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ABC NEWS COVERAGE: UPS Plane Crash Litigation

ABC News has aired emotional coverage of the devastating November 4, 2025, UPS Flight 2976 crash. 

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Client Alert: Fundraising Platform Failures and Increasing Government Scrutiny Highlight Need for Diversification and Ongoing Vigilance by Nonprofits

Charitable fundraising is under increased regulatory oversight and heightened donor expectations as evidenced by four recent developments. Together with the possible end of one fundraising channel and start of an innovative new channel, these developments highlight the importance of fundraising diversification and ongoing due diligence.

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Client Alert: Fourth Circuit Reverses Medicaid Fraud Convictions in U.S. v. Davis: A Reminder That Pattern Evidence Is Not a Substitute for Count-Specific Proof

Case Summary

In an unpublished opinion issued April 24, 2026, a divided Fourth Circuit panel reversed two convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 1347, holding that evidence of a generally questionable billing practice could not, on its own, establish that the specific claims charged in the indictment were false.

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Morse and DiStanislao Win Federal Court Ordered Placement for Disabled Child

Whiteford attorneys Sam Morse and Thomas DiStanislao, acting pro bono, sued the City of Newport News on behalf of a disabled child, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act after the City denied the child admission to its before-school and after-school program. The case is B.H. ex rel. Howe v. City of Newport News, No. 4:25-cv-97 (E.D. Va.). Whiteford sought preliminary injunctive relief directing the City to admit the child.

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Client Alert: What’s Market in Private M&A?

As private M&A deal terms continue to shift, understanding what’s market has become increasingly important when negotiating transactions. We reviewed key data points drawn from publicly available acquisition agreements filed on EDGAR, with a focus on deal terms we are seeing most frequently negotiated in practice, including indemnification, earnouts, and representations and warranties insurance (RWI). 

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Employment Law Update: Federal Court Rejects Rehearing of Religious Accommodation Claim

Five years after the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, cases involving religious objections to employers’ vaccination requirements are now reaching the federal appellate courts.