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November 09, 2026
A D.C. federal judge ruled Monday that attorney James Bopp Jr. was entitled to just over $150,000 of the nearly $800,000 in legal fees that the Internal Revenue Service was ordered to pay conservative election-monitoring group True the Vote, short of the $505,000 Bopp's Indiana-based firm sought.
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November 09, 2026
A Florida federal judge Monday handed investors in a "Let's Go Brandon" meme coin a win when he sanctioned LGBCoin Ltd. for bad-faith litigation tactics by entering a default judgment against the company.
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November 09, 2026
A Chicago law firm accused of failing to spot an email fraud scheme that diverted settlement funds intended to resolve an abuse suit against a church asked an Illinois state court to toss an insurer's suit, saying the carrier failed to establish that it is subrogated to the church's rights.
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November 09, 2026
A Texas appeals court has affirmed the bulk of a $7.1 million injury verdict in favor of a nursing assistant over injuries she sustained while moving an obese patient from his bed to a wheelchair, finding that the evidence supports the negligence finding.
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November 09, 2026
An attorney sentenced to 21 months in prison for a wire fraud conviction in a case where he stole nearly $350,000 earmarked for small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic has also been disbarred.
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