A collection of voting and civil rights groups have asked a North Carolina federal court to immediately stop the use of a recently redrawn congressional map, arguing it will impose an extreme racial gerrymander and dismantle Black political power.
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Black Voters Ask NC Court To Block Unconstitutional Voting Map

By Abigail Harrison

A collection of voting and civil rights groups have asked a North Carolina federal court to immediately stop the use of a recently redrawn congressional map, arguing it will impose an extreme racial gerrymander and dismantle Black political power.

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4th Circ. OKs Fees In Health Co. Workers' OT Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A healthcare company must pay $410,000 in attorney fees and costs in overtime suits filed by nearly a dozen former employees, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday, upholding a lower court's calculations after initially rejecting them.

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TextNow Accuses NC Rival Of Exploiting Its Trademark

By Abigail Harrison

Canadian text and calling service company TextNow Inc. accused a U.S. competitor of willfully infringing on its lucrative trademarks via websites, advertising and a mobile app, according to a lawsuit filed in North Carolina federal court.

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LITIGATION

LendingTree's QuoteWizard Unit Hit With Telemarketing Suit

By Gina Kim

Lending Tree's insurance comparison subsidiary QuoteWizard.com LLC violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by placing unsolicited prerecorded telemarketing calls to people's phones without first getting their express consent, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in North Carolina federal court.

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PEOPLE

Winston & Strawn Promotes 18 To Partner

By Matt Perez

Winston & Strawn LLP has elevated 18 attorneys to partner, two shy of last year's class.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Considerations When Invoking The Common-Interest Privilege

To successfully leverage the common-interest doctrine in a multiparty transaction or complex litigation, practitioners should be able to demonstrate that the parties intended for it to apply, that an underlying privilege like attorney-client has attached, and guard against disclosures that could waive privilege and defeat its purpose, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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NBA Gambling Probes Highlight Sports Betting's Broad Risks

Recent NBA gambling scandals illustrate the integrity risks arising from legal sports betting, but organizations, which must navigate a patchwork of state laws, can protect their reputations by drafting and enforcing internal policies to address betting-related risks and complying with league and institutional rules, say attorneys at Littler.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Weil Matches Year-End And Special Bonuses For Associates

By Anna Sanders

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on Tuesday joined a cadre of other firms in matching the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.  

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Judges Decline Invites To Senate Hearing On Impeachment

By Courtney Bublé

Two federal judges, both of whom Republicans are looking to impeach, declined to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing next week on the impeachment of "rogue" judges, a source familiar with the situation told Law360 on Tuesday.

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DOJ Official Sues Over Firing For Epstein Talk On Hinge 'Date'

By Alison Knezevich

A longtime official at the U.S. Department of Justice who was fired after he was secretly recorded discussing the Epstein files has sued the agency and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in D.C. federal court.

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Democrats Seek Documents On Emil Bove's DOJ Tenure

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Democrats are turning to public records requests to learn more about the controversial tenure of U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove while he served at the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that they're being "stonewalled" by the department.

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$255K In Fees To Google For 'Frivolous' Ramey Case Upheld

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a California judge's decision that a client of embattled intellectual property firm Ramey LLP must pay nearly $255,000 in fees and sanctions for bringing a "frivolous" patent suit against Google, finding the award to be "entirely proper."

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Fla. Law Student Expelled For Antisemitic Post To Be Reenrolled

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of a law school student who was expelled after he was investigated over antisemitic posts on social media, saying the university didn't prove his speech "constituted a true threat." 

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Texas Law Firm, Atty Reach Tentative Deal In Age Bias Suit

By Rose Krebs

An attorney who sued a Houston-based law firm alleging she was fired in retaliation for having complained about age discrimination has reached "a tentative agreement" to resolve the matter, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

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Husch Blackwell Blasts Ex-Firm Atty's ERISA Suit

By James Boyle

A former Husch Blackwell LLP partner's claim that the firm violated federal law by withholding monthly retirement account contributions misidentified the funds in question as participant contributions, when they were, in fact, contributions from the firm's year-end profit-sharing program.

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Hogan Lovells

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Jackson Lewis PC

K&L Gates

Kelly IP

Littler Mendelson

Mark S. Zaid PC

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Nelson Mullins

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Ramey LLP

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Sanford Heisler

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Google LLC

Harvard University

Major League Baseball Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Netflix Inc.

Nidec Corp.

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Southern Poverty Law Center Inc.

Toronto Raptors

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

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

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

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

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

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