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March 23, 2026
Cognizant Fired Worker Over Hiring Bias Claims, Jury Told

A New York University computer science professor on Monday told a federal jury in Manhattan he was unlawfully fired from a lucrative job at Cognizant Technology Solutions for alleging the New Jersey information technology company was engaging in hiring practices that favored immigrant workers from India.
March 23, 2026
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.
March 23, 2026
BJ's Says Pension Fund Oversteps With Climate Study Ask

BJ's Wholesale Club told a Massachusetts federal judge that it cannot be forced to poll shareholders on whether the retailer should study the effects of deforestation on its supply chains, calling it an improper attempt at "micromanagement."
March 23, 2026
Musk Escapes Claim He Implied Jewish Student Was Neo-Nazi

A Texas appeals court has freed Elon Musk from a defamation suit alleging that he falsely implied a Jewish student at the University of California was a neo-Nazi involved in a fight in Portland, Oregon, saying his social media posts on the subject are protected opinion.
March 23, 2026
Zetlin & De Chiara Adds Construction Partner To NY Office

Construction law firm Zetlin & De Chiara LLP said Monday it has added an attorney with three decades of experience advising commercial construction as a partner in its New York office.
March 23, 2026
Chicken Grower's Federal Wage Claims Against Perdue Axed

A Perdue Foods chicken farmer who claimed he was misclassified as an independent contractor filed his federal wage claims too late, a Georgia federal judge ruled, while allowing portions of his state law claims to proceed.
March 23, 2026
Salesforce Gets Promotion Bias Suit Sent To Arbitration

A white woman must arbitrate her suit alleging Salesforce ignored her complaints that her male boss promoted only Indian men, a Colorado federal judge said, rejecting arguments that her case raised harassment claims that triggered a law shielding her from an out-of-court resolution.
March 23, 2026
Justices Pass On Challenge To Courts' Sanctions Authority

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a dietary supplement company's request to review sanctions it was issued at trial in a false advertising dispute, in a case that could have led justices to clarify when courts may use their inherent authority to sanction parties for litigation conduct.
March 23, 2026
Paul Hastings' Funds Growth Continues With Paul Weiss Atty

Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday the fifth partner addition this year to its investment funds and private capital team, welcoming a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP attorney to its New York office.
March 20, 2026
Social Media Jury Signals Potential Trouble For Meta, Google

After six full days deliberating in a California bellwether trial over allegations that Meta Platforms Inc. and Google LLC harm children's mental health through their social media platforms, the jury submitted a question to the judge potentially indicating it may be leaning in favor of finding one or both defendants liable.
March 20, 2026
Former Gilead Sciences GC To Earn Over $2.5M Severance

Gilead Sciences Inc. is paying its former general counsel more than $2.5 million in severance after she left the company, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing released Friday.
March 20, 2026
Nexstar Won Over DC, But Faces Big Task In Local TV Markets

Broadcast behemoth Nexstar had plenty to celebrate in Washington, D.C., on Thursday with twin regulatory approvals pivotal to its plan to take over rival Tegna, but even if the deal survives legal challenges, it will face scrutiny in local TV markets.
March 20, 2026
4 Open Questions On Tariff Refund System Development

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is developing a system to refund tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it remains unclear whether it will cover the entire gamut of duties President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Here, Law360 examines four open questions surrounding the IEEPA tariff refund system being developed by Customs.
March 20, 2026
Authors' Attys Cut Fee Bid To $187M In $1.5B Anthropic IP Deal

Authors who allege Anthropic pirated their work to train its Claude chatbot urged a California federal judge to grant final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement, along with an attorney fee request revised down from $300 million to $187.5 million, arguing the deal is fair despite multiple objections.
March 20, 2026
Real Estate Recap: Rate Hold, Data Center Regs, Housing EOs

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including reactions to the latest interest rates news from the Fed, states tamping down on data center development and executive orders on the affordable housing front.
March 20, 2026
Feds Don't Have To Reveal Probe Of BofA's Epstein Ties

The federal government does not have to disclose a possible investigation into Bank of America's alleged role in enabling Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme, a New York federal judge said Friday, explaining his order earlier this month denying the bank's bid to stay a civil suit that has since been settled.
March 20, 2026
Employment Authority: Union Contracts Elusive At Big Names

Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on how unions at big-name employers are still fighting for their first contracts several years after workers launched campaigns, the possibility that a U.S. Department of Labor independent contractor rule will have little impact on app-based companies, and the questions the Fourth Circuit is considering as it takes up Liberty University's challenge to a ruling that allowed a transgender former employee to pursue a sex discrimination suit against the Christian school.
March 20, 2026
DOD Calls Anthropic's Supply Chain Risk Case Premature

The Pentagon urged the D.C. Circuit to reject Anthropic's attempt to halt the agency's designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk to national security, arguing the designation is limited in scope, and that Anthropic's motion is premature.
March 20, 2026
Chubb Moves To Toss Shareholder's Climate Proposal Suit

