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July 29, 2025
Only Franchisees Can Sue Franchisors, NJ Justices Say
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a coalition of car dealerships can't sue Ford Motor Co. under the state's franchising law, ruling the plain language of the law only allows for franchisees to bring a cause of action against franchisors.
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July 28, 2025
New Jersey US Atty Faces Authority Challenge In Drug Case
A New Jersey man facing federal drug and firearms charges is mounting what appears to be the first formal legal challenge to Alina Habba's continued role as acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, arguing that her appointment is unlawful and undermines the legitimacy of his prosecution.
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July 28, 2025
Pharma Co. Alleges Clinical Trial Data Was Fabricated
A pharmaceutical research and development company sued New Jersey-based research organization Clinilabs LLC and several Florida clinical research firms Friday claiming they fabricated and covered up important clinical trial data for a new Alzheimer's disease treatment, wasting millions of dollars and setting the drug back at least five years.
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July 28, 2025
NJ Panel Orders New Trial In Attempted Kidnapping Case
A New Jersey state appeals court on Monday ordered a new trial for a man accused of attempted kidnapping and weapons charges after the panel found a trial court did not do enough to address issues stemming from potentially damaging testimony given by an ex-girlfriend of the defendant.
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July 28, 2025
Seton Hall Beats 2 Basketball Players' Gross Negligence Suit
A New Jersey federal judge on Monday granted Seton Hall University summary judgment in a gross negligence suit filed by two former basketball players, ruling the school's trainers did not depart from the "standard of reasonable care" when treating the athletes' injuries.
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July 28, 2025
J&J Loses Bid To Probe Beasley Allen Talc Litigation Funding
A special master found Monday there is no reason to believe third-party funders are influencing Beasley Allen Law Firm's decisions in a massive talc litigation in New Jersey, defeating a subpoena from Johnson & Johnson digging into alleged third-party litigation funding.
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July 28, 2025
State Justices' Financial Disclosures 'Didn't Get Worse' In '24
Several states are making information about their Supreme Court justices' finances and potential financial conflicts somewhat more accessible, according to a new report.
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July 28, 2025
Judge Again Cites Bias In NIH Fund Freeze As Gov't Appeals
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday reiterated his conclusion that the Trump administration's freeze of $783 million worth of National Institutes of Health grants was based on "palpable" gender and racial discrimination, as he acknowledged a pending request by the government to the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his order that the money be released.
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July 28, 2025
Attys Behind Pot Biz Say No Default In $60M Loan Suit
A pair of attorneys with Loevy & Loevy have urged a New York federal court to throw out a lawsuit alleging they defaulted on and redirected funds from $60 million in loans for a cannabis development, saying a federal judge in New Jersey found in a related case that there was no default.
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July 28, 2025
NJ Justices Fault Prison Officials Over Inmate Release Denial
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the state Department of Corrections acted arbitrarily and unreasonably when it denied a dying inmate's bid for compassionate release based on outdated medical records and conflicting physician assessments — despite no statutory requirement for physical examinations.
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July 28, 2025
Novo Nordisk Faces Possible Mass Tort Over Ozempic In NJ
Over 20 plaintiffs who have sued Novo Nordisk in New Jersey state court alleging its popular weight loss drugs caused them to lose their vision have filed an application to designate their cases as multicounty litigation, according to a notice to the bar posted on Monday.
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July 28, 2025
NiCE Acquiring Cognigy In $955M Agentic AI Deal
New Jersey-based NiCE, a global provider of AI-powered customer experience platforms, said Monday it has agreed to acquire Cognigy, a leader in conversational and agentic AI, in a deal valued at approximately $955 million.
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July 25, 2025
Judge Keeps Nationwide Block On Birthright Citizenship EO
A Massachusetts federal judge Friday refused to narrow a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying any narrower alternative would not be enough to protect a group of states from their asserted harms.
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July 25, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Private REITs, Farms, Crypto In Escrow?
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney perspectives on private real estate investment trusts, national security concerns raised by farmland and a recent California listing that could lead to the state's largest real estate deal using digital currency.
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July 25, 2025
Kalshi Tells 3rd Circ. Fed Law Bars NJ From Restricting Its Biz
Sports betting company Kalshi's so-called prediction market that allows users to wager on the outcome of real-world events counts as a federal derivative exchange and, as a result, can't be regulated by state enforcers, the gambling company told the Third Circuit.
