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June 18, 2025
MLB's Rays Discussing Sale To Fla. Real Estate Developer
The Tampa Bay Rays confirmed on Wednesday the Major League Baseball franchise is in "exclusive discussions" to be sold to a group led by real estate developer Patrick O. Zalupski, three months after the team pulled out of an agreement to build a new stadium in St. Petersburg.
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June 18, 2025
Cleo AI Wants Service Member's Predatory-Lending Suit Nixed
Online lender Cleo AI Inc. is seeking the dismissal of claims that it targeted military members with predatory lending practices, arguing that under relevant law, its "non-recourse advances" don't count as credit — and that, anyway, its users all agreed to arbitrate any disputes when they signed up to use its services.
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June 18, 2025
FTC, Amazon Trade Blows Over Attempts To End Prime Case
The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon have slammed one another in federal court filings over their competing bids to win regulators' case targeting Prime subscription enrollment practices, continuing to spar over the applicability of a consumer protection law shielding online shoppers.
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June 18, 2025
Tenn. School Sues Vet Group Over Accreditation Rules
Lincoln Memorial University filed a lawsuit in Tennessee federal court on Wednesday accusing a trade association for veterinarians of restricting competition for veterinary schools and vet services with burdensome accreditation requirements.
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June 18, 2025
Wash. Panel Sides With Insurer In Café Fire Damage Suit
A couple's commercial property insurer has no duty to cover damage from a kitchen fire at their café, a Washington state appeals court affirmed, finding the couple lacked certain protective safeguards that were required as part of their fire suppression system.
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June 18, 2025
California Bar Exam Woes Latest Chapter In Ongoing Scrutiny
Recent headline-grabbing blunders with the February California bar exam represent a stumbling block in a yearslong effort to reshape the exam, with an eye toward equity and accessibility for the more than 10,000 applicants who sit for the exam each year.
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June 18, 2025
Dorsey & Whitney Adds Patent Partner From Perkins Coie
Dorsey & Whitney LLP has grown its intellectual property offerings in Washington state with the addition of an experienced patent attorney from Perkins Coie LLP.
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June 18, 2025
Ex-Yankee Scores $222K Jury Award In Moldy Mansion Trial
A Connecticut federal jury on Wednesday awarded retired New York Yankees third baseman Joshua Donaldson more than $222,000 in a dispute with a former landlord he blamed for the presence of mold in a Greenwich mansion, and a judge is expected to double a substantial portion of that amount.
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June 18, 2025
Judge Says A Ruling Unfreezing Wind Projects May Be Pyrrhic
A Massachusetts federal judge said on Wednesday he will allow key claims to move forward in a suit challenging the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews, yet he suggested even if the plaintiffs ultimately prevail, the administration could still simply deny requests for permits and leases.
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June 18, 2025
New PGA Tour CEO Arrives From NFL With LIV Deal Unsettled
The PGA Tour made its change in leadership structure and leader official by hiring longtime National Football League executive Brian Rolapp as its chief executive officer, with Commissioner Jay Monahan ceding day-to-day operations but staying with the tour through the end of 2026.
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June 18, 2025
Squire Patton Adds Polsinelli Trio To New Private Credit Group
Squire Patton Boggs has added a three-lawyer team from Polsinelli PC to its private credit and direct lending practice group.
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June 18, 2025
Defamation Brawl Over Braves Auction Booted To Georgia
A Texas federal judge shipped auctioneer Heritage Vintage Sports' defamation suit against the Atlanta Braves over auctions of the team's merchandise to Georgia federal court, finding that the dispute did not carry specific ties to the Lone Star State.
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June 17, 2025
Protego Takes $200M Crypto Bank Suit To Wash. Court
Protego Holdings Corp. has re-launched a lawsuit in Washington state court blaming a Texas investment firm for failing to carry out a $200 million investment pledge in its launch of a cryptocurrency bank, which never materialized because rare conditional approval from the U.S. government lapsed over financing concerns.
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June 17, 2025
Crypto Co. Says Meme-Coin Creating Atty Can't Rep Theft Suit
Cryptocurrency wallet provider Phantom Technologies has asked a New York federal judge to disqualify an attorney from representing a group of plaintiffs, including himself, in a suit he filed over the alleged theft of half-a-million dollars worth of a meme coin he created in honor of his pet dachshund.
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June 17, 2025
4th Circ. Affirms $8M Award Against Kuwaiti Construction Co.
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a Kuwaiti construction company's bid to nix an $8 million arbitral award favoring Kellogg Brown & Root International Inc. in a dispute over a U.S. Army contract, ruling in a published opinion that the company missed a critical statutory deadline.
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June 17, 2025
Samsung Says Jurors Lied In Netlist IP Trial, Seeks Do-Over
Samsung told a California federal judge it needs a fourth trial against Netlist Inc. after losing a suit over a deal to license computer memory patents, saying three jurors lied during voir dire in a case that bolsters Netlist's position regarding $421 million worth of related verdicts in Texas.
