Class Attys Allege Lead Counsel Is Hoarding $75M Sutter Fees

By Dorothy Atkins

Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP has urged a California federal magistrate judge to enforce the $75.4 million fee award in Sutter Health's $228.5 million deal resolving a decade-long antitrust fight, arguing lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP "unilaterally" and "arbitrarily" cut SWCK's fees by nearly $800,000 while boosting its own.

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Beasley Allen Can't Pause NJ Talc DQ Order, Judge Rules

By George Woolston

The Beasley Allen Law Firm can't delay an order disqualifying it from representing hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder while it seeks review from the New Jersey Supreme Court, a state judge ruled on Friday.

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DOJ Says Ohio Health System's Contracts Are Anticompetitive

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice and Ohio's attorney general's office sued OhioHealth Corp. Friday in federal court, accusing the healthcare system of using contractual restrictions to block insurers from offering plans that include lower-cost rivals.

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Analysis

Valve's Anti-Troll Law Win Could Open New Doors

By Dani Kass

The first jury verdict in the U.S. finding a patent owner violated state law meant to curb bad faith patent suits had unique circumstances that will be hard to repeat, but attorneys say Tuesday's decision still has them considering the little-used laws more closely.

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Analysis

3 Questions After Justices Sink Trump's Emergency Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful left open questions for practitioners, including how importers may qualify and claim refunds for the illegal duties paid. Here, Law360 examines three open questions following the justices' ruling.

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Ex-Exec Must Arbitrate Claims In CoStar DQ-Embroiled Spat

By Grace Dixon

A California federal judge sent most of a former Matterport executive's harassment and retaliation suit to arbitration, amid a suit that has prompted CoStar's efforts to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP counsel in separate litigation.

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Carpatsky Seeks Baker Hughes Docs In $150M Award Row

By Joyce Hanson

Carpatsky Petroleum Corp. asked a Texas federal court Friday to order energy giant Baker Hughes to respond to its document requests as it looks to enforce a $150 million arbitral award against Ukraine's largest oil company, OJSC Ukrnafta.

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Jury Finds Co-Investors Breached Oil Terminal Project Deal

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas business court jury on Friday sided with an investor who alleged he was almost edged out of a lucrative oil terminal project, deciding that his co-investors flouted the parties' contract.

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4th Circ. Backs $1.1M Roof Verdict Against Church Insurer

By Gianna Ferrarin

The Fourth Circuit affirmed a North Carolina federal jury's $1.1 million award to a church for a roof damage claim, rejecting arguments from the church's insurer that the court adopted the wrong causation standard to an all-risk insurance policy in its jury instructions.

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Insurer Owed Defense In Birth Defect Suit, 9th Circ. Says

By Hope Patti

A commercial general liability insurer had a duty to defend a semiconductor manufacturer against an employee's suit claiming that his exposure to chemicals at work caused birth defects in his son, the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday, finding that certain policy exclusions did not unambiguously foreclose coverage.

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Bumble Allowed 'Massive' Data Breach, Class Action Claims

By Zak Kostro

Dating app Bumble failed to protect users' personal information stored in the company's information network, making it vulnerable to a recent data breach by a cybercriminal operation known as ShinyHunters, a Texas woman alleged in a proposed class action.

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Fed. Circ. OKs Micron's PTAB Loss In Netlist Patent Challenge

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Friday upheld Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that Micron Technology Inc. failed to show that claims of a Netlist Inc. computer memory patent are invalid, part of a wide-ranging dispute that includes a nine-figure verdict against Micron on other patents.

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DeLorean Says $4.2M Award Dispute Has No Houston Ties

By Joyce Hanson

The DeLorean Motor Co. argues that a $4.2 million international arbitral award granted to an Italian design firm over a contract dispute for work on a reimagined version of the company's storied sports car has no business being litigated in a Houston federal court.

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Ex-Joe Gibbs Racing Director Hit With $8M Trade Secrets Suit

By Hayley Fowler

One of NASCAR's biggest race teams is suing its former competition director for $8 million after he allegedly plundered trade secrets on his way out the door, saying he took everything from performance analytics to employee pay records while readying to join a competitor.

