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  • March 18, 2026

    Judge Preserves CBD Co.'s Contract Breach Spat

    A hemp and CBD company run by North Carolina State Rep. John Bell won't get a default win on its $1.6 million counterclaim against Texas-based ex-business partners who accused it of stealing trade secrets and using political connections to threaten their executives with jail time, a North Carolina federal judge has ruled.

  • March 18, 2026

    Bobsledder Says Olympic Committee Hid Brain Injury Risk

    A former U.S. bobsled team member accused the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee of intentionally concealing the sport's brain injury risk, telling a California state court he wouldn't have taken part if he had known.

  • March 18, 2026

    Fla. Court Ends Ex-Bank CEO's Bid To Revive Contract Claims

    A former bank CEO can't file another amended complaint against First Horizon Bank claiming he was set up as a scapegoat in the legal fallout of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday.

  • March 18, 2026

    Norfolk Southern Secures Insurer Defense Over Worker Death

    Nautilus Insurance Co. must defend Norfolk Southern Railway Co. in a state tort action over the death of a salvage worker, a New York federal judge ruled, finding the railroad giant presented sufficient evidence that the worker may have caused his own injury.

  • March 18, 2026

    NYU Tax Center Backs IRS In 2nd Circ. Limited Partner Fight

    An investment company's bid to restore a self-employment tax exemption for its limited partners improperly relies on state law to define their federal tax status, New York University's Tax Law Center told the Second Circuit in an amicus brief supporting the IRS.

  • March 18, 2026

    NC Judge Moves Ex-Exec's Wage Fight With Cancer Co. To Va.

    A North Carolina federal judge agreed to transfer a former C-suite executive's unpaid wages case against a Canadian cancer testing and treatment company to Virginia, where its U.S. headquarters are, finding the Old Dominion is the better venue.

  • March 18, 2026

    Tax Prep Firm Can't Challenge Bulk Denial Of Tax Credits

    Two tax preparation companies don't have enough interest in their clients' refunds to stop the IRS from issuing batch denials of thousands of pandemic-era worker credit claims, the Ninth Circuit found, affirming an Arizona district court's ruling.

  • March 18, 2026

    NJ Judge Tosses Ex-Elections Chief's Suit Over Ouster

    A New Jersey state judge has tossed the ex-Garden State elections chief's suit against former Gov. Phil Murphy and members of the governor's administration over efforts to oust him.

  • March 17, 2026

    BlackRock Must Face Ex-VP's Whistleblower Retaliation Suit

    BlackRock Inc. must face a suit in New York state court by a former vice president who alleges he faced retaliation and wrongful termination after raising concerns about self-dealing, corruption and conflicts of interest, with a state judge partially rejecting the asset manager's bid to dismiss the case.

  • March 17, 2026

    No Accidental Death Benefits For Plane Crash, Insurer Says

    The beneficiaries of two pilots who died in a 2024 plane crash are not entitled to accidental death and dismemberment benefits under an aviation company's life insurance plan, a Prudential unit said Tuesday, asking a Washington federal court to toss the beneficiaries' suit.

  • March 17, 2026

    SEIU Pension Fund Wins $842K Suit Against NJ Nursing Home

    A Service Employees International Union pension fund has won its lawsuit accusing a New Jersey nursing home of skipping out on nearly $350,000 in contributions over 13 years, with a D.C. federal judge awarding the fund the missed contributions plus damages after finding it accurately calculated the nursing home's debt.

  • March 17, 2026

    Feds Aim To End Suit Over Cannabis Use Questions

    The U.S. Department of Defense has asked a federal judge to toss a challenge brought by a former defense contractor who alleged his constitutional rights were violated when he lost his employment following his refusal to answer questions about his past cannabis use.

  • March 17, 2026

    Indiana Firm Drops Quintairos Prieto 'Mass Exodus' Suit

    Less than a month after suing Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA for allegedly causing a "mass exodus" of attorneys, Indiana-based Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC has chosen to dismiss the matter, according to a recent court filing.

  • March 16, 2026

    Stryker Hit With Suit Over Cyberattack Reportedly Tied To Iran

    A former customer service representative for Stryker has filed a proposed class action against the medical technology company after it was the target of a cyberattack reportedly linked to an Iranian hacker group, claiming that the company's security failures led to the health information of potentially millions of individuals being compromised.

  • March 16, 2026

    1st Circ. Affirms Block Of Trump's 'Unprecedented' Aid Freeze

    The First Circuit on Monday mostly upheld a lower court's order blocking the Trump administration from enacting a "sweeping and unprecedented categorical 'freeze' of federal financial assistance," ruling that the states involved in the suit will likely successfully show that the federal government acted arbitrarily and capriciously.

  • March 16, 2026

    Marriott Escapes Combs Accuser's Gender Violence Claim

    A New York federal judge on Monday dismissed Marriott International from a woman's lawsuit alleging that Sean "Diddy" Combs raped and threatened to kill her at one of its Manhattan area hotels in 2004, finding her assertions that Marriott enabled him "pure legal conclusions that do nothing to state a claim."

