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September 12, 2025
McGinn Smith Cos. To Pay $44M To End Obama-Era SEC Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's long-running litigation over the McGinn Smith Ponzi scheme has wrapped up after a federal judge entered a $44.2 million judgment against entities accused of running a $125 million fraud that went bust in 2010.
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September 12, 2025
Family Of Businessman Must Face $80M Tax Scheme Claims
A theater businessman's descendants and extended family cannot avoid claims by the U.S. accusing them of knowingly engaging in an $80 million tax shelter scheme to sell their shares of the family holding company, a New York federal judge ruled, declining to toss the suit.
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September 12, 2025
Liberty Wins Defense Reimbursement In Crane Damage Row
A subcontractor's insurer must reimburse a Liberty Mutual unit for roughly $477,000 in defense costs聽stemming from settled litigation over聽property damage from an unsecured crane, a New York federal court ruled Friday, finding that a self-insured retention only applied with respect to the subcontractor.
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September 12, 2025
Broker Wants DC Circ. View Of FINRA Constitutionality Claim
A broker-dealer representative has asked the D.C. Circuit to review a lower court's refusal to block an enforcement action against him from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority despite his claims that the pending in-house hearing is unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's Jarkesy decision.
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September 12, 2025
2nd Circ. OKs Verdict In DEA Bribe Case But Nixes Forfeiture
The Second Circuit on Friday affirmed the convictions of a pair of ex-Drug Enforcement Administration agents over a bribery scheme but overturned an order requiring both to forfeit funds, saying it would constitute a double payment for the same crime.
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September 12, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs $3.5M Award In Wallet Gadget Patent Case
The Federal Circuit held Friday that it won't undo Dynamite Marketing's $3.5 million win in a suit in which a jury found that WowLine Inc. infringed a patent covering the Wallet Ninja, upholding awards for both damages and attorney fees.
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September 12, 2025
Off The Bench: NCAA Athlete Ban, WNBA Sun Controversy
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA administered permanent bans to three basketball players, and two high-profile politicians warned the WNBA that it could be at risk of violating antitrust laws if it interferes in the sale of the Connecticut Sun.
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September 12, 2025
NY Judge Keeps Cayuga Citizen's 911 Bias Claims Alive
A federal judge has dismissed a New York tribe's Civil Rights Act claims against two of the state's counties, while leaving in play a tribal council member and citizen's allegations in the dispute over 911 access, saying he plausibly asserted discrimination.
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September 12, 2025
Under Armour Gets Win In Outlet Store Price Suit
A New York federal judge on Thursday axed a consumer's potential class action alleging that Under Armour promises lower costs of products sold in its outlet stores while actually charging inflated prices, saying that she didn't claim that what she bought was defective.
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September 12, 2025
Firm Says Lender In 'Falsified' Loan Suit Wasn't A Client
Pullman & Comley LLC has told a Connecticut state judge it should not have to face a New York lender's claims in a legal malpractice case accusing the multistate law firm of failing to flag allegedly falsified $16.2 million loan documents because the plaintiff was not its client.
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September 12, 2025
Another Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case
A U.S. investor聽and two of his alleged pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of聽participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends, with a New York federal court dismissing the allegations.
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September 12, 2025
NYC Eviction Counsel Program Struggles To Meet Its Goals
More than half the households eligible for New York City's Right to Counsel program are not receiving legal representation in eviction cases, with representation rates for all households that appear in court peaking at just over half of tenants in 2022 before falling to roughly one-third of citywide tenants in 2024, according to a report.
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September 11, 2025
Ex-Two Sigma Quant Rigged Models For $23M Profit, Feds Say
A former Two Sigma Investments quantitative analyst was hit Thursday with criminal charges and a civil enforcement action for allegedly manipulating the hedge fund's algorithmic models used to forecast securities performance in order to snag a $23 million payday while causing $165 million in harm to clients.
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September 11, 2025
Khalil Asks 3rd Circ. To Affirm His Release From ICE Detention
Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist whom immigration officials are seeking to deport, urged the Third Circuit on Wednesday to affirm his release from immigration detention, saying a lower court got it right in several decisions that led to his release.
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September 11, 2025
2 NY Fertility Clinics Must Face Suit Over Destroyed Eggs
A New York federal judge on Thursday greenlit for trial a suit accusing two fertility clinics of negligently allowing a woman's eggs to be destroyed due to alleged mishandling, saying the claims can be considered ordinary negligence rather than medical malpractice.
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September 11, 2025
Industrial Tech Co. Sanctioned For Deleted Texts In Title VII Suit
A New York federal judge has sanctioned ultrasonic testing company Sonotec after two of its staff members were found to have deleted text messages about a former employee who is pursuing sexual harassment retaliation claims against the company, finding they should have known litigation was imminent at the time they erased the correspondence.
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September 11, 2025
SEC Fights Musk's Bid To Send Twitter Case To Texas
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is challenging Elon Musk's attempt to have a lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares moved to Texas, arguing Thursday that there was "no question" that the case belonged in Washington, D.C.
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September 11, 2025
SEC Drops Suit Against Nikola Founder After Trump's Pardon
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday ended its civil enforcement action in New York federal court against Nikola founder Trevor Milton months after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his securities fraud conviction on charges of lying to boost the company's stock on Wall Street.
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September 11, 2025
Insulin Makers Ask 2nd Circ. To Rethink Collusion Claims
Sanofi-Aventis US, Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP聽are asking for a rehearing after a Second Circuit panel revived a proposed class action from safety-net hospitals and clinics accusing the companies of increasing insulin drug costs by agreeing to limit participation in a discount program.
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September 11, 2025
Dental Supply Co.'s $84M Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final OK
Dental supply company Dentsply Sirona Inc. and its investors have gotten final approval for an $84 million deal resolving consolidated shareholder class action claims that the company hurt investors by concealing a price-fixing scheme and a distributor's inventory buildup.
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September 11, 2025
NY Judge Lets Baosheng IPO Suit Proceed But Drops Auditors
A New York federal judge has ruled that investors can move forward with claims that Baosheng Media misled them by failing to disclose an investigation by Chinese authorities ahead of its initial public offering, but found they'd failed to state a claim against the auditor defendants in the suit.
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September 11, 2025
Insurer, Firearms Co. Drop Ghost Gun Coverage Dispute
A firearms retailer and its insurer have resolved a dispute over coverage for three underlying government suits alleging that the company contributed to gun violence by selling unfinished components used to assemble so-called ghost guns, according to a New York federal court filing.
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September 11, 2025
NY Cannabis Regulators Back Hold On Proximity Rule
New York cannabis regulators on Wednesday signaled support for marijuana stores' proposal to temporarily halt enforcement of a recent regulatory reinterpretation about store location requirements that threatens to upend more than a hundred cannabis businesses.
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September 11, 2025
AI Co. Employee Says Complaining Of Sex Bias Got Her Fired
An artificial intelligence software developer fired a data scientist after she complained that colleagues had minimized her contributions, held her to different standards than male co-workers and subjected her to unwanted sexual advances, according to a lawsuit filed in New York federal court.
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September 11, 2025
Clifford Chance Hires Ex-Fried Frank PE Partner In NY
Clifford Chance LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a private equity partner in New York who spent the past two decades at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
Expert Analysis
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Understanding Compliance Concerns With NY Severance Bill
New York's No Severance Ultimatums Act, if enacted, could overhaul how employers manage employee separations, but employers should be mindful that the bill's language introduces ambiguities and raises compliance concerns, say attorneys at Norris McLaughlin.
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Mergers Face Steeper Slopes In State Antitrust Reviews
The New York Supreme Court's recent summary judgment in New York v. Intermountain Management, blocking the acquisition and shuttering of a ski mountain in the Syracuse area, underscores the growing trend among state antitrust enforcers to scrutinize and challenge anticompetitive conduct under state laws, say attorneys at Robins Kaplan.
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Maneuvering The Weeds Of Cannabis Vertical Integration
The conversation around vertical integration has taken on new urgency as the cannabis market expands, despite federal reform remaining a distant dream, so the best strategy for cannabis operators is to approach vertical integration on a state-by-state basis, say attorneys at Sweetspot Brands.
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Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials
As shown by the recent fraud convictions of two executives at the now-shuttered education startup Frank, multidefendant criminal trials pose unique obstacles, but with some planning, defense counsel can mitigate the harm and maximize the chances of a good outcome, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy 鈥 playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government鈥檚 increased scrutiny of, and importers鈥 corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges 鈥 like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions 鈥 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
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.
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Cos. Face Enviro Justice Tug-Of-War Between States, Feds
The second Trump administration's sweeping elimination of environmental justice policies, programs and funding, and targeting of state-level EJ initiatives, creates difficult questions for companies on how best to avoid friction with federal policy, navigate state compliance obligations and maintain important stakeholder relationships with communities, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies
The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥 Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants鈥 ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.
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Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
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.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
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.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
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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Despite SEC Climate Pause, Cos. Must Still Heed State Regs
While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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 鈥 principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke聽at聽Nelson Mullins.