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April 17, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

The past week in London has seen the producers of West End show "Elf the Musical" face a contract dispute, Korean biotech company ToolGen Inc. bring a fresh patents claim against pharma giant Vertex, and ousted car tycoon Peter Waddell bring a claim against the private equity firm that backed his business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
April 17, 2025
LegalZoom Scores Arbitration In Unlawful Practice Suit

A suit accusing online legal services provider LegalZoom of engaging in the unauthorized practice of law will head to arbitration, after a New Jersey federal judge ruled the claims fall within the scope of an enforceable arbitration agreement.
April 16, 2025
Ed Martin Discloses Russia TV Spots, Coloring Books, Jan. 6

Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has disclosed dozens of additional media interviews with right-wing and Russian-state outlets, according to a letter obtained on Wednesday by Law360.
April 16, 2025
DC Judge Considers Bid To Block IRS Info Sharing With ICE

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether immigrant advocacy groups have standing to block a tax information-sharing agreement between the IRS and immigration enforcement agencies, but she also outlined concerns that the agreement could be abused.
April 16, 2025
Jackson Walker Hits Back At Bankruptcy Court Standing Brief

Jackson Walker LLP told a federal judge that the CEO of a now-bankrupt barge company is improperly trying to relitigate the issue of standing in bankruptcy court with his suit over a former judge's secret romance with a firm partner.
April 16, 2025
Firms Mum As EEOC Deadline For Diversity Data Passes

Tuesday marked the deadline for large law firms to answer the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's acting chair's request for detailed information about their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and neither the firms nor the EEOC would confirm if or how the legal heavyweights had responded.
April 16, 2025
Former McCarter & English Atty Fights Bid To Toss Firing Suit

A former McCarter & English LLP attorney and Navy SEAL has accused the firm in New Jersey state court of trying to "smear" him by claiming he was fired for his offensive social media posts rather than his advocacy for veterans.
April 16, 2025
DOJ Resists Perkins Coie Summary Judgment Bid In EO Case

The U.S. Department of Justice is continuing to defend President Donald Trump's March 6 order suspending security clearances held by Perkins Coie LLP attorneys, arguing on Wednesday that the BigLaw firm cannot take an early win, in part due to the firm's alleged "discriminatory employment activities" through participation in Mansfield Certification.
April 16, 2025
Schumer Looks To Block Trump NY US Attorney Nominations

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced on Wednesday he is exercising his power to block two of President Donald Trump's nominations for U.S. attorneys, which could set up an early test for preserving the long-standing Senate blue slip tradition.
April 16, 2025
DC Judge Mulls Contempt For Gov't Over 'Rushed' Removals

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg found probable cause on Wednesday to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully violating his order barring removals of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act, despite the U.S. Supreme Court having vacated that order.
April 16, 2025
California Challenges Trump's Economic Emergency Tariffs

The California state government filed suit Wednesday challenging President Donald Trump's recent use of a law that has allowed him to unilaterally impose broad and aggressive tariffs on imports entering the U.S.
April 15, 2025
Fired NLRB, MSPB Members Tell Justices Not To Rush Ruling

A pair of fired independent regulators implored the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to keep them unemployed while they challenge his authority to fire them without cause, arguing his new attack on a century-old precedent doesn't qualify as an emergency that the high court must address.
April 15, 2025
Judge Orders Discovery On Actions In Abrego Garcia Case

A Maryland federal judge ordered two weeks of discovery and depositions of at least four Trump administration officials into whether it's complying with her order to get back a Maryland man sent to a Salvadoran megaprison, saying that the updates she's gotten so far have shown that "nothing has been done."
April 15, 2025
How An Apple Exec's Attys Turned A Bribe Charge Into 'Vapor'

When jurors ruled this month that an Apple executive's promise to donate iPads to the local sheriff's department was not a bribe, it appeared to vindicate a defense strategy of calling no witnesses and painting the case as fundamentally flawed.
April 15, 2025
Retiring Calif. Ethics Committee Atty Says Judicial Trust Vital

Nancy Black, who retires this month as founding counsel to California's Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics, reflected in an interview with Law360 on the wide range of ethical concerns the committee has handled over her 15-year tenure and the group's key role in safeguarding public trust in the courts.
April 15, 2025
NJ Judicial Privacy Law Is Unconstitutional, 3rd Circ. Told

A group of data brokers told the Third Circuit that the New Jersey judicial privacy measure, Daniel's Law, is facially unconstitutional and that a federal district judge effectively "rewrote" it when he found otherwise.
April 15, 2025
McGuireWoods Immune From Defamation Case, NC Panel Told

McGuireWoods LLP and a former partner have told a North Carolina state appeals court that they have absolute privilege over allegedly defamatory statements made in connection with an investigation into the former CEO of a managed care organization, arguing that the trial court should have granted them a pretrial win.
April 15, 2025
DC Judge Blocks Trump Order Against Susman Godfrey

A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday largely blocked President Donald Trump's executive order over Susman Godfrey's handling of election litigation, saying the "Framers of the Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power."
April 15, 2025
Moye White Says It Was Evicted To Make Way For Tech Co.

Defunct law firm Moye White LLP is fighting back in Colorado state court against its Denver landlord's nearly $4 million lawsuit, alleging in counterclaims that the landlord unlawfully evicted the firm and its subtenants from a downtown office building in order to make room for a technology business.
April 14, 2025
Susman Godfrey Asks To Block 'Unconstitutional' Order

Susman Godfrey LLP on Monday asked a D.C. federal judge to immediately restrain the federal government from enforcing President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional" executive order revoking the firm's access to government resources, saying the directive is blatant retaliation for the firm's representation of clients and causes the president doesn't like.
April 14, 2025
Earthquake Briefly Interrupts Judge's Retrial In Wife's Killing

The retrial for an Orange County judge who is accused of drunkenly shooting his wife to death in their home after an argument took a dramatic turn Monday morning when a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Southern California, shaking the courtroom and abruptly interrupting opening statements from the judge's attorney.
April 14, 2025
Linking Friends No Longer Meta's Focus, Zuckerberg Says

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified Monday that the social media giant is no longer solely focused on connecting friends and family, arguing on the first day of the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization trial that the company has broader focus and faces more competition than the FTC claims.
April 14, 2025
Senate Dems Seek Briefing On Threats To Federal Judges

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Monday that they're asking the U.S. Marshals Service for a briefing on threats against federal judges.
April 14, 2025
Quinn Emanuel, King & Spalding Rep Harvard In Trump Letter

Harvard University on Monday turned to a pair of high-powered lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and King & Spalding LLP as the school pushed back on the Trump administration's policy demands linked to nearly $9 billion in federal funding — a move that prompted the government to freeze more than $2 billion in grants for the school.
April 14, 2025
Conservative Lawyers Seek Ethics Probe Of DC US Attorney

A group of conservative lawyers and former prosecutors on Monday called for an attorney ethics investigation into President Donald Trump's nominee to be Washington, D.C.'s top federal prosecutor, saying the attorney has shown a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the role.

Expert Analysis

New Strategies For Enhancing Firm Culture

How can law firms work toward retaining legal talent and meeting business goals? This year, Law360 guest commentary dove into tips like embracing cognitive diversity and conducting so-called stay interviews.
The Latest Legal Writing Tips

In 2024, Law360 guest experts provided advice for improving many kinds of legal writing — explaining how attorneys can use syllogistic reasoning, emulate master chefs, and clean up drafts produced by generative artificial intelligence tools.
2024 Pointers On Persuading Jurors

In a year where nuclear verdicts continued to proliferate, Law360 guest commentary focused on how trial attorneys can better select and connect with jurors, offering strategies for identifying anti-corporate sentiments and tactics to land one’s closing argument.
Associate Issues In The 2024 Spotlight

Law360 guest writers provided insights on a range of issues affecting associates this year, from the challenges of training new lawyers in the era of artificial intelligence, to nonfinancial factors that junior attorneys should consider before accepting a job offer.
AI Questions: The Top Guest Articles Of 2024

As the legal discourse surrounding artificial intelligence shifted from theoretical to concrete this year, guest commentary focused on the proliferation of new AI-related litigation, enforcement actions and best practices, while tracking the judiciary’s experimentation with generative AI.
Election Impact: The Top Guest Articles Of 2024

Donald Trump's election win initiated a deluge of predictions for the incoming administration, with Law360 guest writers covering key policy areas such as immigration, tax, energy, labor and competition, plus potential congressional themes and investigations.
Cybersecurity: The Top Guest Articles Of 2024

From the CrowdStrike failure to the plethora of new and sometimes tricky regulatory requirements, to early decisions interpreting cyberinsurance coverage, guest authors broke down the implications of the biggest cybersecurity developments this year.
ESG And DEI: The Top Guest Articles Of 2024

In their commentary on ESG and DEI topics this year, Law360 guest authors discussed Project 2025’s potential impact, the rise of greenwashing litigation, strategies for fostering employee retention amid a shaky regulatory landscape, and more.
Noncompetes: The Top Guest Articles Of 2024

Employee noncompete issues took center stage this year, as Law360 guest writers covered everything from state-level enforceability trends and alternative methods for protecting business interests, to a National Labor Relations Board ruling and the Federal Trade Commission’s attempted ban.
The Most-Read Securities Law360 Guest Articles Of 2024

This year, popular securities guest article topics included controversial Delaware court decisions and their legislative aftermath, as well as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s focus on emerging industries amid struggles to implement its rulemaking agenda.
The Most-Read Access To Justice Guest Articles Of 2024

Law360 guest commentary addressed several emerging access to justice issues this year, including growing case backlogs, a dearth of legal services in rural communities and amendments to long-standing sentencing policies.
The Most-Read Employment Law360 Guest Articles Of 2024

Readers were drawn to employment law commentary on a range of 2024 developments, including the U.S. Supreme Court's Title VII ruling, impactful activity from the National Labor Relations Board, and state legislation targeting employee noncompete agreements.
The Most-Read IP Law360 Guest Articles Of 2024

Double-patenting was one of the top intellectual property topics tackled in Law360’s Expert Analysis section this year, along with the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence, case distribution in the Western District of Texas, and more.
The Most-Read Law360 UK Guest Articles Of 2024

The start of a generational shift in U.K. employment law under Labour, a ruling on artificial intelligence-driven credit scores and strategic law firm expansion were among the hot topics U.K. Expert Analysis articles explored this year.
Reviewing 2024's Crucial Patent Law Developments

As 2024 draws to a close, significant rulings and policies aimed at modernizing long-standing legal practices or addressing emerging challenges have reached patent law, says Michael Ellenberger at Rothwell Figg.