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  • March 23, 2026

    Md. Judge Rules Written Consent Not Needed Under TCPA

    Echoing a recent Fifth Circuit ruling, a Maryland federal judge has held that written consent to receive telemarketing calls is not required under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, reversing a decision to certify a class of consumers against a dental plan marketer.

  • March 23, 2026

    Healthcare Co. Liable For Patient's Killings, Philly Jury Told

    A healthcare management company's failure to submit proper paperwork prohibiting a man who was committed to a hospital for psychosis allegedly enabled him to buy the shotgun he used to slay his family, counsel for their estates told a Philadelphia jury Monday.

  • March 20, 2026

    Former Gilead Sciences GC To Earn Over $2.5M Severance

    Gilead Sciences Inc. is paying its former general counsel more than $2.5 million in severance after she left the company, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Friday.

  • March 20, 2026

    Eli Lilly Beats 9th Circ. Appeal Over Brain Bleed After Cialis

    A Ninth Circuit panel Friday upheld Eli Lilly and Co.'s win over a Washington man who claimed the company's erectile dysfunction drug Cialis caused bleeding in his brain, ruling David Dearinger failed to establish that doctors would have acted differently had they been warned of the medication's risks.

  • March 19, 2026

    4th Circ. Leery Of W.Va. Opioid Towns' Abatement Arguments

    During a heated hourlong oral argument Thursday, two Fourth Circuit judges interrogated an attorney for West Virginia municipalities stricken by the opioid crisis about whether the public nuisance of overly available drugs had already been abated, leaving only redress of resulting harms.

  • March 19, 2026

    Maya Kowalski Says Atty Made Her 'Uncomfortable'

    The attorney who persuaded a jury to award $261 million to Netflix documentary subject Maya Kowalski also provided unsolicited dating and sex advice to his 18-year-old client and arranged an advance funding loan for the Kowalski family in violation of Florida Bar rules, according to a statement Kowalski filed.

  • March 19, 2026

    Ohio Home Health Co. Settles OT Suit For $975K

    A Columbus-area home health services company will pay $975,000 to end a lawsuit accusing it of misclassifying its program managers as exempt from overtime, according to an Ohio federal court filing.

  • March 18, 2026

    NC Judge Moves Ex-Exec's Wage Fight With Cancer Co. To Va.

    A North Carolina federal judge agreed to transfer a former C-suite executive's unpaid wages case against a Canadian cancer testing and treatment company to Virginia, where its U.S. headquarters are, finding the Old Dominion is the better venue.

  • March 17, 2026

    9th Circ. Says Idaho Doc Must Face Wash. Fatal Overdose Suit

    A Ninth Circuit panel has reversed the dismissal of a suit alleging an Idaho-based doctor overprescribed drugs to a Washington woman, leading to her death, finding that the doctor and her clinic had enough contacts with Washington for a federal district court in that state to have jurisdiction.

  • March 13, 2026

    Cannabis Co. Loses Bid To Merge Rival's Suit With AI Fight

    A Florida federal judge has found "there is no basis to consolidate" two lawsuits between medical marijuana company Leafwell and its competitor My Florida Green, concluding Leafwell's lawsuit accusing My Florida Green's counsel of misusing artificial intelligence to wreck Leafwell's business doesn't substantially overlap with My Florida Green's unfair business practice suit against Leafwell and others.

  • March 13, 2026

    J&J Unit Says Ex-Director Misappropriated Trade Secrets

    A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has accused a former associate director of downloading over 7,000 files worth of confidential information prior to her resignation and using it to start her own competing company.

  • March 12, 2026

    Idaho Says Director Immune In THC Child Abuse Registry Suit

    The director of Idaho Health and Welfare is asking a federal court to throw out claims from two women alleging the state violated their constitutional rights by putting them on the state's child abuse registry for their use of cannabis while pregnant, saying the director is immune and the state's rules satisfy due process.

  • March 11, 2026

    Eli Lilly Ordered To Arbitrate Alzheimer's Drug Feud

    An Illinois federal judge ordered Eli Lilly and Co. on Tuesday to arbitrate a dispute over millions of dollars in milestone payments allegedly owed under a collaboration agreement to develop an Alzheimer's disease drug, ruling that the drugmaker lacked standing to challenge an underlying security agreement.

  • March 11, 2026

    Pharma Co. Says Ex-Director Using Trade Secrets At New Job

    A specialty infusion therapy pharmacy has accused a former director of contracts of taking valuable trade secrets with her on her way out to work for a rival company.

  • March 11, 2026

    Pa. Justices Hint 3rd Jury Should Decide Misdiagnosis Case 

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared skeptical of an oncologist's argument that she should not have to face a third trial in a suit accusing her of treating a now-deceased woman for the wrong type of cancer, suggesting that disputed facts about the patient's care make the case suitable for a jury.

