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February 25, 2025
Jay-Z's Claims Against Buzbee May Get Trimmed, Judge Says
A California state judge said Tuesday that he's inclined to toss Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's extortion claims against personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee and some, but not all, of the rapper's defamation allegations stemming from a now-abandoned rape lawsuit.
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February 25, 2025
Houston Atty's Alleged Sex Tape Going To FBI Before Defense
A woman suing a Houston attorney in Texas state court has permission to turn over to the FBI a video that she claims may show the lawyer committing child sexual abuse, before she provides the video to the defense team.
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February 25, 2025
Alex Jones Asks To Maintain Stay On Sandy Hook Payment
Infowars founder Alex Jones told the Connecticut Appellate Court that he shouldn't be forced to pay the judgment that Sandy Hook families won in their long-running defamation case as he awaits a review by the state's Supreme Court, saying the plaintiffs are wrong that he discarded underlying constitutional arguments.
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February 25, 2025
Lab Owner Pleads Guilty In $36M COVID Tests Scheme
A laboratory owner pled guilty Tuesday to running a $36 million scheme to submit false COVID-19 testing claims to healthcare benefit programs just one week before his co-defendants are set to go to trial.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Declines Real Estate Co.'s Injunction Bid In TM Feud
A panel of Fifth Circuit judges has sided with a lower court's decision that Rampart Resources Inc. should not get a preliminary injunction against rival real estate company Rampart/Wurth Holding Inc.
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February 25, 2025
River Agency Says Harvey Flood Dispute Was Already Decided
A Texas river management agency urged a state appeals court Tuesday to shut down claims brought by dozens of residents whose properties were flooded by Hurricane Harvey, pointing to a separate appellate court decision that ended similar claims by many of the same people.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Asks NLRB To Back Up Coercion Claim Against Apple
A Fifth Circuit panel asked the National Labor Relations Board to spell out how Apple Inc. was coercive to a worker during a unionization push in New York, pondering Tuesday whether affirming the board's finding would tamp down on the company's freedom of expression.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Eyes Congress' Quorum As Texas Fights PWFA
The Fifth Circuit grappled Tuesday with whether the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was rightly blocked from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, with several judges struggling to pinpoint whether the U.S. Constitution requires lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum.
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February 25, 2025
FCC Probes IHeart Practices Amid Broadcast Payola Inquiry
The Federal Communications Commission's chief, who says he wants to crack down on payola practices, has launched a probe into whether iHeart is forcing musicians to accept cut-rate pay to entertain crowds at the company's upcoming Austin, Texas, event in return for more favorable airtime.
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February 25, 2025
5th Circ. Backs FedEx's Win In Worker's Age Bias Suit
The Fifth Circuit refused to reopen a former FedEx manager's lawsuit alleging he was terminated because he was in his 50s, finding he couldn't overcome the delivery company's assertion that he was fired for failing to take action when a co-worker brought a BB gun to work.
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February 25, 2025
Federal Judiciary Repeats Request For More Judges
A federal circuit judge, speaking on behalf of the federal judiciary, repeated on Tuesday the need for more federal judges to alleviate the overwhelmed courts after President Joe Biden vetoed legislation late last year that would have added seats to the bench.
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February 25, 2025
Perkins Coie Adds 3 Greenberg Traurig M&A, PE Pros In Texas
Perkins Coie LLP announced Tuesday that it had strengthened its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices with three Greenberg Traurig lawyers who have come aboard as partners in Dallas and Austin.
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February 25, 2025
20 Republican AGs Back Trump's Firing Of Wilcox From NLRB
A coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to uphold President Donald Trump's removal of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board, backing the administration's position that board members' job protections written into the National Labor Relations Act are unconstitutional.
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February 25, 2025
Former Texas US Atty Joins Winston & Strawn In Dallas
Winston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday that former Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Damien Diggs has joined the firm as a Dallas-based litigation partner, bringing unique experience to its government investigations, enforcement and compliance practice.
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February 25, 2025
Holland & Knight Adds Texas Gov't Expert To Advocacy Team
Holland & Knight LLP has continued to build up its Texas government advocacy team with the addition of an expert who has years of experience both in private practice and inside the halls of the state Legislature in Austin.
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February 25, 2025
Landscaping Plant Farmer TreeSap Hits Ch. 11 With Sale Plans
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday agreed to give interim approval for landscaping plants grower TreeSap Farms LLC to access $14 million of its debtor-in-possession financing, which it hopes to use to turn its business around ahead of a sale.
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February 24, 2025
Ex-Judge Hopes To Avoid Testimony In Atty Romance Probe
Former Texas bankruptcy judge David R. Jones said Monday that he's been talking with the U.S. Trustee with the aim of avoiding "live trial testimony" in the probe of his undisclosed romantic relationship with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner, arguing that he's already given a deposition.
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February 24, 2025
Border Wall Cos. Learned Of Fund Row In 2024, 5th Circ. Told
A group of contractors told the Fifth Circuit Monday that they had no choice but to intervene in Texas and Missouri's suit over border wall funds on the eve of a final judgment because they were only notified days before that a preliminary injunction regarding the funds would affect them.
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February 24, 2025
Comerica Bank Wants Dismissal Of CFPB's Benefits Card Suit
Comerica Bank has urged a Texas federal judge to toss a suit brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, accusing the bank of multiple failures in administering a government benefits card program, arguing the case overextends the agency's authority, among other things.
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February 24, 2025
Texas Bank Fights To Keep $28M In Assets In Ginnie Mae Suit
A bank told a Texas federal court that it will lose $28 million worth of collateral assets if Ginnie Mae secures a summary judgment win in a suit over a vacated first-priority lien.
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February 24, 2025
Wellpath Delays Chapter 11 Exit To Buy Time For Creditor Deal
Wellpath will delay confirmation of its Chapter 11 plan by two weeks to buy time to work through objections to the reorganization of its prison healthcare business, attorneys told a Texas bankruptcy judge Monday.
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February 24, 2025
Investors Don't Have 'Shred' Of Fraud Evidence, Exxon Says
Exxon Mobil Corp. has told a Texas federal judge that an investor class doesn't have a "shred of evidence" that the company engaged in the stock inflation scheme the investors allege.
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February 24, 2025
FAA, SpaceX Say Rocket Launch Review Passes Muster
The Federal Aviation Administration and SpaceX asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to grant them wins in litigation challenging the adequacy of an environmental review completed for the company's Starship rocket launch program in Boca Chica, Texas.
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February 24, 2025
Justices Weigh Potentially Key Standing Issue In DNA Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday aggressively probed whether reinstating a district court ruling finding Texas' postconviction DNA testing procedures unconstitutional would give a man on death row legal standing to seek DNA evidence that could prove he is not eligible for the death penalty.
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February 24, 2025
Trump Media Seeks Shareholder Approval To Leave Delaware
The owner of Donald Trump's social media platform plans to hold a shareholder vote in April asking investors whether it should move its legal address to Florida, potentially joining a growing number of companies reincorporating outside of Delaware.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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The Compliance Trends And Imperatives On Tap In 2025
The corporate ethics and compliance landscape is rapidly evolving, posing challenges from conflicting stakeholder expectations to technological disruptions, and businesses will need to explore human-centered, data-driven and evidence-based practices, says Hui Chen at CDE Advisors.
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Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024
Following an eventful year in noncompete law at both state and federal levels, employers can no longer rely on a court's willingness to blue-pencil overbroad agreements and are proceeding at their own peril if they do not thoughtfully review and carefully enforce such agreements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
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5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2025
Although advertisers are encouraged by the incoming Trump administration's focus on deregulation, this year could feel like wading through uncharted waters, and decreased federal government regulation may mean increased state regulation, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.
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What's Ahead As Transparency Act Comes To A Crossroads
Synthesizing the contrasting federal district and appellate court rulings on the Corporate Transparency Act’s validity reveals several main areas of debate that will likely remain at issue as challenges to the law continue winding through the courts, say attorneys at Farella Braun.
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6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025
This year is likely to bring with it some thorny and expensive cyber challenges, including increased ransomware activity, more data breach class actions and continued efforts to define business interruption loss calculations, say attorneys at Wiley.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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Opinion
Courts Must Curb The Drug Price Negotiation Program
The Inflation Reduction Act's drug price negotiation program upends incentive structures that drive medical innovation, and courts must act appropriately to avoid devastating consequences for American healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry, says Jeff Stier at the Consumer Choice Center.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability
In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Religious Accommodation Lessons From $12.7M Vax Verdict
A Michigan federal jury’s recent $12.7 million verdict against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan starkly reminds employers of the risks they face when assessing employees’ religious accommodation requests, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and raising the opportunity to consider best practices to follow, say attorneys at Williams & Connolly.
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Justices Seem Focused On NEPA's Limits In Utah Rail Case
After last month's oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the court appears poised to forcefully reiterate that the National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to review only those environmental impacts within their control, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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Series
Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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Takeaways From SEC's Mixed Results In '24 Crypto Litigation
Though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new leadership seems likely to create a more favorable cryptocurrency regulatory environment, it must also confront the consequences of, and lingering questions raised by, the SEC's 2024 policy of investigating and charging cryptocurrency trading platforms for operating unregistered exchanges, say attorneys at Dechert.