Dems Interrogate McDonald's CEO On AI-Driven Pricing

By Hailey Konnath

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Becca Balint and other Democrats sent a letter to McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski, pressing him on the company's use of artificial intelligence-driven pricing recommendations and how it assesses potential harm to consumers and competition.

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2nd Circ. Revives SS&C Trade Secret Suit Against Arcesium

By Adam Lidgett

Financial software company SS&C can pursue its suit alleging fintech firm Arcesium misappropriated trade secrets from its software program, Geneva, to build a rival product, Trinity, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday.

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11th Circ. Hints Ga. Tech Auditors Are Wrong Targets Of Suit

By David Aaro

The Eleventh Circuit seemed reluctant Tuesday to reinstate a malicious prosecution case from a former Georgia Tech professor who was accused but not convicted of selling off microchips the school paid for, suggesting the auditors he'd gone after weren't the right targets for his suit.

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Meta Can't Send Texas Sex Trafficking Case To Calif.

By Mike Curley

Meta Platforms Inc. can't get a sex trafficking case against it dismissed to be refiled in California court, a Texas appeals court ruled on Tuesday, finding the social media company waived its forum-selection clause by taking the case to Texas's highest court.

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NJ Panel Revives Damages Over $36K Campaign Wire Error

By Sydney Price

A New Jersey appellate panel held that Valley National Bank, as subrogee for state Sen. Jon Bramnick's campaign, is entitled to punitive damages in its third-party complaint against JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and others seeking the repayment of $36,000 mistakenly deposited in the wrong account, finding that the parties that received the funds ignored repeated requests to return them.

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Adult Daycare Pushes To Revive Suit Against Fox Rothschild

By Rose Krebs

An adult daycare company is asking a New Jersey state court to undo the toss of its suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys, saying the dismissal was in error because the business had sought more time to respond to a dismissal motion.

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Brownstein Hyatt Faces Suit Over Flawed Cannabis Co. Deal

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado real estate developer and his company alleged that Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP negligently drafted their settlement agreement in a dispute with members of cannabis dispensary chain Native Roots over a sale of the chain's entities, resulting in a roughly $100 million arbitration award against the developer's company.

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Colo. Company Accused Of Improperly Collecting Legal Fees

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado company that purports to get customer disputes expunged from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority unlawfully collects legal fees for its services while claiming not to be a law firm, an Illinois financial adviser said in Colorado state court Friday.

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Ex-Employee Calls J&J Unit's Trade Secret Suit Retaliation

By George Woolston

A former associate director sued by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary for allegedly misappropriating confidential information hit back with her own complaint, alleging the company's lawsuit is retaliation for reporting discriminatory and retaliatory conduct by her manager.

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Online Casino Cos. Look To Duck Mass Arbitration Claims

By Caroline Simson

A trio of offshore entities linked to the WOW Vegas online "social gaming" site sued the American Arbitration Association on Monday, seeking an injunction barring them from being targeted in an ongoing illegal gambling mass arbitration because they never signed an underlying arbitration agreement.

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Justin Sun Says Trump-Tied Crypto Firm Deserves Sanctions

By Bonnie Eslinger

Billionaire Justin Sun urged a California federal judge to sanction World Liberty Financial in litigation over his $45 million investment in the Trump-tied crypto firm, saying the company cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars when it "violated one of the most basic requirements" of the court.

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11th Circ. Revives Payment Bid For Military Paint Facility Work

By Ganesh Setty

The Eleventh Circuit revived a subcontractor's bid for full payment under a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract to construct a facility for vehicle paint preparation, ruling that a Georgia federal court erred in finding the subcontractor sued too late.

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Brief

Patriots Owner In Talks To Settle Stadium License Dispute

By Carolyn Muyskens

The owner of the New England Patriots and the town of Foxborough have told a Massachusetts state judge they are entering talks to potentially resolve a lawsuit over seven-figure fees associated with the National Football League team's home stadium.

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States, Others Back Argentina Sovereign Immunity Challenge

By Caroline Simson

Fourteen states, a U.S. senator from Missouri and others are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Second Circuit decision overturning a New York judge's $16 billion judgment against Argentina in a case that arose from its nationalization of YPF SA, the country's largest oil and gas exploration company.

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Former DOJ Officials See Mixed Results In Midterm Races

By Chris Villani

The 2026 midterm elections included bids for office by several former U.S. Department of Justice officials and nominees for the federal bench, with one race a dead heat and several others decided as of early Wednesday.

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Gibson Dunn Set To Bring On 120 Lawyers From Weil

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Marialuisa Taddia

Gibson Dunn is set to hire the U.S. and London-based private funds teams from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing on 120 attorneys in the largest group move reported since Weil's management committee recommended last week that the firm wind down operations.

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Analysis

Attys Ensure Voters' 'Right To Be Heard' In Midterm Elections

By James Boyle and Lynn LaRowe

From BigLaw attorneys and solo practitioners to university professors, thousands of attorney volunteers turned out for Tuesday's midterm elections to ensure American voters' ballots would be counted.

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Analysis

Midterm Dem Wins To Scramble Lit Funding Legislative Efforts

By Ryan Boysen

Litigation funders can rest easy, for now, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will need to rethink its approach after last night's midterm elections saw Democrats rout Republicans, scrambling a yearslong effort for federal regulation of litigation finance that's so far relied on Republicans.

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State AG Race Wins Set To Give Dems Control Of Most Offices

By Madison Arnold

Democrats are poised to oversee a majority of state attorneys general offices around the country after Tuesday's elections saw the party hang on to all of its existing seats and flip control of five offices from the Republicans, according to unofficial election results.

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Vedder Will Move NYC Staff To New Manhattan Office

By Isaac Monterose

Vedder's New York City staff will move to a new downtown Manhattan office sometime in 2027 after the law firm signed a 49,000-square-foot lease in a 2.6-million-square-foot office tower, according to landlord Rockefeller Group.

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Ogletree Adds Ex-Amazon Employment Atty To Seattle Office

By Rachel Riley

A leading in-house employment attorney for Amazon has departed to join Ogletree Deakins' Seattle office, bringing expertise helping Fortune 50 companies navigate workforce challenges to the firm.

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DOJ Says Epshteyn Will Answer ABA Service Motion

By Jared Foretek

Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn will answer for himself why he has allegedly been evading subpoenas in the American Bar Association's legal challenge to the administration's law firm targeting campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

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DOJ Accused Of Unlawfully Ending Crime Victim Agreement

By Tom Lotshaw

The National Crime Victim Law Institute has accused the U.S. Department of Justice in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of unlawfully terminating a $500,000 cooperative agreement aimed at strengthening legal support for disabled crime victims in the wake of an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Holland & Hart Cost Ex-Client $23M Stake In Co., Suit Says

By Zach Dupont

Holland & Hart LLP and two of its attorneys were accused of malpractice in Colorado state court Tuesday by a former client who claims the attorneys failed to inform her that a wealth transfer plan with her then-husband left her iced out of the couple's most valuable asset.

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Goldstein Ordered To Pay Trimmed $1M Forfeiture

By Nadia Dreid

Former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was hit with a $1 million forfeiture order Wednesday by a Maryland federal judge in the wake of his tax and mortgage fraud trial, where the appellate advocate was convicted on a dozen charges.

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