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Friday, April 4, 2025

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  • W.Va. SC says no to rehearing e-mail case

    By John O'Brien |
    Maynard CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court has refused to rehear a case involving the privacy of a former justice's e-mails and postponed a decision on a controversial $50 million case.

  • Petition for appeal coming in sports-betting case

    By John O'Brien |
    Markell PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - The State of Delaware has until Jan. 27 to file its petition for appeal of a decision that prohibited single-game betting on sports events.

  • U.S. Supreme Court rejects AGs' case to close Chicago-area locks

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mike Cox (R-Mich.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's emergency effort to force the closure of some Chicago locks to prevent the massive Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

  • U.S. Supreme Court to hear carp case Friday

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mike Cox (R-Mich.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court will consider on Friday a lawsuit filed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to close some Chicago locks to prevent the massive Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

  • High court urged to hear False Claims Act case

    By Chris Rizo |
    U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A leading conservative public interest law firm has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that allows trial lawyers to use the federal False Claims Act as a tool for regulating the marketing activities of pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.

  • Supremes ask White House what to do with Janus

    By Chris Rizo |
    U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to weigh in on whether the high court should hear Janus Capital Group Inc.'s appeal in a long-running securities class action lawsuit against it.

  • New trial to begin in "Judicial Hellhole"

    By John O'Brien |
    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - The maker of a popular treatment for severe acne will get a new trial Tuesday, 10 months after the New Jersey Appellate Division struck down a $2.6 million verdict against it.

  • Republican law school dean considers run for Calif. AG

    By Chris Rizo |
    John Eastman (R) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline)-One of California's leading conservative legal minds, John Eastman, is considering a run for state attorney general.

  • Rehearing of two W.Va. cases to be determined

    By John O'Brien |
    Blankenship CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court will soon decide whether to rehear two of its more closely watched recent decisions.

  • White House opposes Cox's effort to close Chicago locks

    By Chris Rizo |
    Elena Kagan WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The White House has expressed opposition to Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's effort to close down the Chicago locks connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan.

  • Madigan urges high court to reject effort to close Chicago locks

    By Chris Rizo |
    Lisa Madigan (D-Ill.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court should reject a multistate request to close the locks that connect Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Tuesday.

  • Gibson Dunn awarded best litigation firm

    By Chris Rizo |
    Ken Doran LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline)-The global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is the best litigation firm in the United States, according to The American Lawyer magazine.

  • U.S. Supreme Court to hear text privacy case

    By Chris Rizo |
    U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case that will decide whether employees' text message sent by devices owned by their employer are private.

  • Minnesota joins multistate fight against carp migration

    By Chris Rizo |
    Lori Swanson (D-Minn.) ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline)-Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has joined the multistate legal fight to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

  • Ohio AG wades into carp fight

    By Chris Rizo |
    Richard Cordray (D) COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray joined his counterpart in Michigan on Friday, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to help stop the migration of invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes.

  • Passed-over firefighters seek back pay, other damages

    By Chris Rizo |
    U.S. Supreme Court building NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Legal Newsline)-A group of Connecticut firefighters who the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June were unfairly denied promotions because of their race are suing for damages, including back pay and legal fees.

  • Michigan AG takes carp battle to U.S. Supreme Court

    By Chris Rizo |
    Mike Cox (R) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)- Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to force the closure of the locks in the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal to block the migration of Asian carp into the Great Lakes.

  • U.S. Supreme Court orders Chrysler sale lawsuit tossed

    By Chris Rizo |
    U.S. Supreme Court building WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered the dismissal of an appeal by three Indiana pension funds challenging the sale of Chrysler LLC this year.

  • Calif. electronic bingo machine ban upheld

    By Chris Rizo |
    SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline)--California charities may not use electronic bingo machines, a federal appeals court panel ruled this week.

  • O'Connor leads push against judicial elections

    By Chris Rizo |
    Sandra Day O'Connor DENVER (Legal Newsline)- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is leading the push against the election of judges, saying the process taints jurists who depend on political contributions to keep their places on the bench.