Feds Sued Over Warrantless Immigration Arrests In NC

By Abigail Harrison

Five North Carolina residents sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several of its agencies Tuesday in federal court, alleging in a proposed class action that they were arrested and held without a warrant during violent and destructive immigration dragnet operations across North Carolina.

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Joe Gibbs Racing Seeks Injunction Against Ex-Director, Rival

By Abigail Harrison

NASCAR giant Joe Gibbs Racing LLC is urging a North Carolina federal court to hand it a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that will prevent its ex-competition director from using its trade secrets to benefit a direct competitor.

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Jail Threat Impossible For Already-Jailed Insurance Magnate

By Mark Payne

North Carolina insurance billionaire Greg Lindberg doesn't face the threat of immediate imprisonment for violating a $122 million contempt order because he's already in jail, a group of insurance companies told North Carolina's highest court.

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NCAA Settling Tennis Players' Prize Money Class Action

By Tom Lotshaw

Two tennis players asked a North Carolina federal judge to put class action litigation accusing the NCAA of violating antitrust laws by stopping college athletes from accepting prize money in outside tournaments on hold while the parties hash out a settlement agreement.

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Fungi-Nail Co. Says False Advertising Class Action Must Fail

By Emily Field

Arcadia Consumer Healthcare Inc. on Tuesday urged a North Carolina federal judge to toss once and for all a proposed class action alleging that its Fungi-Nail product is falsely marketed as a treatment for nail fungus, saying that the plaintiff has tried and failed several times to point to specific statements that it treats the infection.

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Cat Cover Story In Ginsburg Health Hack Gives Judge Pause

By Hayley Fowler

A Fourth Circuit jurist on Wednesday seemed fixated on the feline excuse a former hospital transplant coordinator gave FBI agents when he was questioned in 2019 about accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records.

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CFTC Warns Against Prediction Market Insider Trading

By Aislinn Keely

The CFTC on Wednesday warned prediction market traders it "has full authority to police illegal trading practices" on regulated platforms as it flagged two penalties Kalshi levied against an editor for popular internet video brand MrBeast and a California political candidate who each allegedly flouted the platform's insider trading rules.

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$17.9M Drug Price-Fixing Deal Advances Despite Objections

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge on Wednesday advanced a $17.9 million generic drug price-fixing settlement between 48 states and territories and pharmaceutical companies Bausch Health US LLC, Bausch Health Americas Inc. and Lannett Co. Inc., sidelining objections by consumers suing separately in a Pennsylvania multidistrict litigation case.

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Live Nation Judge Not 'Inclined' To Delay Trial For Appeal

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Wednesday he is likely to deny counsel for Live Nation's request to appeal rulings sending the government's monopolization claims to trial, after antitrust regulators called that request a "desperate plea" for a delay.

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EPA's Cancellation Of Solar Program Is Illegal, States Say

By Ganesh Setty

A coalition of states has urged a Washington federal court to bar the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from clawing back roughly $3 billion in federal funding for solar energy projects, arguing it can't rescind funds already obligated.

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What 4th Circ.-Approved DEI Ban Means For Employers

The Fourth Circuit’s recent lifting of the injunction against two executive orders banning recipients of federal funds from conducting diversity, equity and inclusion programs means employers should conduct audits to minimize their risk of violating federal antidiscrimination laws or the False Claims Act, says Jonathan Segal at Duane Morris.

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Tom Goldstein Guilty On Tax Evasion, 11 Other Counts

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog founder and famed U.S. Supreme Court advocate Thomas Goldstein was found guilty of tax evasion, as well as aiding in the filing of false tax returns and lying on loan applications, by a Maryland federal jury Wednesday. 

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Patterson Belknap Adds Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Maurene Comey

By Alison Knezevich

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who handled some of the nation's highest-profile cases before she was fired by the Trump administration, has joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Democrats Cast Doubt On New DOJ Fraud Role

By Courtney Bublé

During the confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Donald Trump's nominee for the new assistant attorney general for fraud role, Democrats expressed anxiety about the White House's involvement in the fraud crackdown and how genuine the effort is.

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Dems Demand Explanation For DOJ Antitrust Chief's Exit

By Lauren Berg

Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee demanded Wednesday that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explain to lawmakers why the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief was forced to resign, expressing concern about the administration's potential interference with merger reviews and antitrust litigation.

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Florida Co. Blames Holland & Hart For $21M Judgment

By Zach Dupont

A Florida-based company claimed in Colorado federal court Wednesday that a Holland & Hart LLP attorney was negligent in representing it in a lawsuit from the city of Fort Collins that eventually ended in a more than $21 million judgment against the company.

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'Do Not Lie To Me': Calif. Judge Panel Agrees Credibility Is Key

By Bonnie Eslinger

California federal judges speaking at a Federal Bar Association panel in San Francisco have urged attorneys to protect their credibility in the courtroom, with one judge bluntly telling lawyers "do not lie to me" and another revealing it's "shocking" how frequently judges share notes about lawyers.

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Justices Set New Limits On Recess Testimony Talks

By Cara Salvatore

A unanimous Supreme Court set limits Wednesday on the right to counsel during overnight breaks in a defendant's testimony under the Sixth Amendment, ruling that prohibiting talk about "testimony for its own sake" strikes an appropriate constitutional balance.

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Netflix Swaps Out Latham For Munger Tolles In Antitrust Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Latham & Watkins LLP withdrew Wednesday as defense counsel for Netflix in a proposed consumer class action in Illinois federal court claiming Meta cut an illegal deal ceding the video streaming market to Netflix, which is now represented by Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.

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Foley & Lardner Wants 'Scattershot' Malpractice Suit Tossed

By Rose Krebs

Foley & Lardner LLP is urging the Delaware Superior Court to toss a malpractice suit accusing the firm of negligence in representing an officer of a now-defunct food recycling company in a Chancery Court case that led to a $1.6 million judgment, saying it "suffers from basic pleading defects."

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