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Insurer Says $50M Zoning Suit Loss Is Outside Policy Period
By Danielle Ferguson
An insurer asked a Michigan federal judge to declare it has no obligation to cover a $50 million judgment against a township, arguing the damages that stem from the township's unconstitutional zoning restrictions that a group of wineries had challenged fall outside the policy.
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Photographer Says Media Co. Misued His Bitcoin Photo
By Sydney Price
A professional photographer sued financial media company Benzinga on Monday in Michigan federal court, accusing it of wrongfully using one of his copyrighted photos featuring bitcoin iconography in its online content.
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Kellogg Sued Over 'Misleading' Statement On $3B Acquisition
By Danielle Ferguson
A WK Kellogg shareholder is asking an Illinois federal judge to block The Ferrero Group's $3.1 billion acquisition of the breakfast food company, alleging WK Kellogg and its board of directors submitted an "incomplete and misleading" proxy statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to convince shareholders to support the transaction.
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POLICY & REGULATION
Feds, Wind Farm Backers Cross Swords Over Permitting Halt
By Keith Goldberg
The U.S. government and opponents of the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews have made their cases to a Massachusetts federal judge as to why they should prevail in litigation challenging the legality of the moratorium.
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ENFORCEMENT
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AGs Target Voice Providers In 'Operation Robocall Roundup'
By Brian Steele
A bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general from across the U.S. is sending warning letters to 37 voice service providers to demand action against illegal robocalls, alleging they flouted Federal Communications Commission rules, according to an announcement Monday.
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SIXTH CIRCUIT
6th Circ. Bucks EEOC With Strict View On Client Harassment
By Anne Cullen
An employer can only be held liable for a customer's harassment of an employee if the company intended for the misconduct to happen, the Sixth Circuit ruled, a strict stance that breaks with long-standing U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines and other circuit case law.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Surveying The Changing Overdraft Fee Landscape
Despite recent federal moves that undermine consumer overdraft fee protections, last year’s increase in fee charges suggests banks will face continued scrutiny via litigation and state regulation, says Amanda Kurzendoerfer at Bates White.
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A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Taft, Morris Manning Unveil Merger Plans
By Emma Cueto
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Monday its plans to merge with Atlanta firm Morris Manning & Martin LLP, which would establish the firm's presence in the city, add about 100 attorneys to its headcount and mark its third merger of 2025.
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ABA Policymakers Vote To Oppose Targeting Of Law Firms
By Kevin Penton
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday took a stand against the Trump administration's targeting of law firms and clarified its position on the proper use of artificial intelligence by law students.
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Legal Tech Co. Hits Back At Norton Rose With $15M Fraud Suit
By Celeste Bott
Norton Rose Fulbright is facing a $15 million fraud suit in Illinois state court from a legal tech company claiming the firm made false promises to lure its founders to join its new Chicago office and offer its legal workflow product to clients, weeks after Norton Rose sued the company saying it deceived the firm and kept client files without authorization.
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FTX Customers Aim To Beef Up Case Against Fenwick & West
By Jack Karp
New information that has emerged since customers of the now-collapsed cryptocurrency trading platform FTX Trading Ltd. sued Fenwick & West LLP over the firm's alleged role in that collapse justifies updating the complaint against the firm, those customers told a Florida federal court Monday.
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McDermott, Other Firms Sign Deal To End $4.4M Guo Claims
By Aaron Keller
McDermott Will & Schulte, four other law firms and one consulting firm have agreed to settle, for an undisclosed amount and without formal litigation, clawback claims totaling $4.4 million by the Chapter 11 estate of bankrupt Chinese exile and convicted criminal Miles Guo.
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'Flipping NJ' Developer Fights Charges, Citing Habba's Role
By Lauren Berg
A New Jersey real estate developer and influencer, who is accused of running a Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme and laundering drug money, on Monday became the latest defendant to seek dismissal of his indictment over what he says was the illegal appointment of Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney for the Garden State.
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Trump's DC Takeover Highlights Local Judicial Vacancies
By Courtney Bublé
President Donald Trump's announcement Monday on the federal takeover of D.C. law enforcement and deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., has drawn attention once again to the vacancy crisis plaguing the local D.C. court system.
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Posner Accuser Wants Roberts To Pick Judges For Wage Case
By Emily Sawicki
The pro se plaintiff seeking to revive wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has filed an opposed motion asking the circuit's chief judge to request U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts assign out-of-circuit judges to preside over the case, arguing the circuit judges cannot be impartial.
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NY Judge Won't Unseal 'Redundant' Maxwell Grand Jury Docs
By Phillip Bantz
A New York federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration's bid to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is appealing a 20-year prison sentence for trafficking teenage girls for sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, concluding that the materials contain almost nothing new.
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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
By Katryna Perera and Jeff Montgomery
Nielsen Holdings Ltd. and consumer intelligence spinoff Nielsen Consumer IQ agreed to end their dispute, a sole investor asked the court to name him lead plaintiff in a suit challenging Endeavor's $13 billion take-private deal, and the Chancery Court announced a new, automated case assignment regime. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.
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Pa. AG Probing 'Cyber Incident' That Disrupted Email, Phones
By Matthew Santoni
The website, office email accounts and phone lines for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office were offline Monday after being disrupted by a "cyber incident," the state's top prosecutor announced.
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FCC Republican Names Senior Legal Adviser
By Christopher Cole
A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission on Monday named an FCC lawyer and Wiley Rein LLP alum as her new senior legal adviser.
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