Chamber Slams Opioid Judge's PBM Audit Privilege Ruling

By Carolyn Muyskens

The Sixth Circuit must step in to prevent a pharmacy benefit manager from being forced to turn over internal compliance audit documents, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said, arguing a lower court's decision threatens to undermine the existence of in-house counsel's attorney-client privilege. 

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Judge Doubts UMich Prof's Rape Case Blocked Bias Suit

By Danielle Ferguson

A Michigan federal judge on Thursday sounded skeptical that a rape prosecution against an opera singer barred the musician from timely suing his former employer, the University of Michigan, over allegations that dismissal proceedings that ended his tenured professorship were biased because he is gay.

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SEC Hit With Atty Fee Request Over Rare In-House Loss

By Jessica Corso

A Michigan-based company that convinced the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to retroactively lift a trading suspension is now arguing that the agency should have to pay the company's attorneys because enforcement staff "lied and misled" in order to obtain the suspension.

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Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts

By Courtney Bublé

President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.

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Ex-MGM Worker Awarded $133K In COVID Vax Bias Suit

By Danielle Ferguson

A Michigan federal jury on Thursday awarded $133,000 to a fired MGM Grand Detroit warehouse worker who had alleged he was improperly denied religious accommodation from the company's COVID-19 vaccine policy.

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Henry Ford Patient Drops Data-Scraping Claims

By Carolyn Muyskens

Henry Ford Health has resolved a proposed class action accusing the health system of sharing patients' data with Meta Platforms Inc. and Google Inc. via tracking software embedded in the hospital system's websites, including its patient portal.

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Trinity Health, ER Nurses Seek OK For $450K Meal Break Deal

By Danielle Ferguson

Nurses and technicians in the emergency departments at three Trinity Health-Michigan locations and the hospital sought approval Wednesday for a $450,000 deal to end claims that the workers weren't paid for work performed during meal breaks.

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6th Circ. Won't Revisit Mercedes Fire Coverage Row

By Elizabeth Daley

The Sixth Circuit declined Thursday to revisit a decision finding the research group for Mercedes-Benz North America could be liable for over $1 million in property damage following a fire its employees set inadvertently at a Michigan property it rented.

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Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

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SCOTUSblog Publisher Tom Goldstein Indicted In Tax Case

By Phillip Bantz

Tom Goldstein, a publisher of SCOTUSblog and one of the most experienced U.S. Supreme Court lawyers in the country, was indicted Thursday in Maryland federal court on charges he schemed to evade paying taxes for years and used funds from his boutique law firm to cover gambling debts. 

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Trump Taps Williams & Connolly's Sarah Harris As Acting SG

By Katie Buehler

Sarah M. Harris of Williams & Connolly LLP will serve as acting U.S. solicitor general for President-elect Donald Trump while his permanent pick undergoes the confirmation process.

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ITC Commissioner Heading To WilmerHale In DC

By Adam Lidgett

One of the commissioners of the U.S. International Trade Commission, who had served as the agency's leader for a year and a half, has decided to leave and make the move to WilmerHale, according to the ITC.

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Women, Minority Lawyers Continue Incremental Growth

By Kevin Penton

Women, people of color and women of color keep setting records for representation in the nation's legal industry, but a smaller percentage of Black summer associates may portend future challenges, according to a report released Thursday.

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Calif.'s Chief Justice On Preparing For Trump, AI

By Bonnie Eslinger

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero told reporters Thursday that the judiciary is preparing for the possibility that the Trump administration will target state courthouses to arrest unauthorized immigrants, and described how the judiciary plans to evaluate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the judicial process.

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Trump AG Nominee Pam Bondi's Net Worth Tops $12M

By Courtney Bublé

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, has a net worth of over $12 million and holds stock in Trump's media company, according to financial disclosures shared with Law360. 

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Florida AG Moody Picked To Replace Marco Rubio In Senate

By David Minsky

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday picked state Attorney General Ashley Moody to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, whom President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to lead the U.S. Department of State during his second term in office.

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Law Prof Accuses Penn Of Race Bias Over Disciplinary Action

By Patrick Hoff

A white Jewish law professor accused the University of Pennsylvania in federal court Thursday of harshly punishing her for making observations about Black student achievement while allowing other faculty members to get away with disparaging and threatening Jews and Israelis, in violation of federal law.

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DOL Says Workers Received Millions In Back Wages In FY24

By Irene Spezzamonte

Workers got back millions of dollars in the last fiscal year while unlawfully employed minors received the protections they deserved after the U.S. Department of Labor stepped in, Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda said in her office's last enforcement report before the new presidential administration takes office.

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SEC's General Counsel Barbero To Exit As Trump Takes Office

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that General Counsel Megan Barbero will depart the agency on the day of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, capping a nearly two-year run that saw the agency face setbacks to its regulatory powers before conservative courts, but also notch some important wins.

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Cousins Of Wife Killed By Ex-BigLaw Atty Seek Deal Funds

By Emily Johnson

The cousins of a Georgia woman killed by her husband, former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, urged a state court to block McIver's designees from receiving proceeds from a settlement of an underlying wrongful death suit, arguing that they "are implicitly her next of kin" and should receive the proceeds.

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Fulton DA Willis Fights Subpoenas In Trump Case Probe

By Kelcey Caulder

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis this week outlined her objections to subpoenas issued by a Georgia state Senate committee investigating her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump, arguing they are overbroad, intended to embarrass her and "defunct" due to the swearing in of a new general assembly.

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