"Sometimes juries return $100,000 in punitive damage ... that's not even a traffic ticket to Philip Morris," Celene H. Humphries, an appellate attorney from Spring City, Tennessee, told the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this week. "We think that the jury's verdict was supported by the evidence. This [verdict] didn't even amount to 17 days of revenue for them—that's shorter than the trial."

       

"It was the first time that a court ... analyzed the application of ending forced arbitration in a situation like this," said Pat Huyett, a partner at Anapol Weiss who is representing plaintiffs in litigation against Roblox.

       

In this podcast edition, Supreme Court Brief analyzes the most notable questions from the justices during Wednesday's blockbuster hearing on tariffs.        

The ruling came after lawyers for the defendants threatened to seek sanctions against the plaintiffs for a frivolous appeal.

       

Washington state expanded the breadth of its sales tax laws, which could catch professional service firms off guard. While traditional legal and accounting services are exempt from sales tax, the ripple effects of this change could still substantially impact professional services firms, albeit in subtle but significant ways.

       

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Texas Lawyer litigation reporter Laura Lorek explores what motivated Jackson Walker partner John Jackson to build a wine empire and online following of millions.