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  • May 15, 2025

    Justices Wary Of Pausing Sweeping Injunctions In Birthright Case

    A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed eager Thursday to limit lower courts' use of universal injunctions generally, but several justices voiced concerns about the effect such a ruling would have on lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order that aims to limit birthright citizenship.

  • May 15, 2025

    Apple Accused Of False IPhone AI Promises In 50-State Suit

    Apple pulled a bait-and-switch on phone buyers when it promised that new artificial intelligence features would be available on the iPhone 16, despite knowing it hadn't yet developed those features, according to a sprawling proposed class action that brings claims under consumer protection laws in all 50 states.

  • May 15, 2025

    Bausch, Mylan Settle Patent Suit Over Generic IBS Drugs

    The makers of gastrointestinal drug Trulance have resolved their patent lawsuit, which sought to block several Mylan generic drugs from competing with the drug, in a confidential settlement agreement, according to a West Virginia federal court filing.

  • May 15, 2025

    Sills Cummis Adds Employment Pro From Crowell & Moring

    Sills Cummis & Gross PC brought on a labor and employment attorney from Crowell & Moring LLP who brings more than two decades of experience to the firm's New York office advising employers on how to navigate disputes and ensure they comply with prevailing wage laws.

  • May 15, 2025

    NJ Toxic Spill Rule May Hamper Property Sales, Panelists Say

    A New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regulation expected to take effect this summer could slow property sales and lead to increased litigation as attorneys and real estate investors grapple with stricter requirements for reporting toxic spills, experts speaking Thursday at the State Bar Association's annual meeting in Atlantic City said.

  • May 15, 2025

    Feds' Memo In Filing Mishap Is Privileged, NY Judge Says

    A New York federal judge has determined that the federal government's mistakenly filed memo in litigation over Manhattan's congestion pricing program is privileged and cannot be cited in the parties' arguments, but the memo won't be sealed because it's already been widely reported on.

  • May 15, 2025

    NJ Securities Chief Fills In For Departing Consumer Watchdog

    New Jersey's securities enforcement chief is temporarily filling in as the state's consumer watchdog, as the individual confirmed to the latter role seven months ago is departing, according to an announcement by Attorney General Matt Platkin.

  • May 15, 2025

    Flooring Company Miscalculates Overtime, Ex-Manager Says

    A flooring and tile company failed to consider bonuses and incentive compensation it pays employees when calculating their overtime pay rates, a former manager alleged in a proposed class and collective action filed in New Jersey federal court.

  • May 15, 2025

    Asset-Rich Menendez Associate Must Pony Up $1.8M Fine

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused to adjust the payment schedule for a $1.75 million criminal fine for a New Jersey businessman who was convicted of bribing former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, citing his plentiful assets.

  • May 15, 2025

    Jenner & Block Hires Garland's Former Chief Of Staff

    Matthew Klapper, who was chief of staff to former Attorney General Merrick Garland, has joined Jenner & Block LLP in the latest expansion of the firm's congressional investigations team, the firm announced Thursday.

  • May 14, 2025

    NJ Attys Reveal Workplace Probe Tips Amid New Limits

    Witness misunderstandings in workplace probes can be avoided by clarifying the terms of the interview and the roles of the participants, lawyers said Wednesday at the New Jersey State Bar Association's annual meeting in Atlantic City.

  • May 14, 2025

    NJ Attys Share Mass Tort Litigation Insights At Annual Meeting

    Get to general cause issues as early as possible, take advantage of special masters and make sure local counsel knows the local rules — those are some of the tips New Jersey bar members took away Wednesday from an expert panel in Atlantic City on multicounty and multidistrict litigation in the Garden State.

  • May 14, 2025

    Integra Brass Face Investor Suit Over FDA Compliance Lapses

    Executives and directors of medical device company Integra Lifesciences Inc. were hit with a derivative suit alleging they misled investors about the company's compliance with regulatory standards for over five years, causing share declines when information regarding Integra's violations emerged.

  • May 14, 2025

    CFTC Forex Case Dismissed Over Sanctioned Conduct

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday approved sanctions against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, one day after a special master's report said the agency acted in "bad faith" to gain a "tactical advantage" over a foreign exchange firm it accused of fraud.