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Getty Wants 2nd Circ. To Rehear $100M Investor Dispute

By Jessica Corso

Getty Images is calling for a possible full Second Circuit review of a ruling requiring it to pay nearly $100 million to investors who said they were blocked from purchasing shares in the company once it became public, arguing that the court's decision threatens to "upend securities law."

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Chemours, Koura Beat Rivals' Refrigerant Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A North Carolina federal judge has tossed an antitrust lawsuit against DuPont spinoff the Chemours Co. FC LLC and a fellow refrigerant distributor, saying two of their rivals failed to plausibly allege an antitrust injury or conspiracy, among other requirements needed to keep the suit alive.

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Milwaukee Accuses Fire Truck Giants Of Rigging The Market

By Elaine Briseño

The city of Milwaukee has alleged in a proposed class action that the country's largest fire truck makers and their trade group conspired to slow production so they could force cities and their departments to pay inflated prices.

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PVC Pipe Buyers Want To Get Price-Fixing Discovery Moving

By Elizabeth Daley

Parties involved in price-fixing litigation over polyvinyl chloride pipe costs have offered differing solutions to an Illinois federal court, with defendants in the consolidated action pushing for dismissal as plaintiffs urged the court to start permitted discovery.

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Lebanese Bank Challenges NY Jurisdiction In Terrorism Suit

By Caroline Simson

A Lebanese bank is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Second Circuit's finding that it is subject to the personal jurisdiction of New York courts on claims over alleged assistance to Hezbollah by a bank it acquired, a decision that it says "entrenches a deep conflict among the lower courts."

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Lender Onset Hits Back On First Brands' $2.9B Fraud Suit

By Emily Lever

First Brands lender Onset Financial Inc. is slamming a $2.9 billion lawsuit that the embattled auto parts maker brought against Onset in Texas bankruptcy court last month, asserting it is the victim rather than a perpetrator of the fraud that sent First Brands into Chapter 11.

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Wireless Builders Want FCC Kibosh On Dish 'Shell Games'

By Nadia Dreid

Dish Network has reneged on its promise to build a 5G network, and with that pledge rescinded, it has stopped paying the companies that were supposed to be doing the build out, placing all their operations at risk, those companies told the Federal Communications Commission.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

The last week in London saw the founders of Getir sue investment fund Mubadala for more than $700 million tied to alleged breaches during the company's restructuring, the Welsh Rugby Union face a claim by Swansea Council over a proposed takeover of Cardiff Rugby, and Euro Car Parks target the Competition and Markets Authority after it was fined by the watchdog. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Simpson Thacher Plans Dallas Launch, Adds Capital Practice

By Lynn LaRowe

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is planning to plant a second flag in the Lone Star State with a shop in Dallas after launching a capital structure solutions practice with a New York-based partner who came aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP at the helm.

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Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital

The California Bar’s campaign against discourteous behavior by attorneys, including a newly required annual civility oath, reflects a growing concern among states that professionalism in law needs shoring up — and recognizes that maintaining composure even when stressed is key to both succeeding professionally and maintaining faith in the legal system, says Lucy Wang at Hinshaw.

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Mind The Gap: Crafting D&O Straddle Coverage For M&A

A recent Florida federal court decision highlights an often-overlooked risk for those negotiating directors and officers insurance coverage for mergers and acquisitions: the potential for so-called straddle claims, falling in the gap between tail and go-forward coverage, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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Monetizing EV Charging Stations For Long-Term Success

An electric vehicle charging station's longevity hinges on monetizing operations through diverse revenue streams, contractual documentation of charge point operators' and site hosts' rights and responsibilities, and ensuring reliability and security of facilities, says Levi McAllister at Morgan Lewis.

