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August 14, 2025
Rutgers Escapes Suit Over Visitor's Halloween Night Assault
A lawsuit against Rutgers University brought by a guest who was assaulted by an undergraduate on a night of Halloween partying in 2017 was dismissed by a New Jersey state judge who ruled that the institution had no obligation to protect the visitor.
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August 14, 2025
Boston Firm Says Personal Injury Rival Stole 'Secret Sauce'
A Boston personal injury firm that pioneered the use of television ads in legal marketing in the 1980s is seeking $11 million from a newer Massachusetts competitor that allegedly copied and repeatedly used its "secret sauce" digital operating playbook and other materials.
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August 14, 2025
Rite Aid Gets More Bids For Leases, Properties In Ch. 11
Drugstore chain Rite Aid told a New Jersey bankruptcy judge on Thursday that it has secured another roughly $76 million in bids for leases and property across the country as the debtor works to sell its assets in Chapter 11.
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August 14, 2025
DOJ Employee Fired After Alleged Sandwich Assault On Agent
A man charged with felony assault for allegedly throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was a member of the U.S. Department of Justice and has been fired, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.
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August 14, 2025
2nd Circ. Affirms Sanctions In Abandoned Suit Against Dylan
In a precedential ruling, the Second Circuit upheld limited fee sanctions imposed by a聽Manhattan federal judge against attorneys found to have violated a discovery order and committed other wrongs, despite having been warned, in a now-abandoned sexual assault suit against Bob Dylan.
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August 13, 2025
Shah of Iran Intel Chief Must Face Torture Claims By 3 Men
A former top security official in the regime of Iran's former ruler, Shah Reza Pahlavi, must face a human rights abuse lawsuit by three men alleging he aided and abetted the torture of perceived political dissidents during the 1970s, a Florida federal judge said Tuesday.
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August 13, 2025
2nd Circ. Affirms Indemnity Ruling In Still-Pending Injury Row
A New York federal court didn't err in declaring that a subcontractor's insurer had a duty to indemnify a property owner in a worker's construction injury lawsuit that is still pending, the Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday, even though the underlying court later found the original indemnity agreement invalid.
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August 13, 2025
Holster Maker Absolved In Sig Sauer Pistol Defect Suit
Holster maker Wintrode Enterprises Inc. isn't to blame for a pistol discharging without warning into a man's leg while he was sitting on his motorcycle, a North Carolina federal judge said Wednesday in granting it summary judgment.
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August 13, 2025
JPML Consolidates 11 Delta Crash Landing Suits In Minn.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated 11 lawsuits against Delta Air Lines over a "violent crash" in Toronto, in which its plane caught fire after flipping upside down, in the District of Minnesota, where they may later be joined by eight additional suits.
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August 13, 2025
No Coverage For Senior Center In Sex Abuse Suit, Court Told
A senior care facility isn't owed coverage聽for an underlying lawsuit accusing a facility chaplain of sexually assaulting a patient, the facility's insurer said, arguing coverage is precluded due to a molestation exclusion and because the allegations don't pertain to a medical incident.
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August 13, 2025
Gun Rights Orgs. Drop NJ Gov. From Suit Over Age Limits
Two firearm-ownership advocacy groups and a New Jersey teen seeking to invalidate prohibitions on teens buying and carrying handguns have dropped New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy from their lawsuit, choosing to focus on other state officials and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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August 13, 2025
Fla. Court Affirms New Trial Over Boxer's Parking Brawl
A Florida appeals court Wednesday affirmed a decision to grant plaintiffs who sued pro boxer Shakur Stevenson over a parking garage brawl a new trial because of comments made by Stevenson's counsel during closing argument that impugned the credibility of the plaintiffs' lawyers.
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August 13, 2025
Suit Claims UPPAbaby Car Seats Asphyxiate Infants
A grandmother is suing the company behind UPPAbaby infant products, alleging in New Jersey federal court that three of its infant car seats are dangerously defective in their design, which seats infants in a curled-up position that can restrict their airways.
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August 13, 2025
Wash. Agencies Must Give Up Docs In Medicaid Fraud Case
A Washington federal judge has ordered the state attorney general's office to hand over certain records to a hospital system accused of overbilling Medicaid in connection to a neurosurgeon's fraud scheme, rejecting the argument that the documents at issue belong to other state agencies that must be subpoenaed.
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August 13, 2025
5th Circ. Again Reverses Class Cert. In Kids' Medicaid Suit
The Fifth Circuit again on Tuesday instructed a Louisiana court to narrow the definition of a class of patients who allege that the state's health department has failed to provide mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children.
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August 13, 2025
How A Flowchart Won $14.5M In Fla. Woman's Fraud Suit
In Mireya Cambero's lawsuit against her ex-husband Jose Fernando De Matos, her attorneys at Miami-based Diaz Reus LLP had to prove fraudulent transfers but avoid confusing a jury with voluminous, uninteresting business filings. The best way to do it, they decided, was to organize their evidence in an easily digestible flowchart.
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August 13, 2025
Ill. Woman Who Lost Legs Says Boat's Design Was Defective
An Illinois woman who lost both logs in a boating accident in a popular Lake Michigan area has sued the manufacturers of the boat that struck her, alleging the vessel's lack of propeller guard and operator controls was part of a defective design.
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August 13, 2025
3rd Circ. Won't Revive Prisoner's Suit Over Toe Amputation
A federal prisoner who was taken off his diabetes medicine, developed an infection and lost his toe cannot sue the government or a U.S. Bureau of Prisons doctor because he still has administrative remedies available, the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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August 13, 2025
EBay, Former Execs Must Face Bulk Of Harassment Case
A Massachusetts federal judge has trimmed some defamation and damages claims brought by a pair of bloggers against online retailer eBay in a lawsuit over the company's alleged campaign of retaliation over their coverage, but will allow most of the case to proceed to trial.
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August 13, 2025
Insurer Owes Defense In Hotel Trafficking Suits, Court Told
Red Roof Inn told an Ohio federal court Wednesday that a Liberty Mutual unit must defend it in 11 lawsuits alleging it violated the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act by financially benefitting from human trafficking, arguing the claims fall outside separate exclusions for intended and criminal acts.
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August 12, 2025
Split Del. Justices Back Insurers In 3M Earplug Coverage Fight
A split Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's finding that defense costs paid by 3M in underlying multidistrict litigation over the company's combat earplugs could not satisfy the self-insured retention of subsidiary Aearo Technologies' insurance policies.
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August 12, 2025
Judge, Terumo Attorney Spar Over 'Final Judgment' Case
A Colorado Appeals Court judge and an attorney for Terumo disagreed strongly on the interpretation of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that could impact a now-dismissed class action against the medical equipment sterilization company in which a man alleges the district court incorrectly forbade him from filing an amended complaint.
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August 12, 2025
Boeing Must Give Up 737 Max Docs In Jet Purchase Dispute
A Washington federal judge said Tuesday that Boeing must hand over a decade of internal documents about the safety of the 737 Max to Norwegian Air Shuttle subsidiaries that claim the aerospace giant duped them into a jet purchase deal.
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August 12, 2025
OneTaste Execs Lose Acquittal Bid In Forced Labor Case
A Brooklyn federal judge has refused to grant OneTaste's founder and sales director a judgment of acquittal following their conviction for a forced labor conspiracy at the "orgasmic meditation" company, saying the trial evidence against them was abundant.
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August 12, 2025
Ex-Raiders Coach Keeps Claims Over NFL Leak In Open Court
Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden will get to keep his claims of character assassination against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell out of arbitration, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in a split decision, with the majority calling the contract unconscionable.
Expert Analysis
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Managing Anti-Corporate Juror Views Revealed By CEO Killing
After the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson laid bare deep-seated anti-corporate sentiments among the public, companies in numerous industries will have to navigate the influence of related juror biases on litigation dynamics, say Jorge Monroy and Keith Pounds at IMS Legal Strategies.
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What To Expect From 'Make America Healthy Again' Actions
The Make America Healthy Again Commission recently established by President Donald Trump and chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will potentially bring energy and attention to important public health topics, and stakeholders should be aware of pathways for sharing their input and proactively informing proceedings, says Nicholas Manetto at Faegre Drinker.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Evidence Rule May Expand Use Of Out-Of-Court Statements
A proposed amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) would broaden the definition of nonhearsay, reflects a more pragmatic approach to regulating the admissibility of out-of-court statements by declarant-witnesses, and could help level the playing field between prosecutors and criminal defendants, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.
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How Courts Can Filter Nonmeritorious Claims In Mass Torts
Nonmeritorious claims have been a key obstacle to settlement in many recent high-profile mass torts, but courts may be able to use tools they already have to solve this problem, says Samir Parikh at Wake Forest University.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes 鈥 complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch鈥檚 authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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The Math Of Cross-Examination: Less Is More, More Is Less
When conducting cross-examination at trial, attorneys should remember that 鈥渓ess is more, and more is less鈥 鈥 limiting both the scope of questioning and the length of each query in order to control the witness鈥檚 testimony and keep the factfinders鈥 attention, says Thomas Innes at the Defender Association of Philadelphia.
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Colo. Anti-SLAPP Cases Highlight Dismiss Standard Disparity
A pair of recent decisions from the Colorado Court of Appeals highlights two disparate standards for courts evaluating anti-SLAPP motions: one that requires a court to accept the plaintiff's evidence as true and another that allows the court to assess its merits, says Jacob Hollars at Spencer Fane.
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Ga. Tort Reform Bill May Help Dampen 'Nuclear' Verdicts
Many aspects of the tort reform bill just passed by the Georgia Legislature 鈥 including prohibitions on suggesting damage amounts to juries, and limits to recovering phantom damages 鈥 face opposition from the plaintiffs bar, but are a key first step toward addressing excessive damage awards in the state, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
鈥淣o comment鈥 is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits 鈥 but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Tools For Witness Control That Go Beyond Leading Questions
Though leading questions can be efficient and effective for constraining a witness鈥檚 testimony, this strategy isn鈥檛 appropriate for every trial and pretrial scenario, so techniques like headlining and looping can be deployed during direct examination, depositions and even witness interviews, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.
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Opinion
Weight Drug Suits Highlight Need For Legal Work On Safety
The rapid ascent of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic has revolutionized diabetes management and weight loss 鈥 but legal wrangling over issues including off-label prescriptions, side effects and compounded versions underscores lawyers' roles in protecting patient safety, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.