Jury Finds Live Nation Monopolized Concert Ticketing

By Stewart Bishop

Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services to major concert venues and unlawfully tying artists' use of large amphitheaters to Live Nation's promotional services, a Manhattan federal jury found on Wednesday.

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Amazon Can't Nix MIT Economist Input On Antitrust Case

By Rachel Riley

A Seattle federal judge has shot down Amazon's bid to rule out a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor's opinions backing proposed class antitrust claims, finding the expert used a "peer reviewed economic model based on real-world transactional data" to conclude that Amazon's "anti-discounting policies" heightened prices in other online marketplaces.

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Larry King's Estate Says Supplement Co. Still Using His Name

By Gina Kim

Larry King's estate sued operators of a prostate health supplement company in California state court Wednesday, alleging they continued using his name and likeness to advertise their product even after striking a legal settlement agreeing to stop.

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Texas Panel Backs Atty Sanctions, Finding He Misled Client

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas appeals court has upheld a judgment from a lower court sanctioning an attorney for misleading a client into believing that his firm could offer representation in a wrongful death suit, saying that the evidence was sufficient to support his loss in the lower court.

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Solar Co. Freedom Forever Hits Ch. 11 With Over $500M Debt

By Rick Archer

California-based home solar panel installer Freedom Forever filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court Wednesday with more than $500 million in debt, including $114 million owed to residential solar panel financing firm Mosaic.

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Amazon Alexa Users Seek To Revive Class Deception Claims

By Rachel Riley

A group of Amazon Alexa users has urged a Washington federal judge to reinstate their class consumer protection claims based on allegations the devices secretly recorded their personal conversations, contending the court ignored competing evidence when determining Amazon clearly disclosed the possibility of accidental activations.

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Biopharma Co. Says Ex-Worker Used Files To Build AI Rival

By Mark Payne

A biopharmaceutical consulting firm's ex-contractor illegally downloaded thousands of proprietary internal files and emails that he then used to launch a rival company powered by artificial intelligence, the firm claimed in a lawsuit, alleging that the former contractor violated federal trade secrets law.

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UBS Must Reveal Atty Comms In Ex-Trader's $400M Libor Suit

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut state judge has ordered UBS AG to hand some communications with its lawyers and prosecutors in U.S. and U.K. criminal cases to former trader Tom Hayes, whose $400 million lawsuit claims he was made a scapegoat to shield senior bank executives from Libor-rigging allegations.

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Pest Control Co. Ends Noncompetes After FTC Pressure

By Matthew Perlman

Pest control company Rollins Inc. agreed with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to stop enforcing noncompete agreements that could prevent more than 18,000 workers from taking a job at a competitor.

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Zillow, Redfin Can't Use 4th Circ. Ruling In Antitrust Suit

By Isaac Monterose

The Federal Trade Commission and multiple states on Wednesday filed a proposed response pushing back on Zillow and Redfin Corp.'s bid to cite a published Fourth Circuit decision they say supports their attempt to dismiss the antitrust suit brought by the agency and states.

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Enviro Groups Back Garden State's Bid To Block ICE Facility

By George Woolston

A coalition of environmental groups and community residents asked a New Jersey federal court for permission to file an amicus brief supporting the Garden State's bid to halt the conversion of a warehouse to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, offering their perspective on the local environmental threats of the project.

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Fla. Judge Told Ex-CEO Drove Energy Drinks Co. Into Ch. 11

By David Minsky

A liquidating trust Wednesday urged a Florida federal bankruptcy judge to hold the former CEO of the company that makes Bang Energy drinks liable for breaching fiduciary duty, arguing that a multimillion-dollar judgment stemming from his violation of a trademark settlement partially contributed to the business' Chapter 11.

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Payments Co., Owner 'Sabotaged' $175M Sale, Crypto Biz Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

A cryptocurrency wallet platform seeks to enforce its $175 million deal to purchase a global payments company, accusing the company and its owner of "a blatant, reckless, and improper campaign" to keep the sale from closing.

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Dish Whopped With Another Suit Over Cancelled 5G Contracts

By Nadia Dreid

The lawsuits against Dish Wireless just keep on coming after the prepaid phone service provider abandoned both its plans to build a nationwide 5G network and the contracts it signed with the companies set to build the infrastructure, the newest of which is from a company seeking $1.7 million.

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Pot Co. CFO Says Attys Must Be DQ'd In Embezzling Suit

By Mike Curley

The former CFO of four related cannabis companies, who is accused of embezzling from those companies, is urging a California state court to disqualify the plaintiffs' attorneys, saying there is a conflict of interest between the company plaintiffs and the individual plaintiffs.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Where Do You Stand?

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized Wednesday for comments she made at a University of Kansas appearance earlier this month criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Justice Jackson Slams Court's 'Oblivious' Emergency Orders

By Lauren Berg

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson this week slammed her conservative colleagues' use of the court's emergency docket, which has repeatedly benefited the Trump administration, saying that such "scratch-paper" orders don't acknowledge the harms that can follow such decisions, making the orders "seem oblivious and thus ring hollow."

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Consumer Cases Drive Class Action Spike, Report Says

By Y. Peter Kang

Federal class action filings spiked in 2025 after nearly a decade of relative stability, fueled by a surge in consumer protection lawsuits tied to data breaches, digital commerce and online accessibility claims, according to a new report from Lex Machina.

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Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger

By Marialuisa Taddia

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.

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Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit

By Vince Sullivan

A Chapter 7 malpractice suit brought by the trustee of fintech company GloriFi asserting $1.7 billion in damages from a failed initial public offering mostly survived a motion to dismiss late Tuesday, with a Texas bankruptcy judge saying the trustee sufficiently pled breach claims against law firm Winston & Strawn.

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Trump's 8th Circ. Pick Pressed On Leonard Leo Ties

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Eighth Circuit, who represented Trump in the two cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, came under scrutiny Wednesday for his affiliation with groups linked to longtime Federalist Society executive and Republican fundraiser Leonard Leo.

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Jones Day DQ'd From Vanderbilt Case Over Pre-Ch. 11 Work

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge disqualified law firm Jones Day from representing talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals in its Chapter 11 case Wednesday, saying the firm's prior work for the larger Vanderbilt corporate family raises questions about its disinterestedness.

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John Eastman Disbarred Over Bid To Overturn 2020 Election

By Rae Ann Varona

California's highest court on Wednesday ordered the disbarment of California attorney John Charles Eastman, who a state bar court found had helped plan and promote President Donald Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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ICE Arrest Memo Switch Looks 'Specious,' Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday revived an effort by civil rights groups to block immigration courthouse arrests, citing what he called an apparently deceptive Trump administration move to disclaim its earlier litigation position.

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Historical Groups Fight To Save White House Records

By Jared Foretek

Historians are asking a D.C. federal judge for an injunction that would force the Trump White House to preserve official records after administration attorneys declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.

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Trump Defends DOJ Investigation Of 'Incompetent' Fed Chair

By Jon Hill

President Donald Trump expressed support Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice continuing to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's headquarters renovation, saying the government must "find out what happened" with the project's $2.5 billion price tag.

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DOJ Atty Slapped With $250 Sanction For Missed Deadlines

By Tom Lotshaw

A California federal judge hit a U.S. Department of Justice attorney with a $250 sanction for repeatedly missing deadlines in a noncitizen's habeas corpus case, rejecting his assertions that his need to juggle tasks under a 300-plus caseload should excuse him.

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Former Judge To Head New NJ Attorney Readmission Board

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court announced this week the lineup of a new committee that will consider disbarred attorneys' applications for readmission, with a former state court judge of over 20 years at the head of the board.

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