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September 22, 2025
Spirit Airlines To Furlough 1,800 Workers Amid Ch. 11
Bankrupt budget air carrier Spirit Airlines will furlough one-third of its flight attendants in the coming months as it aims to cut costs in its bankruptcy, Spirit confirmed Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Developer Gets 8 Years For Fraud That Sunk Belize Project
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a California real estate developer with a previous fraud conviction Monday to eight years in prison, after a jury convicted him of defrauding investors who backed a big luxury development he controlled called Sanctuary Belize.
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September 22, 2025
Feds Oppose Chinese Exile Guo's Bid To Take Ch. 11 Assets
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have opposed convicted securities fraudster and bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo's bid to force the government to take control of assets from his own Connecticut-based Chapter 11 trustee to satisfy a $1.3 billion criminal forfeiture order.
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September 22, 2025
Barclays Credit Card User Must Arbitrate Meta Privacy Suit
A Barclays customer must arbitrate his putative class action alleging it discloses his interactions on the bank's website with Meta Platforms Inc. while logged into his Barclays account, after a New York federal judge said Friday his subsequent use of his credit cards supports that he received cardholder agreements containing arbitration provisions.
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September 22, 2025
CVS's Omnicare Hits Ch. 11 After $949M FCA Judgment
Omnicare LLC, CVS Health's subsidiary that provides pharmacy services for long-term care facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas following a $949 million judgment against Omnicare and CVS issued by a New York federal judge earlier this year.
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September 22, 2025
Crime-Fraud Exemption Applies To Eletson Docs, Judge Says
Reed Smith LLP has until the end of the day on Monday to turn over a dozen client files related to its prior representation of shipping company Eletson Holdings amid a dispute with rival Levona, after a Manhattan federal judge found probable cause that a fraud was committed in an underlying arbitration.
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September 22, 2025
DOJ Fights Dismissal Bid In NY ICE Courthouse Arrests Case
The Trump administration has doubled down on its challenge to a New York law that blocks immigration officials from making arrests near state courthouses, saying the law poses "intolerable obstacles" to immigration enforcement and must be swept aside.
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September 22, 2025
Dentons Adds Capital Markets Pro From Morgan Stanley In NY
An executive director at Morgan Stanley has returned to private practice at Dentons after beginning his legal career at its legacy firms, Dentons announced Monday.
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September 22, 2025
Pa. Court Backs Toss Of Malpractice Suit Against NY Atty
A Pennsylvania appellate court won't revive a paint removal chemical company's malpractice suit against an intellectual property attorney it had hired to review one of its products, saying there weren't enough ties to the commonwealth for the case to proceed there.
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September 22, 2025
Longtime NY Judge Leaves Bench, Joins Anderson Kill
Anderson Kill PC announced Monday that it has hired a former judge who retired from the bench this year after winning reelection to the New York City Civil Court in November.
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September 22, 2025
Anthem's $12.9M ERISA Deal Clears First Hurdle
A New York federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a nearly $12.9 million settlement resolving claims that Anthem wrongfully denied coverage for residential behavioral health treatment under employer-sponsored health plans.
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September 22, 2025
2 Firms Guide $142M Financing For Bronx Apartment Complex
A New York City housing nonprofit acquired a cluster of apartment buildings in the Bronx where formerly homeless families live, a complex it plans to renovate with the help of a $142 million capital stack, guided by Richter Restrepo PLLC and Blank Rome LLP.
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September 22, 2025
ProPhase COVID-19 Testing Units Hit Ch. 11 In NJ
Biotechnology company ProPhase Labs Inc. put three of its COVID-19 laboratory testing subsidiaries in Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday in New Jersey with combined liabilities of more than $13 million, saying it has been underpaid by insurance companies.
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September 21, 2025
Chinese Exec Who Shipped Fentanyl Ingredients Gets 25 Yrs
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced a Chinese national and chemical company executive to 25 years in prison for shipping large quantities of fentanyl ingredients to the U.S., citing the defendant's "egregious, callous" disregard for the deaths caused by the drugs he helped create.
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September 19, 2025
Trump Tags H-1B Visa Apps With $100,000 Fee
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to impose a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, framing it as a "restriction on entry" necessary to stem the entry of high-skilled foreign workers, particularly in science and technology fields.
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September 19, 2025
NY County Says It's Immune From Immigrant Detention Suit
Long Island officials on Friday asked a New York federal judge to throw out a class action brought by immigrants who say they were unlawfully detained past their release dates at the request of federal immigration authorities, saying local law enforcement has federal sovereign immunity when acting in cooperation with the feds.
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September 19, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs NY Ban On Guns In Times Square, Subways
The Second Circuit on Friday turned back a challenge by two gun owners to a state law banning guns in Times Square and the New York City subway, saying the law fits with the country's historical traditions of regulating guns and doesn't violate the Second Amendment.
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September 19, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Rate Cut, REIT Rules, Construction Debt
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including reactions to the Fed's interest rate cut, new guidance for states reviewing securities issued by public nonlisted real estate investment trusts, and a look at the banks with the most construction debt.
