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Rubio Wants More Guardrails for Research Funds in China Bill

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's amendment would expand oversight of research funds to include the U.S. intelligence community, requiring the Director of National Intelligence and other agencies to certify that anyone receiving money authorized by the legislation is not susceptible to foreign threats.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

2nd Bellwether Trial Over 3M's Combat Earplugs Set to Kick Off Monday

The trial, which will take place in Pensacola, Florida, comes two weeks after a federal jury awarded $7.1 million in the first bellwether case over 3M's earplugs.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

In First Bellwether Trial Over Faulty Combat Earplugs, North Florida Jury Hits 3M With $7.1M Verdict

After a day of deliberations, a federal jury in Florida awarded compensatory and punitive damages to three plaintiffs in the first bellwether trial over the design of 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A Group of Yale Law Students Just Clinched a Government Settlement for Military Vets

Four interns from Yale Law School helped secure a class action settlement that could affect tens of thousands of military veterans seeking to upgrade less-than-honorable discharges.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Crucial to Maintain Organization': Could 3M Earplugs Be the Largest Mass Tort in a Decade?

The earplug cases show few signs of slowing down, with plaintiffs lawyers estimating that more than 800,000 military veterans now suffer from hearing damage. The first trial is set for April 5.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Pensacola Gunman Got Around Ban on Foreigners Buying Guns

Authorities have not disclosed precisely how a Royal Saudi Air Force officer undergoing months of flight training at the Pensacola naval base obtained the Glock 9 mm handgun he used in the attack that ended with three servicemen dead and him being killed.
5 minute read

Law.com

Some MDL Judges, Like the Defense Bar, Want an 'Initial Census' of Cases

Judges in MDLs over Juul e-cigarettes and 3M earplugs have ordered lawyers to come up with an early vetting process, which the defense bar has advocated for to weed out meritless lawsuits.
6 minute read

Law.com

Boots to Suits: The Path from JAG Corps to Big Law and Beyond

The challenge for military lawyers who shift gears into civilian practice is that legal employers don't necessarily understand how their prior experience translates to civilian law.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Orrick Senior Associate Gets Dying Army Veteran an Honorable Discharge

New York County Lawyers Association president Stephen Lessard, of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said the upgrade to an honorable discharge makes the 85-year-old Army veteran eligible for medical benefits and a military burial.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Meet the In-House Counsel Who Just Tried—and Won—a Billion Dollar Case. Pro Bono.

Dominion Energy Senior Counsel David DePippo and Hunton Andrews Kurth associate Tim McHugh just won a major victory for veterans before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
4 minute read

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