Fox News has made changes to its counterclaims against Smartmatic in New York Supreme Court, claiming information obtained during discovery shows the damages the voting tech company claims amount to multiples of its historical earnings. A Fox News spokesperson said the filing responding to Smartmatic’s first amended complaint shows Smartmatic has not been…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to apologize to the family of murder victims for misrepresenting communications with them and for failing to comply with instructions to investigate a habeas claim, affirming a district court’s sanctions against the office. The Third…

Attorneys for a professor awarded $30 million by a jury in the first case to go to trial under New York City’s revenge porn legislation said their client’s strong testimony and her dedication to reporting the defendant’s crimes helped them secure the verdict. Jurors awarded Dr. Spring Chenoa Cooper $20…

Motley Rice, facing possible disqualification from dozens of opioid lawsuits, has turned to the latest formal opinion about the American Bar Association’s professional conduct rule governing ethics guidance for government lawyers. OptumRx Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager and defendant in the opioid lawsuits, is attempting to disqualify Motley Rice, which it says…

Chicago-based Rabicoff Law added five telephone call-routing patent infringement lawsuits Monday to two filed the prior week in Texas federal courts. Several national restaurant chains, including Twin Peaks Restaurants LP, TGI Fridays Franchisor LLC and Wingstop Restaurants Inc. are among the defendants Rabicoff sued on behalf of Patent Armory Inc.,…

On the eve of trial, prosecutors for the Broward County State Attorney’s Office dropped their case against William Dean, a managing partner at Ford, Dean & Rotundo in North Miami Beach, over allegations of extortion of an NFL player. “It’s important to remember that the supposed ‘victim’ in this case—the…