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Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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DC Circ. Backs Crowley In GSA Audit Powers Fight

By Tom Lotshaw

The General Services Administration lacked authority to audit bills Crowley Government Services Inc. submitted under a freight contract with U.S. Transportation Command since the company was not operating as a carrier, a split D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday.

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Judge Questions Basis For Planned Parenthood Funding Cuts

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday pressed the government for any plausible rationale, besides retaliation, for a provision in Congress' budget reconciliation that will prevent Planned Parenthood and its affiliates from receiving Medicaid reimbursements if any one of them offers abortion services.

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Judge Demands Layoff Plans From Trump Administration

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to hand over reorganization and reduction-in-force plans linked to an executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, finding that the government's privilege claim was outweighed by the plaintiffs' need for the information to pursue their claims under the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Commerce Adviser Joins MoFo National Security Group In DC

By Alison Knezevich

A former U.S. Department of Commerce adviser who focused on semiconductor export controls has returned to private practice at Morrison Foerster LLP, the firm announced.

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Arguing The 8th Amendment For Reduction In FCA Penalties

While False Claims Act decisions lack consistency in how high the judgment-to-damages ratio in such cases can be before it becomes unconstitutional, defense counsel should cite the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause in pre-trial settlement negotiations, and seek penalty decreases in post-judgment motions and on appeal, says Scott Grubman at Chilivis Grubman.

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​​​​​​​3rd Circ. Pick 'Respected' By Trump, Mysterious To Senators

By Matthew Santoni

The senior White House lawyer nominated to represent Delaware on the Third Circuit is a constitutional scholar and presidential immunity defender touted as "highly respected" by President Donald Trump, although some Delaware lawmakers have questioned her ties to the First State.

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NYC Legal Services Strike Continues To Grow

By Andrea Keckley

A strike by hundreds of legal service workers in New York City grew even larger on Friday after three more member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys joined the picket line.

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Judge Unsure Of Alternatives To Nationwide Birthright Ruling

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday wrestled with how the government would implement any alternatives to a nationwide block on President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship and what type of decision would comply with recent high court precedent.

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Seven Months In, Race-Blind Charging Faces Test In Calif.

By Marco Poggio

In January, California adopted race-blind charging as a statewide policy, after a law passed in 2022 went into effect. Now, seven months into the program's statewide rollout, race-blind charging is showing both promise and limitations.

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Trump Files $10B Defamation Suit Over WSJ Epstein Story

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion defamation suit Friday against The Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article reporting that he was among friends who sent a "bawdy" letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday, calling the article "false, defamatory and malignant."

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California Courts Set AI Rules Allowing Flexibility For Judges

By Craig Clough

The Judicial Council of California approved a policy Friday for rules and standards on the use of generative artificial intelligence for judges and court staff, with the chair of the council's AI task force saying the policy provides flexibility by allowing courts to either adopt the technology or ban it.

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Geragos Owes $100K For Role In Nike Extortion, Jury Says

By Craig Clough

Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos was ordered to pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach by a Los Angeles jury that found he aided and abetted disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti in a failed attempt to extort Nike that landed Avenatti with a 2½ year prison sentence.

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Ex-CEO Again Pushes For Standing In Judge Romance Case

By Catherine Marfin

The former CEO of a defunct barge company has again urged a court to rule that he has standing to sue over a former bankruptcy judge's secret romance with an attorney, writing in a supplemental filing that "certain issues" had "not been fully briefed."

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Nadine Menendez Attys Say Relationship Has 'Broken Down'

By Carla Baranauckas

One of the law firms representing former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez's wife in her bribery case told a New York federal judge Friday that it wants to leave the matter because the attorney-client relationship has "broken down."

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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Decline Early Tariff Challenge

By Natalie Olivo

President Donald Trump's administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request from Illinois-based toy makers to hear their challenge against the White House's global tariffs, arguing the justices should not "leapfrog" parallel proceedings in circuit courts.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen the former owner of British oil refinery Prax Group sued following the collapse of his business empire, a unit of Shard Credit Partners target a married couple believed to have inflated the value of their companies before selling them, and Aerofoil Energy reignite patent action against AFE Group over the design of its F1-inspired cooling units.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

President Donald Trump has chosen the chief labor counsel at Boeing Co. for one of two vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board, whose confirmation would help restore a quorum. And Meta reached a midtrial agreement with stockholders in an $8 billion suit.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Shapiro Arato Bach LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Second Circuit overturned the conviction of a former HSBC executive accused of defrauding a Scottish oil and gas company in a $3.5 billion currency exchange deal.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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