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December 19, 2024
$1.2B Sought From Phillips 66 After $605M Trade Secrets Win
A retailer of low-carbon fuels has asked a California state court to add $1.2 billion to a $604.9 million trade secrets verdict against Phillips 66, arguing that the jury's conclusion that Phillips 66's misappropriation of confidential information was willful and malicious merits exemplary damages.
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December 19, 2024
Labcorp Settles Competition Suit Against Ex-Sales Exec
Less than two weeks after Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings sued its former sales marketing executive and his new employer in North Carolina federal court for allegedly violating noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements, a deal has been reached to end the lawsuit.
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December 19, 2024
Rival Firms End $2M Client Poaching Suit
A lawsuit by Chicago law firm Loftus & Eisenberg Ltd. accusing an attorney with "a very limited skill set" of stealing clients while jumping to Good Law Group PC has been dismissed, after Good Law said the "venomous allegations" were not backed by hard evidence.
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December 19, 2024
Chicken Soup Settles $3.1M Pet Food Feud Wth Alphia
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul Inc. has settled a Connecticut lawsuit that accused it of breaching a deal with a manufacturer to buy more than 1.3 million pounds of pet food every month between October 2023 and September 2024, state court records show.
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December 19, 2024
X Workers Say Entire Severance Suit Should Survive
Former X employees urged a Delaware federal court to set aside portions of a magistrate judge's recommendation that the court partially toss their unpaid severance benefits lawsuit, saying the judge incorrectly found that a merger agreement stripped them of standing.
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December 19, 2024
Atty Loses Bid To Exit Suits Over Unpaid Abuse Case Awards
A personal injury attorney cannot have an early exit from negligence suits filed by three former clients over settlement payments, a Connecticut state judge ruled Wednesday, finding that a decision in a related case initiated by one of the plaintiffs did not resolve the complaints against the attorney.
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December 19, 2024
Genworth Can Get Docs Explaining Atty's Role Amid Sale Row
A Delaware vice chancellor has ruled Genworth Life Insurance Co. can access certain documents from policyholders who sued over the sale of valuable subsidiaries, including discussions involving a former law partner of one of the plaintiffs who is representing certain entities believed to be funding the litigation.
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December 18, 2024
Ex-Apple Workers Likely To Win Certification In OT Suit
A California federal judge on Wednesday said he was inclined to grant class certification in litigation accusing Apple of shorting workers' wages by not factoring company shares into overtime pay calculations, saying the former employee who sued provided sufficient evidence that damages could be calculated on a classwide basis.
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December 18, 2024
NFL Union Rips DraftKings' Dismissal Try In Licensing Suit
The NFL Players Association this week bashed DraftKings Inc.'s attempt to toss claims in a lawsuit alleging the sports betting giant failed to make good on a licensing agreement related to nonfungible tokens, calling DraftKings' motion an attempt to twist the "plain language" of the agreement.
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December 18, 2024
Solar Co. Wants Colo. Hemp Growers' $200M Suit Tossed
Energy company AES Corp. wants out of a $200 million lawsuit brought by Colorado hemp growers over broken irrigation lines, saying the farmers are "feign[ing] ignorance" in hopes of keeping the suit in Colorado federal court.
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December 18, 2024
Texas Panel Reverses $22M Award In Gas Plant Contract Case
A Texas appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict finding that midstream company Arrow Field Services LLC stiffed its general contractor to the tune of $20 million, but it reversed a $22.4 million award in interest and legal fees based on a carveout for oil and gas projects.
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December 18, 2024
Judge Eyes Limits To Medical Device Co.'s Poaching Verdict
A Boston federal judge on Wednesday considered interpreting twin $5 million jury awards against medical device sales employees as a subset of the $15 million in damages awarded against their employer in a rival company's poaching case.
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December 18, 2024
Family Dollar Sues Supplier Over Cable That Burned Buyer
Family Dollar Services LLC is suing one of its suppliers, alleging that it sold the retail chain a faulty lightning charger cord that malfunctioned and burned a minor who was using it.
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December 18, 2024
Insurance Co. Buyer Accuses Seller Of Fraud In Chancery Suit
Alleging a "textbook case of fraud in the inducement and breach of fiduciary duty," a holding company that acquired Georgia-based Southern Trust Insurance Co. has sued the seller's principals, associates and their company in Delaware's Court of Chancery.
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December 18, 2024
The Biggest Trademark Decisions Of 2024
The Pennsylvania State University emerged victorious in arguably the most closely watched trademark trial of the year against an online retailer that sold merchandise bearing historic Penn State marks, and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attorney's attempt to register "Trump Too Small" as a trademark. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest trademark decisions of 2024.
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December 18, 2024
Talc Law Firm Seeks Judge's DQ In Beasley Allen Suit
An Alabama federal judge's prior representation of Montgomery-based Beasley Allen Law Firm is grounds for The Smith Law Firm PLLC's motion filed Wednesday calling for the judge's recusal from Beasley Allen's breach of contract suit against the Smith firm regarding alleged owed expenses from a joint venture the two firms shared.
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December 18, 2024
Hagens Berman Says Apple, Amazon Doc Demand Is Off Base
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is firing back against Apple and Amazon's bid to force the turnover of texts and emails with a client who disappeared from a putative class action against the tech giants, calling the spat an opportunistic attack "based on a fiction."
