A $4.1 million settlement between Truist Financial Corp. and a proposed class of cellphone users who say they got unwanted robocalls from the bank has received a North Carolina federal judge's initial green light.
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Truist's $4.1M Robocall Class Settlement Gets Initial OK

By Emilie Ruscoe

A $4.1 million settlement between Truist Financial Corp. and a proposed class of cellphone users who say they got unwanted robocalls from the bank has received a North Carolina federal judge's initial green light.

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Vape Makers, Sellers Aim To Block NC Law On E-Cigarettes

By Mike Curley

A vaping trade group and others are aiming to block a North Carolina law to regulate the sale of electronic cigarettes by arguing it is preempted by federal law, in a new suit filed in federal court.

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Ex-Exec's Claims Against Dechert Still No Good, 2nd Circ. Told

By Pete Brush

A North Carolina trade executive's latest trip to the Second Circuit in his quest to win damages for alleged hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf should end like the others, with a dismissal, defense counsel argued Thursday.

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NC Chef Says Restaurant Canned Him For Being Trans

By Ryan Harroff

The former executive sous chef at a resort restaurant in Flat Rock, North Carolina, claims in a lawsuit that he was terminated for having gender dysphoria and for requesting time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act to recover from gender reassignment surgery.

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LITIGATION

States Urge 1st Circ. To Reinstate Federal Housing Grants

By Grace Dixon

A coalition of states urged the First Circuit to reinstate a ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from cutting $30 million in fair housing grants, saying the federal government failed to consider the impact this decision would have on the groups' operations.

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FOURTH CIRCUIT

4th Circ. Affirms Ex-Crypto COO's Fraud Conviction

By Ryan Harroff

The Fourth Circuit found no error in a former cryptocurrency executive's conviction for fraud and conspiracy related to his time working at a foreign currency and cryptocurrency trading investment firm that the panel said was actually just a Ponzi scheme that never made any trades.

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4th Circ. Skips To Full Review Of DOGE's SSA Access

By Braden Campbell

The Fourth Circuit has voted to initially hear as a full court the government's challenge to an order blocking a probe of the Social Security Administration and keep the block in place, with a majority differentiating a similar case it recently left to a three-member panel sans injunction.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Senators Reintroduce Patent Eligibility, PTAB Reform Bills

By Dani Kass

U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis and Chris Coons on Thursday brought back two significant patent reform bills from last term that overall aim to make invalidating patents more difficult.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Attys Join Nationwide 'Day Of Action' Rallies For Rule Of Law

By Ryan Boysen and Jack Rodgers

Thousands of attorneys gathered at rallies across the country on Thursday to oppose what they called the Trump administration's "assault" on the rule of law — a rare public demonstration for the normally buttoned-down and risk-averse professionals that they said "sounds the alarm of a looming constitutional crisis."

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Analysis

Hair, Makeup, Legal: The Lawyering Behind The Met Gala

By Theresa Schliep

While the red carpet arrivals of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are sure to win the most attention at the Met Gala on Monday, attorneys also play a significant role in advising the brands and celebrities at the center of fashion's biggest night.

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20 Former Federal Judges Launch Group To Defend Judiciary

By Jake Maher

Twenty former federal district and circuit judges on Thursday launched a coalition to speak out about and defend the federal judiciary as political impeachment attempts against judges increase and the federal courts system faces heightened scrutiny.

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Paul Hastings, GenapSys Settle Calif. Legal Malpractice Suit

By James Mills

The legal malpractice suit in which gene sequencing company GenapSys Inc. argued Paul Hastings LLP caused GenapSys' bankruptcy appears to have been settled.

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GOP Seeks To Stop 'Frivolous Lawsuits' With Reconciliation

By Courtney Bublé

The House Judiciary Committee approved along party lines a proposal they say will prevent "frivolous lawsuits" by barring courts from enforcing contempt citations for failure to comply with injunctions if the plaintiff has not posted a bond for litigation costs.

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5 Fed. Circ. Clashes To Watch This Month

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts — one against Apple and one against Medtronic — and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement.

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Senate Panel Delays A Vote On Martin Nomination For US Atty

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held off for now a vote to call for a hearing on Ed Martin's nomination for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a move Democrats say would allow more time to review his record and, they hope, convince enough Republicans to help them block his nomination.

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New Bill Holds Judges Accountable Even After They Retire

By Hailey Konnath

A Georgia Congressman on Thursday introduced legislation that would ensure misconduct complaints against judges would still be investigated, even if the judge has resigned, retired or even died.

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Colo. Judge Resigns Amid Allegations Over Misuse Of Bench

By Thy Vo

A Colorado state judge resigned on Wednesday amid a disciplinary complaint accusing him of misusing his position to help a former client that he exchanged sexual and flirtatious texts with, telling an independent panel in a brief that it no longer needs to hear a disciplinary case against him.

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The Top In-House Hires Of April

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at FanDuel's parent company, American Airlines and soda business Swig. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the first full month of spring.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

ArentFox Schiff LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Binder & Schwartz

Brooks Kushman

Complex Appellate Litigation Group

Crowell & Moring

Dame Law

Dechert LLP

Dewey & LeBoeuf

Epstein Becker

Foley & Lardner

Frankfurt Kurnit

Gibbons Law Group PLLC

Hecker Fink

Heisler Feldman

Herbert Smith Freehills

Jones Day

Keogh Law Ltd.

Latham & Watkins

Lesnick Prince

Massumi & Consoli

McGuireWoods

Morgan Lewis

Munger Tolles

Nassiri & Jung

Nelson Mullins

O'Melveny & Myers

Paul Hastings

Perkins Coie

Recht Kornfeld

Relman Colfax

Robinson Bradshaw

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Susman Godfrey

Thompson Hine

White & Case

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aetna Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees

American Federation of Teachers

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Apple Inc.

Applebee's International Inc.

CBS Interactive Inc.

CapitalG Management Co. LLC

Cartier SA

Christian Louboutin SA

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

Comcast Corp.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Council for Innovation Promotion

Cummins Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

DineEquity Inc.

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

Eventbrite Inc.

FanDuel Inc.

Farm Credit Mid-America

Federalist Society

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

GenapSys Inc.

Global Partners LP

Google LLC

Hallmark Cards Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International House of Pancakes LLC

Medtronic PLC

Meridian Capital Group LLC

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Women's Law Center

New York City Bar Association

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York County Lawyers' Association

Nokia Corp.

Paramount Global

Pilot Travel Centers LLC

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

Roku Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

San Francisco Bar Association

Seattle Seahawks

Sisvel International SA

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Toll Brothers Inc.

Truist Financial Corp.

Universal Electronics Inc.

Vapor Technology Association

Verizon Communications Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Yves Saint Laurent SAS

iHeartMedia Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

International Trade Commission

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

New York Attorney General's Office

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Social Security Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Coast Guard

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 Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

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

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

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

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget