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  • June 23, 2025

    High Court Won't Revisit 'Right-To-Control' Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take a second look at the landmark case that disposed of the "right-to-control" theory of fraud, rejecting a petition that argued the Second Circuit had wrongly remanded the action for retrial before resolving the appeal at hand.

  • June 23, 2025

    Justices Pass On La. Regulators' Tesla Sales Ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision that revived Tesla's lawsuit accusing Louisiana car dealers and regulators of illegally excluding the direct-sale automaker from the state, following a notification from the parties of their intent to reach a settlement.

  • June 20, 2025

    AT&T Customers' $177M Data Breach Deal Wins Initial OK

    A Texas federal judge Friday gave her initial blessing to a $177 million settlement resolving a flood of claims accusing AT&T Inc. of failing to safeguard customers' sensitive information during two separate incidents that exposed the data of tens of millions of people.

  • June 20, 2025

    Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

    The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

  • June 20, 2025

    Unsettling Expectations: Stewart Broadens Denials Again

    The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director has again held that patent owners eventually have the right to assume their patents won't be challenged in inter partes reviews, which many attorneys say is upsetting their understanding of how to navigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • June 20, 2025

    23andMe Judge Aims For Quick Decision On Sale To Founder

    After a second all-day hearing, a Missouri bankruptcy judge said he would decide as quickly as he can on the proposed $305 million sale of genetic testing company 23andMe to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.

  • June 20, 2025

    Bloomingdale's Website Tracking Suit Revived On CIPA Claim

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed the toss of a proposed class action accusing Bloomingdale's of illegally capturing website visitors' activities in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, finding the plaintiff had sufficiently alleged that the retailer had disclosed the "contents" of her communications to a third-party software provider.

  • June 20, 2025

    MicroStrategy Brass Face Suit Over $5.9B Bitcoin Loss

    Executives and directors of bitcoin-focused software company MicroStrategy Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint alleging they made over $31 million selling off company stock while its shares were artificially inflated by misrepresentations about the magnitude of upcoming changes to the company's accounting practices for its so-called bitcoin treasury.

  • June 20, 2025

    Meta Enables Investment Scams Via Facebook Ads, Suit Says

    Facebook and Instagram users Friday lodged a putative class action accusing Meta of turning a blind eye to scam advertisements on its platforms, telling a California federal court the social media giant enabled a Chinese penny stock investment scam that cost victim investors at least $300 million.

  • June 20, 2025

    Many Foreign Firms Could Face Stricter Access To US Markets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reevaluation of the definition of a foreign private issuer could have far-reaching consequences, potentially tightening access to U.S. markets for companies based in China and beyond, lawyers say.

  • June 20, 2025

    Trump Inks Rollback Of Biden-Era OCC Bank Merger Rule

    President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation nullifying the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Biden-era bank merger rule, clinching a Republican campaign to overturn what industry groups criticized as an overly restrictive and unclear framework for reviewing proposed transactions.

  • June 20, 2025

    Texas High Court Finds Pilots Union's Can Sue Over 737 Max

    The Texas Supreme Court on Friday put wind beneath the wings of a Southwest Airline Pilots Association's suit aiming to hold Boeing responsible for its members' economic losses after regulators grounded the 737 Max aircraft, finding the Railway Labor Act does not preempt the union's claims.

  • June 20, 2025

    Judge Awards $29.5M Counsel Fee For $147.5M Class Deal

    A Connecticut federal judge has given final approval to a $147.5 million settlement for an insurance fee class while awarding $29.5 million in attorney fees spread across three firms, marking a 5% reduction to the cut of the settlement counsel sought.

  • June 20, 2025

    Walmart Shells Out $10M To Resolve FTC Money Transfer Suit

    Walmart has agreed to pay $10 million to put to rest the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the retailer "turned a blind eye to scammers" who facilitated fraud through its money transfer services, according to an announcement made Friday.

  • June 20, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Senior Living, Data Centers, CEQA

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into a senior housing surge, data center construction, and the Golden State's latest efforts to spur housing construction without upsetting the California Environmental Quality Act.

  • June 20, 2025

    Senate's ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ, PCAOB Cuts Hit Parliamentarian Roadblock

    The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has thrown cold water on the Senate Banking Committee's bids to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and eliminate the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board as part of the "One Big Beautiful" budget megabill, but the panel's top Republican is vowing to keep seeking further spending cuts.

  • June 20, 2025

    Apple Hit With Securities Suit Over IPhone AI Feature Delays

    An Apple investor hit the tech giant and its top brass with a proposed securities class action in California federal court Friday, alleging they duped investors into believing Apple would launch new artificial intelligence Siri features on the iPhone 16 and caused Apple stock to tumble after the rollout was delayed repeatedly.

  • June 20, 2025

    Concrete Biz Investors Sue In Del. After Book, Record Denials

    Stockholders of a U.S. concrete company taken private in an $11.5 billion merger in February sued the business for books and records on Friday, arguing the company's denial of access wrongly cited the previous dismissal of a shareholder suit alleging unfair merger terms.

