Morgan & Morgan Pushes To Arbitrate Malpractice Claims

By Madison Arnold

Morgan & Morgan PA's Jacksonville, Florida, unit wants a Georgia deputy sheriff's malpractice case sent to arbitration, saying he signed a representation agreement with the firm related to a back injury case that included an arbitration clause.

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Mich. Justices Roll Back Expert Limits For Med Mal Plaintiffs

By Danielle Ferguson

A split Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday partly overturned a nearly 20-year-old standard that made it harder for medical malpractice plaintiffs to introduce expert testimony, as dissenting justices warned the change could unleash a cascade of new appeals.

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Mich. Jury Awards $8.5M For Missed Cancer Diagnosis

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan federal jury awarded more than $8.5 million in damages Wednesday to a man who died of kidney cancer, finding that a doctor at a cancer clinic missed an opportunity to diagnose the cancer before it spread to his brain.

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3rd Circ. Again Tosses J&J Talc Unit's 'Texas Two-Step' Ch. 11

By Lauren Berg

The Third Circuit on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of the reworked Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's talc unit that used a controversial "Texas two-step" maneuver, saying the company still hasn't displayed the financial distress required to justify bankruptcy protection.

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Analysis

Boeing's 737 Max Plea Deal: Monitorship, Gov't Contracts

By Linda Chiem

Boeing will be branded with a felony criminal conviction after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud U.S. regulators over the 737 Max 8's development, an ignominious distinction with fresh complications for the embattled American aerospace titan as it overhauls its corporate culture under a compliance monitorship.

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Monsanto Says Appellate Win Should Stave Off Next PCB Trial

By Rachel Riley

Monsanto told a Washington state court its recent appellate victory left another set of chemical poisoning plaintiffs without key testimony tying their health conditions to polychlorinated biphenyls, hoping to avoid the next trial in a group of cases involving a single school site.

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The 5 Biggest Mass. Top Court Rulings Of 2024 So Far

By Chris Villani

It was an eventful first half of 2024 for Massachusetts' top appellate panel, which issued a landmark sentencing ruling, weighed in on time limits in civil cases and addressed whether an attorney falling asleep mid-trial is grounds for a successful appeal.

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Conn. Firm Accused Of Maliciously Pressing Fraud Suit

By Ryan Harroff

A Connecticut woman is accusing personal injury law firm Carter Mario PC of maliciously filing a lawsuit demanding she turn over her house in an effort to harass her after her ex-husband was unable to satisfy a $500,000 judgment in a separate case alleging voyeurism.

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SafeSport Says Horse-Owner Suspension Within Its Authority

By Elaine Briseño

A watchdog organization aimed at protecting Olympic athletes has asked a Florida federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a show-horse owner accused of sexual misconduct, arguing allowing lawsuits from everyone who disagrees with its actions would end its ability to function.

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CSX Gets Trial Win In NY Railroad Switch Injury

By Mike Curley

A New York federal jury has sided with CSX Transportation Inc. in a suit by a man who alleged he was injured when a railroad switch closed on his foot, finding the company was not negligent on the day of the man's injury.

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Girardi Can't Block Firm's Chapter 7 Evidence In Fraud Trial

By Gina Kim

Tom Girardi can't exclude evidence from his upcoming trial that he claims prosecutors illegally obtained from his firm's bankruptcy trustee, after a California federal judge said Thursday no constitutional rights were violated since the evidence was the bankruptcy estate's property and in the trustee's possession. 

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Brief

Fisher-Price, Mattel Ink $19M Deal Over Recalled Baby Sleeper

By Elliot Weld

Fisher-Price and parent company Mattel asked a Buffalo federal judge for preliminary approval for a $19 million payment to settle a class action over a recalled baby sleeper that a group of consumers claims was falsely advertised as safe.

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NC High Court Signals End To College Building Access Row

By Travis Bland

The Tar Heel State's Supreme Court this week unpaused a legal battle between North Carolina State University and a cancer-stricken professor after the two said they had resolved a dispute over testing for carcinogens in a campus building.

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Solvay Wants Arkema To Cover Some Of NJ PFAS Deal

By Tom Lotshaw

Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC said it plans to ask a New Jersey state judge to lift a 3-year-old stay so it can seek contributions from Arkema Inc. for the remediation of forever chemical pollution stemming from a West Deptford facility.

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Web Designer Seeks $2M Atty Fees After High Court Win

By Thy Vo

A Christian web designer and her company have asked a Colorado federal court to award her nearly $2 million in legal fees, arguing that their journey to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled the state can't force the designer to make wedding websites for same-sex couples, was "long, complex and ground-breaking."

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Brief

11th Circ. Won't Rehear State Farm Auto Policy Coverage Row

By Ganesh Setty

A three-judge panel in the Eleventh Circuit said Thursday they won't rehear their decision dismissing a proposed class action brought by a State Farm policyholder alleging that the insurer's denial of coverage for her medical expenses following a car accident was based on an ambiguous "reasonableness" standard.

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Justices' Ch. 11 Ruling Is A Big Moment For Debtors' Insurers

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Truck Insurance v. Kaiser Gypsum ruling upends decades of Chapter 11 bankruptcy jurisprudence that relegated a debtor’s insurer to the sidelines, giving insurers a new footing to try and avoid significant liability, say Stuart Gordon and Benjamin Wisher at Rivkin Radler.

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How Being A Female Litigator May Aid Harris' Presidential Bid

By Aebra Coe

Female litigators regularly confront implicit biases and double standards when it comes to "their appearance, voice, attire, demeanor and their advocacy," according to the author of an American Bar Foundation research report on first chair trial lawyers.

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'Terrible Decisions': Ex-McElroy Deutsch CFO Gets 5 Years

By Carla Baranauckas

McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP's former chief financial officer was sentenced Friday in a New Jersey state court to five years in prison and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and failing to pay income tax.

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Analysis

How Barrett Became The High Court's Justice To Watch

By Katie Buehler

Justice Amy Coney Barrett has revealed a unique trifecta of caution toward overly broad opinions, devotion to the factual record and concern for the practical effects of court rulings that separates her from the other right-leaning justices and contains the potential to broker more moderate rulings in future terms.

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Cadwalader Suing Lloyd's Over Cyberattack Coverage Denial

By Lynn LaRowe

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP has filed suit against insurer Lloyd's of London in North Carolina state court alleging the company has failed to reimburse the law firm for expenses related to a November 2022 data breach.

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Attys Face Sanctions For Fake Citations In Whistleblower Suit

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Virginia federal judge has asked lawyers representing a plaintiff in a whistleblower case to defend why they should not be sanctioned for including seemingly fabricated case sources in a brief objecting to a protective order, questioning whether it was a case of "ChatGPT run amok."

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Ex-Thompson Hine Atty Says Firm Can't Oppose NY Jurisdiction

By Xiumei Dong

Former Thompson Hine LLP income partner Rebecca Brazzano fired back at efforts by two firm partners to dismiss her lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, contending among other arguments that they waived their right to contest personal jurisdiction by filing another motion that attempts to force arbitration that didn't raise the jurisdiction issue.

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Cuomo Harassment Document Fight Heads To NY Appeals Court

By Rachel Scharf

A Manhattan judge on Friday allowed both the New York attorney general and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appeal parts of a decision requiring the state to produce unredacted transcripts of some witness interviews in the sexual harassment investigation that led to Cuomo's resignation.

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Rutgers Fights Contempt Bid By Student Who Filed Bias Suit

By Rose Krebs

Rutgers University wants a New Jersey state court to reject a bid by a law school student who filed a discrimination suit against it to hold the school in contempt for moving ahead with disciplinary measures against him, arguing there is "no basis" to grant the request.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Boyden Gray PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Fifth Circuit struck down as unconstitutional the Federal Communications Commission's system for subsidizing telecommunications service for rural and low-income users.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

What a news week! President Joe Biden started it off by announcing he would not seek re-election, but then said he would push for reform of the U.S. Supreme Court in his remaining time. And the Boeing Co. confirmed it has finalized its agreement with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to one count of criminal conspiracy to defraud, related to safety issues and two fatal plane crashes.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen U.K. band The 1975 face action by Future Sound Asia after its performance in Malaysia resulted in a festival's cancelation, Spectrum Insurance hit by The Motoring Organization following their dispute over information misuse, and a former police constable pursue defamation against a colleague for allegedly instigating a campaign of harassment against her. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Hunter Biden's Attys Made 'False Statements,' Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

The California federal judge overseeing Hunter Biden's criminal tax trial threatened to sanction the presidential son's lawyers Wednesday, saying they made "false statements" in a motion to dismiss that cited a Florida federal judge's order disqualifying the special prosecutor in Donald Trump's classified documents case.

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