Del. Magistrate Orders JPMorgan To Advance Javice Fees

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court ruled that JPMorgan Chase & Co. must advance millions more in disputed legal fees to cover the appeal of the convicted founder of college financial aid startup Frank, concluding the bank failed to meet Delaware's demanding standard for withholding advancement by showing the billing requests reflected "clear abuse."

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McCarter Atty Knew 'Magic Words' For $20M Deals, Court Told

By Brian Steele

If a onetime McCarter & English LLP partner had raised a single red flag about a Long Island town's legally flimsy agreement to repay $20 million worth of a businessman's loans, the ill-fated deals never would have gone forward, a Connecticut court heard.

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Del. High Court Revives $100M Paragon Fraud Case

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court has revived fraud claims arising from private equity firm Stellex Capital Investors' $100 million acquisition of automotive components manufacturer Paragon Metals LLC, ruling that the buyer justifiably relied on the seller's contractual warranties.

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Roundup

NJ Top Court Snapshot: Indemnity Provisions, Truth Defense

By George Woolston

Three of the most recent cases to head to the New Jersey Supreme Court will address the admission of evidence in criminal proceedings and civil issues including indemnification.

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Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including presidential power, immigration and voting regulations. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court's stark ideological divisions were on full display this term, particularly as it issued long-awaited rulings in the last few days of June. Here, Law360 dives into the numbers behind this court term.

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Analysis

The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

By Cara Bayles

The sharpest dissents this term often involved the president, and pitted conservative and liberal justices against each other on core constitutional issues and questions about the limits to executive power, with nearly a quarter of cases being decided squarely along ideological lines.

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Analysis

The Year Donald Trump Won Big At The High Court

By Katie Buehler

The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority and President Donald Trump largely aligned this year on issues of executive power, resulting in a series of decisions that significantly expanded presidential authority.

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Self-Storage Co. Shareholder Sues Over Public Storage Deal

By Isaac Monterose

A shareholder of self-storage real estate investment trust National Storage Affiliates Trust sued the company and another self-storage REIT, Public Storage, over their proposed $10.5 billion all-stock merger, alleging in Colorado state court that NSA hid "critical facts" about the deal so that its shareholders would approve it.

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YPF Investors Fight Argentina Over Discovery In $16B Case

By Caroline Simson

As investors in Argentine oil and gas exploration company YPF SA gear up for a multibillion-dollar arbitration against Argentina, disputes still remain over exactly what discovery from a parallel proceeding in New York can be used in the arbitration.

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Conn. Judge Voids Contractor Policy Over False Statements

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Union Mutual unit has no duty to defend a masonry business owner from allegations that he did incomplete work on a home, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, finding his insurance policy was void because he lied on his application.

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PenFed Borrowers Seek Early Win In 'Pay-To-Pay' Suit

By Sydney Price

A class of Pentagon Federal Credit Union borrowers who allege that the lender illegally charged fees for making loan payments by phone or online have asked a West Virginia federal judge for an early win in the action, claiming facts are indisputable at this stage in the litigation.

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HP, Dell, Asus Prove License To Beat Infringement Claims

By Dani Kass

HP Inc., Dell Technologies Inc. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. have implied licenses to LiTL LLC's portable computer patents, a judge in Delaware federal court concluded, freeing them from infringement allegations.

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Minn. Judge Won't Let Cypriot Gaming Co. Force Arbitration

By Caroline Simson

A Minnesota federal judge has denied a request by the Cypriot operator of the online "social gaming" site Stake to force a proposed illegal gambling class action into arbitration, saying it still isn't clear whether the terms and conditions containing an underlying arbitration agreement are valid.

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NFL, Ex-Coach Ordered To Meet Amid Discovery Fight

By Alex Lawson

A New York federal judge has ordered attorneys litigating former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores' proposed racial discrimination class action against the NFL to hold an in-person meeting to resolve numerous discovery disputes that are bogging down the case.

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CoStar Pushes Back In Antitrust Suit, Seeks Virginia Transfer

By Nate Beck

CoStar Group has urged a Washington, D.C., federal judge to transfer a brokerage's antitrust lawsuit against the company to Virginia federal court, citing a mandatory forum selection clause in its terms of service that the plaintiff, a CoStar customer, had agreed to 43 times.

