Corporate

  • June 12, 2025

    Judge Pans 'Breathtaking' CFPB Disavowal Of Redlining Deal

    An Illinois federal judge Thursday refused to allow the Trump administration to abandon a recently settled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau redlining case, calling the CFPB's bid to refund a Chicago-area mortgage lender accused of discriminatory lending practices "breathtaking."

  • June 12, 2025

    Volkswagen Beats SUV Owner's Out-Of-Warranty Defect Suit

    An Alabama federal judge on Wednesday tossed a Volkswagen owner's putative class action accusing the automaker of refusing to cover her allegedly defective SUV under warranty, saying the driver sought repairs outside of warranty limits and failed to show that the vehicle was so unsafe that it was defective.

  • June 12, 2025

    6th Circ. Skeptical Of Auto Co.'s NLRB Constitutionality Suit

    A Sixth Circuit panel appeared unlikely Thursday to back an auto parts manufacturer's request to block a National Labor Relations Board prosecution because of alleged constitutional defects in the agency's structure, as the judges probed whether an agency judge's decision against the company and the board's lack of a quorum affect the dispute.

  • June 12, 2025

    Fla. Doc Sues In Del. Alleging Multistate Group Conspiracy

    A Florida doctor and emergency room companies serving departments in Texas, Florida and Oklahoma have sued multiple entities in Delaware's Court of Chancery allegedly involved in an elaborate private equity-tied scheme to duck bans on the corporate practice of medicine.

  • June 12, 2025

    23andMe Ombudsman Not Confident Sale Is Lawful

    The privacy expert probing 23andMe's proposed sale of customers' genetic data in bankruptcy told a Missouri federal judge Wednesday that he couldn't determine the deal wouldn't violate state privacy laws and recommended the company be required to obtain consent from its customers before handing over the data.

  • June 12, 2025

    PNC Gets Fed. Circ. To Undo Its $223M Patent Loss To USAA

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday wiped out two jury verdicts totaling nearly $223 million that United Services Automobile Association won against PNC Bank on mobile check deposit patents, finding the patents cover only abstract ideas.

  • June 12, 2025

    JPMorgan Can't Exit Cash Sweep Rates Suit, Consumers Say

    Consumers who accused JPMorgan Chase of underpaying the interest on their cash sweep accounts urged a New York federal judge on Thursday not to let the bank escape the suit, asserting several arguments, including that their contract claims are "anchored" to specific provisions in the parties' written agreement.

  • June 12, 2025

    These Firms Are Landing The Most PTAB Work

    Intellectual property powerhouse Fish & Richardson again secured the top spot on a list of firms appearing in the most trials over the past three years in front of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • June 12, 2025

    'Bad Faith': Valve Accused Of Thwarting Arbitration It Sought

    Valve Corp. is blocking consumers from arbitrating antitrust claims against the gaming company by refusing to pay $20 million in arbitration fees, a "bad faith" move that flouts a court order granting Valve's bid to compel arbitration, a game buyer told a Washington federal judge in a motion for sanctions.

  • June 12, 2025

    Calif. Sues Trump Over 'Wildly Partisan' EV Waiver Repeal

    The California attorney general and 10 other states sued the Trump administration in federal court Thursday, minutes after President Donald Trump signed resolutions repealing California's Clean Air Act waiver that allowed the state to establish its own vehicle emissions standards, slamming the resolutions as unconstitutional, irrational and "wildly partisan."

  • June 12, 2025

    Meta Eyes $14B AI Bet, Bullish Seeks IPO, And More Rumors

    Facebook owner Meta is eying a $14 billion investment in Scale AI, while Bullish plans to join the recent surge in cryptocurrency-related initial public offerings and investors want to take pizza chain Papa John's private at more than $60 per share. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • June 12, 2025

    Inovalon Investors' Revived Chancery Suit Moves Forward

    A Delaware chancellor sent into discovery investors' claim that Inovalon didn't properly disclose that a consortium of private equity firms that bought the healthcare data company paid $400 million in fees to its financial adviser before the transaction, dismissing some claims but finding it is "reasonably conceivable" that the suit's defendants acted in bad faith.

