A federal judge in Pennsylvania determined that some of an independent contractor’s counterclaims against a real estate services company can proceed to trial, determining a jury waiver provision in the parties’ business agreement doesn’t clearly apply to all of the claims. In a Monday opinion, U.S. District Judge John F. Murphy…

DoctorNow Inc., a diagnostic laboratory, claimed Cigna and Connecticut General Life Insurance failed to pay more than $5.7 million for COVID-19 testing in violation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Cigna Corp., Cigna Health and…

Steve Bannon Trial for Defrauding ‘We Build The Wall’ Donors Set for December | New York Law Journal Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2024/07/23/steve-bannon-trial-for-defrauding-we-build-the-wall-donors-set-for-december/ Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The Conservative Political Action…

Last month’s $178 million settlement with Pacific Power has sparked accusations of “collusion” and “mudslinging” among plaintiffs lawyers who represent thousands of victims of Oregon’s 2020 wildfires. Chicago’s Edelson, which is co-lead counsel in the litigation, obtained about $200 million in verdicts against Pacific Power and its parent company, PacifiCorp,…

Niklas Maydell, who has been managing partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Brussels office since it opened in 2022, faces a tough competitor in the war for talent in the EU’s unofficial administrative capital. Unlike in other European jurisdictions, he is not only contending with other deep-pocketed corporate law firms;…

The crypto mining company behind the largest Bitcoin hosting facility in North America has filed a multimillion-dollar securities fraud lawsuit in a Texas state court against joint venture partners and their officers. A team of Am Law 100 firm partners at Foley & Lardner, led by Robert T. Slovak, brought…