Trump Media Investor's Venue Bid Rejected By Fla. High Court

By David Minsky

Florida's Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition for review brought by an investor in President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform who challenged an order denying his motion to toss or transfer the company's lawsuit against him after he claimed it was filed in the wrong jurisdiction. 

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Judge OKs Sanctions In $500M Miss America Ownership Fight

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge Monday sanctioned a businessman and his attorney for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using the documents to put the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Judge Won't Strike Edited Photo In Ohtani Baseball Fight

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida judge rejected a bid Monday by a claimant to a record-breaking home run ball by baseball star Shohei Ohtani to strike another claimant's motion because of an edited photo, ruling that editing a photo for color and clarity does not make a photo inadmissible.

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Lewis Brisbois Renews Bid To Force Paralegal To Arbitrate

By Adrian Cruz

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP asked a Florida state judge on Friday to have a former paralegal arbitrate her defamation claims that its actions tarnished her reputation and cost her a job at another firm.

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DOJ Deal With Live Nation Throws Antitrust Trial Into Disarray

By Pete Brush

U.S. Department of Justice lawyers told a Manhattan federal judge Monday that the government is settling its claims that Live Nation engaged in unlawful monopolization by tying ticket sales to the use of its venues, throwing an ongoing trial involving dozens of states into an uncertain posture.

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DOJ Official Calls Live Nation Deal Win-Win As AGs Press On

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department's midtrial settlement with Live Nation on Monday created an instant rift with more than two dozen state attorneys general who vowed to press forward instead of accepting a deal that requires online ticketing technology to be open-sourced and forces the company to divest control over at least 13 amphitheaters.

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Receiver Enters Conspiracy Plea For Par Funding's Parent Co.

By Matthew Santoni

The receiver for a Philadelphia company behind the $405 million Par Funding merchant cash advance Ponzi scheme reached a plea deal Monday, where the company pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, prosecutors said.

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Fla. Judge Finds Leapfrog's Hospital Ratings Deceptive, Unfair

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Florida federal judge ordered hospital ratings nonprofit Leapfrog to revoke poor safety grades it issued to five hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp., finding the group's approach to evaluating the hospitals and publicizing its findings was unfair and deceptive.

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Steve Aoki, DraftKings Founder Seek Exit From NFT Fraud Suit

By David Minsky

DraftKings co-founder Matthew Kalish and electronic music artist Steve Aoki told a Florida federal court Friday that a proposed class action accusing them of promoting "worthless" nonfungible tokens without disclosing they were getting paid for it does not allege any wrongdoing, and asked the court to toss the suit.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes spanning alleged forged board approvals at a telecom startup, evidence-destruction claims tied to WWE's blockbuster merger with UFC and investor scrutiny of a multibillion-dollar deal between Intel and the U.S. government.

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Golf Co. Approved For $35.7M Ch. 11 Sale To Nicklaus Family

By Vince Sullivan

A Delaware federal bankruptcy judge approved a $35.7 million sale of assets Monday in the Chapter 11 case of sports gear and golf course design enterprise Nicklaus Cos. LLC, agreeing to a deal that will see affiliates tied to retired golfer Jack Nicklaus acquire the business and end protracted litigation among its founders.

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Holland & Knight Picks M&A Expert To Run Tampa Office

By Jake Maher

Holland & Knight LLP has named a 15-year veteran of the firm and a mergers and acquisitions expert to lead its Tampa office, the firm announced Monday.

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Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories. 

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Ex-DLA Piper Atty Alleging Rape Can't Remain Anonymous

By Lauren Berg

A former Boston-based DLA Piper associate cannot use a pseudonym to pursue a lawsuit alleging she was raped by one of the firm's former partners, a Massachusetts judge ruled, noting that she already publicly revealed her identity in a related suit against the accused attorney.

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Employment Law Cases Have Rebounded Except For FLSA

By Max Kutner

Employment law cases overall have bounced back from pandemic-era lows, especially discrimination and disability accommodation suits, though a slump has continued for Fair Labor Standards Act claims, according to a report by legal analytics provider Lex Machina.

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NJ US Atty Trio Booted In 2nd Leadership Ouster

By George Woolston

A federal judge on Monday disqualified the three assistant attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, finding the "byzantine" leadership structure is unconstitutional.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein To Be Sentenced In June

By Emily Sawicki

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein, currently under home confinement in Washington, D.C., after a Maryland jury convicted him on tax evasion and mortgage fraud charges, will face sentencing in June.

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McGuireWoods Beats Sun Pharma's DQ Bid In NJ Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal court has denied Sun Pharmaceutical's bid to disqualify McGuireWoods LLP from representing pharmaceutical company Biofrontera in litigation over the alleged breach of a settlement agreement, ruling the firm's continued representation won't harm Sun Pharmaceutical and will avoid significant harm to Biofrontera.

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K&L Gates IP Atty Tapped For Wash. Supreme Court Seat

By Rachel Riley

A K&L Gates intellectual property litigator will become the Washington State Supreme Court's first justice of Middle Eastern descent, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said Monday, announcing his pick to replace veteran retiring Justice Barbara Madsen.

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