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Justices Asked To Raise Bar For Pension, Benefit Loss</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Massachusetts' highest court was asked on Wednesday to adopt a more expansive interpretation of what constitutes cruel or unusual punishment or an excessive fine in the case of a former state trooper whose $1 million public pension and healthcare benefits were forfeited after his conviction in an overtime fraud case.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323185/2nd-circ-allows-takeda-to-appeal-actos-antitrust-class-cert-" title="2nd Circ. Allows Takeda To Appeal Actos Antitrust Class Cert." class="url entry-title">2nd Circ. Allows Takeda To Appeal Actos Antitrust Class Cert.</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A split Second Circuit will allow Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co. to immediately appeal a New York federal judge's ruling certifying two classes of direct purchasers and end payors in consolidated antitrust actions accusing the company of unlawfully inflating the price of its diabetes treatment Actos by delaying the entry of generic alternatives.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323341/miami-dolphins-win-arbitration-bid-in-crowd-brawl-suit" title="Miami Dolphins Win Arbitration Bid In Crowd Brawl Suit" class="url entry-title">Miami Dolphins Win Arbitration Bid In Crowd Brawl Suit</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A Florida appellate panel on Wednesday sent to arbitration a lawsuit attempting to hold the Miami Dolphins liable for injuries a woman suffered after a fight broke out in the stands, ruling that although the plaintiff did not purchase the tickets, the arbitration clause was still valid.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2322921/colo-justices-uneasy-with-presumption-for-malicious-claims" title="Colo. Justices Uneasy With Presumption For Malicious Claims" class="url entry-title">Colo. Justices Uneasy With Presumption For Malicious Claims</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Colorado justices on Wednesday worried about creating an "almost impossible" burden to overcome if they agreed that a broker's failure to get a pretrial win in a professional negligence suit should automatically undercut her malicious prosecution case, with one justice noting that judges can be "gun shy" about not letting juries decide a case.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2322923/2nd-circ-doubtful-of-push-to-thaw-assets-for-debt-relief-biz" title="2nd Circ. Doubtful Of Push To Thaw Assets For Debt Relief Biz" class="url entry-title">2nd Circ. Doubtful Of Push To Thaw Assets For Debt Relief Biz</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A Second Circuit panel seemed unconvinced Wednesday by a debt relief network's argument that the rule federal and state enforcers invoked to shut it down didn't apply because the targeted business practices included in-person interactions, with two judges noting that the home visits followed phone conversations where the actual selling was likely made.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323249/justices-urged-to-look-at-fed-circ-ax-of-13m-ip-verdict" title="Justices Urged To Look At Fed. Circ. Ax Of $13M IP Verdict" class="url entry-title">Justices Urged To Look At Fed. Circ. Ax Of $13M IP Verdict</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A patent-holding company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision that threw out a $13 million jury verdict against NCR Corp. in a suit accusing it of infringing two payment processing patents.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323245/fla-panel-axes-forfeiture-of-gold-coins-found-in-condo-wall" title="Fla. Panel Axes Forfeiture Of Gold Coins Found In Condo Wall" class="url entry-title">Fla. Panel Axes Forfeiture Of Gold Coins Found In Condo Wall</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A Florida state appellate court on Wednesday reversed a forfeiture of a hoard of Krugerrand gold coins that police seized from a day laborer after a three-judge panel found he was denied due process rights, giving him a chance to keep the loot he discovered while demolishing a condominium wall in Miami.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2322742/okla-charter-school-funding-args-need-clarity-justices-told" title="Okla. Charter School Funding Args Need Clarity, Justices Told" class="url entry-title">Okla. Charter School Funding Args Need Clarity, Justices Told</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Indigenous organizations have weighed in on a dispute set to be argued later this month before the U.S. Supreme Court over whether Oklahoma can publicly fund the nation's first Catholic charter school, telling the justices that historical examples cited in the case of the federal government paying for Native boarding schools need clarification.