Corporate

  • January 21, 2026

    Schwab Nixed From DOL Enforcement Suit Against Other Firm

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two Schwab companies from a U.S. Department of Labor enforcement case, finding the financial services providers' participation was no longer needed in the agency's dispute against another firm.

  • January 21, 2026

    Del. Justices Urged To Revive Telemedicine Co. SPAC Suit

    An attorney for special purpose acquisition company investors in a $1.35 billion take-public deal that preceded an affiliate bankruptcy, heavy losses and fraud claims urged Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject arguments that the statute of limitations on the claims started ticking at the time of the alleged misrepresentation.

  • January 21, 2026

    Google Likely Stuck With $425M Loss, But Bid For $3B Flops

    A California federal judge overseeing a class action accusing Google of illegally collecting information from 98 million cellphone users said Wednesday that he probably will not let Google decertify the class, but he is also unlikely to add $2.36 billion in alleged wrongful profits on top of a jury's $425 million verdict.

  • January 21, 2026

    SEC Wins $9.7M In Cemtrex Fraud Case After 2nd Circ. Remand

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has secured a $9.7 million judgment against the founder of an industrial manufacturer who allegedly diverted over $7.3 million of investor funds from his company to his private accounts, after the Second Circuit vacated the previous disgorgement award and remanded the case.

  • January 21, 2026

    Title Insurer Gets Atty's Emotional Distress Claims Cut

    Higher-ups at Connecticut title insurer CATIC and its nonprofit holding company don't have to face a former director's claims for emotional distress and tortious interference over his ouster, a state court judge has ruled.

  • January 21, 2026

    Disney Can't Dodge 'Toy Story 3' TM Claim On Remand

    A California federal judge has refused to grant Disney a partial win in a trademark infringement case brought by a stuffed animal manufacturer over the "Toy Story 3" character Lotso, ruling that the manufacturer had established a Lanham Act case against Disney before the U.S. Supreme Court considered the case.

  • January 21, 2026

    Businesses Seek OK On $436M Toyota Forklift Emissions Deal

    A proposed class of businesses is asking a California federal court to give the go-ahead on a $436 million settlement with Toyota Industries Corp. and its material handling affiliates in a suit that alleged the company misled them on their forklift and construction engine emissions.

  • January 21, 2026

    Feds Oppose Bail For Conn. Oil Trader During FCPA Appeal

    Federal prosecutors are fighting an oil trader's bid for freedom while he appeals a 15-month Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prison sentence, arguing the trader should begin serving time by Feb. 9 because his jury conviction probably won't be reversed.

  • January 21, 2026

    3rd Circ. Questions Mushroom Farmer's Tax Bill Accounting

    A Third Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday of a woman's bid to reduce her prison term for tax violations connected to her family's mushroom farm, with judges suggesting that different swaths of taxes she failed to pay the government could be grouped together as "relevant conduct" under federal sentencing guidelines.

  • January 21, 2026

    AI Recruiting Co. Eightfold Sued Over Job Applicant 'Dossiers'

    Job applicants have hit Eightfold AI with a proposed class action in California court, alleging the artificial intelligence company's business model violates longstanding consumer protection statutes by using "opaque" closely guarded AI algorithms to scrape personal data and generate "dossiers" on job applicants for major employers without applicants' knowledge or consent.

  • January 21, 2026

    UPS Strikes Deal In Class Action Over Pay For Military Leave

    UPS has reached a deal to end a class action alleging the package delivery giant violated federal law by failing to pay drivers for short-term military leave despite providing compensation for jury duty and other short-term absences, according to a filing in Washington federal court.

  • January 21, 2026

    Boar's Head Heir Seeks Chancery Ruling On Board Seat

    An heir to one of a major deli manufacturer's founders has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to step into a family governance dispute, arguing that the company improperly refused to recognize his election to the board despite a written stockholder consent he says was valid under Delaware law.

  • January 21, 2026

    Litigation Funder, Former GC Reach Deal In Trade Secrets Suit

    Litigation funder Siltstone Capital LLC and its former general counsel have reached a settlement in the company's lawsuit, alleging the GC used trade secrets to form a rival litigation funder.

  • January 21, 2026

    FedEx Dodges Claims It Owed OT, Was Drivers' Employer

    Drivers who worked for FedEx through intermediary entities failed to support their arguments that the freight company was their joint employer or that they worked unpaid overtime under federal wage law, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  • January 21, 2026

    FTC Mulling Deal With Express Scripts In PBM Case

    The Federal Trade Commission is considering a potential settlement with Express Scripts in the agency's case accusing the country's three largest pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through rebate schemes.

  • January 21, 2026

    Jefferies Steered Feds To $200M Water Ponzi Case, Judge Told

    Two men charged in connection with an allegedly massive water-vending Ponzi scheme were investigated after counsel for investment giant Jefferies — one defendant's former employer — walked the case into the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, a federal judge heard Wednesday.

  • January 21, 2026

    O'Melveny Corporate Finance Chair Hops To Pillsbury In NY

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has boosted its debt finance capabilities by bringing on the former chair of O'Melveny & Myers LLP's corporate finance practice.

  • January 21, 2026

    2 Firms Guide $450M Deal For Coney Island Hot Dog Slinger

    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Akerman LLP are advising on a new deal for Smithfield Foods Inc. to buy Nathan's Famous Inc. at an enterprise value of approximately $450 million, the companies said Wednesday. 

  • January 21, 2026

    Chancery Gives Solar Roof Co. One Week To Find In-State Atty

    The Delaware Chancery Court on Wednesday declined to rule immediately on a request to hold a solar roofing company in contempt for defying a court order, instead pausing the case to give the company time to hire Delaware counsel, a prerequisite to allowing the company to be heard on the merits.

  • January 21, 2026

    Massachusetts Owes Developer $15M Tax Credit, Court Rules

    Massachusetts' Department of Revenue owes a Boston Seaport developer a $15.3 million brownfields tax credit, a state judge said, finding that the tax agency was not entitled to second-guess the extent and cost of environmental remediation at the site to justify a smaller amount.

  • January 20, 2026

    FINRA Says Firms Ignored Red Flags About Overseas Biz

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has accused a pair of broker-dealers of failing to investigate red flags related to underwriting foreign customers' transactions and of not disclosing certain compensation, while the firms separately sued the regulator in Illinois federal court for overreach they claim blocked them from underwriting engagements.

  • January 20, 2026

    Adviser Can't Freeze Funds From $2.1B Plymouth REIT Buy

    A Massachusetts state judge declined Tuesday to set aside $60 million from a pending $2.1 billion deal to take Plymouth Industrial REIT private, finding the criteria to escrow the funds as a "debt" to Plymouth's financial adviser were not met.

  • January 20, 2026

    Trump Media Investor Says Insider Trading Trial Was Flawed

    A Florida trader sentenced to over two years in prison for insider trading on confidential plans to take President Donald Trump's media company behind Truth Social public urged the Second Circuit on Tuesday to reverse his conviction, saying the lower court wrongly excluded evidence at trial that backed his claims of acting in good faith.

  • January 20, 2026

    Lyft's 'Priority Pickup' Service Fails to Deliver, Suit Says

    Lyft tells passengers they can get a faster pickup for a premium price but frequently fails to deliver on that promise, a customer says in a proposed consumer class action filed Tuesday in California federal court.

  • January 20, 2026

    Firms Clash Over Starbucks Derivative Suit Leadership

    Plaintiffs in recent shareholder lawsuits against Starbucks Corp. leaders are challenging a Seattle federal judge's appointment of two New York law firms to co-lead similar litigation consolidated last year, arguing that the chosen firms are already "spread too thin" across hundreds of complex cases.

Expert Analysis

  • 9th Circ. Robinhood Ruling May Alter Intraquarter Disclosures

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    By aligning with the Second Circuit and rejecting the First Circuit's extreme-departure standard, the Ninth Circuit recently signaled in its decision to revive a putative securities class action against Robinhood a renewed emphasis on transparency when known trends that can be considered material arise between quarterly reports, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: How To Build On Cultural Fit

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    Law firm mergers should start with people, then move to strategy: A two-level screening that puts finding a cultural fit at the pinnacle of the process can unearth shared values that are instrumental to deciding to move forward with a combination, says Matthew Madsen at Harrison.

  • OFSI Proposals Signal Greater Focus On Enforcement Activity

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    The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s proposed financial sanctions reforms, with risks of higher penalties and more stringent disclosure requirements for U.K. banks and companies, reflect the agency’s evolution into a more sophisticated and robust enforcement regulator, says Irene Polieri at Gibson Dunn.

  • Considerations When Invoking The Common-Interest Privilege

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    To successfully leverage the common-interest doctrine in a multiparty transaction or complex litigation, practitioners should be able to demonstrate that the parties intended for it to apply, that an underlying privilege like attorney-client has attached, and guard against disclosures that could waive privilege and defeat its purpose, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • How In-House Counsel Can Prep Corp. Reps For Depositions

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    With anticorporate sentiment on the rise and jury verdicts against businesses growing larger, it is crucial that witnesses designated to be deposed on behalf of a company be well-prepared — and there are several key points in-house counsel should keep in mind to facilitate this process, says Joseph Altieri at Hollingsworth.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Making The Case To Combine

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    When making the decision to merge, law firm leaders must factor in strategic alignment, cultural compatibility and leadership commitment in order to build a compelling case for combining firms to achieve shared goals and long-term success, says Kevin McLaughlin at UB Greensfelder.

  • What To Watch As NY LLC Transparency Act Is Stuck In Limbo

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    Just about a month before it's set to take effect, the status of the New York LLC Transparency Act remains murky because of a pending amendment and the lack of recent regulatory attention in New York, but business owners should at least prepare for the possibility of having to comply, says Jonathan Wilson at Buchalter.

  • 1st Trial After FCPA Pause Offers Clues On DOJ Priorities

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    After surviving a government review of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, the U.S. v. Zaglin case reveals the U.S. Department of Justice still appears willing to prosecute individuals for conduct broadly consistent with classic priorities, despite the agency's new emphasis on foreign policy priorities, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Opinion

    Despite Deputy AG Remarks, DOJ Can't Sideline DC Bar

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    Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent suggestion that the D.C. Bar would be prevented from reviewing misconduct complaints about U.S. Department of Justice attorneys runs contrary to federal statutes, local rules and decades of case law, and sends the troubling message that federal prosecutors are subject to different rules, say attorneys at HWG.

  • From Bank Loans To Private Credit: Tips For Making The Shift

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    The relationship between private credit and syndicated bank deals will evolve as the private market continues to grow, introducing new challenges for borrowers comparing financing options, particularly pertaining to loan documentation and working capital, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • Wells Process Reforms Serve SEC Chair's Transparency Goals

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    Enforcement policy changes U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins recently set forth will help fulfill his stated goal of making Division of Enforcement investigations more fair and transparent by changing the Wells process to provide recipients earlier consultations with SEC staff, greater evidence access and more time to file responses, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Rule Amendments Pave Path For A Privilege Claim 'Offensive'

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    Litigators should consider leveraging forthcoming amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which will require early negotiations of privilege-related discovery claims, by taking an offensive posture toward privilege logs at the outset of discovery, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law.

  • Series

    My Miniature Livestock Farm Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Raising miniature livestock on my farm, where I am fully present with the animals, is an almost meditative time that allows me to return to work invigorated, ready to juggle numerous responsibilities and motivated to tackle hard issues in new ways, says Ted Kobus at BakerHostetler.

  • The Future Of Gen AI Training Amid Reddit Data Scraping Suit

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    Reddit's lawsuit against Perplexity AI is not framed as a classic copyright infringement fight, demonstrating that even when companies avoid fair use claims, the path by which training data is obtained is legally consequential, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Navigating Sanctions Against Colombia's Head Of State

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    To limit their exposure from recent sanctions that prohibit dealings with Colombia’s president and specific officials, it is critical that U.S. companies gain a fulsome understanding of potential touchpoints, establish controls to avoid engagement and, if necessary, seek U.S. government approval, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

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