Uber Text Doesn't Bind Guest Rider To Arbitrate, DC Circ. Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

Uber cannot force into arbitration a passenger who sued over a crash in which he was severely injured when the ride was requested by his wife since he never created an account or agreed to the ride-hailing company's terms of service, the D.C. Circuit said in a published opinion Friday.

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Amazon Beats Calif. AG's 'Ill-Conceived' Injunction Bid

By Bryan Koenig

A California judge refused to block what the state attorney general's office has cast as Amazon's coercive price-fixing imposed on Walmart, Target and others via major brands like Levi Strauss, critiquing enforcers for the "last-minute request" targeting conduct they have not shown is ongoing.

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Analysis

Patent Marking Case Will Shape License Talks And Damages

By Ryan Davis

A Federal Circuit ruling that patent owners must ensure that all licensees mark their products with patent information in order to recover presuit damages will complicate licensing talks and give defendants a route to limit or escape damages in some cases, attorneys say.

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'Troubled' 7th Circ. Finds No Harm From Benesch Atty Conflict

By Lauren Berg

While "troubled" by an ex-Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP partner's decision to take on a client's trade secrets suit while negotiating a move from Benesch to the defendant company's outside counsel, the Seventh Circuit agreed Friday that the displeased client cannot pursue her legal malpractice claim.

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'Friday The 13th' Creators Say Game Publisher Hid Royalties

By Katryna Perera

Creators of the "Friday the 13th" franchise alleged in a Friday suit that a video game publisher withheld up to $4.5 million in royalties from sales of a "Friday the 13th" video game that it was licensed to distribute and destroyed reports that proved how much it owed.

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Insurance Tech SPAC Investor Wins Fight To Resell 5M Shares

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court has handed asset manager Meteora Capital Partners LP a summary judgment win in its contract fight with auto insurance technology company Roadzen Inc., finding Roadzen breached a 2023 stock subscription agreement by failing to register shares and later failing to remove restrictions that kept Meteora from reselling them.

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11th Circ. Won't Nix Royal Caribbean Arbitration Appeal

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit on Friday denied a bid to summarily affirm an order denying Royal Caribbean's motion to arbitration claims by passengers suing the cruise line over numerous incidents of voyeurism involving a former employee.

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AMC Hit With Class Claims Over Online Ticket 'Junk Fees'

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Movie theater chain AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. has been hit with class claims in Pennsylvania state court alleging the company charges customers "junk fees" when they purchase tickets through the company's online system.

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Fed. Circ. Shifts T-Mobile Patent Settlement Fight To 5th Circ.

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Friday sent an appeal from T-Mobile stemming from a patent litigation settlement to the Fifth Circuit, ruling that is proper because the Eastern District of Texas had jurisdiction when the appeal was filed.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen shoe brand Crocs bring an appeal against the chief executive of the U.K.'s Intellectual Property Office, singer Alanis Morissette sued by the former head of operations at Live Nation Israel and the son of convicted fraudster Guo Wengui file an appeal against the Chapter 11 trustee controlling his father's bankruptcy estate. 

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NCAA Fights NC State Football Player's Demand For Eligibility

By Maddie Khaw

The NCAA struck back at a football player's bid to play for North Carolina State University this year while he challenges the organization's eligibility rules, arguing that he was denied a waiver because his academic standing is under his control and thus can't be the basis for extending his eligibility.

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Brief

Mass. Coke Bottler Misclassified Worker To Save OT, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

A regional Coca-Cola bottler misclassified a worker as an exempt employee to avoid paying overtime, a new lawsuit in Massachusetts state court alleges.

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Financial Firm's $1.4M Asset Hold Against Adviser Upheld

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut appeals court Friday said a financial services firm properly secured a nearly $1.4 million asset hold against an adviser, agreeing the company showed a likelihood of proving during underlying Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration that the adviser siphoned customers when transitioning to a new broker-dealer.

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Brief

Doctor Shorted Practice Co-Owner On Distributions, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado ophthalmologist failed to pay the co-owner of his practice the full distribution amounts owed to that physician while overpaying himself, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

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Dealership Owners Say GM Sabotaged Them After Purchase

By Mike Curley

The former owners of a General Motors LLC dealership are suing GM in Arizona federal court for $20 million, alleging that the automaker tricked them into buying a doomed location by saying they could later relocate, only to renege and place other restrictions that made it impossible to meet its quotas.

