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Insurer Says 2013 Explosion Coverage Dispute Is Resolv= ed

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Backed by letters from two ex-San = Francisco mayors and 188 other supporters, convicted real estate investor V= ictor Makras avoided prison time Tuesday for aiding a then-city official to= fraudulently obtain a $1.3 million home loan from Quicken Loans, receiving= three years probation and a $15,000 fine.=0D

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Dietary supplement manufacturer Be= tter Nutritionals sued ex-business partner Goli Nutrition and DLA Piper for= hundreds of millions of dollars in California federal court Monday, saying= Goli bailed on a lucrative nutritional gummy supplements manufacturing agr= eement and the law firm committed malpractice when it repped both sides in = the deal.=0D

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Rail coupler importers challenging= the involvement of one company's ex-counsel in ongoing investigations into= imports from China and Mexico faced another setback Tuesday when the U.S. = Court of International Trade again declined to block the attorney from the = probes.=0D

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Though the debut of OpenAI's ChatG= PT has prompted some fears about negative impact on lawyers, artificial int= elligence technology can be a powerful tool for legal operations profession= als if used effectively to augment their work, say Justin Ben-Asher and Gwe= ndolyn Renigar at Steptoe, and Elizabeth Matthews at TotalEnergies.=0D

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With more than half of Southern Di= strict of New York judges now allowing four or fewer months for fact discov= ery, civil litigators in this aspiring "rocket docket" jurisdiction should = prioritize case management methods that make the most of this compressed ti= meline, say Jaclyn Grodin and Nicholas Cutaia at Goulston & Storrs.=0D

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By Tracey Read

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New York-based investment fund lit= igation boutique Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP is the latest small firm to top= BigLaw's going rate for year-end associate bonuses.=0D

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Overseas & Out Of Time: DOJ Reforms Boost Cross-Bo= rder Risk

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While the impact of the U.S. Depar= tment of Justice's recent revisions to its corporate criminal enforcement p= olicies has yet to be largely realized, the intersection of the heightened = emphasis on speed and institutionwide directives regarding foreign data pri= vacy laws has raised concerns about the extent of prosecutors' expertise an= d uncertainty for companies with respect to what qualifies as a "timely" di= sclosure.=0D

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NC Firm Mourns 'Heroic' Atty Slain In 'Senseless Viole= nce'

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A personal injury attorney who was= killed in a reported murder-suicide at his law firm of Riddle & Brantl= ey LLP was known for his work ethic and kindness, the law firm said in a st= atement Tuesday.=0D

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USC Sued After Jones Day Inquiry Alleges Rankings Frau= d

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University of Southern California = students have hit the college and the company that administers its online g= raduate program with a putative false advertising class action, alleging th= at a Jones Day report revealed that they have been juking data sent to U.S.= News & World Report, which ranks collegiate programs.=0D

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How DC Became A Consumer Protection Pioneer

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The District of Columbia attorney = general made headlines last month by filing a novel consumer protection law= suit aimed at holding the Washington Commanders and the NFL liable for cove= ring up toxic workplace allegations at the franchise. But the case is just = the latest of a series spanning eight years that has catapulted D.C. to the= forefront of consumer protection law. Here, Law360 examines the D.C. Attor= ney General’s Office’s rise as a leader in consumer protection = litigation.=0D

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Musk Wants 'Slapdash' Twitter Investor Suit Sent To De= laware

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Elon Musk wants a California feder= al judge to enforce the forum-selection clause in Twitter's merger agreemen= t and send an investor's proposed class action to Delaware, saying he "race= d to the wrong courthouse" and filed a "slapdash" complaint that fails to s= how Musk's vacillating approach to the $44 billion purchase of Twitter was = a ploy designed to drive down its stock price.=0D

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