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September 19, 2025
MLB App Breaches Led To Lost, Stolen Tickets, Fan Claims
Major League Baseball's mobile ticketing app has had systemic security breaches resulting in the disappearance or theft of game tickets throughout the season, with MLB failing to fully acknowledge the problem and leaving fans "in the lurch,'' according to a proposed class action in New York federal court.
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September 19, 2025
AmTrust Investors Seek Class Cert. After 2nd Circ. Revival
AmTrust investors have asked a New York federal judge to certify three subclasses covering those who purchased stock in the insurer's $320 million initial public offering, after the Second Circuit revived their case against the firm and its auditor BDO USA LLP over financial restatements AmTrust had to make.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Walks Away From Ozy Media, Stanford Fraud Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from its $50 million case against former Ozy Media Inc. founder Carlos Watson after President Donald Trump granted him clemency earlier this year, and also dropped a long-dormant case against a co-conspirator in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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September 19, 2025
Google Search Judge Values Storytelling, Not 'Denigrating'
The federal judge who found Google liable for monopolizing search and ordered it to prop up rivals had advice in New York City remarks Friday for attorneys trying to sway courts: Write "plain," tell a story without "denigrating" the opposition, and back up economic analysis with business reality.
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September 19, 2025
AmEx Trounces Rewards Programs Patent Infringement Suit
A New York federal judge has rejected for now a company's case accusing American Express of infringing a pair of patents covering loyalty and rewards programs, finding that the financial services giant's programs aren't doing what's covered in the asserted patent claims.
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September 19, 2025
DNA Phenotyping May Help Police, Or Spur Racial 'Dragnets'
Law enforcement says the relatively new science of using DNA to generate an estimation of a person's physical appearance is a powerful tool that can help lead police to suspects, but critics of the practice warn that the still-untested technology will lead to racial profiling.
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September 19, 2025
Shareholders Urge Sanctions Over Telecom Tower Seizures
Majority shareholders of a Latin American telecommunications tower operator should be sanctioned for ignoring a court order to hand over documents related to an action the company lodged in Guatemala, a group of minority shareholders have told a New York federal judge.
Expert Analysis
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State False Claims Acts Can Help Curb Opioid Fund Fraud
State versions of the federal False Claims Act can play an important role in policing the misuse of opioid settlement funds, taking a cue from the U.S. Department of Justice’s handling of federal fraud cases involving pandemic relief funds, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.
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Recent Precedent May Aid In Defending Ad Tech Class Actions
An emergent line of appellate court precedent regarding the indecipherability of anonymized advertising technology transmissions can be used as a powerful tool to counteract the explosion of advertising technology class actions under myriad statutory theories, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
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Key Points From DOJ's New DeFi Enforcement Outline
Recent remarks by the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division head Matthew Galeotti reveal several issues that the decentralized finance industry should address in order to minimize risk, including developers' role in evaluating protocols and the importance of illicit finance risk assessments, says Drew Rolle at Alston & Bird.
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Atkins-Led SEC Continues Focus On Private Funds
Since the change in administration, there has overall been a more accommodative regulatory stance toward private funds, but a recent enforcement action suggests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is not backing off from enforcement in the space completely, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Sales And Use Tax Strategies For Renewables After OBBBA
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act sharply curtailing federal tax incentives for solar and wind projects, it is vital for developers to carefully manage state and local sales and use tax exposures through early planning and careful contract structuring, say advisers at KPMG.
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Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.
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Diverging FAA Preemption Rulings Underscore Role Of Venue
Two recent rulings evaluating Federal Arbitration Act preemption of state laws — one from the California Supreme Court, upholding the state law, and another from a New York federal court, upholding the arbitration agreement — demonstrate why venue should be a key consideration when seeking to enforce arbitration clauses, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law
Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.
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Rebutting Price Impact In Securities Class Actions
Defendants litigating securities cases historically faced long odds in defeating class certification, but that paradigm has recently begun to shift, with recent cases ushering in a more searching analysis of price impact and changing the evidence courts can consider at the class certification stage, say attorneys at Katten.
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7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know
For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.
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NY Laundering Ruling Leans On Jurisdictional Fundamentals
A New York appeals court’s recent dismissal of Zhakiyanov v. Ogai, a civil money laundering dispute between Kazakh citizens involving New York real estate, points toward limitations on the jurisdictional reach of state courts and suggests that similar claims will be subject to a searching forum analysis, say attorneys at Curtis Mallet-Prevost.
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Ruling On Labor Peace Law Marks Shift For Cannabis Cos.
Currently on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, an Oregon federal court’s novel decision in Casala v. Kotek, invalidating a state law that requires labor peace agreements as a condition of cannabis business licensure, marks the potential for compliance uncertainty for all cannabis employers in states with labor peace mandates, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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FTC's Reseller Suit Highlights Larger Ticket Platform Issues
Taken together, the recent Federal Trade Commission lawsuit and Ticketmaster's recent antitrust woes demonstrate that federal enforcers are testing the resilience of antitrust and consumer-protection frameworks in an evolving, tech-driven marketplace, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.
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Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations
As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.
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Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.