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Florida Federal Judge Rules False Claims Act Qui Tam Provisions are Unconstitutional

"The False Claims Act has been around since the Civil War and has functioned in its current form for nearly 40 years," said Ari Yampolsky, a partner at Whistleblower Partners. "Yesterday's holding by Judge Mizelle in the Middle District of Florida in the Zafirov case is an aberration."
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

How Senior Litigators Are Dealing With the 'Biden Effect'

Introducing a new series of stories from Law.com's litigation desk discussing how litigators approaching their 70s and beyond are approaching career transitions.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Justices Take Time to Answer Ken Paxton About Handguns at the State Fair

The high court asks how the attorney general squares this position with its own opinion issued in 2016 when it concluded private parties leasing government-owned facilities could restrict firearms on the premises.
4 minute read

Law.com

'You Are Not Alone': 120 Sex Assault Victims Plan to Sue Sean 'Diddy' Combs

At a Tuesday news conference, attorney Tony Buzbee, of The Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, called on Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sexual assault victims to come forward. 'There is a great strength in numbers,' he said.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bitcoin Mining Company That Enlisted Davis Polk Beats Investor Class Action

"When you boil down allegations that involve matters in the crypto space and cut through the complexity, the basics of the U.S. securities laws still apply," said Edmund Polubinski, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

$1.25M Settlement for Injured Pedestrian Who Didn't Use Crosswalk

"No one was disputing her injuries, but the liability is what they were kind of hanging their hat on," said plaintiffs counsel Anthony Masone of Carter Mario.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'I Don't Hide My Age': 82 and Practicing in Big Law

"People naturally tend to think that younger people, relatively recently out of law school, might not know as much as people who've been practicing for a while. And to some extent that could be true, and to some extent that isn't true," said Andrew M. Epstein, 82, of Wilson Elser.
10 minute read

Law.com

The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

It's a conversation coming up more often among practicing lawyers who are approaching their 70s or, in some cases, are well into that decade of their life. Many who started practicing decades ago don't want to retire or play golf.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Savannah Jury Returns $3.4M Injury Verdict Against State Farm Client

"The at-fault driver pled guilty to failing to yield right of way, but then disputed being at fault in the civil case," said plaintiff counsel Seth Diamond of Morgan & Morgan in Atlanta. "A Chatham County jury ultimately awarded Ms. Smith, now 35, a $3,400,000 verdict."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'It Was a Terrible Mistake:' 6 Lawyers Disciplined by Florida High Court

One attorney said he has been participating in the Florida Lawyers Assistance program since the incident that caused the ethics case against him.
5 minute read

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