The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday vacated a district court's ruling that backed two transfers of Boar's Head Provisions Co. Inc. shares from a co-founder's grandson to his son, saying the lower court made errors in its analysis of the transfers' validity.
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11th Circ. Revives Beef Over Boar's Head Heir Shares

By Rae Ann Varona

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday vacated a district court's ruling that backed two transfers of Boar's Head Provisions Co. Inc. shares from a co-founder's grandson to his son, saying the lower court made errors in its analysis of the transfers' validity.

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Albertsons Judge Hears Testimony On Rx Opioid, Abuse Link

By Ben Adlin

An "undeniable" causal link exists between excess prescription opioids and problem use of drugs such as heroin and fentanyl, an expert witness testified during a bench trial Wednesday in Washington's lawsuit accusing Albertsons of fueling the state's overdose crisis by irresponsibly dispensing opioids.

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Trinseo Kicks Off Ch. 11 Trial As Creditors Feud Over LMEs

By Alex Wittenberg

Trinseo PLC and feuding creditor groups on Wednesday launched opening salvos at a hearing on the plastics maker's bid to trim about $2 billion in debt under a Chapter 11 plan, kicking off a trial in Texas bankruptcy court expected to span three days.

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LITIGATION

Squires Tells Fed. Circ. PTAB Made Error In Corteva Decision

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has asked the Federal Circuit to intervene in Inari Agriculture's appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision upholding a Corteva patent on insect-repellent corn, saying part of the board's decision was wrong.

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Edible Brands Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Web Tracking

By Kelcey Caulder

The company behind Edible Arrangements is facing a class action in Georgia federal court for allegedly using tracking tools to collect and share the data of website visitors without authorization.

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Panel OKs Bowling Alley's Win In Alcohol Overserving Case

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday cleared a bowling alley of liability in a suit accusing it of overserving alcohol to a customer who later caused a fatal crash while driving drunk, saying an amended complaint alleging new facts was filed too late.

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BANKRUPTCY

Pittsburgh's Oldest Brewery Ends Ch. 11 As Sale Looms

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge on Wednesday agreed to end a Chapter 11 case filed by Pittsburgh's purported oldest brewery, which claims there's no possibility of continued operation under its current ownership but that there is a property buyer on the horizon.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program

By Dorothy Atkins

An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.

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Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney after agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that an inventor had not shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter were defamatory.

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NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework

By Andrea Keckley

A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.

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Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.

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Brief

DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month

By Courtney Bublé

By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.

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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Allegheny Health Network

Boar's Head Provisions Co. Inc.

Corteva Inc.

Edible Arrangements LLC

FTI Consulting Inc.

Google LLC

Inari Agriculture Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

New York City Bar Association

Pinterest Inc.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.

Rite Aid Corp.

Safeway Inc.

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

TikTok Inc.

Trinseo SA

Twitter Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Avyno Law

Baker Botts

Baron & Budd

Calaiaro Valencik

Comber Miller

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Cummins & White

DLA Piper

Debevoise & Plimpton

Foley Hoag

Gray Reed

Greenberg Traurig

Gunster Yoakley

Herman Jones LLP

Hunton Andrews

J.P. Ward & Associates

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Levi & Korsinsky

Levin Papantonio

McHugh Fuller

Morgan Lewis

Musick Peeler

Ogden Murphy

Pallas Partners

Patterson Belknap

Paul Hastings

Powell & Majestro

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Rumberger Kirk

SML Avvocati

Seward & Kissel

Shumaker Loop

Simmons Hanly

Spencer Fane

Wachtell Lipton

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wolf Greenfield

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Los Angeles Superior Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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

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

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

Washington Attorney General's Office