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  • May 16, 2025

    Anthropic's AI-Hallucinated Errors Taint Filing, Publishers Say

    Music publishers suing Anthropic for copyright infringement accused the artificial intelligence company on Friday of downplaying the seriousness of errors in a filing caused by Anthropic's own Claude AI tool, saying the company's counsel violated a judge's standing order and arguing that the filing at issue should be tossed.

  • May 16, 2025

    FINRA Faces Calls To Narrow Its Outside Biz Rule Revamp

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has received a range of feedback on its proposal to streamline reporting requirements for firm representatives' outside business activities, with industry groups urging various tweaks to the measure, and a state regulator and investment adviser group opposing it outright.

  • May 16, 2025

    IPO Pipeline Restarts As Tariff-Related Volatility Eases

    Initial public offerings are showing life again after a tariff-induced slumber, buoyed by strong debuts and a growing pipeline as more venture-backed technology startups are lining up public listings before Memorial Day and into June.

  • May 16, 2025

    J&J Unit Hit With $147M Verdict In Catheter Antitrust Suit

    A California federal jury found Friday that Johnson & Johnson's medical technology unit Biosense Webster violated federal and state antitrust laws by withholding clinical support to hospitals using third-party reprocessed catheters, awarding plaintiff Innovative Health more than $147 million in damages.

  • May 16, 2025

    SEC X Account Hack Conspirator Gets 14 Months

    An Alabama man was sentenced in D.C. federal court Friday to 14 months behind bars for his role in last year's hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's account on the social platform X to post a bogus development in the agency's cryptocurrency policy.

  • May 16, 2025

    Coinbase Users Sue Over Bribery-Linked Data Breach

    Crypto exchange Coinbase faces a wave of lawsuits from users accusing it of negligent information security practices after the exchange disclosed that an unknown perpetrator had stolen customer data by bribing overseas workers.

  • May 16, 2025

    Biotech Co. Hit With Investor Suits Over Cancer Drug Launch

    Cancer treatment company Iovance Biotherapeutics has been hit with two proposed shareholder class actions accusing the company of misleading the public about the success of its commercial rollout of an FDA-approved skin cancer treatment.

  • May 16, 2025

    SEC's Atkins Previews Possible Changes To CEO Pay Rules

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins announced Friday the agency plans to review rules requiring public companies to report the earnings of CEOs and other high-level executives, highlighting a possible area of regulatory change for the now Republican-led commission.

  • May 16, 2025

    Employment Authority: What Unions Face With Trump EOs

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with labor relations experts' take on tactics unions need as they face impacts from President Donald Trump's executive orders, a look at ongoing lawsuits from the legal strategist who pursued the U.S. Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action in college admissions and tips for handling the update to New York's frequency of pay law.

  • May 16, 2025

    Armory Sues Wayzata, Others Over 'Black Box' Funding Deals

    Armory Capital Group LLC and three affiliates sued Wayzata Investment Partners, Houlihan Lokey Inc. and others in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Friday, alleging fiduciary breaches in connection with multiple unexplained and purportedly conflicted "black box" financing deals for Oregon-based aerospace venture Erickson Incorporated.

  • May 16, 2025

    Live Nation Denies Colluding Over Pandemic Response

    Live Nation denied any wrongdoing while appearing to acknowledge a U.S. Department of Justice criminal probe into potential collusion with fellow ticketing and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc. in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • May 16, 2025

    NLRB Acting GC Narrows Remedy Asks In Settlement Talks

    National Labor Relations Board acting general counsel William Cowen instructed regional officials on Friday to exercise more discretion over the remedies they pursue when seeking to settle cases, walking back instructions from his predecessor to seek maximum remedies in settlements.

  • May 16, 2025

    Insurer Asks 7th Circ. To Revise BIPA Coverage Ruling

    A Hanover Insurance unit urged the Seventh Circuit on Friday to revise a ruling that it must indemnify a condiment manufacturer in an underlying biometric privacy suit if notice was timely, saying the court improperly relied on a settlement that wasn't part of the trial record.

  • May 16, 2025

    Western Digital Agrees To End Patent Suit After $262M Verdict

    Data storage giant Western Digital and MR Technologies told a California federal judge Friday they agreed to end a patent dispute that last summer had put Western Digital on the hook for $262.4 million in damages to MR Technologies for infringing patents for increasing storage capacity on disk drives.

  • May 16, 2025

    Despite US-China Tariff Pause, Business Pressures Persist

    U.S. importers dodged an effective ban on Chinese imports for now following the U.S. and China suspending higher tariff rates, but companies still foresee higher prices and supply-chain disruptions that will continue to stoke economic anxiety.

  • May 16, 2025

    9th Circ. Upholds California's Employee Classification Test

    California's worker-friendly employee classification test doesn't violate the dormant commerce and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, upholding the lower court denial of a preliminary injunction.

  • May 16, 2025

    Feds Want Ex-McKinsey Exec To Serve Time For Obstruction

    Prosecutors urged a Virginia federal judge Thursday to sentence a disbarred, former senior McKinsey & Co. partner to one year in prison for obstructing an investigation into the consulting giant's work with opioid-manufacturer Purdue Pharma, while defense counsel pushed for probation so that he can return to his home in Thailand.

