Justices Pass On Reviewing MS Drug Arbitration Feud

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on reviewing a Second Circuit decision that refused to add some $66 million to a $16.6 million arbitral award issued to Acorda Therapeutics in a multiple sclerosis drug dispute, rejecting a petition that sought clarity on when an arbitrator "manifestly disregards" the law.

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Justices Won't Review DOD, Subcontractor Software Feud

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a dispute over rights to healthcare software for a U.S. Army veterinary records system, after the Federal Circuit held a defense subcontractor failed to present a valid contract claim.

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2nd Circ. Affirms $19.5M Win For Scholastic In Insurance Fight

By Elliot Weld

The Second Circuit has upheld a $19.5 million judgment for Scholastic Inc. following a fight with a Travelers unit over whether the insurer had to cover Scholastic's litigation expenses in a separate copyright and trademark infringement case.

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9th Circ. Undoes Royalties Award In Anesthetic Contract Case

By Elliot Weld

The Ninth Circuit has set aside a judgment directing Research Development Foundation to pay royalties to Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a contract dispute involving the anesthetic Exparel, further remanding the case for a recalculation of prejudgment interest.

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Under Armour Reaches Deal With Ex-Supplier Ahead Of Trial

By Matthew Perlman

A Pennsylvania federal court has canceled a trial that was scheduled to start Monday after Under Armour said it has agreed to a settlement with a former supplier that accused the athletic wear maker of interfering with its contracts for bioceramic powder used in recovery-enhancing clothing material.

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Belichick's Ex Says Airbnb Hosts Leaked Ring Footage

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts couple who rented a home on Airbnb to Jordon Hudson while her relationship with ex-New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was still not public shared Ring camera footage of the NFL legend that subsequently went viral and exposed their romance, according to a lawsuit accusing the property owners of invasion of privacy and breach of contract.

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Med Group Ordered To Return $750K Overpayment To Insurer

By Gianna Ferrarin

A pediatric specialty practice group must pay Equitable Financial Life Insurance Co. upwards of $750,000 it received as an overpayment after the group surrendered its policies, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, finding the provider breached its contract by failing to surrender the funds.

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Execs Sandbagged Failed Trucking Insurer Receiver, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

The receiver for defunct trucking insurer Spirit told a Nevada jury Monday that in the days after a court took control, executives of an outside company handling Spirit's business functions inserted "extraordinary" roadblocks into the process of alerting customers that the insurer was finished.

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Comedians Drop Suit Over Sam Adams 'Toast Someone' Ad

By Carolyn Muyskens

Comedians featured in a Sam Adams ad campaign have resolved a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court alleging the company continued to use their images long after its right to do so had ended.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week cleared the way for Cloudflare Inc. to seek immediate review of an injunction blocking a stock restructuring designed to preserve its founders' control, while setting a January hearing in a similar dispute over Meta Platforms Inc.'s plan to create nonvoting shares.

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Treasure Hunter Says Backer Refusing To Divvy Up Loot Fairly

By Spencer Brewer

A treasure hunter and his company asked a Texas federal judge on Sunday to appoint a receiver to oversee the distribution of sunken Spanish treasure after his financial backer refused to turn over artifacts in a "neutral" manner.

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Ex-Eli Lilly Rep Fights Firing After Flagging Mounjaro Abuse

By Spencer Brewer

A former pharmaceutical sales representative on Monday told a Texas federal court that Eli Lilly and Co. wrongfully fired her after she blew the whistle on the company's practice of offering its lucrative drug Mounjaro as a weight loss drug, saying Eli Lilly asked her to breach the law.

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Fintech Platform Stiffed Acting CEO On Way Out, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

A former interim leader at financial technology platform Advisor360 said in a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts state court that he was promised a retroactive pay bump for stepping into what was effectively an interim CEO role last year, only to be ousted after he sought to enforce the deal.

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Meta Looks To Toss Facial Data AI Training Claims

By Celeste Bott

Meta Platforms Inc. has urged an Illinois federal judge to throw out a proposed class action accusing it of illegally harvesting Facebook and Instagram users' facial data to train artificial intelligence models, arguing that the plaintiffs cannot show their specific photos were used and that the company is exempt from Illinois' biometric privacy law because of its financial services subsidiary.

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Coors' Supplier Appeals Colo. Court's Block Of Contract Exit

By Rachel Konieczny

Beer brand supplier Constellation Brands Inc. has asked the Colorado Court of Appeals to decide whether a Denver judge improperly blocked it from terminating its 18-year-long distribution contract with Coors Distributing Co. LLC.

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Ohio Seeks Toss Of NCAA Challenge To Eligibility Order

By Ganesh Setty

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine urged an Ohio federal court on Friday to toss the NCAA's lawsuit challenging his executive order allowing universities in the state to bypass new NCAA athlete eligibility rules for the class of 2022, noting that it's the schools that retain discretion.

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Construction Atty Joins Morgan Lewis From Thompson Hine

By James Boyle

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continued the expansion of its Philadelphia team with the addition of an attorney specializing in construction litigation and government contracting who moved his practice after four years with Thompson Hine LLP.

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How Power Grid Delays Are Reshaping Data Center Deals

Texas' pause on permits while it studies data centers' effect on its electrical grid highlights the nationwide problem of yearslong interconnection delays, where the ways developers, investors and customers bridge that gap — and decide who bears the risk when it widens — increasingly determine whether a deal works, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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High Court Disbars Judicial Watch Founder Larry Klayman

By David Minsky

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday disbarred Judicial Watch founder and Florida conservative activist attorney Larry Klayman following his 18-month suspension issued last year by the D.C. Court of Appeals. 

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Firms Must Face RICO Claims In Asbestos Fraud Suit

By Emily Field

An Illinois federal judge on Friday held that Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP and Sokolove Law must face racketeering claims brought by a Los Angeles industrial pipe manufacturer alleging that the firms brought baseless asbestos claims, finding that an antitrust doctrine shielding those who petition the courts does not apply.

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DOJ's Civil Division Head Joins Agency Exits After Midterms

By Jack Karp

The leader of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division, Brett A. Shumate, on Monday became at least the fifth top DOJ official to step down following Republicans' defeat in last week's midterm elections.

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Trump Eyes OLC Chief For Texas Judgeship After Midterms

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump is considering the head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel for a federal judgeship in Texas, a process that started right after the Democrats won big in last week's midterm elections.

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Goldstein Says Gov't Conceded Key Trial Errors

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein told the Fourth Circuit that the federal prosecutors who netted 12 tax and mortgage fraud convictions effectively conceded they hid evidence by steering a key witness to new testimony mid-trial and had reversed their stance on jury instructions, two key issues in Goldstein's appeal.

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AAA Says Consumers' Monopoly Claims Lack Factual Support

By Caroline Simson

The American Arbitration Association is lashing out against consumers who accuse the institution of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, telling a federal judge on Monday that they should be sanctioned for including "false, misleading, and unsupported allegations" in an amended complaint.

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Wash. Panel Nixes $10K Sanctions On Monsanto PCB Attys

By Rachel Riley

A Washington Court of Appeals panel has overturned a combined $10,000 in sanctions against four attorneys who defended Monsanto from chemical poisoning claims, concluding Monday that the trial court overstepped its authority by personally punishing the lawyers for late disclosure of expert witnesses.

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