Corporate

  • June 23, 2025

    Compass Sues Zillow Over Listing Ban

    Real estate brokerage Compass sued Zillow in New York federal court Monday, alleging its ban on private listings and coordination with competitors to enforce it amounts to monopolistic behavior.

  • June 23, 2025

    Crypto Exec Seeks 5th Circ. Redo Over IRS Summonses

    A cryptocurrency executive asked the Fifth Circuit to reconsider his request to quash IRS summonses for his bank records, saying its decision that he was prematurely trying to appeal a lower court's ruling ignored his claims that the agency's documents were incomplete and lacked legal power.

  • June 23, 2025

    OpenAI Temporarily Blocked From Using IO Co. Trademark

    OpenAI was temporarily blocked from using the trademark associated with acquired competitor IO Products Inc. by a California federal judge who said the mark poses a risk of confusion for technology company IYO Inc.

  • June 23, 2025

    High Court Won't Revisit 'Right-To-Control' Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take a second look at the landmark case that disposed of the "right-to-control" theory of fraud, rejecting a petition that argued the Second Circuit had wrongly remanded the action for retrial before resolving the appeal at hand.

  • June 23, 2025

    Justices Pass On La. Regulators' Tesla Sales Ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision that revived Tesla's lawsuit accusing Louisiana car dealers and regulators of illegally excluding the direct-sale automaker from the state, following a notification from the parties of their intent to reach a settlement.

  • June 20, 2025

    AT&T Customers' $177M Data Breach Deal Wins Initial OK

    A Texas federal judge Friday gave her initial blessing to a $177 million settlement resolving a flood of claims accusing AT&T Inc. of failing to safeguard customers' sensitive information during two separate incidents that exposed the data of tens of millions of people.

  • June 20, 2025

    Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

    The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

  • June 20, 2025

    Unsettling Expectations: Stewart Broadens Denials Again

    The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director has again held that patent owners eventually have the right to assume their patents won't be challenged in inter partes reviews, which many attorneys say is upsetting their understanding of how to navigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • June 20, 2025

    23andMe Judge Aims For Quick Decision On Sale To Founder

    After a second all-day hearing, a Missouri bankruptcy judge said he would decide as quickly as he can on the proposed $305 million sale of genetic testing company 23andMe to a nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki.

  • June 20, 2025

    Bloomingdale's Website Tracking Suit Revived On CIPA Claim

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed the toss of a proposed class action accusing Bloomingdale's of illegally capturing website visitors' activities in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, finding the plaintiff had sufficiently alleged that the retailer had disclosed the "contents" of her communications to a third-party software provider.

  • June 20, 2025

    MicroStrategy Brass Face Suit Over $5.9B Bitcoin Loss

    Executives and directors of bitcoin-focused software company MicroStrategy Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint alleging they made over $31 million selling off company stock while its shares were artificially inflated by misrepresentations about the magnitude of upcoming changes to the company's accounting practices for its so-called bitcoin treasury.

  • June 20, 2025

    Meta Enables Investment Scams Via Facebook Ads, Suit Says

    Facebook and Instagram users Friday lodged a putative class action accusing Meta of turning a blind eye to scam advertisements on its platforms, telling a California federal court the social media giant enabled a Chinese penny stock investment scam that cost victim investors at least $300 million.

  • June 20, 2025

    Many Foreign Firms Could Face Stricter Access To US Markets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reevaluation of the definition of a foreign private issuer could have far-reaching consequences, potentially tightening access to U.S. markets for companies based in China and beyond, lawyers say.

  • June 20, 2025

    Trump Inks Rollback Of Biden-Era OCC Bank Merger Rule

    President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation nullifying the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's Biden-era bank merger rule, clinching a Republican campaign to overturn what industry groups criticized as an overly restrictive and unclear framework for reviewing proposed transactions.

  • June 20, 2025

    Texas High Court Finds Pilots Union's Can Sue Over 737 Max

    The Texas Supreme Court on Friday put wind beneath the wings of a Southwest Airline Pilots Association's suit aiming to hold Boeing responsible for its members' economic losses after regulators grounded the 737 Max aircraft, finding the Railway Labor Act does not preempt the union's claims.

  • June 20, 2025

    Judge Awards $29.5M Counsel Fee For $147.5M Class Deal

    A Connecticut federal judge has given final approval to a $147.5 million settlement for an insurance fee class while awarding $29.5 million in attorney fees spread across three firms, marking a 5% reduction to the cut of the settlement counsel sought.

  • June 20, 2025

    Walmart Shells Out $10M To Resolve FTC Money Transfer Suit

    Walmart has agreed to pay $10 million to put to rest the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the retailer "turned a blind eye to scammers" who facilitated fraud through its money transfer services, according to an announcement made Friday.

  • June 20, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Senior Living, Data Centers, CEQA

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into a senior housing surge, data center construction, and the Golden State's latest efforts to spur housing construction without upsetting the California Environmental Quality Act.

  • June 20, 2025

    Senate's CFPB, PCAOB Cuts Hit Parliamentarian Roadblock

    The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has thrown cold water on the Senate Banking Committee's bids to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and eliminate the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board as part of the "One Big Beautiful" budget megabill, but the panel's top Republican is vowing to keep seeking further spending cuts.

  • June 20, 2025

    Apple Hit With Securities Suit Over IPhone AI Feature Delays

    An Apple investor hit the tech giant and its top brass with a proposed securities class action in California federal court Friday, alleging they duped investors into believing Apple would launch new artificial intelligence Siri features on the iPhone 16 and caused Apple stock to tumble after the rollout was delayed repeatedly.

  • June 20, 2025

    Concrete Biz Investors Sue In Del. After Book, Record Denials

    Stockholders of a U.S. concrete company taken private in an $11.5 billion merger in February sued the business for books and records on Friday, arguing the company's denial of access wrongly cited the previous dismissal of a shareholder suit alleging unfair merger terms.

  • June 20, 2025

    9th Circ. Says NY Claims Against Hyundai Raise 'Novel' Issue

    A split panel of the Ninth Circuit Friday refused to toss negligence claims from cities in Ohio and Wisconsin in consolidated litigation alleging Hyundai and Kia, of which Hyundai is a major shareholder, sold vehicles with design flaws that enabled car thefts nationwide, but said negligence claims under New York law "raise a novel issue" of state law.

  • June 20, 2025

    Employment Authority: A Look At Fed. Worker Fights In Court

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on why experts think it may be easier for workers and unions to head to court in opposing the Trump administration's actions instead of going through administrative systems, how federal courts have ruled in the first half of 2025 on Biden-era EEOC regulations and guidance, and four wage and hour issues attorneys should be looking at in the next few months.

  • June 20, 2025

    Micron Can't Undo $445M Patent Loss Due To Biden Remarks

    A Texas federal judge has rejected Micron's challenges to a $445 million verdict against it for infringing Netlist computer memory patents, including a claim that it was prejudiced by Netlist suggesting to a jury that Micron benefited from ex-President Joe Biden's policies.

  • June 20, 2025

    2nd Circ. Affirms End Of NFL Meta Pixel Code Privacy Suit

    The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revive a New York federal lawsuit against the NFL over its use of Meta's tracking pixel on its website, finding an ordinary person would not be able to decipher the information collected.

Expert Analysis

  • How Plan Sponsors Can Mitigate Risk In PBM Contracts

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    A recent lawsuit in New York federal court alleges that JPMorgan caused exorbitant prescription costs by mishandling the pharmacy benefit manager arrangement, adding to a growing body of Employee Retirement Income Security Act fiduciary breach litigation and affirming that fiduciaries must proactively manage their healthcare plan vendors, say attorneys at Hall Benefits Law.

  • Series

    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Tax Takeaways From Georgia's 2025 Legislative Session

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    Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland discuss tax-related measures passed by the Georgia Legislature during the session that adjourned on April 4, which included a decrease in income tax rates, an extension of the time in which to a protest tax assessment and cleanup provisions related to launching the state’s new tax court next year.

  • Limit On SEC Enforcement Authority May Mean Fewer Actions

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    Following a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission final rule revoking the Enforcement Division director's long-standing authority to issue formal investigation orders, it's clear the division is headed for a new era of limited autonomy, marked by a significantly slower pace of SEC investigations, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Calif. Antitrust Laws May Turn More Zealous Than US Regs

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    California is poised in the next 18 months to significantly expand its antitrust laws, broadening the scope of liability and creating a premerger review process that could be more expansive than review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, say attorneys at Munger Tolles.

  • As SEC, CFTC Retreat, Who Will Police The Crypto Markets?

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    As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pull back from policing the crypto markets, the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have the authority to pick up the slack — although recent events raise doubts that they will do so, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration

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    The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Making Sense Of Small Biz Fair Lending Compliance

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    Despite the uncertainty brought on by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent efforts to revise fair lending data collection requirements under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the compliance dates have not yet been stayed, so covered institutions should still start to monitor any disparities now, say attorneys at Frost Brown Todd.

  • Defense Strategies After Justices' Personal Injury RICO Ruling

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    In Medical Marijuana v. Horn, the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act can be invoked by some plaintiffs with claims arising from personal injuries — but defense counsel can use the limitations on civil RICO claims to seek early dismissal in such cases, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal Environment

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    Dealmakers are adopting more cautious and deliberate merger and acquisition practices, such as earnout agreements, joint ventures and strategic partnerships that mitigate risk and bridge valuation gaps, amid the slower pace so far in 2025, says Louis Lehot at Foley & Lardner.

  • Opinion

    Ripple Settlement Offers Hope For Better Regulatory Future

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    The recent settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple — in which the agency agreed to return $75 million of a $125 million fine — vindicates criticisms of the SEC and highlights the urgent need for a complete overhaul of its crypto regulation, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • 5 Insurance Types For Mitigating Tariff-Related Trade Losses

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    The potential for significant trade-related losses as a result of increased tariffs may cause companies to consider which of their insurance policies, including marine, builders risk, trade credit, and directors and officers, could provide coverage to alleviate the financial impact, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Series

    Florida Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

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    The first quarter of 2025 saw the Trump administration's crypto-forward approach permeate the banking industry, including Florida banking institutions, and a Fourth District Court of Appeal decision provide a new precedent for borrower/lender standing, say attorneys at Kozyak Tropin.

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