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  • September 12, 2025

    McGinn Smith Cos. To Pay $44M To End Obama-Era SEC Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's long-running litigation over the McGinn Smith Ponzi scheme has wrapped up after a federal judge entered a $44.2 million judgment against entities accused of running a $125 million fraud that went bust in 2010.

  • September 12, 2025

    Family Of Businessman Must Face $80M Tax Scheme Claims

    A theater businessman's descendants and extended family cannot avoid claims by the U.S. accusing them of knowingly engaging in an $80 million tax shelter scheme to sell their shares of the family holding company, a New York federal judge ruled, declining to toss the suit.

  • September 12, 2025

    Liberty Wins Defense Reimbursement In Crane Damage Row

    A subcontractor's insurer must reimburse a Liberty Mutual unit for roughly $477,000 in defense costs stemming from settled litigation over property damage from an unsecured crane, a New York federal court ruled Friday, finding that a self-insured retention only applied with respect to the subcontractor.

  • September 12, 2025

    Broker Wants DC Circ. View Of FINRA Constitutionality Claim

    A broker-dealer representative has asked the D.C. Circuit to review a lower court's refusal to block an enforcement action against him from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority despite his claims that the pending in-house hearing is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy decision.

  • September 12, 2025

    2nd Circ. OKs Verdict In DEA Bribe Case But Nixes Forfeiture

    The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed the convictions of a pair of ex-Drug Enforcement Administration agents over a bribery scheme but overturned an order requiring both to forfeit funds, saying it would constitute a double payment for the same crime.

  • September 12, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs $3.5M Award In Wallet Gadget Patent Case

    The Federal Circuit held Friday that it won't undo Dynamite Marketing's $3.5 million win in a suit in which a jury found that WowLine Inc. infringed a patent covering the Wallet Ninja, upholding awards for both damages and attorney fees.

  • September 12, 2025

    Off The Bench: NCAA Athlete Ban, WNBA Sun Controversy

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA administered permanent bans to three basketball players, and two high-profile politicians warned the WNBA that it could be at risk of violating antitrust laws if it interferes in the sale of the Connecticut Sun.

  • September 12, 2025

    NY Judge Keeps Cayuga Citizen's 911 Bias Claims Alive

    A federal judge has dismissed a New York tribe's Civil Rights Act claims against two of the state's counties, while leaving in play a tribal council member and citizen's allegations in the dispute over 911 access, saying he plausibly asserted discrimination.

  • September 12, 2025

    Under Armour Gets Win In Outlet Store Price Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday axed a consumer's potential class action alleging that Under Armour promises lower costs of products sold in its outlet stores while actually charging inflated prices, saying that she didn't claim that what she bought was defective.

  • September 12, 2025

    Firm Says Lender In 'Falsified' Loan Suit Wasn't A Client

    Pullman & Comley LLC has told a Connecticut state judge it should not have to face a New York lender's claims in a legal malpractice case accusing the multistate law firm of failing to flag allegedly falsified $16.2 million loan documents because the plaintiff was not its client.

  • September 12, 2025

    Another Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case

    A U.S. investor and two of his alleged pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends, with a New York federal court dismissing the allegations.

  • September 12, 2025

    NYC Eviction Counsel Program Struggles To Meet Its Goals

    More than half the households eligible for New York City's Right to Counsel program are not receiving legal representation in eviction cases, with representation rates for all households that appear in court peaking at just over half of tenants in 2022 before falling to roughly one-third of citywide tenants in 2024, according to a report.

  • September 11, 2025

    Ex-Two Sigma Quant Rigged Models For $23M Profit, Feds Say

    A former Two Sigma Investments quantitative analyst was hit Thursday with criminal charges and a civil enforcement action for allegedly manipulating the hedge fund's algorithmic models used to forecast securities performance in order to snag a $23 million payday while causing $165 million in harm to clients.

  • September 11, 2025

    Khalil Asks 3rd Circ. To Affirm His Release From ICE Detention

    Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist whom immigration officials are seeking to deport, urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to affirm his release from immigration detention, saying a lower court got it right in several decisions that led to his release.

  • September 11, 2025

    2 NY Fertility Clinics Must Face Suit Over Destroyed Eggs

    A New York federal judge on Thursday greenlit for trial a suit accusing two fertility clinics of negligently allowing a woman's eggs to be destroyed due to alleged mishandling, saying the claims can be considered ordinary negligence rather than medical malpractice.

