A proposed class of Zillow Group Inc. shareholders accused the property listings company of making an anticompetitive noncompete agreement with rival Redfin Corp., which caused the federal government to file an antitrust suit and Zillow's common stock value to drop.
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Zillow-Redfin Noncompete Deal Sank Stock, Investor Claims

By Isaac Monterose

A proposed class of Zillow Group Inc. shareholders accused the property listings company of making an anticompetitive noncompete agreement with rival Redfin Corp., which caused the federal government to file an antitrust suit and Zillow's common stock value to drop.

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Influencer Says Underwear Co. Posted Lewd Deepfake

By Elliot Weld

A lifestyle content creator has sued body-inclusivity-oriented underwear company EBY Inc., claiming that while she had agreed to be a brand ambassador, the company used artificial intelligence to create a "deepfake" version of her and then used it to post a video where she appeared partially nude.

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Newman's Own, Avatar End $2M Cookie Contract Fight

By Brian Steele

Avatar Foods and Newman's Own have pulled their dueling claims in a Connecticut federal lawsuit arising from the breakdown of the companies' co-packing agreement to produce cream-filled sandwich cookies, court records show.

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Judge Cuts IP Suit, Sees Error In Defendant's AI-Assisted Brief

By Elliot Weld

A Colorado federal judge has narrowed two claims in an Alaska tribal corporation's suit against a consultant and her business and told an attorney for the consultant to explain why she shouldn't be sanctioned for an improper citation in a brief generated with the help of artificial intelligence.

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Fla. Panel Says Policy Breach Verdict Didn't Bar Bad Faith Suit

By Danielle Ferguson

A Florida appellate panel on Wednesday revived a restaurant owner's claims that its insurer acted in bad faith in not resolving a claim over losses from a roof collapse before the contract dispute went to trial, finding the extra-contractual damages the company sought had not yet been litigated.

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL

Electric Co-Op Says Texas Is Wrong Venue For $120M Suit

By Spencer Brewer

An electric cooperative told a federal court that Texas is the wrong place for an infrastructure company to pursue claims that it backed out of a contract after the infrastructure company had already racked up $120 million in costs, saying the work took place in North Dakota.

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Elliott, Stronghold Clash Over Oil And Gas Asset Wind-Down

By Jarek Rutz

Elliott Investment Management LP and Stronghold Resource Partners urged the Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday to adopt competing readings of a settlement agreement governing the wind-down of an oil and gas investment fund, with each side saying the contract's language supports a different path for liquidating the fund's remaining holdings.

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INSURANCE

NY Judge Says Insurer Owes No Coverage In $1.6M Care Row

By Danielle Ferguson

A New York federal judge said an insurer does not have to defend or indemnify a nursing and rehabilitation facility in a hospital's lawsuit seeking to recover $1.6 million in medical expenses for a former worker, finding Tuesday that the underlying action isn't a covered claim.

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Brief

NC Law Firm Ends Coverage Fight Over Helene Biz Losses

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina law firm on Wednesday agreed to drop a suit claiming that its insurer wrongfully denied coverage for business income losses stemming from Hurricane Helene, according to a federal court filing.

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

AmeriHealth Unit, PBM Look To Escape Pharmacy Fee Suit

By Matthew Santoni

The AmeriHealth Caritas Health Plan and its in-house pharmacy benefits manager asked a federal court to toss a proposed class action over "transmission fees," alleging the law that required disclosure of those fees, Pennsylvania's Human Services Code, doesn't let private parties sue.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Colo. Co. Says Boeing Tolled Contract Claim In NASA IP Suit

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado aerospace company has told a Washington federal judge that its breach of contract claim against The Boeing Co. alleging theft of its patented technology was timely and that Boeing's bid to dismiss the claim cited the incorrect statute of limitations for a breach of a written contract.

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Variety Makes Offer It Says Panel Can't Refuse In Coppola Suit

By Craig Clough

An attorney for entertainment trade publication Variety urged a California appellate panel Wednesday to end Francis Ford Coppola's libel suit over a story suggesting he sexually harassed actresses on the set of his "Megalopolis" movie, saying a trial judge erred when he declined to toss the suit on First Amendment grounds.

