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  • August 20, 2025

    9th Circ. Blocks Alaska's Bid To Loosen Federal Fishing Regs

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday said Alaska state officials may not open part of the Kuskokwim River to gill net fishing by all residents of the state because that would violate a federal law that favors rural, subsistence fishers.

  • August 20, 2025

    Wash. AG Wins $28M In Fees In Kroger-Albertsons Deal Fight

    A Washington judge has awarded the state attorney general's office $28.4 million in legal fees for its efforts to block the merger between Kroger and Albertsons that was also challenged by the Federal Trade Commission, largely rejecting the grocery giants' objections to a total fee request of $32.4 million.

  • August 20, 2025

    DC Circ. Upholds Crow Tribe Water Rights Suit Dismissal

    A D.C. Circuit Court panel won't overturn a decision dismissing a suit that looked to nullify a Montana water rights settlement, saying a 2010 law ratifying the agreement doesn't specify which tribal member can greenlight a deadline extension for publication of the agreement's statement of findings.

  • August 20, 2025

    Florida Panel Revives Suit Over Gun Store Zoning Restriction

    A Florida appellate panel on Wednesday issued a split decision reviving a state court lawsuit brought by a gun retailer alleging state law preempts a city zoning ordinance allegedly meant to restrict firearm sales, ruling there's a fact issue that must be decided by a jury. 

  • August 20, 2025

    ​​​​​​​Farmworkers Union Can't Halt Latest Prevailing Wages Survey

    A farmworkers union cannot halt the U.S. Department of Labor from replacing 2020 prevailing wages with 2022 wage-survey results, a Washington federal judge ruled, saying the alleged harm is self-inflicted because the later wages were published following the union's actions.

  • August 19, 2025

    Chamber Scorns Bid To Unseal FTC's Dropped Pepsi Complaint

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has asked a New York federal judge to deny an advocacy group's request to unseal the Federal Trade Commission's abandoned price discrimination case against Pepsi, saying it would reveal "confidential investigatory material that courts routinely keep under seal."

  • August 19, 2025

    Ex-CBD Water Co. CEO Cops To Wire Fraud In Stock Scheme

    A former CEO of a microcap issuer purportedly in the cannabis beverage business has copped to wire fraud in connection with kickbacks and related transactions involving undercover law enforcement that he initiated as part of an alleged long-running scheme to manipulate prices for the company's shares.

  • August 19, 2025

    Chinese Co. Looks To Enforce $217M Salmon Farming Award

    Chinese agribusiness Joyvio Group Co. Ltd. is asking a Florida federal court to enforce a $217 million arbitral award it won following its nearly $1 billion purchase of a Chilean salmon farming business, after it emerged that the previous owners had deliberately inflated production capacity to drive up the price.

  • August 19, 2025

    Pizza Chain Avoids Sanctions For Missing Payroll Docs

    An operator of Michigan pizza restaurants will not face sanctions in a wage suit over payroll records a group of drivers claimed were missing because the company was not aware the documents were lost, a Michigan federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

  • August 19, 2025

    Feds Say They'll Rescind Biden-Era Species Protections

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has said it will rescind a Biden-era Endangered Species Act rule that automatically places the strongest protections on all plants and animals covered by law.

  • August 18, 2025

    PepsiCo Lied About Disabling Website Cookies, Suit Says

    PepsiCo Inc. and its Frito-Lay North America Inc. unit are letting third parties like Google and Facebook track browsing activities and collect the information of consumers who visit the food companies' websites, despite consumers selecting "no" to unnecessary cookies, a proposed class action in California federal court alleges.

  • August 18, 2025

    Farmer Didn't Own Cow Woman Crashed Into, Panel Says

    An Illinois state appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a suit seeking to hold a farmer and his farm liable for injuries suffered by a motorist who hit a stray cow, saying the evidence showed that the farmer did not own the cow in question.

  • August 18, 2025

    McDonald's Settles Colo. Buyer's Quarter Pounder E. Coli Suit

    McDonald's has struck a deal to end a Colorado customer's Illinois state court lawsuit over a 2024 E. coli outbreak linked to the company's Quarter Pounder hamburgers, according to a court filing.

  • August 18, 2025

    Patent Licensing Co. Drops Starbucks Infringement Suit

    A patent licensing company has agreed to drop its suit alleging Starbucks infringed a patent covering a mobile ordering system, although defamation claims against one of the coffee chain's attorneys remains at play in another case.

  • August 18, 2025

    Judge Rejects Energy Co.'s Bid To Toss $200M Hemp Suit

    AES Clean Energy Development LLC's argument that it was not the party responsible for breaking irrigation lines leading to an alleged $200 million in damages to two hemp growers is a problem to still resolve in a lawsuit against the company, a Colorado federal judge found in denying a motion to dismiss on Monday.

  • August 18, 2025

    2nd Circ. Partially Reopens Grocery Chain 401(k) Fee Suit

    The Second Circuit partially revived a proposed class action Monday against a Northeastern U.S. grocery chain alleging mismanagement of an employee 401(k) plan, finding a lower court wrongly tossed some allegations in the suit for failure to state a claim.

  • August 15, 2025

    Ohio Justices Back Landlord In Speedway Store Leases Suit

    The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with a landlord embroiled in a lease renewal dispute with a tenant that subleased 24 properties to major convenience store chain Speedway LLC, ruling that the tenant didn't make a mistake when it negligently failed to renew its leases on time.

  • August 15, 2025

    Post Holdings Sued Over Citric Acid In Pet Food

    A California woman is suing Post Holdings Inc. in federal court, alleging that it uses artificially made citric acid as a preservative in its dog food products despite the labels claiming they contain no preservatives.

  • August 15, 2025

    Monsanto Asks Pa. Justices To Toss $175M Roundup Verdict

    Bayer AG unit Monsanto has asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to undo a $175 million verdict awarded to a man in a Roundup weedkiller cancer lawsuit, arguing federal law preempts state failure-to-warn claims in products liability cases.

  • August 15, 2025

    Chester's Sues Colo. Store For Trademark Use Post-License

    A fried chicken chain told a federal court on Friday that a Colorado convenience store is using its trademark to sell products without the company's permission.

  • August 15, 2025

    'Creative' $2.5B DuPont Deal In NJ Is PFAS Road Map For AGs

    After six years of litigation between New Jersey and E.I. du Pont de Nemours, including a series of bench trials, the chemical manufacturer agreed to a deal that committed more than $2 billion to cleaning up the Garden State from "forever chemical" contamination at four of its facilities, in the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.

  • August 14, 2025

    Mich. Court Denies $8M Interest In Wineries' $49M Zoning Win

    A Michigan federal district court on Thursday denied a group of wineries' request to add over $8 million in prejudgment interest to their more than $49 million win in a suit challenging local zoning restrictions, saying the extra money would be excessive for several reasons and the wineries were already adequately compensated.

  • August 14, 2025

    2 Face Charges Over $200M Water Vending Machine Fraud

    A Washington business executive and a former investment adviser were hit with civil and criminal charges in New York federal court Thursday stemming from an alleged yearslong $200 million Ponzi scheme that hawked investments in nonexistent water vending machines.

  • August 14, 2025

    Grubhub, Driver Ink $24.8M Deal To End Decade-Long Dispute

    Grubhub Inc. and a former delivery driver who accused the mobile food delivery platform of misclassifying him as an independent contractor have reached a $24.75 million settlement in his nearly decade-old lawsuit, with the driver deeming the deal an "excellent result" for a proposed settlement class of California drivers.

  • August 14, 2025

    9th Circ. OKs Returning Calif. Farm Wage Suit To State Court

    A California farmworker's wage and hour suit against Sunsweet Growers Inc. can proceed in state court, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday, rejecting the company's argument that the suit belongs in federal court and should be dismissed.

Expert Analysis

  • Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.

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    A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery

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    The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.

  • Arbitral Ruling In EU Fisheries Clash Clarifies Post-Brexit Pact

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    The Permanent Court of Arbitration's recent ruling marks a pivotal moment in the evolving jurisprudence surrounding the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, concluded between the U.K. and the EU after Brexit, and sets an important precedent for interpretation and enforcement of trade and environment clauses in cross-border disputes, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn.

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    Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.

  • Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.

  • Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook

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    The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw

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    While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.

  • Berry Ruling Shows Why Plant IP Suits Can Be Thorny

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    A California federal court's recent decision in Driscoll's v. California Berry Cultivars illustrates that while a path exists for asserting U.S. plant patent rights against extraterritorial breeders, it can be difficult to prove infringement based on importation of plant parts, say Travis Bliss and Stephany Small at Panitch Schwarze.

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

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    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

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    Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.

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    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

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