Connecticut Law Tribune

10/03/2025

Judge Adds $10M Punitive Award: J&J Was ‘Indifferent,' ‘Willfully Ignorant' About Talc's Health Risks

On Wednesday, a Connecticut judge added $10 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson after a jury's $15 million verdict last year to a man who alleged its baby powder caused his mesothelioma.

10/03/2025

Judge Grants Government's Motion to Stay in Federal Funding Battle With Harvard

The Trump administration requested that the stay be granted until Congress restores the funding. Federal judge for the District of Massachusetts Allison D. Burroughs granted the motion in part and extended the deadline to file a status report until Oct. 10.

10/02/2025

The Demise of Universal Injunctions

Can effective class action orders can be issued as expeditiously as universal injunctions? In birthright citizenship cases, the answer should be yes.

10/02/2025

FedEx Hit With Employment Action for Misidentifying 'Independent Service Providers,' Suit Says

A group of current and former delivery drivers claim FedEx structured its business model to classify drivers as employees of "independent service providers despite FedEx controlling their work.

10/02/2025

Judge Rejects Claims of Racial Gerrymandering in N.C. State Senate Districts

In a 126-page order, the judge wrote that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge one Senate district because neither lived in that district. Otherwise, he said, they failed to provide enough evidence to prove that the lines diluted voting power.

10/02/2025

Eversheds' Captive ALSP Konexo Hires Former A&O Shearman Legal Staffing Leader

Amie Davidson, based in New York, will serve as head of resourcing strategy and markets for Konexo's legal staffing arm.

10/02/2025

'My Best Work': Lawyers Clinch $12.5M Settlement

Collaborating litigators with McArthur Law Firm in Atlanta and Hagen Law Firm in Decatur obtained a $12.5 million wrongful-death settlement against a DeKalb County construction company.

10/01/2025

Court Denies Bid to Allow Handguns in Connecticut State Parks and Forests

"Any attempt to spin this decision as a win for public safety is pompous puffery that is an insult to every law-abiding gun owner and the Constitution itself," said Cameron L. Atkinson, counsel for plaintiff David J. Nastri.

10/01/2025

'End Run' or 'Pro-Competition?' FTC, States' Antitrust Lawsuits Flag Zillow-Redfin Agreement

Seattle-based Zillow paid $100 million to acquire Redfin's listings of multi-unit buildings, through an agreement by which Redfin shifted the listings to Zillow. The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys generals allege the pact was violative of the Sherman and Clayt...

10/01/2025

This year’s summers arrived at firms that were grappling with two existential, evolving issues: the advancement of generative artificial intelligence and unprecedented scrutiny from the Trump administration.

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09/30/2025

State Appellate Court Reinstates Religious Discrimination Suit Against Hospital's Vaccination Policy

"In Massachusetts, an employer must accommodate an employee's genuine religious beliefs if it can do so without creating an undue hardship. We conclude that the plaintiff's stated beliefs that her body is a temple of God and that she prayed to God and received a message not to receive the COVID-19 v...

09/30/2025

Big Data Solves the Fog of War

This represents the next evolutionary step in personal injury litigation—transforming the uncertainty of litigation into informed decision-making.