Anthropic Judge Rejects Trump's Nat'l Security 'Blank Check'

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense's designation of Anthropic PBC as a supply chain risk to national security was not based on a credible threat, but rather was retaliation for the company's public criticism of the Trump administration's position in contract negotiations, a California federal judge ruled Thursday.

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11th Circ. Holds Real Estate Financier Liable For $56M Loan

By Nate Beck

The Eleventh Circuit has found that a Florida real estate financier triggered default on a $56.3 million loan for three Houston, Austin and Dallas-area properties in Texas by filing for bankruptcy protection after assigning one property's management to a new entity, in a ruling favoring hotel lender Access Point Financial.

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Boeing Says Bid To Depose Ex-Exec In 737 Suit Is Off Base

By Mike Curley

The Boeing Co. is urging a Washington federal judge to toss a motion by Norwegian Air subsidiaries to depose a former senior executive in a suit over their purchase of 737 Max airplanes, saying it has no control over him, and he wouldn't have unique information relevant to the case anyway.

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Womble Bond Asks To Drop Dutch Software Client Over Rift

By Hayley Fowler

Womble Bond Dickinson is looking to pull its representation of a Dutch software company after five years of a bitter trademark battle, citing a "fundamental disagreement" that has allegedly made it impossible for the firm to move forward as counsel of record.

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Faegre Drinker And Investor Trade Blame Over Depo Delays

By Andrea Keckley

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP this week pressed its bid to strike expert witnesses proffered by a real estate investor claiming the firm gave bad advice about a deal to buy an A&P shopping center, saying it made nine unsuccessful bids over the last three months to schedule two witnesses.

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5th Circ. Backs FDA, Pharma Cos. In GLP-1 Shortage Fight

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not unlawfully remove blockbuster GLP-1 medications made by Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk from the national drug shortage list, the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday, handing a loss to compounding pharmacies that produce copycat doses of the drugs.

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Mich. Hospitals Defend CVS 340B Drug Savings Suit

By Susan Smiley

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers urged a Michigan federal judge Wednesday to preserve its suit claiming that CVS Health Corp. diverted millions of dollars earmarked for indigent healthcare to itself, saying the conduct clearly amounts to a racketeering scheme.

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Insurer Looks To Bifurcate $50M COVID Coverage Trial In NC

By Gianna Ferrarin

An insurer urged a North Carolina federal court to bifurcate an upcoming trial on claims that it improperly denied $50 million in coverage for an auto parts manufacturer's COVID-19 pandemic-related losses, arguing a jury may resolve the case entirely by looking at coverage issues first.

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Bank Says Late Notice Fumbled Data Breach Insurance Claim

By Gianna Ferrarin

An insurance services company caused a Milford, Connecticut, bank to lose insurance coverage for a data breach that affected nearly 12,000 of its customers by failing to timely report it, the bank says in a Wednesday complaint in Connecticut federal court.

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Colo. Pro Racer Says Botched Mold Cleanup Shut Down Shop

By Isaac Monterose

A professional race car driver in Denver, Colorado, accused several companies Thursday of failing to address mold and asbestos contamination that eventually shut down his auto shop, canceled a commercial shoot and caused him an estimated loss of more than $2.9 million.

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Importer Duped NJ Distributor To Steal Grocery Biz, Suit Says

By Jack McLoone

An importer of Korean food products purposefully mischaracterized why it was ending a relationship with its longtime distributor to gain direct access to a popular grocery chain, a New Jersey business told a federal court, asking a judge to rescind the resulting deals.

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Meta Staves Off 3D Artist's AI Training Suit, For Now

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has dismissed a Los Angeles-based 3D artist's proposed class action alleging Meta Platforms Inc. removed copyright management information from art that was used to train artificial intelligence, but gave the artist a chance to cure the suit's issues.

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Boeing Calls Moon Tech Discovery Demand A 'Goose Chase'

By Ben Adlin

The Boeing Co. has pushed back against Colorado-based Wilson Aerospace's bid to force the disclosure of nearly 12 years' worth of financial records in an intellectual property dispute over technology used in a NASA moon exploration program, calling the discovery request "overbroad and unduly burdensome."

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Sod Co. Seeks Sanctions Over Missing Trade Secrets Files

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado sod company asked a federal judge for sanctions in its trade secrets suit against former workers and competing businesses, arguing they failed to preserve electronic files that could show whether they possessed, transferred or used the company's confidential information.

