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March 28, 2025
Purdue Lawsuit Injunction Extended Ahead Of Plan Hearings
Bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma LP received a further extension of a bar on litigation against the company and its owners in the Sackler family as the debtor pursues a late May approval of a disclosure statement describing a Chapter 11 plan premised on a $7.4 billion settlement of opioid claims.
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March 28, 2025
Fashion Groups Urge Justices To Hear Discovery Rule Fight
Fashion trade associations have thrown their support behind a shoe designer who wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review her appeal of a Second Circuit decision reviving a photography studio's copyright infringement suit, saying there needs to be more predictability in copyright law.
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March 28, 2025
AIG Unit Wins No-Defense Ruling For NY Ghost Gun Suits
An AIG unit has no duty to defend a Washington-state-based firearms retailer in three underlying lawsuits accusing the retailer of knowingly selling unfinished components that could be used to assemble what are commonly known as ghost guns, a New York federal court ruled, finding the complaints do not allege accidental conduct.
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March 28, 2025
Cornell Student Loses Bid For Restraining Order On Removal
A New York federal judge on Thursday denied a Cornell University student's attempt to bar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining him for his Palestinian advocacy, saying the student failed to show the court can review removals.
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March 28, 2025
Property Owners Sue NYC Over Sidewalk Shed Legislation
A group of New York City property owners hit the city with a proposed class action alleging sidewalk shed regulations amount to an unconstitutional taking, one day after the city council approved a package of bills aiming to reform the policies.
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March 28, 2025
NYC Margaritaville Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Buffett Hit Played
A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday confirmed the Chapter 11 plan of the developer of the Margaritaville resort in Times Square, as he played the resort's namesake song during a hearing.
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March 28, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Adds Epstein Becker Litigator In NY, NJ
Greenberg Traurig LLP brought on as a partner in New Jersey and New York this week a trial expert with experience in high-stakes civil and criminal cases and a background litigating corruption cases as a federal prosecutor.
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March 28, 2025
Jackson Lewis Names New Leader In White Plains, NY
Nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC has promoted Michael L. Abitabilo from office litigation manager to office managing principal in White Plains, New York, the firm has announced.
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March 28, 2025
FTX Sitting On $11.4B In Cash To Distribute To Creditors
FTX has $11.4 billion in funds ready to be handed out to creditors, but it still has much work to do to sort out the massive number of claims asserted against the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, an attorney for the company told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday.
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March 28, 2025
Startup Founder Guilty In $175M JPMorgan Deal Gone Awry
A Manhattan federal jury on Friday convicted Frank founder Charlie Javice and another former executive of the educational startup of tricking JPMorgan Chase & Co. into spending $175 million to buy the now-shuttered company by lying about its user base.
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March 28, 2025
Insurer Denied Early Win In $6.1M Cargo Loss Coverage Suit
A New York federal judge said there was too much controversy to hand an early win to a stone company in its case seeking coverage of a more than $6.1 million loss over marble destroyed by a snail infestation.
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March 28, 2025
Davis Polk, Latham Guide $325M Braze AI Marketing Deal
Braze has agreed to acquire OfferFit for $325 million in a strategic push to enhance the customer engagement platform's artificial intelligence capabilities, with Davis Polk and Latham & Watkins steering the cash-and-stock deal.
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March 28, 2025
PE Firm Peppertree Wins $354M Award In Telecom Deal Row
An international arbitration panel has awarded $354 million to affiliates of private equity firm Peppertree Capital Management Inc. against the majority shareholders of a Latin American telecommunications tower operator, in a dispute stemming from an attempted sale of the company.
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March 28, 2025
Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.
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March 28, 2025
Judge Blocks Trump Shutdown Of Voice Of America
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration's move to gut the agency that controls international news outlet Voice of America, saying it appeared to be a "classic case" of arbitrary policymaking.
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March 28, 2025
Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders
Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.
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March 27, 2025
Nikola Corp. Founder Says Trump Gave Him Full Pardon
President Donald Trump has pardoned Trevor Milton, the Nikola Corp. founder convicted of fraudulently inflating the electric-truck maker's value on Wall Street, Milton announced in a late Thursday post on X.
