Holtec Fired CFO For Flagging False Statements, Jury Told

By George Woolston

Eight New Jersey jurors were told Tuesday that nuclear equipment and services company Holtec International broke the law when it fired its chief financial officer in 2022 after he raised objections over a document drafted by the company's chief executive meant for a potential investor.

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Texas Justices To Review Law Firms' Paxil Fees Fight

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to wade into a battle between two law firms over fees generated from litigation involving the antidepressant Paxil, with the dispute centering on application of the personal injury exemption in the state's anti-SLAPP statute.

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Jenner & Block Says Sierra Leone Is Late On $4M Deal

By Joyce Hanson

Jenner & Block LLP has told a D.C. federal court that Sierra Leone still hasn't paid a $4 million settlement in a dispute over unpaid legal fees, arguing in a bid to enforce the agreement that the country keeps failing to pay the money it owes the law firm.

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Pitt's Atty Insinuates Sexism By Jolie's Atty In Winery Fight

By Craig Clough

A hearing over Brad Pitt's efforts to obtain financial documents from his ex-wife Angelina Jolie in a real estate battle over their winery turned personal Tuesday when Pitt's female counsel from Bird Marella suggested Jolie's male counsel from Murphy Rosen was being sexist, an intimation Jolie's attorney vehemently denied.

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NJ Couple Drop Claims Against Litigation Funder In Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A couple have dropped their claims against a litigation funder in a lawsuit alleging that they were unlawfully steered into taking out high-interest loans during a lawsuit over a car crash, according to a joint filing entered in New Jersey state court on Friday.

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Colo. Developer Says Town Reversed Course On Sewer Taps

By Zach Dupont

The developer of a tiny home community just outside a Colorado mountain town has told a federal judge that the town refuses to process the community's wastewater and won't issue new tap permits to new properties despite approving more than a dozen prior to the dispute.

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Anthem BCBS Accused Of Failing To Reimburse 7 Hospitals

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is facing claims in Georgia federal court filed by acute care hospitals in six states alleging the insurer failed to cover claims at agreed-upon rates and denied claims for reasons not allowed by their contracts.

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Brief

Farmers Strike Deal With Insurer To End Crop Loss Dispute

By Hayley Fowler

Two tobacco farmers in North Carolina have settled their suit seeking to recoup the cost of arbitration proceedings and other damages from a crop insurance provider accused of trying to halve their recovery for crop-related losses, federal court records show.

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Conn. Gallery Wants $804K Atty Fee For Beating Buyer's Suit

By Brian Steele

An art buyer who lost his Connecticut lawsuit alleging a gallery sold him a fake Keith Haring chalk drawing should cover the defendants' attorney fees to the tune of more than $804,000, the prevailing parties said in a pair of post-verdict court filings.

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Philly Pops Ticket Buyers Get Initial OK For $200K Deal

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has given the initial green light to a $200,000 settlement intended to resolve claims brought by a class of Philadelphia Orchestra patrons alleging the group failed to refund tickets for canceled Philly Pops performances.

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Micron Ends Netlist IP Litigation With $600M, 5-Year License

By Dani Kass

Micron Technology Inc. has agreed to pay Netlist Inc. $600 million to end multivenue patent infringement litigation over memory technology, Netlist announced Tuesday.

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Conn. Insurer Settles Agent's Free Speech Retaliation Claim

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut insurance agent who alleges he was fired for raising red flags about practices he believed violated state licensing laws has agreed to settle a lawsuit he brought against his former employer, state court records show.

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Neurosurgeon Group Says It Fixed Anthem Unit Antitrust Suit

By Bryan Koenig

A Long Island neurosurgery practice told a New York federal judge that it has provided all the details the court found missing when it tossed a previous complaint accusing an Anthem unit of anticompetitively driving down reimbursement rates.

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Roundup

NC Biz Court Bulletin: Monopoly Suit Setback, Historic Deal

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Business Court rounded the corner into fall with a setback for residents in an antitrust class action, a historic settlement in "forever chemical" contamination litigation and a raft of new restrictive covenant complaints.

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USPS Says Contractor Can't Pursue $1.8M In District Court

By Benjamin Morse

The U.S. Postal Service urged a Colorado federal court to toss a delivery contractor's suit over roughly $1.8 million in unpaid compensation, arguing the dispute belongs in the federal contract-review process rather than district court.

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Couple Says NJ Pot Farm Owes $1.36M In Loans, Back Pay

By Jonathan Capriel

Multistate cannabis operator Grasshopper Farms and its CEO are accused of flaking on loans and other obligations totaling more than $1.36 million by a New Jersey couple who invited them to open a 20-acre indoor cannabis cultivation facility on their land in Galloway Township, according to a lawsuit removed to federal court.

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Ex-FBI Analyst Says Bove Ordered Illegal Protester Probe

By Courtney Bublé

A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters.

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3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm

By Adrian Cruz

A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.

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Cornell Hires Ex-Deputy AG Yates To Lead Internal Review

By Christine DeRosa

Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.

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Judge Newman Gets Suspension Fight Moved To 11th Circ.

By Dani Kass

Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred the Federal Circuit's investigation of suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman to the Eleventh Circuit, the latter court said Tuesday.

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Texas Justices Leery Of Banning AI Deposition Transcripts

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices seemed hesitant to bar attorneys outright from using artificial intelligence voice transcription software during depositions, pointing out Tuesday that multiple safeguards exist to ensure accuracy.

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DOJ Says 12-Juror Rule Would Cause Unwarranted 'Upheaval'

By Brandon Lowrey

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold precedent allowing states to use juries of fewer than 12 people in serious criminal cases, saying overruling it could unsettle thousands of convictions and force many states to change their criminal procedure laws.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Panter On Mediating Vs. Judging

By Cara Bayles and Kelley Marcano

When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget that he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them.

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UVA Law Prof Takes On Role Of USPTO General Counsel

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said University of Virginia School of Law professor John F. Duffy has joined the agency as its general counsel and acting solicitor.

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