  • June 20, 2025

    9th Circ. Says NY Claims Against Hyundai Raise 'Novel' Issue

    A split panel of the Ninth Circuit Friday refused to toss negligence claims from cities in Ohio and Wisconsin in consolidated litigation alleging Hyundai and Kia, of which Hyundai is a major shareholder, sold vehicles with design flaws that enabled car thefts nationwide, but said negligence claims under New York law "raise a novel issue" of state law.

  • June 20, 2025

    Employment Authority: A Look At Fed. Worker Fights In Court

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on why experts think it may be easier for workers and unions to head to court in opposing the Trump administration's actions instead of going through administrative systems, how federal courts have ruled in the first half of 2025 on Biden-era EEOC regulations and guidance, and four wage and hour issues attorneys should be looking at in the next few months.

  • June 20, 2025

    Micron Can't Undo $445M Patent Loss Due To Biden Remarks

    A Texas federal judge has rejected Micron's challenges to a $445 million verdict against it for infringing Netlist computer memory patents, including a claim that it was prejudiced by Netlist suggesting to a jury that Micron benefited from ex-President Joe Biden's policies.

  • June 20, 2025

    2nd Circ. Affirms End Of NFL Meta Pixel Code Privacy Suit

    The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revive a New York federal lawsuit against the NFL over its use of Meta's tracking pixel on its website, finding an ordinary person would not be able to decipher the information collected.

  • June 20, 2025

    Fla. Bill Aims To Boost Employer Noncompete Power

    The Florida Legislature continued in its efforts to make the Sunshine State attractive to businesses with a bill this past session that would create one of the most employer-friendly noncompete statutory frameworks in the country.

  • June 20, 2025

    Atty Interaction Prompts Recusal In Google AI Suicide Suit

    A Florida federal judge and former Gunster shareholder has recused himself from a suit accusing Character.AI and Google of causing the suicide of a teen who was addicted to an artificial intelligence chatbot, after a Munger Tolles & Olson LLP attorney said he discussed the case with the then-attorney last year.

  • June 20, 2025

    NJ Tech Co. Brass Face Suit Over NASA Partnership Claims

    Executives and directors of Quantum Computing Inc. have been hit with a shareholder's derivative lawsuit accusing them of misleading investors on the company's dealings with NASA, its revenues and its progress on building a chip foundry.

Expert Analysis

  • Meta Case Brings Customer-Facing Statements Issue To Fore

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    Now that Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank has returned to California federal court after the U.S. Supreme Court in November found it improvidently granted certiorari, it will be worth watching whether customer-facing communications, such as Facebook's privacy policies, are found to be made in connection with the sale of a security, says Samuel Groner at Fried Frank.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

  • Home Depot Ruling Tolls Death Knell For 'Silent Cyber'

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    The Sixth Circuit's recent ruling that Home Depot's insurers did not have to cover costs from a data breach hammered one more nail in the coffin of silent cyber, where coverage is sought under standard property or commercial general liability policies that were not intended to insure cyberattack claims, say attorneys at Zelle.

  • Series

    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Opinion

    Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • 2 Del. Rulings Reinforce Proof Needed For Records Demands

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    Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving Amazon and Paramount Global illustrate the significance of the credible basis standard on books and records requests, underscoring that stockholders seeking to investigate wrongdoing must come forward with actual evidence of misconduct — not mere allegations, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

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    Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

  • Key Takeaways From The 2025 Spring Antitrust Meeting

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    Leadership changes, shifting priorities and evolving enforcement tools dominated the conversation at the recent American Bar Association Spring Antitrust Meeting, as panelists explored competition policy under a second Trump administration, agency discretion under the 2023 merger guidelines and new frontiers in conduct enforcement, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Tariffs And FCA Create Perfect Storm For Importers

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    The Trump administration's aggressive tariff policies pose a high risk to certain importation practices that are particularly likely to trigger False Claims Act enforcement, say attorneys at Jeffer Mangels.

  • How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season

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    While global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will certainly chill at least some activity this proxy season, and make defending contests significantly easier, there will likely be many new activist investments once there is more economic certainty, meaning more proxy fights this fall, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Running A Compliant DEI Program After EEOC, DOJ Guidance

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    Following recent guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice that operationalized the Trump administration's focus on ending so-called illegal DEI, employers don't need to eliminate DEI programs, but they must ensure that protected characteristics are not considered in employment decisions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • A Closer Look At New NYSE, Nasdaq Listing Rule Changes

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently approved changes to the New York Stock Exchange's and the Nasdaq's listing rules on reverse stock splits, minimum share price requirements and required liquidity for initial listings, meaning listed companies facing delisting will have fewer means to regain compliance, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

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    While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • 6 Principles For De-Risking In This Era Of Uncertainty

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    Companies can emerge from the current period of disruptive transformation stronger than ever by embracing strategies that enable them to methodically evaluate risk, adapt to change without losing purpose, focus on customer value and find competitive advantages amid uncertainty, says David McVeigh at Axiom.

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