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A west Michigan township has told a federal judge that a local cannabis business alleging the township improperly refused to issue it a permit and prevented it from opening in fact missed the deadline for the permit in question.
A company making devices that scan the ground for utility lines before digging has been granted an exemption from the Federal Communications Commission's rules for ultra-wideband transmission.
The Trump administration faced tough questions from a California federal judge during a hearing Tuesday on the government's request to transfer or toss states' allegations it unlawfully terminated energy and infrastructure programs, with the judge calling defense counsel's arguments "cold comfort" to grant recipients who've lost billions in funding.
At Connecticut's request, a state judge has briefly barred a property owner from demolishing a nearly 200-year-old house, giving the parties time to argue whether longer-lasting protections are warranted after the state sought to include the building in a proposed historic district.
Plastics manufacturer Trinseo Europe GmbH has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a verdict of more than $77 million that it won stemming from trade secret misappropriation allegations against a former Dow Chemical Co. employee and engineering firm KBR, saying the Fifth Circuit went against precedent when it endorsed an approach to damages that "is the antithesis of flexible."
A coalition of conservation and historic preservation organizations and a Washington, D.C., resident are suing the Trump administration to stop a proposed revamp of West Potomac Park.
Three insurers have resolved their dispute over who must pay defense costs in a suit from a construction worker who was injured while working at the site of Major League Baseball's headquarters in the historic Time & Life Building in New York City.
Planned unit development agreements are administrative matters that must be changed through the statutory amendment process, not by citizen initiative, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled, blocking a bid by a property owner and local petitioners to put a Telluride PUD change before voters.
A Third Circuit panel on Tuesday said a former union president convicted of embezzlement alongside former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty was not denied a speedy trial in his yearslong prosecution, ruling that delays in the case were justified.
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a California fraudster to 13 years in prison Tuesday for impersonating prosecutors and a law firm as he defrauded a New York City architectural business, capping a 20-year career of "duplicity, theft and dishonesty."
Whirlpool Corp.'s hourly nonexempt production and manufacturing employees weren't paid for time spent donning personal protective equipment like safety glasses and earplugs before their scheduled shift times began, alleges a proposed Fair Labor Standards Act collective and class action filed Monday in Michigan federal court.
With a limited number of major professional sports teams for sale and astronomical valuations leaving a high barrier to entry, experts say college sports and emerging leagues are providing opportunities for private investment, and the rapidly shifting rules are creating compliance challenges for attorneys.
A New Mexico federal judge on Monday approved the federal government's bid to deposit funds as part of its action to take land owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces to construct border barriers and other security measures.
The owner and manager of the cargo ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge told a Maryland federal judge on Monday that Baltimore, local businesses and dockworkers cannot recover millions in alleged economic losses from the 2024 wreck because they have no proprietary interest in the bridge.
High-speed network providers are pressing Congress to advance legislation that would expand broadband along freight railroads by touting the benefits of AI-driven inspections and real-time rail monitoring.
Rose Kallor LLP should be barred from representing a Connecticut housing authority and a related nonprofit because one of its lawyers testified as a corporate representative during a deposition, and another lawyer asked questions that sounded like testimony, the entities' former executive director told a state judge Monday.
A Connecticut road construction materials business has alleged Stinson LLP failed to pay an annuity fee required to keep an Indian patent alive, resulting in its permanent termination.
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't decide if companies can run a credit report before the potential customer initiates a transaction, denying the review bid by a woman who claimed a solar panel scam had saddled her with $100,000 in debt.
Construction equipment giant Caterpillar has accused an autonomous solutions startup of ripping off several of its patents for autonomous technologies, saying in a complaint filed in Delaware federal court that the young company's development history confirms the alleged willful infringement.
A Georgia appellate court affirmed the toss of a wrongful death action brought by the parents of a teenage construction worker who was killed when the heavy machinery he was operating rolled over, ruling that the state's Workers' Compensation Act bars the suit.
A development company that sought to revive a 38-acre Detroit hospital campus and transform it into a $148 million commerce and innovation hub has filed a complaint in Michigan bankruptcy court claiming the city of Detroit and the Detroit Land Bank Authority are unlawfully obstructing the project and trying to reclaim the parcel for political reasons.
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into deal-side innovation, real estate investment trusts for digital infrastructure and New York's scrutiny of the $1.6 billion Compass-Anywhere merger.
The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded Flatland Energy Services LLC a $75.5 million contract to construct a water pipeline as part of an infrastructure project that will provide reliable water supply to parts of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.
Italian construction giant Webuild pressed the Third Circuit to reconsider its decision reviving a Chilean construction company's bid to enforce a $140 million arbitral award against it, saying the decision exacerbates confusion over whether minimum contacts are required to enforce a foreign arbitral award.
The Sixth Circuit won't revisit its decision upholding a finding that a Michigan builder violated federal labor law by ceasing to recognize and refusing to bargain with an established union.
The combination of a New York state appellate ruling that exposes litigation lenders in potentially fraudulent personal injury cases to discovery and a new law limiting predatory loans to plaintiffs provides defense counsel a powerful new toolkit for confronting suspicious claims, say attorneys at Stradley Ronon.
Opinion
A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.
Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.
Tariffs recently proposed by the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, which determined that 60 countries failed to implement adequate forced labor protections, expand the use of existing trade remedies to address global supply chain labor standards, potentially inviting both practical adjustments by businesses and careful legal scrutiny, says attorney Sohan Dasgupta.
Series
Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.
With California poised to add welding chemicals and three medications to its list of known carcinogens under Proposition 65, businesses must assess risks from nontraditional pharmaceutical dispensing, occupational and environmental exposures to welding operations, and downstream exposures from the manufacture of both types of substances, says Gregory Berlin at Alston & Bird.
As market pressures on landlords intensify liquidity problems and reimbursement disputes, commercial tenants negotiating office leases should proactively address the risk of delayed or unpaid construction allowances by implementing strategies including escrow protections, letters of credit, guaranties and offset rights, say attorneys at White & Williams.
A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.
Series
Launched more than 20 years ago to improve complex corporate adjudication, Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program has been a solid success in some areas, but there always is room for improvement, says Bill Krulak at Miles & Stockbridge.
Three recent decisions from the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims together reinforce the importance in government contract disputes of preserving issues early, presenting claims clearly and raising all relevant arguments in the first case, say attorneys at Seyfarth.
The Delaware Chancery Court's decision in BluSky Restoration Contractors v. Robbins not to enforce or rewrite overbroad language, known as blue-penciling, in key covenants shows that the sale of a business context no longer insulates these restrictive measures from judicial scrutiny, affecting transactions and litigation, says Aylin Daldal at Kleinbard.
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Playing poker in male-dominated rooms taught me to treat skepticism as background noise when my opponents seem to underestimate me, to apply pressure when it matters and to adapt without losing strategic discipline — skills that are all indispensable in restructuring and insolvency matters, says Alexis Gambale at Pashman Stein.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' recent use of the U.S. Supreme Court’s now five-year-old TransUnion v. Ramirez rule specifying that the "mere risk of future harm" isn't concrete enough to support a damages claim presents an opportunity to revisit this underutilized standing rule, say attorneys at Horvitz & Levy.
The associates who navigate law firm mergers best ask the right questions early, such as inquiring about partners' plans, to assess how the merger could affect their workflow and career path, says Jackie Bokser-LeFebvre at Major Lindsey.
The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them ahead, says Robert Tata at Hunton.
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