  • September 11, 2025

    Industrial Tech Co. Sanctioned For Deleted Texts In Title VII Suit

    A New York federal judge has sanctioned ultrasonic testing company Sonotec after two of its staff members were found to have deleted text messages about a former employee who is pursuing sexual harassment retaliation claims against the company, finding they should have known litigation was imminent at the time they erased the correspondence.

  • September 11, 2025

    SEC Fights Musk's Bid To Send Twitter Case To Texas

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is challenging Elon Musk's attempt to have a lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares moved to Texas, arguing Thursday that there was "no question" that the case belonged in Washington, D.C.

  • September 11, 2025

    SEC Drops Suit Against Nikola Founder After Trump's Pardon

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday ended its civil enforcement action in New York federal court against Nikola founder Trevor Milton months after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his securities fraud conviction on charges of lying to boost the company's stock on Wall Street.

  • September 11, 2025

    Insulin Makers Ask 2nd Circ. To Rethink Collusion Claims

    Sanofi-Aventis US, Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP are asking for a rehearing after a Second Circuit panel revived a proposed class action from safety-net hospitals and clinics accusing the companies of increasing insulin drug costs by agreeing to limit participation in a discount program.

  • September 11, 2025

    Dental Supply Co.'s $84M Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final OK

    Dental supply company Dentsply Sirona Inc. and its investors have gotten final approval for an $84 million deal resolving consolidated shareholder class action claims that the company hurt investors by concealing a price-fixing scheme and a distributor's inventory buildup.

  • September 11, 2025

    NY Judge Lets Baosheng IPO Suit Proceed But Drops Auditors

    A New York federal judge has ruled that investors can move forward with claims that Baosheng Media misled them by failing to disclose an investigation by Chinese authorities ahead of its initial public offering, but found they'd failed to state a claim against the auditor defendants in the suit.

  • September 11, 2025

    Insurer, Firearms Co. Drop Ghost Gun Coverage Dispute

    A firearms retailer and its insurer have resolved a dispute over coverage for three underlying government suits alleging that the company contributed to gun violence by selling unfinished components used to assemble so-called ghost guns, according to a New York federal court filing.

  • September 11, 2025

    NY Cannabis Regulators Back Hold On Proximity Rule

    New York cannabis regulators on Wednesday signaled support for marijuana stores' proposal to temporarily halt enforcement of a recent regulatory reinterpretation about store location requirements that threatens to upend more than a hundred cannabis businesses.

  • September 11, 2025

    AI Co. Employee Says Complaining Of Sex Bias Got Her Fired

    An artificial intelligence software developer fired a data scientist after she complained that colleagues had minimized her contributions, held her to different standards than male co-workers and subjected her to unwanted sexual advances, according to a lawsuit filed in New York federal court.

  • September 11, 2025

    Clifford Chance Hires Ex-Fried Frank PE Partner In NY

    Clifford Chance LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a private equity partner in New York who spent the past two decades at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

Expert Analysis

  • Understanding Compliance Concerns With NY Severance Bill

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    New York's No Severance Ultimatums Act, if enacted, could overhaul how employers manage employee separations, but employers should be mindful that the bill's language introduces ambiguities and raises compliance concerns, say attorneys at Norris McLaughlin.

  • Mergers Face Steeper Slopes In State Antitrust Reviews

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    The New York Supreme Court's recent summary judgment in New York v. Intermountain Management, blocking the acquisition and shuttering of a ski mountain in the Syracuse area, underscores the growing trend among state antitrust enforcers to scrutinize and challenge anticompetitive conduct under state laws, say attorneys at Robins Kaplan.

  • Maneuvering The Weeds Of Cannabis Vertical Integration

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    The conversation around vertical integration has taken on new urgency as the cannabis market expands, despite federal reform remaining a distant dream, so the best strategy for cannabis operators is to approach vertical integration on a state-by-state basis, say attorneys at Sweetspot Brands.

  • Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials

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    As shown by the recent fraud convictions of two executives at the now-shuttered education startup Frank, multidefendant criminal trials pose unique obstacles, but with some planning, defense counsel can mitigate the harm and maximize the chances of a good outcome, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Series

    Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.

  • Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.

  • Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook

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    The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw

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    While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.

  • Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds

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    The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies

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    The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

  • Despite SEC Climate Pause, Cos. Must Still Heed State Regs

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    While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Series

    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

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