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January 29, 2025
Trump Taps Sullivan & Cromwell For NY Hush Money Appeal
President Donald Trump tapped a new legal team to handle the appeal of his hush money conviction, filing a notice on the New York state court docket Wednesday signed by a team of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP attorneys.
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January 28, 2025
Gunmaker Must Face AIG Units' Breach Counterclaims
Firearms-maker Colt's Manufacturing Co. LLC can not dodge claims that it breached a contract by failing to pay the first $250,000 in annual legal expenses it incurred while defending against litigation brought by the city of Gary, Indiana, a Connecticut federal court ruled.
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January 28, 2025
Yale Unit Wants To Yank Hospital Sale Suit From Ch. 11 Court
A Yale University health unit's lawsuit seeking to escape a $435 million sale deal with a bankrupt hospital operator belongs in state court and not with the Chapter 11 judge, the Ivy League-tied entity told a federal judge Tuesday.
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January 28, 2025
Beacon Roofing Nails Poison Pill To $11B Hostile Takeover Bid
Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. adopted a poison pill strategy on Tuesday, designed to thwart the $11 billion hostile takeover bid launched by tech and software company QXO Inc. the previous day.
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January 28, 2025
Connecticut High Court Chief Justice Pick Gets Confirmed
State lawmakers on Tuesday confirmed Connecticut Supreme Court interim Chief Justice Raheem L. Mullins to sit in the top seat for a full eight-year term, defeating concerns from some Republicans about his stance on gunmaker liability.
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January 28, 2025
Guns Owners Urge Justices To Throw Out NY Carry Law
Members of the Gun Owners of America Inc. have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a New York carry law that the Second Circuit largely upheld last year, arguing that the lower appellate court's ruling "doubled down" on erroneous conclusions already vacated the last time the justices heard the case.
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January 28, 2025
Cravath, Ropes & Gray Guide $2.4B Connecticut Water Deal
Ropes & Gray LLP and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP are leading a $2.4 billion deal that will see public energy company Eversource Energy sell subsidiary Aquarion Water Co., a public water supply and wastewater treatment company, to a unit of the state of Connecticut.
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January 28, 2025
Watchdog Wants Conn. Atty Suspended For Escrow Theft
Connecticut's Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel is calling for an attorney with a history of court reprimands and grievances to face a license suspension, after she was found liable for statutory theft of client funds.
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January 28, 2025
Judge Temporarily Halts Trump's Funding Freeze
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal spending that was set to go into effect at 5 p.m., as a group of nearly two dozen attorneys general filed a separate case challenging what they described as an illegal and potentially catastrophic move.
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January 28, 2025
Connecticut Bank Customer Drops Overdraft Class Claims
Connecticut's Fairfield County Bank has dodged a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully charging fees on "authorize positive, settle negative" transactions, court records show.
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January 28, 2025
DOD Raises Propulsion Program Contract Ceiling To $3.5B
The U.S. Air Force modified two contracts previously awarded to GE Edison Works and Pratt & Whitney to develop engines intended to be used in its next-generation fighter jets, boosting the contract ceiling from $975 million to $3.5 billion.
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January 27, 2025
Yen Libor-Rigging Case Lands Before 2nd Circ. Again
Institutional investors urge the Second Circuit to again revive a lawsuit accusing Bank of America, UBS and others of rigging the interbank borrowing rate for Japanese yen, arguing in a brief Monday that a lower court judge dismissed the case on "obviously erroneous grounds with little (if any) supporting analysis."
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January 27, 2025
Late Filings Didn't Stymie Tax Challenges, Conn. Justices Say
Failing to file timely appraisals on commercial properties valued over $1 million was not fatal to several owners' tax assessment challenges under a new state law, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday, agreeing that a trial judge properly reopened the cases months after a missed deadline.
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January 27, 2025
Investor Accuses 'Chicken Soup' Parent Of Mismanagement
A corporate investor in Chicken Soup for the Soul Holdings LLC has accused the publishing company, which has released popular self-help books for decades, of mismanagement leading up to a subsidiary's Chapter 7 liquidation, saying the company didn't provide proper financial information requested by the investor.
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January 27, 2025
QXO Goes Hostile With $11B Beacon Roofing Takeover Bid
QXO Inc. on Monday lobbed a hostile takeover bid at Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., which previously rejected its acquisition proposal, announcing plans to launch an all-cash tender offer to purchase Beacon's remaining outstanding shares in a roughly $11 billion deal.
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January 27, 2025
Conn. Gov. Taps Appellate Chief For State's High Court
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced a host of judicial nominations on Monday, including nominating the chief judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court to the Connecticut Supreme Court and nominating a Connecticut Superior Court judge to fill his seat.
