Analysis

6th Circ. Ruling Puts Cannabis Deals In Question

By Sam Reisman

The Sixth Circuit's decision reversing a $31.8 million jury judgment against cannabis giant Curaleaf on the grounds that marijuana is federally illegal is bound to have ramifications for industry players who seek redress in federal courts, attorneys told Law360.

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1st Circ. Judge 'Roe' Denies $1B Lotto Winner's Secrecy Bid

By Carolyn Muyskens

A man who won more than $1 billion in a lottery cannot keep his identity secret in a lawsuit over a nondisclosure agreement, a panel of the First Circuit has ruled, with the judge who authored the decision using a pseudonym to prove a point before disclosing her name in a footnote. 

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs Bankruptcy Exemption For LLC

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices pushed a man who declared bankruptcy to spell out why his share in a limited liability company should get exempt status, asking Wednesday if any states have ruled that interest in an LLC is exempt property during bankruptcy.

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Portions Of DC Expert Report Nixed In Amazon Antitrust Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A D.C. court has granted Amazon's request to strike parts of an expert report supporting the district's antitrust lawsuit against the e-commerce giant.

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Colo. Firm Accused Of Withholding 33% Malpractice Fee

By Zach Dupont

A New York attorney claimed a personal injury firm won't pay the 33% portion of an attorney fee he is owed from a settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit in violation of a written agreement between the parties, according to a complaint filed in Colorado federal court.

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Housing Developer Says Contract Winner Had Lower Scores

By Rachel Konieczny

A Georgia affordable housing developer challenged a Colorado public transit agency's decision to award a housing development contract in Denver to another developer, contending in Colorado state court that the agency relied on undisclosed evaluation criteria and declined to award the developer the contract despite its higher evaluation scores.

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Brief

Power Plant Drops $14M Lost Revenue Coverage Fight

By Tom Lotshaw

The owner of a power plant in Dover Plains, New York, voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit accusing Factory Mutual Insurance Co. of wrongfully withholding more than $14 million in coverage for revenue losses stemming from an outage.

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9th Circ. Revives Bad Faith Claim In Title Insurance Row

By Danielle Ferguson

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reinstated Washington state property owners' suit accusing an insurer of bad faith by refusing to defend them and representing their opposing neighbors in an easement dispute, saying the lower court improperly relied on a case that didn't address bad faith.

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Forum Clause Doesn't Sink Yacht Builder's Fla. Suit

By Danielle Ferguson

A Florida appellate court revived a lawsuit from a Taiwanese yacht builder alleging its insurer has refused to indemnify the manufacturer for repairs to a vessel damaged in a fire on its way to Florida, ruling Wednesday that the policy did not require the dispute to be tried in a Taiwan court.

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Consumer Groups Ask States To Probe Zillow, Housing Market

By Nate Beck

More than a dozen consumer advocacy groups urged state authorities Wednesday to work together to probe Zillow and Redfin's compliance with an August deal to end a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, and to investigate other practices blamed for driving up housing costs such as private "pocket" listings by broker Compass Inc.

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Joe Gibbs Racing Accuses Ex-Director Of Defying Injunction

By Hayley Fowler

Joe Gibbs Racing's former competition director has continued to do work for another NASCAR team that mimics his old job duties in violation of court orders restricting his employment responsibilities, the superteam has alleged in a bid to have him and his new employer held in civil contempt.

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Goldman Unit Funded Compass Lexecon Raid, Suit Says

By Katryna Perera

FTI Consulting Inc. and its subsidiary Compass Lexecon have asked a Maryland federal judge to add a Goldman Sachs unit to a long-running suit alleging two former Compass Lexecon employees broke away from the firm and founded a competitor that unlawfully poached clients and talent from the FTI subsidiary using capital from Goldman.

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Software Execs Sank Nike Deal Before Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Event software company JRNI Inc. says two former executives conspired to steer its biggest client, Nike, to a rival, then left to join that competitor, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in Massachusetts state court. 

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Fla. Panel Revives Suit Claiming Soccer Club Investment Lies

By David Minsky

A Florida state appellate court on Wednesday revived an investor's lawsuit alleging he was misled into contributing $2 million to a digital technology company after believing it would serve as a vehicle to purchase an English professional soccer team, saying his fraudulent inducement-related claims were dismissed too quickly.

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FTX Exec's Wife Headed For Spring Campaign Finance Trial

By Stewart Bishop

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday set a new trial date for a crypto-lobbyist/attorney turned Republican congressional candidate who's accused of plotting with her husband, jailed former FTX executive Ryan Salame, to take illegal campaign cash from the bankrupt exchange.

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Zillow Must Arbitrate MLS Claims, Compass Claims Paused

By Matthew Perlman

An Illinois federal court has refused Zillow's request for an injunction in its case accusing a Chicago-area multiple listing service of working with Compass to block access to home listings and sent the claims against the MLS to arbitration.

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Nielsen Says Cumulus Order Illegally Dictates Sale Terms

By Jared Foretek

A Nielsen Co. attorney on Wednesday blasted a federal judge's order that he said dictated the terms of the company's sale of nationwide radio ratings to Cumulus Media, telling a Second Circuit panel that the new order was "completely different" from an injunction the appellate court had upheld.

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Brief

Titanium Supplier Wins $3.6M Default Judgment

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge Tuesday confirmed a foreign arbitration award against an Italian company after it failed to appear in a suit from a titanium manufacturer accusing it of withholding a $3.6 million arbitral award for a breach of contract claim.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Cultivating Good Judgment

Law schools generally overlook the role that solid judgment skills play in real-world practice, but attorneys can bridge the gap by strengthening their abilities to assess a case’s strengths and weaknesses, develop and execute effective strategies, and provide clear recommendations to clients, says Manny Caixeiro at Venable.

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Burford Exec, Holland & Knight Adviser Open AI-Native Firm

By Andrea Keckley

Two veterans of the legal industry announced on Wednesday that they have teamed up to launch FairPlay Law, an AI-native firm based in Manhattan and focused on representing employees.

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Michael Best Combines With NY-Based Kane Kessler

By Kevin Penton

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced Wednesday that it is combining with New York-based firm Kane Kessler PC, adding 36 attorneys and a Big Apple presence to a firm that ranked 143rd on Law360's list of the nation's largest law firms.

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Protesters Say Feds' Fight Shows Need For Misconduct Probe

By Lauraann Wood

The U.S. government's opposition to a special investigation of prosecutorial misconduct that "poisoned" a now-dismissed criminal conspiracy case suggests Chicago prosecutors are still shielding critical details regarding the extent of official communications preceding the prosecution, underscoring the probe's necessity, protesters argued Tuesday.

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Apple Backs Its $132K Fee Ask Over 'Bad Faith' Subpoenas

By Bonnie Eslinger

Apple has urged a California federal magistrate judge to grant its $132,700 attorney fee request as a sanction against plaintiff consumers' lead lawyer in antitrust litigation claiming Google muscles out rival search engines, but said Apple's counsel doesn't want to disclose their "highly and competitively sensitive" negotiated legal rates.

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Newman Saga Prompts Bill To Limit Judicial Suspensions

By Courtney Bublé

The long-running saga over Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's fitness to remain on the court has exposed "major flaws" in the judicial accountability system, according to a Republican member of the House who introduced a bill Wednesday to reform it.

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Brief

Senate Panel Weighs 6 Trump Judicial Picks From Red States

By Courtney Bublé

Six nominees for U.S. district judge appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for their nomination hearing.

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