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The Seventh Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit by a former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP executive accusing the accounting firm's disability insurance provider of wrongly denying her long-term disability benefits for her fibromyalgia, affirming a lower court's "detailed and diligent opinion" that found her condition limiting, but not disabling.
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TOP NEWS

7th Circ. Backs Hartford's Denial Of Benefits To Ex-PwC Exec

By Rae Ann Varona

The Seventh Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit by a former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP executive accusing the accounting firm's disability insurance provider of wrongly denying her long-term disability benefits for her fibromyalgia, affirming a lower court's "detailed and diligent opinion" that found her condition limiting, but not disabling.

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'Forum Shopping' Center Stage At 6th Circ. Drug Pricing Args

By Jeff Overley

As part of an expansive effort to tee up U.S. Supreme Court review, pharmaceutical industry-backed opponents of Medicare's drug price negotiations entered less-than-hospitable territory at the Sixth Circuit, where judges pointedly questioned a local business group's basis for challenging a national healthcare program.

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Justices Grant Compensation Leeway To Late-Filing Vets

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Barring Act's six-year statute of limitations for certain military-related claims does not apply to combat-related special compensation, a win for a proposed class of roughly 9,000 veterans who say they deserve additional pay despite filing late.

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LITIGATION

Humana, Aetna Underpaid For 340B Drugs, New Suits Say

By Gianna Ferrarin

Humana and Aetna are facing new claims in a trio of suits filed in North Carolina federal court alleging they underpaid health systems for drugs purchased through the federal 340B drug discount program.

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Inovalon Investors' Revived Chancery Suit Moves Forward

By Katryna Perera

A Delaware chancellor sent into discovery investors' claim that Inovalon didn't properly disclose that a consortium of private equity firms that bought the healthcare data company paid $400 million in fees to its financial adviser before the transaction, dismissing some claims but finding it is "reasonably conceivable" that the suit's defendants acted in bad faith.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways

Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

7 Willkie Partners Join Cooley Over Trump EO Deal

By Aebra Coe

Seven partners have left Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, including both managing partners of the firm's San Francisco office, to join Cooley LLP, reportedly over their former employer's decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration related to a potential executive order.

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The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Firm Loophole: How Debt Cos. Snare NC Consumers

By Daniel Connolly

To get around bans in North Carolina and many other states, debt relief companies set up facade law firms — companies that are law firms in name only, with a tiny number of lawyers nominally serving thousands of clients, consumer advocates and regulators say.

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Pro Bono Spotlight

Mayer Brown Helps Get Man Off Death Row After 21 Years

By Lynn LaRowe

A team of Mayer Brown LLP attorneys fought for decades to get the death sentence of a Houston man commuted to life in light of the inmate's intellectual disability, in a case that shows how legal standards have evolved in an area once known as "death county."

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Quinn Emanuel Drops Binance Boss Amid $8M Fraud Suit

By Chris Villani

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has withdrawn as counsel for the founder of Binance amid an $8.1 million lawsuit against him, telling a Massachusetts federal judge that the cryptocurrency exchange executive has breached an agreement with the law firm and moved for arbitration against it.

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Analysis

Vought's CFPB Finds Industry Fans In Rule Repeal Effort

By Jon Hill

Financial industry groups are lining up behind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's push to scrap a trio of Biden-era policies that they say overexpanded its supervisory and enforcement toolkit, urging on the agency's newfound deregulatory zeal.

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Jackson Walker, Ex-Judge Facing Class Action Over Romance

By Catherine Marfin

A former bankruptcy judge and Jackson Walker LLP have been hit with another lawsuit over the judge's secret romance with a former firm partner, this time a proposed class action from a group of bondholders of financial company GWG Holdings Inc.

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Analysis

SEC Scrubs Biden-Era Agenda To Give Atkins A 'Clean Slate'

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is backing away from promised Biden-era regulations on cybersecurity risk management, environmental disclosures and equity market reform, withdrawing over a dozen rule proposals as newly appointed Chair Paul Atkins seeks to rewrite the agency's agenda.

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Calif. State Bar Is Immune From Atty's ADA Suit, 9th Circ. Says

By Gina Kim

The Ninth Circuit on Friday declined to revive an attorney's claims alleging the California State Bar violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not granting extra time to respond to disciplinary action based on outstanding debt, finding the bar, as an arm of the state, is entitled to sovereign immunity.

