5th Circ. Unsure Provision Allows Contractor To Get Atty Fees

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel wanted to know why a construction company should get to collect attorney fees without a prevailing party provision in its joint venture contract, saying Thursday that the language of the parties' contract seemed to require a breach of contract.

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1st Circ. Orders Redo In Puerto Rico Hospital Loan Fight

By Clara Geoghegan

The First Circuit revived hospital Instituto Medico Del Norte's Chapter 11 lawsuit against a lender, remanding the case after it "struggled to make sense" of a Puerto Rico bankruptcy judge's decision to dismiss the litigation.

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NJ Judge Strikes Experts In Faegre Drinker Malpractice Suit

By Christine DeRosa

A New Jersey state judge has struck the expert reports in a legal malpractice suit against Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, barring the experts from testifying unless the Sept. 14 trial over a real estate deal gone awry is postponed.

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Fox's Supposed $500M Offer For Parler Was Fake, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

Billionaire Rebekah Mercer testified Thursday that Parler's later-ousted CEO made her think falsely that Fox was offering $500 million for the social app, one example of the supposed misconduct she has said was the reason he was forced out.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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Wash. Justices To Hear Gordon Rees Malpractice Transfer Suit

By Ben Adlin

Washington's Supreme Court will consider whether a Great American insurance unit can inherit an equipment manufacturer's legal malpractice claims against two law firms in what the insurance company has called an issue of first impression, according to a high court order published Wednesday.

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Law Firm, Closing Agents Faulted For Not Flagging Fraud

By Matthew Santoni

A Pittsburgh-area real estate settlement company wrongfully released the money from a divorcing couple's property sale to a fraudster, and the law firm that was supposed to get the money didn't notice until nearly a month later, the couple claim in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court.

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CFTC Says CME Perps Fight Is 'Much Ado About Nothing'

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission told a D.C. federal judge that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's suit over the agency's approval of Kalshi's bitcoin perpetual futures contract is "much ado about nothing" since the derivatives exchange is free to list its own version of the product.

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Pa. Property Manager Beats RE Agent's $10M Defamation Suit

By Isaac Monterose

A Florida state jury has ruled against a real estate agent in her $10 million defamation suit, in which she accused the board chairman of a Pennsylvania property management company of repeatedly harassing and defaming her.

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Dutch Software Co. Asks Justices To Halt TM Trial

By Hayley Fowler

A Dutch software company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a rapidly approaching trial in a trademark dispute with an American rival while it petitions for review of an injunction and contempt order that it said threaten to taint the entire proceedings.

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Brief

Invesco Funds Settle In Serta Uptier Ch. 11 Appeal

By Clara Geoghegan

Invesco-managed funds reached a confidential settlement, ending appeals of a Texas bankruptcy judge's decision that Serta Simmons lenders excluded from a debt restructuring deal are owed $400 million.

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Medical Biz Cites $15M Nicaragua Win To Avoid Arbitration

By Caroline Simson

A Nicaraguan medical products distributor is urging a Florida federal court to reconsider its order compelling arbitration of its dispute with GE Precision Healthcare LLC, pointing to a recent $15 million Nicaraguan court judgment that also dismisses the U.S. company's arbitration-based jurisdictional objection.

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Deal Termination Lessons From Verisk Merger Review Ruling

The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent ruling that Verisk Analytics forfeited its right to terminate a deal that was facing a second information request from the Federal Trade Commission illustrates the danger of information gaps between client and counsel and the risks of "willful conduct" language in merger agreements, say attorneys at HSF Kramer.

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Prepping Health Businesses For Sale In A Data-Driven Market

In a thinner market for healthcare transactions, with both regulators and buyers using artificial intelligence to inspect data in great detail, the margin for error in sellers' financials and legal diligence has narrowed, requiring more proactive compliance efforts, says Cody Dumas at FBFK Law.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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