  • March 16, 2026

    Edible Arrangements Wins Sanctions, Beats Ex-COO's Claims

    A Georgia federal judge struck the answer filed by Edible Arrangements' former chief operating officer and his company as a sanction for bad faith discovery conduct, finding they hid key evidence about millions in vendor checks deposited into a personal account.

  • March 16, 2026

    Judge Tosses Kaiser Whistleblowers' Claims After $556M Deal

    A California federal court on Monday officially dismissed False Claims Act lawsuits from the federal government and three people alleging that Kaiser Permanente affiliates engaged in Medicare fraud, on the heels of Kaiser's $556 million settlement reached in January.

  • March 16, 2026

    Disney Exec's $40M Bias Suit Says HR Tried To 'Dig Up Dirt'

    A Walt Disney Co. gaming executive accused the company Friday in California state court of discriminating and retaliating against him after he complained about a human resources executive contacting his executive coach to "dig up dirt," claiming the poor treatment is because he is Asian.

  • March 16, 2026

    Paralegal Calls Full Lewis Brisbois Arbitration Unenforceable

    A former Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP paralegal has told a Florida state judge that the firm shouldn't be able to force her into arbitrating her claims against it because a number of the alleged actions took place after she was terminated from her job.

  • March 13, 2026

    9th Circ. Judges Seem Split Over NCAA's 5-Year Rule Appeals

    Ninth Circuit panel judges expressed differing opinions Friday over whether a dispute between the NCAA and junior college graduates challenging the NCAA's five-year rule are moot since they graduated, with one judge saying lower courts' injunctions still block NCAA from seeking restitution against universities, while another judge called that relief "illusory."

  • March 13, 2026

    4th Circ. Brings Back Allergan Medicaid Overcharging Suit

    A split Fourth Circuit panel on Friday revived a whistleblower suit accusing an Allergan Sales LLC predecessor of overcharging Medicaid by more than $680 million, saying the whistleblower plausibly alleged the company knowingly improperly aggregated discounts into "best prices" for drugs.

  • March 13, 2026

    Shipbuilders Oppose New Plaintiff For Wage Suppression Suit

    Some of the country's biggest shipbuilders accused of conspiring to suppress naval architect and engineer wages told a Virginia federal judge a proposed class waited too long to add a new named plaintiff who worked in the industry more recently.

  • March 13, 2026

    J&J Unit Says Ex-Director Misappropriated Trade Secrets

    A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has accused a former associate director of downloading over 7,000 files worth of confidential information prior to her resignation and using it to start her own competing company.

  • March 13, 2026

    How World Aquatics Lost An Antitrust Case, But Owed Only $1

    World Aquatics, swimming's international governing body, faced a $40 million damages claim from an upstart swimming league that could have been tripled under U.S. antitrust law, but ended up largely off the hook after a nominal $1 January jury verdict.

Expert Analysis

  • How OECD Tax Update Tackles Mobile Workforce Complexity

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    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recently updated model tax convention — a recalibration of international tax principles in response to an increasingly mobile workforce — should prompt companies to reevaluate cross-border operations, transfer pricing policies and tax controversy strategies, say attorneys at Eversheds.

  • 7 Strategies To Optimize Impact Of Direct Examination

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    Direct examination is a make-or-break opportunity to build a witness’s credibility, so attorneys should adopt a few tactics — from asking so-called trust-fall questions to preemptively addressing weaknesses — to drive impact and retention with the fact-finder, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • How Workforce, Tech Will Affect 2026 Construction Landscape

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    As the construction industry's center of gravity shifts from traditional commercial work to infrastructure, energy, industrial and data-hosting facilities, the effects of evolving technology and persistent labor shortages are reshaping real estate dealmaking, immigration policy debates and government contracting risk, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Calif. AG's No-Poach Case Reflects Tougher Antitrust Stance

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    This month, California’s attorney general resolved the latest enforcement action barring the use of no-poach agreements, underscoring an aggressive antitrust enforcement trend with significant increases in criminal and civil penalties, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • 2025 Noncompete Developments That Led To Inflection Point

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    Employers must reshape their approaches to noncompete agreements following key 2025 developments, including Delaware's rejection of blue-penciling and the proliferation of state wage thresholds, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Tapping Into Jurors' Moral Intuitions At Trial

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    Many jurors approach trials with foundational beliefs about fairness, harm and responsibility that shape how they view evidence and arguments, so attorneys must understand how to frame a case in a way that appeals to this type of moral reasoning, says Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences.

  • Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • The SEC Whistleblower Program A Year Into 2nd Trump Admin

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program continues to operate as designed, but its internal cadence, scrutiny of claims and operational structure reflect a period of recalibration, with precision mattering more than ever, say attorneys Scott Silver and David Chase.

  • Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

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