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Not Yours for the Taking: Settlement and Unreachable Assets

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Smart plaintiffs’ attorneys know to look into a defendants’ assets before pursuing claims for damages.  Wise attorneys know to check how those assets are structured, titled and domiciled, lest they prove unreachable even if...more

Harris Beach Murtha

National Mass Torts: 2025 Year in Review

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Harris Beach Murtha attorneys Abbie Fuchs, Dan Strecker and Alessandra Ash review and analyze key judicial holdings and legal developments in federal court and tort hot spots across the country that have affected the industry...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Epstein Files Highlight Reputational and Legal Risks of Problematic Benefactors

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The Department of Justice’s rolling disclosures of millions of pages of documents pertaining to the FBI’s investigation of Jeffery Epstein has captured the nation’s attention. It has also attracted the intense focus of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Love Was Not in the Air — and the EEOC and a Jury Took Notice

On January 16, 2026, a federal jury in Atlanta awarded $5.5 million to a security guard who alleged that her security company’s vice president of operations sexually harassed her....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Revenue Drain: CIPA Demand Letters

A recent wave of demand letters is causing significant legal risk for any business with a website with routine tracking technologies. We have written in the past about plaintiffs’ attorneys demanding significant sums of...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals Issues New Rules of Procedure for Its Adjudicatory Role in the Administrative False Claims...

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On January 28, 2026, the United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) issued final rulemaking to address its role in hearing and resolving disputes under the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), formerly known...more

Mayer Brown

New York Court Draws Limits to Encroachment on Sacred Rights in STG Logistics

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On January 3, 2026, the New York State Supreme Court delivered a win to a group of minority lenders to STG Logistics (“STG”), denying four motions to dismiss the minority lenders' lawsuit seeking to unwind or be awarded...more

McGinnis Lochridge

A Trial Lawyer in the Jury Box: Observations on Persuasion and People

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They say lawyers never get picked for juries. I believed that—right up until I served 10 days as a juror in a civil trial involving aggravated sexual assault allegations and defamation counterclaims....more

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Building Safety Act - Remediation Contribution Orders - Respondents’ Appeal Dismissed in Vista Tower

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In Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) and others, the Upper Tribunal has dismissed the respondents’ appeal against the First Tier Tribunal decision granting a remediation contribution order (“RCO”) under s124...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Air Tags and Listening Devices Can be Domestic Violence Too!

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Just two weeks ago, I wrote on this blog about how sometimes, it takes the law a while to catch up to technology. Specifically, I wrote about a case that held that flying a drone over your spouse’s home and remotely accessing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Trade Secret Trouble: Fifth Circuit Upholds Vacatur of $75 Million Damages Award

On January 21, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision in Trinseo Europe GmbH v. Kellogg Brown & Root, L.L.C., et al that has massive implications for those prosecuting or defending trade...more

Morgan Lewis

Tortious Liability of Contracting Parties Toward Third Parties: Contractual Clauses Enforceable Against Third Parties

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While French case law has already established that a third party to a contract may invoke a breach of contract to obtain compensation for its loss, the French High Court (Court of Cassation) clarified in a recent decision...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

Connecticut Final Pay Laws: Employer Obligations and the Cost of Non-Compliance

Connecticut maintains some of the strictest final pay requirements in the nation. When employment ends, employers face rigid statutory deadlines. Miss them, and the potential consequences multiply quickly: Double damages....more

PilieroMazza PLLC

PilieroMazza Annual Review: DOJ’s FY2025 False Claims Act Results and Compliance Considerations for Government Contractors in...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 False Claims Act (FCA) results, and the message for government contractors is clear: FCA enforcement is accelerating, and procurement fraud, cybersecurity...more

Ropers Majeski

Greater New York Mutual Co. Files Suit Against Subin

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In a complaint filed on January 27, 2026, Greater New York Mutual Co. (GNY) alleges a civil RICO scheme arising out of the legal representation practices of Subin & Associates LLP ("Subin"), a personal injury law firm that...more

Hinch Newman LLP

How Does the FTC Calculate Monetary Civil Penalties for Rule Violations?

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The Federal Trade Commission generally seeks monetary civil penalties when it is alleging violations of rules that the agency enforces, such as the Made in USA Labeling Rule, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Return to Normalcy at the NLRB? – New General Counsel and Board Members Signal that Stability and Addressing Backlog Are...

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With the December 2025 appointment of two Board members and a new General Counsel, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) is up and running again. Recent developments from the General Counsel’s office and the...more

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Waste Disposal/Alleged Future Damages: Federal Court (Mississippi) Addresses Landfill Owners' Judicial Action Against Generator

A United States Federal District Court (N.D. Miss.) (“Court”) addressed in a February 4th Memorandum Opinion an issue arising out of the past disposal of remediated soils and associated materials into a landfill. See LEFLORE...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

First Discussion of Coercive Control in a Reported Appellate Decision Since it Was Added to the Domestic Violence Statute

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The topic of coercive control is one that rightfully has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years. It is coming up more and more as part of custody cases. Moreover, in January of 2024, New Jersey’s Domestic...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top DOJ False Claims Act Official Confirms 'Significant Upward Trajectory' In Cybersecurity Enforcement

In remarks delivered on January 28, 2026, at the American Conference Institute’s Advanced Forum on False Claims and Qui Tam Enforcement, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brenna Jenny highlighted the Administration’s...more

Goldberg Segalla

Colorado Appellate Court Interprets State’s Insurance Disclosure Statute to Apply to Policy Not in Effect on Date of Underlying...

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On February 5, 2026, a divided panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals determined that an insurer that refused to produce an auto insurance policy issued after the subject accident in response to a statutory...more

JAMS

The False Claims Act in Transition: A Mediator's Perspectives on Emerging Trends

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I have worked on False Claims Act (FCA) cases throughout my career, and according to the U.S. Department of Justice, FCA cases have never been more popular than they are today....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

DOJ Creates New National Fraud Division

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On January 8, 2026, the Trump Administration announced the creation of a new Department of Justice division focused on national fraud enforcement, signaling an anticipated expansion of federal fraud investigations and...more

Baker Donelson

Department of Justice Reports Record-Breaking $6.8 Billion Year in False Claims Act Recoveries

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When the second Trump administration took office, many legal commentators anticipated major changes to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) enforcement efforts. Some declared federal white-collar enforcement dead as the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

No Harm, No Remedy? Supreme Court Poised to Resolve Circuit Split on SEC Disgorgement Authority for Securities Violations

On January 9, 2026, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Sripetch v. SEC to resolve whether the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may seek disgorgement—an equitable remedy requiring wrongdoers to return “ill-gotten...more

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