'Ashamed' COVID Fraudster Asks To Keep Firefighter Pension

By Brian Steele

A former West Haven, Connecticut, municipal employee testified Wednesday that he is "ashamed" of stealing tens of thousands of dollars of COVID-19 relief money from the city, but he is asking a state court judge to prevent the attorney general's office from docking or revoking the pension that he separately earned as a New Haven firefighter.

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Fintech Execs Want $2M Award Confirmed For 'Nonperformer'

By Ryan Harroff

A trio of financial technology executives asked a Connecticut state judge to confirm a $2 million arbitration award in favor of another executive they say they pushed out for being a "chronic nonperformer" who failed to negotiate the terms of his exit in good faith.

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SEC Wins $12.5M Judgment On Assets Tied To Fugitive Trader

By Aaron Keller

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can recoup a $12.5 million supplemental enrichment judgment from frozen assets tied to a fugitive trader accused of funneling $67 million from his employer Oak Management Corp. to himself, his companies and his relatives, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled.

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PE Firm TPG Wants Endo Trust's Transfer Suit Tossed

By Hilary Russ

Private equity firm TPG Capital is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit that aims to claw back billions of dollars reaped in an allegedly unfair deal with Endo International PLC before the drugmaker went bankrupt.

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CVS Asserts DOJ's Opioid Prescription Suit Lacks Facts

By MJ Koo

CVS Pharmacy Inc. has told a Rhode Island federal judge that most of the U.S. Department of Justice's claims that it knowingly filed invalid prescriptions for opioids should be tossed, saying the agency failed to adequately allege the company willfully put profits over safety.

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Brief

Norfolk Southern Investors Appeal Train Derailment Ruling

By Jessica Corso

Shareholders of railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. have gone to the Second Circuit seeking to revive a proposed class action accusing the company of making false claims about its commitment to safety ahead of a 2023 derailment and toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Series

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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Senate Confirms Trump Nominee For Solicitor General

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 52-45, along party lines, on Thursday to confirm Dean John Sauer, a former personal attorney of President Donald Trump, to be solicitor general of the United States.

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CFTC Taps New Acting Head Of Market Oversight Division

By Sarah Jarvis

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Wednesday that its Division of Market Oversight will be headed on an acting basis by a longtime employee of the derivatives market regulator who helped start the division's Market Intelligence Branch.

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Analysis

Adams Case Threatens NY Southern District's 'Supremacy'

By Phillip Bantz

The controversial end to New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic criminal corruption prosecution could threaten the Southern District of New York's privileged status within the Justice Department and its leverage over other districts when it comes to vying for the lead on high-profile cases, experts say.

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Judge OKs Toss Of FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday granted the federal government's bid to end the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., ending a legal battle that was beset by delays throughout its six-year run.  

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Pick For DC's US Atty Exits Roles To Prepare For Confirmation

By Courtney Bublé

The nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, has made his law firm inactive and resigned from other roles in preparation for his confirmation.

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Justices Told 'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law

By Katie Buehler

Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.

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'Trailblazing' Labaton Keller Chair Dies At 54 From Cancer

By Emma Cueto

Christopher Keller, the chairman and name partner of plaintiffs' firm Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, has died at age 54, the firm announced Thursday, saying he will be remembered as a skilled and creative securities litigator and a respected leader.

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11th Circ. Urged To End For-Cause Firing Of Tax Court Judges

By David Minsky

A widow and former licensed practical nurse urged the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to eliminate a code provision that only allows for-cause removal of U.S. Tax Court judges — saying it restricts presidential power — or else declare the provision unconstitutional because the Tax Court isn't a part of the executive branch.

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Echoing EEOC, Red State AGs Target Law Firms Over DEI

By Patrick Hoff

A dozen Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged 20 law firms to fork over information the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requested last month about their workplace diversity practices, doubling down on the acting EEOC chair's claim that those practices may be unlawful.

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