinkSquares.
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A Fresh Look At The Jury Data In Waco Patent Trials
More than four years of data on patent jury trials in U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's courtroom may undermine the narrative that the Waco Division's juries are particularly plaintiff-friendly, even in the wake of last month's Textron v. DJI Technology verdict, say Leah Buratti at Botkin Chiarello and Lewis Tandy at Fritz Byrne.