The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump's bid for the full appeals court to weigh his $475 million suit against CNN over the network calling his 2020 presidential election fraud claims a "Big Lie," leaving intact a November panel ruling affirming the case's dismissal.
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Trump Can't Get 11th Circ. Redo On CNN Defamation Suit Toss

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump's bid for the full appeals court to weigh his $475 million suit against CNN over the network calling his 2020 presidential election fraud claims a "Big Lie," leaving intact a November panel ruling affirming the case's dismissal.

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Dr. Oz Claims Florida Also Has Healthcare Fraud Problem

By David Minsky

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, announced Tuesday that he is taking his efforts to combat healthcare-related fraud to Florida, where he says millions of dollars have been wasted on schemes involving durable medical equipment.

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Alcon Drops $430M Lensar Deal Under Pressure From FTC

By Matthew Perlman

Swiss eye care company Alcon Inc. has abandoned its planned purchase of a Florida-based maker of laser treatments for cataracts, Lensar Inc., after the Federal Trade Commission threatened to block the $430 million deal.

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Fla. Judge Orders Consumers To Arbitrate Binance Claims

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge sent two proposed class suits against Binance to arbitration Monday after finding that the arbitration provision of Binance's terms of use applied to the investors' claims that the exchange laundered stolen cryptocurrency.

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ENFORCEMENT

OFAC Fines Broker $1.1M Over Apparent Sanctions Violations

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Tuesday announced that Florida brokerage TradeStation Securities Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1.1 million to settle potential civil liability for violating the regulator's sanctions programs for Iran, Syria and Crimea.

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LITIGATION

Fla. Student Group Says Deactivation Violated Free Speech

By David Minsky

A College Republicans chapter at the University of Florida told a federal court that the university violated its First Amendment rights when the school revoked its registration after a chapter member's alleged off-campus antisemitic speech.

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Jushi, Ex-COO Settle Whistleblower Retaliation Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A former Jushi Holdings Inc. executive who claimed a cannabis company fired him in retaliation for compliance with safety standards told a Florida federal court he has settled his suit.

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DEALS

Drug Developer GNQ To Go Public Via $500M SPAC Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Techbio company GNQ Insilico has announced plans to go public by merging with special-purpose acquisition company IB Acquisition Corp. in a deal that values it at $500 million and was built by four law firms.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Human Diligence Crucial As AI Raises Real Estate Fraud Risks

A recent title fraud warning from Florida officials demonstrates that artificial intelligence has lowered the barrier to committing complex property scams, forcing real estate industry stakeholders and attorneys to prioritize contextual review in transactions, says Neil Cohen at Barsh and Cohen.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Industry Leaders Grapple With BigLaw Recruiting 'Chaos'

By Aebra Coe

Many large law firms hit elite law school campuses last September to begin recruiting first-year students for their 2027 summer associate job openings, in what panelists at a New York City Bar Association event Tuesday described as a dysfunctional system unhelpful to both law students and law firms.

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Latham Hires Desmarais IP Partner In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Latham & Wakins LLP has hired a Desmarais LLP partner in D.C., who helped represent GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in an ongoing infringement suit against Moderna Inc., the firm announced Tuesday.

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Health Litigator Rejoins Holland & Knight From In-House Role

By Madison Arnold

A former Holland & Knight LLP attorney has returned to the firm in Jacksonville, Florida, after a 10-year stint in-house at Florida Blue, a subsidiary of GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp.

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Calif. Bills Would Reform Litigation Funding, Client Recruiting

By Emily Sawicki

Two new bills introduced to the California Assembly this week seek to impose reforms on the state's legal industry, including adding mandatory disbarment for attorneys convicted of felony "capping" — or illegally paying for client recruitment — and blocking corporate litigation funders from influencing cases.

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Brief

Prior Counsel In Settled EBay Harassment Case Eyes Payment

By Julie Manganis

An attorney who previously represented a Massachusetts couple in a harassment lawsuit against eBay and three former executives has asked a federal judge to hold off on entering a dismissal in the now-settled case until she receives assurances she will be paid.

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Anderson & Kreiger

ArentFox Schiff

Assouline & Berlowe

Ballard Spahr

Barnes & Thornburg

Brito PLLC

Bryan Cave

Carlton Fields

Cassels Brock

Cleary Gottlieb

Cooley LLP

Corr Cronin

Dentons

Desmarais LLP

Diller Law

Downtown LA Law Group

Finkelstein & Partners

Finkelstein Blankinship

Gunster Yoakley

Herman Jones LLP

Holland & Knight

Keller Rohrback

Lowell & Associates

Martin G. Weinberg PC

McNaul Ebel

Prinz Law Firm

Quinn Emanuel

Rimon PC

Robbins Geller

Ropes & Gray

Sabatini Law Firm PA

Scalli Murphy Law

Sidley Austin

Silver Miller

Troutman

Wilson Sonsini

Winston & Strawn

Withersworldwide

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ABC News

Alcon Inc.

Alcon Vision LLC

American Bar Association

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Binance.US

CBS Interactive Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Coinbase Global Inc.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Federal Bar Association

Florida Blue

Fordham University

George Washington University

Google LLC

GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp.

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

Jushi Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Los Angeles Times

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America

Moderna Inc.

Nasdaq Inc.

New York City Bar Association

New York University

Pfizer Inc.

State Bar of California

The New York Times Co.

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Colorado Supreme Court

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Office of Foreign Assets Control

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington