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Washington - October, 2024

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• Judge Suggests Condo Builder's $19M Jury Win Should Stand
• $268K Fee Challenge Nixed In 9th Circ. Chevron Award Suit
• Drug Cos. To Pay $49M For State-Led Generic Pricing Claims
• Cyclist Awarded $16M In University Of Washington Crash Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive 'Ghost Cattle' Contract Fight With Tyson
• Judge Says White Worker's Seattle DEI Suit Lacks 'Specifics'
• Health District Must Face Cyberattack Suit, Wash. Judges Say
• Airbnb Insurance Providers Sued Over Undisclosed Fees
• How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
• Seattle Lawyer And Wife Leave $45M To Law School
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
• 9th Circ. Says Calif. City Can't Sue State Over Housing Laws
• 3 Firms Vie To Lead Starbucks 'Reinvention' Plan Investor Suit
• Dental Co. Exec Found Dead After Missed Fraud Sentencing
• Amazon Escapes Biometric Data Suit Over Call Center Tech
• Wash. Boys' Group Home Gets Sanctions In Sex Abuse Case
• Cannabis Fertilizer Co. Can Mostly Bar Rival's IP Theft In Ads
• BCLP Adds Ex-Seattle Mayor, US Atty As US White Collar Head
• Green Groups Urge EPA To Address 'Big Ag' Nitrate Pollution
• How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
• Wash. Chief Justice Calls Diversity 'Critical' For Courts
• Monsanto PCBs 'Pervasive' At School, Scientist Tells Jury
• Retired Fed. Circ. Judge Backs Invisalign In Monopoly Cases
• Epic Urges 9th Circ. Not To Pause Google Play Store Fixes
• Beyond Abortion, 7 Ballot Questions Set To Shape Care
• FERC Botched Pacific NW Pipeline Approval, 5th Circ. Told
• Sham Getty Stock Offer Lands Investor 10-Month Prison Term
• Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?
• Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
• Google Shadow Attacks Divert Regulator Eyes, Microsoft Says
• Wash. AG Candidates Clash On Consumer Protection, Guns
• ​​​​​​​Nokia Strikes Deal Ahead Of Trial In Texas Patent Co.'s Suit
• Monsanto Attys Fined $20K For Late Reports In PCB Trial
• 9th Circ. Nixes Arbitration In Live Nation Ticket Sale Suit
• Surge In Nicotine Fee Suits Shows Wellness Program Risks
• FTC, DOJ Tell 9th Circ. Google Wrong On Play Store Fixes
• Feds Defend DEI Monitor Provision In Boeing Plea Deal
• Amazon, Google Accuse Website Of Selling Fake Reviews
• No COVID Property Tax Break For Hotels, Wash. Court Told
• 9th Circ. Says Amazon Auto-Renewal Suit Is Too Late
• Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
• Real Estate Recap: Campaigning On Housing, '25 Deal Volume
• How Big Crash Verdict Revealed Blueprint For Suing Amazon
• Apple-Google Pact Plaintiff Stuck With 9th Circ. Appeal
• 9th Circ. Backs 7-Year Sentence Over Chip Exports To China
• Premera Rejection Seems Sparse, 9th Circ. Judges Say
• Gloves Come Off In Wash. High Court Race As Election Nears
• State AGs Back Mich.'s Immunity From Enbridge Pipeline Suit
• Dental Exec Flees Ahead Of Possible 7-Year Fraud Sentence
• Judge Won't Revisit Ruling On Contractor Registration Clause
• 9th Circ. Dubious Of Tesla Investors' Appeal Of $12B Trial Loss
• 'Starting Point' Algorithm Enough To Fix Prices, DOJ Says
• Amazon Presses Drivers To Hand Over Docs, Info In Wage Suit
• The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
• 9th Circ. Says Muldrow Reopens Asian Worker's Bias Suit
• Colo. Says Grocers' Execs Get Paid, No Matter The Fallout
• No Tax Break For Bad Debt Investors, Wash. Justices Say
• Trade Orgs Back Google's Bid For 9th Circ. Play Store Pause
• Judges Doubt 'Troublesome' Comments Warrant New Trial
• Va. Judge Won't Block Feds' Nonprofit Disclosure Law
