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March 21, 2025
Amazon Beats Consumer's Suit Over Late Delivery Again
A Washington federal judge on Friday permanently threw out a proposed class action accusing Amazon of breaking scheduled delivery promises, finding that the e-commerce giant did not engage in deception by requiring customers to request shipping fee refunds for packages that arrive after a guaranteed time.
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March 21, 2025
Lockheed, Navy Push To Nix $8.25M Dock Damage Suit
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy are urging a Michigan federal judge to dismiss a marine transportation company's lawsuit accusing them of negligently causing $8.25 million worth of damages to its dock while testing a naval combat vessel.
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March 21, 2025
Loan Servicer Faces 'Zombie Mortgage' Truth In Lending Suit
A mortgage loan servicer that allegedly tried to charge a North Carolina borrower $160,000 for a mortgage he discharged in bankruptcy during the Great Recession got hit with a proposed federal class action accusing it and a trust that purportedly attempted to foreclose his house of violating the Truth in Lending Act.
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March 21, 2025
Crocs Defends News Release In Bid To Beat Defamation Suit
Footwear maker Crocs Inc. told a Colorado federal judge Friday that a 2022 news release in which it said Crocs secured "a judgment of infringement" against a rival company was at least substantially true, contending that's enough to defeat the rival's summary judgment bid in a defamation suit.
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March 21, 2025
Travelers Wants Exit From $4.5M Faulty Apartment Settlement
Travelers told a Georgia federal judge Friday that the insurer should not owe the lion's share of a construction contractor's $4.5 million settlement over botched site work at an apartment complex, arguing the bill should be footed by the company's primary policies with Amerisure.
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March 21, 2025
Bausch & Lomb Says Amcor Must Pay For Botched Bottles
A packaging company evaded quality controls to deliver defective plastic bottles that caused a slowdown in manufacturing at a Bausch & Lomb facility, the eye care company has claimed in a complaint filed in Michigan federal court.
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March 21, 2025
Off The Bench: Celts Sold, Tennis 'Cartel,' DraftKings In Deep
In this week's Off The Bench, two BigLaw titans help steer the record sale of a prestigious NBA franchise, tennis pros heap damning antitrust allegations on the sport's leadership, and DraftKings remains mired in a dispute over its use of baseball players' likenesses to promote their gambling offers.
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March 21, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a sub-postmaster sue the Post Office and Fujitsu, Russian insurer Ingosstrakh hit the Financial Times with a defamation claim, and Britvic-owned Robinsons Soft Drinks file a passing off claim against Aldi. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 20, 2025
Media Matters Says X Can't Restrict Dispute To Texas
A nonprofit media watchdog wants to preserve its California federal lawsuit challenging social media site X's efforts to pursue defamation claims in Texas federal court, telling a Texas federal judge that X failed to adequately argue for an anti-suit injunction.
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March 20, 2025
'Epic Self-Own': Lively Says Baldoni Libel Suit Hikes Damages
Blake Lively urged a New York federal judge on Thursday to toss Justin Baldoni's claims that she defamed him with sexual harassment allegations, saying the law prohibits such retaliatory libel suits and that he has committed an "epic self-own" that will put him on the hook for additional damages.
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March 20, 2025
Calif. Panel Doubts Byron Allen's $100M McDonald's Suit
A California appeals panel expressed skepticism Thursday at an attempt by Byron Allen's television companies to revive their $100 million lawsuit accusing McDonald's of lying in a 2021 pledge to spend more advertising money on Black-owned media.
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March 20, 2025
Sanyo Owes $1 In Touchscreen Tech Case, Judge Finds
An electronics manufacturer on Thursday was awarded $1 in damages by a Michigan federal judge after it prevailed on its claim that Sanyo North America Corp. wrongly used its touchscreen technology to develop a vehicle console for General Motors.
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March 20, 2025
Ex-Kubient CEO Gets 1 Year For Lying About AI Fraud Tool
A New York federal judge on Thursday sentenced software company Kubient Inc.'s former CEO to a year and a day in prison for putting $1.3 million in phony revenue on the digital advertising technology company's books and lying about an artificial intelligence-powered tool meant to spot digital ad fraud.
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March 20, 2025
Fla. Fund Sued In Del. After Denying Investor Redemptions
Investors in Florida-based limited partnership P and J Titan Fund LP sued the fund, its general partner, sole director and investment manager in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Tuesday, alleging improper redemption refusals and diversions of funds.
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March 20, 2025
Fox Sues Mexico Media Cos. For $13M Over Broadcast Deal
Fox and its streaming service Tubi have filed suit against a group of Mexican media companies in California federal court alleging they breached contracts over soccer-related broadcasting rights and failed to pay $13 million owed for sublicense agreements.
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March 20, 2025
Pot Co. Disputes 'Forgery' Of Service In Banking Suit
A cannabis company is urging an Oregon federal court to reject a venture capital firm's bid to vacate a default judgment in a suit against a defunct cannabis "neobank," saying the evidence shows the suit was properly served and that receipts weren't forged.
