Joe Gibbs Racing LLC's efforts to subpoena cellphone providers for deleted text messages is a "desperate" ploy to dig up proof its trade secrets were stolen when there is no evidence to suggest that is the case, the NASCAR team's former competition director said.
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Ex-Joe Gibbs Racing Director Pans 'Desperate' Discovery Bid

By Hayley Fowler

Joe Gibbs Racing LLC's efforts to subpoena cellphone providers for deleted text messages is a "desperate" ploy to dig up proof its trade secrets were stolen when there is no evidence to suggest that is the case, the NASCAR team's former competition director said.

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Rider Blasts Uber Bid To Admit Atty Ads In NC Bellwether Trial

By Hayley Fowler

Uber should not be allowed to introduce evidence that a rider in North Carolina saw attorney advertisements before she sued the ride-hailing giant claiming she was sexually harassed by her driver, the passenger said, arguing it has "no relevance to any issue" in her upcoming trial.

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Ex-Player Asks NC Justices To Revive School Negligence Suit

By Abigail Harrison

A former college football player is urging North Carolina justices to take up his appeal and rule that a lower court was wrong to hand a pretrial win to Gardner-Webb University, arguing a jury should decide if the school took reasonable care to protect him from "attempted murder."

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NC Prison Officials Defend Push For Quick Appeal Of Pay Suit

By Benjamin Morse

North Carolina prison officials defended their bid for an immediate appeal of a ruling finding correctional officers may be entitled to pay for all time spent inside prison facilities, rejecting the guards' argument that the court's reliance on a "robust" factual record precludes such an appeal.

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Irish Mallinckrodt Unit Stuck In Drug Price-Fixing Suit

By Ben Zigterman

An Irish entity of drugmaker Mallinckrodt waited too long to seek dismissal of a price-fixing lawsuit brought by states based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or proper service, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, finding that the company first raised that argument more than five years after the complaint was filed.

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Chinese Vape-Maker Seeks Narrow Discovery In Battery Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

The Chinese manufacturer of Geekvape is asking to limit discovery in a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for burns a man suffered when the battery for his vape exploded while in his pocket, arguing that what the plaintiff asked for was too broad.

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FOURTH CIRCUIT

Ex-Law Officer Urges 4th Circ. To Uphold W.Va. Privacy Law

By Jared Foretek

The plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing data brokers of violating a West Virginia state law barring the dissemination of public officials' addresses and phone numbers defended the law's constitutionality Wednesday, arguing to the Fourth Circuit that it regulates speech "integral" to criminal conduct and shouldn't be subjected to strict scrutiny.

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Split 4th Circ. Backs West Virginia Schoolchildren Vax Law

By Gianna Ferrarin

A split Fourth Circuit panel struck down an order barring West Virginia from applying a compulsory vaccination law to a student whose parents alleged the law violates her religious rights, ruling the law serves the state's interest in reducing the spread of infectious diseases.

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LITIGATION

Driven Brands Hit With Investor Suit Over Financial Controls

By Sydney Price

Auto services holding company Driven Brands is facing a proposed class action from a shareholder accusing it of misleading the public about the firm's internal controls over financial reporting, leading to a 30% single-day share price drop when investors learned that results of several quarters were inaccurately reported.

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Ecolab Says Personal Injury Law Firm Holding Back $148K

By Abigail Harrison

Ecolab and its self-funded employee benefit plan have accused a North Carolina personal injury firm of withholding around $148,000 in settlement funds the food safety company says it's owed for covering a worker's medical bills after a car accident.

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States Tell Jury That Live Nation Isn't Above The Law

By Stewart Bishop

Counsel for 33 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday urged a Manhattan federal jury to show the world that even "a $36 billion behemoth" like Live Nation isn't above antitrust laws and find it liable for flagrantly monopolizing the U.S. live entertainment market, to the detriment of artists, venue operators and fans.

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Brief

Elevance Nurses' Federal OT Suit Sent From NC To Va.

By MJ Koo

A class and collective action accusing insurer Elevance Health of misclassifying its nurses as overtime-exempt has been transferred from North Carolina to Virginia federal court, where the company faces related claims.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Trump Picks Ohio Ex-Solicitor General For 6th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he is tapping Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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Analysis

Calif. AI Guardrails Split From Feds, Other States May Follow

By Madeline Lyskawa

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.

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Fed. Circ. Chief Feels 'Bright-Line Rule Coming' For IP Marking

By Dani Kass

As a Federal Circuit panel reprimanded embattled attorney William Ramey on Thursday for the "disrespect" shown in his failed 3D glasses patent litigation against Volkswagen, the Federal Circuit's chief judge suggested precedent may be needed to define the role of marking in admissionless settlements.

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'Mark Of Autocracy': Court Says Pentagon Defied Press Order

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."

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Trade Secrets Suit Is A 'Far-Flung Conspiracy,' Law Firm Says

By Adam Lidgett

A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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Ahmad Zavitsanos

Albright Stoddard

Alexander Morrison & Fehr

Ballard Spahr

Berger Montague

Blank Rome

Bordas & Bordas

Bowles Rice

Bryson Harris Suciu & DeMay

Bursor & Fisher

Chaffin Luhana LLP

Cranfill Sumner

Cravath Swaine

Cuneo Gilbert

DiCello Levitt

Fabian VanCott

Finnegan

Flaherty Sensabaugh

Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law

Gibson Dunn

Girard Sharp

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klausner Kaufman

Kolb Clare

Latham & Watkins

Lee Segui

Lewis Brisbois

Marshall Gerstein

McDonald Carano

McGuireWoods

Milberg PLLC

Niemeyer Grebel

O'Melveny & Myers

Parker Poe

Paynter Law Firm

Peiffer Wolf

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Ramey LLP

Robinson Bradshaw

Ropes & Gray

Saxena White

Sbaiti & Company

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

Siri & Glimstad

Spilman Thomas

Ted A. Greve & Associates

Terpening Law

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Troutman

Walker and Patterson

Winston & Strawn

Womble Bond

Young Moore

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Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

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Candela Corp.

Ecolab Inc.

Elevance Health Inc.

Elite

Google LLC

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Mallinckrodt PLC

Marriott International Inc.

Meineke Car Care Centers Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

National Public Radio Inc.

Pro Publica Inc.

RELX PLC

Sandoz International GmbH

State Bar of Texas

The New York Times Co.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Volkswagen AG

Whitepages Consumer Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Technology

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Louisiana Department of Insurance

North Carolina Department of Public Safety

Ohio Supreme Court

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada