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March 07, 2024
Dog Owner, Co. Can't Drop Claim From Pet Food Labels Trial
A Washington federal judge won't let a dog owner and Champion Petfoods LP defer an unjust enrichment claim until after a trial scheduled to begin in April over allegations that the company misled consumers about the ingredients in its food.
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March 07, 2024
Jailed Reality Star Slammed For Raising 'Irrelevant' Evidence
Less than a month ahead of trial, a Georgia Department of Revenue employee suing imprisoned former reality television star Michael "Todd" Chrisley has asked a Georgia federal judge to stop Chrisley from bringing in evidence she says is "irrelevant" to the defamation case she brought against him.
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March 07, 2024
Chicken Buyers Bail On Remaining Claims Against Producers
A class of direct purchasers effectively threw in the towel Wednesday on continuing with class price-fixing claims against Perdue Farms, Claxton Poultry and others, cutting deals that abandon attempts to revive the allegations and allow the buyers to avoid up to $1 million in legal costs they might have owed the major chicken producers.
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March 07, 2024
Jurors In NY Trump Trial Will Be Anonymous Except To Parties
A New York state judge ruled Thursday that jurors in Donald Trump's criminal hush-money case will remain anonymous to the public, but said the former president, the Manhattan district attorney and their counsel and consultants would know the jurors' names and addresses.
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March 07, 2024
Brafman Attys Known For Repping Big Names Open Firm
A trio of former Brafman & Associates PC lawyers with a history of representing high-profile figures like former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng have launched their own criminal defense practice in Manhattan.
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March 07, 2024
Feds Look To Bar Advice-Of-Counsel Defense From Tax Trial
Federal prosecutors have sought to prevent two attorneys and an insurance agent from relying on advice-of-counsel defenses in their upcoming tax fraud trial, telling a North Carolina federal judge the trio failed to give the court an adequate heads-up about their intended defense.
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March 07, 2024
Brothers Add $3B In Punitive Damages To $7B Real Estate Win
A Los Angeles jury on Thursday hit a real estate tycoon with $3 billion in punitive damages after finding that he froze his brothers out of their lucrative partnership, bringing the estimated value of the total verdict to roughly $10 billion, according to attorneys.
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March 07, 2024
Trials Group Of The Year: Weil
Successfully defending Facebook parent company Meta from a Federal Trade Commission challenge to its acquisition of a virtual reality company and Comcast from a multimillion-dollar patent dispute are a few of the noteworthy cases that earned Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP a spot among Law360's 2023 Trials Practice Groups of the Year.
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March 06, 2024
Mistrial Bid Fails After $7B Sibling Rivalry Real Estate Verdict
A California judge denied a motion for a mistrial Wednesday from a man who a jury found wrongly froze his brothers out of their multibillion-dollar real estate empire, finding the court did not err in limiting the defense's closing arguments for violating a discovery order.
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March 06, 2024
'Larger' Airlines Didn't Help Flyers, DOJ Tells 1st Circ.
The U.S. Department of Justice has assailed American Airlines for pressing its appeal over its since-nixed Northeast Alliance with JetBlue, telling the First Circuit that just because the deal made the airlines "larger" doesn't mean it helped consumers as the airline claims or that a district court gave potential benefits short shrift.
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March 06, 2024
Walmart Gets Chance To Escape $1.8M Injury Verdict
A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday vacated a finding of liability as part of a $1.8 million jury verdict in an injury suit against Walmart, saying erroneous jury instructions warranted a retrial on liability but not damages.
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March 06, 2024
Software Execs Tried To Save Co. With Trust Taxes, Jury Told
Prosecutors and defense attorneys on Wednesday painted competing pictures of two former software executives at the start of their tax fraud trial in North Carolina, with the government characterizing the pair as liars and cheaters while the defense claimed they were merely trying to right the ship as their business floundered.
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March 06, 2024
Ford Settles Georgia Auto Crash Death Suit Days Before Trial
Ford Motor Co. has reached a settlement less than a week before a jury trial was set to begin in a suit alleging it was liable for a rollover crash that killed a teenage motorist, the parties told a Georgia federal judge Wednesday.
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March 06, 2024
Sony, ISP File Dueling 4th Circ. Petitions Over $1B Verdict
Cox Communications Inc. has urged the full Fourth Circuit to reconsider a three-judge panel's decision that the internet service provider is liable for willfully contributing to copyright infringement in a lawsuit from music publishers, arguing the panel's conclusion upholding a jury's finding makes the circuit "the most severe" regime in the country.
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March 06, 2024
'Rust' Armorer Found Guilty Of Involuntary Manslaughter
A New Mexico state jury found "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer, months before actor-producer Alec Baldwin is set to be tried on similar charges.
