Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap star Drake, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case said rival company AEG Worldwide and a Hogan Lovells lawyer may face sanctions for revealing confidential information about a witness.
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AEG, BigLaw Atty In Hot Seat As Live Nation Trial Nears End

By Stewart Bishop

Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap star Drake, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case said rival company AEG Worldwide and a Hogan Lovells lawyer may face sanctions for revealing confidential information about a witness.

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Delaware High Court Revives LG's $12.8M Patent Award

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court has revived a larger damages award for LG Electronics Inc. in a long-running patent licensing dispute, ruling that a lower court improperly slashed a jury verdict and wrongly denied key financial add-ons, while otherwise upholding the jury's findings that the defendants breached their agreement.

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Fiat Chrysler Loses 'Absurd' Arb. Bid In Defect Suit At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel has rejected Fiat Chrysler's request to send a certified class action over allegedly defective Jeep and Dodge headrests to arbitration, finding that FCA's theory would lead to "absurd" results in which third parties with "no connection whatsoever to the underlying arbitration agreement" could force arbitration.

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StubHub Customer's Eras Tour Tickets Suit Sent To Arbitration

By Rachel Riley

A StubHub customer must arbitrate her claims that the ticket reseller botched her order for $14,000 in tickets to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, a Washington federal judge has said, agreeing with the company that the patron agreed to a mandatory arbitration pact when she logged onto the website and made her purchase.

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

Firm Fights DQ Bid Against US Counsel In Chinese Arbitration

By Joyce Hanson

A Chinese law firm suing a Washington resident over unpaid arbitration bills has slammed an effort to disqualify its Seattle-based local counsel, saying that while one of its attorneys had worked at the law firm representing the woman, the attorney was entirely walled off from the case.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked New York's highest court to throw out New York Attorney General Letitia James' "deeply flawed" civil fraud judgment entirely after a lower appellate court tossed what it called an "excessive" $489 million penalty against the president, his sons and his real estate companies.

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NJ Power Broker, Atty Brother Push To End Developer's Suit

By Jake Maher

South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross and his brother, Parker McCay PA shareholder Philip A. Norcross, asked a New Jersey state court this week to toss a civil racketeering suit from a real estate developer, which closely tracked a now-dismissed criminal indictment, arguing the allegations were settled in previous litigation and are time-barred.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

DOJ Backs Patent Rights In Samsung Case Against Netlist

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice told a Delaware federal court that having a patent included in a standard does not necessarily give the patentholder market power, while weighing in on Samsung's case accusing Netlist of exploiting the standard-setting process.

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Optis Wants 4th Trial On 4G Patents Against Apple

By Elliot Weld

Optis Wireless Technologies asked a Texas federal judge for a favorable judgment or a new trial Wednesday after a jury cleared Apple of patent infringement allegations in the case's third trial in February.

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EMPLOYMENT

Military Gear Co. Says Ex-Director Stole Trade Secrets

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A manufacturer of military protective equipment accused a former director in Virginia federal court Tuesday of stealing sensitive information with the intent to use it to gain an unfair advantage in his next venture.

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NJ Car Dealer Accused Of Picking Pricey 401(k) Funds

By Carla Baranauckas

Holman Automotive Group Inc. was slapped with a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court accusing the company and unidentified plan fiduciaries of breaching their duties under ERISA by saddling employees with unnecessarily expensive retirement plan investments that allegedly drained more than $1 million from workers' savings.

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COMPETITION

Biz Judge Keeps Doc Class Action Against Luxottica, For Now

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas Business Court judge Wednesday kept alive, on procedural grounds, a proposed class action made up of Texas optometrists who say that their office space deals with eye care giant Luxottica of America Inc. didn't follow Texas law.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

DC Circ. Allows DOD To Ax Anthropic Contracts Amid Review

By Hailey Konnath

The D.C. Circuit Wednesday shot down Anthropic's request for an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. Department of Defense from designating the artificial intelligence company as a national security risk while Anthropic's appeal plays out, although it agreed to expedite the appeal.

