A California federal judge said Thursday there's "no time to waste" to begin monitoring a three-year injunction against Google in Epic's antitrust battle over Google's Android app store policies, saying he wants monthly reports now that the parties have agreed to accept the injunction terms he laid out.
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TOP NEWS

'No Time To Waste' On Google Antitrust Reports, Judge Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge said Thursday there's "no time to waste" to begin monitoring a three-year injunction against Google in Epic's antitrust battle over Google's Android app store policies, saying he wants monthly reports now that the parties have agreed to accept the injunction terms he laid out.

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Analysis

Biggest Sports & Betting Deals To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2026

By David Steele

The year so far has seen increased private equity investment in pro teams and college sports, U.S. pro soccer's plans to capitalize on the World Cup and the Chicago Bears' hunt for a new host city. Here, Law360 highlights the most significant sports deals to watch for the remainder of 2026.

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Zohar Trust Wins $2.4M In Lengthy Row With Lynn Tilton Firm

By Alex Wittenberg

Distressed debt investor Lynn Tilton's Patriarch Partners must pay roughly $2.4 million to the litigation trust for a trio of collateralized loan funds she founded in the 2000s, a New York federal judge has ruled, finding that Tilton's private equity firm breached a credit contract.

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$200B Swipe Fee Deal Merits $206M For Attys, Merchants Say

By Craig Clough

Merchants who secured a $200 billion settlement over Visa and Mastercard swipe fees asked a New York federal court Wednesday to approve $206 million in attorney fees and costs, saying: "The result achieved here did not come easily and was far from certain."

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL

INSURANCE

3rd Circ. Partly Revives Hospitals' ERISA Suit Against Cigna

By George Woolston

The Third Circuit on Thursday revived some ERISA contract claims in a New Jersey hospital network's suit alleging Cigna underpaid out-of-network reimbursements by $114 million, but backed the dismissal of the network's fiduciary duty claims.

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Aramark Asks Full 5th Circ. To Nix Aetna ERISA Arbitration Bid

By Grace Elletson

Food services company Aramark urged the full Fifth Circuit to deny Aetna's request to arbitrate allegations that it cost Aramark millions by bungling health benefits claims, arguing that the insurer is attempting to twist U.S. Supreme Court precedent to kick the case out of court.

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

Mich. AG Says Solar Financing Scheme Hit 1,700 Consumers

By Susan Smiley

Michigan's attorney general has accused Climax Solar, its owner and the seven financial institutions that financed consumer purchases of the company's home solar systems of participating in a widespread solar finance scheme that promised customers big savings but resulted in long-term debt.

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Senior Home, Care Referral Site Drop False Ad Suit Dispute

By Kelcey Caulder

A senior living placement site and a Georgia assisted living home have jointly agreed to end a proposed class action in which the home alleged that the site falsely advertised free services and steered business away from communities that declined to participate in its pay-to-play business model. 

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Edible Arrangements Wins $13.9M Judgment Against Ex-COO

By Gina Kim

Edible Arrangements' former chief operating officer and his company must pay nearly $14 million after defaulting in a case that accused him of regularly stealing from the fruit-basket company by intercepting vendor rebate checks and diverting millions of dollars in media-contract payments, a Georgia federal judge said Thursday.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Brief

Realtek, MediaTek Drop Case Alleging Bogus Patent Litigation

By Elliot Weld

Taiwanese semiconductor-makers Realtek and MediaTek have agreed to drop a case in which the former accused the latter of colluding with other companies to harass Realtek with bogus patent cases.

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SPORTS & BETTING

Judge Says No Again To Arbitration In Flores' NFL Bias Suit

By David Steele

A New York federal judge has shut down another attempt by the NFL and its teams to send former coach Brian Flores' racial discrimination suit to league arbitration, rejecting their request to reconsider her ruling keeping the case in court.

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EMPLOYMENT

Ashley Furniture Wins Transfer Of Bias Suit To Florida

By Corey Rothauser

A North Carolina federal judge has transferred a former Ashley Furniture marketing specialist's age and sex discrimination lawsuit to federal court in Florida, ruling that an independent contractor agreement requiring disputes to be litigated in the Tampa area is enforceable despite the employee's objections.

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Brief

Liberty Mutual Settles Fired VP's Race Bias Suit

By Abigail Harrison

Liberty Mutual Group Inc. has settled a lawsuit by a former vice president and senior talent adviser who alleged she was sidelined and eventually fired due to her race, according to a stipulation filed in North Carolina federal court.

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INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

Dominican Republic Calls $44M Asset Hunt Premature

By Joyce Hanson

The Dominican Republic pointed to ongoing settlement proceedings in urging a Washington, D.C., federal judge to deny a billionaire businessman's bid to conduct discovery aimed at uncovering the country's assets for seizure to satisfy a nearly $44 million arbitral award.

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Ukrnafta Must Produce Acct. Records In $150M Award Fight

By Caroline Simson

A Texas federal judge on Wednesday ordered Ukraine's largest oil producer to comply with discovery requests as Carpatsky Petroleum Corp. continues its over eight-year-long effort to enforce a $150 million arbitral award, but denied a similar request targeting Baker Hughes.

