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June 28, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Supreme Court's Rejection of Purdue Pharma Settlement Redefines Releases in Chapter 11

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its most anticipated bankruptcy decision in recent memory. As the case's name—Hamilton v. Purdue Pharma—suggests, it stems from the company (Purdue Pharma) and the family (the Sacklers) at the center of the opioid pandemic that has claimed the lives of approximately 247,000 Americans from 1999 to 2019 alone.
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June 28, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Supreme Court Reinstates Early Voting Laws, Finding Lack of Standing for Challengers

The decision, written by Justice Gary Traynor and released on June 28, is a win for the Munger, Tolles & Olson team that worked with the Delaware Department of Justice.
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June 27, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Jennings Announces DOJ Promotions, Including New Chief Deputy AG

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings named state prosecutor Dan Logan to the post of chief deputy attorney general.
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June 26, 2024 | Law.com

Lawyers Face Shifting Landscape on Reverse Discrimination Claims, but Geography May Play a Role

Venue is always a significant consideration for litigators, but when it comes to reverse discrimination claims, several attorneys said the location may play an outsized role.
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June 25, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

In Split Ruling, 3rd Circuit Declines to Halt Consumer Fraud Probe of Gunmaker

"The decision shows that Smith & Wesson cannot run to federal court when it did not get its way in state court," Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement.
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June 25, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

FTX Creditors to Vote on Plan Liquidating 'Mind-Boggling' Assets

Several parties argued the disclosure statement that's part of the plan didn't meet the legal standard for approval, but Judge John T. Dorsey overruled their objections.
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June 25, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

FTX Creditors Can Proceed With Plan Liquidating 'Mind-Boggling' Assets

Several parties argued the disclosure statement that's part of the plan didn't meet the legal standard for approval, but Judge John T. Dorsey overruled their objections.
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June 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Business Courts: The Next Frontier in Business Litigation

"The expected benefit and overarching goal of the Business Courts is to provide a more efficient and predictable forum for larger, more complex civil litigation facing Texas businesses," write Nathan Cox and R. Heath Cheek.
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June 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'Brazen Legal Fiction': Smartmatic Asks Court to Reject Fox's Defenses in Defamation Case

"Fox's affirmative defenses are a parade of legal jargon divorced from facts and applicable law," Smartmatic counsel from Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff argue in the latest motion sequence.
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June 24, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

This Company, Recently Former In Delaware, Just Unleashed a Slew of Suits Against IBM, Sony, Microsoft, 5 Others

Three U.S. companies and five overseas companies from Japan, Korea, India, and the Cayman Islands were sued in the U.S. Eastern and Western Districts of Texas.
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