Insurance company Chubb Ltd. is fighting an effort to place a climate-related question on its annual corporate ballot, telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge that the shareholder championing the proposal is attempting to micromanage its business.
March 20, 2026
Publishers Can't Get Performance Docs From Perplexity

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday denied a request from the publishers of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post to obtain documents from Perplexity AI on how the company measures its product's performance and optimizes it, saying letting the parties continue to confer on search terms was unlikely to produce results.
March 20, 2026
Top SEC Enforcer Signals Continuity After Ryan Departure

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's acting enforcement chief said Friday that the agency will continue to "focus on quality over quantity" when it comes to the cases it brings, projecting continuity with his predecessor's approach after her abrupt departure from the agency earlier this week.
March 20, 2026
Up Next At High Court: Late Ballots And 'Last-Mile' Drivers

The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its March oral arguments session by reviewing disputes over the validity of state laws allowing late-arriving mail-in ballots to be counted in federal elections and whether "last-mile" delivery drivers qualify for the transportation worker exemption to the Federal Arbitration Act.
March 20, 2026
Jury Says Musk Defrauded Twitter Investors In $44B Buyout

A California federal jury found on Friday that Elon Musk committed securities fraud in a civil trial over claims the tech billionaire made false or misleading statements about Twitter's fake "bot" accounts problem in a bid to ditch or renegotiate his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform.
March 20, 2026
DOT Diversity Program Overhaul Moots Contractors' Challenge

A Kentucky federal judge has determined that a constitutional challenge to the U.S. Department of Transportation's more than 40-year-old Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program for women- and minority-owned businesses is now moot since the Trump administration overhauled the program last year.
March 20, 2026
Albertsons Subpoenas Ex-Kroger CEO In Merger Fight

Albertsons Cos. Inc. has subpoenaed former Kroger Co. CEO Rodney McMullen in Delaware Chancery Court to sit for a two-day deposition next month, intensifying discovery in its Delaware lawsuit over the collapse of the companies' proposed $24.6 billion merger.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.
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A Day In The In-House Life: Chime GC Talks Pathfinding

On a recent Tuesday in the office, Chime's general counsel Adam Frankel shares his typical work day, tackling everything from strategically guiding product launches and testing AI tools to mastering the perfect latte and making time for extracurricular interests.
How Shareholder Activism Fared In 2025

2025 was a turbulent yet transformative year in shareholder activism, and there are several key takeaways to help companies prepare for a 2026 that is shaping up to be even more lively, including increased focus on retail investors and the use of social media as a tool, say attorneys at Sidley.
Reviewing 2025's Artificial Intelligence Disputes Over IP

2025 brought the first major fair use rulings involving generative artificial intelligence, and in 2026 courts will weigh in on more discovery disputes, renewed motions to dismiss, class certification challenges and fair use defenses that could shape the course of future AI litigation, say attorneys at Debevoise.
Expect A New Normal In Commercial Real Estate This Year

Even amid office vacancies and a wave of loan maturities, the commercial real estate market isn't as volatile as one might expect heading into 2026, but market stress is still uniquely intersecting with broader business challenges, creating new opportunities for corporate counsel and other practitioners beyond real estate, says Mark Bell at Stinson.
Key Trends In Healthcare Antitrust In 2025

The healthcare industry braced for significant antitrust enforcement shifts last year driven by a change in administration, and understanding the implications of these trends is critical for healthcare organizations' risk management and strategic decision-making in the year ahead, say attorneys at Michael Best.
Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year

2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
Key Trends Shaping ESG And Sustainability Law In 2026

2025 saw a chaotic regulatory landscape and novel litigation around environmental, social and governance issues and sustainability — and 2026, while perhaps more predictable, will likely be no less challenging, with more lawsuits and a regulatory tug-of-war complicating compliance for global companies, say attorneys at Crowell.
How Bank M&A Prospects Brightened In 2025

Even with less-than-ideal macroeconomic conditions in 2025, federal banking regulators' shift away from procedural concerns to focus more on core financial risks boosted M&A in several key ways, including shorter review timelines and increased interest in de novo charters, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.
5 Tariff And Trade Developments To Watch In 2026

A new trade landscape emerged in 2025, the contours of which will be further defined by developments that will merit close attention this year, including a key ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court and a review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, says Ted Posner at Baker Botts.
Top 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel To Watch In 2026

With Trump administration enforcement policy having largely taken shape last year, antitrust issues that in-house counsel should have on the radar range from scrutiny of technology-assisted pricing to the return of merger remedies, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
Funding Haze And Deregulatory Pursuits: The CFPB In 2026

In 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau did not seek additional funding from the Federal Reserve and unwound the legacy of former bureau leadership, and this year will bring further efforts to rescind or rewrite bureau regulations, as well as a changed tone to supervision efforts, say attorneys at Covington.
4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.
Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.