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Full Play Owners To Pay $50M To Exit FIFA Bribery Dragnet

By Stewart Bishop

The father and son owners of Argentine sports marketing agency Full Play Group SA have agreed to pay $50 million as part of a deferred prosecution deal that resolves criminal charges brought by Brooklyn federal prosecutors for paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to Latin American soccer officials.

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UEFA Eyes Criminal Case Over Abandoned World Cup Sale

By Alex Lawson

European soccer's governing body is asking a Florida federal court for access to documents that may build its criminal case against FIFA's now-abandoned plans to sell off the commercial rights to the World Cup tournament.

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Ex-USI Manager Denies Enticing Clients To Rival Brokerage

By Brian Steele

A former employee of the insurance brokerage giant USI told a Connecticut federal judge that the restrictive covenants he entered are unenforceable and he cannot be held liable for allegedly violating them when clients followed him to a rival firm.

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Colo. Hospital Can't Split Discovery In Retirement Funds Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal judge rejected a faith-based nonprofit hospital's bid for the court to bifurcate discovery in a lawsuit brought by former employees accusing the health system of mismanaging their retirement funds, finding the requested action "would hinder judicial economy."

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Krispy Kreme Must Face Claims Over McDonald's Rollout

By Sydney Price

A North Carolina federal judge has denied part of Krispy Kreme's motion to dismiss a securities class action alleging it overhyped its partnership with McDonald's, allowing several claims to proceed that were made after the company may have known the collaboration would not be as successful as previously stated.

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Health Co. Gets Partial Win In Suit Over $8.5M Food Tech Deal

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge handed a partial win to a health information technologies services company and its board Thursday, tossing some claims that they cheated a Canadian business out of $8.5 million in equity after fraudulently inducing the sale of a subsidiary specializing in plant-based extrusion technology.

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Ex-Cannabis Tech Execs Say CEO Defamed Them After Firing

By Mike Curley

Two former executives at Alpine IQ Inc. are suing the company and its CEO in Colorado federal court, alleging they were defamed when he falsely accused them of stealing Alpine's intellectual property after he summarily fired them.

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Series

Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Taekwondo has taught me to recognize when to fight for a position and when to focus on finding a solution, and that the best outcomes are often achieved by solving problems — all of which has improved my work as a bankruptcy lawyer, mediator and Subchapter V trustee, says Amy Denton Mayer at Berger Singerman.

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McDermott Closing Health Policy Shop In DC

By Alison Knezevich

McDermott Will & Schulte is closing its healthcare lobbying and consulting shop after a dozen years in business.

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Feature

Rachael Rollins Pitches Scandal As Asset In Comeback Bid

By Taylor Bowie

Rachael Rollins rode a progressive wave to become Suffolk County's district attorney in 2019. After a scandal derailed her stint as Massachusetts U.S. attorney, she's trying to win her old DA post back, and leaning into her alleged ethical missteps as a resume boost.

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Calif. County Judges Recuse From Bias Suit Against DA's Office

By Patrick Hoff

The entire bench of a county court recused itself from a lawsuit alleging the San Francisco District Attorney's Office didn't take appropriate action when a Black employee reported a colleague's use of a racial slur, pushing the trial in the decade-old case to early October.

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'Exemplary Performance' Earns Google Users' Attys $146.8M

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Friday awarded plaintiffs' attorneys $146.8 million in fees after they secured a $425 million jury verdict against Google LLC in a privacy class action covering about 98 million people, calling the one-third fee award "extraordinary" but justified given their "exemplary performance."

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House Eyes Vote To Lock Supreme Court At 9 Justices

By Courtney Bublé

The House returns from recess on Monday, and its agenda could include a vote to keep the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices at nine.

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Trump Denied New Bid To Federalize Hush Money Prosecution

By Pete Brush

A New York federal judge on Friday again denied President Donald Trump's bid to move his criminal hush money conviction out of state court, finding as he did earlier that a federal law defense that Trump was operating in his official capacity would be meritless.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen shoe brand Crocs bring an appeal against the chief executive of the U.K.'s Intellectual Property Office, singer Alanis Morissette sued by the former head of operations at Live Nation Israel and the son of convicted fraudster Guo Wengui file an appeal against the Chapter 11 trustee controlling his father's bankruptcy estate. 

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

KKR will pay a $250 million civil penalty to end allegations that it hid key documentation and entire transactions for merger notification. In the meantime, Apple told an Illinois federal judge that a recent Seventh Circuit decision affirming Samsung's win in a biometric privacy suit means the tech giant should prevail over similar claims. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge held that the U.S. Department of Defense's designation of Anthropic PBC as a supply chain risk to national security was retaliation for the company's public criticism of the Trump administration.

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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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