This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.
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In Uber Assault Trial, A Courtroom Tests Truth Face-To-Face

By Hayley Fowler

This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.

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Simpson Thacher 'Never' Explained Ill-Fated Deal, Exec Says

By Cara Salvatore

A founder seeking over $100 million from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett over a transaction he says destroyed his insurance services company testified Thursday the law firm provided him no education on various words he wasn't familiar with in the deal.

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'No Time To Waste' On Google Antitrust Reports, Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge said Thursday there's "no time to waste" to begin monitoring a three-year injunction against Google in Epic's antitrust battle over Google's Android app store policies, saying he wants monthly reports now that the parties have agreed to accept the injunction terms he laid out.

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Kioxia Hit With $229M Verdict In Viasat Memory Patent Suit

By Lauren Berg

Japanese memory device company Kioxia owes Viasat more than $229 million for infringing the American communication company's flash memory patent, a Texas federal jury determined Thursday.

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Zohar Trust Wins $2.4M In Lengthy Row With Lynn Tilton Firm

By Alex Wittenberg

Distressed debt investor Lynn Tilton's Patriarch Partners must pay roughly $2.4 million to the litigation trust for a trio of collateralized loan funds she founded in the 2000s, a New York federal judge has ruled, finding that Tilton's private equity firm breached a credit contract.

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CRIMINAL PRACTICE

Mich. Justices Back Conviction Despite 'Medical Torture' Flub

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that a child abuse expert for the prosecution should not have told jurors in a child abuse trial that she diagnosed a young victim with "medical torture," but it unanimously concluded that the error did not warrant a new trial because other evidence overwhelmingly supported the conviction. 

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COMPETITION

Cal-Maine Says DOJ Deal Doesn't Impact Private Case

By Matthew Perlman

Cal-Maine told an Illinois federal court that Kraft, Kellogg and other food companies are mischaracterizing a recent settlement egg companies reached with federal and state enforcers, as the court continues to mull a $53 million jury verdict in a long-running price-fixing case.

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INSURANCE

NJ Panel Says Insurer, Not Driver, Owed Auto Damage Proof

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New Jersey appellate panel held Thursday that the burden of proof was on an insurer, not a driver, in a coverage dispute stemming from a blown head gasket that rendered her vehicle inoperable, vacating the insurer's win and remanding for a new trial.

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PEOPLE

Sorrels Law Adds Houston Partner From Litigation Boutique

By Lynn LaRowe

Texas personal injury firm Sorrels Law has added a Houston-based partner who previously practiced with litigation boutique Spagnoletti Law Firm.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Competitive Is Your Compensation? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

By Phillip Bantz

Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.

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McDermott Atty Denies Pressuring Friend To Alter Testimony

By Rose Krebs

A McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney has told a Delaware vice chancellor that he is in "complete shock" and "hurt" by a longtime friend's contention that he pressured him to change his testimony in a Chancery Court case, saying the accusation "is false and without any merit."

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Blue-Slip-Backed Trump Judge Selections Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

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Goulston Docked Ex-Partners' Pay For Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Two Goulston & Storrs PC directors who jumped to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP were stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in retaliation for leaving, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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Tillis Might Back Blanche, As AG Pick Met Epstein Survivors

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday afternoon met with a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said his condition for supporting Blanche's appointment to the permanent position was for the nominee to speak to them face-to-face.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

Ammons Law Firm

Anapol Weiss

Baker Botts

Bartlit Beck

BoyarMiller

Brown Fox PLLC

Burns Charest

Cherry Johnson Siegmund James

Cohen & Gresser

Conrad & Scherer

Cravath Swaine

Faegre Drinker

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Germer PLLC

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Goulston & Storrs

Hicks Thomas

Jenner & Block

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Landis Rath

McDermott Will & Schulte

Milun Law Firm

Morgan Lewis

Morris Nichols

Munger Tolles

Olshan Frome

Paul Hastings

Potter Anderson

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Sorrels Law

Spagnoletti Law

Stearns Weaver

Tango Dickinson

Troutman

Watstein Terepka

Williams & Connolly

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC

Apple Inc.

Epic Games Inc.

General Mills Inc.

Google LLC

Hard Yaka Inc.

Hickman’s Family Farms

KPMG International

Kioxia Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

MD Helicopters Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Nestle SA

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Patriarch Partners

Patriot National Inc.

Rose Acre Farms Inc.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

Tidewater, Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Viasat Inc.

Washington & Lee University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Michigan Supreme Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

State of Michigan

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota