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January 23, 2025 | Law.com

5th Circuit Considers Challenge to Louisiana's Ten Commandments Law

The state is attempting to reverse a federal judge's November court order granting a preliminary injunction blocking the Jan. 1 implementation of the law, which requires that the Ten Commandments be on display in all Louisiana public school classrooms.

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January 23, 2025 | Law.com

Ill. Class Action Claims Cannabis Companies Sell Products with Excessive THC Content

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January 21, 2025 | Law.com

State High Court Reinstates $7M Jury Verdict for Passenger Injured in Potentially Avoidable Crash

Last week, the state high court affirmed the jury's verdict, finding the evidence presented could lead a juror to reasonably infer that Furr's failure to keep a proper lookout and/or failure to yield to another car was a proximate cause of the accident.

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January 16, 2025 | Law.com

Willkie Farr & Gallagher Drives Legal Challenge for Uber Against State's Rideshare Laws

Uber alleges that new regulations require it to "'prominently display'" and use "'design techniques intended to draw the eye'" to certain information on the app and provide purportedly inaccurate messaging that "Uber does not sufficiently compensate its drivers,'" the complaint said.

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January 14, 2025 | Law.com

Mich. Attorney Faces One-Year Suspension in Ill. for Lying to Firm, Clients

An attorney began working at a Michigan-based firm in July 2020, based on an agreement to seek admission to practice law in the state. His firm later discovered that he lied to its managing partners and clients about his admission to the Michigan State Bar for one year.

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January 13, 2025 | Law.com

Attorney Sanctioned $9K for Revealing Nude Photos, Other Info in Court Filing

"These are serious breaches of privacy, and it frankly shocks the court that Mr. Kretchmar 'had either forgotten or never noticed that the 677 pages revealed anyone’s' [personal identifying information] or nude photographs," U.S. District Judge Sara L. Ellis for the Northern District of Illinois wrote in an order sanctioning a Chicago-area attorney.

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January 10, 2025 | Law.com

Chicago Cubs' IP Claim to Continue Against Wrigley View Rooftop, Judge Rules

An Illinois federal judge said the business cannot rely on an expired settlement agreement between it and the baseball team to compel arbitration.

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October 08, 2024 | Law.com

'The Book Is Not Worth the Candle': T-Mobile's In-House Counsel Not Subject to Discovery Demands in Merger Dispute

"All things being considered, fifty custodians certainly provide a reasonable opportunity—at the very least—for the plaintiffs to reasonably investigate their case. Adding three or four in-house counsel to that list is out of proportion to the needs of the case. The aphorism, 'the book is not worth the candle' is not out of place here," wrote U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole for the Northern District of Illinois.

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October 04, 2024 | Law.com

Federal Judge Preliminarily Approves $10M Settlement Against Citgo's 'Marriage Penalty' in Pensions Benefits

A Chicago federal judge preliminarily approved a settlement providing $10 million in increased pension payments for Citgo retirees.

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October 04, 2024 | Law.com

Ex-Assistant State Attorney Suspended for One Year for Dishonesty on Judicial Application, Job Interviews

"If respondent's colleagues had believed him, and had hired him based on his statements during the interview, it would have damaged the criminal justice system," the hearing board's report said.

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