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• April 03, 2026

  Calling Snapchat User 'Expert' Can't Upend $26M Crash Award

  The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a $26.1 million jury verdict against a trucking company and its driver over a catastrophic underride crash, saying the reference by the plaintiffs' counsel to the crash victim's friend as a "Snapchat expert" didn't warrant a new trial.

• April 03, 2026

  6th Circ. Reverses Habeas Relief In Mich. Double Murder Case

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that a Michigan state trial court did not violate a woman's due process rights by declining to give the jury a defense-of-others instruction in her double murder case.

• April 03, 2026

  Lindberg Should Pay $1.6B To Insurers, Special Master Says

  A special master recommended Friday that insurance mogul Greg Lindberg pay over $1.6 billion in restitution to the insurance companies he is accused of defrauding, marking the final hurdle before the convicted billionaire is expected to be sentenced for his financial crimes.

• April 03, 2026

  Ill. Panel Orders New Trial Over Dead Store Owner Testimony

  An Illinois appeals court has ordered a new trial in connection with a shooting inside a Chicago cellphone store, saying prosecutors didn't prove the store owner's death in a separate shooting was meant to prevent him from testifying, rendering the use of his testimony improper.

• April 03, 2026

  Samsung, CogniPower Settle Power Converter Patent Case

  CogniPower LLC has inked a deal to end its Texas federal court lawsuit accusing Samsung of infringing its power converter patents after bringing an appeal last month over a decision trimming some of the case.

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