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Ex-Defender Urges 4th Circ. To 'Fortify' Workplace Protections

By Hayley Fowler

A former assistant public defender has doubled down on efforts to revive her sex bias suit against the federal judiciary, telling the Fourth Circuit that siding with the judiciary would further discourage its employees from speaking up or reporting abuse out of fear of retaliation.

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3 Firms Get Early Lead Roles In Daedong Data Breach Claims

By Abigail Harrison

A North Carolina federal judge handed three plaintiffs firms interim lead counsel roles in a proposed class seeking to hold tractor manufacturer Daedong-USA Inc. accountable for a data breach, while also agreeing to consolidate the three suits.

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MrBeast's Ex-IT Worker Denies Trade Secret Theft Allegations

By Ivan Moreno

A former IT employee of YouTube personality Mr. Beast asked a North Carolina federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of stealing trade secrets before his firing, arguing Friday that the complaint against him fails to allege that he has disclosed or used any confidential documents.

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MV Realty CEO Banned From Real Estate Biz In NC

By Isaac Monterose

The CEO of brokerage MV Realty is banned from doing professional real estate business in North Carolina and local homeowners were released from "predatory" agreements that they signed with one of his other companies, the state's attorney general announced Friday.

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NC Hospitality Group Can't Revive COVID-19 Coverage Suit

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina-based hospitality group can't resurrect its suit seeking coverage for pandemic-related losses, a federal court ruled, saying changes in decisional law after a final ruling do not constitute "extraordinary circumstances" warranting relief from a judgment.

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Red Hat Keeps Suit Against Software Patent Owner Alive In NC

By Adam Lidgett

A North Carolina federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing a Texas-based patent owner of trying to extort a license from software company Red Hat Inc., finding the court has authority to hear the dispute.

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The Law Firm Loophole: How Debt Cos. Snare NC Consumers

By Daniel Connolly

To get around bans in North Carolina and many other states, debt relief companies set up facade law firms — companies that are law firms in name only, with a tiny number of lawyers nominally serving thousands of clients, consumer advocates and regulators say.

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Social Media Addiction MDL Judge Picks Bellwether Trial Pool

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Friday narrowed the pool of cases set for the first bellwether trials in sprawling multidistrict litigation by school districts and personal injury plaintiffs over claims social media is addictive, choosing six bellwether school districts in Maryland, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, South Carolina and Arizona.

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Stewart Releases Flood Of Discretionary Denial Decisions

By Dani Kass

The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director issued more than a dozen discretionary denial decisions on Thursday and Friday, where she ruled largely in favor of the challenger, made clear that challenges to young patents have a huge advantage and brought in a denial based on assignor estoppel.

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4th Circ. Axes Guilty Plea Over Police Misconduct

By Benjamin Morse

The Fourth Circuit vacated a North Carolina man's guilty plea on drug trafficking charges, holding Friday that new information regarding "egregious police misconduct" that plagued the prosecution's case rendered his plea involuntary. 

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4th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Contractor's ULP Suit Against Union

By Emily Brill

The Fourth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a Maryland mechanical contractor's lawsuit against a Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation Workers local on Friday, ruling that the union's alleged smear campaign against the company didn't rise to the level of an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act.

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Real Estate Recap: Builders' Hack, Korean Mezz, Hotel Angst

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from 极速赛车 Real Estate Authority — including an inside look at California's Builder's Remedy, aggressive moves by South Korean mezzanine lenders, and why one BigLaw hospitality leader says hotels are "scared to death." 

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NC Audiovisual Co. Pays Feds $2.1M To End FCA Suit

By Hayley Fowler

An American unit of a German audiovisual equipment company will pay $2.1 million to resolve a False Claims Act suit alleging it lied in an application for a Paycheck Protection Plan loan during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors in North Carolina said Friday.

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Volunteering At Schools Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy.

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ABA Sues Over Trump's 'Law Firm Intimidation Policy'

By Alison Knezevich

The American Bar Association sued dozens of federal officials and agencies in D.C. federal court Monday, saying President Donald Trump and his administration have used the executive branch's vast powers "to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes and policy positions" he doesn't like.

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Norton Rose Fulbright Says It Was Duped By Legal Tech Co.

By Catherine Marfin

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP has accused the company behind a cloud-based legal workflow product of duping it into using its services and keeping client files without permission once their contract expired.

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Davis Wright Must Face Employment Atty's Defamation Claim

By Dorothy Atkins

A Washington state judge refused to toss in their entirety an employment attorney's defamation claims against Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and other firm partners, finding Washington's Uniform Public Expression Protection Act shields the firm from some of the attorney's allegations, but not all.

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National Judicial College CEO Steps Down After 8 Years

By Ryan Boysen

Judge Benes Z. Aldana has abruptly stepped down as president and CEO of the National Judicial College after eight years as a steady hand who guided the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic, increased its course offerings and organized several symposia on the importance of the rule of law. 

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Calif. Bar Panel Upholds Recommending Eastman Disbarment

By Emily Sawicki

A panel of the California State Bar Court's Review Department has affirmed the March 2024 recommended disbarment of President Donald Trump's former attorney, John Eastman, over attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Fake NY Lawyer Admits To Stealing Over $290K From Clients

By Pete Brush

A New York man admitted Monday that he posed as a lawyer to steal over $290,000 from people who thought he was doing class action, discrimination and other legal work, copping to larceny and fraud charges in state court.

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Fla. Supreme Court Orders Bar To Stop ABA Appointments

By Hailey Konnath

The Florida Supreme Court has instructed the Florida Bar to stop appointing delegates to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, calling the state bar's work with the ABA "inconsistent" with its core mission of regulating the legal profession in the Sunshine State.

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Asian Bar Groups Jump Into Fight Over Trump Birthright Ban

By Bonnie Eslinger

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and dozens of other affiliated legal organizations urged the First Circuit on Monday to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying the White House order is unconstitutional and would "disproportionately harm" Asian American communities.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Sydney Price and Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Court of Chancery this past week sought answers in the high-stakes battle over the constitutionality of newly enacted Delaware corporation law amendments, which will hitch a ride to the state's Supreme Court via a suit contesting a $117 million acquisition of Clearway Energy Inc. by its majority shareholder.

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