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August 20, 2025
NC Bankruptcy Atty Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
A North Carolina bankruptcy attorney is facing murder charges after police said he shot and killed a 43-year-old man in a small town in the mountains over the weekend, court records show.
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August 20, 2025
Freshfields, Weil Build Lowe's $8.8B FBM Buy
Home improvement giant Lowe's, advised by Freshfields LLP, on Wednesday unveiled plans to buy private equity-backed Foundation Building Materials, led by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, in an $8.8 billion deal meant to create a "premier" business to better serve Lowe's home improvement for professionals platform.
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August 19, 2025
Expert Chides Charlotte Housing Authority Over Missing Docs
An expert witness turned the tables on the attorney questioning her Tuesday during a former public housing authority coordinator's hostile work environment and retaliation trial in North Carolina after defense counsel questioned how she could accurately opine on the authority's operations without having seen key documents, saying it wasn't because she didn't ask for them.
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August 19, 2025
BofA Knocks Out State Law Claims In Zelle Fraud Class Action
A North Carolina federal judge partially sustained Bank of America's objections to a magistrate judge's recommendation allowing a proposed class action over alleged fraud on the peer-to-peer payment service Zelle to proceed, finding that the suit fails to plausibly plead claims under any of the asserted state consumer protection statutes.
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August 19, 2025
Nonprofits, Union Fight Withholding Of AmeriCorps Funds
A group of nonprofits and a union added claims to their suit in Maryland federal court aiming to stop the Trump administration from dismantling AmeriCorps, accusing the Office of Management and Budget of unlawfully withholding millions of dollars appropriated by Congress for grant programs.
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August 19, 2025
4th Circ. Revives Habeas Bid Over Attorney-Client Evidence
The Fourth Circuit has ordered a lower court to conclusively determine whether a Maryland woman's rights were violated after prosecutors retried her for murder using information they gathered from her successful ineffective assistance of counsel motion during the first trial.
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August 19, 2025
DOJ Asks Full 4th Circ. To Rehear Judges' Speech Dispute
The U.S. Department of Justice petitioned the full Fourth Circuit to rehear a June panel decision reviving a free speech suit from an immigration judges union, saying it flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent and implements a novel legal requirement.
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August 19, 2025
NASCAR Fights Jordan Team's 3rd Bid For Injunction
Facing a third preliminary injunction bid from Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing team, private stock car company NASCAR told a North Carolina federal court that the team still fails to show irreparable harm and is unlikely to prevail at trial.
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August 19, 2025
Energy Co. Gets Overtime Case Pushed Into Arbitration
A North Carolina federal judge pushed into arbitration a quality control worker's overtime suit against a clean energy manufacturing company, ruling that the arbitration agreement the company presented to him while he was a putative member in a related case is valid.
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August 18, 2025
4th Circ. Revives Ethylene Oxide Suit Against Union Carbide
A split Fourth Circuit on Monday revived a West Virginia woman's lawsuit alleging that a Union Carbide Corp.- and Covestro LLC-owned plant exposed nearby residents to ethylene oxide, finding that a lower court erred in siding with the companies.
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August 18, 2025
NC Sheriff's Office Must Hand Over Officer Names In Raid Suit
A North Carolina federal judge has ordered a county sheriff's office to turn over the names of officers involved in a midnight raid on a home they incorrectly believed was harboring a suspected carjacker.
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August 18, 2025
Honeywell Defeats Ex-Worker's 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
A New Jersey federal judge tossed a proposed class action Monday alleging Honeywell violated federal benefits law by putting 401(k) forfeitures toward employer-side contribution obligations instead of defraying administrative expenses, finding an ex-worker hadn't backed up claims the spending breached fiduciary duties or caused prohibited transactions.
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August 18, 2025
Life Sciences Data Rivals Settle Trade Secrets Battle
Life sciences data company IQVIA Inc. has settled a suit that alleged data rival Veeva Systems Inc. used "crowdsourcing" to misappropriate trade secrets, the two companies said Monday.
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August 18, 2025
Biz Court Shoots Down Arb. Bid In Widow's Asset Fight
A widow contending that she can't be forced into arbitration over who owns assets of her late husband's business venture was granted a pretrial win after a North Carolina business court judge found "no competent evidence" for an agreement that would force her to do so.
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August 18, 2025
Moore & Van Allen Wants Out Of Floridians' Malpractice Suit
Moore & Van Allen PLLC has asked a Florida federal judge to dismiss a malpractice suit accusing it of mishandling some residents' employee stock ownership trust, claiming that the suit brought against the North Carolina-based firm is being litigated in the wrong venue.
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August 18, 2025
AmeriCorps Restores $400M In Slashed Grants, Judge Told
AmeriCorps told a Maryland federal judge Monday that the agency restored around $400 million in funding to nonprofits canceled under the Trump administration in April, saying the government doesn't plan to ax grants before they end.
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August 18, 2025
Nurse Snags Collective Cert. In Missed Meal Breaks Suit
A former registered nurse at a North Carolina nursing home can proceed as a collective in her suit claiming that a nursing home operator and the nursing facility cheated her out of missed meal breaks, a federal judge said, limiting, however, the reach of the collective.
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August 18, 2025
Members Accuse NC Golf Club Of Pushing $20M Renovation
The board of governors at a private Charlotte golf club is trying to undercut its members by forcing a more than $20 million clubhouse renovation after they voted against it, according to a complaint designated Monday to the North Carolina Business Court.
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August 15, 2025
18 AGs, Governors Sue To Block DOE Funding Cap
A coalition of 19 states and Washington, D.C., on Friday hauled the U.S. Department of Energy into Oregon federal court, challenging a policy they say places a new cap on reimbursements for administrative and staffing costs, and thus slashes funds needed for state-run energy programs.
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August 15, 2025
4th Circ. Revives Asylum-Seeker's Suit Over Her Atty's Error
The Fourth Circuit has revived a Salvadoran woman's bid for asylum based on threats from a gang, saying in a published opinion that the woman's previous attorney proposed a legal theory during her removal proceedings that was "dead on arrival."
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August 15, 2025
White Supremacist's Sentence Upheld Despite Discovery Error
The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that a leader of a white supremacist street gang can't escape his 25-year prison sentence, rejecting the argument that his plea agreement was invalid since prosecutors' discovery was missing pages.
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August 15, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Water Law, Risky Debt, NYC Rezone
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into coastal development, one bank's bullish outlook on construction financing, and Midtown Manhattan's greenlight for denser residential development.
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August 15, 2025
4th Circ. Revives Ex-Airman's No-Fly List Claims
The Fourth Circuit walked back its dismissal of a U.S. citizen's claim challenging his former status on the no-fly list, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that an individual's removal from the list does not moot their constitutional challenge.
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August 15, 2025
Smoke Shop Tells Panel It's Owed Defense Over Fatal Crash
A North Carolina smoke shop urged a state appeals court to find that its insurer must defend it in a lawsuit alleging that an individual who consumed nitrous oxide products from the shop caused a fatal auto collision, noting it has already disputed underlying allegations of negligence.
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August 15, 2025
Ex-US Bank AI Chief Says He Was Pushed Out Over Race
The former head of U.S. Bank's artificial intelligence efforts has sued the bank, arguing he was subjected to a biased investigation, replaced by less-qualified white employees and had a new job offer rescinded after defamatory statements by bank employees, in retaliation for reporting race and religion discrimination.
Expert Analysis
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Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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4th Circ. 'Actionable Inaccuracy' Finding Deepens FCRA Split
The Fourth Circuit's March finding in Roberts v. Carter-Young Inc. that an actionable inaccuracy under the Fair Credit Reporting Act can be both legal and factual widens an existing circuit split and should prompt furnishers to review their processes for investigating readily verifiable information, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Breaking Down 4th Circ. 'Actual Knowledge' Ruling For Banks
A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit finding that banks must have "actual knowledge" to be found liable for losses arising from an automated clearinghouse transfer warns that the more financial institutions know about a name mismatch issue for any particular transaction, the more liability they may face, say attorneys at Katten.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
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.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
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.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
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.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
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.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
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.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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How To Address FCA Risk After 4th Circ. Ruling On DEI Orders
Following the Fourth Circuit's ruling in National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education v. Trump, which freed the administration to enforce executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs, government contractors should take stock of potentially unlawful DEI programs, given their heightened risk under the False Claims Act, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.