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  • August 17, 2026

    Reel Justice: 'Disclosure Day' Teaches Attys To Listen

    The underlying message in “Disclosure Day” suggests that communication often breaks down because of a failure to hear and understand, highlighting why a lawyer's ability to listen is not ancillary to their practice — it is what makes effective representation and justice possible, says Veronica Finkelstein at Widener-Delaware Law.

  • August 14, 2026

    Solar Rival Is Filching Shoals' Customers, Exec Tells Jury

    A solar components company has lost customers to a rival supplier selling what one executive described as a suspiciously similar electrical connection system being marketed at a fraction of the price, a federal jury in North Carolina heard Friday on the first day of testimony in a patent infringement trial.

  • August 14, 2026

    Tribe's Bid To Halt Ariz. Border Wall Construction Denied

    A D.C. federal judge said the Tohono O'odham Nation was unlikely to succeed in blocking construction of a border wall near its Arizona reservation, finding Friday that a century-old federal reservation likely already covers the contested strip of land and denying the tribe's request for a preliminary injunction.

  • August 14, 2026

    Insurer Denies $10M Duty To Recycler In Lead Exposure Case

    An insurance company is arguing it has no obligation to cover any part of a $279 million insurance pool that battery recycler Gopher Resource LLC promised to folks who filed a class action claiming they suffered lead poisoning from the company's smelter.

  • August 14, 2026

    Data Center Backlash Fogs Finance Picture For New Projects

    How is the backlash against data centers — from public protests in red towns and blue cities to moratoriums on large projects to primary wins for anti-data center candidates — affecting lenders' approach? Here, Law360 takes a close look.

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