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July 25, 2025
Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025
Certain court cases have become staples on both the midyear and end-of-year must-watch lists in sports and betting at Law360. One that seemed best positioned to finally fall off the list, as it turns out, is far from over: the multibillion-dollar NCAA settlement regarding name, image and likeness payments and revenue sharing with hundreds of thousands of college athletes. A handful of other suits from past years will also continue to bear watching through the end of 2025.
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July 25, 2025
3rd Circ. Won't Revive Unraised Claims In Immigration Appeal
The Third Circuit has rejected a Guatemalan mother and son's bid to overturn the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of asylum and other removal protections, ruling that the board's summary affirmance of the underlying immigration judge's decision can't revive unexhausted claims.
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July 25, 2025
3rd Circ. Won't Review $3.2M Wawa Breach Fee Award
The Third Circuit on Thursday won't revisit its prior decision upholding $3.2 million in fees to plaintiffs' counsel in a case that secured a $12 million deal for Wawa shoppers affected by a data breach after attorney Ted Frank argued the fees were disproportionate to the class' recovery.
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July 25, 2025
NJ Panel Orders Do-Over In Public Notice Mandate Decision
A New Jersey appellate panel remanded a dispute over a borough's redevelopment process on Friday, after finding that the trial judge failed to explain why he dismissed a challenge to ordinances and public meeting procedures — including claims the town effectively told newspapers not to publish legally required notices.
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July 25, 2025
Towns Repeat Claims In Affordable Housing Suit, NJ Says
New Jersey urged a federal court to toss a suit brought by a coalition of nearly two dozen Garden State municipalities challenging a provision of the state's affordable housing framework, saying their claims are barred because the coalition previously brought the same claims in state court.
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July 25, 2025
NJ Judge Hit With Ethics Complaint After DWI Arrest
The New Jersey Supreme Court's judicial ethics advisory committee has filed amended charges against a municipal judge it says violated conduct rules in connection with an investigation related to his 2024 arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
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July 25, 2025
Top Immigration Cases Of 2025: Midyear Report
Federal courts repeatedly rebuffed key pillars of President Donald Trump's immigration policy during the first half of the year, with district courts halting efforts to curtail birthright citizenship, restrict asylum at the southern border and deport noncitizens without notice. Law360 looks at some of the most significant immigration litigation developments nearly six months into Trump's second term.
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July 24, 2025
Trump Admin Asks Justices To Stay Block On NIH Grant Cuts
The Trump administration on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a district court's preliminary injunction so that the National Institutes of Health can resume terminating $783 million in grants, saying the lower court, under a recent high court ruling, lacked jurisdiction to make the government pay the grants.
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July 24, 2025
NJ Atty To Pay SEC Fine Over Alleged Prime Bank Fraud Role
A New Jersey attorney and a California man will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a total of $134,000 as part of agreements to resolve the regulator's allegations they helped bilk an older couple out of over $150,000 through a so-called prime bank scheme.
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July 24, 2025
NJ High Court Orders Questioning Of Murder Trial Juror
New Jersey's highest court cast doubt on three murder convictions on Thursday and ordered a judge to make up for inadequately questioning a juror after receiving a tip that she was Googling and discussing the case against three men who allegedly killed a schoolteacher, reportedly telling colleagues she would find them guilty and 'burn their asses.'
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Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.
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Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds
The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.
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J&J's Failed 3rd Try Casts Doubt On Use Of 'Texas Two-Step'
A Texas bankruptcy court recently rejected Johnson & Johnson's third attempt to use Chapter 11 to resolve liabilities from allegations of injuries from using talcum powder, suggesting that the U.S. Supreme Court's limitations on nondebtor releases, from 2024's Purdue Pharma ruling, may prove difficult to evade, say attorneys at Cadwalader.
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Despite SEC Climate Pause, Cos. Must Still Heed State Regs
While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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A Look At Probabilistic Tracing After High Court's Slack Ruling
Recent decisions following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Slack v. Pirani have increased the difficulty of pleading Securities Act claims for securities issued in direct listings by rejecting the use of statistical probabilities to establish that share purchases were traceable to a challenged registration statement, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.