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April 07, 2025
Insurer Settles Ga. Motel Shooting Coverage Suit
StarStone National Insurance Co. has settled a coverage dispute with a Georgia motel over whether the insurer was obliged to defend the establishment from a negligent security claim brought by the family of a man robbed and murdered on the premises five years ago, the company said Friday.
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April 07, 2025
Judge Ends Mercedes Wheel Suit, 'Wondering' What Defect Is
Mercedes-Benz USA LLC defeated a putative class action Monday claiming the company used defective wheels that caused customer tire blowouts, as a Georgia federal judge said the "shapelessness" of the suit left him "wondering what defect is even being alleged."
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April 07, 2025
AGs Announce $335M Opioid Deal With Mylan
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday said her office and those of other states reached a $335 million deal with Mylan to help combat the opioid crisis.
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April 07, 2025
Nelson Mullins Team Joins Duane Morris In DC, Atlanta, Miami
Duane Morris LLP announced Monday that it is expanding its corporate practice by bringing in a team of five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP transactional attorneys — including two partners — in its Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Miami locations.
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April 07, 2025
Ga. Appeals Court Rips Judge For Denying Recusal Bid
A Georgia Court of Appeals panel on Monday stripped a child custody case from a Fulton County judge after finding he improperly denied a mother's recusal motion instead of referring it to another jurist.
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April 04, 2025
Real Estate Recap: 'Gold Card,' ESG, Tokenization
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the latest EB-5 investment rush, the tightrope real estate companies are walking with environmental, social and governance factors, and how tokenization can apply to the real estate sector.
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April 04, 2025
Bayer Wants Supreme Court To Review Roundup Litigation
Bayer subsidiary Monsanto has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Missouri jury's $1.2 million award to a man who claimed that Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, arguing that courts are split on whether federal law preempts state failure-to-warn claims like the claims in this case.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Revives Aircraft Co.'s Deal Suit Against Boeing
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday revived a defunct aircraft maintenance company's trade secret case against Boeing amid a long-running contract dispute and allowed the company to pursue damages for unjust enrichment after finding it wouldn't be duplicative of the $2.1 million jury award it won at trial in 2020 for its breach of contract claims.
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April 04, 2025
HHS Drops 11th Circ. Fight Over ACA Trans Rule Freeze
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agreed to drop its bid to overturn an order blocking it from enforcing regulations that extend the Affordable Care Act's anti-discrimination provisions to transgender individuals against Florida organizations, according to filings with the Eleventh Circuit.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Told Worker Was Illegally Fired Over Anti-Gay Article
A former Miami-Dade County employee on Friday urged the Eleventh Circuit to reinstate his lawsuit alleging he was illegally fired for authoring a transphobic and anti-gay blog post on his own time, saying a policy prohibiting the publication of offensive statements is constitutionally overbroad and violates his First Amendment rights.
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April 04, 2025
Veteran Sues Gov't Over Atlanta VA's Missed Diagnosis
An Army veteran has sued the federal government for $5 million, claiming a first-year resident and an attending physician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center failed to notify him he tested positive for syphilis, thereby allowing the infection to progress to neurosyphilis.
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April 04, 2025
Death Row Case May Test Limits Of Federal Habeas Review
Michael Wayne Reynolds, who was convicted of a triple murder in 2007, maintains his innocence and is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for another chance to argue that his prosecution in his trial hid potentially exculpatory evidence — in a case that strikes at the core of the ability of prisoners to bring habeas corpus challenges.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Told Omitted Issues Void UBS Arbitration Award
A Puerto Rican man urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to vacate a roughly $6.5 million arbitration award given to UBS Financial Services Inc. stemming from a long-running account contract dispute, arguing he didn't receive a fair hearing and because key issues to be resolved weren't identified in the award.
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April 04, 2025
NBC Settles ICE Doctor's Suit Over Hysterectomy Reporting
NBC Universal and a gynecologist who accused the media company of falsely portraying him as having performed mass unwanted hysterectomies on women detained at an immigration detention center ended their suit on Friday after informing a Georgia federal court of a settlement.
