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  • September 03, 2025

    Real Estate Counsel Rejoins Ropes & Gray In New York

    Ropes & Gray LLP said an alumnus has rejoined the firm's New York office as counsel in its real estate investments and transactions group from GIC Pte. Ltd., a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund.

  • September 03, 2025

    Amazon Targets 3 Groups Over Alleged 'Refund Abuse' Scams

    International crime rings have fleeced Amazon for nearly $1 million in cash and merchandise through sophisticated manipulation of the company's return process, the retail giant has claimed in a trio of lawsuits filed in Washington federal court.

  • September 03, 2025

    Authority For Emergency Tariffs Poses Puzzle For Justices

    The U.S. Supreme Court faces a provocative puzzle over President Donald Trump's worldwide tariff regime that the Federal Circuit has found illegal, as the judges' positions didn't follow the usual political lines, leaving wide open how the high court may rule on the president's tariff powers.

  • September 03, 2025

    Insurers Argue NC Law Doesn't Apply In Tanger's COVID Suit

    Two major insurance companies shouldn't be subject to North Carolina law in a dispute over a commercial property insurance policy they penned with a Tar Heel State-based retail outlet owner, one of the insurer's counsel told North Carolina's business court in a Wednesday hearing.

  • September 03, 2025

    Google Owes Over $425M For Collecting App Data, Jury Says

    A California federal jury concluded Wednesday that Google unlawfully collected information from 98 million cellphone users who'd asked the tech giant not to track their app activity, awarding over $425 million in damages but finding punitive damages are not warranted in the class action.

  • September 03, 2025

    Consumers Defend Apple Antitrust Claims, Class Cert.

    Consumers defended their antitrust claims over Apple's App Store policies, arguing that Apple restricts the distribution of apps on its devices to block competition, not as part of a legitimate design choice, while also trying to preserve a class expected to include 185 million members.

  • September 03, 2025

    Del. Justices Mull Sports Media Co. Investors' Doc Appeal

    An attorney for sports streaming platform FloSports Inc. told a Delaware Supreme Court panel on Wednesday that three company stockholders put themselves in a "self-inflicted" predicament by pursuing revised, but unsupported, demands for company documents that were ultimately dismissed by the state's chancellor.

  • September 03, 2025

    Former TransDigm GC Launches Retaliatory Firing Suit

    The former general counsel of TransDigm Group Inc., an aerospace parts manufacturer, has filed a complaint in Ohio state court alleging she was terminated in retaliation for reporting two instances of sexual harassment and antitrust compliance concerns.

  • September 03, 2025

    Musk Atty Spiro's Latest Gig: Cleaning Fluid Co.'s Crypto Pivot

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Alex Spiro is set to chair the board of directors for a cleaning product company pivoting to a crypto strategy as it builds a $175 million treasury of Dogecoin, a crypto token favored by Spiro's client Elon Musk.

  • September 03, 2025

    Manhattan DA To Target Wage-Fixing With Antitrust Laws

    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wednesday that his office plans to be the first to use New York's criminal antitrust laws against companies that collude to keep workers' wages low.

  • September 03, 2025

    Software Co. Founder Fights $100M Tax Bill At 11th Circ.

    A software company founder facing more than $100 million in tax debt from his participation in an illegal tax shelter should have been allowed to settle with the Internal Revenue Service for $1.5 million because he can't pay the whole bill, he told the Eleventh Circuit.

  • September 03, 2025

    Legora's VP Of Legal Innovation On Why Legal Tech Is 'Cool'

    Legal artificial intelligence software startup Legora has added a former Morgan Lewis and Bockius LLP partner as vice president of legal innovation and strategy. Kyle Poe talks to Law360 Pulse about his goals for the position and what makes the platform unique.

  • September 03, 2025

    Indivior Attorney Rejoins McGuireWoods In Virginia

    A former associate general counsel for global pharmaceutical company Indivior Inc. has returned to private practice at her former firm, McGuireWoods LLP.

  • September 03, 2025

    Archegos Witness Avoids Prison After 'Extensive' Cooperation

    A former accountant who served as director of risk at Archegos before its fraud-driven collapse avoided prison Wednesday after a Manhattan federal judge said his testimony was crucial in securing the conviction and 18-year prison sentence imposed on fund founder Bill Hwang.

  • September 03, 2025

    Rural Broadband Association GC Joins Womble Bond In DC

    The former general counsel of the National Telecommunication Cooperative Association's Rural Broadband Association, has joined Womble Bond Dickinson as a senior counsel, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • September 02, 2025

    DC Circ. Refuses To Block Fired FTC Dem's Reinstatement

    A split D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday refused to stay a lower court's order reinstating a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, finding that the government has "no likelihood of success" fighting her reinstatement because President Donald Trump broke the law when he fired her without cause.

  • September 02, 2025

    Visa, Mastercard Still Can't Beat Intuit, Block Antitrust Claims

    A New York federal judge has rejected Visa and Mastercard's latest effort to ditch antitrust claims brought by Intuit and Block in long-running multidistrict litigation over payment processing fees, agreeing with a magistrate judge's finding that the court has already considered and rejected the credit companies' arguments.

