AT&T Can't Cut Claims From Cellular Partnership Suit

By Nadia Dreid

The Delaware Chancery Court has refused to toss two new claims from companies suing AT&T over rural Oklahoma cellular partnerships, saying the telecom titan "appears to have drafted an ambiguous contract and must now live with the results."

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NJ Panel Revives Bank's Greenbaum Rowe Malpractice Suit

By George Woolston

First Bank's legal malpractice suit against Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP over a botched loan for a Lexus dealership was revived by a Garden State appeals court Monday, with the panel ruling that the trial court should not have barred the bank's expert report.

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DOJ, Rocket Mortgage See 'Reasonable' Chance To Settle

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Colorado federal court to pause deadlines in its appraisal discrimination case against Rocket Mortgage LLC, saying both sides agree there's a "reasonable prospect" for a settlement and want time to explore it further.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving merger litigation, insider trading allegations, books and records demands, advancement proceedings, fiduciary duties, public benefit corporations and more.

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Conn. Atty Says Deal Bars Fidelity's $920K Malpractice Claim

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut lawyer has sought an early win on Fidelity National Title Insurance Co.'s malpractice case surrounding a $2.5 million mortgage refinancing loan, arguing that a claim over a forged mortgage release and a $920,000 payout is barred by the passage of time and a prior settlement.

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Legal Questions Michigan Is Still Facing In 2026

By Melanie Dorsey and Susan Smiley

Michigan's legal sector can expect answers on several burning legal questions in the remainder of 2026, with major litigation over the Flint water crisis nearing an end, and the state's enforcement push against prediction market purveyors just getting started. Some of the biggest questions, however, will be answered not in court, but at the ballot box, where Michigan Supreme Court justices are up for election and a potential constitutional convention will be put to voters.

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4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In July

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts judge affirmed her self-described "eye-popping" $91 million judgment against insurance companies, a private lender was freed from fraud claims after a loan recipient's emails told a different story, and a venture capital pro was denied a jury for his upcoming trial, among other recent state court rulings.

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Shipbuilder Ditches Pa. Suit Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit alleging South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. designed and built a "fatally flawed" container ship that subsequently slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. 

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Students' Assault Suit Must Be Arbitrated, Fla. School Says

By David Minsky

A Florida boarding school accused of allowing the sexual assault of two male students urged a state court Monday to move their lawsuit into arbitration, arguing that each of their fathers signed contracts agreeing to resolve their claims out of court. 

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Brief

Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud

By Ivan Moreno

A California federal judge has denied a healthcare software company's attempt to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP from representing Commure Inc. in a trade secret lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove that information it disclosed during a prospective client consultation was materially harmful enough to warrant disqualification.

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9th Circ. Won't Toss Ex-LA Supervisor's Fraud Conviction

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Monday denied former Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas' bid to escape his fraud, bribery and conspiracy convictions, finding that his "funneling" scheme of giving $100,000 to the University of Southern California before it facilitated the same amount moving to his son's nonprofit constituted a "thing of value."

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Samsung Unit, Mousterian Ink US Floating Data Center Deal

By Isaac Monterose

Shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. and Mousterian Corp. Inc. have signed an engineering agreement for their first moored U.S. floating data center project, the two companies announced Monday.

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Pot Investor Says Partners Diverted $1.1M In Grow Site Funds

By Jonathan Capriel

Three entrepreneurs face claims they misused $1.1 million in seed money meant to launch a Merced, California, cannabis cultivation facility, according to a lawsuit filed by an investor who says the grow site never materialized and the funds were diverted for personal use.

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DOJ Renews Bid To Oust Susman From ABA Trump EO Case

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Department of Justice renewed its call for a D.C. federal judge to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's law firm executive orders, saying Susman Godfrey's attorneys could potentially have to serve as fact witnesses in the case.

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Jackson Walker, Trustee Agree On $15M Romance Settlement

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP has agreed to pay $15 million and reform its conflicts and disclosure practices to resolve claims brought by the regional U.S. trustee regarding bankruptcy fees approved by a bankruptcy judge who was at the time concealing a relationship with a Jackson Walker partner.

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ABA To Assess Aggressive BigLaw Campus Recruitment

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday approved a resolution sponsored by law students seeking reprieve from increasingly early BigLaw recruitment drives and clarified rules regarding client confidentiality and prosecutorial responsibility, some of the first votes taken on day one of its annual meeting.

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Simpson Thacher's PIPE Work Was 'Dogged,' Jury Told

By Jake Maher

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP did all it could to help Patriot National Inc. and the company's owner and warn them about risks as they pursued a financing deal, a former capital markets attorney told a Florida state jury Monday in the insurance services company's malpractice case against the firm.

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Analysis

How State SG Offices Became A Judicial Pipeline

By Cara Bayles

The rapid growth of Missouri's solicitor general's office illustrates the import of top state appellate roles, which offer young lawyers a chance to gain courtroom experience they might never acquire in BigLaw. The gig is also, for young conservatives especially, one of the fastest paths to the federal bench.

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Blanche's Nix Of Trump's $1.8B Fund Wins Over GOP Sens.

By Asha Glover

Two holdout GOP senators said Monday that they would support confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the permanent role after he gave assurances that President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, created as part of a settlement with the IRS, would not move forward.

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Conn. Justices Order Education For Atty Who Missed AI Flubs

By Christine DeRosa

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ordered a GLG Law LLC attorney to complete continuing education after finding that seven errors in filings caused by ChatGPT stemmed from negligence in the use of new technology, not from an intentional attempt to deceive or mislead the court.

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Disputes Continue, 1 Week Into NY Public Defender Strikes

By Andrea Keckley

Two unions representing hundreds of New York public defenders remain on strike Monday, with managers from the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem requesting third-party mediation during their most recent negotiations on Sunday.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of July

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Goldman Sachs, Coinbase and Sanofi. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from July.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

A group of state enforcers challenged Paramount's planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, as a separate group of states and DirecTV accused Nexstar of violating an order preventing it from integrating with Tegna and the Federal Trade Commission faced a bench trial seeking to block a constructive adhesive deal.

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