Bankrupt Infowars host Alex Jones has escaped a request to immediately pay more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims who sued him for defamation, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled.
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Alex Jones Escapes Immediate Sandy Hook Payment Bid

By Emily Lever

Bankrupt Infowars host Alex Jones has escaped a request to immediately pay more than $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School victims who sued him for defamation, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled.

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Atty's Vanity Plate Gets Spotlight In Fatal Shooting Trial

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut prosecutor has zeroed in on the vanity license plate that was on Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr.'s car when he fatally shot an attacker in June 2021, asking the defendant's character witnesses Wednesday if they knew about it, and if so, what they thought of it.

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Murder Convict's Outbursts At Issue Before Conn. High Court

By Aaron Keller

A trial judge violated due process guarantees by adding criminal contempt sentences to a felony murder convict's prison term because of a series of racial and profane outbursts during a habeas corpus hearing, the convict's appointed counsel told the Connecticut Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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Willkie Farr Partner Gets $23K Fee In Suit Over Media Tip

By Aaron Keller

A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner has won the bulk of a $27,420 bid to recoup personal attorney fees after prevailing in a First Amendment feud with his former landlord's lawyer over a media leak, with a judge clipping just $3,550 for lack of a novel legal issue.

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Trump's NIH Cost-Cutting Measure Blocked By Judge

By Brian Dowling

A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration cannot cap indirect costs for research grants at the National Institutes of Health, rejecting the move as a rushed cost-saving measure that violates federal law governing the expenses.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Revived Bill To Add Judges Teed Up For Another House Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The House Judiciary Committee voted out of committee three bills on Wednesday along party lines, including legislation to add more federal judgeships that the federal judiciary says are needed desperately but has become subject to partisan fighting.

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ENFORCEMENT

Water Main Co. Will Pay $1M After Chemicals Killed Fish

By Ryan Harroff

A sewer and water line maintenance company was sentenced to pay $1 million and will spend three years on federal probation after knowingly dumping pollutants into a Connecticut waterway, killing over 150 fish and contaminating the area, acting U.S. Attorney Marc H. Silverman has announced.

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LITIGATION

DC Judge Skeptical Of Trump's Power To Oust NLRB Member

By Braden Campbell

A Washington, D.C., federal judge hearing a former National Labor Relations Board member's challenge to her January removal appeared Wednesday to buy the fired official's side of a closely watched debate over the vitality of foundational U.S. Supreme Court law on the president's power over independent agencies.

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Brief

Paul Newman's Daughters End IP Suit Against Newman's Own

By Ryan Harroff

Late actor Paul Newman's daughters withdrew their lawsuit from Connecticut state court accusing the Newman's Own Foundation of trading off their father's name for non-food-related purposes and breaching its duty to fund their own foundations despite the deceased film star's intent.

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BANKRUPTCY

Amazon, Others Must Face Guo Ch. 11 Clawback Claims

By Ben Zigterman

A Chapter 11 trustee can chase cash payments Chinese exile Miles Guo passed through nondebtor alter ego shell companies when buying goods and services from a long list of companies and law firms, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trump Tells Admin To Yank Perkins Coie Security Clearance

By Lauren Berg

Perkins Coie LLP is the latest law firm to face the ire of President Donald Trump, with Trump ordering on Thursday the immediate suspension of the firm's security clearances over its diverse hiring efforts and its representation of certain political figures, including former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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Diverse Judiciary Is Crucial, Justice Jackson Tells Attys

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told attorneys in Miami on Thursday at the American Bar Association's annual White Collar Crime Institute that her judicial philosophy is "still under development" and said diversity in the judiciary is necessary to help instill confidence in the judicial branch of government.

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Bove May Sidestep Discipline In Adams Scandal, Experts Say

By Phillip Bantz

Ethics complaints piling up against acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove over his efforts to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams could result in disciplinary action at the state level, but it's highly unlikely that he'll face any consequences from the U.S. Department of Justice and its office charged with investigating attorney misconduct, experts say.

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Contempt Of Atty's 'Own Making,' Judge Says In Allowing Trial

By Hayley Fowler

A Dutch software company can't push back a copyright trial after one of its attorneys from Womble Bond Dickinson was held in contempt and was temporarily kicked off the case, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, finding the predicament "entirely of counsel's own making."

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Holland & Knight Adds Partner Who Was FBI General Counsel

By Daniel Connolly

The FBI has lost its general counsel, who has joined Holland & Knight LLP as a partner in its national security and defense industry group, the firm announced Thursday.

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Bankruptcy Court's Input Sought In Judge Romance Row

By Catherine Marfin

A federal judge asked a Texas bankruptcy court to determine if the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company has standing to sue over a former judge's secret romance with a Jackson Walker partner.

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Meltzer Lippe, Fired Partner Agree To End Sex Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

Meltzer Lippe Goldstein & Breitstone LLP and a former partner have agreed to end her New York federal court suit claiming she was fired from the firm after she complained about its sexist work environment, according to a Thursday court filing.

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State Attacks Atty's Self-Defense Claim In Law Firm Shooting

By Aaron Keller

A prosecutor says Connecticut law allows jurors to mull whether a Cramer & Anderson LLP partner reopened a fight with a man who allegedly followed him into his law firm's parking lot and attacked him, teeing up a Friday ruling that could threaten the lawyer's self-defense claims against a manslaughter charge.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

Believe it or not, there's still important litigation happening that doesn't involve President Donald Trump, and the proof exists in this month's circuit court calendars. During the remaining weeks of March, arguments will explore numerous high-profile topics, including a law firm's severe punishment for alleged misconduct in 9/11 litigation and a judicial rebuke of Trader Joe's for "an attempt to weaponize the legal system."

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Judges Urge Attys To Help Restore Confidence In Judiciary

By Carolina Bolado

Federal district judges at the American Bar Association's white collar conference Thursday decried threats and attacks on judges and urged attorneys to help them restore public confidence in the judiciary.

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Fake NY Lawyer Charged With Stealing $200K From Clients

By Emily Sawicki

A New York man has been indicted on charges he impersonated a lawyer and stole $200,000 from clients over the course of nearly three years, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

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Brief

Dems Intro Their Own Version Of The JUDGES Act

By Courtney Bublé

Top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee reintroduced a version of the JUDGES Act on Thursday that would not take effect until after the next president is elected, unlike a version from their Republican counterparts that would take effect this year.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

ASK LLP

Akerman LLP

Allen Chesson

Arnall Golden

Baker McKenzie

Barclay Damon

Beck Redden

Becker LLC

Bershtein Volpe

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Brenner Saltzman

Broocks Law Firm

Charmoy & Charmoy

Clayman Rosenberg

Clement & Murphy

Cohen Milstein

Cohn Birnbaum

Conti Levy

Covington & Burling

Cramer & Anderson

Crowell & Moring

Cummings & Lockwood

DLA Piper

David Boies

Ellis & Winters

Emery Celli

Faegre Drinker

Finn Dixon

Foley & Lardner

Gibson Dunn

Gilbride Tusa

Green & Sklarz

Gupta Wessler

Hodgson Russ

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Jenner & Block

John L. Pittman III Attorney At Law

K&L Gates

KMA Zuckert

Kelley Drye

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

Koskoff Koskoff

Kreindler & Kreindler

Lachtman Cohen

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan

Lawall & Mitchell

Lazare Potter

Lucas & Varga

Martocchio & Oliveira

McManimon Scotland

Meltzer Lippe

Mescall Law PC

Mintz & Gold

Morrison Cohen

Morvillo Abramowitz

Munger Tolles

Neubert Pepe

Norris McLaughlin

O'Melveny & Myers

Pallas Partners

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Phillips Nizer

Quinn Emanuel

Randazza Legal Group

Robbins Geller

Robinson & Cole

Ropes & Gray

Russ August & Kabat

Rusty Hardin & Associates

Sheppard Mullin

Shipman & Goodwin

Sidley Austin

Siegel Yee

Spears Manning

Spencer Fane

Stokesbury & Fingold

Streusand Landon

Tayman Lane

The Strong Firm PC

Weddle Law PLLC

Wigdor LLP

Wilkinson Barker

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Elser

Womble Bond

Zeisler & Zeisler

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Council on Education

American Express Co.

Amicus

Association of American Medical Colleges

Association of American Universities Inc.

Audi AG

B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.

Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc.

Bragg

Cato Institute

Chevron Corp.

Cirrus Aircraft Corp.

Cloudflare Inc.

Empire HealthChoice HMO Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Federalist Society

Fox News Network LLC

Google LLC

Houston Texans

Johnson & Johnson

Justia Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Marcum LLP

McDermott International

Meta Platforms Inc.

Miami Dolphins

NFL Enterprises LLC

Nardello & Co. LLC

National Association of Broadcasters

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Cable & Telecommunications Association

National Rifle Association of America

New Civil Liberties Alliance

New England Patriots LP

New York City Bar Association

New York Football Giants Inc.

New York Post

Public Citizen Inc.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

The Boeing Co.

Trader Joe's Co.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

University of New Haven

Zeta Interactive Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Internal Revenue Service

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

National Institutes of Health

National Labor Relations Board

New York County District Attorney's Office

New York State Senate

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Texas Judicial Branch

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Office Of Special Counsel

U.S. Senate

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

United States District Court for the District of Nevada