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323208/epa-asks-dc-circ-to-extend-time-in-pfas-case-" title="EPA Asks DC Circ. To Extend Time In PFAS Case " class="url entry-title">EPA Asks DC Circ. To Extend Time In PFAS Case </a></h3> <p class="entry-content">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the D.C. Circuit for a temporary suspension in a case brought by water utility associations and chemical industry players over new rules about limits on forever chemicals in the nation's drinking water, given the new administration.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323100/del-justices-grapple-with-knowability-in-stock-sale-appeal" title="Del. Justices Grapple With 'Knowability' In Stock Sale Appeal" class="url entry-title">Del. Justices Grapple With 'Knowability' In Stock Sale Appeal</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Delaware's chief justice said Wednesday the court recognized the seeming unfairness in a stockholder's bid against dismissal of his court challenge to a state sale of tech company shares as long-abandoned property, but cautioned that commercial interests need certainty in their markets.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323391/roberts-pauses-rehiring-of-fired-nlrb-mspb-members" title="Roberts Pauses Rehiring Of Fired NLRB, MSPB Members" class="url entry-title">Roberts Pauses Rehiring Of Fired NLRB, MSPB Members</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily paused an en banc D.C. Circuit's order reinstating two fired members of the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board on Wednesday, in a dispute that challenges a 90-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling protecting certain government officials from presidential removal.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323297/religious-mission-justifies-philly-injection-site-3rd-circ-told" title="Religious Mission Justifies Philly Injection Site, 3rd Circ. Told" class="url entry-title">Religious Mission Justifies Philly Injection Site, 3rd Circ. Told</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Counsel for a nonprofit seeking to open a safe injection site in Philadelphia told the Third Circuit Wednesday that it qualified as a religious organization immune from prosecution, despite not having any spiritual language in its incorporation documents.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323260/trade-court-judge-beats-ethics-charges-over-clerk-boycott" title="Trade Court Judge Beats Ethics Charges Over Clerk Boycott" class="url entry-title">Trade Court Judge Beats Ethics Charges Over Clerk Boycott</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A U.S. Court of International Trade judge did not engage in impermissible political activity when he threatened not to hire law clerks who attended Columbia University because of the school's handling of protests over Israel's war in Gaza, the Judicial Council of the Seventh Circuit has found.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323283/fraudster-says-sentencing-judge-overlooked-harsh-detention" title="Fraudster Says Sentencing Judge Overlooked Harsh Detention" class="url entry-title">Fraudster Says Sentencing Judge Overlooked Harsh Detention</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">A California man convicted in a $2 million investment fraud scheme asked the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to overturn his 70-month prison sentence, arguing that a North Carolina federal judge wrongly denied his request for a shorter term based on time he spent in harsh overseas detention.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2322609/nc-fights-bias-finding-in-death-row-case-after-clemency" title="NC Fights Bias Finding In Death Row Case After Clemency" class="url entry-title">NC Fights Bias Finding In Death Row Case After Clemency</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">North Carolina has asked the state's supreme court to review a trial court ruling finding racial bias tainted the jury selection at a Black man's capital murder trial, saying the man's case was rendered moot in December when the outgoing governor commuted his sentence, according to a petition filed Monday.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <span class="updated dtstamp" title="2025-04-09">April 09, 2025</span> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/2323210/fed-circ-says-highly-descriptive-voter-tms-not-protectable" title="Fed. Circ. Says 'Highly Descriptive' Voter TMs Not Protectable" class="url entry-title">Fed. Circ. Says 'Highly Descriptive' Voter TMs Not Protectable</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">The Federal Circuit on Wednesday concluded that the Heritage Alliance's trademarks for "iVoterGuide" and "iVoterGuide.com" are highly descriptive and not protectable, rejecting a challenge to the American Policy Roundtable's use of "iVoters" and "iVoters.com" despite a likelihood of confusion between the organizations' marks.