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Calif. Vape Firm Says Wyoming Hemp Co. Owes $1M

By Jonathan Capriel

Two multistate hemp entrepreneurs must be forced to foot the bill for $1 million worth of vape products their company bought, claims a lawsuit filed by a California-based manufacturer that suggests they allowed their company to become administratively dissolved to avoid paying their debts.

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Skadden Adds Mass Torts Litigator As Partner In Chicago

By Christine DeRosa

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has grown its mass torts litigation offerings in Chicago with the addition of a Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP attorney, the firm said.

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Trump EOs Pair Quantum Push With Cyber Defense Overhaul

Two recent executive orders that mark a significant federal commitment to both advancing and defending against quantum technology create potential opportunities for companies in the quantum, AI and technology sectors and pose future compliance obligations contractors should begin considering now, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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Legal Risks Of Using AI To Screen Psychedelic Trial Patients

Though using artificial intelligence to preemptively identify drug trial participants likely to experience placebo effects could produce clearer research results, sponsors will need to be ready for the new legal questions these methods raise about informed consent, accountability for algorithmically derived criteria, and potential bias in data training sets, says Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell.

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Series

Choral Singing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Singing in the New York City Bar Chorus — a hobby partly inspired by the late U.S. District Judge Richard Owen, who infused my clerkship year with opera music — has improved my legal career by refining my abilities to listen, exude confidence and develop emotional intelligence, says Bonnie Baker at Friedman Kaplan.

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Legal Sector Jobs Spike With Work 'Churning Right Along'

By Aebra Coe

The legal sector added 5,100 jobs in June, the largest increase the industry has seen in more than two years, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday.

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Analysis

Push And Pull: How High Court Shaped Civil Rights This Term

By Marco Poggio

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered far-reaching rulings on civil rights issues this term, dealing a major blow to federal voting-rights protections while expanding gun rights, upholding restrictions on transgender athletes' participation in women's sports and preserving birthright citizenship.

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'Embarrassed' Conn. Atty Details ChatGPT Briefing Errors

By Aaron Keller

With a sanctions hearing on the horizon, a Connecticut attorney has told the state's highest court he is "extremely embarrassed" by artificial intelligence errors in briefs filed in two recently decided cases, explaining he used ChatGPT to edit his research without knowing it could make "unprompted changes to the content."

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Feds Seek Up To 21 Months For Ex-Judge On ICE Obstruction

By Elizabeth Daley

A former Wisconsin judge who was convicted of obstructing ICE officers' courthouse arrest of a man facing misdemeanor charges by pointing him to a side door should spend up to 21 months in prison, the government said in a sentencing memo, recommending she be made an example.

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Judges To Tour Rust Belt To Build Trust In Courts

By James Boyle

Days after the Fourth of July celebration of America's 250th birthday, a group of current and retired judges will lead a four-day bus tour through three states to promote one of the bedrock principles of the country's independence: the rule of law.

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Mass Tort Titan Paul J. Napoli Dies

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Paul J. Napoli, an influential plaintiffs attorney who worked on some of the nation's highest-profile mass tort matters in recent decades, died on Tuesday at the age of 58.

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'Trailblazer' Mass. Federal Judge Rya Zobel Dies At 94

By Chris Villani

U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel, a survivor of Nazi Germany who became the first woman to serve as a federal judge in Massachusetts and the first woman partner at Goodwin Procter, died Saturday at age 94, the court's judges announced.

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Nadine Menendez Irks Judge With 11th-Hour Prison Delay Bid

By Rae Ann Varona

Nadine Menendez urged a New York federal judge Thursday to delay her prison surrender date four months to accommodate breast cancer-related surgeries, to which the judge ordered Menendez explain why her request came "90 minutes" before the Fourth of July long weekend and just days before her surrender date.

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Sports And Real Estate: A Special Report

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Nowadays, professional sports are as deeply woven into the real estate and legal industries as they are into American culture. In this special report, Law360 Real Estate Authority examines the most recent interplay between sports and real estate development, the policies and litigation accompanying it, and the vast legal work guiding it.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week 

By Sue Reisinger

Amid the changes coming for general counsel, the policies and enforcement priorities of federal regulators may fluctuate more rapidly after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that could dramatically remake independent government agencies. And the EEOC rescinded affirmative action documents that have guided employers for decades.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the Asian Law Caucus and the Democracy Defenders Fund lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship.

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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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