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Grindr Says Arbitration Order In Teen Death Suit Was Proper

By Y. Peter Kang

The Grindr dating platform criticized a bid to undo an arbitration order lodged by the estate of a 16-year-old girl who was tortured and killed after a 35-year-old man allegedly used the app to lure her to his home, saying case law cited by the estate was not precedential.

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EMPLOYMENT

Union May Tap Surety For Unpaid Benefits, Mass. Court Says

By Julie Manganis

A labor union's benefits fund is entitled to pursue a claim against a general contractor's surety bond after two subcontractors failed to make contractually obligated contributions, the Massachusetts intermediate appellate court ruled Wednesday in reversing a lower court.

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COMPETITION

$50M Atkore PVC Price-Fix Deal Receives Ill. Judge's Early OK

By Lauraann Wood

A $50 million settlement between Atkore Inc. and end users who claimed the polyvinyl chloride pipe maker participated in a price-fixing scheme during the height of the pandemic has cleared its first hurdle, receiving a judge's initial approval Wednesday in an Illinois federal court.

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BANKING

NC GOP Official Accused Of Duping Lenders, Hiding Assets

By Abigail Harrison

A lender accused a North Carolina Republican Party official and furniture heir in federal court on Tuesday of using his family name and its political legacy to influence him into lending over $6.2 million only to let payments fall months in arrears while hiding assets in his father's trust.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Law360 400

By Daniela Porat

Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.

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Widow Sues Podhurst Orseck Over $4M 737 Max Settlement

By Mike Curley

An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

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Kellogg Hansen Bests Susman Godfrey's Associate Pay Hikes

By Andrea Keckley

More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.

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Mass. Attys Ding Watchdog's 'Myopic' Public Defense Report

By Julie Manganis

The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."

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Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Gets Fla. Law License Back

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.

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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

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Immigration Firm Says Attys Fraudulently Poached Clients

By Britain Eakin

A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.

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Mich. Judge Bullied Staff, Disciplinary Adjudicator Finds

By Melanie Dorsey

A suburban Detroit district judge violated court rules by withholding a court-ordered psychological evaluation report and repeatedly mistreating court staff, a retired judge serving as a neutral in disciplinary proceedings found, while rejecting several other claims of misconduct.

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Mich. Judge Denies Law Firm's Bid To Toss Data Breach Suit

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan law firm's bid to toss a proposed class action alleging that it allowed a cybersecurity breach that exposed its clients' personal and medical information was denied Thursday by a federal judge who also granted the lead plaintiff's request to amend his complaint.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Ayers & Haidt

Baker McKenzie

Barnes & Thornburg

Butler Weihmuller

Collins Bargione

Collins Einhorn

Corr Cronin

Davis Wright Tremaine

Day Pitney

Elsberg Baker

Federman & Sherwood

FeganScott

Fisher & Phillips

Foley & Lardner

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Holland & Knight

Holwell Shuster

Kaplan Fox

Kellogg Hansen

Kessenick Gamma

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Krakow Souris

Lachtman Cohen

Lane McNamara

Lisinski Law Firm

Lockridge Grindal

Lubin Austermuehle

Mayer Brown

Maynard Nexsen

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Morrison & Foerster

Pearson Warshaw

Podhurst Orseck

Quinn Emanuel

Reese Marketos

Richards Layton

Rosen Law Firm PA

Ross Aronstam

Sauer & Wagner

Saxe Doernberger

Scott&Scott

Searson Jones

Skarzynski Marick

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Taft Stettinius

Troutman

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AmeriHealth Caritas

Arch Capital Group Ltd.

Atlanticare Health System Inc.

Avatar Holdings Inc.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Elliott Investment Management LP

Grindr LLC

Instagram Inc.

McAfee Inc.

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Newman's Own Inc.

PerformRx LLC

Roblox Corp.

Safeco Insurance Co.

Scottsdale Insurance Co.

Selective Insurance Group Inc.

The Boeing Co.

The Florida Bar

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Tower Health

UBS Group AG

Zillow Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Los Angeles Superior Court

Michigan Supreme Court

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

State of Michigan

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

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

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado