'Constantly Shifting': Judge Rips Musk, OpenAI As Trial Nears

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge Friday appeared frustrated with Elon Musk and OpenAI ahead of trial over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, criticizing the parties' "constantly shifting" positions and doubting whether she has the authority to grant the relief Musk requested.

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Fed. Circ. Reverses $18M Penile Implant Trade Secret Win

By Ivan Moreno

In a unanimous precedential decision, the Federal Circuit on Friday largely reversed a California jury's $18.3 million trade secret verdict over a penile implant, holding that the asserted secrets were already publicly disclosed or generally known and therefore not protectable.

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Ex-Rep. Didn't Fund Venezuelan Opposition, Accountant Says

By David Minsky

A forensic accountant testified in Florida federal court on Friday that his investigation into the finances of politician David Rivera found that no funds were given to Venezuelan opposition officials, telling jurors how he followed the money trail of the one-time congressman accused of secretly lobbying for a foreign government.

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Settlement Ends High Court Fight Over Arbitration Deference

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed in a now-settled case relating to a vacated arbitral award favoring a former water treatment company director, which sought clarity from the justices on whether courts can second-guess the content of arbitral pleadings and filings.

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Power Broker, Atty Brother Rip Developer's 'Pleading Gambit'

By George Woolston

South Jersey power broker George Norcross and his attorney brother pushed back at a developer's bid to drop a civil racketeering claim against them after an appeals court backed the dismissal of a related criminal case, telling a state court that the proposed amendments to his complaint are futile.

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Tycoon's 'Unclean Hands' Defense Fails In $5.4M Foreclosure

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut state judge has ordered the strict foreclosure of a Greenwich mansion that exiled Russian media tycoon Vladimir Gusinski purchased through an arm of his company, New Media Holdings LLC, capping a six-year-old lawsuit by a bank and its successor surrounding $4.94 million loans.

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Denver Ritz-Carlton Owner Says Contractors Hit Water Line

By Rachel Konieczny

Two contractors acted negligently while performing work at a neighboring property to the Ritz-Carlton Denver that resulted in an uncontrolled release of water entering the hotel, the hotel's owner and insurers alleged in Colorado state court.

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GE Unit Must Finish Work On Vineyard Wind Offshore Project

By Carolyn Muyskens

Vineyard Wind's turbine supplier cannot abandon the offshore wind project on the eve of completion, a Massachusetts state judge ruled Friday, ordering the GE Vernova subsidiary to remain on the job for now.

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Chubb Unit Says Other Insurer Owes $450K For Fatal Crash

By Hope Patti

A Chubb unit said an auto insurer must reimburse it $450,000 for a payment made to the estate of a mutual insured who was fatally hit by a car while in a crosswalk, telling a Colorado federal court that its umbrella policy was in excess of the other policy.

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Allstate Says Fla. Surgery Centers Padded Bills For Care

By Carolina Bolado

Seven ambulatory surgery centers, a pain clinic and an anesthesia practice that are all run by Surgery Partners conducted "extraordinarily aggressive treatment" on patients involved in minor car crashes to inflate the bills submitted to Allstate, the insurer told a Florida federal court Friday, alleging it paid millions for unnecessary treatment.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.

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HyperSphere Beats Tech IP Suit, Falters On Sanctions Bid

By Elliot Weld

Georgia-based cybersecurity firm HyperSphere Technologies Inc. on Friday escaped a suit alleging infringement of a developer's copyrighted software code but was denied a request for sanctions for having to defend itself from what it called a "frivolous" lawsuit.

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Denver Food Truck Biz Says Rival Stole Secrets Via Sham Deal

By MJ Koo

A Denver food truck business has claimed its would-be partners stole its operational playbook and then threatened its owner and employees, according to a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court.

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Judge Says Biotech Co. Can't Wipe Cancer Data, For Now

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas state judge signed a temporary restraining order on Friday that stops Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the consulting firm helping it oversee its dissolution from deleting cell therapy data that the Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center says belongs to it.

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Healthcare AI Co. Seeks to Drop 3 From Wage Suit

By MJ Koo

A data science platform said Friday that a former executive, who claims he was not paid after investing $750,000 into the business, cannot drag three out-of-state people loosely connected to the company into a North Carolina federal court and that key claims should be trimmed.