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BANKING

Veterans Say Citibank Arb. Ruling Is 'Anti-Military Readiness'

By Abigail Harrison

A group of service members urged a North Carolina federal court to keep in its sights claims that Citibank NA proffered misleading information about credit card account interest and fees, arguing a recent arbitration order erodes safeguards baked into the Military Lending Act.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Baker Botts Hires Int'l Development Finance Corp. Leader

By Jack Rodgers

Baker Botts LLP has hired an attorney who has worked at the center of the U.S. agency responsible for investing in developing countries as its top attorney, who has joined the firm as a senior counsel in Washington, D.C.

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Juul Pricing Case Tossed Following Another Reversal

By Matthew Perlman

An Illinois federal court has again dismissed a price discrimination case against Juul Labs over e-cigarette sales, after finding that a reversal of a previous ruling tossing the lawsuit was based on facts misrepresented by the wholesaler bringing the case.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the Texas law firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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Report Finds No Evidence Mass. Judge, Prosecutor Had Affair

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge and a county prosecutor were cleared in a special master's report made public Thursday about anonymous accusations that they were having an affair while he was presiding over her cases.

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Attys, Scholars Can Back Khalil In 3rd Circ. Detention Fight

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit granted three separate motions from civil rights groups, immigration experts and habeas scholars Thursday to file amicus briefs supporting Mahmoud Khalil's request for en banc review of a precedential decision that cleared the way for the government to continue detaining the Columbia University activist.

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Mich. Justices Revisit Med Mal Wrongful Death Filing Limits

By Melanie Dorsey

The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments revisiting its 2004 decision that narrowed the window for filing certain medical malpractice suits, with attorneys for a patient's estate urging the justices to overturn the ruling and extend the limit for wrongful death claims during the statutory notice period.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alexander Morrison & Fehr

Alexander Ricks

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Bertolino LLP

Carella Byrne

Collins Einhorn

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Danya Perry Law

Davis Cedillo

Dentons

Dratel & Lewis

Farnan LLP

Fish & Richardson

Foley & Lardner

Gillam Smith

Grasso Law PC

Gray Reed

Guerra LLP

Harris Sliwoski

Hinckley Allen

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Jacobs and Diemer

Kershaw Talley

Klein Thomas

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

Lieff Cabraser

Marino Tortorella

Mayer Brown

McKool Smith

Milberg PLLC

Morris Nichols

Morrison Mahoney

Oliver Bell Group

Parker McCay

Paul Hastings

Saul Ewing

Shanze Partners

Shaw Keller

Skadden Arps

Smith & Lowney

Spector Gadon

Sullivan & Cromwell

The Monson Law Firm

Thomas Coon Newton & Frost

Troutman

Van Der Hout LLP

Walker and Patterson

Wilentz Goldman

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Arbitration Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

American Express Co.

Amica Center for Immigrant Rights

Anthropic PBC

Apple Inc.

AutoNation Inc.

Center for Constitutional Rights

Centrus Energy Corp.

Citigroup Inc.

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Edison International

Elite

FCA US LLC

Ford Motor Co.

Google LLC

Henry Schein Inc.

Holman Automotive Group

Intellectual Ventures Management LLC

InterDigital Inc.

JUUL Labs Inc.

LG Electronics Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Luxottica Group S.p.A.

Marriott International Inc.

McLaren Health Care Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

Netlist Inc.

New York Civil Liberties Union

PEN America

Sales Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

SanDisk Corp.

Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.

StubHub Inc.

Super Micro Computer Inc.

The City University of New York

Toyota Motor Corp.

Trump Organization Inc.

UCLA School of Law

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Court of Appeals of New York

European Union

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Export-Import Bank of the United States

International Trade Commission

Louisiana Department of Insurance

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Michigan Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Army

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. International Development Finance Corp.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court