  • September 02, 2025

    Apple Seeks Fees, Says Fintiv Tried To 'Avoid' Its Own IP Trial

    Apple Inc. on Friday urged a Texas federal court to award it attorneys' fees for work dating back to June 2022, saying digital wallet payment processor Fintiv Inc. engaged in unreasonable litigation conduct by trying to delay a trial in Fintiv's lawsuit accusing Apple of infringing a mobile wallet patent.

  • September 02, 2025

    Billions Or 'Bogus'? Google Privacy Case Goes To Calif. Jury

    Google should pay billions of dollars in compensatory damages for unlawfully collecting data from 98 million cellphone users, a lawyer for a class of consumers told a California federal jury during closing arguments Tuesday, while Google said it obtained consent and called the damages sought "bogus."

  • September 02, 2025

    Ex-XAI Engineer Who Joined OpenAI Must Hand Over Devices

    A California federal judge on Tuesday ordered a former engineer at xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, to temporarily hand over personal devices for a forensic examination in litigation accusing him of stealing trade secrets and confidential information before going to work for competitor OpenAI.

  • September 02, 2025

    Amazon Judge Unseals Ruling Certifying Huge Antitrust Class

    A largely unredacted version of a Washington federal judge's order certifying a class of roughly 300 million consumers in a sweeping antitrust case accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating prices through its merchant policies was filed Friday, offering a window into the court's viewpoints after the initial order was sealed.

  • September 02, 2025

    Disney Inks $10M Deal With FTC Over Kids' Data Collection

    Disney has agreed to pay $10 million and overhaul how it labels child-directed videos on YouTube in order to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's claims that the entertainment giant unlawfully collected personal data from children under 13 without parental consent, the commission said Tuesday. 

  • September 02, 2025

    Defamation Litigation Roundup: Patel's GF, Dershowitz, Nunes

    In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 reports on a new suit by the girlfriend of the current FBI director over a podcaster's claims that she was an Israeli intelligence agent, as well as the latest settlement between a voting machine company and a conservative news organization over 2020 election claims. 

  • September 02, 2025

    $33M Pfizer Antitrust Deal OK'd, First MDL Trial Date Set

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted preliminary approval for a $33 million settlement between Pfizer and a class of direct purchasers claiming it fixed the prices of generic drugs, while also setting a date for the first bellwether trial in the antitrust litigation.

  • September 02, 2025

    SEC, CFTC Say Firms Can List Certain Spot Crypto Products

    Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission jointly told digital asset firms on Tuesday that registered exchanges under their purview can support trading of spot crypto products.

Expert Analysis

  • Anthropic Ruling Creates Fair Use Framework For AI Training

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    A California federal court’s recent ruling that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its large language model qualified as fair use provides important guidance for both artificial intelligence developers and copyright holders because it distinguishes between transformative uses and unauthorized uses involving pirated or format-shifted works, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Series

    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • Ultra-Processed Food Claims Rely On Unproven Science

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    Plaintiffs' arguments that ultra-processed foods are responsible for the nationwide increase in certain chronic illnesses, though a novel approach to food-based personal injury claims, depend on theories that are still being tested, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling

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    The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • Series

    Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a case that confirmed credit unions' setoff rights, another that established contract rights between banks and cardholders, and the House passage of a digital asset bill, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Building Better Earnouts In The Current M&A Climate

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    In the face of market uncertainty, we've seen a continued reliance on earnouts in M&A deals so far this year, but to reduce the risk of related litigation, it's important to use objective standards, apply company metrics cautiously and ensure short time periods, among other best practices, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • A Deep Dive Into 14 Nixed Gensler-Era SEC Rule Proposals

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month formally withdrew 14 notices of proposed rulemaking, including several significant and widely criticized proposals that had been issued under former Chair Gary Gensler's leadership, signaling a clear and definitive shift away from the previous administration, say attorneys at Dechert.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far

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    The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.

  • Reform Partly Modernizes Small Biz Stock Gains Exclusion

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    Changes to the Internal Revenue Code in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act update the qualified small business stock gains exclusion to reflect inflation, but the regime would be more in line with current business realities if Congress had also made the exemption available to additional business structures, says Mark Parthemer at Glenmede.

  • How Real Estate Funds Can Leverage Del. Statutory Trusts

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    Over the last two years, traditional real estate fund sponsors have begun to more frequently adopt Delaware Statutory Trust programs, which can help diversify capital-raising strategies and access to new sources of capital, among other benefits, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • New Interpol Silver Notice Could Be Tool For Justice Or Abuse

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    Interpol has issued dozens of Silver Notices to trace and recover assets linked to criminal activity since January, and though the tool may disrupt organized crime and terrorist financing, attorneys must protect against the potential for corrupt misuse, say attorneys at Clark Hill and Arktouros.

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