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March 27, 2025
Nuture Can't Escape Parents' Heavy Metal Baby Food Case
Nurture Inc. cannot escape consolidated class claims brought by parents who allege the baby food manufacturer hid the presence of toxic heavy metals in its Happy Family Organics products, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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March 27, 2025
SEC Liquidity Rule Suit Can't Be Axed Just Yet, Judge Says
A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to toss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit alleging that Pinnacle Advisors LLC exceeded its allowed allotment of illiquid investments, as the intervening Loper Bright ruling has changed the standard for evaluating agency action since the dismissal bid was filed.
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March 27, 2025
Chase Sued Over Alleged Political 'Debanking' Of Fla. Biz
A Florida company alleged in a suit on Thursday that JPMorgan Chase Bank is unlawfully blocking payments the company is trying to make to a manufacturer based on "wholly unsubstantiated and false" claims that the company's leader has Russian mafia ties and participated in interference of the 2016 presidential election.
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March 27, 2025
Pulled CFPB Amicus 'Irrelevant' To Citibank Case, NY AG Says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's move to withdraw a Biden-era brief backing New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit over Citibank NA's handling of online wire fraud is "irrelevant to any matter currently pending before this court," James' office told a federal court Thursday.
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March 27, 2025
Dua Lipa Beats Claim 'Levitating' Ripped Off 1979 Disco Song
Grammy-winning singer Dua Lipa's chart-topping song "Levitating" did not infringe a 1979 disco song, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday, saying a combination of a descending chord progression and musical note in the older work wasn't protectable under copyright law.
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March 27, 2025
FTC Reaches $17M Settlement With Online Cash Advance Co.
The Federal Trade Commission settled its false advertisement suit in New York federal court against online cash advance company Cleo AI Inc. for $17 million, according to a proposed settlement order posted on the FTC's website Thursday.
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March 27, 2025
Alibaba Investors' Attys Awarded $108M In IPO Settlement
A New York federal judge on Thursday granted final approval to Alibaba Group's $433.5 million settlement with investors suing the company over alleged misstatements about its exclusivity practices and its planned initial public offering of a fintech affiliate, awarding the investors' attorneys 25%, or roughly $108 million.
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March 27, 2025
Russian Oligarch-Linked Firm Owner Can't Shake SEC's Claim
A New York federal judge has declined to toss claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against an investment firm owner who allegedly managed a Russian oligarch's wealth in America without ever registering with the SEC as required.
Expert Analysis
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Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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A Look At The Increased Scrutiny Of Cash Sweep Programs
Financial industry regulators have increasingly probed the adequacy of so-called cash sweep disclosures and policies, underscoring the heightened risk faced by investment advisers and broker-dealers, as well as the importance of adequately disclosing material conflicts of interest, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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NY Tax Talk: Questions In Corporate Franchise Tax Regs Case
In the first challenge to New York's Corporate Franchise Tax regulations — Paychex v. Department of Taxation and Finance — the court has an important opportunity to provide clarity on a major retroactive application issue, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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Perspectives
Protecting Survivor Privacy In High-Profile Sex Assault Cases
Multiple civil lawsuits filed against Sean "Diddy" Combs, with claims ranging from sexual assault and trafficking to violent physical beatings, provide important lessons for attorneys to take proactive measures to protect the survivor's anonymity and privacy, says Andrea Lewis at Searcy Denney.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Lessons For Municipalities Facing Cyberattacks
With municipal IT teams facing the daunting task of keeping agencies operational while safeguarding sensitive government data, including residents' and employees' personally identifiable information, there are steps a municipality can take to guard against a major cyberattack, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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How DOJ's Visa Debit Monopolization Suit May Unfold
The U.S. Department of Justice's recently filed Section 2 monopolization suit against Visa offers several scenarios for a vigorous case and is likely to reveal some of the challenges faced by antitrust plaintiffs following the U.S. Supreme Court's split 2018 American Express decision, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Don't Phone A Friend: Disclosing Friendships With Executives
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement against a former Church & Dwight chairman for violating proxy disclosure rules by neglecting to disclose his friendship with an executive officer amid a CEO search illustrates the perils of relying solely on responses to questionnaires circulated to boards, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Why Diversity Jurisdiction Poses Investment Fund Hurdles
Federal courts' continued application of the exacting rules of diversity jurisdiction presents particular challenges for investment funds, and in the absence of any near-term reform, those who manage such funds should take action to avoid diversity jurisdiction pitfalls, say attorneys at Sher Tremonte.