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August 27, 2025
2nd Circ. Partially Revives Suit Over Peloton COVID-19 Sales
A split Second Circuit panel Wednesday revived a shareholder suit accusing Peloton of intentionally misleading investors to believe that its pandemic-era spike in demand was sustainable, finding that three statements at issue in the complaint are actionable.
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August 27, 2025
CVS To Pay $12M To Settle Mass. Medicaid Overbilling Claims
CVS Pharmacy Inc. will pay more than $12 million to settle allegations that it charged Massachusetts' Medicaid program higher prices than it offered to the public for the same drugs, the state attorney general announced Wednesday.
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August 27, 2025
Solar Co. Failed To Give Proper Layoff Notice, Suit Says
Solar energy company PosiGen failed to provide proper notice before terminating hundreds of employees as part of a mass layoff affecting workers at sites in Pennsylvania, Louisiana and other states, according to a proposed class action filed in Delaware federal court.
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August 27, 2025
2nd Circ.: Brooklyn Mom Can't Sue Over Fabricated Confession
A Brooklyn mother's bid to pursue damages against federal agents she says fabricated a confession that she took sexual photos of her daughter was nixed Wednesday by the Second Circuit, which ruled she has no cause of action.
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August 27, 2025
IP Atty Challenges 'Pittance' Valuation Of Ex-Partners' Names
A longtime Connecticut intellectual property lawyer who left Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle LLP to launch his own firm says the names of two deceased partners are worth more to a remaining attorney than an expert's proposed 2% licensing fee, arguing the names achieved "celebrity status" in the IP community.
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August 26, 2025
Scholars, Others Back Students Facing Foreign Policy Removal
A group of habeas corpus scholars threw their support Tuesday behind Turkish college student Rümeysa Öztürk, whom the Trump administration wants to deport on foreign policy grounds, warning the Second Circuit that the government's tactics threaten to effectively suspend the great writ.
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August 26, 2025
Joy Dish Soap Maker Scrubs $12M Suit Against Conn. PE Firm
The Michigan company that formerly manufactured Joy Dish Soap is scrubbing two of its lawsuits against a Connecticut private equity firm, Piney Lake Capital Management LP, that claimed the latter soiled a deal to produce the soap after purchasing the brand from Procter & Gamble.
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August 26, 2025
Hemp Interests Say Conn. Policy Inconsistent With Federal Law
A group of Connecticut hemp farmers and product manufacturers alleged in a federal lawsuit Tuesday that the state's crackdown on hemp products is incompatible with the federal law that legalized it.
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August 26, 2025
2nd Circ. OKs Tossing HR Biz TM Suit Over Ownership Issue
The Second Circuit dismissed Tuesday a trademark infringement lawsuit brought against human resources services provider Rippling by competitor Ripple Analytics, saying a lower court was right to dismiss the case since Ripple's CEO was the actual owner of the trademark at issue, not his company.
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August 26, 2025
Reinsurer Says Aspen Owes Over $400M For Breaches
A Bermuda-based reinsurer told a Connecticut state court that Aspen Insurance entities have continually breached their contractual obligations under a 2022 reinsurance agreement resulting in over $400 million in damages.
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August 26, 2025
Towing Co. Fights 'Excessive' $45M Motorcycle Crash Verdict
A Connecticut towing and recovery company has asked a state judge to order a new trial or reduce a jury's $45 million verdict for a motorcycle rider who was left permanently paralyzed in a crash with a customer's vehicle, calling the award "excessive" and unsupported by the plaintiff's own expert witness.
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August 26, 2025
Credit Union Wants Ex-CEO's Latest Wage Claims Trimmed
Sound Federal Credit Union wants a Connecticut Superior Court judge to trim its former CEO's recently revamped employment lawsuit, saying defamation and failure to pay wages claims should be removed from his complaint before his breach of contract claim advances.
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August 26, 2025
Pratt & Whitney Secures $2.8B Award For F-35 Engines
Raytheon Technologies Corp. unit Pratt & Whitney secured a Naval Air Systems Command contract modification worth up to $2.8 billion to build and deliver more F135 engines for use in F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets.
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August 26, 2025
Studio Mogul Demands Jury In $2.8M Mohegan Sun Debt Suit
A former Hollywood studio mogul told a Connecticut state court that the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority lured him into accumulating nearly $5 million in debt, knowing he was a "problem gambler," and now incorrectly wants to pursue its collection case against him without a jury.
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August 26, 2025
Conn. Justices Say Witness With Memory Loss Was 'Available'
The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld a man's murder conviction while declining to adopt a rule that would deem a witness "unavailable" for cross-examination if medical issues compromised their memory, finding the defendant's constitutional right to confrontation was not violated since the witness was cross-examined.
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August 25, 2025
Trump Admin Agrees To Release Frozen Education Funds
The Trump administration has agreed to release to a coalition of states the full balance of some $6.8 billion in congressionally appropriated educational program funding, the parties told a Rhode Island federal judge Monday, a little more than a month after the states challenged the funding freeze.
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August 25, 2025
Title Insurer Beats Ex-Board Member's Fiduciary Duty Claims
Connecticut title insurer CATIC, its Delaware and Florida corporate arms, and 12 of its senior leaders have escaped fiduciary duty claims from a lawyer who challenged his purported ejection from two boards of directors after an audit allegedly revealed accounting problems at his Hartford law firm.
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August 25, 2025
Sanofi Escapes Out-Of-State Claims In Conn. Zantac Lawsuit
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC has escaped negligent design claims filed in Connecticut by hundreds of buyers who did not purchase or consume the heartburn drug Zantac in the Constitution State and who never developed cancer or suffered related harms within its borders.
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August 25, 2025
Supervised Release Violators Can Be Jailed, 2nd Circ. Says
The Second Circuit on Monday ruled that federal judges have the authority to detain criminal defendants who are awaiting a hearing to determine whether they violated the terms of their supervised release.
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August 25, 2025
Co. Not Covered For $7.5M Crash Judgment, Insurer Says
A food service distributor isn't entitled to coverage of a nearly $7.5 million judgment entered against it in a suit over a collision involving one of its trucks and another driver, an insurer told a Connecticut federal court Monday, saying the company breached the policy's notice conditions.
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August 25, 2025
Atty Can't Retool Law School Loan Battle With Ex, Court Told
A Florida lawyer fighting Wells Fargo, his former girlfriend, her attorney and others over a $30,000 bill for law school loans paid by his ex has failed to establish a good cause why he should be permitted to amend his complaint for the fourth time, according to a Monday filing in federal court.
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August 25, 2025
Feds, Wind Farm Backers Duel For Wins In Permitting Fight
As the Trump administration moves to halt work on multiple offshore wind projects, the government and wind farm backers have blasted each other's bids for quick wins in litigation challenging the stoppage of all federal reviews of wind projects.
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August 25, 2025
Connecticut Court Backs Ouster Of Tax Atty Over Rogue Email
Connecticut's former tax legal director was properly terminated after she used her work computer to send unauthorized draft legislation from her personal email account to a lobbyist who assumed that it was the state tax department's official position, a Connecticut appeals panel has ruled.
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August 22, 2025
Conn. Panel Orders New Abuse Trial Over Ineffective Counsel
A Connecticut appellate panel vacated sexual assault convictions against a man accused of abusing his former girlfriend's children and granted him a new trial after finding his counsel failed to raise a statute of limitations defense, according to an opinion released Friday.
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August 22, 2025
DOJ Investigation Of NY AG Condemned By AGs Of 21 States
A coalition of 21 attorneys general Friday issued an open letter saying the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating New York Attorney General Letitia James and condemning the probe as political payback for the financial fraud claims she pursued against President Donald Trump and his New York-based businesses.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard at MG+M.
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Birthright Opinions Reveal Views On Rule 23(b)(2) Relief
The justices' multiple opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 27 decision in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA, shed light on whether Rule 23(b)(2) could fill the void created by the court's decision to restrict nationwide injunctions, says Benjamin Johns at Shub Johns.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Series
My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Is SEC Moving Away From Parallel Insider Trading Cases?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's apparent lack of follow-up in four recent criminal cases of insider trading brought by the Justice Department suggests the SEC may be reconsidering the expense and effort of bringing parallel civil charges for insider trading, say attorneys at Dentons.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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How State AG Consumer Finance Enforcement Is Expanding
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau becomes less active, state attorneys general are increasingly shaping the enforcement landscape for consumer financial services — and several areas of focus have recently emerged, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What Businesses Need To Know To Avoid VPPA Class Actions
Divergent rulings by the Second, Sixth and Seventh Circuits about the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act have highlighted the difficulty of applying a statute conceived to regulate the now-obsolete brick-and-mortar video store sector in today's internet economy, say attorneys at DTO Law.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Comparing New Neural Data Privacy Laws In 4 States
Although no federal law yet addresses neural privacy comprehensively, the combined effect of recent state laws in Colorado, California, Montana and Connecticut is already shaping the regulatory future, but a multistate compliance strategy has quickly become a gating item for those experimenting with neuro-enabled workplace tools, says Kristen Mathews at Cooley.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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What Baseball Can Teach Criminal Attys About Rule Of Lenity
Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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Series
Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer
To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.
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Focusing On Fluoride: From FDA To Class Action
A class action filed two days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to remove ingestible fluoride prescription drug products for children from the market may be the tip of the iceberg in terms of the connection between government pronouncements on safety and their immediate use as evidence in lawsuits, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.