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COMPETITION

Apple, Amazon Face Bid To Revive Wash. Antitrust Suit

By Ben Adlin

Plaintiffs' counsel urged a Seattle federal judge Thursday to rethink dismissal of a proposed antitrust class action accusing Apple and Amazon of illegally restricting sales of iPhones and iPads, contending that attorneys at Hagens Berman couldn't have concluded from their client's "ambiguous" message that he wanted to get out of the case.

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Meta Gets 'Bricked' Device False Ad Suit Trimmed, For Now

By Lauren Berg

Meta Platforms Inc. can, again, trim a proposed class action alleging it deceptively sold Meta Portal video-calling devices the company later "bricked" by dropping software support, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, while refusing to toss an unfair competition claim and giving the consumers another chance to rework the complaint.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Walgreens Sues Mass. Medicaid Program Over Drug Rates

By Julie Manganis

Walgreens says administrators of the Massachusetts Medicaid program cannot rely on drug prices negotiated with pharmacy benefit managers to determine reimbursement rates, in a challenge to the state's effort to claw back $242,000 in alleged overpayments.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Dish Freed From 5G Network Commitment

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge has signed off on the U.S. Department of Justice's request that Dish be freed from its commitment to build and run a nationwide 5G network following its sale of $40 billion worth of spectrum licenses to AT&T and SpaceX.

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NJ Panel Says Insurer, Not Driver, Owed Auto Damage Proof

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New Jersey appellate panel held Thursday that the burden of proof was on an insurer, not a driver, in a coverage dispute stemming from a blown head gasket that rendered her vehicle inoperable, vacating the insurer's win and remanding for a new trial.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does Your Compensation Stack Up? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Feature

As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

By Phillip Bantz

Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.

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McDermott Atty Denies Pressuring Friend To Alter Testimony

By Rose Krebs

A McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney has told a Delaware vice chancellor that he is in "complete shock" and "hurt" by a longtime friend's contention that he pressured him to change his testimony in a Chancery Court case, saying the accusation "is false and without any merit."

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Simpson Thacher 'Never' Explained Ill-Fated Deal, Exec Says

By Cara Salvatore

A founder seeking over $100 million from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett over a transaction he says destroyed his insurance services company testified Thursday the law firm provided him no education on various words he wasn't familiar with in the deal.

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Blue-Slip-Backed Trump Judge Selections Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

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Goulston Docked Ex-Partners' Pay For Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Two Goulston & Storrs PC directors who jumped to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP were stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in retaliation for leaving, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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Feature

In Uber Assault Trial, A Courtroom Tests Truth Face-To-Face

By Hayley Fowler

This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.

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Tillis Might Back Blanche, As AG Pick Met Epstein Survivors

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday afternoon met with a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said his condition for supporting Blanche's appointment to the permanent position was for the nominee to speak to them face-to-face.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

Anapol Weiss

Arnold & Porter

Buchalter LLP

Burns Charest

Cavendish Partners

Cleary Gottlieb

Cohen & Gresser

Conrad & Scherer

Constangy Brooks

Cravath Swaine

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Elefterakis Elefterakis

Elliot Morgan Parsonage

Faegre Drinker

Fisher & Phillips

Fox Rothschild

Freed Kanner

Freeman Mathis

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goulston & Storrs

Grant & Eisenhofer

Hagens Berman

Herrick Feinstein

Herrmann & Murphy

Hicks Thomas

Hilder & Associates

Hilliard Shadowen

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Holwell Shuster

K&L Gates

Kaliel Gold

Kirkland & Ellis

Landis Rath

Littler Mendelson

McDermott Will & Schulte

McKool Smith

Milun Law Firm

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Morris Nichols

Munger Tolles

Nussbaum Law Group

O'Melveny & Myers

Olshan Frome

Orrick Herrington

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Potter Anderson

Pryor Cashman

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Richards Layton

Robbins Alloy

Robinson & Cole

Ropes & Gray

Schulten Ward

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stearns Weaver

Sullivan & Cromwell

Tango Dickinson

Troutman

Tycko & Zavareei

Watstein Terepka

Weil Gotshal

Weiss LLP

Wigdor LLP

Williams & Connolly

Yetter Coleman

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Active Media Services Inc.

Aetna Inc.

Alvarez & Marsal Holdings LLC

Amazon.com Inc.

American Express Co.

Apple Inc.

Aramark

Arizona Cardinals

Ashley Home Stores Ltd.

Baker Hughes Co.

CBS Interactive Inc.

Chicago Bears

Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC

Commerce LLC

DISH Network Corp.

Denver Broncos Football Club

Deutsche Telekom AG

ESPN Inc.

EchoStar Corp.

Edible Arrangements LLC

Epic Games Inc.

FCA US LLC

Fordham University

Google LLC

Hard Yaka Inc.

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

Houston Texans

IPValue Management Inc.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

KPMG International

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Los Angeles Lakers

MD Helicopters Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major League Soccer LLC

MasterCard Inc.

MediaTek Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Miami Dolphins

Microsoft Corp.

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Collegiate Athletic Association

New York Football Giants Inc.

Oracle Corp.

Orbit International Corporation

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Patriarch Partners

Patriot National Inc.

Rural Wireless Association

Seattle Seahawks

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Spotify Technology SA

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Cigna Group

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

The Tennessee Titans

Tidewater, Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Washington Commanders

Washington State Bar Association

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

International Trade Commission

State of Michigan

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota