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Morgan & Morgan Wants To Probe Derailment Atty Fee Split
By Matthew Santoni
The firm Morgan & Morgan PA asked an Ohio federal court Friday to reopen discovery in the East Palestine derailment litigation and delve into the decision-making behind the attorney fees for Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement, after the Sixth Circuit gave the firm a chance to double-check whether it had received its fair share.
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Post Beats Omission Claims In Rachael Ray Pet Food Suit
By Gina Kim
A California federal judge trimmed claims from a proposed class action alleging Post touts its Rachael Ray Nutrish pet foods contain "no artificial preservatives" while omitting that they contain citric acid, after the plaintiff acknowledged he isn't saying Post failed to disclose material facts but rather, made affirmative misrepresentations.
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AUTOMOTIVE
TRANSPORTATION
NC High Court Says Repose Is 'Immunity,' Substantial Right
By Mike Curley
The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday allowed an airplane parts maker to appeal an order denying its motion for summary judgment in a suit over a 2015 plane crash, overturning precedent to find that the statute of repose under the General Aviation Revitalization Act is a type of immunity and therefore a "substantial right" impacted by the denial.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
The Hypnosis That Helped Send A Man To Death Row
By Marco Poggio
The capital murder conviction of Charles Don Flores, a man on Texas’ death row, hinged on a courtroom identification by a witness who had previously undergone hypnosis. His lawyers are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, after Texas’ top court shot down his claims that the hypnosis session contaminated the witness’s memory and tainted her identification.
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Balancing The Scales: $3M Jury Verdict, GEO Appeal Denial
By Orlando Lorenzo
A Philadelphia federal judge rejected bids to disturb a $3 million jury award and impose sanctions on plaintiff's counsel arising from proceedings he described as "near-daily Festivus celebrations, where everyone got to air their grievances 'for the sake of the record'" and a Detroit man saw his murder conviction vacated after 27 years due to the case's reliance on a coerced confession and a lack of physical evidence, among other access to justice stories you may have missed.
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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
By Laura Stewart Liberty
The past week in London has seen an ex-professional footballer revive a dispute with Charles Russell Speechlys, Virgin Media face a group data protection claim after hundreds of thousands of customers' personal details were exposed online for months, and Mishcon de Reya sued by a real estate private equity firm founded by a former Morgan Stanley executive.
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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week
By Michele Gorman
Major shareholder groups sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming the agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act. In the meantime, some attorneys think the sanctions that judges are issuing to lawyers over AI-generated errors won't be enough to stop the problem. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
By Kevin Penton
Baron & Budd PC, Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP and Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit revived a major hospital chain's False Claims Act suit accusing large pharmaceutical companies of massive overcharges in a prominent drug discount program.
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