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Decade-Long Dispute Over Development of the Moxy Hotel in Times Square Resolved

NEW YORK, NY - After a one-week trial in New York State Supreme Court at 60 Centre Street, Judge Joel Cohen found in favor of The Lightstone Group, LLC, represented by longtime Impact client Jack Baughman and his incredible team...

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FTC Can't Pause Novant's $320M Bid To Buy NC Hospitals

CHARLOTTE, NC - The Federal Trade Commission lost its bid to block Novant Health from buying two local hospitals in North Carolina after a federal judge concluded that competition would fare better if the merger advanced. The court order, signed...

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Davis Polk Not Liable In Black Atty's Retaliation Case

NEW YORK, NY - A federal jury in Manhattan ruled quickly on Monday, finding Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and two lawyers not accountable in the case of a former Black associate who claimed he was fired for bringing up...

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Del. Jury Says NanoString Owes $31M In 10x Patent Spat

WILMINGTON, DE - A federal jury in Wilmington, DE determined last Friday that Seattle-based NanoString Technologies Inc. willfully infringed several gene technology patents and awarded more than $31 million in damages to 10x Genomics Inc. The jury determined that NanoString...

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Dow, PPG Avoid Damages In Calif. Contamination Trial

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A California jury found that the City of Modesto (“Modesto”) was not harmed by the presence of perchloroethylene (“PCE”), supplied to Acme Dry Cleaners (“Acme”) by Dow and PPG, in the city's groundwater and awarded no...

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Georgia’s Voting Maps Are Struck Down

ATLANTA, GA - A federal judge in Atlanta decided that Republicans in Georgia violated a major civil rights law by creating voting districts that weakened the influence of Black voters. Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia...

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