  • June 12, 2025

    China Agrees To Loosen Rare Earth Restrictions, US Says

    Chinese trade negotiators have agreed to lift export controls on rare-earth elements in exchange for the U.S. walking back a campaign to revoke visas for Chinese students, according to statements by U.S. officials, which experts said leave key issues unresolved.

  • June 12, 2025

    Rising PTAB Filings Follow Surge In Patent Cases

    The number of petitions filed with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ticked up last year, following a similar increase in federal court litigation and suggesting that activity at the board has somewhat stabilized, according to a new report.

  • June 12, 2025

    Navistar To Pay $450K To End Unpaid OT Suit

    Commercial vehicle manufacturer Navistar Inc. will pay $450,000 to resolve a former employee's collective action accusing it of failing to incorporate bonus payments in overtime pay calculations, thus causing workers' wages to fall, a filing in Illinois federal court said.

  • June 12, 2025

    Clark Hill Grows Gov't Contracts Team With Army Atty In Texas

    Clark Hill PLC has added a former legal leader in the U.S. Army Futures Command to the firm's Austin office, strengthening its government contracts and regulation team with an attorney who has handled federal government contract law matters for 20 years.

  • June 12, 2025

    Judiciary Committee Clears Squires For Full Senate Vote

    The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Goldman Sachs intellectual property attorney John Squires to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on Thursday, putting his nomination in the hands of the full Senate.

  • June 12, 2025

    Kirkland & Ellis Adds Former Ropes & Gray Deals Atty In NY

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Wednesday it has welcomed a corporate partner from Ropes & Gray LLP to its New York office, touting her experience with major deals in sectors such as financial services, software, healthcare, industrials, consumer products and retail.

  • June 12, 2025

    Chancery Tags AstraZeneca Unit For $180M 'Expectation' Loss

    Rejecting calls for a $755 million award, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled late Wednesday that a biopharmaceutical company's shareholders are due $180.9 million in post-merger "expectation damages" plus interest after an AstraZeneca PLC unit's failure to reasonably pursue an acquired drug prospect.

  • June 12, 2025

    Justices Reverse IRS Loss In Tax Collection Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the U.S. Tax Court did not have jurisdiction to review a New Jersey woman's collection dispute with the Internal Revenue Service after the agency stopped going after her unpaid taxes, reversing an earlier IRS loss.

  • June 11, 2025

    States Tackle Data Privacy, Kids' Safety As Sessions Wrap Up

    Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and other states with legislative sessions that end this month have pushed through laws that broaden existing data privacy statutes to sweep up more companies and categories of information and measures that seek to join the growing push to restrict kids' access to online platforms.

  • June 11, 2025

    Glass Lewis To GOP: No 'Ideological Agenda' In Proxy Advice

    The head of the proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. has pushed back against allegations from the Senate Banking Committee concerning the firm's "expansive, opaque, and ideologically driven influence" on U.S. companies, saying it evaluates all shareholder proposals on a case-by-case basis.

  • June 11, 2025

    Ex-Google Engineer Loses Bid To Toss AI Espionage Counts

    A California federal judge has refused to toss economic espionage charges against an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to help startups in China, adding that prosecutors' assertion that the man was trying to benefit the People's Republic of China "as opposed to benefiting himself ... seems dubious."

  • June 11, 2025

    OneTaste Leaders In Custody Over Forced Labor Conspiracy

    A Brooklyn federal judge denied a bond motion Tuesday by Nicole Daedone, the co-founder of sexual wellness company OneTaste, and her former deputy Rachel Cherwitz after they were convicted of a forced-labor conspiracy, rejecting their bid to remain on bail pending sentencing.

  • June 11, 2025

    Judge Won't Disqualify Attys In AmeriMark Control Dispute

    A Utah magistrate judge declined to disqualify attorneys from Venable LLP and Parsons Behle & Latimer PC from representing Swiss plaintiffs Capana Swiss Advisors and AmeriMark Automotive in a lawsuit over who controls AmeriMark Group, finding there is no clear conflict of interest and that disqualification would unfairly disrupt the case.

