Russia must face litigation filed by a subsidiary of one of Ukraine's largest privately owned energy distributors to enforce a $219 million arbitral award it won after its Crimean assets were seized, after a D.C. federal judge on Thursday rejected the country's sovereign immunity defenses.
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Russia Loses Bid To Nix $219M Award Enforcement Suit

By Caroline Simson

Russia must face litigation filed by a subsidiary of one of Ukraine's largest privately owned energy distributors to enforce a $219 million arbitral award it won after its Crimean assets were seized, after a D.C. federal judge on Thursday rejected the country's sovereign immunity defenses.

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Fla. Jury Hits Expedia With $30M Helms-Burton Verdict

By Carolina Bolado

A Miami jury on Friday said Expedia and three related entities owe $29.85 million after finding the online booking companies liable for violating the Helms-Burton Act's anti-trafficking provision by offering reservations for resorts on a barrier island seized by Fidel Castro's government.

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Eletson's New Owners Look To Oust Reed Smith From Cases

By Clara Geoghegan

Reorganized Greek oil shipping group Eletson Holdings Inc. has told a New York bankruptcy judge that Reed Smith LLP should stop representing the company and its former owners in litigation and appeals or face sanctions.

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SC School District's Embezzlement Suit Sent To Arbitration

By Hope Patti

A South Carolina school district must arbitrate the arbitrability of its claims that its insurer conspired with its former chief financial officer to steal tens of millions of dollars from the district by issuing unnecessary and expensive insurance policies, a federal court ordered.

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Analysis

WTO's Position In New Trump Administration Remains Unclear

By Caroline Simson

The Trump administration's aggressive imposition of tariffs has laid the groundwork for an onslaught of likely toothless claims brought against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization, even as the U.S.' stance with the international body remains guarded at best.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Baker Donelson Launches In NJ With 26 Epstein Becker Attys

By Jake Maher

Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC announced a major expansion into New Jersey on Monday with 26 attorneys joining the firm from Epstein Becker Green in new offices in Princeton and Iselin.

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Democrats Seek More Funds To Protect Judges From Threats

By Ryan Boysen

Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts if more funding is needed to protect federal judges from a spike in physical threats that challenge "the viability of the rule of law itself."

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Calif. Judges Who Lost Homes Sue LA Over Palisades Fire

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge and a retired federal magistrate judge whose homes were destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire have sued the city of Los Angeles over the deadly inferno, saying two water reservoirs drained by the city's water department for repairs prior to the blaze substantially caused their losses.

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Litigation Funder Accused Of Not Protecting User Data

By Emily Sawicki

Florida-based national litigation funder US Claims Capital LLC failed to protect the personal data of users ahead of a January data breach, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court in Palm Beach on Monday.

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Billionaire Attorney Sues Miami Herald, Claiming Defamation

By Carolina Bolado

Billionaire Miami attorney John Ruiz has sued the Miami Herald and two of its reporters in Florida state court, alleging they defamed him by running a report saying he and his company MSP Recovery Inc. were the targets of federal criminal and civil investigations.

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Florida Federal Judge To Take Senior Status In August

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump is gaining yet another federal judicial vacancy in his adopted state, Florida.

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Judge Purposely Shot Wife Dead, Orange County DA Sums Up

By Gina Kim

California state Judge Jeffrey Ferguson murdered his wife by drunkenly pointing a loaded gun at her during a heated argument and pulling the trigger, prosecutors said during closing arguments Monday, while defense counsel maintained he was fumbling with the gun because of a shoulder injury and it accidentally fired.

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GenapSys Fights Paul Hastings Bid To Ax Malpractice Suit

By James Mills

GenapSys Inc. is pushing back on Paul Hastings LLP's motion for summary judgment in the legal malpractice suit the gene sequencing company filed, contending it was not required to disclose the legal malpractice suit to a bankruptcy court.

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DOJ Pushes Chrome Sale To Solve Google Monopoly

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice sought to shape the future of online search and artificial intelligence chatbots Monday with opening arguments pushing a D.C. federal judge to force Google to sell its Chrome browser and to "disrupt" the billions paid for default search engine status on iPhones, Firefox and more.

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