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April 04, 2025
Toyota Wins Patent Case Against UNM In Texas Court
A Texas federal court has shot down a lawsuit against Toyota Motor North America Inc. over a University of New Mexico wireless communications patent after finding that the Federal Circuit already invalidated "the sole claim ever asserted in this case."
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April 04, 2025
Justices Told To Keep 'Century-Old Status Quo' On Birthright
States, immigrant advocacy groups and expectant mothers urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to restrict nationwide court orders prohibiting implementation of his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, arguing that maintaining the long-held understanding of the right won't cause any harm.
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April 04, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Jay-Z, Blake Lively, Drake
In this month's review of ongoing defamation fights, Law360 looks back on an escalation in Jay-Z's case against personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee, who he accuses of pursuing a "false" and "malicious" rape suit, as well as on the war of words between actors Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively.
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April 04, 2025
Airport Staffing Co. Hit With Colo. Holiday Overtime Pay Suit
Two Colorado residents who worked at the Denver International Airport have sued the staffing company that employed them, accusing it in state court of shorting them on overtime by failing to factor in their holiday incentive pay.
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April 04, 2025
Houston Atty Says Unethical Funding Deal Means No Fee Split
A Houston attorney has asked a Texas state court to rule that his partner is not entitled to an equal share of his case fees, accusing his colleague of mismanaging millions in funds and entering into an unethical agreement with a hedge fund.
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April 04, 2025
Texas Says San Antonio Is Funding Out-Of-State Abortions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the city of San Antonio of appropriating taxpayer funds to pay for pregnant women to travel out of state to seek abortions, in a lawsuit filed in state court Friday.
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April 04, 2025
Texas Goodwill Inks $75K Deal In EEOC Disability Bias Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court Friday that a Goodwill operation has agreed to pay $75,000 to end the agency's suit alleging the organization illegally declined to hire a deaf applicant for a retail role because "hearing and speaking" were job requirements.
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April 04, 2025
Houston Housing Authority Hit With Sex Harassment Suit
A female former Houston Housing Authority Corp. employee has alleged in Texas federal court that she was sexually harassed, dealt with sexist remarks, got demoted and was retaliated against by her supervisor when she worked there.
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April 04, 2025
Texas Justices Deny UnitedHealthcare, Humana Records Row
The Texas Supreme Court declined Friday to take up a dispute between United HealthCare Services Inc. and Humana Insurance Co. over whether UnitedHealthcare should have to turn over Medicare documents connected to a state retirement plan.
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April 04, 2025
Fed. Circ. Says AMS' $48M Trade Secrets Win Needs More Math
The Federal Circuit ruled Friday that a Texas federal court will need to take yet another look at the prejudgment interest calculation in a $48 million-plus judgment in a trade secrets case between chipmakers AMS and Renesas over stolen light sensor technology that has been in the courts for nearly two decades.
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April 04, 2025
Texas Justices Eye Nixing ABA Approval In Bar Admissions
The Texas Supreme Court indicated Friday that the justices are considering whether to alter or end a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the Lone Star State bar.
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April 04, 2025
Blank Rome Expands Dallas Bench With Solo Real Estate Atty
Blank Rome LLP has added an attorney in Dallas from a solo practice, further expanding the firm's national real estate group.
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April 04, 2025
Off The Bench: City Sues Sportsbooks, Ex-NFLer Battles TMZ
In this week's Off The Bench, Baltimore joins the fight against promotional tactics by DraftKings and FanDuel, Terrell Owens tries to protect a catchphrase in a trademark suit, and a trial over a child's injuries at a golf facility draws closer.
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April 03, 2025
Optum, Express Scripts Want Judge Ousted From Opioid MDL
Pharmacy benefit managers Optum and Express Scripts say the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation should recuse himself because he "regularly communicates" with plaintiffs' attorneys in the litigation and is biased in favor of plaintiffs, according to a motion filed Wednesday.
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April 03, 2025
5th Circ. Asks If Honor Society Jabs At Rival Are Free Speech
A Fifth Circuit panel seemed incredulous as it tried to make sense of a bitter fight between the two biggest community college honor societies in the nation, weighing during oral arguments Thursday whether allegedly malicious Wikipedia editing and accusations of embezzlement and sexual harassment count as commercial speech.
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April 03, 2025
Texas Appeals Court Reverses Exxon's $25M Insurance Win
A Texas state appeals court reversed a $25 million judgment for Exxon Mobil on Thursday, finding that because of a policy exclusion, the company's excess insurer did not have to cover it in connection with a $35 million settlement following a deadly 2013 explosion at one of its facilities.
