Pharmacy services provider Omnicare's choice of a $250 million stalking horse bid for its assets was approved Tuesday by a Texas bankruptcy judge, setting up a possible auction in May.
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Omnicare OK'd For Ch. 11 Auction With $250M Base Bid

By Ben Zigterman

Pharmacy services provider Omnicare's choice of a $250 million stalking horse bid for its assets was approved Tuesday by a Texas bankruptcy judge, setting up a possible auction in May.

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Wage Suit Against Esports Co.'s CEO Can't Proceed In Conn.

By MJ Koo

A federal judge ruled that a former employee of a bankrupt esports company cannot pursue a Connecticut wage claim against the company's CEO in that state, saying it would impose an "immense burden" on the California-based executive, and leaving open the possibility of the suit being refiled elsewhere.

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Legal App Co-Founders Can't Duck £920K Loan Demand

By Eddie Beaver

The co-founders of a defunct online legal adviser failed to block a creditor's demand for a £920,000 ($1.25 million) loan repayment, as a London court on Tuesday rejected their "vague and unparticularized" claim that the debt would be converted into an investment in their company.

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CHAPTER 11

IHC's Ch. 11 Mediation Ask 'Jumped The Gun,' Creditors Say

By Clara Geoghegan

Lenders and unsecured creditors to Inspired Healthcare Capital have told a Texas bankruptcy court it is too soon in the senior-living facility group's Chapter 11 case to appoint a mediator, arguing its mandatory mediation proposal could bind creditors' rights.

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Trustee's Office Balks At Spirit Disclosure, Wants More Info

By Emlyn Cameron

The U.S. Trustee's Office asked a New York bankruptcy judge to reject Spirit Airlines' bid to take a Chapter 11 plan to a vote, saying the debtor's disclosure statement regarding the plan is too thin.

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Vanderbilt's Jones Day Hire Delayed Over Evidence Additions

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge allowed creditors of bankrupt talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals to supplement the record with additional evidence related to the debtor's proposed hire of the Jones Day firm as its legal counsel Tuesday after they raised issues about statements made at a hearing last week.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Grassley Says Cruz And Lee Top His List If Alito Retires

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Tuesday that if U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito were to retire then he would recommend the president nominate either Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, or Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

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Ginsburg Hack Conviction Upheld For Man Who Blamed Cat

By Craig Clough

The Fourth Circuit affirmed Tuesday a former hospital transplant coordinator's conviction for illegally accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records, upholding a ruling that the defendant was not improperly coerced when he told FBI agents a coworker or his cat may have been responsible.

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Judiciary Panel Backs Legal Finance Project, Subpoena Rules

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers agreed Tuesday to develop transparency obligations for litigation funders despite "vehement" views in the defense and plaintiffs bars, while also advancing controversial subpoena rules involving remote testimony and process servers.

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Analysis

IBM's FCA Deal Creates Unease Over DEI Enforcement Scope

By Madeline Lyskawa

IBM's agreement to pay the Trump administration $17 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act with policies aimed at increasing the diversity of its workforce continues to raise more questions than answers about what the administration views as illegal diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Mintz Can't Halt Texas Malpractice Suit For Fee Fight In Mass.

By Elliot Weld

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday declined Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC's request to halt a former client's legal malpractice case against the firm in Texas federal court while the two fight over a $2 million "success fee" the law firm claims it is owed.

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DC Circ. Halts Boasberg's 'Unnecessary' Alien Enemies Probe

By Britain Eakin

A split D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday halted for the second time U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's criminal contempt probe of Trump administration officials for willfully violating his order barring removals of Venezuelans under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

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House Dem Threatens Bondi Contempt Over Epstein Files

By Courtney Bublé

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is looking to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt if she does not appear before the committee to discuss the U.S. Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein files.

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Grassley Hits 100 Judge Confirmations As 2 Clear Senate

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the 100th district judge under Sen. Chuck Grassley's leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Investors Want Sanctions For Fake Citations In LGBCoin Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Investors in the "Let's Go Brandon" meme token urged a Florida federal judge Monday to issue "case-terminating sanctions" against the man behind the coin, saying he and his counsel have lied in discovery, disobeyed court orders and submitted fake legal citations in at least eight filings.

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Calif. Federal Judges Weigh Audio Access For Civil Jury Trials

By Dorothy Atkins

California Northern District federal judges are seeking public comment on modifying local court rules to allow jurists to audio stream civil jury trials in the district, which regularly presides over high-stakes courtroom fights involving tech giants such as Google, Meta, OpenAI and Apple.

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IOLTA Group Owed Notice Of Settlements, Mass. Justices Say

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' highest court said Tuesday that a committee overseeing lawyers' trust accounts should have been given a chance to request potential leftover funds prior to a judge's approval of a class action settlement, but saw no reason to unwind the deal.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baker Donelson

Blank Rome

Bond Schoeneck

Bradley Arant

Brown Rudnick

Burnham & Gorokhov

Caplin & Drysdale

Casey Lundregan

Cherry Johnson Siegmund James

Covington & Burling

Davis Polk

Di Pietro Partners

Foley Hoag

Greenberg Traurig

Haynes Boone

Holland & Knight

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Koutoulas Law

Lanier Law Firm

Littler Mendelson

McDermott Will & Schulte

Merchant & Gould

Metaxas Brown

Mintz Levin

Ogborn Mihm

Parrett Porto

Robinson Bradshaw

Scheef & Stone

Scott&Scott

Shepherd & Shepherd

Steptoe LLP

Three Stone

Wheeler Trigg

Zigler Law Group

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

CVS Health Corp.

Epic Games Inc.

FedEx Corp.

George Washington University

Google LLC

International Business Machines Corp.

Lawyers for Civil Justice

Lincoln Property Co.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

New York University

Omnicare Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pinnacle Bank

R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co. Inc.

Spirit Airlines Inc.

The UPS Store

Twitter Inc.

Vanderbilt Minerals LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Judicial Conference of the United States

Los Angeles Superior Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of New York