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Md. Pot Co. Evermore Faces Bid To Confirm $1.98M Award

By Jonathan Capriel

A California-based capital advisory firm is urging a state court to enforce a $1.98 million arbitration award it scored against Evermore Cannabis Company, which was found to have intentionally dodged fees it promised to pay the firm as part of a contract that helped the marijuana cultivator secure loans.

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Cannabis Founder Says Sheriff Pressed For Pre-IPO Shares

By Carolyn Muyskens

A cannabis company co-founder testified during a Massachusetts sheriff's corruption trial Friday that he thought it was wrong for the sheriff to be invested in the company but felt pressure to sell him a stake.

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Boston Eyes Liquor License Sold By Celebrity Chef

By Julie Manganis

The city of Boston asked a judge on Friday to block the anticipated transfer of a liquor license once held by celebrity chef Barbara Lynch, contending that Lynch's original sale of the license to its current holder was a fraudulent effort at evading what ultimately became a nearly $1 million judgment over unpaid property taxes.

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Buchalter Adds Litigator In Atlanta From Chamberlain Hrdlicka

By Emily Johnson

Buchalter PC has added a former Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry shareholder in its Atlanta office, strengthening its litigation practice with an attorney with significant experience representing businesses in commercial litigation and creditor rights matters, according to an announcement Friday.

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What 9th Circ. Devas Ruling Means For AI Infrastructure Deals

The Ninth Circuit's recent confirmation of a $2 billion arbitration award in Devas Multimedia's arbitration against a state-owned commercial arm of India’s space agency creates a cross-border enforcement road map for disputes that are bound to arise from the current generation of artificial intelligence infrastructure deals, says Fernanda Merouco at Davis Wright.

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Calif. Ruling Opens Del. Cos. Up To Stockholder Inspection

A California appellate court's recent decision in Salamon v. Orchid Global underscores that despite last year's amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Delaware companies with principal operations in California remain subject to California's broader and more stockholder-protective inspection regime, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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McDermott Closing Health Policy Shop In DC

By Alison Knezevich

McDermott Will & Schulte is closing its healthcare lobbying and consulting shop after a dozen years in business.

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Feature

Rachael Rollins Pitches Scandal As Asset In Comeback Bid

By Taylor Bowie

Rachael Rollins rode a progressive wave to become Suffolk County's district attorney in 2019. After a scandal derailed her stint as Massachusetts U.S. attorney, she's trying to win her old DA post back, and leaning into her alleged ethical missteps as a resume boost.

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Calif. County Judges Recuse From Bias Suit Against DA's Office

By Patrick Hoff

The entire bench of a county court recused itself from a lawsuit alleging the San Francisco District Attorney's Office didn't take appropriate action when a Black employee reported a colleague's use of a racial slur, pushing the trial in the decade-old case to early October.

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'Exemplary Performance' Earns Google Users' Attys $146.8M

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Friday awarded plaintiffs' attorneys $146.8 million in fees after they secured a $425 million jury verdict against Google LLC in a privacy class action covering about 98 million people, calling the one-third fee award "extraordinary" but justified given their "exemplary performance."

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House Eyes Vote To Lock Supreme Court At 9 Justices

By Courtney Bublé

The House returns from recess on Monday, and its agenda could include a vote to keep the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices at nine.

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Trump Denied New Bid To Federalize Hush Money Prosecution

By Pete Brush

A New York federal judge on Friday again denied President Donald Trump's bid to move his criminal hush money conviction out of state court, finding as he did earlier that a federal law defense that Trump was operating in his official capacity would be meritless.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

KKR will pay a $250 million civil penalty to end allegations that it hid key documentation and entire transactions for merger notification. In the meantime, Apple told an Illinois federal judge that a recent Seventh Circuit decision affirming Samsung's win in a biometric privacy suit means the tech giant should prevail over similar claims. These are among 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

WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal judge held that the U.S. Department of Defense's designation of Anthropic PBC as a supply chain risk to national security was retaliation for the company's public criticism of the Trump administration.

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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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