11th Circ. Grounds DOT's Delta, Aeromexico JV Split Order

By Lauren Berg

The Eleventh Circuit Wednesday halted the U.S. Department of Transportation's order directing Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, while the airlines pursue their petition asking the appellate court to void the government's order.

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King & Spalding Helps Atlanta Land Pro Women's Soccer Club

By Chart Riggall

Atlanta will become the latest city to claim its own National Women's Soccer League team with the award of a new franchise Tuesday to the sports empire helmed by Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, in a deal guided on the team's side by King & Spalding LLP.

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Marathon Prevails In Texas Business Court Gas Contract Trial

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas Business Court judge found in favor of Marathon Oil Co. on Tuesday after a bench trial earlier this month, ruling that Winter Storm Uri absolved Marathon from having to buy natural gas to make up for delivery shortfalls to a commodity trading company.

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Sandoz Tells 3rd Circ. To Restore Full $137M Win Over UTC

By George Woolston

Sandoz Inc. and its marketing firm RareGen LLC urged a Third Circuit panel on Wednesday to reinstate the full $137.2 million awarded in breach of contract damages against United Therapeutics Corp., claiming a lower court's decision to halve the damages provided a windfall to their adversary.

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Conn. Judge Won't Stop Deutsche Bank's Vik Suit In Norway

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut federal judge declined Wednesday to put an end to litigation that Deutsche Bank AG brought against billionaire Alexander Vik and his daughter in Norway, deferring instead to a state court judge who is considering the same request.

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Adult Webcam Owner Says Illegal Thailand Studio Cost $1.5M

By Ben Adlin

A Florida adult webcam operator moved his family to Thailand and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars setting up a studio only to learn that production in the country is illegal, his business claims in a lawsuit against the streaming platform that it says encouraged the plan.

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Construction Co. Seeks Exit From $22M Barn Fire Suit

By Ganesh Setty

A construction company facing an insurer's $22.4 million subrogation action over a poultry barn fire said the insurer can't support its causation theory, telling a Nebraska federal court Wednesday "a choice of possibilities is insufficient to raise a triable issue to a jury" under state law.

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Judge Confirms $620K Award In Radiology Contract Dispute

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday upheld a $620,000 arbitration award in favor of an Indian teleradiology company against a radiology provider, rejecting the latter's bid to vacate the decision by claiming an arbitrator misinterpreted their long-standing services agreement.

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9th Circ. Says Finance Guru Ramsey Can't Arbitrate Fraud Suit

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit panel rejected celebrity financial planner Dave Ramsey's bid to force arbitration in a proposed class action accusing him of roping radio show listeners into a timeshare exit scheme, concluding Wednesday the suit isn't tied to the consumers' contract with Reed Hein & Associates.

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4th Circ. Sides With Father-Son Duo In Equity Fight

By Adam Lidgett

A company that makes elevated stairs on Wednesday lost its appeal at the Fourth Circuit following various rulings against it in a suit it lodged against its co-founder and his son over a soured business venture involving the design of the business's sole product.

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Federal Judge Says Lack Of English Can't Undo $5.3M Award

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday recommended that a $5.3 million arbitration award against an Illinois sugar company be granted in a contract breach case, finding that its previous counsel's ineffective representation due to his improper English wasn't sufficient to undo the award. 

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NASCAR Can't Oust Teams' Damages Expert In Antitrust Trial

By Hayley Fowler

NASCAR can't block a damages expert from testifying at trial about potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in losses supposedly suffered by two teams suing the stock car racing company for alleged antitrust violations, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Colo. Hemp Farmers' Subpoena 'Premature' In $200M Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal judge quashed two hemp growers' subpoena against a state solar company Wednesday and similarly shot down their attempt to force another solar company to produce certain documents in their lawsuit alleging that the company caused $200 million in crop damage while constructing a solar panel project.

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Defeating Estoppel-Based Claims In Legal Malpractice Actions

State supreme court cases from recent years have addressed whether positions taken by attorneys in an underlying lawsuit can be used against them in a subsequent legal malpractice action, providing a foundation to defeat ex-clients’ estoppel claims, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Networking 101

Cultivating a network isn't part of the law school curriculum, but learning the soft skills needed to do so may be the key to establishing a solid professional reputation, nurturing client relationships and building business, says Sharon Crane at Practising Law Institute.

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Coalition Rips Trump Deputy AG's Claim Of 'War' With Judges

By Rose Krebs

A group of former federal judges on Thursday condemned what they called "inflammatory remarks" last week by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche detailing the U.S. Department of Justice's "war" with "rogue activist" judges.

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Ex-Judge Worries Top Court Will Be 'Timid' In Checking Trump

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge who recently resigned to more openly speak out against the Trump administration told Law360 on Thursday he is concerned the U.S. Supreme Court will be unwilling to provide a constitutional check on presidential overreach.

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Anthropic Judge Rips Opt-Out Law Firm As 'Quick Buck' Ploy

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge on Thursday blasted Arizona law firm ClaimsHero Holdings LLC for encouraging authors to opt out of Anthropic PBC's $1.5 billion deal to end copyright infringement claims, saying it looks like the firm is "trying to trick people" for a "quick buck."

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Fired Immigration Judges Share Concerns As Cases Pile Up

By Courtney Bublé

Fired immigration judges spoke on Thursday about their "crushing" backlog of cases, a buildup exacerbated by the Trump administration's elimination of their colleagues' positions.

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Judge Halts Jackson Walker Secret Romance Settlements

By Adrian Cruz

A Texas federal judge has paused a number of settlements between Jackson Walker LLP and former clients, criticizing the firm for trying to undermine the U.S. Trustee's investigation into alleged malpractice stemming from a secret romance between a former partner and a bankruptcy judge.

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Judge Casts Doubt On Legitimacy Of Halligan's Appointment

By Jared Foretek

A federal judge in Virginia said Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi couldn't have reviewed the full transcript of the grand jury proceedings that netted an indictment of James Comey before ratifying the charges against the former FBI director because the U.S. Department of Justice didn't have them at the time.

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Jenner & Block Resolves $8M Fee Fight With Sierra Leone

By Gina Kim

Jenner & Block LLP and its former client Sierra Leone have resolved their fight over unpaid legal fees and allegedly fraudulent overbilling in the nation's underlying dispute with its iron ore mining concessionaire Gerald International Ltd., according to a minute order issued Thursday in D.C. federal court.

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As Backlogged SEC Reopens, Attys Jostle To 'Get In Line'

By Jessica Corso

Thousands of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employees who were sent home last month finally returned to their offices Thursday, and experts say it will likely take at least a month for them to catch up with a backlog of casework and submissions for initial public offerings.

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Rumble Cites Judge's Longtime Friendship With Google VP

By Bryan Koenig

Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal should the Ninth Circuit revive its antitrust lawsuit against Google, citing a yearslong friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief that involved the judge officiating at her wedding and their ongoing participation in a fantasy football league.

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Pipe Maker Names 2nd Firm In Asbestos RICO Suit

By Emily Field

A Los Angeles pipe manufacturer has added Massachusetts-based Sokolove Law to its civil racketeering lawsuit in Illinois federal court accusing Simmons Hanly Conroy LLP and others of orchestrating a scheme to fill the law firms' coffers by bringing baseless asbestos claims, alleging the Sokolove firm acted to find the cases.

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NY Gov't Ethics Watchdog Called To Testify Against AG James

By Andrea Keckley

The federal government subpoenaed the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government on Wednesday to testify in its case against New York Attorney General Letitia A. James.

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Judge Denies NJ Lawmaker's Bid To Toss ICE Facility Charges

By Parker Quinlan

A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday refused to toss the criminal indictment filed against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., following a confrontation with federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark.

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SEC's Northeast Deputy Enforcement Head To Depart Agency

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that the deputy director of the enforcement division for the Northeast will leave the agency, following stints as the regional director of the New York office and acting deputy director of the enforcement division.

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Minn. Chief Federal Judge To Take Semi-Retired Status In July

By Courtney Bublé

Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of Minnesota will take semi-retired status next summer, according to an update on Thursday from the federal judiciary.

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Del. US Atty Tapped For Acting Role After Interim Term Expires

By Jake Maher

Delaware's former interim U.S. attorney has been appointed acting U.S. attorney after the district court declined to keep her as the top federal prosecutor in the First State when her term expired.

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