A federal jury in Virginia has found that three Amazon storefront operators willfully infringed a Chinese company's patent covering a collapsible golf cart, while also holding two of the operators liable for infringing a second, related patent.
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Jury Says Amazon Storefronts Infringed Golf Cart Patents

By Theresa Schliep

A federal jury in Virginia has found that three Amazon storefront operators willfully infringed a Chinese company's patent covering a collapsible golf cart, while also holding two of the operators liable for infringing a second, related patent.

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'Melodramatic' Dodgers Fan's $11.8M Award Cut By $4M

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge slashed an $11.8 million award for a Dodgers fan who lost vision in an eye after being struck by a police officer's projectile, calling his testimony about not playing catch "melodramatic" and citing a minor league player who returned to the field after losing vision in one eye.

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Roundup Is The Cancer Culprit For 3 Plaintiffs, Jury Hears

By Cara Salvatore

A prominent oncologist testified Thursday that Roundup use is the factor responsible for the blood cancers of three plaintiffs, including one "without any risk factors" other than her use of the Monsanto pesticide.

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Maduro's Wife Loses Bail Bid As US Levels Torture Charges

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge declined Thursday to grant bail to the wife of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, after prosecutors unveiled new narco-terrorism charges accusing the couple of a 25-year course of torture, including against Americans.

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Blinded Yale Patient Wants $6.6M On Top Of $15.1M Verdict

By Brian Steele

The conservator of an elderly woman who won a $15.1 million verdict from Yale New Haven Hospital after she was blinded during brain surgery has asked a Connecticut state court judge to add $6.6 million in interest because the defense rejected a settlement offer years before the trial.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Brief

Airlines, Colo. Propose Trial Dates In Sick Leave Law Case

By MJ Koo

An airline industry trade group and a Colorado labor official told a federal judge they see virtually no chance of settling the group's lawsuit over whether a state paid sick leave law applies to airline workers, proposing trial dates for early 2027 and offering competing lengths for the proceeding.

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WHITE COLLAR

Ex-Coal Exec's Bribe Sentencing Paused Amid Witness Claims

By Phillip Bantz

A Pennsylvania federal judge agreed Wednesday to reschedule an upcoming sentencing hearing for a former coal executive convicted of authorizing bribes to an arm of the Egyptian government, after his attorneys flagged new allegations against a star witness for the prosecution.

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COMPETITION

Tyson, Pork Buyers Get Final OK For $48M Pork Price-Fix Deal

By Rae Ann Varona

A Minnesota federal judge gave the final stamp of approval to a $48 million settlement Tyson reached with a class of commercial and institutional indirect pork purchasers that resolves antitrust claims over allegedly inflated pork prices, and granted class counsel nearly $16 million in attorney fees from the fund.

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REAL ESTATE

Fla. Panel Reverses Atty Fees Award In Atty's POA Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

A Florida appellate court has reversed an attorney fees award in a property purchase dispute involving a Florida attorney, a local property owners association and other parties.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Zillow-Redfin Settlement Spotlights Nontraditional-Deal Risk

The Federal Trade Commission's recent settlement with Zillow and Redfin serves as a reminder that authorities are increasingly interested in challenging nontraditional transaction structures that effectively eliminate a market participant, which includes some exclusivity arrangements, say attorneys at Freshfields.

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Opinion

Illinois Should Vacate Convictions Tainted By Racist Counsel

After the Illinois Supreme Court’s recent suspension of a public defender’s law license over racist online threats, prosecutors should move to vacate the convictions of every Black client he represented, as an attorney’s racial animus is a serious conflict of interest akin to structural error, says Adam Murphy at Fordham Law.

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Series

Mentalism Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Convincing strangers I can read their minds may seem like an unusual second career for a legal practitioner, but both disciplines share several important requirements, including trust and preparation, says Warren Biro at Manatt.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sheppard Mullin Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

By Jake Maher

A former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP paralegal launched a proposed class action against the firm in California federal court on Wednesday over a cyberattack it had in August, in which she says at least 1,000 people's names and Social Security numbers were stolen.

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IP Rights Group Urges Against Litigation Funding Disclosure

By Elliot Weld

An inventor rights advocacy group has told a federal courts rules committee that requiring the disclosure of who is funding civil litigation would put independent inventors at a disadvantage when trying to enforce patents against a larger company.

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Analysis

New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy

By Phillip Bantz

The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond traditional healthcare providers and highlights the division's growing dominance within the U.S. Department of Justice, experts say.

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Cornell Defendant Seeks To Nix James As Special Prosecutor

By Andrea Keckley

One of the seven men accused of drugging and raping a fellow Cornell University student at a fraternity home has asked a New York state court to void Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.

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Gov't Attys Could Face Sanctions Over AI Use Omissions

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has ordered four government attorneys to explain why they shouldn't be sanctioned for making factual misrepresentations about the U.S. Army's use of artificial intelligence to evaluate contract proposals.

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Split Congress Could Spur Competing Probes, Cleary Finds

By Courtney Bublé

If the new year brings an era of divided Congress, then "dueling investigations" into the same topics should be expected, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP said in a report it released Thursday.

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Fla. Judge Says Oct. 7 Attack Was 'Inflection Point' For U.S.

By David Minsky

U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman addressed a small group of attorneys in a Florida law office to speak on his book about the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, saying public debate over facts surrounding the event and underlying feud has reached an "inflection point" in America.

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Buzbee Faces $970K Fee Bid In Dismissed Conspiracy Cases

By Lynn LaRowe

A Mississippi lawyer is asking a Texas state court to award her more than $970,000 in fees after defeating claims that she and her law firm conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.

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Dems Says GOP Broke Senate Rules In Jack Smith Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have accused Republicans of violating committee rules during a hearing last week with former special counsel Jack Smith.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Axinn

Baker & Hostetler

Block & Scarpa

Bracewell LLP

Bradley Arant

Buzbee Law Firm

Cleary Gottlieb

Cuneo Gilbert

DNL Zito

Davis Graham

Dovel & Luner

Dunlap Bennett

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Koskoff Koskoff

Larson King

MJ Legal PA

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Schulte

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan Lewis

Nason Yeager

Nesenoff & Miltenberg

O'Melveny & Myers

Parker & Sanchez

Paul Hastings

Quinn Emanuel

R. McConnell Group PLLC

Reed Smith

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Stone Busailah

Strauss Borrelli

Taft Stettinius

Tripp Scott

Wiggin & Dana

WilmerHale

Wisner Baum

Wright Ponsoldt

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agri Stats Inc.

Air Transport Association of America

Amazon.com Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Atlanta Hawks

Bayer AG

Clemens Food Group LLC

Cornell University

Crypto.com Arena

Fordham University

JBS USA Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Monsanto Co.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

Otis Worldwide Corp.

ROC Nation LLC

Smithfield Foods Inc.

Toyota Motor Corp.

Triumph Foods LLC

United Nations Children's Fund

Yale University

YouTube Inc.

Zillow Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

Illinois Supreme Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

National Institutes of Health

New York Attorney General's Office

Texas Supreme Court

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado