Judge Concerned About Misinformation In RealPage Case

By Isaac Monterose

A Tennessee federal judge has instructed a settlement administrator in the rent price-fixing litigation against RealPage and others to send out new notices informing eligible class members they have not been left out of deals worth more than $359 million, finding counsel representing intervenors in the case may have wrongfully told parties they've been excluded.

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Elite Schools Get 7th Circ. Appeal In Aid-Fixing Case

By Matthew Perlman

The Seventh Circuit has agreed to allow several private universities accused of colluding to set financial aid offerings to appeal a ruling certifying a class of students over questions about an economic expert's testimony.

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AIDS Org 'Had Its Chance' To Sue Express Scripts, Judge Says

By Bryan Koenig

Express Scripts convinced a Missouri federal judge Tuesday to dismiss an AIDS Healthcare Foundation antitrust suit the judge said was precluded by a rejected earlier case in the same district raising the "same facts and circumstances" accusing the pharmacy benefit manager of imposing lower reimbursement rates on specialty pharmacies.

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No Partial Appeal Before Trial For Ex-Under Armour Supplier

By Matthew Santoni

A Pennsylvania federal judge won't pause a November trial for tortious interference claims against Under Armour so a former supplier can appeal the dismissal of its antitrust claims, the court said Tuesday.

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FDA Must Revisit Xifaxan Generic Exclusivity, DC Circ. Says

By Elliot Weld

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take another look at Norwich Pharmaceuticals' bid to bring a generic version of a prescription drug for irritable bowel syndrome to market, faulting the FDA's use of what the court said was an incorrect causation standard.

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Turkey Buyers' Cost-Saving Deals Get OK In Price-Fix Fight

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge gave his initial blessing Tuesday to an appeal-waiving and cost-saving settlement Perdue Farms and Foster Farms struck with indirect turkey buyers after beating their price-fixing conspiracy claims earlier this year.

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DC Circ. Won't Revive Standard General's FCC Bias Suit

By Nadia Dreid

The D.C. Circuit does not believe that the Federal Communications Commission took part in a racist conspiracy to kill Standard General hedge fund manager Soo Kim's $8.6 billion merger with broadcaster Tegna and has affirmed the dismissal of his lawsuit claiming such.

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Ex-Taro Exec Slips Some Generics Price-Fixing Claims

By Carla Baranauckas

A Connecticut federal judge gave a former Taro Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. marketing executive a partial victory in generic drug price-fixing litigation, tossing several claims by state attorneys general but allowing others to proceed after finding that a jury could conclude he joined certain conspiracies.

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Investor Says Vail Resorts Conspired To Fix Ski Pass Prices

By Rachel Konieczny

Vail Resorts Inc. and its executives conspired with competitors to fix prices for its lift tickets and misled its stockholders about the company's conduct, an investor in the mountain resort operator alleged in Colorado federal court.

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Calif. Judge OKs $2.25M Settlement In Crab Price-Fixing Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A California judge has preliminarily approved a $2.25 million fund to settle a proposed class action accusing an Oregon seafood company of a conspiracy to cap prices paid to fishermen for Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest.

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Pharmacy Asks Court To Toss Novo Nordisk Semaglutide Suit

By Spencer Brewer

A pharmacy asked a Texas federal judge to toss claims brought by Novo Nordisk Inc. accusing the pharmacy of illicitly compounding a lucrative weight-loss drug called semaglutide, saying Novo Nordisk's complaint amounts to a grievance list against the compounding industry.

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Pot Shop Seeks Quick Win Against Jushi On Antitrust Claims

By Jonathan Capriel

A Massachusetts dispensary is urging a federal court to rule that cannabis giant Jushi Holdings and others violated antitrust law by using a $10 million merger provision designed to block the dispensary from opening a nearby store, causing it to ultimately crumble.

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DPAs At Hand For Argentine Media Co. Bosses In FIFA Case

By Stewart Bishop

Brooklyn federal prosecutors said they intend to enter into deferred prosecution agreements with the owners of Argentine sports marketing agency Full Play Group SA, a company that was convicted at trial of bribing Latin American soccer officials in exchange for lucrative media rights to tournaments, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

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Calif. Tribe Says County Tanked $12M Airport Land Deal

By Crystal Owens

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians is accusing Riverside County and its officials of fraudulently inducing it into a $12 million land investment, telling a California district court that the municipality pulled a bait-and-switch when it then banned access to the airport-adjacent property.

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Insurer Gets $2 In Damages In Trade Secret, Contract Case

By Elliot Weld

A Chicago-based captive insurer was granted a favorable judgment on some claims of trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract but was awarded only $2 in nominal damages in a case alleging that an insurance seller and some agents lifted confidential client lists.

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What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape

While the U.K. Jurisdiction Taskforce’s recent statement on liability for artificial intelligence harms is nonbinding for both U.K. and U.S. lawyers, it highlights the importance of being able to distinguish between the availability of a tool and a professional obligation to use it, say Jonny Frank and Michael Costa at StoneTurn.

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Firm Revenue Climbs 12.4% In First Half Of 2026

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Record billing rate gains, strong demand and increased productivity fueled a successful start to the year for the legal industry, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Florida AG Slams Bar Complaint Against DHS Counsel

By Madison Arnold

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote to the executive director of the Florida Bar to criticize a recent complaint made to the bar against James Percival, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, for attacking judges.

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Legal Watchdog Lodges Bar Complaint Against Jeanine Pirro

By Hailey Konnath

The Legal Accountability Center said Tuesday that it filed a bar complaint against U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, claiming that she abused her position to unjustifiably target Democratic lawmakers after they released a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community that it's their duty to refuse unlawful orders.

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6th Circ. Says Judge Can't Escape Teen Mock Arrest Suit

By Susan Smiley

A Sixth Circuit panel on Monday allowed to proceed a Michigan federal lawsuit filed against a Detroit judge who handcuffed a 15-year-old student and subjected her to a mock trial after she fell asleep in his courtroom, ruling that judicial immunity does not protect him.

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Watchdog Wants NY Judge Ousted Over Retaliatory Suit

By Rose Krebs

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined a state judge should be removed from office for filing a retaliatory defamation suit against an eye-care worker who had lodged an ethics complaint over the judge refusing to wear a mask in an office in 2021.

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NY Times Says EEOC Dragging Feet On Anti-White Bias Info

By Grace Elletson

The New York Times Company has sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the anti-discrimination watchdog flouted federal law by failing to respond to requests for records of communications with conservative legal groups and agency efforts to investigate claims of bias against white workers.

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Colo. Judge Ships $8.3M Messner Reeves Fraud Suit To Utah

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge granted a motion Monday from law firm Messner Reeves LLP to move a lawsuit accusing the firm of stealing more than $8 million as part of a fraudulent loan scheme to Utah after finding the venue was the proper forum to litigate the claims.

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Tort Report: Mass. Jury Delivers Record Amazon Crash Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

A record personal injury verdict against Amazon in a crash case and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler's upcoming sex abuse trial lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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