A North Carolina man who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter following a dispute with a friend on his property has asked the state's highest court to review his case, claiming that recently decided precedent about how to instruct juries in castle doctrine cases would have changed the outcome of his trial.
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TOP NEWS

NC High Court Asked to Review Castle Doctrine Killing Case

By Parker Quinlan

A North Carolina man who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter following a dispute with a friend on his property has asked the state's highest court to review his case, claiming that recently decided precedent about how to instruct juries in castle doctrine cases would have changed the outcome of his trial.

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NC Vape Seller Defaults In FDA Suit Over Illegal Imports

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration scored a big win in its bid to permanently block a North Carolina vape distributor from importing and selling illicit flavored e-cigarettes from China, with a federal judge giving the government a default win.

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Insurer Says NC Law Firm's $130K Forgery Loss Isn't Covered

By Mark Payne

Law firm Narron and Holdford PA isn't owed close to $130,000 in coverage for a forged cashier's check and wire transfer because the incident doesn't trigger coverage under the insurance policy it has with a pair of insurance companies, the insurers have told a North Carolina federal court. 

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Veterans Say Citibank Arb. Ruling Is 'Anti-Military Readiness'

By Abigail Harrison

A group of service members urged a North Carolina federal court to keep in its sights claims that Citibank NA proffered misleading information about credit card account interest and fees, arguing a recent arbitration order erodes safeguards baked into the Military Lending Act.

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AEG, BigLaw Atty In Hot Seat As Live Nation Trial Nears End

By Stewart Bishop

Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap star Drake, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case said rival company AEG Worldwide and a Hogan Lovells lawyer may face sanctions for revealing confidential information about a witness.

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FOURTH CIRCUIT

4th Circ. Revives Widow's Sewage Cleanup Clash With NC City

By Hayley Fowler

A split Fourth Circuit panel Wednesday revived a widow's suit alleging she was coerced into giving up her claims against the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, after her home was flooded with raw sewage, finding she had enough evidence to take the case to trial.

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POLICY & REGULATION

ABA, State Bars Blast DOJ Proposal To Block Bar Probes

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association and a chorus of state and local bar groups have come out against a proposed rule that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys, calling the proposal "unlawful and unconstitutional."

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LITIGATION

Analysis

Where Dormant Commerce Clause Cannabis Cases Stand

By Sam Reisman

Lawsuits across the country challenging the constitutionality of state and local cannabis licensure programs continue to move through the federal appellate courts, with judges reaching different conclusions on a topic with broad implications for marijuana regulation.

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States Seek Time For Talks To Settle Drug Price-Fixing Suit

By Brian Steele

The states suing generic-drug manufacturers in one of three sprawling antitrust cases want a Connecticut federal judge to pause all deadlines for three months so they can focus on settling with the remaining defendants, according to a joint filing.

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Roundup

ERISA Recap: 6 Noteworthy Decisions From March

By Kellie Mejdrich

JPMorgan Chase & Co. narrowed but couldn't escape a suit from workers who said their health plan paid too much for prescription drugs, Genworth Financial Inc. unwound a class at the Fourth Circuit, and the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into proposed class actions against FedEx and Kellogg. Here, Law360 looks at these and three other notable decisions from March in ERISA cases.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Justices' Geofence Ruling May Test 4th Amendment's Future

When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in Chatrie v. U.S. whether law enforcement may use geofence warrants to compel Google to disclose location history data, the ruling is likely to become an important statement about the future of Fourth Amendment law in data-driven investigations, says Duncan Levin at Levin & Associates.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

DLA Piper Offered Pregnant Atty 'Dignified' Exit, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former DLA Piper associate who claims she was unlawfully fired after announcing her pregnancy was offered a chance to transition out of the firm "without anyone knowing that her work was subpar," a partner told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday.

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Spencer Fane Adds 75 Attys Through Tie-Up With Okla. Firm

By Tracey Read

Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it plans to combine with Southwest firm Conner & Winters LLP on July 1 in its largest tie-up to date and its third already in 2026.

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DOJ's Lead Google Attys Both Leave Agency Same Day

By Bryan Koenig

The lead attorneys on both of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's monopolization cases against Google left the agency Wednesday or said they would be doing so.

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Mich. Federal Judge Pleads No Contest In Drunk-Driving Case

By Gina Kim

A Michigan federal judge pled no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge in Emmet County court in connection with an incident where he crashed his Cadillac and registered a 0.27% blood alcohol level, apologizing and saying he "looks forward" to continuing his judicial service.

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ABA Rates Montana Judicial Pick 'Not Qualified'

By Courtney Bublé

Katie Lane, senior legal counsel at the Republican National Committee who has been tapped for a federal judgeship in Montana, is the first nominee to receive a majority "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association in the second Trump administration.

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NY Panel Backs DLA Piper's $482K Fee Win In Malpractice Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

A New York appellate court affirmed Tuesday the dismissal of a Chinese software company's legal malpractice suit against DLA Piper, along with a $482,000 sanctions order against the company and its counsel, noting that the company's frivolous claims also drew a $635,000 sanctions ruling in "mirror" federal court litigation.

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Bondi To Skip Epstein Deposition After DOJ Cites AG Exit

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not sit for her scheduled deposition next week on the Epstein files now that she has left the role, and the Justice Department has asked the House Oversight Committee to withdraw its subpoena.

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Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked New York's highest court to throw out New York Attorney General Letitia James' "deeply flawed" civil fraud judgment entirely after a lower appellate court tossed what it called an "excessive" $489 million penalty against the president, his sons and his real estate companies.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alexander Ricks

Baker Botts

Conner & Winters

Consovoy McCarthy

Cranfill Sumner

Cravath Swaine

DLA Piper

Day Pitney

Dechert LLP

Felicello Law

Fennemore

Friedman & Martin

Gibson Dunn

Global IP Counselors

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day

Kasowitz LLP

Latham & Watkins

Lippes Mathias

Mayer Brown

Meritz Reddy

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Murphy & Grantland

Narron & Holdford

Niemeyer Grebel

Paul Weiss

Proskauer Rose

Smith & Lowney

Spencer Fane

Sullivan & Cromwell

Wigdor LLP

Wiggin & Dana

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allergan PLC

American Bar Association

American Express Co.

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

Amicus

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Bausch Health Cos. Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Energy Harbor Corp.

FedEx Corp.

Genworth Financial Inc.

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kellogg Co.

Lannett Company, Inc

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Maine State Bar Association

Marriott International Inc.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

New York City Bar Association

North Carolina State Bar

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Ocwen Financial Corp.

Pfizer Inc.

Philadelphia Bar Association

Sandoz International GmbH

State Bar of California

State Street Global Advisors Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The District of Columbia Bar

Trump Organization Inc.

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union

Viatris Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Weyerhaeuser Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Court of Appeals of New York

European Union

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission

New York Attorney General's Office

New York County District Attorney's Office

New York Office of Cannabis Management

New York Supreme Court, New York County

North Carolina Attorney General's Office

State of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana