Corporate

  • July 17, 2026

    Upon Review: The 2026 World Cup's Biggest Legal Stories

    The grandest iteration of the World Cup to date unsurprisingly raised new legal and regulatory disputes, including immigration issues and the White House's intervention in a player disciplinary proceeding. Here, Law360 digs into the legal questions arising from the tournament.

  • July 17, 2026

    Rivian Hit With Chancery Derivative Suit Over EV Demand

    A Rivian Automotive Inc. stockholder has filed a derivative lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing the electric-vehicle maker's current and former directors and officers of misleading investors about customer demand, production growth and the company's path to profitability, allegedly exposing Rivian to significant legal costs and potential liability.

  • July 17, 2026

    Hanes, Ex-Worker Reach Deal Over COVID Vax Refusal Suit

    Hanesbrands Inc. and an ex-employee have settled his discrimination action stemming from what he alleges was Hanes' refusal to provide a religious exemption for its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to a notice in North Carolina federal court.

  • July 17, 2026

    Dentons Adds Ga. Senate Majority Leader's Ex-Chief Of Staff

    Dentons has added Ben Jarrard, former chief of staff for Georgia state Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte, to the firm's regulatory, public policy and government affairs practice.

  • July 17, 2026

    AGs Have 'Significant Concerns' With DOJ's Live Nation Deal

    A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general asked a New York federal judge Thursday for a peek into the negotiations behind the Justice Department's controversial midtrial settlement with Live Nation, voicing concerns the deal isn't in the public interest and saying they need details as they seek a breakup.

  • July 17, 2026

    Latham, Milbank Lead H1 '26 Private Infrastructure Deal Surge

    Global private infrastructure financing reached $820.5 billion in the first half of 2026, up 55.3% from $528.5 billion a year earlier, as Latham and Watkins LLP and Milbank LLP led deal counts globally and in North America, according to Infralogic data.

  • July 17, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Slaughter And May

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Uber Technologies Inc. buys food delivery company Delivery Hero SE, engineering group ABB Ltd. acquires flow technology company Rotork PLC, and Eli Lilly and Co. buys drug developer AtaiBeckley Inc.

  • July 17, 2026

    The Biggest Trade Secret Rulings Of 2026: A Midyear Report

    The Federal Circuit issued two of the year's most consequential trade secret rulings within days of each other, wiping out Insulet's victory in a wearable insulin patch pump case while reopening a software company's path to potentially larger damages in a dispute with Ford Motor Co. Here, Law360 highlights the biggest trade secret decisions so far this year.

  • July 17, 2026

    BakerHostetler Adds Reed Smith Debt Finance Atty In LA

    BakerHostetler announced it has hired a Reed Smith LLP partner with over a decade of legal experience in its Los Angeles office, saying he will advise borrowers and lenders on complex private equity, private credit and other financing transactions.

  • July 16, 2026

    Meta Gets 'Bricked' Device False Ad Suit Trimmed, For Now

    Meta Platforms Inc. can, again, trim a proposed class action alleging it deceptively sold Meta Portal video-calling devices the company later "bricked" by dropping software support, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, while refusing to toss an unfair competition claim and giving the consumers another chance to rework the complaint.

  • July 17, 2026

    GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering allowing electronic delivery to be the default method for sending investors information, and a panel of investor activists said the 2026 proxy season was shaped by regulators who seem to let public companies behave more like private ones. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

  • July 16, 2026

    Texas Probes LinkedIn Over Alleged 'Ghost Jobs'

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced his office will be investigating whether LinkedIn advertises and profits from "ghost jobs," listings for positions that don't exist or aren't actively being filled, saying it might have misled consumers who paid up to $69.99 a month for premium subscriptions.

  • July 16, 2026

    NY Bag Importer To Pay DOJ $7.3M Over Duty Evasion Claims

    A New York-based importer of plastic bags and its CEO have settled the U.S. Department of Justice's claims that they misrepresented the country of origin for their merchandise from China to avoid antidumping duties, agreeing to pay the federal government $7.3 million.