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="ie-analysis col-md-4"> <div class="hidden-xs hidden-sm"> <div style="width:100%;display:flex;justify-content:center;background-color:rgb(247, 247, 247);flex-direction:column;"> <small style="margin-top:5px;text-align:center;color:darkgray;">ADVERTISEMENT</small> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1579645709123-0' style='width: 300px; margin:auto; margin-bottom: 10px;'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1579645709123-0'); }); </script> </div> </div> <br> </div> <div class="hidden-md hidden-lg"> <div style="width:100%;display:flex;justify-content:center;background-color:rgb(247, 247, 247);flex-direction:column;"> <small style="margin-top:5px;text-align:center;color:darkgray;">ADVERTISEMENT</small> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1580340232058-0' style='width:250px;height:250px;margin:auto;margin-bottom:5px;'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1580340232058-0'); }); </script> </div> </div> <br> </div> <div id="editor-picks"> <h4>Editor's Picks</h4> <ul> <li> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/1847896/12-lawyers-who-are-the-future-of-the-supreme-court-bar?editor_picks=1" title="Editor's Pick" class="url entry-title">12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">One attorney hasn't lost a single U.S. Supreme Court case she's argued, or even a single justice's vote. One attorney is perhaps "the preeminent SCOTUS advocate." And one may soon become U.S. solicitor general, despite acknowledging there are "judges out there who don't like me." All three are among a dozen lawyers in the vanguard of the Supreme Court bar's next generation, poised to follow in the footsteps of the bar's current icons.</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/1847901/how-reshaped-circuit-courts-are-faring-at-the-high-court?editor_picks=1" title="Editor's Pick" class="url entry-title">How Reshaped Circuit Courts Are Faring At The High Court</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">Seminal rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term will reshape many facets of American society in the coming years. Already, however, the rulings offer glimpses of how the justices view specific circuit courts, which have themselves been reshaped by an abundance of new judges.</p> </li> <li> <h3><a href="/appellate/articles/1343699/law360-s-guide-to-biden-s-judicial-picks?editor_picks=1" title="Editor's Pick" class="url entry-title">Law360's Guide To Biden's Judicial Picks</a></h3> <p class="entry-content">FINAL UPDATE January 14, 2025 | President Joe Biden put 235 lifetime judges on the federal bench which added to the courts' professional and demographic diversity — a sharp break from former President Donald Trump, whose confirmed judicial nominees were 84% white and 76% male.</p> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="expert-analysis"> <h4>Expert Analysis</h4> <ul> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2320299/how-biglaw-executive-orders-may-affect-smaller-firms" title="How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms" class="url entry-title">How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2320000/2320299/3eb3dba2f4b9a497c46a491f415aea02c380142a-dsc_2207.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner. </p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2322902/texas-case-shows-why-juries-are-well-suited-to-covid-suits" title="Texas Case Shows Why Juries Are Well-Suited To COVID Suits" class="url entry-title">Texas Case Shows Why Juries Are Well-Suited To COVID Suits</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2322000/2322902/ce1f70d72a6229b2228356f7edba6735c3edde03-lawrence_j-7x5.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">The original jury verdict in Baylor College of Medicine v. Lloyd's, currently on appeal to the Texas Supreme Court after being overturned by an appellate panel, illustrates why COVID-19 business interruption claims with their case-specific facts need to be decided by juries, not by judges using a one-size-fits-all approach, says Jeremy Lawrence at Farella Braun.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2321906/filial-consortium-claims-future-after-conn-high-court-ruling" title="Filial Consortium Claims' Future After Conn. High Court Ruling" class="url entry-title">Filial Consortium Claims' Future After Conn. High Court Ruling</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2321000/2321906/374b442f765769912b01033ae759bda68bb972fe-glenn-coffin.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">While the Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled for defendants in rejecting parents’ attempt to recover loss of companionship damages in a severe child injury case, there is still potential for the plaintiffs bar to lobby for a law that would allow filial consortium claims, Glenn Coffin at Gordon Rees.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2322664/4th-circ-health-data-ruling-opens-door-to-state-law-claims" title="4th Circ. Health Data Ruling Opens Door To State Law Claims" class="url entry-title">4th Circ. Health Data Ruling Opens Door To State Law Claims</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2322000/2322664/44fac8a20fcfc3940ae311c3243068878a0e9f23-david-schwartz.