/trials?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Trials Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:06:51 +0000 /trials/articles/2414312?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2414312 The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a $4.26 million jury verdict in a suit accusing a city's former police officer of acting negligently during a high-speed chase that resulted in a motorcyclist's death, saying municipal immunity can't be claimed by the city. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:27:36 +0000 /trials/articles/2414280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2414280 A doctor being sued by Johnson & Johnson's bankrupt talc subsidiary pushed back on the unit's bid to revive its trade libel claim over a scientific article she wrote linking asbestos in talc to mesothelioma, arguing it failed to cite any evidence that undermines the court's finding that the article was a nonactionable statement of scientific opinion. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:39:54 +0000 /trials/articles/2414014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2414014 Word of a big surge in Georgia injury lawsuits ahead of tort reform legislation and a $66 million Atlanta nightclub shooting judgment lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:27:03 +0000 /trials/articles/2414207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2414207 Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent suggestion that the D.C. Bar would be prevented from reviewing misconduct complaints about U.S. Department of Justice attorneys runs contrary to federal statutes, local rules and decades of case law, and sends the troubling message that federal prosecutors are subject to different rules, say attorneys at HWG. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:18:46 +0000 /trials/articles/2414107?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2414107 A New York federal jury has cleared Bank of New York Mellon of allegations of unjust enrichment from a contractor who claimed his investment valuation model had been misappropriated. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:48:39 +0000 /trials/articles/2413933?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413933 A man convicted of possessing weapons and forgery devices after police found guns and 2,513 blank credit cards hidden in his wall can't have a mistrial after harassing a jury foreman, leaving 11 jurors to decide his fate, New York's highest court said in a matter of first impression. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:22:13 +0000 /trials/articles/2405953?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2405953 In litigation, attorneys often must deny whatever language or association the other side levies against them, but doing so can make the associations more salient in the minds of fact-finders, so it’s essential to reframe messages in a few practical ways at trial, says Ken Broda-Bahm at Persuasion Strategies. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:42:51 +0000 /trials/articles/2414151?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2414151 A Georgia tax official will collect interest on top of a $755,000 slander verdict she won from former reality TV personality and convicted felon Todd Chrisley after a jury found he falsely accused her of unethical and illegal behavior, a Georgia federal judge said. Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:05:19 +0000 /trials/articles/2413969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413969 The First Circuit affirmed a jury's finding that a nine-foot-long, rhinestone-encrusted piano used by entertainer Liberace belongs to musical instrument maker Gibson and not a Massachusetts man. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:14:06 +0000 /trials/articles/2413964?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413964 Former Fugees rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison for illegally funneling money from a Malaysian billionaire into former President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign and later lobbying the first Trump administration on behalf of China. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:55:34 +0000 /trials/articles/2413663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413663 A Delaware federal magistrate judge won't order a new trial after a jury found in 2024 that companies affiliated with CERT Operations owed Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. more than $57 million for infringing patents on technology for refining coal to reduce mercury in emissions from power plants. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:34:09 +0000 /trials/articles/2413340?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413340 The high-octane fight between Apple and Masimo over smartwatch patents escalated again last week, when a California federal jury hit Apple with a $634 million infringement verdict and the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to assess whether its redesigned products infringe Masimo's patents. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:14:58 +0000 /trials/articles/2413604?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413604 The Michigan Supreme Court will review whether a man's attempted murder trial was compromised because the prosecutor described the two people he shot as "victims" in front of the jury. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:10:16 +0000 /trials/articles/2412850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2412850 Meta's triumph over a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case Tuesday hinged on a D.C. federal judge's finding that the company lacks a monopoly in the present day, highlighting some of the challenges of using slow-moving litigation to challenge fast-moving markets. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:07:41 +0000 /trials/articles/2413129?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413129 The Tenth Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Baker decision, holding that federal fraud law can reach deceptive schemes designed to prevent a creditor from collecting on a debt, may represent an expansive new theory of wire fraud — even as the ruling reaffirmed the requirements of the interstate commerce element, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:36:30 +0000 /trials/articles/2411229?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2411229 Litigators should consider leveraging forthcoming amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which will require early negotiations of privilege-related discovery claims, by taking an offensive posture toward privilege logs at the outset of discovery, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:47:18 +0000 /trials/articles/2413615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413615 Former interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon told a federal judge Thursday that she never promised crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond any kind of no-prosecute deal as the government negotiated a guilty plea with Bond's husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:23:57 +0000 /trials/articles/2395428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2395428 Raising miniature livestock on my farm, where I am fully present with the animals, is an almost meditative time that allows me to return to work invigorated, ready to juggle numerous responsibilities and motivated to tackle hard issues in new ways, says Ted Kobus at BakerHostetler. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:44:41 +0000 /trials/articles/2413325?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413325 Charlie Javice, who faces a seven-year sentence for conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her college financial aid startup Frank, asked a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday for a new trial, arguing that two clerks who worked on the trial had accepted jobs with the bank's firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:40:17 +0000 /trials/articles/2413144?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /trials/articles/2413144 A Texas federal judge has locked in VidStream LLC's $105 million infringement trial victory against X Corp. and topped it off with an additional $67 million in interest, but he shot down a series of requests for more damages and relief.