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June 29, 2026
An appeal testing the limits of ERISA fiduciary liability goes before the Third Circuit in July when DuPont and Corteva seek to overturn a district court ruling that a corporate spinoff damaged employees' retirement benefits. The court will also hear argument on whether heavy equipment giant Caterpillar forced a competitor out of business by pressuring a vendor. Here are some highlights from the court's July calendar.
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June 29, 2026
Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.
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June 29, 2026
A New York federal judge trimmed proposed class action claims by providers alleging Sanofi-Aventis and other drugmakers colluded to deny them discounts on insulin products under the 340B program, allowing most of their state-law antitrust claims to survive but dismissing their unjust enrichment claims.
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June 29, 2026
Optum, Caremark and Express Scripts on Monday dropped their appeal in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Trade Commission's in-house administrative process, and the pharmacy benefit managers are working to settle the commission's remaining insulin-pricing claims.
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June 29, 2026
The Eighth Circuit on Monday turned down an employee health plan participant's bid to revive a proposed class action alleging CVS Caremark unjustly enriched itself by failing to comply with Arkansas laws on pharmacy network adequacy, holding a lower court didn't err in tossing the dispute.
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June 29, 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP-led independent midstream energy company Cardinal Midstream Partners LLC on Monday revealed that it has agreed to sell its Cardinal Delaware Basin LLC and Cardinal New Mexico LLC to San Mateo Midstream LLC, led by Baker Botts LLP and O'Melveny & Myers LLP, in a $752 million deal.
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June 29, 2026
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree failed Monday to revive his collective action over the distribution of £200 million ($265.2 million) in royalties, as the Court of Appeal held he had failed to establish that the royalties "belong" to any particular individual.
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June 29, 2026
Australian and Norwegian silicon metal imported into the U.S. could be hit with countervailing and antidumping duties following U.S. Department of Commerce final determinations Monday.
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June 29, 2026
The president has unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Commission and beyond.
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June 26, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday refused to throw out a proposed class action claiming the Law School Admission Council conspired with law schools to fix application prices, giving the parties until late September to wrap up fact discovery and file motions for summary judgment.
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June 26, 2026
Cornell University and certain other elite schools defending against students' accusations that they illegally conspired to fix their financial aid offerings will not be able to challenge an order sending those claims to trial before a jury resolves them first, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.
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June 26, 2026
The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.
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June 26, 2026
An office technology provider can't block a group of former sales representatives from running a rival business, which it claims they're doing by violating their noncompete agreements and using its trade secrets, after a federal judge said he'd wait until both sides can weigh in.
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June 26, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday signed off on a deal between Allegheny Health Network and the Pennsylvania attorney general's office, putting aside antitrust claims filed over the company's proposed acquisition of a competing Pittsburgh-area hospital system.
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June 26, 2026
Following feedback from the telecom industry, the Federal Communications Commission has made a few changes to the performance plans Alaska Connect Fund recipients have to submit outlining how they plan to deploy and maintain their networks.
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June 26, 2026
The National Collegiate Athletic Association was sued in Illinois federal court Thursday by a proposed class of athletes challenging a new policy that restricts players to five years of eligibility with no opportunity for "redshirting" or other eligibility waivers, arguing it imposes "restrictions that arbitrarily and disparately cut short college athletes' ability to compete."
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June 26, 2026
European enforcers are investigating whether Sanofi used a messaging campaign directed mainly at healthcare professionals in Germany and France to disparage the only rival flu vaccine recommended for vulnerable patients.
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June 26, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge has rejected a request from a class of college athletes to exempt multimedia rights companies and third-party brand sponsor deals from a landmark $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement with the NCAA, a decision the class said Friday it'll appeal to the district judge overseeing the case.
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June 26, 2026
A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.
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June 26, 2026
As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules.
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June 26, 2026
Robins Kaplan LLP announced that it has hired four Minnesota-based former federal prosecutors, responding to clients' increased desire to pursue affirmative strategies to investigate misconduct, recover losses and address complex fraud-related disputes.
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June 26, 2026
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to nominate the Federal Communications Commission's general counsel to serve as the top antitrust official in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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June 26, 2026
The past week in London has seen Michelle Mone sued by PPE Medpro, Broadfield Law sued by the founders of an international aid company, and litigation funder Fortress bring a claim against Edwin Coe and businesses the law firm represented in a cartel claim.
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June 25, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday declined to rethink her decision forcing Sandoz's Swiss parent company to face generic-drug price-fixing claims from major employers like American Airlines Inc. and General Motors LLC, saying the pharmaceutical company "has no new evidence" backing up its argument that the court lacks personal jurisdiction.
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June 25, 2026
Surgical Instrument Service and the Federal Trade Commission urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive the company's case accusing Intuitive Surgical of blocking third parties from refurbishing components for its da Vinci surgery robot, saying a lower court erred in requiring the U.S. Supreme Court's Kodak factors to be proven.