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Newsmax Agrees to Pay $67.5 Million to Settle Defamation Lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems The settlement, one of the largest in defamation history, averts a high-profile trial and forces the conservative network to air a lengthy on-air correction. (WILMINGTON, Del.) – Cable news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems … Read more
DLA Piper Mandates Increased Office Attendance for US Corporate Lawyers in New Hybrid Work Policy Firm leadership cites collaboration and training needs, aligning with a broader industry shift away from fully remote work. (New York, NY) – In a move that signals the ongoing evolution of post-pandemic work norms at major law firms, global legal … Read more
Cyberattacks on U.S. Courts System Disrupt High-Stakes Litigators and White-Collar Criminal Clients Washington, D.C., August 19, 2025 – A series of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting the U.S. federal judiciary’s electronic case management systems has sent shockwaves through the legal community, particularly impacting high-stakes litigators and their white-collar criminal clients. The breaches, described as “escalated” and “persistent” … Read more
Judge Strikes Some Claims and Limits Plaintiffs’ Experts in Ozempic Lawsuits Philadelphia, August 2025 – In a significant development in the multidistrict litigation (MDL 3094) involving Ozempic and other GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs, U.S. District Judge Karen Spencer Marston has issued a ruling that strikes certain claims and imposes restrictions on plaintiffs’ expert testimonies. The … Read more
Monsanto Settles Lawsuits Over Toxic PCB Exposure at Seattle-Area School August 19, 2025 Monsanto, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, has reached a settlement with over 200 plaintiffs, including teachers, students, and parents, who claimed they were sickened by exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Washington, near Seattle. The agreement, … Read more
Law Firms Face Surging Costs in 2025, But Revenue and Demand Increases Remain ‘Good News’ In 2025, the U.S. legal industry is navigating a complex financial landscape marked by soaring operational costs but buoyed by robust revenue growth and steady demand for legal services. A recent report from Citi Global Wealth at Work, published on … Read more
How Defense Lawyers Reframed One of Crypto’s Largest Alleged Frauds: The Terraform Labs Case August 19, 2025 – In one of the most significant legal battles in cryptocurrency history, defense lawyers for Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, reframed allegations of a $40 billion fraud tied to the 2022 collapse of TerraUSD and Luna, transforming … Read more
Solving the Million Dollar Problem: Smarter Resourcing to Retain Firm Talent and Boost Profitability August 18, 2025 – In an era where talent shortages threaten to cost the global economy $8.5 trillion in unrealized revenue by 2030, law firms and professional service organizations face a critical challenge: retaining top talent while maintaining profitability. A recent … Read more
Kristen Limarzi, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, was appointed chair of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group, a role she earned through a combination of legal excellence, mentorship, and leadership without relying on formal titles. Her journey, as detailed in a Bloomberg Law profile from August 2025, offers insights into how she … Read more
Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, has petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review a $177.3 million judgment from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the case of Ernest Caranci v. Monsanto. This marks the first Roundup case tried in that court, with Monsanto arguing that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts … Read more