Alex Spiro Says Twitter Atty 'Misremembering' Offer To Settle

By Bonnie Eslinger

Elon Musk attorney Alex Spiro testified before a California federal jury Tuesday that a lead Twitter lawyer who said Spiro tried to renegotiate Musk's $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform was "misremembering," saying Twitter's counsel offered the discount and asked for legal waivers over the company's bot claims.

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Law Firm, Ex-Client At Odds Over $7.2M Fee Dispute

By Ben Adlin

Law firm Lee & Hayes PC urged a Washington federal judge to reject a former client's effort to escape more than $7 million in legal fees that the firm says it's owed, claiming that Continuous Composites misled its legal team as the company negotiated a $25 million intellectual property settlement with a rival.

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Anthropic Asks Judge To Block DOD's Security Risk Label

By Madeline Lyskawa

Anthropic has urged a California federal judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing an order designating the artificial intelligence company a supply chain risk to national security, arguing the government has retaliated against Anthropic for its constitutionally protected speech.

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Paramount President Owes $150M For Crisis PR Aid, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Paramount President Jeff Shell is being sued for $150 million in California state court over allegations he backed out of a deal to develop an English language adaptation of a Spanish television show and failed to pay for crisis communications services that the plaintiff said helped save Paramount $1.5 billion in a streaming rights dispute.

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Chancery Won't Block Precious Metals Deal In Earnout Fight

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday refused to temporarily block a planned acquisition by Bullion International Group LLC, a precious metals company formed in a 2023 merger between online gold retailer APMEX and global refiner MKS PAMP Group Inc., ruling that the dispute over potential earnout payments can be addressed through money damages rather than emergency injunctive relief.

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Lab's Aetna Payment Suit Survives, But With Deep Cuts

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Connecticut federal judge ruled Aetna and its parent company, CVS Health Corp., must face a pared down lawsuit from a medical laboratory alleging it is owed $20.6 million in unpaid invoices.

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Colo. High Court Considers Debt Collector's Compliance

By Rachel Konieczny

The Colorado Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with the requirements and limits of a state debt collection practices law in an appeal brought by a consumer arguing a debt collector did not comply with the law when seeking to collect her $671.29 credit card debt.

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$18.7M Settlement Nixed Over 'Fabricated' Loan Docs

By Brian Steele

Citing a need for public confidence in judicial decisions, a Connecticut state court judge has set aside an agreed-upon $18.7 million judgment against a housing nonprofit, which claimed that its ex-leader "fabricated" the documents purporting to authorize the defaulted loan at issue in the case.

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Developer Sues In Del. Over Alleged Philly Bourse Ouster

By Jarek Rutz

A developer behind the planned redevelopment of Philadelphia's historic Bourse building has sued its joint venture partner and several affiliated entities in the Delaware Chancery Court, accusing them of unlawfully attempting to oust it from management of the multimillion-dollar project and install a new development firm in its place.

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Samsung Sanctioned Over Google Deal Documents In IP Case

By Ryan Davis

Ahead of a planned April trial, a Texas federal judge has sanctioned Samsung for withholding its revenue-sharing agreements with Google from Mullen Industries, which claims location-based services on the Korean tech giant's mobile devices infringe its patents.

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Re/Max Hits Ex-Franchisee With Trademark Infringement Suit

By Isaac Monterose

Property listings company Re/Max LLC has alleged in Colorado federal court that a former franchisee failed to pay more than $6.1 million owed under two franchise agreements and keeps using Re/Max's trademarks even though the franchise agreements were terminated.

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Solar Battery Co. Seeks Dismissal Of Ford Trade Secret Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

A solar battery maker has asked a Michigan federal court to dismiss Ford Motor Co.'s trade secret and contract claims over confidential technology disclosed in patent applications, claiming Ford lacks standing because it doesn't own the technology at the center of the dispute.

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Rapper Was Wary Years Before Firing Ex-Manager, Jury Hears

By Lauraann Wood

Chance the Rapper testified Tuesday that he has honored the oral payment arrangement he reached with his former manager but should have terminated their relationship closer to learning that manager tried to cut himself into a business opportunity from which he knew he wouldn't be paid.

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NC Judge Rebuffs Perdue's DOL Whistleblower Challenge

By Hayley Fowler

Perdue Farms Inc. lost its case challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. Department of Labor's administrative proceedings for whistleblower complaints after a North Carolina federal judge found such proceedings don't flout Perdue's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.

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Insurers Can't Resume Investor Fight In $220M Coverage Row

By Emily Lever

A Texas appellate court Tuesday rejected two insurance companies' bid to stop a group of shareholders of now-bankrupt Cobalt International Energy from pursuing claims on behalf of thousands of other investors, stymieing the carriers' attempts to curtail a fight over coverage of a $220 million securities settlement.

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Lessons From Justices' Split On Major Questions Doctrine

The justices' varied opinions in Learning Resources v. Trump, which held the International Emergency Economy Powers Act did not confer the power to impose tariffs, offer a meaningful window into the U.S. Supreme Court's perspective on the major questions doctrine that will likely shape lower courts' approach to executive action challenges, say attorneys at Venable.

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Ex-DOJ Atty Who Said 'This Job Sucks' Running For Congress

By Courtney Bublé

The former federal government lawyer detailed to Minnesota to help with immigration cases who last month told a federal judge "this job sucks" says she is running for Congress in the state.

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$600M IP Award, Quinn Emanuel Contempt Faulted On Appeal

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday vacated a verdict against the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents and reversed a contempt ruling against Norton's former law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP that had caused the judgment to grow to just over $600 million.

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Feature

Exxon Cements Texas As Delaware's Emerging Rival

By Spencer Brewer

Last year, Vinson & Elkins partner Katherine Frank fielded about one call a week from companies thinking about redomiciling in Texas. Speaking to Law360 the day after ExxonMobil announced its plan to reincorporate in the Lone Star State due to its business-forward courts and policies, Frank said the callers fell into three categories.

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Firm Probed In $4B LA Sex Abuse Deal Hit With UPL Charges

By Rachel Rippetoe

A co-founder of the Los Angeles personal injury firm facing investigation for its involvement in a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement against Los Angeles County was hit with disciplinary charges by the California State Bar, alleging the firm illegally practiced law outside the state.

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Analysis

Trump Cybercrime Order Creates New Compliance To-Do List

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump's recent executive order calling for a coalition of government agencies to combat cybercrime is far more forceful than efforts under prior administrations, according to white collar lawyers, who tentatively applaud the proposal while warning it could raise new compliance risks.

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3 Attys Escape Ford's 'Retaliatory' Lemon Law RICO Suit

By Linda Chiem

A California federal judge has shut down Ford Motor Co.'s revised racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, saying the attorneys' underlying conduct in pursuing lemon law litigation is shielded by First Amendment protections.

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Judges, Lawmakers Urge 4th Circ. To Affirm Halligan Ruling

By Ryan Boysen

Members of Congress and former federal judges have urged the Fourth Circuit to affirm that Lindsey Halligan was not properly appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, saying the episode exemplifies why there are guardrails against installing political loyalists as federal prosecutors.

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VA, DOJ Cut Deal To Make Attys Mental Health Guardians

By Mark Payne

Under a new initiative, attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice will serve as legal guardians for some homeless veterans, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday, though some veterans advocates expressed concern that the new program could involuntarily coerce veterans experiencing mental health issues into institutional care.

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