Expert Analysis

  • What FERC Scrutiny Of Directors, Assets Means For Investors

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    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has recently paid dramatically increased attention to appointments of power company directors by investors, and ownership of vertical assets that provide inputs for electric power production and sale — so investors in FERC-regulated entities should be paying more attention to these matters as well, say attorneys at Day Pitney.

  • What's Potentially In Store For CFTC Under New Leadership

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    Under the leadership of acting U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Caroline Pham, and with the nomination of former commissioner Brian Quintenz to serve as permanent chair, the commission is set to widely embrace digital assets and event contracts, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Revived Executive Order Is A Deregulatory Boon To Banks

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    A recently reinstated 2019 executive order reveals the Trump administration’s willingness to provide unprecedented protections for regulated parties — including financial institutions — but to claim them, banks and other entities must adopt a forward-leaning posture to work with the regulators, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Recent Cases Clarify FCA Kickback Pleading Standards

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    Two recently resolved cases involving pharmaceutical manufacturers may make it more difficult for False Claims Act defendants facing kickback scheme allegations to get claims dismissed for lack of evidence, say Li Yu at Bernstein Litowitz, Ellen London at London & Noar, and Gregg Shapiro at Gregg Shapiro Law.

  • 3 Ways Civil Plaintiffs Could Fill An FCPA Enforcement Gap

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    While the Department of Justice recently announced it would deprioritize Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations into U.S. businesses without obvious ties to international crime, companies should stay alert to private plaintiffs, who could fill this enforcement void — and win significant civil damages — through several legal channels, says Eric Nitz at MoloLamken.

  • Examining Trump Meme Coin And SEC's Crypto Changes

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    While the previous U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission tended to view most crypto-assets as securities, the tide is rapidly changing, and hopefully the long-needed reevaluation of this regulatory framework is not tarnished by an arguable conflict of interest due to President Donald Trump's affiliation with the $Trump meme coin, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.

  • Opinion

    State FCAs Should Cover Local Fund Misuse, State Tax Fraud

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    New Jersey and other states with similar False Claims Acts should amend them to cover misappropriated municipal funding, and state and local tax fraud, which would encourage more whistleblowers to come forward and increase their recoveries, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • Dewberry Ruling Is A Wakeup Call For Trademark Owners

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dewberry v. Dewberry hones in on the question of how a defendant's affiliates' profits should be treated under the Lanham Act, and should remind trademark litigants and practitioners that issues involving monetary relief should be treated seriously, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • Recent Cases Suggest ESG Means 'Ever-Shifting Guidelines'

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    U.S. courts have recently handed down a number of contradictory decisions on important environmental, social and governance issues, adding to an already complex mix of conflicting political priorities, new laws and changing regulatory guidance — but there are steps that companies can take to minimize risk, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • When Reincorporation Out Of Del. Isn't A Good Idea

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    While recent high-profile corporate moves out of Delaware have prompted discussion about the benefits of incorporation elsewhere, for many, remaining in the First State may be the right decision due to its deep body of business law, tradition of nonjury trials and other factors, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • New HSR Rules Augur A Deeper Antitrust Review By Agencies

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    After some initial uncertainty, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules did go into effect last month, and though their increased information requirements create greater initial burdens for merging parties, the rules should lead to greater certainty and predictability through a more efficient and effective review process, says Craig Malam at Edgeworth Economics.

  • Why Acquirers Should Reevaluate Federal Contract Risk

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    Long thought of as a stable investment, the scale with which the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate federal contracts is unprecedented, and acquirer considerations should include the size and scope of all active and pending government contracts of target companies, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Opinion

    SEC Defense Bar Should Pursue Sanctions Flexibility Now

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defense bar has an opening under the new administration to propose flexible, tailored sanctions that can substantially remediate misconduct and prevent future wrongdoing instead of onerous penalties, which could set sanctions precedent for years to come, says Josh Hess at BCLP.

  • What To Know About Insurance Coverage For Greenwashing

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    As the number of public and private lawsuits relating to greenwashing dramatically grows, risk managers of companies making environmental claims should look to several types of insurance for coverage in the event of a suit, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

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