Georgia County, Trans Deputy OK End To Surgery Bias Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Georgia county and a transgender sheriff's deputy who sued over her employee health plan's coverage exclusions for gender-affirming surgery have struck a deal to resolve her case, eight months after the en banc Eleventh Circuit issued a ruling that sided with the county. 

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Car Co. ESOP Suit Tossed For Breaking 11th Circ. Rules

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Florida federal judge dismissed a proposed class action against a car dealership company from ex-workers who alleged mismanagement of their employee stock ownership plan, faulting their amended complaint as a type of shotgun pleading prohibited by Eleventh Circuit rules.

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Brief

Cognizant Settles Suit Over 401(k) Investment Management

By George Woolston

Cognizant Technology Solutions and former employees who claimed the information technology company saddled its 401(k) plan with poor investment options and high fees told a New Jersey federal judge that they have agreed to settle their dispute.

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The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

By Xiumei Dong

The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.

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DC Circ. Says PCAOB Challenger Must Reveal His Name

By Sydney Price

The D.C. Circuit Tuesday backed a D.C. federal court's holding that a man anonymously challenging the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board should be required to identify himself.

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Apollo SLC Opposes Bid To Oust Judge In $570M Payout Suit

By Rose Krebs

A special litigation committee of Apollo Global Management Inc.'s board is opposing a bid to disqualify a Delaware vice chancellor from presiding over litigation regarding a $570 million payout to company insiders due to a possible conflict because she previously was an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, saying there are no grounds for disqualification.

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Firm Says Insurer Revoked $1.5M Life Insurance After Death

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurance defense law firm told a New York federal court Monday that an insurer improperly processed a request to surrender a $1.5 million life insurance policy after the insured former chair of the firm died last year, saying the policy was in force at the time of his death.

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BofA Says Fraud Findings Doom Calif. Benefit Card Classes

By Katryna Perera

Bank of America is asking that several classes of unemployment benefit cardholders be decertified in multidistrict litigation over its handling of California unemployment benefit cards during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that new evidence of ongoing benefits fraud has made the case impossible to try as a class action.

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Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

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Trial Boutiques Roll Out Associate Pay Raises

By Andrea Keckley

Three trial boutiques are planning to bump associate salaries by at least $10,000 next month, the firms confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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Interview

Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

By Marialuisa Taddia

Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

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Fox Rothschild Sued Over Data Breach Tied To Ransom Group

By Allison Grande

Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month. 

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All Attys In Miss. Suit DQd For Back-To-Back-To-Back AI Flubs

By Emily Sawicki

A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.

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Q&A

Next ABA International Ethics Chair Looks To Year Ahead

By Emily Sawicki

Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.

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Analysis

Fed. Circ. 'Recalibrates' Analysis For Constitutional Standing

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.

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Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber and FedEx's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

By James Boyle

Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

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