  • July 16, 2026

    Edible Arrangements Wins $13.9M Judgment Against Ex-COO

    Edible Arrangements' former chief operating officer and his company must pay nearly $14 million after defaulting in a case that accused him of regularly stealing from the fruit-basket company by intercepting vendor rebate checks and diverting millions of dollars in media-contract payments, a Georgia federal judge said Thursday.

  • July 16, 2026

    Fat Brands Execs Beat Investor Suit Over $47M Loan Scheme

    A California federal judge has dismissed former and current Fat Brands executives from a proposed class action accusing them and the restaurant group of falsely claiming to be cooperating with the government's investigations into allegations that its CEO orchestrated a $47 million loan scheme, causing stock prices to plunge when criminal charges were announced.

  • July 16, 2026

    Dish Freed From 5G Network Commitment

    A D.C. federal judge has signed off on the U.S. Department of Justice's request that Dish be freed from its commitment to build and run a nationwide 5G network following its sale of $40 billion worth of spectrum licenses to AT&T and SpaceX.

  • July 16, 2026

    'Top Gun' Article Heirs Ask Justices To Review Similarity Test

    The heirs of the journalist whose 1983 magazine article inspired the original "Top Gun" movie have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive their copyright lawsuit over "Top Gun: Maverick" and resolve what they call a circuit split over how courts should compare allegedly similar works.

  • July 16, 2026

    'No Time To Waste' On Google Antitrust Reports, Judge Says

    A California federal judge said Thursday there's "no time to waste" to begin monitoring a three-year injunction against Google in Epic's antitrust battle over Google's Android app store policies, saying he wants monthly reports now that the parties have agreed to accept the injunction terms he laid out.

  • July 16, 2026

    Calif. Tells 9th Circ. AI Disclosure Law Helps Consumers

    The state of California has pressed the Ninth Circuit to affirm a district court's decision denying xAI's injunction request against a state law requiring artificial intelligence companies to disclose what's included in training their models, saying the law advanced "an important governmental interest" in providing transparency to the public.

  • July 16, 2026

    As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

    Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

  • July 16, 2026

    Mich. AG Says Solar Financing Scheme Hit 1,700 Consumers

    Michigan's attorney general has accused Climax Solar, its owner and the seven financial institutions that financed consumer purchases of the company's home solar systems of participating in a widespread solar finance scheme that promised customers big savings but resulted in long-term debt.

  • July 16, 2026

    Walgreens Sues Mass. Medicaid Program Over Drug Rates

    Walgreens says administrators of the Massachusetts Medicaid program cannot rely on drug prices negotiated with pharmacy benefit managers to determine reimbursement rates, in a challenge to the state's effort to claw back $242,000 in alleged overpayments.

  • July 16, 2026

    QVC Wins Approval Of $5B Ch. 11 Plan

    A Texas bankruptcy judge has given the green light to home shopping company QVC Group's Chapter 11 plan to eliminate most of its $6.5 billion in debt, rejecting objections to the proposal, including a challenge from shareholders who sought to file a competing plan.

  • July 16, 2026

    Biggest Sports & Betting Deals To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2026

    The year so far has seen increased private equity investment in pro teams and college sports, U.S. pro soccer's plans to capitalize on the World Cup and the Chicago Bears' hunt for a new host city. Here, Law360 highlights the most significant sports deals to watch for the remainder of 2026.

  • July 16, 2026

    DeepSeek, Shein Inch Closer To IPOs, And More Deal Rumors

    China's DeepSeek and Shein and U.S. entertainment company Lionsgate Studios are among the companies nearing potential IPOs or sales, according to recent reports. Initial public offerings from DeepSeek and Shein could value those companies at $71 billion and $40 billion, respectively. A potential price tag for Lionsgate hasn't been disclosed, but the studio behind the "Hunger Games" and "John Wick" movies could attract billions as Bollore Group and Banijay Group emerge as suitors. 

Expert Analysis

  • The Debanking Minefield: Navigating Fair Access In 2026

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    Federal regulators' recent elimination of reputational risk from bank supervision, alongside a growing patchwork of state fair access laws, is reshaping how banks make account and service decisions and ushering in a new compliance era requiring individualized, objective and risk-based access determinations, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.