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April 03, 2025
Compounders Say Shortage Of Weight Loss Drug Continues
A group of compounding pharmacies looking to keep producing copycat doses of Eli Lilly & Co's lucrative weight loss drug tirzepatide are telling a Texas federal judge that demand for the drug has "far outpaced" supply despite the Food and Drug Administration declaring the medication's shortage over last year, a move that removed their right to make compounded versions.
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April 03, 2025
Colo. Orthodontist Says Dentist Group Owes $400K In Wages
A dentist group owes a Colorado orthodontist more than $400,000 in wages and fired him for participating in a Texas arbitration involving the company, according to a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court.
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April 03, 2025
US Trustee Wants Jackson Walker Cases In District Court
The U.S. Trustee's Office has renewed its call for a district court trial over whether Jackson Walker LLP should return millions in fees for failing to disclose an ex-partner's romance with a bankruptcy judge, saying all the questions in the case should be tried in one venue.
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April 03, 2025
Southwest Gets Second Shot At Tossing Investors' Outages Suit
A Texas judge said Thursday he plans to rewrite his decision on Southwest Airlines' request to dismiss a shareholder class action over a disastrous 2022 holiday travel season because the Fifth Circuit may require a more thorough record of the extent of the airline's knowledge about the risks of its outdated technology.
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April 03, 2025
Texas Appeals Court Backs UT Royalty Award In Pet Co. Suit
A Texas appellate court on Thursday refused to undo a lower court's ruling over the amount a pet healthcare company owes in unpaid royalties to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System for veterinary testing products.
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April 03, 2025
5th Circ. Upholds Shriners' Firing Of Unvaxxed Workers
The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a lawsuit accusing Shriners Hospitals for Children of wrongfully firing employees who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19, shooting down terminated workers' contention that the hospital, acting for the government, violated their right to refuse a vaccine through a mandatory vaccination policy.
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April 03, 2025
Echoing EEOC, Red State AGs Target Law Firms Over DEI
A dozen Republican state attorneys general on Thursday urged 20 law firms to fork over information the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requested last month about their workplace diversity practices, doubling down on the acting EEOC chair's claim that those practices may be unlawful.
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April 03, 2025
Amazon Bids For TikTok As US Ban Nears, And More Rumors
Amazon has emerged as a last-minute bidder for TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States if the popular video app is not separated from its own Chinese owner, while two of China's biggest automakers are pursuing a merger and Brookfield Asset Management is finalizing a deal to acquire Colonial Pipeline Inc. for more than $9 billion.
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April 03, 2025
Ginnie Mae Wins Fight Over Reverse Mortgage Collateral
A Texas federal judge granted a win to Ginnie Mae and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over challenges to their decision to extinguish Texas Capital Bank's lien on reverse mortgage assets, holding that Ginnie Mae's statutory authority extends to the entire mortgage once an issuer defaults.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.
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Opinion
Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.
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How Cos. Can Use Data Clean Rooms To Address Privacy
Implementing comprehensive administrative controls, security processes and vendor management systems are vital steps for businesses leveraging data clean rooms for privacy compliance, especially given the Federal Trade Commission's warnings of complicated user privacy implications, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Perspectives
Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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The Future Of ALJs At NLRB And DOL Post-Jarkesy
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 Jarkesy ruling, several ongoing challenges to the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Labor's and the National Labor Relations Board's administrative law judges have the potential to significantly shape the future of administrative tribunals, say attorneys at Wiley Rein.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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Disciplinary Rule Updates Every Texas Lawyer Needs To Know
Sweeping amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct that recently went into effect provide essential clarity and modernity to rules governing conflicts of interest, client confidentiality and duties to prospective clients, says Robert Tobey at Johnston Tobey.
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4 Keys To Litigating In An Active Regulatory Environment
For companies facing litigation influenced by government regulatory action — a recent trend that a politically charged atmosphere will exacerbate — there are a few principles that can help to align litigation strategy with broader public positioning in the regulatory and oversight context, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Perspectives
How High Court May Rule In First Step Act Resentencing Case
U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with verb tenses and statutory intent in recent oral arguments in Hewitt v. U.S., a case involving an anomalous resentencing issue under the First Step Act, and though they may hold that the statute is unambiguous, they could also decide the case on narrow, practical grounds, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Kiromic SEC Order Shows Importance Of Self-Reporting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently filed settled charges against Kiromic BioPharma illustrate the critical intersection between U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory processes and investor disclosures under the securities laws, and showcase how responding promptly to internal whistleblower reports may reap benefits, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Series
Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.