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March 27, 2026
Polsinelli Hires Practice Head From McDermott In NY
Polsinelli PC has hired a longtime McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney to co-lead its special situations and alternative investment practice, saying the move "further advanc[es] the firm's strategic focus on private credit, distressed investing, and complex restructuring matters."
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March 27, 2026
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen Apple hit back at a tech company's wireless charging patent claim, a flurry of businesses bring COVID-19 pandemic insurance claims as a key deadline draws closer and Ipulse Partners LLP file a claim against a luxury yacht company it represented in a trademark dispute. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 27, 2026
Fired Cognizant Worker Was 'Uncooperative,' Jury Told
A Manhattan federal jury weighed claims Friday that Cognizant Technology Solutions fired a New York University professor for complaining about hiring bias, after a lawyer for the company called him a troublesome employee who has no contemporaneous evidence of his concerns.
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March 27, 2026
NJ Federal Judge DQs Beasley Allen In J&J Talc MDL
A New Jersey federal judge has disqualified the Beasley Allen Law Firm from representing hundreds of plaintiffs in sprawling multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, holding that the firm violated ethics rules by collaborating with former outside counsel for J&J, a ruling the law firm has vowed to appeal.
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March 27, 2026
Pharma Co. Says Exec Was Fired Over Conduct, Not Piglets
The U.S. arm of a Danish pharmaceutical company has told a North Carolina federal judge to throw out a former director's "extraordinary and conspiratorial" lawsuit claiming he was fired for expressing concerns about his employer's use of piglets at an anniversary party.
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March 27, 2026
Jack In The Box Says Buyer Breached Del Taco Deal
Jack in the Box Inc. has sued the buyer of its Del Taco business in the Delaware Chancery Court, accusing the purchaser and its affiliates of breaching key post-sale obligations tied to insurance coverage and transition services.
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March 27, 2026
REIT Investor Drops Suit Over $2.3B Deal Disclosures
An Alexander & Baldwin investor has dropped claims that the commercial real estate investment trust obscured its connections to Blackstone Real Estate in securities filings before a proposed $2.3 billion take-private deal, saying U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings last month moot the case.
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March 27, 2026
BigLaw Races To Capture Expanding Fund Finance Market
Debt financing work at the fund level has long been dominated on the lender side by attorneys from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Haynes Boone and Mayer Brown LLP, but other firms are increasingly crafting formal practices and poaching fund finance stars from the more established players.
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March 27, 2026
Massumi & Consoli Launches New Office In Orange County
Massumi & Consoli LLP is expanding its California presence, opening an Orange County office to satisfy growing client demand.
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March 26, 2026
Anthropic Blocks Pentagon's 'Orwellian' Security Risk Label
A California federal judge Thursday issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from labeling Anthropic as a supply chain risk to national security, calling the move a "classic illegal First Amendment retaliation" and "Orwellian."
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March 26, 2026
Smith & Wesson Brass Beat Catholic Investors' Suit, For Now
A Nevada federal judge dismissed a shareholder derivative suit brought by groups of Catholic sisters against members of Smith & Wesson's board and senior managers over the firearm-maker's AR-15 rifles marketing, finding the plaintiffs hadn't shown it would have been futile to demand the board pursue such legal action.
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March 26, 2026
Artist Says Tech Cos. Cut Attribution From Work Used For AI
A Los Angeles 3D artist and visual effects creator accused four tech giants of failing to protect rights on millions of works by artists and designers that were used to train large-scale generative artificial intelligence systems, according to proposed class actions filed in California and Washington federal courts Thursday.
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March 26, 2026
Elon Musk Slams Twitter Stock Verdict Over Jury's $4.20 'Joke'
Elon Musk did not get a fair trial over claims he defrauded Twitter investors before acquiring the social media platform, the tech billionaire's lawyer told a California federal judge Thursday, saying the jury rolled a marijuana "joke" into the verdict form to mock Musk and the trial process.
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March 26, 2026
PNC Beats Customer's $200K Forged Check Dispute
PNC no longer faces allegations it failed to prevent a customer's losses after his employees drained nearly $205,000 from his accounts, a Philadelphia federal judge found, noting the plaintiff's estate administrator didn't properly dispute relevant facts asserted by the bank.
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March 26, 2026
FINRA Fines Broker-Dealer $600K For Off-Channel Violations
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined a San Francisco-based broker-dealer $600,000 for allegedly failing to supervise employees' use of unapproved messaging platforms, in a type of proceeding FINRA's CEO said earlier this week would indicate a "real breakdown" in oversight.
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March 26, 2026
L'Oreal Wants Color Wow Co.'s Purchase Price Kept Secret
An executive for L'Oréal USA Inc. has asked a Connecticut state court judge not to force the public disclosure of the price the company paid to acquire Federici Brands LLC, the company behind Color Wow hair care products, as part of a former Federici president's lawsuit alleging she is owed $40 million from the transaction.
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March 26, 2026
FTC Antitrust Head Cites Acquihire 'Tension' With Deal Rule
The Federal Trade Commission's top antitrust official said Thursday that so-called reverse acquihires appear designed solely to avoid merger reporting requirements, while noting that competition enforcers continue to scrutinize the deals that are newly popular in Silicon Valley, especially in the artificial intelligence space.
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March 26, 2026
Antitrust Leaders Say Lobbyists Don't Impact Outcomes
The leaders of the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said Thursday that companies can lobby the agencies all they want, but enforcers will still make merger and conduct decisions based on the facts and the law.
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March 26, 2026
Ex-Flooring CEO Loses Fee Fight In Chancery
The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday ruled against former flooring executive Brian Carson in his bid to force his former company to cover his legal fees, finding he was not entitled to advancement under the governing LLC agreement.