  • May 14, 2025

    FERC Chair Floats Plan To Slash Grid Project Perks

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of financial perks for $3 billion worth of transmission projects has prompted Chair Mark Christie to suggest a way to scale back the awarding of additional rate incentives to grid developers.

  • May 14, 2025

    Health Co. Founder Pleads Guilty In $5M Fraud Case

    A Florida man who operated a health monitoring company geared toward keeping substance-addicted people from relapsing has admitted to bilking investors out of $5 million by misstating interest in the firm, the U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia said.

  • May 14, 2025

    States Ask Court To End Trump's Wind Project Freeze

    A coalition of states on Wednesday asked a Massachusetts federal judge for a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to end its freeze on wind energy project permitting, saying the policy could erase nearly $100 billion in investments and cost 40,000 jobs if left in place throughout the president's term.

  • May 14, 2025

    NJ Firm Blume Forte Seeks To Arbitrate Disability Bias Claims

    New Jersey personal injury firm Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari PC is seeking to force the arbitration of claims from a former staffer regarding her dismissal after being hospitalized for a seizure.

  • May 14, 2025

    Starbucks, Ex-VP Settle $830K Bonus Repayment Suit

    Starbucks has struck a deal with a former senior vice president the company previously accused of failing to repay part of his $1 million signing bonus after he quit, according to filings in New Jersey federal court Tuesday.

  • May 14, 2025

    Vape Co. Stopped From Using 'Breeze' Name

    A Michigan federal judge has blocked a New Jersey company from marketing products with the name "Breeze" in a trademark dispute with a competitor in the vaping industry.

  • May 13, 2025

    Magistrate Judge Cuts Defendants In J&J Talc Unit Fraud Suit

    A New Jersey magistrate judge on Tuesday dropped a collection of defendants from a class action brought by cancer patients alleging that Johnson & Johnson's maneuvers to settle thousands of tort claims through Chapter 11 involved fraud.

  • May 13, 2025

    Becton Dickinson Sues Baxter Over Infusion Pump Patents

    Becton Dickinson has accused Baxter International of willfully infringing six of its patents for infusion pump technologies used to deliver medications to patients, telling a Delaware federal court that marketing materials for a Baxter infusion pump platform touted several Becton inventions.

  • May 13, 2025

    States Say Trump Can't Link Immigration To DHS, DOT Funds

    A 20-state coalition hit the Trump administration with lawsuits Tuesday in Rhode Island federal court asking the court to stop the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation from conditioning billions of state grant dollars on enforcing the president's immigration agenda.

  • May 13, 2025

    Âé¶¹´«Ã½suit Challenging Trump Energy Order May Be Premature

    States may have good reasons to fight President Donald Trump's declaration of a national energy emergency, but courts may be unwilling to evaluate the strength of a new suit from 15 states in the absence of expedited energy project approvals.

  • May 13, 2025

    NIH Letters Ending Grants Lack Factual Support, Judge Says

    A Massachusetts federal judge said Tuesday that a "blast" of hundreds of virtually identical letters in March canceling National Institutes of Health-funded research projects appeared to offer no factual basis, only unsupported assertions that the projects were unscientific or discriminatory.

Expert Analysis

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    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Âé¶¹´«Ã½ of Duquesne University.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Âé¶¹´«Ã½yers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • SEC Motion Response Could Reveal New Crypto Approach

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    Cumberland DRW recently filed to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement action against it for the unlawful purchase and sale of digital asset securities, and the agency's response should unveil whether, and to what extent, the Trump administration will relax the federal government’s stance on digital asset regulation, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Âé¶¹´«Ã½

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Âé¶¹´«Ã½yering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Âé¶¹´«Ã½, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Parsing 3rd Circ. Ruling On Cannabis, Employee Private Suits

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    The Third Circuit recently upheld a decision that individuals don't have a private right of action for alleged violations of New Jersey's Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act, but employers should stay informed as the court encouraged the state Legislature to amend the law, say attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • Series

    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Âé¶¹´«Ã½yer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: How MDLs Fared In 2024

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    A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.

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