Roblox, Epic Can't Force Arbitration In Gaming Addiction Suit

By Mike Curley

A Pennsylvania federal judge won't let Roblox Corp., Epic Games Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Mojang AB compel arbitration in a suit by a minor alleging that they became addicted to video games, hurting their mental health.

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Senate Passes Protect College Sports Act

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 77-22 on Monday night to pass legislation to impose sweeping regulations on college sports, a multibillion dollar industry. 

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week heard arguments over whether to dismiss a derivative suit accusing UiPath Inc. insiders of misleading investors and trading on inside information, while a Match Group Inc. stockholder sued for records concerning reports of sexual assault and other violence involving users of the company's dating apps.

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Insurers Don't Owe Coverage For $11M Quarry Closure Award

By Danielle Ferguson

Insurers do not owe coverage to the town of East Haven, Connecticut, and former officials for an $11 million settlement over the politically motivated shutdown of a local quarry, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, because the underlying claims fell outside a policy period or are barred by an exclusion. 

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Insurer Gets Hotel Co.'s $12.5M Storm Loss Suit Trimmed

By Hope Patti

A North Carolina federal court on Monday tossed a hotel group's claim that a Liberty Mutual unit committed unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of state law after it denied the group's $12.5 million business interruption loss claim stemming from Hurricane Helene.

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Policyholders Say RICO Plot 'Pillaged' Insurer's Assets

By Aaron Keller

A private equity firm and a financial services business have been hit with civil racketeering claims by the holders of a combined $5 million in PHL Variable Insurance Co. policies, but whose benefits were capped at just $300,000 during a Connecticut state-managed rehabilitation effort.

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Del. High Court Adds To Vet Patent Indemnity, Strikes Interest

By Craig Clough

The Delaware Supreme Court has issued a mixed ruling in a veterinary implant patent dispute, holding a company's founder liable for his share of a $9.8 million license and about $2.4 million more in defense fees while striking millions in prejudgment interest he had been ordered to pay.

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NASCAR Team Says Docket Error Doesn't Warrant Default

By Elaine Briseño

Joe Gibbs Racing has asked a North Carolina federal judge not to hand its former competition director and his current NASCAR team an entry of default over an inadvertently missed deadline, arguing it has so far participated fully in the litigation.

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Jet Broker Accused Of Stealing $815K Through Ponzi Scheme

By Zach Dupont

A Florida couple has told a Colorado federal court a private jet charter company kept over $800,000 of the couple's money in "what amounted to a Ponzi scheme" after the company abruptly ceased operations and refused to provide refunds, leaving an estimated $150 million in customer funds in flux.

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Parler Wasn't Worth Much When CEO Was Fired, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A company valuation expert testified Monday in the trial over Parler's 2021 ouster of its CEO that the company had little value at the time and that insider estimates in the hundreds of millions of dollars were "speculation."

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Coors Urges Colo. Judge To Stop Suppliers' Contract Exits

By Rachel Konieczny

Coors Distributing Co. LLC has fired back amid a recent wave of beer brand owners ending contracts with the beer wholesaler, alleging in Colorado state court that two companies violated the state's arbitration laws by terminating their decades-long distribution agreements with the wholesaler without cause.

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JV Partner Accused Of Exceeding Air Force Contract Share

By Ganesh Setty

A government contractor has accused its joint venture counterpart of taking a greater share of work under a U.S. Air Force contract than it was supposed to and failing to give proper financial records access, telling an Alabama federal court there's been a "systematic breach" of their agreements. 

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Cannabis Distributor Says Partner Denied Its $332K Stake

By Jonathan Capriel

The manager of a Los Angeles cannabis cultivation facility seized an entire harvest without his business partner's permission, selling much of it until armed men raided the facility and took a significant portion of the inventory, according to a state lawsuit seeking more than $300,000 for the iced-out partner.

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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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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 Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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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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