Corporate

  • August 22, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: 401(k) Boost, Eyes On Florida

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into what President Donald Trump's executive order on retirement fund investing means for real estate assets, as well as the biggest issues Florida real estate practitioners are watching in the second half of 2025.

  • August 21, 2025

    Cannabis Cos. Face $2.9M IT Judgment After Attys Quit

    Subsidiaries of Canadian cannabis company Halo Collective Inc. were hit with a nearly $2.9 million judgment over claims that they infringed on a Colorado-based firm's patents, losing the litigation after their attorneys withdrew because they could "no longer pay."

  • August 21, 2025

    Google Got App Data Profits After Pledging Privacy, Jury Told

    A computer scientist testifying in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google LLC illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users who had opted out of tracking told a California federal jury Thursday that the tech giant stores information about their app use in a "shadow account" and uses it to sell ads.

  • August 21, 2025

    FTC Warns Tech Cos. To Honor Data Vows In Foreign Dealings

    The head of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday cautioned Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and other major tech companies to refrain from weakening data security protections or censoring content in response to pressure from foreign governments, reminding them that reneging on promises they make to U.S. consumers could land them in hot water with the agency.

  • August 21, 2025

    1st Circ. Rejects Flyers' $34M Fee Bid In JetBlue-Spirit Case

    Passengers who launched an antitrust challenge to the since-scrapped JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger are not eligible to collect up to $34 million in legal fees, the First Circuit ruled Thursday, finding that because the deal was blocked in a parallel government case, the passengers are not actually the prevailing parties.

  • August 21, 2025

    Aerospace Co. Must Face Ex-Exec's Claim Of Wrongful Firing

    A New Jersey federal judge cut defamation claims brought against an aerospace hardware company by its former president on Thursday, but allowed his wrongful-termination claims to proceed, finding that he sufficiently pled a causal connection between his protected whistleblowing activities and his firing. 

  • August 21, 2025

    Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.

    A multi-court string of settlements has produced a $33.75 million proposed payout for stockholders who alleged in direct and derivative state and federal actions that they were misled in deals that took electric vehicle maker Nikola Corp. public.

  • August 21, 2025

    Home Depot's $5.5B GMS Deal Gets DOJ Clearance

    The U.S. Department of Justice has prematurely ended a waiting period that prevented Home Depot's $5.5 billion acquisition of building products distributor GMS Inc. from closing, a day before the home improvement retailer's Friday cash tender offer expiration date, Home Depot announced on Thursday.

  • August 21, 2025

    Amazon Must Yield To DOL Expense Subpoena, 9th Circ. Says

    Amazon has to comply with the U.S. Department of Labor's demands for data on travel reimbursements paid to supervisors sent to New York to dissuade warehouse workers from unionizing, a Ninth Circuit panel said on Thursday, concluding the information is germane to an agency probe of potential reporting violations.  

  • August 21, 2025

    Biz Groups Appeal Calif. Climate Reporting Ruling To 9th Circ.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have appealed a court order rejecting their bid to block new California state regulations requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks that they claim violate their First Amendment rights.

  • August 21, 2025

    NC Senator Says Whirlpool Rigged TED Talk For Ad Campaign

    Sen. DeAndrea Salvador, a Norh Carolina Democrat, accused appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Corp. of using manipulated portions of her old TED Talk on energy affordability to burnish its international ad campaign, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in North Carolina federal court.

  • August 21, 2025

    Perplexity AI Fails To Toss Or Transfer Publishers' IP Suit

    Perplexity AI Inc. on Thursday was denied a bid to dismiss a copyright infringement suit brought by the companies that publish The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post when a New York federal judge said the court has jurisdiction over Perplexity under the state's long-arm statute.

  • August 21, 2025

    Snap Inc. Hit With Investor Suit Over Ad Platform Glitch

    Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc., was hit with a proposed shareholder class action Thursday in California federal court accusing it of concealing the effects of a glitch on its advertising auction system that caused it to lose revenue.

  • August 21, 2025

    GTCR Deal A 'Smokescreen' For Coatings Merger, FTC Says

    GTCR BC Holdings LLC's $627 million bid to buy the nation's largest medical device coatings company is a blatant attempt to overwhelmingly dominate an already highly concentrated market, and the "smokescreen" of a partial divestiture shouldn't convince anyone otherwise, the Federal Trade Commission told an Illinois federal judge Thursday.

  • August 21, 2025

    Roblox Hit With New Accusations Of Child Safety Shortfalls

    The Roblox Corp. prioritized growth and profits over child safety, opening the door to sexual exploitation, a North Carolina mother claimed in the latest complaint the tech giant faces over alleged safety shortfalls. 

  • August 21, 2025

    CVS, Drugmakers Illegally Inflated Insulin Prices, City Claims

    Drugmakers Eli Lilly and Co., Novo Nordisk Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis US LLC, pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, and others have been hit with civil racketeering and state unfair trade practices law claims by the city of Torrington, Connecticut, over an alleged scheme to inflate insulin prices.

  • August 21, 2025

    Democratic Sen. Urges Trump Admin To Plan For Tariff Refunds

    Senate Small Business Committee ranking member Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., sent a letter Thursday to agency leaders in President Donald Trump's administration requesting the government prepare a tariff refund plan in case federal courts strike down Trump's emergency tariffs.

  • August 21, 2025

    EU, US Agree To Eliminate Industrial Tariffs

    The European Union and the U.S. have agreed on new terms to the trade agreement to eliminate EU tariffs on U.S. industrial products and implement a 15% U.S. tariff cap for most other sectors, according to a joint statement issued Thursday.

  • August 21, 2025

    Judge OKs Deal To End Misrepresented Pickleball Paddle Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement resolving a class action accusing a pickleball paddle manufacturer of deceptively marketing its products as certified by the sport's governing body that will pay out up to $300 to each class member.

  • August 21, 2025

    HHS Wants Out Of Unions' Suit Over Layoffs, Agency Cuts

    The Department of Health and Human Services fought back against amended claims from several unions over layoff notices and the alleged dismantling of an agency focused on worker safety, telling a D.C. federal judge that the unions are pursuing "judicial overreach" in their suit.

  • August 21, 2025

    Tyson Foods Sued In Del. For Docs On Poultry Care, Deaths

    A Tyson Foods Inc. stockholder on Thursday sued the company — which is the largest among the nation's chicken producers — for a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling compelling release of records on alleged child labor violations and failures by Tyson to assure proper feeding and treatment of poultry grown on contract farms.

  • August 21, 2025

    Canadian Insurer Manulife Taps Ex-JPMorgan Atty As GC

    Manulife, a global insurance and investment firm based in Toronto, announced Thursday it found a replacement for its outgoing general counsel, naming to the post an attorney who previously served a leadership role in JPMorgan's legal department and was general counsel for the New York-based arm of Japan's largest bank.

  • August 21, 2025

    SEC Taps Military Judge To Head Enforcement Efforts

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced the appointment of a senior judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to lead its enforcement division.

  • August 21, 2025

    Engineering Consultant Fights 'Sweeping' Ban On Job Move

    A former principal for a California environmental consulting firm asked a Michigan federal judge Thursday to dissolve or narrow a restraining order barring her from taking a job at a competitor, calling the order a "sweeping" ban that would "destroy" her career.

  • August 21, 2025

    Foundry Exec Says Hong Kong Partner Took $1.3M By Fraud

    A Pennsylvania consultant and foundry executive claims he was fooled into sending his Hong Kong business partner $1.3 million from the sale of a machine shop, then pushed out of their joint venture without being repaid, according to a lawsuit filed in state court Wednesday.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Aviation Watch: Liability Lessons From 737 Max Blowout

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    The National Transportation Safety Board's recently released report on the 2024 door plug blowout on board a Boeing 737 Max airliner helps illuminate how a company's strategic mistakes can lead to flawed decision-making and supply chain oversight failures, ultimately increasing regulatory and legal exposure, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Opinion

    Sometimes Int'l Competition Should Trump Antitrust Concerns

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    The U.S. Justice Department's approval of HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks shows that a merger that significantly enhances innovation and competitiveness may serve consumer and national interests despite marginally increasing industry concentration, says John Reeves at Reeves Law.

  • Divest Order Shows How Security Fears Extend CFIUS Scope

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    A recent White House order forcing a Chinese company to divest its 2020 acquisition of a U.S. audiovisual supplier demonstrates the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ growing power to sink foreign transactions over national security concerns — and the enormous risks to U.S. companies from such reviews, say attorneys at Bass Berry.

  • Assessing Federal Securities Class Action Stats In '25 So Far

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    The settlement amount as a percentage of damages in securities class actions has continued to decline in the first half of 2025, a trend that may be important for assessing exposure and risk in future securities litigation, say analysts at Analysis Group.

  • Art Market Must Prepare For More AML Scrutiny

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    Calls for art market regulation continue to grow, as evidenced by a recently introduced bill that would subject it to the Bank Secrecy Act’s anti-money laundering requirements, so participants should consider adopting basic, risk-based controls, says Jane Levine at The ArtRisk Group.

  • NY Tax Talk: ALJ Vacancy, Online Sales, Budget

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    Among the most notable developments in New York tax law last quarter, an administrative law judge vacancy continued affecting taxpayers, a state court decision tested the scope of the Interstate Income Act, and Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the 2025-2026 fiscal budget containing key tax-related provisions, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Series

    Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.

  • Lessons Learned 3 Years After First CCPA Enforcement Action

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    Three years after the first public enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Attorney General Rob Bonta has pursued a steady stream of enforcement actions across industries, providing a clearer picture of how the law is being interpreted and enforced, says Tatum Andres at Kilpatrick.

  • How Tariffs Can Affect Event Studies In Securities Litigation

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    When the control period is calm and the event window is stormy — often the case with breaking political or economic developments, like President Donald Trump's recent tariff announcements — traditional event study methodology can increase the risk of misleading conclusions in securities litigation, say economic consultants at NERA.

  • How AI Is Easing Digital Asset Recovery In Fraud Cases

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    In combination with recent legislation and a maturing digital asset infrastructure, artificial intelligence tools are making it easier to recover stolen assets, giving litigants a more specific understanding of financial fraud earlier in the process and making it economically feasible to pursue smaller fraud claims, says Solomon Shinerock at Lewis Baach.

  • What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI

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    After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.

  • Despite SEC Reset, Private Crypto Securities Cases Continue

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration has charted a new approach to crypto regulation, the industry still lacks comprehensive rules of the road, meaning private plaintiffs continue to pursue litigation, and application of securities laws to crypto-assets will be determined by the courts, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • State AGs Are Turning Up The Antitrust Heat On ESG Actions

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    Recent antitrust developments from red state attorneys general continue a trend of environmental, social and governance scrutiny, and businesses exposed to these areas should conduct close examinations of strategy and potential material risk, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Crypto Custody Guidelines Buoy Both Banks And Funds

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    A statement released last month by banking regulators — highlighting risks that the agencies expect banks holding crypto-assets to mitigate — may encourage more traditional institutions to offer crypto-asset safekeeping and thereby offer asset managers more options for qualified custodians to custody crypto-assets for their clients, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Navigating Executive Perk Enforcement Under Trump Admin

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently signaled a softer approach to executive perks, companies should remain vigilant due to the bipartisan and lengthy nature of executive perquisite cases and Chairman Paul Atkins' previous support for disclosure requirements, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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