Meta Mostly Defeats 'Bricked' Devices False Ad Suit, For Now

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge has explained his decision to toss the bulk of a proposed class action alleging Meta Platforms Inc. deceptively sold video-calling devices it later "bricked" by dropping software support, although he refused to toss an unfair competition claim and gave the consumers the opportunity to take another stab at the complaint.

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X Can Still Sue Media Matters In Ireland, 9th Circ. Rules

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit on Friday vacated a California federal judge's injunction that blocked X Corp.'s ongoing lawsuit against left-leaning watchdog Media Matters in Ireland over an allegedly defamatory article, saying Media Matters waited too long before seeking to bring the case to the Golden State and thus prejudiced X.

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FTC Says Building Service Contractor Will End No-Hire Pacts

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission is continuing to show interest in labor market issues, reaching a deal on Friday alongside New Jersey state enforcers that bars Adamas Amenity Services LLC from enforcing no-hire agreements with building owners.

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Keesal Young Drops Part Of Stradley Ronon Poaching Suit

By Madison Arnold

Keesal Young & Logan wants to drop part of its California state court lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP unlawfully recruited 10 of its attorneys.

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Gambling Tech Co. Loses Sanction Bid In NJ Defamation Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge rejected a gambling technology company's bid for sanctions in its defamation suit against investigative firm Black Cube and law firm Calcagni & Kanefsky LLP, ruling that Black Cube did not willfully disobey a court discovery order.

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Atty Says Anti-SLAPP Law Scuttles Ex-Law Partner's Case

By Christine DeRosa

Attorney Andrew Garza and his new firm, Claggett Sykes & Garza LLC, have invoked Connecticut's anti-SLAPP law in an attempt to dismiss litigation by his former law partner Ryan McKeen, one of several lawsuits between the partners after the dissolution of their firm, Connecticut Trial Firm LLC.

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Texas Justices Order Redo For BofA Building Valuation

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ordered a redo in a valuation that saw Bank of America communicate with a supposedly neutral appraiser ahead of time, saying that a trial court improperly confirmed an $8 million appraisal of a Houston property.

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Colo. Judge Rules Lumen's Claims Not Time-Barred

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge ruled that Lumen Technologies' suit against a consulting firm isn't time-barred, dismissing the firm's bid for summary judgment after it was accused of being liable for a faulty structural analysis of a building Lumen wished to purchase in Miami. 

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Eni Asks Justices To Weigh In On Natural Gas Project Spat

By Caroline Simson

Italian energy giant Eni is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a New York appellate court decision that it says "stretched the claim preclusion doctrine beyond all constitutional bounds," in a long-running and multifaceted dispute stemming from a deal over a billion-dollar Mississippi liquefied natural gas processing facility.

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Veolia Hit With $4M Overcharge Claim By NJ Borough

By Carla Baranauckas

A Garden State municipality is suing Veolia Water New Jersey Inc. and two affiliated entities in state court, alleging the private water provider orchestrated a yearslong scheme to falsify consumption data, manipulate meter readings and induce the town into paying millions more for water than it actually used.

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Chemical Co. Workers Stole Trade Secrets, Seattle Jury Says

By Rachel Riley

Three former employees of Silver Fern Chemical Inc. misused the Washington-based distributor's trade secrets when they took proprietary customer information to work for a rival business, a Seattle federal jury said in awarding the company $1.9 million for lost profits.

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Live Nation 401(k) Suit Arbitration In Calif. Gets Redo

By Kellie Mejdrich

A California federal judge agreed to reconsider his order from 2023 requiring arbitration of some claims in a federal benefits suit from Live Nation workers alleging excessive fees in their employee 401(k) plan after the Ninth Circuit had remanded the case in August.

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Brief

Coal Exec Calls Out Feds' 'Secrecy' In FCPA Trial Delay Bid

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A coal executive facing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to delay his trial, pointing to what he called "secrecy" surrounding the government's review of his case when federal authorities have retreated from bribery prosecutions.

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Colo. IVF Co. Says AI Fertility Co. Owes Nearly $900K

By Rachel Konieczny

The maker of an in vitro fertilization incubator system has filed a breach of contract lawsuit in Colorado federal court, claiming an artificial intelligence-based fertility company owes it nearly $900,000 for embryoscope incubator systems it sold to the lab.

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Brief

J&J, ChemImage Reach Deal After $77M AI Patent Judgment

By Elliot Weld

Johnson & Johnson has entered an agreement to resolve a lawsuit that ChemImage Corp. had brought alleging the pharmaceutical giant unilaterally ended a deal to develop in-surgery artificial intelligence imaging techniques, after a New York federal judge determined J&J owed $76.6 million in the dispute.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen the designer of an 88-facet diamond bring a copyright claim against a luxury watch retailer, collapsed firm Axiom Ince bring legal action against the solicitors' watchdog, and the Post Office hit with compensation claims from two former branch managers over their wrongful convictions during the Horizon information technology scandal.

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How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

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Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader's Divergent Paths Led To Deal

By Aebra Coe

The blockbuster combination between Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced this past week involves two law firms that have charted very different paths in recent years. Here, a look at what events led up to the firms joining together at the deal table.

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Analysis

More Pardon Seekers Going 'Straight To The White House'

By Phillip Bantz

A nonprofit's unusual plan to make a mass pardon request directly to the Trump administration highlights burgeoning optimism among white collar defendants about their chances of securing relief, and a recognition that the clearest path to clemency no longer runs through the traditional channels.

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4 Stories That Shaped Civil Rights, Access To Justice In 2025

By Marco Poggio

Civil rights and access to justice advocates faced mounting pressure in 2025, as President Donald Trump's return to office drove aggressive immigration enforcement, deep cuts to criminal justice funding, renewed Supreme Court scrutiny of the Voting Rights Act, and a steep increase in executions.

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Federal Courts Not Subject To FOIA, DC Judge Rules

By Jake Maher

The conservative litigation group America First Legal Foundation cannot demand documents from the federal Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the Freedom of Information Act because they are not executive agencies, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday.

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Wis. Judge's Conviction In ICE Case Tees Up Legal Battle

By Ryan Boysen

The conviction of a Wisconsin state judge for obstructing ICE officers is just the start of what will likely be a long legal battle, with major questions over judicial immunity, the evidence at hand and the meaning of "corrupt" yet to be decided.

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Justices Let Immigration Judges' Free Speech Suit Continue

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration has failed to show it will be irreparably harmed by a Fourth Circuit decision that revived immigration judges' lawsuit challenging restrictions on their ability to speak publicly.

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Florida Supreme Court Approves Limits For Non-Lawyer Roles

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court has signed off on a rule change to spell out that nonlawyers at a law firm cannot supervise the work of attorneys or perform policymaking duties that affect the practice of law.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

In one of the stories in corporate legal news from the past week, almost half of the in-house legal professionals in a recent survey said they were either actively or passively seeking new jobs, citing stress, a struggle to build multidisciplinary teams and anxiety around artificial intelligence.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Five firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the D.C. Circuit reinstated an order that blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from freezing grants for climate change projects.

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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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