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July 02, 2025
Fresno Catholic Diocese Files Ch. 11 To Deal With Abuse Suits
The Catholic Diocese of Fresno, California, has filed for Chapter 11 protection with $79 million of liabilities, facing more than 150 lawsuits over clergy sexual abuse.
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July 02, 2025
Canned Food Group Del Monte Hits Ch. 11 With $1.2B Debt
Packaged foods giant Del Monte is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey with plans for a sale after a liability management transaction last year failed to sufficiently reduce borrowing costs from its $1.23 billion of secured debt.
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July 01, 2025
Google Hit With $314M Verdict In Android Data Use Suit
A California state jury Tuesday sided with a class of millions of Android mobile device users in the Golden State accusing Google of transferring cellular data from their devices without their consent for information harvesting and surveillance purposes, awarding the users more than $314.6 million.
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July 01, 2025
5 Healthcare Enforcement Actions You Don't Want To Miss
A healthcare fraud operation announced by the Justice Department targeting $14.6 billion in potential false claims wasn't the only enforcement action making waves in the industry this past week.
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July 01, 2025
Apple Says Ex-Engineer Stole Vision Pro IP To Take To Snap
Apple has accused a former senior engineer of stealing trade secrets for its Vision Pro headset computer before starting a new job at Snap Inc. working on that company's augmented reality glasses.
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July 01, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Revive Detainee's CIA Torture Suit
A Washington federal judge was right to dismiss a Guantánamo Bay detainee's tort claims against two psychologists who helped the CIA pioneer so-called enhanced interrogation techniques on him after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled.
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July 01, 2025
5 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In July
The Federal Circuit's argument calendar this month includes Apple's bid to undo a ruling that caused a blood oxygen monitor feature to be pulled from the Apple Watch, and a challenge by Sonos to a decision that torpedoed its $32.5 million speaker patent verdict against Google.
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July 01, 2025
Apple Backers Raise Price, Privilege Concerns At 9th Circ.
Trade groups and advocacy organizations have raised a series of concerns with the Ninth Circuit about a federal district court mandate blocking Apple from charging commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, arguing an Epic Games Inc. injunction redux improperly compels speech, imperils price-setting autonomy and threatens legal privilege.
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July 01, 2025
State AGs Sue Gov't To Halt Medicaid Data Sharing With ICE
A California-led coalition of nearly two dozen state attorneys general is pushing a federal court to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving immigration officials "unfettered access" to Medicaid recipients' personal health information, arguing that the sharing flouts decades of policy and practice.
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July 01, 2025
The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation.
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July 01, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Newsom, Lively, MyPillow
In this month's defamation litigation roundup, Law360 looks back on a decision in the high-profile fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, as well as at a jury verdict in a voting machine company executive's case against MyPillow's CEO.
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July 01, 2025
Celebrity Broker's Co. Renews NAR Antitrust Suit
A real estate listing company owned by broker Mauricio Umansky hit the National Association of Realtors with a renewed antitrust suit on Tuesday, alleging in California federal court that the trade group's clear cooperation policy for property listings is anticompetitive.
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July 01, 2025
Calif. Panel Backs Warner Bros.' Win In Writer's Film Theft Suit
A California appeals court refused to revive a writer's lawsuit alleging Warner Bros.' film "Life of the Party" was a "cinematic clone" of her concept about a mother going to college with her daughter, ruling Monday the evidence shows the film was independently created without knowledge of the plaintiff's ideas.
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July 01, 2025
Fenwick, Latham Lead Web-Design Giant Figma's IPO Filing
Web-design software maker Figma Inc. on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering, joining a growing pipeline of IPO candidates as summer heats up, represented by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.
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July 01, 2025
Banking Veteran's Latest SPAC Leads 3 IPOs Raising $420M
Banking executive Betsy Cohen's latest special purpose acquisition company began trading Tuesday after raising $220 million, in the largest of three initial public offerings totaling $420 million to join a resurgent SPAC market.
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July 01, 2025
Investors Sue Petco Over Premium Pet Food Business Model
Petco and several current and former executives misled the public about the sustainability of its premium pet food business model and oversold the company's growth prospects while hiding the impact of shifting consumer behavior post-COVID-19, a new lawsuit has alleged.
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July 01, 2025
Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come.
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July 01, 2025
OpenAI Accused Of Using Pirated Works, 'Shadow Libraries'
Authors hit OpenAI and its investor Microsoft with a putative class action alleging that the artificial intelligence company used written works from "shadow libraries" to train its generative AI machines, saying the use of the pirated IP negates any claim of fair use.
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July 01, 2025
Weil Patent Pro Jumps To WilmerHale In Silicon Valley
WilmerHale is expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing on a longtime Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP patent expert as a partner in its Silicon Valley office.
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July 01, 2025
Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2025 Midyear Report
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over whether personal injury claims can be brought under a RICO statute and a $7.4 billion settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from the first six months of 2025.
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July 01, 2025
Judge OKs Perplexity 'Comet' Browser Launch Amid TM Fight
Perplexity AI can go forward with launching a search engine called "Comet" amid a trademark infringement challenge by Comet ML Inc., but the artificial intelligence giant can't encroach on the other company's market territory, a California federal judge said Monday.
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July 01, 2025
ArentFox Schiff Adds 2 FanDuel Sports In-House Counsel
ArentFox Schiff LLP is growing its sports industry team, bringing in two in-house counsel from FanDuel Sports Network to its Los Angeles office, one as a partner, the other as an associate.
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June 30, 2025
Newsom Signs CEQA Reform, Aiming To Ease Housing Crisis
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday evening signed into law two bills overhauling the state's landmark environmental law to knock down hurdles to new development in an effort to address the state's ongoing housing shortage.
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June 30, 2025
DOJ Seeks Permanent Block On LA's Sanctuary City Policies
The Trump administration filed suit Monday in California federal court seeking to permanently block the city of Los Angeles from enforcing policies it alleges unconstitutionally obstruct federal immigration enforcement, citing pushback during recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest operations.
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June 30, 2025
Proton Joins Fight Over Alleged Apple App Store Monopoly
Swiss technology company Proton on Monday filed its own proposed class action accusing Apple of monopolizing the markets for iOS app distribution and payment processing, saying this latest suit is needed to ensure Apple changes its App Store policies and permanently end the alleged anticompetitive behavior.
Expert Analysis
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Reviewing Calif. Push To Restrict Private Equity In Healthcare
A recent proposed bill in California aims to broaden the state's existing corporate practice of medicine restrictions, so investors must ensure that there is clear delineation between private equity investment in practice management and physicians' clinical decision-making, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.
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Patent Drafting Pointers From Fed. Circ. COVID Test Ruling
The Federal Circuit's recent decision in DNA Genotek v. Spectrum Solutions provides several best practice pointers for drafting and prosecuting patent applications, highlighting how nuances in wording can potentially limit the scope of claims or otherwise affect claim constructions, says Irah Donner at Manatt.
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Series
Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer
With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.
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2 Recent Federal Decisions Affecting State CIPA Cases
Two recent cases may help stem the tide of the ever-increasing number of California Invasion of Privacy Act complaints filed in federal court, but won't prevent plaintiffs from filing in state courts, so companies need to shift their focus from Article III standing to statutory standing, says Matthew Pearson at Womble Bond.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw
Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: MDL Hubs
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation showed a willingness in 2024 to establish new multidistrict litigation proceedings in cities with both less MDL and air traffic, including states that had no other pending MDL proceedings, but the overall number of pending MDL proceedings has dwindled down, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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Service By Token Is Transforming Crypto Litigation Landscape
As the Trump administration advocates a new course of cryptocurrency regulation, courts in the U.S. and abroad are authorizing innovative methods of process service, including via nonfungible tokens and blockchain messaging, offering practical solutions for litigators grappling with the anonymity of cyber defendants, says Jose Ceide at Salazar Law.
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Opinion
After Fires, Calif. Must Streamline Enviro Reviews For Housing
Recent waivers to the California Environmental Quality Act and other laws granted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to expedite reconstruction of residential property damaged in the Los Angeles wildfires are laudable — but given the state's widespread housing shortage, policymakers should extend the same benefits to other communities, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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PG&E Win Boosts Employers' Defamation Defense
A California appeals court's recent Hearn v. PG&E ruling, reversing a $2 million verdict against PG&E related to an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, provides employers with a stronger defense against defamation claims tied to termination, but also highlights the need for fairness and diligence in internal investigations and communications, say attorneys at Kaufman Dolowich.
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How Calif. Algorithmic Pricing Bills Could Affect Consumers
California's legislative efforts to regulate algorithmic pricing may address antitrust and fairness concerns, but could stop retailers from providing consumer discounts, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.
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State Securities Enforcers May Fill A Federal Enforcement Gap
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to take a lighter touch under the new administration, but state enforcement efforts are likely to continue unabated, and potentially even increase, particularly with regard to digital assets and ESG disclosures, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist
Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Recent Cases Highlight Latest AI-Related Civil Litigation Risks
Ongoing lawsuits in federal district courts reveal potential risks that companies using artificial intelligence may face from civil litigants, including health insurance coverage cases involving contractual and equitable claims, and myriad cases concerning securities disclosure claims, say attorneys at Katten.