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April 04, 2025
11th Circ. Tosses Former Atty's Extortion Conviction
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday overturned the conviction of a former criminal defense attorney for extorting a client for cash, finding in a published opinion that there was insufficient evidence.
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April 04, 2025
Novelis Seeks $15M For Recycle Facility Construction Delays
Atlanta-based aluminum giant Novelis said this week that a design and build firm in charge of construction of a sprawling recycling plant botched key features of the project, leading to "persistent delays" and more than $15 million in damages from repairs and lost profits.
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April 04, 2025
Child Therapists Reach $127K Deal To End Wage Suit
A Georgia children's therapy provider agreed Friday to pay about $127,000 to resolve a collective action accusing it of failing to pay registered behavior technicians for time they spent working before appointments, performing administrative work and doing other off-the-clock work.
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April 03, 2025
Recidivist Convicted Of Conning NBA Players Gets 12 Years
A former stockbroker on Thursday was sentenced to over 12 years in prison after he was found guilty at trial last year of swindling two former NBA players out of $8 million, in what the judge called "pure and simple theft" by the recidivist fraudster.
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April 03, 2025
Ga. School District, Teacher Sued Over 'Grooming' Of Student
A former student of a south Georgia school alleges in a lawsuit in federal court filed Thursday that she was groomed into a sexually abusive relationship with a teacher while she was a minor, accusing the school's officials of doing nothing to stop the teacher in the hopes that his misconduct would be "swept under the rug."
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April 03, 2025
3M, DuPont Sued Over Ga. Carpet Industry's PFAS Pollution
A Georgia environmental group and a farm owner have sued 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other companies involved in the state's carpeting manufacturing industry, seeking to hold them liable for "forever chemical" contamination in the Conasauga River.
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April 03, 2025
Home Depot Workers Must Pay $39K Costs In ERISA Suit
A Georgia federal judge has said Home Depot workers must pay more than $39,000 in legal fees to the home improvement retailer after the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to end the Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit in Home Depot's favor in August.
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April 03, 2025
Carnival Knew Of Assault Risks In Teen's Case, 11th Circ. Told
An attorney representing a Canadian woman who was sexually assaulted aboard a Carnival ship as a teenager in 2019 urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to reinstate her lawsuit against the cruise company, arguing that the incident was foreseeable given dozens of reports received years prior documenting similar events.
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April 03, 2025
Georgia Credit Union Hit With DACA-Recipient Bias Suit
The Credit Union of Georgia was hit with a proposed class action in federal court on Thursday by a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who claims the credit union uses immigration status as a basis to reject potential customers.
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April 03, 2025
$10M Heritage Pharma Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final OK
A Connecticut federal judge granted final approval to a $10 million deal between Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc., its parent company Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Emcure's founder Satish Mehta to resolve claims from a coalition of states accusing them of conspiring with other companies to inflate generic drug prices.
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April 03, 2025
ATM Company Sanctioned For 'Objectively Frivolous' Claim
A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday tossed an attempt to relitigate a patent infringement suit brought by an ATM technology company against a competitor, and sanctioned its attorneys for bringing the "objectively frivolous" claim that the competitor defrauded the court in a previous suit.
Expert Analysis
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.
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Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.
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Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer
With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.
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Opinion
Airlines Should Follow Treaty On Prompt Crash Payouts
In the wake of the recent crash of a Delta Air Lines flight during landing in Toronto, it is vital for air carriers and their insurers to understand how the Montreal Convention's process for immediate passenger compensation can avoid years of costly litigation and reputational damage for companies, says Robert Alpert at International Crisis Response.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw
Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
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Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist
Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Opinion
We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment
As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.
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Investor Essentials For Buying Federally Owned Property
Investors and developers can take advantage of the Trump administration's plan to sell government-owned real estate by becoming familiar with the process and eligible to bid, and should prepare to move quickly once the U.S. General Services Administration posts the list of properties for sale, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw
As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.
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Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession
For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.