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March 06, 2024
Gambling Ring Honcho Cops Plea After 13 Years On The Lam
A man who helped run a multimillion-dollar online gambling ring has pled guilty after 13 years as a fugitive in Antigua, Boston federal prosecutors said.
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March 06, 2024
'Rust' Set Was 'Russian Roulette,' Jurors Told As Trial Closes
"Rust" film armorer Hannah-Gutierrez's involuntary manslaughter trial closed Wednesday with the defense telling the New Mexico state jury that the case was riddled with reasonable doubt and the prosecution contending that her "negligence and carelessness" led to the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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4 Legal Ethics Considerations For The New Year
As attorneys and clients reset for a new year, now is a good time to take a step back and review some core ethical issues that attorneys should keep front of mind in 2024, including approaching generative artificial intelligence with caution and care, and avoiding pitfalls in outside counsel guidelines, say attorneys at HWG.
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What The Law Firm Of The Future Will Look Like
As the legal landscape shifts, it’s become increasingly clear that the BigLaw business model must adapt in four key ways to remain viable, from fostering workplace flexibility to embracing technology, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Group.
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4 PR Pointers When Your Case Is In The News
Media coverage of new lawsuits exploded last year, demonstrating why defense attorneys should devise a public relations plan that complements their legal strategy, incorporating several objectives to balance ethical obligations and advocacy, say Nathan Burchfiel at Pinkston and Ryan June at Castañeda + Heidelman.
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Law Firm Strategies For Successfully Navigating 2024 Trends
Though law firms face the dual challenge of external and internal pressures as they enter 2024, firms willing to pivot will be able to stand out by adapting to stakeholder needs and reimagining their infrastructure, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Consultants.
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The Most-Read Trials Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023
Law360 guest columnists provided a number of tips and insights for trial attorneys this year, including pitfalls to avoid in witness preparation, color psychology pointers that can enhance trial graphics, and strategies for excluding expert testimony.
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The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2023
A range of legal industry topics drew readers' attention in Law360's Expert Analysis section this year, from associate retention strategies to ethical billing practices.
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NY Wrongful Death Law Revamp Retains Original's Drawbacks
If approved by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the Grieving Families Act will transform the landscape of wrongful death law in New York by increasing the potential for damages, raising insurance premiums, burdening hospitals and courts, stifling the economy and subjecting parties to the unsettling effects of retroactive legislation, say attorneys at Shaub Ahmuty.
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Attorneys' Busiest Times Can Be Business Opportunities
Attorneys who resolve to grow their revenue and client base in 2024 should be careful not to abandon their goals when they get too busy with client work, because these periods of zero bandwidth can actually be a catalyst for future growth, says Amy Drysdale at Alchemy Consulting.
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In The World Of Legal Ethics, 10 Trends To Note From 2023
Lucian Pera at Adams and Reese and Trisha Rich at Holland & Knight identify the top legal ethics trends from 2023 — including issues related to hot documents, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity — that lawyers should be aware of to put their best foot forward.
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How Attorneys Can Be More Efficient This Holiday Season
Attorneys should consider a few key tips to speed up their work during the holidays so they can join the festivities — from streamlining the document review process to creating similar folder structures, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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5 Trends To Watch In Property And Casualty Class Actions
In 2023, class action decisions have altered the landscape for five major types of claims affecting property and casualty insurers — total loss vehicle valuation, labor depreciation, other structural loss estimating theories, total loss vehicle tax and regulatory fees, and New Mexico's uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage sale requirements, say Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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3 Defense Takeaways From The Bankman-Fried Trial
FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s recent fraud conviction offers several key lessons for future white collar defendants, from the changing nature of cross-examination to the continued risks of taking the stand, say Jonathan Porter and Gregg Sofer at Husch Blackwell.
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Series
Children's Book Writing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a children's book author has opened doors to incredible new experiences of which I barely dared to dream, but the process has also changed my life by serving as a reminder that strong writing, networking and public speaking skills are hugely beneficial to a legal career, says Shaunna Bailey at Sheppard Mullin.
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A Review Of 2023's Most Notable Securities Litigation
There is much to be learned from the most prominent private securities cases of 2023, specifically the Tesla trial, the U.S. Supreme Court's Slack decision and the resolution of Goldman Sachs litigation, but one lesson running through all of them is that there can be rewards at the end of the line for defendants willing to go the distance, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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How Clients May Use AI To Monitor Attorneys
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly enable clients to monitor and evaluate their counsel’s activities, so attorneys must clearly define the terms of engagement and likewise take advantage of the efficiencies offered by AI, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.