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• March 23, 2026

  Sotomayor Blasts 'Inexplicable' Test Refusal In Capital Case

  After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a death penalty appeal Monday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued in dissent that the high court should have taken up a constitutional challenge to Texas prosecutors' "inexplicable" refusal to allow DNA testing on a murder weapon.

• March 23, 2026

  Agilent, Axion End Cell Analysis IP Suit After Jury Selection

  Laboratory equipment company Agilent Technologies and biotechnology business Axion BioSystems have agreed to end litigation accusing Axion of patent infringement, just before trial was to start Monday.

• March 23, 2026

  How 2 Decisions Reframed Witness-Centered Trials

  The recent Maryland federal jury verdict in U.S. v. Goldstein and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Villarreal v. Texas suggest that the traditional paradigm of American civil trial practice, with its emphasis on witness performance and assertive advocacy, may not reflect the ideal approach for the modern courtroom, says Joshua Robbins at Crowell & Moring.

• March 23, 2026

  Healthcare Co. Liable For Patient's Killings, Philly Jury Told

  A healthcare management company's failure to submit proper paperwork prohibiting a man who was committed to a hospital for psychosis allegedly enabled him to buy the shotgun he used to slay his family, counsel for their estates told a Philadelphia jury Monday.

• March 23, 2026

  NC Justices Split On Wage Act Elements In Earth Fare Appeal

  North Carolina's highest court has upheld a six-figure unjust enrichment verdict favoring the founder of the organic supermarket chain Earth Fare in a split decision that set off a debate among the justices about what is required to prove a state Wage and Hour Act claim.

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