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January 02, 2025
Mich. Justices OK Atty Fees As Legal Malpractice Damages
The Michigan Supreme Court has held that clients can recover legal fees incurred as a result of an attorney's malpractice, finding that such fees are not barred by the American rule, under which parties to litigation must generally bear their own legal costs.
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January 02, 2025
Ex-Defender Asks 4th Circ. To Force Back Harvard Profs, Attys
A former assistant public defender in North Carolina who lost her case accusing the judiciary of violating her equal protection and due process rights has doubled down on an attempt to reinstate her legal team of Harvard Law School professors and litigators who abruptly abandoned the case just before trial.
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January 02, 2025
Dartmouth Men's Basketball Players End Unionization Push
The men's basketball players behind a union push at Dartmouth College have ended that effort amid uncertainty over whether a Republican-led labor board would uphold the landmark decision that let them vote to unionize.
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January 02, 2025
Ex-Trader Joe's Exec Can't Revive Sex Bias Suit At 2nd Circ.
The Second Circuit backed the dismissal Thursday of a Trader Joe's executive's suit claiming she was fired out of sex bias, stating she failed to put forward proof that her termination resulted from discrimination rather than her decision to take a vacation during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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January 02, 2025
Mass. Atty Accused Of Botching Bias Case, Misleading Client
A Massachusetts woman says a prominent Boston attorney mishandled her age and gender bias complaint, then misled her about the viability of the case for several years while convincing her to let him rent a home she owned at a discount in lieu of additional litigation costs.
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January 01, 2025
The Top Sports & Betting Cases To Keep An Eye On In 2025
The name, image and likeness class action the NCAA settled in 2024 for $2.78 billion was a long time coming and packs a punch that will be felt for years to come. It overshadowed other ongoing, status quo-rocking litigation involving the NFL, NBA, MLB and more. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in 2025.
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January 01, 2025
The Hottest Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking In 2025
Appellate lawyers in 2025 should probably stock up on coffee and expect some all-nighters — numerous high-profile appeals, a new presidential administration and a new framework for legal challenges to regulations suggest it'll be an uncommonly tumultuous trip around the sun.
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January 01, 2025
Top Personal Injury, Med Mal Rulings Of 2024
A federal appellate panel's ruling in a "blackout challenge" death suit against TikTok's owner and a U.S. Supreme Court decision over whether bump stocks can be considered machine guns under a federal agency's rule were among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice rulings in 2024.
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January 01, 2025
Federal Rules Impacted Tribes In 2024, With More To Come
U.S. federal agencies issued a slew of final rules that impacted Indigenous communities in 2024, giving their members greater autonomy over healthcare, environmental and energy regulations and land trust decisions.
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January 01, 2025
Washington Cases To Watch In 2025
Washington's highest court will take a closer look this year at a Monsanto toxic tort verdict worth $185 million, a pay disclosure requirement that's triggered a wave of lawsuits against employers, and a new state gun law, while federal regulators forge ahead in district court with landmark antitrust litigation against Amazon.
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January 01, 2025
Trials To Watch In 2025
The coming year will bring the first bellwether trials in the closely watched federal baby formula mass litigation, the first courtroom battle over a COVID-19 vaccine patent and six major retailers' case against Visa and Mastercard over card swipe fees.
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January 01, 2025
5 Policy Changes Benefits Attys Should Watch For In 2025
With President-elect Donald Trump poised to return to the White House, experts are bracing for potential changes including shifts from the U.S. Department of Labor on who qualifies as a regulated fiduciary under benefits law to whether retirement plans can consider environmental and social factors when picking investments. Here, Law360 looks at five employee benefits policy issues to keep an eye on in the new year.
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January 01, 2025
Illinois Cases To Watch In 2025
Jurors will decide the fate of one of Illinois' most powerful politicians after a monthslong criminal racketeering trial and appellate courts could settle the debate over the retroactivity of damage limits to the state's much-litigated biometric privacy law, in just a few of the Illinois cases to watch in 2025.
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January 01, 2025
Key W&H Legislative Trends For 2025
In 2025, states and cities will intensify their efforts to experiment with employment law in the shadow of a Republican-controlled federal government, be it by expanding overtime protections for workers or refining pay transparency obligations, attorneys say. Here, Law360 explores the legislative trends employment law practitioners should look out for in the new year.
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January 01, 2025
California Legislation And Regulations To Watch In 2025
California legal experts anticipate a busy 2025 in regulatory and legislative affairs, particularly as lawmakers and regulators ready the Golden State for potential attacks from the incoming Trump administration on a number of issues including reproductive care, LGBTQ rights and environmental protections.
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January 01, 2025
3 Workplace Discrimination Class Actions To Watch In 2025
A cutting-edge discrimination lawsuit over Workday's artificial intelligence-powered hiring tools, a group of Tesla workers' legal battle over alleged racist harassment, and a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit over Sheetz's criminal background screens top the list of discrimination class actions attorneys will be tracking in 2025. Here, Law360 looks at where these three cases will go in the coming year.
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January 01, 2025
Pa. Legislation To Watch: Noncompetes, Funding Solutions
A new Pennsylvania law restricting noncompete agreements for certain healthcare workers has left some employment law attorneys with questions, while perennial public transit funding issues signal that revenue-generating regulations could appear on next year's legislative agenda.