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December 18, 2024
Yale Eyes Quick Win In $435M Conn. Hospital Purchase Suit
Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has asked a Connecticut state court judge for permission to file a summary judgment motion in a feud with Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. over the sale of several hospitals in the state, saying Prospect's "stunning" failure to fund pensions and pay taxes resulted in property liens that breached the $435 million deal.
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December 17, 2024
Tubi Says Keller Postman Kept Its Clients In The Dark
Most of the people named in now-dropped arbitration demands filed by Keller Postman LLC against streaming service Tubi didn't know what the claims were or even that the firm purported to represent them, Tubi has told a Washington, D.C., federal judge.
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December 17, 2024
Ex-Ga. Tech Prof 'Lucky' To Beat Criminal Charges, Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge appeared unsympathetic on Tuesday to a former Georgia Tech professor who said he was the victim of a mishandled internal audit that led to his indictment on racketeering charges, telling the professor's civil attorney his client was "lucky that he's not in prison."
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December 17, 2024
Judge Cuts Upper Deck's Disney Card Game Suit
A Washington federal judge has pared down a toy company's suit accusing a competitor of improperly luring away a former contractor and infringing copyrighted material in making a Disney-branded game, partially letting claims involving unfair competition and fraudulent misrepresentations proceed while dismissing others.
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December 17, 2024
2nd Circ. Says Sears Trustee Can Keep Mall Of America Lease
The Second Circuit has upheld a district court order obliging the return of bankrupt Sears Holding Corp.'s lease in Minnesota's Mall of America to SHC's liquidating trustee, finding in part the mall's earlier lease was not a "true" contract.
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December 17, 2024
Telecom Seeks Win In DC Schools Network Bidding Challenge
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday scrutinized Allied Telecom’s claims that the D.C. public school system flouted federal law by tapping one its own agencies to provide network services, questioning whether the preemption claims are the Northern Virginia telecom’s only avenue for bringing its challenge.
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December 17, 2024
The Biggest Copyright Decisions Of 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court made it possible for copyright plaintiffs to pursue damages for periods longer than three years — while leaving lawyers speculating about how long the ruling will stand — and the Second Circuit put an end to a free digital library. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright decisions of 2024.
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December 17, 2024
Insurer Gets $29M Fatal Crash Judgment Thrown Out
A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday threw out a nearly $29 million judgment against an insurance company in a suit alleging it failed to defend and settle claims from a fatal car accident, saying the company had no duty to defend.
Expert Analysis
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Adopting 7 Principles May Improve Voluntary Carbon Markets
The Biden administration's recently issued joint policy statement on improving the integrity of voluntary carbon markets may help companies using carbon credits to offset their emissions withstand scrutiny by government agencies, the public and investors, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Managing Legal Risks After University Gaza Protests
Following the protests sparked by the war in Gaza, colleges and universities should expect a long investigative tail and take steps to mitigate risks associated with compliance issues under various legal frameworks and institutional policies, say Wiley's Diana Shaw and Colin Cloherty.
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Debate Over CFPB Definition Of Credit Is Just Beginning
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has recently worked to expand the meaning of credit, so anyone operating on the edges of the credit markets, or even those who assumed they were safely outside the scope of this regulatory perimeter, should pay close attention as legal challenges to broad interpretations of the definition unfold, says John Coleman at Orrick.
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Abu Dhabi Ruling Hints At More Arbitration-Friendly Approach
The international and comparative rationale an Abu Dhabi onshore court used to decide that an arbitration agreement referencing a defunct arbitration center was still enforceable suggests that the UAE judiciary may be adopting a more flexible, pro-arbitration framework and stabilizing Dubai's arbitration landscape, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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Series
Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge at Robinson Bradshaw.
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A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence
The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.
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To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef
To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?
Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.
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DC Circ. Ruling Heightens HHS Contract Pharmacy Challenges
The D.C. Circuit's recent ruling that the Section 340B program does not bar manufacturers from restricting deliveries of discounted drugs to contract pharmacies represents a second strike against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' current contract pharmacy policy and raises the stakes surrounding an upcoming Seventh Circuit ruling on the same issue, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.
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Trending At The PTAB: Real Party In Interest And IPR
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s recent Luminex v. Signify decision, finding a complaint seeking indemnification may be treated as a public demand sufficient to establish a real party-in-interest, shows that the board continues to apply a broad and expansive definition to that term, say Yicong (Eve) Du and Yieyie Yang at Finnegan.
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How Employers, Attorneys Can Respond To Noncompete Ban
As the Federal Trade Commission's recently issued noncompete ban faces ongoing legal challenges, now is a good time for employers to consider whether they want to take a wait-and-see approach before halting use of noncompetes and for practitioners to gain insight into other tools available to protect their clients' business interests, says Jennifer Platzkere Snyder at Dilworth Paxson.
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Perspectives
Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys
As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.
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CFPB's Expanding Scope Evident In Coding Bootcamp Fine
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent penalty against a for-profit coding bootcamp that misrepresented its tuition financing plans is a sign that the bureau is seeking to wield its supervisory and enforcement powers in more industries that offer consumer financing, say Jason McElroy and Brandon Sherman at Saul Ewing.
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4 Arbitration Takeaways From High Court Coinbase Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court's May 23 decision in Coinbase v. Suski, which provides clarity to parties faced with successive contracts containing conflicting dispute resolution provisions, has four practical impacts for contracting parties to consider, say Charles Schoenwetter and Eric Olson at Bowman and Brooke.
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Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.