Medical device maker Diopsys Inc. has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to put to rest allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare and Medicaid claims for certain vision testing services, according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement Thursday.
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Diopsys Inks $14M Deal Resolving Vision Testing FCA Claims

By Hailey Konnath

Medical device maker Diopsys Inc. has agreed to pay up to $14.25 million to put to rest allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false Medicare and Medicaid claims for certain vision testing services, according to a U.S. Department of Justice announcement Thursday.

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McCarter & English Faces DQ Bid In NJ Food Biz Dispute

By Jake Maher

A food industry executive has asked a New Jersey federal court to remove McCarter & English LLP as counsel for his opponents in a business dispute, arguing that the firm previously represented him in negotiating the contract at issue.

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Conrail Land Can't Go In Renewal Zone, NJ Court Says

By Isaac Monterose

A New Jersey state appeals court ruled Thursday that federal law bars Jersey City lawmakers from going forward with a redevelopment plan for local property owned by Consolidated Rail Corp.

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Chinese Fintech Investors Urge NJ Court To Keep Suit Alive

By Sydney Price

Investors in Chinese fintech company 9F Inc. urged a New Jersey federal judge to keep their securities class action alive on Thursday, arguing that their third amended complaint now includes the specific details the court previously said would make their securities fraud claims viable.

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Ex-Exec Doesn't Owe Holtec For Losses, NJ Appeals Court Says

By Carla Baranauckas

Holtec International and one of its divisions are not entitled to payments from a former employee for losses, a New Jersey appeals court said Wednesday in affirming a lower court ruling that a contract was unambiguous about profit sharing and made no provisions for splitting losses.

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POLICY & REGULATION

DOJ's Antitrust Unit Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force on Thursday aimed at eliminating state and federal laws and regulations that are hindering competition, with an initial focus on key sectors including housing, food and transportation.

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LITIGATION

1st Circ. Denies Gov't Bid To Enforce Funding Freeze

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit has declined to interfere with a Rhode Island federal judge's order that the government continue releasing federal funds while the Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking its efforts to enforce the freeze.

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Analysis

Standing Emerges As Key Front In ERISA Health Fee Battles

By Kellie Mejdrich

The recent dismissal of a suit brought by former Wells Fargo workers who claimed high prescription drug costs violated federal benefits law shows the ability to establish standing emerging as a key stumbling block for Employee Retirement Income Security Act suits alleging excessive health fees, experts say.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Says Pension Law OKs Suits To Enforce Settlements

By Emily Brill

A Teamsters pension fund can go after a bankrupt dairy business's affiliates for the $39 million that the business owes the fund under the terms of a settlement, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the fund has a viable cause of action under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act.

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BANKRUPTCY

Guo Trustee Settles Clawbacks From Versace, Firms

By Aaron Keller

The Chapter 11 trustee handling convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve 10 clawback settlements with Hodgson Russ LLP, BakerHostetler, luxury retailer Versace and others, ending claims totaling $8.6 million but keeping the terms under wraps for six months.

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DEALS

Fenwick-Led AI Startup CoreWeave Prices Reduced $1.5B IPO

By Tom Zanki

Artificial intelligence-focused startup CoreWeave Inc. on Thursday priced a downsized $1.5 billion initial public offering, represented by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, well below its marketed range. 

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PEOPLE

Fox Rothschild Brings On McCarter & English IP Ace In NJ

By Jake Maher

Fox Rothschild LLP grew its Princeton, New Jersey, office this week with the addition of an intellectual property partner from McCarter & English LLP specializing in patent prosecution for medical devices, technology-enabled hardware and more.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Brief

AIG Drops Water Damage Suit Against NFL Player's Contractor

By David Steele

An insurer who sued the contractor and plumbers who worked on the home of NFL player Darius Slay for more than $300,000 in water damage dropped the suit Thursday, after the companies never responded to it.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

By Lauren Berg, Ali Sullivan and Alison Knezevich

Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

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Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order

By Aebra Coe

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.

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Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers. 

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Trump Grants Clemency To Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson, who was facing nearly a decade in prison for lying to banks and investors to secure funding for his now-shuttered multimedia company, the White House confirmed Friday.

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Trump Pardons BitMEX Crypto Co., Four Ex-Executives

By Aislinn Keely

President Donald Trump has pardoned the business entity behind cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and four of the firm's former executives years after they copped to Bank Secrecy Act violations and lax anti-money laundering controls, the White House confirmed Friday.

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Tubi Says Keller Postman Breached Deal In Arbitration Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. federal judge overseeing video streaming service Tubi Inc.'s tortious interference suit against Keller Postman LLC over mass arbitration claims ordered the parties on Friday to schedule a status conference for next month, in light of Tubi's claims that the firm violated an agreement.

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Ex-Paralegal Sues Ga. Personal Injury Firm Over 658 OT Hours

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Atlanta-based personal injury law firm didn't pay a former paralegal for 658 hours of overtime, and it erroneously considered her a salaried-exempt employee, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

As a growing number of companies and their general counsel consider moving their incorporation out of Delaware, the state's governor has quickly signed into law a measure revising its corporation statutes, though there are still critics. And 98% of legal leaders in a recent survey said their budgets are increasing in 2025 to handle the extra work stemming from new diversity risks, tech changes and cybersecurity threats.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

UCLA School of Law's Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.

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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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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Aidala Bertuna

Akin Gump

Arnold & Itkin

Arnold & Porter

Arthur Cox

Ashfords LLP

Ashurst LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Barclay Damon

Berger Montague

Birketts LLP

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Carella Byrne

Clark Smith Villazor

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cohn Birnbaum

Connell Foley

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Dickinson Wright

Druces LLP

Engstrom Lee

Eversheds Sutherland

Fenwick & West

Fisher & Phillips

Foley Hoag

Fox Rothschild

GPS Legal

Gateley PLC

Gibson Dunn

Gilbert & Tobin

Glancy Prongay

Gordons LLP

Gutride Safier

Hecker Fink

Hodgson Russ

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Jenner & Block

Keller Postman

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Lankler Siffert & Wohl

Latham & Watkins

Macfarlanes LLP

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McManimon Scotland

Miller & Chevalier

Mitchell Silberberg

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Cohen

Morvillo Abramowitz

Nabarro LLP

Neubert Pepe

Offit Kurman

Pallas Partners

Pashman Stein

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Richards Layton

Robinson & Cole

Ropes & Gray

Shook Hardy

Shoosmiths LLP

Sidley Austin

Signature Litigation LLP

Simmons & Simmons

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Stevens & Lee

Sullivan & Cromwell

Sullivan Hazeltine

Sullivan Law Firm PLLC

Sweet James LLP

TLT LLP

Wachtell Lipton

Weightmans LLP

White and Williams

Wiley Rein

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

Alliance Defending Freedom

American International Group Inc.

Amicus

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Axis Bank Ltd.

BDO LLP

Barclays PLC

Bayer CropScience Ltd.

Borden Dairy Co.

BuzzFeed Inc.

Consolidated Rail Corp.

Coupang Inc.

Digital River Inc.

EE Ltd.

Elevance Health Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

Express Scripts Holding Co.

FTI Consulting Inc.

Great American Insurance Co.

HDR Global Trading Ltd.

Holtec International Inc

Intel Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

James Hardie Industries PLC

Jane Street Group LLC

Johnson & Johnson

LG Electronics Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Major League Baseball Inc.

Mars Inc.

McKinsey & Co. Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Monsanto Co.

Morgan Stanley

NASDAQ Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Westminster Bank PLC

Netlist Inc.

Philadelphia Eagles

Phillips 66

Pittsburgh Steelers

Planned Parenthood Federation

RELX PLC

Ryanair Holdings PLC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Severn Trent PLC

Sony Music Publishing LLC

St. Louis Cardinals

The AZEK Co. LLC

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

Venture Global LNG

Vice Media Inc.

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

WeWork Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies House

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Financial Reporting Council

Food and Drug Administration

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Surface Transportation Board

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United Nations

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

Wisconsin Department of Justice

Wisconsin Supreme Court