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January 01, 2025
Pa. Cases To Watch In 2025: Climate Change And Skill Games
President-elect Donald Trump's impending return to the White House casts a new light on certain pending cases in Pennsylvania courts with federal implications, such as a suburban Philadelphia county's climate change claims against oil companies that contend the suits are preempted and the U.S. Department of Justice's entrance into monopoly allegations against University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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January 01, 2025
Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2025
Federal courts in 2025 are expected to rehear a finding underpinning a high-profile commercial item contracting dispute, to determine the allowability of contentious labor-related clauses in federal contracts, and to decide whether to back the government's aggressive enforcement of cybersecurity regulations.
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January 01, 2025
Connecticut Cases To Watch In 2025: Ethics, Mergers & Actors
A suit over McCarter & English LLP's municipal loan advice and a Yale-owned heath network's legal battle over a beleaguered acquisition deal are just two multimillion-dollar cases that will keep Connecticut courts busy next year.
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December 23, 2024
NY Judge Won't Halt State's Congestion Pricing Model
A New York federal judge Monday upheld the Empire State's congestion pricing tolls, finding that the levies fairly reflect each type of vehicle's contribution to traffic congestion and environmental harm, rejecting injunction bids lobbed in four anti-congestion pricing lawsuits.
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December 23, 2024
Blake Lively Accuses 'It Ends With Us' Star Of Sex Harassment
Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint in California against her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment on set and trying to orchestrate a public relations campaign to "destroy" her reputation.
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December 23, 2024
2nd Circ. Won't Ax Retrial, $1 Verdict In Sex Harassment Suit
The Second Circuit refused to reopen a lawsuit claiming a Manhattan dental practice allowed a supervisor to sexually harass female employees, upholding a lower court's decision to nix a nearly $2.6 million jury win and order a new trial that ended in a $1 verdict.
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December 23, 2024
Ex-Lifeguard Says Ga. YMCA Fired Her Over Doxing Report
The YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc. has been sued by a former lifeguard who alleges she was fired after reporting that another YMCA employee doxed and shared doctored photos of her and other female YMCA lifeguards on a pornographic website.
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December 23, 2024
CFPB Says Walmart, Fintech Misled Drivers On Wage Access
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday sued Walmart and fintech company Branch Messenger for allegedly forcing delivery drivers to use costly deposit accounts to receive their wages and deceiving them about how to access their earnings.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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Lessons From The SEC's 2024 Crackdown On AI Washing
AI washing was the subject of increased scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2024 following a surge in the commercial adoption of generative artificial intelligence technologies in 2023, highlighting the importance of transparency, accuracy and accountability when communicating about AI, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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Identifying Deepfakes During Evidence Collection, Discovery
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Attorneys must familiarize themselves with the tools used to create and detect deepfakes — media manipulated by artificial intelligence to convincingly mimic real people and events — as well as best practices for keeping this fabricated evidence out of court, says Bijan Ghom at Saxton & Stump.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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5 Proactive Immigration Best Practices For Employers In 2025
Businesses that depend on foreign talent should take specific steps in anticipation of changes to federal immigration policies that could affect the H-1B visa and other programs, and likely require changes in organizational operations and compliance strategy, says Dustin O'Quinn at Ballard Spahr.
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Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2025
While companies must monitor for policy shifts under the new administration in 2025, it will also be a year to play it safe and remember the basics, such as the importance of documenting retention policies and conducting swift investigations into workplace complaints, say attorneys at Lawrence & Bundy.
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NLRB Likely To Fill Vacuum After NMB Jurisdiction Ruling
The National Mediation Board's recent ruling in Swissport Cargo Services LP abandoned decades of precedent by concluding the Railway Labor Act doesn’t apply to airline service providers, likely leading the National Labor Relations Board to assert its jurisdiction instead and potentially causing more operational disruptions and labor strife, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What To Expect From EEOC Next Year After An Active 2024
While highlights this year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission include its first-ever Pregnant Workers Fairness Act cases and comprehensive workplace harassment guidance, the question for 2025 is whether the commission will sustain its momentum or shift its focus in a new direction, says Shannon Kelly at GrayRobinson.
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Series
Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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2024 Has Been A Momentous Year For ESG
Significant developments in the environmental, social and governance landscape this year include new legislation, evolving global frameworks, continued litigation and enforcement actions, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has already affected how lower courts have viewed some ESG challenges, say attorneys at Katten.
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Opinion
A New Tax On Employers Could Help Curb Illegal Immigration
To better enforce the law against hiring immigrants unauthorized to work in the U.S., Congress should enact a punitive excise tax on compensation paid to such immigrants and amend the False Claims Act to allow qui tam actions against employers for failure to pay such tax, says Ajay Gupta at Moore Tax Law Group.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.
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4 Trade Secret Pointers From 2024's Key IP Law Developments
Four significant 2024 developments in trade secret law yield practical tips about defending trade secrets overseas, proving unjust enrichment claims, forcing compliance with posttrial orders and using restrictive covenants to prevent employee leaks of confidential intellectual property, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
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Opinion
1 Year After Rule 702 Changes, Courts Have Made Progress
In the year since amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect, many federal judges have applied the new expert witness standard correctly, excluding unreliable testimony from their courts — but now state courts need to update their own rules accordingly, says Lee Mickus at Evans Fears.
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Ledbetter's Legacy Shines In 2024 Equal Pay Law Updates
The federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act turned 15 this year, and its namesake's legacy is likely to endure in 2025 and beyond, as demonstrated by 2024's state- and local-level progress on pay equity, as well as several rulings from federal appellate courts, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.