  • Tips For Investors, Creditors Before Venezuela Restructuring

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    As Venezuela enters the first genuinely actionable phase of what may become one of the largest sovereign debt restructurings in modern financial history, creditors should strategically evaluate their claim types and investors should consider engaging before formal negotiations commence, says Rodrigo Carvalho at Winston Taylor.

  • What PE Practitioners Need To Know About New Del. ABC Act

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    Delaware's new Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors statute represents a structural shift in how companies backed by private equity can be wound down and provides a more streamlined tool for managing sponsor liability without the public visibility of a bankruptcy proceeding, says Evelyn Meltzer at Troutman Pepper.

  • How To Brace For A Potential Democratic Oversight Push

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    With the possibility for a shift in congressional control after the November midterm elections, companies and their general counsel should prepare now by mapping oversight exposure, reviewing government interactions, preserving records and developing coordinated communications strategies, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

  • Fed Autonomy Rests On Narrow Exception After Justices Rule

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Trump v. Cook and Trump v. Slaughter expand presidential removal power while temporarily preserving the Federal Reserve’s independence, but there is uncertainty about which of the Fed’s authorities fall within the court’s narrow monetary-policy exception, says Keith Bradley at Squire Patton.

  • Assessing New Risks After The End Of The SEC's Gag Rule

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rescission of its long-standing no‑deny gag rule marks a transition from a regime of enforced silence to one of strategic communication, meaning the question is no longer simply whether to settle, but how to manage the narrative that follows, say attorneys at Nelson Mullins.

  • AI-Fueled Pro Se Suits Pose Rising Risk For Lenders

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    Harris v. Pinnacle Bank, a recently decided Mississippi federal court case, illustrates how pro se borrowers are using artificial intelligence to file more sophisticated documents that can complicate and prolong loan enforcement proceedings, making early procedural challenges and tighter litigation strategies increasingly important for lenders, says Joseph Briggett at Baker Donelson.

  • Series

    Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

  • What Ga. Stablecoin Licensing Law Means For Payments Cos.

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    Georgia recently enacted one of the first state-level licensing frameworks for stablecoin issuance aligned with the Genius Act, which may appeal to eligible companies by making licensure accessible to nondepository entities and potentially offering easier access to regulatory guidance, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Illinois Audit Law Will Make AI Clauses Actually Enforceable

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    A law recently enacted in Illinois creates a first-in-the-nation requirement for artificial intelligence developers to undergo annual audits, providing objective standards that can be incorporated into private contracts and addressing the problem of defining responsible AI use, says William Tanenbaum at Moses & Singer.

  • Opinion

    Shareholder Derivative Litigation Needs A Better Framework

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    Uncoordinated, multiforum shareholder derivative litigation is a growing issue for corporate defendants that have little to no recourse for organizing and consolidating actions, but several commonsense steps should be utilized to preempt such disputes, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

  • Int'l Bribery Enforcement Takeaways After SFO Conference

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    While the U.K. Serious Fraud Office's recent conference demonstrated a global consensus on the importance of combating bribery and corruption, lagging enforcement from U.S. and U.K. regulators suggests that muscular supranational agencies may soon step up to lead cross-border investigations, say lawyers at Addleshaw Goddard.

  • Del. Dispatch: The New 'Director Independence' Definition

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Ayers v. Foley, its first interpretation and application of "director independence" as outlined in Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, suggests that the court will not limit the new section's reach, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • How Nixing Trade-Through Rule Would Alter Equity Markets

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent proposal to rescind the trade-through rule and the locked-and-crossed-markets prohibition represents one of the most significant potential changes to U.S. equity market structure in two decades, affecting exchanges, broker-dealers, and institutional and retail investors alike, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • What Actually Matters To GCs During Cross-Border Disputes

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    A recent international arbitration forum featured an in-house perspective on dispute resolution, highlighting that relationship preservation and other factors may matter more to businesses than success on legal merits, say Michael Mutek at Womble Bond and Mark Stadnyk at Thyssenkrupp Nucera.

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