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Connecticut Cardiologist Files $4M Suit Over Alleged Ouster

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut cardiologist alleges he suffered at least $4 million in damages due to his former practice's "repeated disrespect, bad faith" and reputational damage in the medical community for more than a decade, which culminated in his constructive discharge, filing a contract and defamation lawsuit in state court.

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Ky. Men Take Plea In $3.3M Bogus Credit Line Fraud

By Joyce Hanson

A pair of Kentucky men have agreed to plead guilty in Illinois federal court to wire fraud for running a yearslong scheme that prosecutors say tricked about 60 borrowers, lenders and investors into handing over at least $11.8 million through fake loan programs and supposed investments.

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Solar Co. Freedom Forever Blames Unpaid Bills For Ch. 11

By Alex Wittenberg

Solar company Freedom Forever told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday that missed payments that mounted after the passage of the federal budget reconciliation bill last year were largely the cause of its Chapter 11 filing this week.

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Fla. Judge Confirms Cosmetic Co.'s Ch. 11 Exit Plan

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida bankruptcy judge said Friday she would confirm a cosmetic company's reorganization plan after the debtor ironed out a deal with creditors that reduced the founder's equity stake in the company.

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A Data-Driven Guide For Navigating The 2026 Oil Price Shock

With the Iran war disrupting tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, oil price volatility has soared, and this extreme price dislocation is likely to generate complex legal disputes — but companies can protect themselves by preserving every scrap of market data available, say Peter Niculescu and Leslie Rahl at Capital Market Risk Advisors.

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2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue

While a New York federal court’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner suggests that some litigants’ communications with AI tools are discoverable, two other recent federal court decisions demonstrate that such interactions generally qualify for work-product protection under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, says Joshua Dunn at Brown Rudnick.

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California Is Latest Battleground In Defining Access To Justice

By Brandon Lowrey

A pair of dueling California ballot initiatives both purport to increase consumers' access to justice — a righteous cause, most would say. If only the initiatives' backers agreed on what that means.

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Adams & Reese Sued For Malpractice Over $411M Injury Loss

By Lynn LaRowe

A scaffolding company has hit Adams & Reese LLP with a legal malpractice suit in Texas state court that accuses the firm of botching its defense in a Louisiana workplace injury case, leading to a roughly $411 million jury verdict and ultimately forcing the business to settle the matter for millions.

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Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.

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Polsinelli Sent Bogus Infringement Letters, Suits Say

By Elliot Weld

National law firm Polsinelli PC was accused of sending letters to two medical device companies with meritless claims of patent infringement, the companies claimed in a pair of malpractice suits.

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Another Record-Breaking Year For NY Lobbying: Watchdog

By Andrea Keckley

The amount of money spent on lobbying in New York state reached a new high — again — in 2025 despite lower dollar amounts from that year's top spenders, a state ethics and lobbying watchdog said Thursday.

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NY High Court Suspends Judge Over Racist Remarks

By Elizabeth Daley

A veteran judge who used the N-word among colleagues and claimed in court that a Black defendant was likely to be violent and "played the race card" has been suspended without pay by New York's highest court.

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Balancing The Scales: Juror Bias, First For Revenge Porn Law

By Orlando Lorenzo

The California Supreme Court tossed the conviction and death sentence in a double slaying over the trial court's failures to investigate claims of juror bias, and an Ohio man is believed to be the first person in the nation convicted under a federal law intended to battle revenge porn.

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Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Judge Mulls DQ Over O'Melveny Ties

By Craig Clough

The parties in a consumer lawsuit challenging Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines have been notified that the federal judge recently assigned to the case intends to disqualify himself unless they sign a waiver over one of his retirement accounts being tied to O'Melveny & Myers LLP, which is representing Alaska Airlines.

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Nussbaum-Linked Law Firms Hit Ch. 11 Facing Scheme Suits

By Vince Sullivan

Two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York, listing at least $353 million in disputed unsecured claims tied to the firms' hard money lending practices that have been described in litigation as a Ponzi scheme.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

New data found that some companies are being wary during the 2026 proxy season by negotiating deals behind closed doors rather than allowing shareholders to vote on issues. In the meantime, a report showed that the higher annual rate growth for outside counsel fees that began in 2022 has become the new normal. These are some of 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

Winston & Strawn LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services.

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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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