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March 20, 2025
Property Owner Demands Appraisal Of $10.5M Hail Claim
A Tennessee property owner asked a federal court Thursday to order a Travelers unit to participate in an appraisal of its hail damage claim, alleging the insurer denied coverage even though an "independent evaluation" of the owner's damages estimated that the hail damage exceeded $10.5 million.
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March 20, 2025
Investor Sues For Real Estate AI Co. Shares Under $100M Deal
A Luxembourg-based investment firm sued artificial intelligence homebuying platform ReAlpha in New York federal court, seeking to enforce a $100 million share purchase agreement a week after a federal judge rejected the platform's attempt to escape the deal.
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March 20, 2025
NJ Firm Can't Force Arbitration Of Ex-Leader's Firing Suit
New Jersey personal injury firm Ginarte Gonzalez & Winograd LLP cannot steer a former managing partner who claims the firm retaliated against him for protected activity into arbitration after it waived the right to arbitrate his claims before a judge, a state appellate court ruled Thursday.
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March 19, 2025
Ryan Reynolds Says Baldoni's Claims Are Just 'Hurt Feelings'
Ryan Reynolds has urged a New York federal court to throw out Justin Baldoni's defamation suit against him, arguing that the "It Ends With Us" actor-director's complaint is devoid of any legitimate allegations and merely stems from Baldoni's "hurt feelings" in his ongoing beef with Reynolds and Blake Lively.
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March 19, 2025
'Weird' Mass Arb. Fights Have Judge Questioning FAA's Reach
A California federal judge who held Verizon's arbitration agreements to be unconscionable told a law forum panel Wednesday in San Diego that the rise of mass arbitration cases and companies' increasingly "creative" efforts to avoid arbitration has him finding the process "weird" and asking, "What's wrong with the courts?""
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March 19, 2025
Texas Justices OK With Venue Appeal Despite 'Politics' Involved
A Texas Supreme Court justice lamented Wednesday that venue choice has become "a matter of politics," but told counsel for the family of a girl killed when a bus ran into her that the law seemingly gives the opposing party the right to appeal a venue decision from the trial court.
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March 19, 2025
Netlist, Samsung Contract Fight Gets New Judge Mid-Retrial
The third trial in a dispute over whether Samsung Electronics Co. breached a patent licensing agreement with chipmaker Netlist Inc. was reassigned to a new California federal judge Wednesday on its second day, after the long-running case's previous overseer recused due to concerns about his impartiality being questioned.
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March 19, 2025
Toxic-Loft Suits Too Late, But Owners Share Blame, Jury Says
A California state jury in Los Angeles found Wednesday that 20 residents of an art loft building waited too long to file toxic exposure claims, but suggested that the building owners caused the delays, triggering further proceedings before a judge.
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March 19, 2025
Fla. Wellness Promoter Sued Over Disloyalty, $13M Side Gig
An investment management firm has sued a longevity expert and human biologist in Florida state civil court over disloyalty in a wellness business venture, alleging he ran a $13 million business on the side despite having a noncompete agreement requiring him to devote most of his time to the company.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Bristol-Myers Win Offers Lessons For Debt Security Holders
A New York federal judge's recent dismissal of a $6.4 billion lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb, due to plaintiff UMB Bank's lack of standing, serves as an important reminder to debt security holders to obtain depositary proxies before pursuing litigation, say attorneys at Milbank.
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Series
Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.
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How To Avoid Risking Arbitration Award Confidentiality In NY
Though a Second Circuit decision last year seemed to create a confidentiality safe harbor for arbitration awards that had no ongoing compliance issues, a recent New York federal court ruling offers further guidance on the meaning of "ongoing compliance issues," says Matthew Iverson at Nelson Mullins.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
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Review Shipping Terms In Light Of These 3 Global Challenges
Given tensions in the Middle East, labor unrest at U.S. ports and the ongoing consequences of climate change, parties involved in maritime shipping must understand the relevant contract provisions and laws that may be implicated during supply chain disruptions in order to mitigate risks, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Defining All-Risk: Despite $30M Loss, Loose Bolt Not 'Damage'
A Massachusetts federal court’s recent ruling in AMAG Pharmaceuticals v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co., denying coverage for $30 million in damages claimed when a loose bolt caused an air leak, highlights an ongoing debate over the definition of “direct physical loss or damage,” say Josh Tumen and Paul Ferland at Cozen O'Connor.
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8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.
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Opinion
This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Int'l Agreements Are Key For Safe Nuclear Waste Disposal
By replacing fossil fuels, nuclear energy has the potential to offer a major contribution to the global fight against climate change — but ensuring that nuclear power is safe and sustainable will require binding, multinational agreements for safe nuclear waste disposal, say Ryan Schermerhorn and Christopher Zahn at Marshall Gerstein.