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• 'Perfect Storm:' Crypto Litigation Surging

  07-07-2025 20:50 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  “A combination of increased investment in crypto and decreased criminal and regulatory enforcement is a perfect storm for an explosion in crypto civil litigation,said Mark E. Bini, a partner at Reed Smith's global regulatory enforcement division.       
  
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• Jury Convicts SCOTUSblog Founder Tom Goldstein in Criminal Tax Fraud Trial

  26-02-2026 01:02 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Tom Goldstein, 55, faces a potential years-long prison sentence after a jury returned a verdict finding him guilty on 12 of the 16 counts in the operative indictment.       
  
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• NJ Judge Tosses Investors' IREN Lawsuit Backed by Davis Polk Defense

  26-02-2026 00:37 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Investors' securities claims against Bitcoin%E2%80%91miner IREN collapsed as a New Jersey judge ruled that investors failed to show the company misled the market in the run%E2%80%91up to its initial public offering.       
  
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• Inside Amazon's Latest Fake%E2%80%91Review Crackdown: a Lawsuit That Reads Like a Price List for Deception

  25-02-2026 23:33 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  In mid%E2%80%912025, the company secured a King County Superior Court order transferring control of more than 75 domains used to market fake five%E2%80%91star reviews and fraudulent seller accounts, its largest website%E2%80%91seizure action to date.
         
  
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• SCOTUS Lawyer Puts AI to the Ultimate Oral Argument Test

  25-02-2026 22:18 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  This week on Legal Speak, we preview a Supreme Court Brief discussion about the promise and peril of using AI to litigate cases at the Supreme Court.       
  
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• 'MAGA Nation Ripped Me Apart': This Atlanta Attorney Got Trump's Lawyers to Settle

  25-02-2026 22:00 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  After taking on President Donald Trump as a defendant and achieving a favorable outcome in a copyright infringement dispute, Atlanta entertainment attorney James L. Walker, Jr. reveals why other artists are likely to benefit from his settlement strategy.       
  
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• Deluge of FedEx Driver-Overtime Lawsuits Highlights Risks Employers Face From Using Contract Workers

  25-02-2026 21:54 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Patricia Prezioso of Sills Cummis & Gross said demonstrating that a worker is genuinely a contractor can be tricky, especially if that person is doing work that's the same or similar to work performed by employees.       
  
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• 'A Meritless Bullying Tactic': Fed. Judge Dismisses Fitch Even's Action Against Former Client

  25-02-2026 21:09 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Fitch Even claimed it filed the declaratory action so the court could “declare the rights and other legal relationsunder federal patent law, but the defendants alleged the firm was attempting to litigate the same issues currently pending in a separate suit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County.       
  
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• ‘Injuries are Self-Inflicted:' 6th Circuit Tosses Bias Case Over Grants for Black-Owned Businesses

  25-02-2026 19:29 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "[P]rogressive and Circular Board did not cause [Nathan] Roberts' injuries. Roberts caused them," the divided appeals court stated in explaining why the plaintiff lacked standing. "Had Roberts submitted his application, he would have formed the application-stage contract with Progressive and Circular Board."       
  
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• Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Bayer Files SCOTUS Brief in Roundup Case, Judge Boots Lead Plaintiffs' Attorney in Social Media Trial for Violating Rules

  25-02-2026 06:58 via feeds.feedblitz.com
         
  
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• Maurene Comey Joins Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as Litigation Partner

  25-02-2026 06:57 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Comey, a star prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, was suddenly fired last summer by the Trump Administration. In private practice, she plans to focus on white-collar matters and complex civil litigation.       
  
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• Smart-Glasses Company Moves to Disqualify Morgan Lewis in Patent-Infringement Suit Against Meta

  25-02-2026 06:49 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Smart glasses and wearable AI company Solos Technology Ltd. has moved to disqualify Morgan, Lewis & Bockus as defense counsel for two rival eyewear companies in a patent-infringement lawsuit that also names Meta Platforms Inc. as a defendant.       
  
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• Boards Start to Demand ROI From AI Spend, Upping Pressure on Legal, Tech Teams

  25-02-2026 06:03 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Teams overseeing artificial intelligence deployments increasingly will be judged on how well they manage the risks of the technology and whether the investments produce the desired business outcomes, according to a new study of chief information officers.       
  
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• How I Made Partner: 'Don't Keep Your Head Down,' Says Melissa Levine of Hogan Lovells

  25-02-2026 05:59 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "Do excellent substantive work, but don't keep your head down. Build your internal network so colleagues know what you do and trust you with opportunities. Think about how to expand work and increase your profile. Just as important, be reliable and communicative. If something is going to slip, say so early, where possible—clear communication allows teams and clients to manage expectations and avoids unnecessary issues."       
  