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Akerman Seeks To Move Malpractice Suits From Medical Cos.

By Madison Arnold

Akerman LLP has asked to have two malpractice cases from medical laboratories moved from Palm Beach County to Miami-Dade County, where the firm's related unpaid fees case against Rennova Health Inc. is being litigated.

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Grassley Budget Bill Calls For More Use Of Injunction Bonds

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has released his portion of the budget reconciliation text, which would bolster the use of injunction bonds to raise the stakes for plaintiffs seeking to halt White House initiatives.

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2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Trump Appeal Of $5M Assault Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

The full Second Circuit refused Friday to revisit President Donald Trump's challenge to writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual assault finding against him, with two judges dissenting.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen Tottenham Hotspur FC kick off against Manchester United co-owner Ineos Automotive following a soured sponsorship deal, Acer and Nokia clash over patents for video coding technology, and two investors reignite litigation against the founders of an AI exercise bike business that unlawfully pocketed $1.2 million in investments to fund their own lifestyles. Here, Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Compliance experts say corporate leaders with business interests south of the border are worried about possible terrorism-related charges under the Trump administration for inadvertently working with the cartels. Meanwhile, the head of Glass Lewis pushed back against allegations from some lawmakers concerning the firm's "expansive, opaque and ideologically driven influence" on companies. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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Âé¶¹´«Ã½360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Institute for Justice, Mitchell Shapiro Greenamyre & Funt LLP, Spears & Filipovits LLC and attorney Lisa Lambert lead this week's edition of Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution's supremacy clause cannot shield the federal government from Federal Tort Claims Act suits.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Âé¶¹´«Ã½360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aaron Katz Âé¶¹´«Ã½

Abrams & Bayliss

Addleshaw Goddard

Akerman LLP

Bandas Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Firm

Blake Morgan LLP

Blank Rome

Brabners LLP

Clyde & Co

Cooley LLP

Cramer & Anderson

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

DeBofsky Âé¶¹´«Ã½

Debevoise & Plimpton

Domnick Cunningham

Dynamis LLP

Foster Garvey

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Greenberg Traurig

Haynes Boone

Heim Payne

Higgs LLP

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Jackson Walker LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Keker Van Nest & Peters

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

Laytons LLP

Manatt Phelps

Martin LLP

Mayer Brown

Michelman & Robinson

Mitchell & Shapiro

Morgan Lewis

Morris Nichols

Myerson Solicitors

Paul Weiss

Personius Melber

Pinsent Masons

Porter Hedges

Quinn Emanuel

Rabicoff Âé¶¹´«Ã½

Richards Layton

Riley Safer

Searcy Denney

Setfords Solicitors

Shakespeare Martineau

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Simon Paschal

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Stephenson Harwood

Stokoe Partnership Solicitors

TLT LLP

Taylor Wessing

Trowers & Hamlins

Walker Jones

White & Case

Wiggin LLP

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wright Hassall

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

AbbVie Inc.

Abbott Laboratories

Aetna Inc.

Airbnb Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Arbitration Association

American Bankers Association

American Bar Association

American International Group Inc.

Associated Press

Balfour Beatty PLC

Bank Policy Institute

Beyond Finance Inc.

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Binance.US

British Broadcasting Corp.

Brown & Brown Inc.

Client Services Inc.

Consumer Bankers Association

Cornell University

Discover Bank

Evercore Inc.

Federalist Society

Glass Lewis & Co. LLC

Hisense Co. Ltd.

Humana Inc.

Ineos Group Ltd.

Inovalon Holdings Inc.

Institute for Justice

Internet Archive

Investments Ltd.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lex Machina Inc.

Macquarie Group Ltd.

Manchester United

Meta Platforms Inc.

Mortgage Bankers Association

National Veterans Legal Services Program

National Women's Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Center

Nokia Corp.

North Carolina Justice Center

North Carolina State Bar

Online Lenders Alliance

Otis Worldwide Corp.

Pharmacyclics, Inc.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Progress Software Corp.

Santander Consumer USA Inc.

Severn Trent PLC

State Bar of California

The Bozzuto Group Inc.

The Cigna Group

The New York Times Co.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

United Services Automobile Association

Washington & Lee University

Wells Fargo & Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies House

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Judicial Center

Financial Conduct Authority

Florida Supreme Court

Legal Services Corp.

North Carolina Attorney General's Office

North Carolina Department of Justice

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Social Security Administration

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court