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January 27, 2025
Deutsche Bank Can't Add Norway Rulings To Asset Sale Fight
A Connecticut state judge has rejected Deutsche Bank AG's request to add a series of rulings by Norwegian courts into the state court's record while the bank pursues claims that Norwegian billionaire Alexander Vik and his daughter sabotaged an asset sale — rulings that the bank initially said were irrelevant.
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January 27, 2025
Justices Turn Away Venue Row In Zantac Carcinogen Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the Second Circuit's split decision that Connecticut state court is the right venue for consolidated claims brought against multiple pharmaceutical companies over alleged carcinogens in heartburn medication Zantac.
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January 24, 2025
Conn. Residents Lose Appeal Challenging Propane Facility
A group of citizens in Connecticut who opposed their town's plans to build a bulk propane storage facility can't show how they were aggrieved and, therefore, don't have standing to sue, a state appellate panel ruled Friday in affirming the trial court's dismissal of their case.
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January 24, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Hughes Fire, EOs, Practices Of The Year
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including more law firm displacement due to the newly ignited Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County, real estate sector speculation following a storm of executive orders, and two of Law360's picks for real estate and construction practice groups of the year.
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January 24, 2025
Carvana's $1.5M Deal To End Conn. Consumer Suit Approved
A Hartford state trial court judge has approved an agreed-upon $1.5 million judgment between Carvana LLC and the State of Connecticut, ending claims that the online car dealer delayed sending title documents to buyers, failed to advance timely payments to sellers and offered poor customer service.
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January 24, 2025
IVF Patients Want CooperSurgical Embryo Loss Suits Joined
Four product liability lawsuits targeting the maker of recalled culture media for in vitro fertilization should be consolidated and sent to the Connecticut Superior Court's complex litigation docket, the parties have agreed, but defendant CooperSurgical Inc. wants them kept out of Stamford.
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January 24, 2025
Title Insurer Wants Conn. Atty's Suit Over Audit, Ouster Cut
A Hartford real estate attorney's sprawling lawsuit against title insurer CATIC over an allegedly mishandled audit and his removal from company boards should be significantly trimmed because there was no fiduciary relationship and some parties were not properly served, the defendants told a state court in seeking dismissal of 18 counts.
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January 24, 2025
Conn. Oil Trader Says Timing Of Money Moves Sinks Verdict
A onetime Connecticut oil trader has asked a federal judge to erase a September 2024 conviction on charges he used a go-between to bribe an official at Brazilian oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA, arguing the jury verdict hinged on third-party wire transfers that occurred beyond the statute of limitations.
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January 23, 2025
Hiring Freeze, Ending Telework Would Devastate USPTO
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would be uniquely harmed if forced to follow the Trump administration's return to office mandate, given its nearly 30-year history of telework that has led to 96% of its employees being permanently remote.
Expert Analysis
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024
Although federal offshore wind development started to pick up this year, many challenges to the industry became apparent as well — including slow federal permitting, the pitfalls of restarting permits after changes in project status, and the difficulties of negotiating economically viable offtake agreements, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.
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Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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2nd Circ. AmTrust Decision Shows Audit Reports Still Matter
Though the Second Circuit eventually found on reconsidering a case over the high-profile accounting meltdown at AmTrust that audit reports are material to investors, its previous contrary holding highlights the seriousness of the ongoing crisis of confidence in the audit report, say attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz.
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Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.
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9th Circ.'s High Bar May Limit Keyword Confusion TM Claims
A recent Ninth Circuit ruling that a law firm did not infringe upon a competitor’s trademarks by paying Google to promote its website when users searched for the rival’s name signals that plaintiffs likely can no longer win infringement suits by claiming competitive keyword advertising confuses internet-savvy consumers, say attorneys at Mitchell Silberberg.
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Post-Election Implications For The EPA's Methane Rules
Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of requests to halt implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's methane rule in two suits, and given the outcome of the election, a complete reversal of the methane rule is expected, but state-level policymaking and enforcement will continue, says John Watson at Spencer Fane.
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Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer
Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.
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3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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Foreclosing Lenders Still Floating In Murky Legal Waters In NY
The New York foreclosure landscape remains in disarray after the state's highest court last month declined to weigh in on whether legal changes from 2022 that severely curtailed lenders' ability to bring successive foreclosure cases were retroactive, says Brian Rich at Barclay Damon.
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Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Total loss valuation cases and labor depreciation cases dominated the past quarter of insurance class actions, with courts continuing to reject challenges to condition adjustments in the former, and a pro-insured trend persisting in the latter, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.