• Wash. High Court Lets Anti-Tax Ballot Measure Show Impact
• Enviro Attys Must Teach Judges Science, Wash. Justice Says
• Defunct Yoga Biz Co-Owner Cops To Tax-Dodging Conspiracy
• Huawei Trade Secrets Trial Pushed Back To 2026
• Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Boeing Machinists Reject Labor Deal, Prolonging Strike
• Court Denies Fees In 'Objectively Specious' Trade Secrets Suit
• Split 9th Circ. Says Asylum 'Metering' Policy Flouts US Law
• Kroger Implies Wash. AG Opposes Merger To Aid Gov. Run
• EPA's GHG Power Plant Rule Is Achievable, Scientists Say
• Feds, Huawei Ask To Delay 'Complex' Trade Secret Theft Trial
• Full 9th Circ. Passes On SF Nurses' Salary Basis Case
• Wash. Health System Says HHS Let J&J 'Abuse' 340B Program
• 9th Circ. Judge Suggests Equity Pact Counts As Wash. Loan
• Amazon Must Face Drivers' Tip Suit Despite FTC Settlement
• Amazon Holiday Pay Case Underscores Overtime Challenges
• Useful Product Doctrine May Not Shield Against PFAS Liability
• 9th Circ. Orders Michael Avenatti To Be Resentenced
• 9th Circ. Backs Injury Firm's Win In Fight Over Google Ads
• Hagens Berman Says Vorys 'Opportunistically' Seeking Lead
• Suit Over Wash. Ban On 'DIY' Rape Evidence Kits Nixed
• 11th Circ. Signals Fla. Gun Ban Turns On 'Age Of Majority'
• Organic Food Group Asks 9th Circ. To Upend GMO Label Rule
• Dormant Commerce Blocks Wash. Licenses, 9th Circ. Told
• Starbucks Shareholder Sues Execs Over $890M Buyback
• Hagens Berman Tells Amazon, Apple: Sure, Sanction Client
• Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
• How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
• The 2024 Prestige Leaders
• AutoNation Can't Ax $2.5 Million Age Bias Arbitration Award
• Eli Lilly Slams 'Dangerous' Knock-Off Weight Loss Drugs
• Video Game Co. Looks To Halt Mass Antitrust Arbitration
• Nissan Fights Uphill To Undo Cert. In Sunroof Defect Fight
• 9th Circ. Judge Slams 'Reprehensible' Policy In Jail Death
• 9th Circ. Doubts Calif. City Can Sue Over Housing Mandates
• 9th Circ. Probes Bargaining Order Limits In 1st Cemex Review
• Boeing Machinists To Vote On New Tentative Wage Deal
• Feds Say Doctor Used Pandemic Funds For Cars, Real Estate
• 9th Circ. Revives Atty's ADA Suit Against Calif. Bar
• Consultants' Bank Data Breach Claim Too Late, Insurer Says
• How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
• Justices Turn Away Ex-Raytheon Workers' Vaccine Bias Suit
• Justices Nix GOP States' Intervention In Asylum Rule Talks
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
• Judge Slams 'Lazy Lawyering' In Amazon Biometric Data Suit
• Wash. AG Must Face Christian Org.'s Suit Against Bias Law
• Tech Cos. Ask 9th Circ. To Skip DMCA Probe In GitHub IP Suit
• Spirit AeroSystems Furloughs 700 As Boeing Strike Endures
• Vorys Slams 'Copycat' Firms Trying To Lead Antitrust Suit
• Law360 Will Track 2024 Ballot Measures On Real-Time Map
• AGs Slam 4th Circ. Bid To Restore NC Abortion Drug Limits
• Ore. Water Rights Issues Grounded In State Law, 9th Circ. Told
• Google Play Store Injunction Paused To Let 9th Circ. Weigh In
• Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Monsanto Again Seeks Pause As Seattle PCB Trial Begins
• 9th Circ. Upholds Wash. City's Anti-Car Camping Law
• Split 9th Circ. Says Traffic Delays Didn't Warrant Deportation
• Ex-Wash. Atty Who Stalked, Stabbed Rival Lawyer Is Disbarred
• Wash. Justices Say No Addresses Needed For Tax Ballot Items
• Wash. Library Says Insurers Undervalued $4.8M Damage
• Disney Can't Get Quick Appeal In Actor's Political Firing Suit
• Google Asks 9th Circ. To Immediately Pause Epic Injunction
• States, Industry Urge DC Circ. To Scrap Truck GHG Rule
• Pa. AG Can't Get State Claims Restored In FTC Amazon Suit
• Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
• 9th Circ. Revives Mexican Dad's Bid To Challenge Removal
• Photog Tells 9th Circ. Miles Davis Tattoo Was Not Fair Use
• Monsanto's Appellate Bid To Stop Seattle PCB Trial Flops
• Award Rightly Reinstates Worker In Pot Test Spat, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Reviving Airline Military Bias Suit
• Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
• State Farm, Homeowners End Adjuster Delay Suit
• Inspector Says It's Not To Blame For $3.4M Yacht Damage
• Pa. AG Wants State Claims Restored In FTC Amazon Suit
• Bipartisan Judgeships Bill In House Keeps Gaining Support
• The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
• Feds Say EMTALA Trumps Idaho Abortion Ban In Emergencies
• Would-Be Wash. Justices Butt Heads On High Court's Record
• Qualcomm Milked 'Weak Patents' For Monopoly, 9th Circ. Told
• 10th Circ. Finds Doll Co. Can Bring Copyright Suit In Utah
• Tribes, Backers Urge Justices To Take On Oak Flat Dispute
• Gamers End Challenge Of Microsoft's $69B Activision Deal
• Wash. Hospital Wants Spinal Surgeon Scandal Suit Tossed
• $5M Alcoa Unit Deal Ends EPA's Smelter Foul-Air Suit
• How 9th Circ. Ruling Expands Bankruptcy Trustees' Powers
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
• Justices Won't Review Atty Fee Denial In DOL Stock Plan Case
• Boeing Cuts 17K Jobs, Hits Union With Bargaining Charges
• Real Estate Recap: Rating Climate Risk, Window Tech, Towers
• Up Next At High Court: CBD Injuries & The Clean Water Act
• Judge Awards $2.4M For Crash Sparked By Military Explosives
• Wash. DOT Settles Deadly Highway Tree Fall Suit For $775K
• Google Appeals Epic Injunction To 9th Circ.
• Dem AGs Urge Judge To Rule Now On FDA Abortion Pill Regs
• Wash. Tribal Panel Upholds Eviction Ruling Against Families
• Seattle Police Guild Tells Judge Shooting Didn't Warrant Firing
• No Coverage For Wage Disclosure Suits, Insurer Says
• BofA Must Face Iranian Bias Claims At 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Backs Planned Parenthood's $14M Atty Fee Win
• Subcontractor Owes Travelers $325K For Hotel Work Deal
• DOJ Tells Judge Boeing Plea Is 'The Best The Gov't Could Do'
• 'Minimum Contacts' Issues At Stake In High Court FSIA Case
• State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
• Amazon Must Give FTC Doc On Prime 'Upsells'
• Wash. Judge Condemns Monsanto's Bid To Delay PCB Trial
• OpenAI Calls Musk's Fraud, RICO Suit A Harassing Biz Move
• Vape Co. Missed Cutoff To Toss $892K Arb. Loss, 9th Circ. Says
• Feds Say Ex-Atty Stole $570K From Disabled Client's Trust
• 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
• Colo. Accuses Albertsons Of Competitor Flip-Flop For Merger
• 9th Circ. Upends Healthcare Workers' Montana Vax Law Win
• Boeing Rescinds Wage Offer As IAM Strike Enters 4th Week
• 9th Circ. Judge Open To Rebooting CoStar Antitrust Fight
• Wash. Justices To Weigh $185M PCB Case Against Monsanto
• 9th Circ. Grills Geico, Assignees Over Failed Settlement
• Judge OKs $9M Data Hack Deal, Asks How Public Views Fees
• 9th Circ. Doubts 'Weak' Jeep Transmission Defect Suit
• Settlement Approved For DACA Loan Discrimination Suit
• Navigating Complex Regulatory Terrain Amid State AG Races
• Unclear Road For $275M Biz Tax Plan, DC Panel Chair Says
• Harris Unlikely To Shelve Biden Admin's Food Antitrust Stance
• 9th Circ. Rejects Judicial Ethics Complaint Over Case Delays
• 3rd Circ. Hertz Ruling Highlights Flawed Bankruptcy Theory
• DOL Fines Farm Labor Contractor, Bars It From H-2A Program
• This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
• Wash. Families Claim Judicial Bias In Tribal Eviction Saga
• Ex-Uber Exec's Actions Smell Like Cover-Up, 9th Circ. Judge Says
• Wash. Atty Off Hook For Malpractice In Cannabis Seizure Case
• Albertsons Exec Says No-Poach Deal Never Happened
• Uber Tells 9th Circ. JPML Can't Consolidate Assault Cases
• New Testimony Can't Revive Seattle Police Pursuit Crash Suit
• Live Nation Shooting Case Stays In Seattle, Judge Says
• Judge Clarifies Contentious Registration Rule For Contractors
• 9th Circ. Says Mexican Family Was Persecuted By Cartel Violence
• Underwriter Says Freight Co. Not Covered For Missing Cargo
• Insurer Says Kiwanis Abuse Claims Won't Trigger $35M Policy
• The Complex Challenges Facing Sustainable Food Packaging
• Federal Regs Could Ground Airport Pollution Suit, Judge Hints
• Student Loan Cos. Settle Ex-Exec's Severance Dispute
• Exporting Chips To China Doesn't Merit 7 Years, 9th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Affirms Atty Fee Reduction In Cathode Suit
• Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• AGs Slam TikTok With Youth Addiction, Fraud Claims
• 9th Circ. Eyes 'Justiciability' Of Ex-Rabobank Exec's OCC Row
• FTC's Amazon Monopolization Suit Largely Survives Dismissal
• 9th Circ. Asked To Take Another Look At 'Patent Misuse' Case
• 9th Circ. Revives Asylum App Denied Over Alleged Plagiarism
• Amazon Breaking Wash. Noncompete Law, Workers Say
• T-Mobile Contractor's $27M Phone Order Suit Gets Cancelled
• Insurer Says $3.8M Church Sex Abuse Judgment Isn't Covered
• Nationstar Mortgage Fails To Dodge Proposed Fee Suit Action
• 9th Circ. Nixes Judicial Complaint Over Atty 'Disbar' Threat
• Apple, Amazon Urge Sanctions For Absent Antitrust Plaintiff
• High Court Passes On Warehouse Worker Arbitration Bid
• Justices Reject Hotel's Challenge To Anti-Union Bias Ruling
• High Court Rejects Pleas To Hear 7 Patent Cases
• Justices Won't Take Juror Family Bias Case
• Justices Spurn 'Chicken-And-Egg' Green Card Process
• Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Real Estate Recap: Climate Risk, Cooling Mandates, Reuse
• Amazon Consumers Want In On FTC Antitrust Econ Primer
• Martin Selig Fights Founder Deposition In Renovation Bill Suit
• MLB's Storied History Runs Through The Bankruptcy Court
• Up First At High Court: Civil Rights, Ghost Guns, Atty Fees
• Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
• Justices Take Up Fight Over $1.3B Failed Satellite Deal
• High Court Will Hear TCPA Case Over Online Junk Faxes
• Boeing Says Amended NASA Tech IP Suit Is An Overreach
• Wash. AG Wants Albertsons Sanctioned In Opioid Suit
• 12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
• Feds Want A Word In Meta, Nvidia High Court Cases
• Calif. Eateries End COVID-19 Coverage Fight
• Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Kroger Partner Denies At Trial It Will Flip Acquired Stores
• 9th Circ. Won't Force New Factory Farm Water Regs On EPA
• Schultz's Words To Starbucks Barista Are Illegal, NLRB Says
• Gordon Rees Atty Asks Judge To Rethink Malpractice Ruling
• 14 States, DC Urge 11th Circ. To Uphold Train Crew Size Rule
• Game Artist's Discovery Violations Doom Gen Con Suit
• EPA Settles Suit Over Washington Aquatic Cyanide Rules
• Aviation Watch: Boeing Plea Agreement May Not Serve Public
• K&L Gates Adds Commercial Litigator From Corr Cronin
• 9th Circ. Cites 'Sunscreen' Song In Reviving Banana Boat Suit
• Kroger Says Labor Costs Led To Price Hikes At Colo. Stores
• 9th Circ. Revives FCA Claims Against Dermatology Practice
• Amazon Gets $47M Voice Patent Verdict Slashed By $7M
• Starbucks Investor Suit Seems 'Premature,' Court Official Says
• Wash. Panel Backs Workers' $3.3M Win In Meal Break Suit
• Apple, Amazon Hint Hagens Berman Lacked Client's OK
• Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession