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BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams' Corruption Prosecution Is Dismissed With Prejudice

Wed, 2025-04-02 09:41
"Dismissing the case without prejudice would create the unavoidable perception that the Mayor's freedom depends on his ability to carry out the immigration enforcement priorities of the administration, and that he might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents," Judge Dale Ho wrote.
       

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: Level Legal's Joey Seeber and David Greetham

Wed, 2025-04-02 09:36

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Joey Seeber and David Greetham, the CEO and Vice President of Digital Forensics at Level Legal, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.

       

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2025: Nextdoor's Sophia Contreras Schwartz

Wed, 2025-04-02 09:30

In this Legal Speak episode, co-hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith interview Sophia Contreras Schwartz, General Counsel at Nextdoor, live from the Legalweek 2025 Conference in New York.

       

Amid Advancing Tort Reform, Insurer 'Refuses' to Pay $22M Verdict

Wed, 2025-04-02 00:37

As tort reform legislation advances in Georgia, litigators with the Nick Schnyder Law Firm in Marietta detail their quest to recoup an eight-figure verdict achieved against a trucking company's insurer.

       

Divided Supreme Court Says Trucker Can Use RICO to Sue Over 'Deceptive' CBD Product

Wed, 2025-04-02 00:12

By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to read the RICO statute to bar claims that involve a personal injury—a win for a trucker fired for taking a cannabidiol product he thought was free of psychoactive chemicals.

       

Federal Judge Opts to Resolve $1.5M Contractual Dispute Under Civil Procedure Rules

Wed, 2025-04-02 00:05

The plaintiff claimed to have suffered $1.54 million in damage after a truck company failed to pay for the trailers it ordered.

       

NBA Legend Shaquille O'Neal Inks $1.7M Settlement Over FTX Promotion

Tue, 2025-04-01 18:51

“It's the largest individual promoter payment to date in this case, said Adam Moskowitz, the managing partner at the Moskowitz Law Firm.

       

Freshfields Removes DEI Content, Retires US Diversity Targets

Tue, 2025-04-01 18:30

The firm, which has made significant investments into its U.S. arm in recent years, was one of 20 firms named in a Trump-directed letter that expressed "concern" over practices that "may entail unlawful disparate treatment" based on "sex, race or other protected characteristics".

       

President Trump Sued Over Voting Rights Executive Order

Tue, 2025-04-01 17:41

LULAC filed suit against what it says is presidential overreach.

       

Willkie Firm Leadership Addresses the Firm Following Trump Agreement

Tue, 2025-04-01 17:36

This communication, obtained by Law.com, was transmitted from Willkie's executive committee Tuesday afternoon shortly after the firm's deal with the Trump administration.

       

Willkie Reaches Deal with Trump To Avoid Executive Order

Tue, 2025-04-01 16:58

Willkie, where former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff practices, had been bracing for a potential executive order issued by the White House, sources say, and had “started to make preparations and take necessary steps.

       

Republicans Accuse Federal Judges of ‘Judicial Tyranny' in Hearing Over Injunctions

Tue, 2025-04-01 16:54

President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans have attacked the judicial branch for blocking many of the president's executive actions; Democrats contend there have been so many injunctions because Trump's orders represent unprecedented and unconstitutional power grabs.

       

White & Case Has Discontinued Its Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Tue, 2025-04-01 16:15

The firm is the latest in a spate of law firms to overhaul its stance on DEI following actions taken by the Trump administration.

       

Texas Judge Dismissed J&J's Third Talc Bankruptcy, Citing 'Significant' Voting Irregularities

Tue, 2025-04-01 15:50

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, on Monday, said there were 'significant voting and solicitation irregularities' in about half of the votes for Johnson & Johnson's $10 billion plan.

       

Judge Broaches National Injunction Debate in Deportation Protections Case

Tue, 2025-04-01 15:12

Richard Stearns said a nationwide order from U.S. District Judge Edward Chen of Northern California also protects the plaintiffs in Massachusetts and a separate opinion from Stearns, a Boston federal judge, would only complicate matters.

       

DOJ Appeals Federal Judge's CFPB Preservation Order Preventing Mass Firings

Tue, 2025-04-01 15:08

"Instead of enforcing the law, the district court's preliminary injunction impermissibly micromanages the Executive's lawful discretion in a way entirely foreign to our constitutional system," U.S. Department of Justice attorneys wrote in an appeal after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

       

Plaintiff's False Testimony Over 'Almost Verbatim Text' Lead to Dismissal, Judge Rules

Tue, 2025-04-01 15:04

"The court has no reason to believe that, if given the chance to sue again, plaintiff would be honest about the scripts' origins. Nor should defendants be burdened by a second round of litigation," U.S. District Judge Georgia N. Alexakis said in dismissing an infringement suit over dozens of copyrighted scripts.

       

Ex-PayPal, eBay Legal Leader Joins Fintech Tackling Health Care Affordability

Tue, 2025-04-01 14:59

Brandon Pace will serve as chief legal officer of PayZen, which uses AI to break down patients' health care bills into monthly payments they can afford.

       

Harvard Law Alumni Circulate Letter Condemning EOs Against Law Firms

Tue, 2025-04-01 14:36

Signatories are asking the law school to 'raise its voice ... in denouncing' recent presidential actions targeting law firms.

       

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