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June 17, 2025
AIG Unit, Air Co. Seek Quick Wins In Herbicide Damage Row
An air services company told a New York federal court that an AIG unit must provide general liability coverage for a lawsuit seeking nearly $2.5 million for grass damage from herbicides, while the unit countered that neither company's general liability policy nor specialty "aerial applicator" policy applies.
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June 17, 2025
Venezuela Oil Co. PDVSA Must Face $258M Default Ruling
Spanish company Elecnor SA has achieved a green light from a New York state judge to pursue enforcement of a nearly $258 million default judgment against Venezuela's state-owned oil and natural gas company over unpaid debt.
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June 17, 2025
Uber Gets Fatal Crash Suit Sent To Arbitration
The widow of a man who died while he was a passenger in an Uber must take her claims against the ride-share company before an arbitrator, an Illinois state appeals court ruled Tuesday, finding that when she signed up for an Uber account she first agreed to have an arbitrator review any claims she had against the company.
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June 17, 2025
Ex-Yankee Makes Final Pitch To Jury In Moldy Mansion Suit
A retired New York Yankees third baseman incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs after he rented a Connecticut mansion that turned out to have a mold problem, and his landlord should pay up after failing to act quickly, his attorney told a federal jury in Hartford on Tuesday.
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June 17, 2025
5th Circ. Finds $37M For PPE Delivery Problems Went Too Far
The Fifth Circuit on Monday kept partially intact a $37 million award the Federal Trade Commission secured against a drop-shipping company, but found part of the award went too far because it fully refunded customers for COVID-19 protective gear that was delivered late.
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June 17, 2025
Ga. College Seeks Toss Of $240K Athletic Conference Exit Fee
A small north Georgia college urged the Georgia Court of Appeals Tuesday to throw out an early win in a contract fight with an athletic conference it left several years ago, arguing that the "enforceability is doubtful" of $240,000 in damages the conference imposed on the school for its departure.
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June 17, 2025
Energy Co. Says Lease Differences Undermine Class Cert. Bid
A proposed class of XTO Energy Inc. lease holders have claimed they were uniformly overcharged for gathering and processing gas from their properties, but experts for the energy company testified Tuesday that their leases were too different to be certified as a class, and there was no better bargain available for the services.
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June 17, 2025
Org. Urges 9th Circ. To OK NFL Sunday Ticket Verdict Dismissal
A legal foundation focused on promoting free enterprise principles is offering support to the NFL as the league defends a California federal judge's dismissal of a jury's $4.7 billion Sunday Ticket price-fixing award, arguing Tuesday the district court was right to correct a "gatekeeping failure" in expert testimony.
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June 17, 2025
SoundExchange Targets Sonos, Napster In $3M Royalties Suit
Nonprofit royalty collector SoundExchange has sued Sonos Inc. and Napster for failing to pay more than $3.4 million in royalties, interest and other costs related to the operation of Sonos Radio.
Expert Analysis
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'A Deal Is A Deal': Tariffs No Excuse To Dodge Contract Terms
Tariff policy uncertainty is unlikely to be a basis for allowing a party to avoid contractual obligations, but businesses can still plan for future disputes related to pricing, operations and the supply chain, including with the addition of tariffs to any force majeure provision, say attorneys at Arnold Porter.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School.
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Series
Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.
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3 Mistakes To Avoid In Service Provider AI Terms
Every service provider contract doesn't need extensive artificial intelligence provisions, because when poorly drafted, they create impracticable obligations, miss important distinctions and may reflect wrong understanding of the law, says Chris Wlach at Huge Inc.
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5 Ways In-House Counsel Can Stay Ahead Of New HSR Rules
Now that the Trump administration’s new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules have been in effect for several months, in-house counsel should consider several practice pointers that can help spearhead management of M&A-related antitrust risk, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis.
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Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends
An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.
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Google Damages Ruling May Spur Income Approach Usage
The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google may affect the extent to which damages experts apply the market approach in patent infringement matters, and income approach techniques may assume greater importance, says Erin Crockett at Charles River Associates.
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Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces
The Federal Trade Commission's recent complaint against Uber for its billing and cancellation practices comes amid other actions addressing consumer confusion and deception, so it is paramount to deploy tools that assess customers' cognitive states of mind to separate lawful marketing from misconduct, says Ceren Canal Aruoba at Berkeley Research Group.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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11th Circ. Ruling Warns Parties To Follow Arbitral Rules
The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Merritt Island Woodwerx v. Space Coast is important for companies utilizing arbitration clauses because it clearly demonstrates the court's intent to hold noncompliant parties responsible in federal court — regardless of subsequent efforts to cure, says Ed Mullins at Reed Smith.
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The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Opinion
The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
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Series
Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.
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Trucking Litigation Will Shift Gears In The Autonomous Era
As driverless trucks begin to roll out across Texas, a shift in how trucking accidents will be litigated is swiftly coming into view, with the current driver-centered approach likely to be supplanted by a focus on the design, manufacture and performance of autonomous systems, says Geoffrey Leskie at Segal McCambridge.