  • March 11, 2026

    SEC Avoids Sanctions As Court Ends Unregistered Dealer Suit

    A Minnesota federal judge denied financial firm Carebourn Capital's request for sanctions against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and dismissed the agency's suit, which claims that Carebourn, its founder and an affiliated company made millions by selling securities as unregistered dealers.

  • March 10, 2026

    Wash. Justices Seem Open To Palestinian's Racial Bias Claim

    The Washington State Supreme Court appeared somewhat receptive on Tuesday to a Palestinian patient's argument that an unfavorable jury verdict in her medical malpractice trial was tainted by racism, with several justices concerned that the defense had described the accused doctor as "from this part of the world" during openings.

  • March 09, 2026

    Alexander's Announces $235M Queens Shopping Center Sale

    Alexander's Inc. will sell a vacant 338,000-square-foot Queens, New York, shopping center to healthcare provider Northwell Health Inc. for $235 million, the real estate investment trust announced on March 9.

  • March 06, 2026

    Constantine Cannon Defends Handling Of Sutter $75M Fee

    Constantine Cannon LLP pushed back against Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's allegations it unfairly reduced Schneider Wallace's share of a $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million antitrust deal, arguing in California federal court that the firm "sat on the sidelines" for most of the decadelong fight and isn't entitled to a bigger cut.

  • March 05, 2026

    Telehealth Co. Swaps In Gordon Rees In Novo's GLP-1 Fight

    A telehealth platform facing allegations from Novo Nordisk that it falsely advertised Ozempic alternatives has picked new counsel in the dispute, withdrawing attorneys from Foley & Lardner LLP and Miller Nash LLP and substituting in two lawyers from Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP.

  • March 05, 2026

    Ind. Justices Reverse Providers' Loss In COVID Immunity Row

    Indiana's highest court ruled that over 80 healthcare providers are immune from a medical malpractice suit by the estate of a man who died after developing a bedsore while he was hospitalized for COVID-19, vacating a decision by a lower court of appeals.

  • March 04, 2026

    Panel Backs NJ Corrections In Trans Woman's Transfer Bid

    A transgender woman convicted of a violent sex crime in New Jersey will not be allowed to transfer to a women's facility because a civil commitment law does not require state prison officials to create sex-segregated facilities, a state appeals court ruled in a published opinion Wednesday.

  • March 02, 2026

    6th Circ. Upholds 12-Year Stint For Mich. Doc In 'Pill Mill' Case

    The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions and 12-year prison sentence of a Michigan doctor accused of operating a cash-only "pill mill" that wrote thousands of opioid prescriptions, holding that the trial judge properly handled the jury instructions and key evidentiary rulings.

  • March 02, 2026

    Physical Therapy Practice Owners Get 6 Years For Fraud

    The owners of a defunct Erie, Pennsylvania, physical therapy practice were each sentenced to six years in prison for defrauding federal healthcare programs by overbilling, prosecutors announced Monday.

  • February 27, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Urged To Undo Attys' DQ In Patent Fight

    Two men listed as inventors on allergy test patents asked the Federal Circuit to vacate an order that disqualified attorneys who had represented the pair for almost four years in a case from a Maine physician who claimed he should be the sole inventor.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue

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    Though the emotional wear and tear of legal work can trap attorneys in conflict fatigue — leaving them unable to shake off tense interactions or return to a calm baseline — simple therapeutic techniques for resetting the nervous system can help break the cycle, says Chantel Cohen at CWC Coaching & Therapy.

  • Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

  • Key Sectors, Antitrust Risks In Pricing Algorithm Litigation

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    Algorithmic pricing lawsuits have proliferated in rental housing, hotels, health insurance and equipment rental industries, and companies should consider emerging risk factors when implementing business strategies this year, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era

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    Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence test work-product principles first articulated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s nearly 80-year-old Hickman v. Taylor decision, as courts and ethics bodies confront whether disclosure of attorneys’ AI prompts and outputs would reveal their thought processes, say Larry Silver and Sasha Burton at Langsam Stevens.

  • Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

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    Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume

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    As automation and arbitration increase the volume of legal filings, in-house counsel must build scalable service of process systems that strengthen corporate governance and manage risk in real time, says Paul Mathews at Corporation Service Co.

  • The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties

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    Relationship-building should begin as early as possible in a law firm merger, as intentional pathways to bringing people together drive collaboration, positive client response, engagements and growth, says Amie Colby at Troutman.

  • US Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Immigration Reform

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    Cyberthreats are escalating while the cybersecurity workforce remains constrained due to a lack of clear standards for national-interest determinations, processing backlogs affecting professionals who protect critical public systems and visa allocations that do not reflect real-world demands, says Rusten Hurd at Colombo & Hurd.

  • Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

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    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

  • DHS' Parole Termination Violates APA And Due Process

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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s abrupt termination of family reunification parole programs violates both the Administrative Procedure Act and the due process rights of vetted beneficiaries who relied on the government's explicit invitation to wait in the U.S. for an immigrant visa to become available, says Abdoul Konare at Konare Law.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

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    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit

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    Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.

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