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• LexisNexis Small Law 2026 AI Survey (the “Sweepstakes ) Official Terms and Conditions

  25-02-2026 01:19 via feeds.feedblitz.com
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• A&O Shearman Bulks Up M&A Bench in Australia to Leverage Merger

  25-02-2026 00:38 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Like other firms in Australia, A&O Shearman aims to win more transactions with U.S. companies.       
  
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• Trump Is Accelerating the Pace of Federal Judicial Appointments, White House Says as Conservatives Seek Increased Action

  25-02-2026 00:12 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  A law professor who tracks judicial selection said that nominations tend to move more slowly in big states like Texas, where activists have been asking for more action in the face of Democratic opposition.       
  
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• 'Chaotic': Big Law Trade Attorneys Deluged With Client Inquiries After Tariff Ruling

  24-02-2026 23:31 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  “Virtually all of our clients at our firm are interested in this, and the firm has thousands of clients,said Aaron Cummings, a shareholder at Brownstein.       
  
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• Lawyers Give $7.25B Roundup Settlement Mixed Reviews: 'Flurry of Objections' or 'Major Concessions'

  24-02-2026 23:09 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Bayer, which owns Monsanto, announced this month a proposed $7.25 billion settlement, its second attempt to resolve the Roundup litigation through a class-action agreement.       
  
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• Feds Sue New Jersey for Barring ICE From State Property

  24-02-2026 22:03 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  The New Jersey suit follows others filed by the DOJ against Los Angeles, New York City and the State of New York, and the state of Minnesota, against sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.       
  
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• Former GC, Webinar Host Joins Stanford Law AI Initiative as Founding Director

  24-02-2026 21:31 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Until recently, Irene Liu was a lecturer and executive-in-residence at the University of California Berkeley School of Law and an AI adviser to the California Senate.       
  
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• Jane Street Accused of Insider Trading Before Terraform Labs' ‘Death Spiral'

  24-02-2026 21:22 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, was brought by Todd R. Snyder, the court-appointed plan administrator overseeing Terraform's wind-down trust and its Kirkland & Ellis legal counsel.       
  
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• Postal Service Immune From Lawsuits Alleging It Withheld Mail, Supreme Court Rules

  24-02-2026 21:20 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court broadly interpreted the Federal Tort Claims Act's exception for lawsuits against the U.S. Postal Service.       
  
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• Supreme Court Says Texas Couple Gets State Court Do-Over In Baby Food Trial

  24-02-2026 19:20 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed that Sarah and Grant Palmquist should get a do-over in their case against the maker of allegedly spoiled baby food in Texas state court, resolving a thorny procedural question in the couple's favor.       
  
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• Greenwashing Suit Over Apple Watch's 'Carbon Neutral' Claim Is on Borrowed Time Following Fed Court Ruling

  24-02-2026 17:48 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "The implication is that plaintiffs themselves—several purchasers of Apple Watches—are the source for the carbon-credit debunking analyses," U.S. District Judge Noe l Wise for the Northern District of California said. "Plaintiffs failed to allege that the methodology underlying their work is accepted in any scientific circles, or that anyone else—scientist or otherwise—has endorsed the accuracy of their work."       
  
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• The 2026 Laterals Report

  24-02-2026 17:04 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  A year's worth of Am Law 200 hiring data, the trends driving the lateral market, and Big Law's Biggest Lateral Hires of the year.       
  
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• Disney's Record Data-Privacy Settlement Highlights Complexities of Fulfilling Opt-Out Requests

  24-02-2026 16:14 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  "Opt-out mechanisms can look like they are working on the surface while quietly falling short behind the scenes," Norton Rose Fulbright wrote in a client advisory.       
  
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• Monsanto Files Opening Brief Before SCOTUS: Roundup Lawsuits a 'Real Threat to Farmers'

  24-02-2026 02:17 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Monsanto's opening brief, filed on Monday, urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a 2025 decision by a Missouri Court of Appeals, arguing that federal law preempts claims that it failed to warn about the cancer risks posed by its Roundup herbicide's active ingredient, glyphosate.       
  
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• Court Battles Over Disclosure of Law Firm Pro Bono Deals Pile Up

  23-02-2026 23:28 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Another FOIA lawsuit seeking information on records of the Trump administration's deals with nine law firms was filed last week. And two other FOIA lawsuits filed last year requesting similar records are proceeding in court.       
  
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• 'You're Fired:' DOJ Removes Court-Appointed US Attorney for Eastern District of Virginia

  23-02-2026 22:58 via feeds.feedblitz.com
  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the immediate firing of James Hundley as interim U.S. attorney of the Eastern District of Virginia after the district's federal judges unanimously appointed Hundley under 28 U.S.C. § 546(d) to an office previously led by a disqualified prosecutor who pursued criminal cases against two of President Donald Trump's political adversaries.       
  
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