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Ohio Hospital Must Produce Docs In Baby Brain Damage Suit
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Ohio Hospital Must Produce Docs In Baby Brain Damage Suit By Mike Curley An Ohio state appeals court on Thursday ruled that a hospital must turn over documents about its policies in a suit over an infant's birth injuries, saying that it failed to show that the documents must be protected. Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1699512?nl_pk=b5b47d70-3fa3-428e-b95…

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Holmes, Kapoor Aided By Push To Curb Prison Time
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Holmes, Kapoor Aided By Push To Curb Prison Time By Chris Villani Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor's release to home confinement less than halfway through a 5½-year prison term and the expectation that Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will significantly reduce her 11-year sentence are emblematic of a decarceration movement that has disproportionately helped white collar offenders, experts told Law360. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/health/articles/1698987?nl_pk=b5b47d70-3fa3-428e-b95…

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What The ESG Divide Means For Insurers And Beyond
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

What The ESG Divide Means For Insurers And Beyond The debate around ESG is becoming increasingly polarized, with some states passing legislation that prohibits the use of ESG factors and others advancing affirmative legislation, highlighting the importance for insurers and other companies to understand this complex legal landscape, say Scott Seaman and Bessie Daschbach at Hinshaw. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/insurance/articles/1697393?nl_pk=710b6860-f64b-4b2d-…

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Littler Wants To Review Ex-Firm Atty's Docs In Theft Suit
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Littler Wants To Review Ex-Firm Atty's Docs In Theft Suit By Lynn LaRowe Littler Mendelson PC told a Texas state judge Thursday that a closer examination is needed into about 10,000 documents found in the possession of a former firm attorney facing theft allegations to determine whether the material is confidential in nature. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1699410?nl_pk=373b53d…

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Challenging Gov't Use Of Nontraditional White Collar Tools
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Challenging Gov't Use Of Nontraditional White Collar Tools As the government prosecutes white collar cases with an ever-increasing reliance on nontraditional tools — including wiretaps, cooperating witnesses and racketeering charges — defense attorneys must understand how to mount effective defenses against such tools, say Glenn MacKinlay and Dean Elwell at McCarter & English. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1697546?nl_pk=373b53d…

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Handling Hostile Depositions: Keep Calm And Make A Record
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Handling Hostile Depositions: Keep Calm And Make A Record When depositions turn contentious, attorneys should, among other strategies, maintain a professional demeanor and note any objectionable conduct on the record, thereby increasing chances of a favorable outcome for the client while preserving the integrity of the legal process, say attorneys at Steptoe & Johnson. Read full article » | https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1692514?nl_pk=a931e1a0-e840-4de…

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11th Circ. Pauses Trump's Clinton Suit Over Durham Report
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

11th Circ. Pauses Trump's Clinton Suit Over Durham Report By Jack Karp An appeal in former President Donald Trump's lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee of stirring up claims that he colluded with Russia should await a lower court's ruling on the recent Durham report, the Eleventh Circuit said Thursday. 3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1699446?nl_pk=a931e1a0-e840-4de…

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Khan Denies FTC Is 'Harassing' Musk, Losing On Purpose
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Khan Denies FTC Is 'Harassing' Musk, Losing On Purpose By Bryan Koenig House Republicans peppered Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan with tough questions Thursday over her agency's 0-4 track record in litigated merger challenges and its intense scrutiny of Twitter's privacy practices. Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1698925?nl_pk=2063be2d-1a29-43b…

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Hunter Biden Warns Trump To Stop Defaming, Inciting Base
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Hunter Biden Warns Trump To Stop Defaming, Inciting Base By Hailey Konnath President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden on Thursday slapped Donald Trump with a cease-and-desist notice, demanding that the former president stop making defamatory remarks about him that are likely to incite violence from Trump's followers, according to the letter, which was obtained by Law360. Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1699661?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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Online Tribal Lender Can't Arbitrate RICO Suit, Court Told
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Online Tribal Lender Can't Arbitrate RICO Suit, Court Told By Ali Sullivan An Indiana resident accusing a purported tribal lender of unlawfully claiming sovereign immunity to issue usurious loans urged an Indiana federal judge to keep his suit out of arbitration, contending the arbitration provision in the loan agreements is unconscionable. Response attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites » https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1699107?nl_pk=99a2a594-20ad-4b2f-a2…

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