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">In Real Time Medical v. PointClickCare, the Fourth Circuit recently clarified that state law claims can rest in part on violations of a federal law that prohibits electronic health information blocking, expanding legal risks for health IT companies and potentially creating exposure to a range of competitive implications, say attorneys at BCLP. </p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <p class="kicker">Opinion</p> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2320125/lawsuits-shouldn-t-be-shadow-assets-for-foreign-capital" title="Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital" class="url entry-title">Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2320000/2320125/44585c4f04a60d399c243bde94074ef40decb098-eisenhuth-----headshot.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2320306/2-del-rulings-reinforce-proof-needed-for-records-demands" title="2 Del. Rulings Reinforce Proof Needed For Records Demands" class="url entry-title">2 Del. Rulings Reinforce Proof Needed For Records Demands</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2320000/2320306/8908cdf46ae922cf887cfe4f360e578db0bbc638-cooper_roger_hrc.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving Amazon and Paramount Global illustrate the significance of the credible basis standard on books and records requests, underscoring that stockholders seeking to investigate wrongdoing must come forward with actual evidence of misconduct — not mere allegations, say attorneys at Cleary.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2317533/how-to-accelerate-your-post-attorney-career-transition" title="How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition" class="url entry-title">How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2317000/2317533/a59d6aa403e2345da06c97c566c155ceaa63db75-janet-falk.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <p class="kicker">Series</p> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2318150/law-school-s-missed-lessons-be-an-indispensable-associate" title="Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate" class="url entry-title">Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2318000/2318150/efd714a37138c3f8c6da7a69cbb320d900d9225e-ashley-dillon---stinson-llp.jpeg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <p class="kicker">Series</p> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2302793/birding-makes-me-a-better-lawyer-" title="Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer " class="url entry-title">Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer </a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2302000/2302793/4cec0b31ece5c2deacb5dff49a0bf67ab16b2bdc-raley_allison_5x7.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2320708/justices-may-clarify-what-ip-competitors-in-litigation-can-say" title="Justices May Clarify What IP Competitors In Litigation Can Say" class="url entry-title">Justices May Clarify What IP Competitors In Litigation Can Say</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2320000/2320708/cdd4872e59b2a0caf1e8c1a82bcb3181206a8a7b-wendy-r.-stein.png" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">If the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to weigh in on Atturo Tire v. Toyo Tire, it may be able to provide guidance on the murky questions surrounding what companies enforcing their intellectual property against competitors are allowed to say in public, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr. </p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2316864/how-del-law-rework-limits-corporate-records-requests" title="How Del. Law Rework Limits Corporate Records Requests" class="url entry-title">How Del. Law Rework Limits Corporate Records Requests</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2316000/2316864/3d60b858fe9599adee757933829147aa6797daf1-richman_johnathan_bio.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">Newly enacted amendments to a section of the Delaware General Corporation Law that allows stockholders and beneficial owners to demand inspection of Delaware corporations' books and records likely curtails the scope of such inspections and aids defendants in framing motions to dismiss at the pleading stage, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.</p> </li> <li class="hnews hentry"> <h4><a href="/appellate/articles/2317235/a-recurring-atty-fee-question-returns-to-texas-high-court" title="A Recurring Atty Fee Question Returns To Texas High Court" class="url entry-title">A Recurring Atty Fee Question Returns To Texas High Court</a></h4> <img align="left" title="" alt="Author Photo" height="68" src="https://assets.law360news.com/2317000/2317235/9ac4843fa483334363b9ba4d2b7dab249ea17360-shain-a.-khoshbin---higher-resolution.jpg" width="54" /> <p class="entry-content">As the Texas Supreme Court is poised to decide if it will once again address — in Maciejack v. 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