Conn. Justices Advance Veteran's Disability Case Against City

By Aaron Keller

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Thursday advanced a military veteran's stress-related employment accommodation case against the city of Stamford, saying the city could not immediately challenge a hearing referee's decision to allow a new claim during an early-stage workplace discrimination proceeding.

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Conn. Atty Seeks New Injunction Against Ex-Law Partner

By Brian Steele

Connecticut attorney Ryan McKeen is causing irreparable harm to the windup of his former law firm and should be barred from any further involvement like communicating with vendors, contractors and accountants, his onetime 50-50 partner told a state court judge in seeking a temporary injunction.

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Tax Trial Paused For Strip Club Boss Accused Of Hiding $5.7M

By Anna Scott Farrell

The trial of a strip club operator accused of hiding $5.7 million in income from the IRS and lying to get a pandemic relief grant was pushed back Thursday after he requested more time to allow a forensic accountant to review financial documents.

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Sen. Warren Wants DOJ To Probe Disney-FuboTV Deal

By Jared Foretek

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to "closely scrutinize" Disney's acquisition of a majority stake in the live television streamer Fubo, saying the deal raises serious antitrust concerns and could allow Disney to inflate prices.

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2nd Circ. Backs Ex-NBA Ref's $2.9M Win In Vax Pension Row

By Grace Elletson

The Second Circuit on Thursday backed a trial court's ruling that the NBA owed a referee $2.9 million in pension benefits after he was fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, ruling the plan requires payment even if he could be reinstated.

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2nd Circ. Agrees Parts Of NY Ag Labor Law Can Stand

By Beverly Banks

Portions of a New York agricultural labor law related to a card-check process for unionization and impasse arbitration can stand, the Second Circuit ruled, upholding a lower court's partial denial of an injunction bid from a farming group based on due process and other constitutional claims.

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Squire Patton Leads Valvoline On $625M Breeze Autocare Buy

By Al Barbarino

Squire Patton Boggs LLP is guiding Valvoline Inc. on a deal announced Thursday that slates the automotive services company to acquire Breeze Autocare from Greenbriar Equity Group for approximately $625 million in cash.

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Feds Say DC Judge Can't Bar 'Hypothetical' Spending Freezes

By Ali Sullivan

A Justice Department attorney argued before a D.C. federal judge Thursday that there is no basis to continue blocking the Trump administration from implementing a blanket suspension on federal spending, saying the court cannot bar "hypothetical" future freezes.

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Trump Admin Says CFPB Defunding Suit Guesses At Harms

By Thy Vo

The Trump administration on Thursday pushed back on a lawsuit alleging it seeks to "defund" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that concerns about access to a consumer complaint database and other information are "baseless speculation" about the agency's future financial decisions that don't justify an injunction.

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Boston, Other Cities And MassBio Back Challenge To NIH Cuts

By Julie Manganis

The city of Boston and 44 other cities, counties and elected officials around the country and, separately, the life sciences industry group Massachusetts Biotechnology Council asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday to extend a temporary restraining order blocking steep cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement for research projects.

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Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.

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DOJ Hits Judge Weighing Trans Troops Ban With Complaint

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday filed a misconduct complaint against the D.C. federal judge overseeing litigation challenging President Donald Trump's executive order ostensibly banning transgender troops from serving in the military, accusing her of bias after she hammered government attorneys for answers they provided during a hearing earlier this month.

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'I Shot Her To Death:' Video Shown Of Judge After Killing Wife

By Gina Kim

Prosecutors showed a video to jurors Friday of a California judge at the police station following his arrest for shooting his wife, where he's seen sobbing, cursing and saying, "My son is going to hate me forever, and she's dead. I shot her to death."

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NY Judge Extends Block On DOGE's Treasury Access

By Chris Villani

A New York federal judge on Friday barred Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing U.S. Treasury Department data, handing a win to 19 state attorneys general who claimed giving the new entity access to citizens' personal information posed a massive cybersecurity risk.

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Law Firms Chart New Leadership Paths In Changing Times

By Xiumei Dong

As law firms grow larger and more tech-driven, law firm leaders are shifting their focus more on embracing technology, refining communication strategies and building stronger personal brands to guide their firms through changes, an upcoming white paper found.

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Adams Judge Won't Toss Case, Taps Paul Clement For Review

By Pete Brush

The federal judge in charge of the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams declined Friday to toss the charges at the request of President Donald Trump's Justice Department, instead appointing litigator Paul Clement to assist in a "careful" decision.

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Justices Leave Fired Special Counsel In Office For Now

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to weigh in on the validity of a temporary court order reinstating a fired federal employment watchdog who claims President Donald Trump lacks the authority to remove him from office without cause, punting on the administration's first attempt to wipe out protections for top officials at independent agencies.

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Paul Hastings Seeks To End GenapSys Malpractice Action

By James Mills

Paul Hastings LLP has moved for summary judgment in a malpractice action from GenapSys Inc., saying the case is barred because the genomic sequencing company failed to disclose its possible claim until after confirmation of its bankruptcy plan.

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Quinn Emanuel-Backed Clients Join Eaton Fire Litigation Fray

By Hailey Konnath

Southern California Edison on Friday was hit with yet another lawsuit over the destructive Eaton Fire, this time by an Altadena family represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, the largest firm yet to get involved in the litigation.

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Up Next At High Court: Straight Discrimination & Trial Rights

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to debate whether majority-group plaintiffs should be held to higher evidentiary standards when bringing workplace discrimination claims and whether prisoners are entitled to jury trials when questions about pre-suit requirements are intertwined with the merits of their claims.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Experts say the new U.S. guidelines on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could open the door for American companies to pay business bribes overseas. And a new survey shows adoption of AI by lawyers has nearly doubled in the past year. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC, Ropes & Gray LLP, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the First Circuit determined that a major avenue for False Claims Act enforcement requires proof that kickbacks directly changed medical treatment decisions.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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