  • May 16, 2025

    GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

    An SEC enforcement officer has told business leaders to expect more empathy from the agency, as well as fewer outside compliance monitors. And an ousted ATF chief counsel is fighting back by co-founding a boutique law firm to defend federal workers in employment battles.

  • May 16, 2025

    Refocus Global Tax Policy On Bilateral Treaties, Attys Say

    Global tax policymakers at the OECD and United Nations should return to their original focus of advancing bilateral tax treaties among the countries they cater toward, attorneys said Friday.

  • May 16, 2025

    Rite Aid Announces Deals To Transfer Pharmacy Assets

    Rite Aid Corp. has entered into sale and transition agreements subject to approval from a New Jersey bankruptcy judge that would see pharmacy assets and services transition to new operators, according to an announcement from the company.

  • May 16, 2025

    Calif. Atty Caught Using Claim Construction Made Up By AI

    A San Francisco-based attorney representing Magpul Industries in patent litigation has been effectively removed from the case after admitting that the claim construction chart he submitted was nearly all fabricated by artificial intelligence.

  • May 16, 2025

    NJ, DuPont To Face Off In Landmark PFAS Trial Series

    New Jersey and chemical manufacturing giant E.I. DuPont de Nemours will square off Monday over the contamination at a former Salem County manufacturing facility in a first-of-a-kind series of trials that environmental attorneys expect will impact "forever chemicals" litigation across the country.

  • May 16, 2025

    American Arbitration Assoc. Accused Of Pro-Corp. Monopoly

    The American Arbitration Association monopolizes the market for consumer arbitration and is "an unfair forum where consumers lose" to corporate defendants, according to a proposed consumer class action filed in Arizona federal court.

  • May 16, 2025

    Cullen And Dykman Adds Golenbock Eiseman Tax Partner

    Cullen and Dykman LLP has hired a former Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP partner who joins the firm's New York Corporate Department to continue her work focused on tax and transactional matters.

  • May 16, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Charter Communications Inc. merges with Cox Communications, Hub International Ltd. boosts its valuation after securing an investment, Pan American Silver Corp. acquires Mag Silver Corp. and Robinhood buys WonderFi.

Expert Analysis

  • Perspectives

    The Benefits Of Aligning States On Legal Paraprofessionals

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • Key Digital Asset Issues Require Antitrust Vigilance

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    As the digital assets industry continues to mature and consolidate during Trump 2.0, it will inevitably bump up against the antitrust laws in a new way, with potential pitfalls related to merger reviews, conspiratorial or monopolistic conduct, and interlocking directorates, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • 11 Tips For Contractors Dealing With DOD Staff Reductions

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    Defense contractors should prepare for a wide range of disruptions related to procurement and contract administration that are likely amid federal workforce reductions, say attorneys at Covington.

  • GC Nominee Likely Has Employer-Friendly NLRB Priorities

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    President Donald Trump’s nomination of Crystal Carey as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board indicates the administration's intent to revive precedents favorable to employers, including expansion of permissible employer speech and reinstatement of procedural steps needed for employees to achieve unionization, say attorneys at Vorys.

  • 4 Takeaways From La. Coastal Wetland Damage Verdict

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    A recent $745 million verdict in a case filed by a Louisiana parish against Chevron for violating a Louisiana environmental law illustrates that climate-related liabilities pose increasing risk and litigation risk may not follow a red state versus blue state divide, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • How Proxy Advisory Firms Are Approaching AI And DEI

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    Institutional Shareholder Services' and Glass Lewis' annual updates to their proxy voting guidelines reflect some of the biggest issues of the day, including artificial intelligence and DEI, and companies should parse these changes carefully, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • 5 Key Issues For Multinational Cos. Mulling Return To Office

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    As companies increasingly revisit return-to-office mandates, multinational employers may face challenges in enforcing uniform RTO practices globally, but several key considerations and practical solutions can help avoid roadblocks, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Reviving A Dormant Criminal Statute In Antitrust Prosecution

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    The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to revive a dormant misdemeanor statute to resolve bid-rigging charges against a foreign national, providing important context to a recent effort to entice foreign defendants to take responsibility for pending charges or face the risk of extradition, say attorneys at Axinn.

  • Traversing The Shifting Sands Of ESG Reporting Compliance

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    Multinational corporations have increasingly found themselves between a rock and a hard place attempting to comply with EU and California ESG requirements while not running afoul of expanding U.S. anti-ESG regimes, but focusing on what is material to shareholder value and establishing strong governance can help, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • How Plan Sponsors Can Mitigate Risk In PBM Contracts

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    A recent lawsuit in New York federal court alleges that JPMorgan caused exorbitant prescription costs by mishandling the pharmacy benefit manager arrangement, adding to a growing body of Employee Retirement Income Security Act fiduciary breach litigation and affirming that fiduciaries must proactively manage their healthcare plan vendors, say attorneys at Hall Benefits Law.

  • Series

    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Tax Takeaways From Georgia's 2025 Legislative Session

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    Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland discuss tax-related measures passed by the Georgia Legislature during the session that adjourned on April 4, which included a decrease in income tax rates, an extension of the time in which to a protest tax assessment and cleanup provisions related to launching the state’s new tax court next year.

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