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Senior reporter @ Bloomberg Law covering litigation finance. Say hi:
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Diana Dombrowski
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For the past several months
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and I have been analyzing 40 federal civil rights cases filed since 2017 by students who said they were strip searched at school. We found some disturbing patterns.
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Strip Searches in Schools Traumatize Kids Over Minor Offenses
A Bloomberg Law investigation found 40 federal civil rights lawsuits since 2017 claiming children and teenagers were strip searched at school without parents knowing – often for vape pens and minor of...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/strip-searches-in-schools-traumatize-kids-over-minor-offenses
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Suzanne Monyak
10 months ago
I'll be helping out this spring w/ DOJ coverage, including changes at the civil rights division and at US attorney's offices. Current and former DOJ employees, I'd love to hear from you, and I'm always happy to chat off-the-record. You can reach me on Signal below:
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We looked into the Firearms Policy Coalition, a nonprofit gun rights group challenging laws and regulations in at least 90 cases across 20 states. It's landed on its biggest stage yet: The Supreme Court. w/
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news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Strategy of a Gun Rights Group: Attack Online, Prevail in Court
With relentless legal challenges and pugnacious, profanity-laden tweets, the Firearms Policy Coalition has built a broad online following and a string of court victories. Now the Nevada-based group ha...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/strategy-of-a-gun-rights-group-attack-online-prevail-in-court
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Ben Penn
11 months ago
NEW: Trump foreign aid freeze has halted DOJ's overseas enforcement on the the same priorities administration says are its top threats (fentanyl, cartels). Past & present DOJ employees say this pause poses long-term risks to US national security.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trump Foreign Aid Freeze Halts DOJ Overseas Enforcement
President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze has suspended Justice Department overseas investigators from pursuing the same targets his administration says it prioritizes as top threats.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-foreign-aid-freeze-halts-doj-overseas-enforcement
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New: Fox Corporation sued LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman for information on his litigation funding in the $2.7 billion defamation case against the media company.
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Fox Sues LinkedIn Co-Founder Hoffman for Litigation Funding Info
Fox Corp. wants documents from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman regarding his funding of a defamation case against the media company.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/fox-sues-linkedin-co-founder-hoffman-for-litigation-funding-info
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New: Patent lawsuits filed in Delaware’s federal court dropped precipitously after a judge started requiring litigants to reveal any outside funding for their cases, according to a study out of the
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Disclosure Order Targeting Funders Stunts Delaware Patent Suits
Patent lawsuits filed in Delaware’s federal court dropped precipitously after a judge started requiring litigants to reveal any outside funding for their cases.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/disclosure-order-targeting-funders-stunts-delaware-patent-suits
about 1 year ago
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RFK Jr.'s nomination to run HHS is being cheered by plaintiffs’ attorneys who focus on mass tort cases. A former trial attorney, they see him as one of their own. His roots in a Democratic dynasty make him an unconventional pick in Trump’s administration.
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RFK Jr. for Health Chief Excites 'Bullish' Mass Tort Lawyers
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to run the Health and Human Services Department is being cheered by plaintiffs’ attorneys who focus on mass tort cases.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/rfk-jr-as-health-chief-excites-mass-tort-lawyers-eager-to-sue
about 1 year ago
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