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February 28, 2025
Trump Still Isn't Obeying Order To Free FEMA Funds, AGs Say
The Trump administration still has not restored millions of dollars in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds as part of a temporary restraining order barring a freeze on funding for federal grant and aid programs, a coalition of states told a Rhode Island federal judge Friday, asking the court to enforce its order.
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February 28, 2025
C Is For Counterfeit: Sesame Street Says Sellers Stealing IP
Elmo, Cookie Monster and the rest of the "Sesame Street" gang are going after online merchants they say are selling counterfeit products depicting the iconic children's program, telling an Illinois federal court Friday that the unauthorized merchandise is deceiving fans and hurting the nonprofit's reputation and wallet.
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February 28, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Gov't Lease Limbo, AI Upset, Profiteering
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into federal lease upheaval, the impact of AI efficiency on data centers and price-gouging in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.
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February 28, 2025
Kraft Heinz Beats Ex-R&D Worker's Vaccine Bias Claims
A former Kraft Heinz research and development manager cannot go to trial over claims the company discriminated against her religious beliefs by rejecting her COVID-19 exemption request, with an Illinois federal judge saying on Friday her concerns were not religious in nature.
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February 28, 2025
Robotic Surgery Co. Appealing Tossed Intuitive Antitrust Case
Surgical Instrument Service Co. Inc. is appealing to the Ninth Circuit after a California federal court tossed its $140 million antitrust case accusing Intuitive Surgical Inc. of blocking third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery robot at the end of trial.
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February 28, 2025
CFPB Drops TransUnion Suit In Enforcement Retreat
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice, a lawsuit against TransUnion alleging deceptive marketing practices, and another suit against 1st Alliance Lending LLC alleging deceptive mortgage lending practices, the latest in a string of enforcement actions the Trump administration has dropped without explanation.
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February 28, 2025
FERC Says PJM Watchdog Can't Fight Meeting Roadblock
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday told the D.C. Circuit that PJM Interconnection's electricity market watchdog isn't harmed by being prevented from attending certain meetings held by the regional grid operator and urged the appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the decision.
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February 28, 2025
7th Circ. Says It's Too Early To Mull Fired ISU Coach's Suit
A Seventh Circuit panel says it lacks the jurisdiction to consider if a lower court rightly denied dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an ex-Illinois State University football coach who claims he was unlawfully fired for posting an "All Lives Matter" sign on his office door, because the district judge postponed a decision on the school officials' qualified immunity argument.
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February 28, 2025
SuperValu Complains About Falsity Question In FCA Case
Whistleblowers claiming SuperValu overcharged the government by $123 million for prescriptions can ask witnesses a single question alluding to a bitterly contested legal finding in the False Claims Act case in Illinois federal court, the grocer revealed in a motion objecting to the judge allowing that question.
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February 28, 2025
Arnold & Porter Lands 2 IP Partners From King & Spalding
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has added two attorneys from King & Spalding LLP to bolster its intellectual property practice through their extensive backgrounds handling life sciences and technology IP disputes.
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February 28, 2025
Man Admits Role In $2.75M Ill. PPP Loan Fraud Scheme
A former Chicago resident now living in Florida pled guilty in Illinois federal court on Friday, admitting he participated in a $2.75 million scheme to secure fraudulent paycheck protection and economic injury loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 28, 2025
GOP Rep. Reintroduces The JUDGES Act
The chair of the House Judiciary Committee's courts panel has reintroduced a bill to create 66 new and temporary federal judgeships, which former President Joe Biden vetoed at the end of last year.
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February 27, 2025
States Say DOD Transgender Ban Puts Public Safety At Risk
Twenty-one states on Wednesday threw their support behind transgender service members and human rights organizations challenging the Trump administration's executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, arguing that it will harm their efforts to protect their communities.
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February 27, 2025
Expelliarmus! Warner Bros. Aims Wand At Harry Potter Dupes
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is pursuing a slew of online merchants it says are selling counterfeit "Harry Potter" products on Amazon, Temu, Walmart and other e-commerce platforms, telling an Illinois federal judge Thursday that the unauthorized merchandise deceives consumers and hurts the motion picture company's reputation and wallet.
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February 27, 2025
Judge Limits Atty Expert Witnesses In Legal Malpractice Trial
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday barred attorneys who aren't expert witnesses from giving testimony about what they would have done differently from Quinn Johnston Henderson & Pretorius Chtd. in an upcoming trial on claims the firm's botched defense caused their client "enormous loss."
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February 27, 2025
Abbott Beats Ill. Customers' Similac Metals Suit
Similac customers who say Abbott Laboratories illegally failed to warn the public about heavy metals in its infant formula cannot take those claims to trial because they haven't established damages, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.
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February 27, 2025
Chicago Orgs Voluntarily Drop ICE Enforcement Challenge
Chicago nonprofits that sought to prevent the Trump administration from carrying out immigration enforcement actions voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit on Wednesday after raids that began in January prompted them to withdraw their emergency injunction bid, even as one of the groups' attorneys stressed the fight is "not over."
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February 27, 2025
DraftKings To Pay $10M In NFT Proposed Class Settlement
DraftKings Inc. will pay $10 million to users of the sports betting site who owned nonfungible tokens offered through its marketplace, according to a proposed settlement in the putative class action.
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February 26, 2025
Card Shuffler Maker Inks $73M Deal To Settle Antitrust Claims
Scientific Games Corp. has reached a $72.5 million agreement to settle its Illinois federal lawsuit with a would-be rival business that accused the company of monopolizing the automatic card shuffler market, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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February 26, 2025
Ill. Tax Pro Gets 5½ Years For $1.1M IRS Payment Scheme
A suburban Chicago tax professional who admitted he made $1.1 million by lying to clients about paying their tax liabilities and is already serving six years for carrying out a separate investment scheme must serve an additional 5½ years in prison for his conduct, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.
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February 26, 2025
Chicago Nonprofit Sues Trump Over Anti-DEI Orders
A Chicago-based women's trade group sued the Trump administration in Illinois federal court Wednesday, claiming his recent executive orders restricting federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs are unconstitutional and unlawfully chill the organization's free speech.
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February 26, 2025
Honeywell Can't Ship Pension Calculations Fight To NC
Honeywell can't move a proposed class action alleging it miscalculated and underpaid retirees' pension benefits to its home state of North Carolina, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding that retirement plan terms allowing the company to dictate the forum don't apply to the worker leading the suit.
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February 26, 2025
Taft Pulls In 3 New Attys For Chicago Real Estate Group
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has added two partners and an associate to the real estate team in its 160-attorney Chicago office, the law firm announced.
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February 26, 2025
38 AGs Push For Crackdown On Organized Retail Crime
A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 38 states and territories is urging Congress to take legislative action against organized retail crime, warning in a new letter that the problem has reached unprecedented levels and is straining state enforcement resources.
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February 26, 2025
Google Photos Service Illegally Scans Facial Data, Suit Says
Google has been sued in Illinois state court by two residents who claim their privacy was violated through Google Photos' collection and retention of face templates, created to compare the similarity of faces in photos for the purposes of grouping them.
Expert Analysis
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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7th Circ. Travel Time Ruling Has Far-Reaching Implications
In a case of first impression, the Seventh Circuit’s recent holding in Walters v. Professional Labor Group will have significant implications for employers that must now provide travel time compensation for employees on overnight assignments away from home, says Anthony Sbardellati at Akerman.
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Service Providers Must Mitigate 'Secondary Target' Risks
A lawsuit recently filed in an Illinois federal court against marketing agency Publicis over its work for opioid manufacturers highlights an uptick in litigation against professional service providers hired by clients that engaged in alleged misconduct — so potential targets of such suits should be sure to conduct proper risk analysis and mitigation, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.
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Post-Election Implications For The EPA's Methane Rules
Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of requests to halt implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's methane rule in two suits, and given the outcome of the election, a complete reversal of the methane rule is expected, but state-level policymaking and enforcement will continue, says John Watson at Spencer Fane.
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Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer
Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.
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3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.
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What Cos. Can Learn from Water Microplastics Class Actions
Class actions against companies whose bottled spring water allegedly contains microplastics, challenging claims such as "natural" and "100% spring water," seem to be drying up — but these cases serve as a good reminder to other businesses to review regulatory standards, and carefully vet plaintiff allegations at the outset, say attorneys at Keller and Heckman.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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Expect More State-Level Scrutiny Of Noncompetes Ahead
Despite the nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete ban, and the incoming Republican administration, employers should anticipate that state legislatures will continue to focus on laws that limit or ban noncompetes, including those that target certain salary thresholds or industries, says Benjamin Fryer at FordHarrison.
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Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime
In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S. attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.