The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it's speeding up the agency's review of whistleblower complaints accusing contractors of defrauding state-administered benefits programs that are funded by the federal government, in violation of the False Claims Act. 
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TOP NEWS

DOJ To Speed Up Review Of Qui Tam Benefits Fraud Claims

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it's speeding up the agency's review of whistleblower complaints accusing contractors of defrauding state-administered benefits programs that are funded by the federal government, in violation of the False Claims Act. 

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Brief

UnitedHealthcare Unit Settles PrEP Coverage Fight

By Kelcey Caulder

A UnitedHealthcare subsidiary and two customers who alleged its failure to approve full coverage for PrEP violated the Affordable Care Act have agreed to settle their dispute, parties told a Minnesota federal court.

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Brief

Delta, Retirees Fail To Reach Accord In Benefits Battle

By Kelcey Caulder

A proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines Inc. of shorting married pensioners on retirement benefits by miscalculating lump-sum payouts will move forward after the airline and former workers failed to settle during mediation earlier this month.

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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE

Fla. Businessmen File Bid To Seize Ex-Official's $770K Payout

By David Minsky

Two Miami businessmen asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to garnish a former city commissioner's $770,000 settlement from a state court lawsuit as payment toward a multimillion-dollar political retaliation judgment, arguing the funds can't be shielded under state law as they are compensatory in nature.

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LITIGATION

9th Circ. Won't Revisit FCA Ruling Over Drug Price Program

By Ganesh Setty

The Ninth Circuit has said it will not disturb its March ruling allowing a hospital chain to pursue a False Claims Act lawsuit against various pharmaceutical companies for allegedly causing the government to overpay for drugs under a discount program.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Studying Foreign Languages Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Studying Italian and Japanese has shown me that learning a new language can benefit a legal career in several ways, including by demonstrating the importance of approaching problems from a fresh perspective and the value of practicing patience with colleagues and clients, says Anna King at Genworth Financial.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Brief

Davis Polk Adds A&O Shearman Antitrust Partner In NY

By Andrea Keckley

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a former A&O Shearman partner, who joined its antitrust and competition practice in New York.

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Bonus Spotlight

Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.

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Ex-Calif. Appellate Judge To Take Over As Law School Dean

By Rose Krebs

A former California appellate justice, who was the first Muslim to serve as a Court of Appeal justice in the U.S., has been named Western State College of Law at Westcliff University's next dean.

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Dems Say DOJ Blocked Bondi On Trump Questions

By Courtney Bublé

Democrats were incensed on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who accompanied former Attorney General Pam Bondi to her committee interview stopped her from answering questions about President Donald Trump.

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Civil Rights Icon Clarence B. Jones Dies At 95

By Andrea Keckley

Civil rights icon Clarence B. Jones, a speechwriter and personal attorney to Martin Luther King Jr., died on Friday at an assisted living facility in the Santa Clara County city of Cupertino, California, his family confirmed earlier this week. He was 95.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen the billionaire who donated £5 million ($6.7 million) to Nigel Farage sue Ben Habib, the leader of far-right party Advance UK, for defamation; Mashreqbank bring claims against three subsidiaries of dissolved private equity giant Abraaj Group for commercial fraud; and the property and investment vehicle of the State of Kuwait be targeted by four real estate figures who filed a miscellaneous claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz

By Sarah Jarvis

Matthew L. Schwartz oscillated among many career aspirations as a kid, from astronaut to mayor of New York. When it was time to head off to college, the man who would go on to handle the prosecution of employees tied to Bernie Madoff and become chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP set his sights on science, earning an undergraduate degree in physics.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.

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DLA Piper Hires Real Estate, Construction Partner In Seattle

By Nate Beck

DLA Piper said it has added a Seattle-based real estate partner with experience advising a range of construction projects including data centers, mixed-use projects, schools and renewable energy facilities.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Kirkland & Ellis says it's investing a half billion dollars into developing its own artificial intelligence platform to better serve clients. And Law360 looks at the general counsel who is guiding BP through its latest leadership crisis after the company abruptly dismissed its board chair.

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Baker McKenzie Asks Judge Not To Toss Suit Against Ex-Atty

By Alison Knezevich

A lawyer for Baker McKenzie on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., judge not to dismiss the BigLaw firm's defamation suit against a former tax associate who accused a firm office leader of sexual assault, telling the court the accusations were false and made with "malice."

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Fla. Panel Revives Firm's Suit Over Tobacco Case Referrals

By David Minsky

A Florida state appellate court revived a law firm's complaint alleging tortious interference against a widow over a contingency fee agreement involving tobacco injury case referrals, finding that the lower court wrongly tossed the lawsuit based on extraneous information even though there was sufficient evidence to support a claim.

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NY Judge Doubts Nussbaum-Linked Firms Belong In Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday questioned whether his court was the proper venue to wind down two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum as the debtors sought to ditch an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

AXS Law Group

Addleshaw Goddard

Alston & Bird

Anderson Kill

Arnold & Porter

Ashurst LLP

Aurelian Law PLLC

Bailey & Glasser

Baron & Budd

Boies Schiller

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Carey Olsen

Claggett & Sykes

Clyde & Co

DLA Piper

David Boies

Davis Polk

Dorsey & Whitney

Fisher & Phillips

Freeman Mathis

Freshfields

Gupta Wessler

Harrison LLP

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Izard Kindall

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Silkin

Lockridge Grindal

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

Mitby Pacholder

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Motley Rice

Nabarro LLP

Nicholas & Tomasevic

Nussbaum Lowinger

Padula Law Firm

Paris Smith LLP

Penningtons Manches

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Powers Pyles

Quinn Emanuel

Richard J. Diaz PA

Ropes & Gray

Selendy Gay

Skadden Arps

Slater and Gordon

Spencer Fane

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Swope Rodante

Thompsons Solicitors

Umberg & Zipser

Varnum LLP

Walden Macht

Ward Hadaway

Watkins & Eager

Werksman Jackson

White & Case

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AbbVie Inc.

Adventist Health System Inc.

Affordable Care LLC

Aldi GmbH & Co. KG

Allied Irish Banks PLC

American Civil Liberties Union

American International Group Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Association of Corporate Counsel

AstraZeneca PLC

BC Partners

BDO LLP

BP PLC

BTA Bank

Boston University

Brooklyn Law School

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Delta Air Lines Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Financial Times Group Ltd.

Flowers Foods Inc.

Ford Motor Co.

Gartner Inc.

Gattaca PLC

General Counsel AI Inc.

Genworth Financial Inc.

Glass Lewis & Co. LLC

Google LLC

Howden Broking Group Ltd.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Investments Ltd.

KRyS Global

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

Lendlease Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Macquarie Group Ltd.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Mashreq PSC

MasterCard Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Microsoft Corp.

Mindset

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

Old Navy LLC

Phillips 66

Phillips Black Inc

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Inc.

Sanofi

Seattle University

Signature Resolution LLC

Sophos Ltd.

Spirit Airlines Inc.

Stanford University

Station Casinos LLC

The Abraaj Group

The Boeing Co.

The Gap Inc.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.

UCLA School of Law

UMR Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Visa Europe

Wells Fargo & Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Companies House

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Florida Supreme Court

Health Resources and Services Administration

Mississippi Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada