A split Ninth Circuit panel refused Thursday to force individual arbitration of a former asset management company worker's proposed class action alleging 401(k) self-dealing, ruling that an arbitration provision in retirement plan documents was unenforceable because it sought to nullify rights guaranteed by federal benefits law.
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9th Circ. Rules 401(k) Plan Arbitration Clause Unenforceable

By Kellie Mejdrich

A split Ninth Circuit panel refused Thursday to force individual arbitration of a former asset management company worker's proposed class action alleging 401(k) self-dealing, ruling that an arbitration provision in retirement plan documents was unenforceable because it sought to nullify rights guaranteed by federal benefits law.

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O'Reilly Auto Parts Can't Dodge Tobacco Surcharge Suit

By Patrick Hoff

O'Reilly Automotive Inc. must face a former employee's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully charged hundreds of dollars more per year for health insurance because he used tobacco, with a Missouri federal judge ruling Thursday that his claims were detailed enough to stay in court.

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Judge Keeps New Medicaid 'Frailty' Proof Rule In Place

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge late Wednesday declined to block the government from requiring medically frail Medicaid recipients to prove they are significantly impaired to avoid a new requirement that they engage in 80 hours of work or volunteering per month or attend school part-time.

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LITIGATION

4th Circ. Urged To Keep Trump Trans Health Orders Blocked

By Gianna Ferrarin

A group of transgender individuals and advocacy groups urged the Fourth Circuit to uphold a nationwide injunction they won against Trump administration executive orders banning federal funding of gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of 19.

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Hayward Investor Atty Fees Bid Cut To $5M By Judge

By Katryna Perera

A New Jersey federal judge has cut roughly $1.5 million from a requested fee for attorneys who negotiated a $20 million settlement between pool equipment maker Hayward Holdings Inc. and its investors, finding that the firm did not provide enough information to back up the reasonableness of its requested fee.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

States Should Reconsider Forced PBM Divestiture Laws

State legislatures are attempting to enact policies intended to force pharmacy benefit managers to divest from pharmacies, but these laws would have the practical effect of reducing patient access and competition, potentially violating the U.S. Constitution in the process, says former Utah Attorney General John Swallow.

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Series

Teaching SEC Investigations Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Instructing a law school course on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations has made me a more thoughtful, deliberate practitioner because it requires me to continually reassess and challenge what I know about securities law enforcement, how I know it and how best to explain it, says David Chase at Miami Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Two Texas personal injury firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work securing a $604 million verdict against a freight broker and logistics company for their roles in a deadly 2021 highway collision.

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Goldstein Launches Appeal Of Tax, Mortgage Fraud Case

By Jared Foretek

Imprisoned SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein is formally launching a Fourth Circuit appeal challenging his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, as well as his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him, according to a new filing from his attorneys.

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Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign

By Jake Maher

Sitting federal judges on Friday blasted the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for "painting a target" on judges' backs in a recent series of social media posts attacking judges who ruled against the Trump administration in immigration cases and called on him to take them down.

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NY Public Defense Org. Denies Union's ULP Claims

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem's leadership on Friday denied allegations from the union representing its more than 100 employees that it has offered unlawful incentives to break its ongoing strike.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Hub Hires: Pierson Ferdinand, Biogen, FisherBroyles

By Chris Villani

While not as sizzling as the temperatures or the Red Sox, the Boston legal market remained hot through the month of July, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adding a mergers and acquisitions partner, Pierson Ferdinand snagging a veteran litigator and Foley & Lardner hiring a finance attorney.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

There has been a wave of cases alleging employers and their insurance brokers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and experts say this marks an increasing litigation trend. In the meantime, the American Bar Association is eyeing the elimination of the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Akin Gump

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Itkin

Arnold & Porter

Ashcraft & Gerel

Ashurst Perkins

Athlaw LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Baker McKenzie

Benesch

Bernstein Litowitz

Beveridge & Diamond

Bird & Bird

Blank Rome

Bleichmar Fonti

Bloch & White

Bray & Krais

Breit Biniazan

Brown Rudnick

Burges Salmon

Burns Charest

CMS Cameron McKenna

Cahill Gordon

Clarkslegal LLP

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Clyde & Co

Cohen & Gresser

Cohen Milstein

Cohn Lifland

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

David R. Chase PA

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Devonshires Solicitors

Diller Law

Dilworth Paxson

Duane Morris

Eckert Seamans

Eimer Stahl

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Farnan LLP

Fenwick & West

Finkelstein & Partners

Finkelstein Blankinship

FisherBroyles

Foley & Lardner

Foley Hoag

Foot Anstey

Fox Rothschild

Freeths LLP

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Glancy Prongay

Goldman Ismail

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

HSF Kramer

Hausfeld LLP

Hecker Fink

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Holman Fenwick

Holwell Shuster

Hunton Andrews

JMW Solicitors LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Joseph Saveri Law Firm

K&L Gates

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Keller Rohrback

Kelley Drye

Kellogg Hansen

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kuit Steinart

Labaton Keller

Lanier Law Firm

Latham & Watkins

Lieff Cabraser

Lite DePalma

Lowell & Associates

Lowenstein Sandler

Lyons & Simmons

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

McKool Smith

MoloLamken

Moore & Van Allen

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Morris James

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Nabarro LLP

Napoli Shkolnik

Norton Rose

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Parker Ibrahim

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Podhurst Orseck

Pospisil Swift

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Rahman Ravelli

Reed Smith

Reichman Jorgensen

Robins Kaplan

Ropes & Gray

Sanford Heisler

Scalli Murphy Law

Scott&Scott

Seeger Weiss

Selendy Gay

Seyfarth Shaw

Shakespeare Martineau

Shegerian & Associates

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Simons Muirhead Burton

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Siri & Glimstad

Skadden Arps

Smith Currie

Spector Constant & Williams

Spencer Fane

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Steptoe LLP

Stokes Lawrence

Stris & Maher

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

TorHoerman Law

Troutman

Trowers & Hamlins

Tyz Law Group

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Wikborg Rein

Wiley Rein

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

ZwillGen

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

AXA SA

Accelerant

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Affinity

Affordable Care LLC

Airbnb Inc.

Alexander Dennis Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Biogen Inc.

Blickstein Group

Boston Scientific Corp.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CBIZ Inc.

CCMP Capital Advisors LLC

CVS Health Corp.

Consolidated Edison Inc.

Diligent Corp.

Electronic Arts Inc.

Express Scripts Holding Co.

Ford Motor Co.

Grant Thornton LLP

HSBC Holdings PLC

Hayward Holdings Inc.

Investments Ltd.

Johnson & Johnson

Lambda Legal Defense & Educational Fund

LinkedIn Corp.

MSD Partners LP

Macy's Inc.

National Westminster Bank PLC

New Mountain Capital LLC

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Northeastern University

O'Reilly Automotive Inc.

RA Capital Management

Ryanair Holdings PLC

Sodexo SA

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

State Bank of India

The Bronx Defenders

The Capital Group Cos. Inc.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The District of Columbia Bar

Twitter Inc.

University of Miami

Yale University

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Companies House

National Health Service

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

Serious Fraud Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

Utah Attorney General's Office