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March 26, 2026
4 Key Questions On Tariff Investigations
The U.S. announced a bevy of new trade investigations this month to underpin a tariff regime intended to replace duties struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, but questions remain about the fate of deals struck with trading partners and whether importers will face higher tariffs. Here, Law360 examines four questions on the implications of those investigations.
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March 26, 2026
Hand Sanitizer Co. Board, Execs Can't Slip ESOP Fight
Executives and former board members at a hand sanitizer company must face a lawsuit claiming they helped facilitate an employee stock ownership plan's $398 million purchase of overvalued company stock, with an Illinois federal judge ruling that workers adequately alleged the executives had neglected their responsibilities.
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March 26, 2026
Ex-Deloitte Workers Can't Undo Charge Revival, 4th Circ. Says
The full Fourth Circuit has declined to reconsider its late February decision to revive most of the charges against two ex-Deloitte workers accused of stealing the company's trade secrets, after the workers insisted the unfavorable ruling bucked circuit and U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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March 26, 2026
King & Spalding Adds White & Case Capital Markets Pro In NY
King & Spalding LLP announced Thursday that it has brought on a former White & Case LLP capital markets attorney as a partner in its corporate practice group in New York.
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March 26, 2026
Investor Sues Music Catalog Firm Over Default Risks
A member of a music catalog investment group has sued in the Delaware Chancery Court to force the company to turn over financial records, alleging signs of mismanagement, missed payments and potential default risks tied to high-value music deals.
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March 26, 2026
Steptoe Adds Barnes & Thornburg Financial Regulatory Leader
Steptoe LLP has hired a Barnes & Thornburg LLP leader in Chicago who helped found two practice groups at his old firm that are focused on financial regulatory matters.
Expert Analysis
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SDNY Atty Signals Return To Private Fund Valuation Scrutiny
Recent remarks by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York — hinting that regulators are renewing their focus on private fund advisers who overvalue portfolio assets to drive up investor fees — should prompt firms to review their valuation methodologies and address potential conflicts of interest now, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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IP Appellate Decisions Show 4 Shifts In 2025
In 2025, intellectual property decisions issued by the Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits trended toward tightening doctrinal boundaries, whether to account for technological developments in existing legal regimes, or to refine areas with some ambiguity, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties
Relationship-building should begin as early as possible in a law firm merger, as intentional pathways to bringing people together drive collaboration, positive client response, engagements and growth, says Amie Colby at Troutman.
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Del. Dispatch: What Tesla Decision Means For Exec Comp
The recent Delaware Supreme Court decision granting Tesla CEO Elon Musk his full pay, now valued at $139 billion, following a yearslong battle appears to reject the view that supersized compensation may be inherently unfair to a corporation and its shareholders, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Wis. Sanctions Order May Shake Up Securities Class Actions
A Wisconsin federal court’s recent decision to impose sanctions on a plaintiffs law firm for filing a frivolous Private Securities Litigation Reform Act complaint in Toft v. Harbor Diversified may cause both plaintiffs and defendants law firms to reconsider certain customary practices in securities class actions, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond
2026 will likely be shaped by issues ranging from artificial intelligence regulatory turbulence to potential evidence rule changes, and e-discovery professionals will need to understand how to effectively guide the responsible and defensible adoption of emerging tools, while also ensuring effective safeguards, say attorneys at Littler.
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Reinventing Bank Risk Mgmt. After 2025's Cartel Crackdown
The Trump administration's 2025 designation of certain transnational drug cartels as terrorists means that banks must adapt to a narrowing margin of error in their customer screening and transaction assessments by treating financial crime prevention as a continuous and cross-enterprise concern with national security implications, says Jack Harrington at Bradley Arant.
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Where States Jumped In When SEC Stepped Back In 2025
The state regulators that picked up the slack when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission scaled back enforcement last year should not be underestimated as they continue to aggressively police areas where the SEC has lost interest and probe industries where SEC leadership has actively declined to intervene, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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2026 Enforcement Trends To Expect In Maritime And Int'l Trade
The maritime and international trade community should expect U.S. federal enforcement to ramp up in 2026, particularly via Office of Foreign Asset Control shipping sanctions, accelerating interagency investigations of trade fraud, and U.S. Coast Guard narcotics and pollution inspections, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Massachusetts Banking Brief
In this Expert Analysis series, attorneys provide quarterly recaps discussing the biggest developments in Massachusetts banking regulation and policymaking.
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SEC Virtu Deal Previews Risks Of Nonpublic Info In AI Models
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with Virtu Financial Inc. over alleged failures to safeguard customer data raises broader questions about how traditional enforcement frameworks may apply when material nonpublic information is embedded into artificial intelligence trading systems, says Braeden Anderson at Gesmer Updegrove.
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Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.
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Shopify Suit Is An Early Antitrust Test Of 'Buy Now, Pay Later'
An ongoing antitrust suit in Minnesota federal court filed by Sezzle against Shopify — one of the earliest such lawsuits focused on buy now, pay later services — could play a particularly informative role in how short-term credit offerings and the broader market develop, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Examining Privilege In Dual-Purpose Workplace Investigations
The Sixth Circuit's recent holding in FirstEnergy's bribery probe ruling that attorney-client privilege applied to a dual-purpose workplace investigation because its primary purpose was obtaining legal advice highlights the uncertainty companies face as federal circuit courts remain split on the appropriate test, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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Hot Topics For Family Offices In 2026
For family offices, the throughline of 2026 is disciplined readiness, as navigating impact from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and platform maturation will be necessary to preserve flexibility and enhance client outcomes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.