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How Blockchain Could Streamline Real Estate Transactions

As U.S. real estate markets face pressure to adopt digital frameworks, blockchain technology offers a credible solution for consolidating execution, payment and recording into a single record, with a unified ledger potentially replacing fragmented processes with digitally authenticated events, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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McGlinchey Stafford Files Ch. 7 With Over $10M In Liabilities

By Lauren Berg

New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC, which announced last month that it's winding down operations after more than half a century, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with more than $10 million in liabilities owed to former staff and attorneys, workplace vendors, financial institutions and other creditors.

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Judge Nixes DOJ Fine In ICE Case, But Blasts 'Radio Silence'

By Hailey Konnath

A Minnesota federal judge said Friday that a U.S. Department of Justice attorney won't be fined after an immigrant's identification documents were finally returned to him, yet she tore into the DOJ's excuses and said she will "not tolerate what happened here: disobedience and radio silence from the government."

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Analysis

Deportation Policy Pushes Texas Federal Bench To The Brink

By Courtney Bublé

Texas has suffered through a shortage of judges for its federal courts for a while now, but the recent influx of immigration cases is pushing the system to the brink.

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Michigan Federal Judge Faces State's 'Super Drunk' Charge

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Michigan federal judge facing trial on drunken driving charges crashed his car on the night he was arrested, registered a 0.27% blood alcohol level and told a state trooper who asked him to recite the alphabet, "A, B, C, D, F, U," according to a police report recently made public.

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Boies Schiller Partner Faces Possible Sanctions For AI Errors

By Emily Sawicki

A Boies Schiller Flexner LLP partner must explain why he should not face monetary sanctions for filing a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors amid his representation of women who allege the Church of Scientology harassed them for reporting convicted actor Danny Masterson's sexual assaults.

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Epstein's Advisers Ink $35M Deal With Sex Trafficking Victims

By Katryna Perera

A class of victims of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme has asked a New York federal judge to grant the first OK in a settlement reached with Epstein's lawyer and accountant, who allegedly aided him in the scheme.

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Va. Judges Name New US Atty, But Blanche Says 'You're Fired'

By Lauren Berg

The federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday unanimously appointed veteran litigator James W. Hundley to serve as interim U.S. attorney, a decision immediately met with derision from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who purported to fire Hundley in a social media post.

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Fake Attys, Judges, Hearings: DOJ Alleges Immigration Scam

By Hailey Konnath

A group of Colombian immigrants scammed clients out of $100,000 by pretending to be immigration lawyers at a fake firm and orchestrating phony hearings in which they pretended to be judges and federal agents, complete with fake judicial robes and uniforms, federal prosecutors in New York said Friday.

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6th Circ. Chief Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Chief Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton announced on Friday that he will take senior status on Oct. 1 after more than 20 years on the bench.

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Judiciary Preps Training On National Injunction Limits

By Courtney Bublé

Seven months after the budget reconciliation bill was enacted, the federal judiciary is making progress on the provisions to rein in what Republicans deem abuse of nationwide injunctions targeting the Trump administration's initiatives.

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Florida AG Defends $100K Teaching Side Gig Amid Scrutiny

By Jake Maher

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has been on defense amid scrutiny over a reported $100,000-per-year teaching gig at the University of Florida law school, just as he sought to roll out a new anti-corruption unit.

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Attys Regret Unnoticed ChatGPT Errors In Conn. Court Filings

By Tracey Read

Attorneys ordered to explain errors in two January Connecticut Supreme Court briefs said ChatGPT altered legal arguments that counsel did not notice when they asked the artificial intelligence software to help limit duplicate passages, meet word count rules and format the filings.

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Brief

2nd NJ Defendant Joins Bid To Disqualify US Atty Leadership

By Carla Baranauckas

A second defendant in a New Jersey federal criminal case on Friday joined a pending bid to disqualify the three assistant U.S. attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, escalating a constitutional challenge to the office's leadership structure.

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Beltway Moves: Baker McKenzie, Armstrong & Bradylyons

By Alison Knezevich

The deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division returned to Baker McKenzie, while two former DOJ fraud prosecutors launched a new white collar boutique, in some of the latest legal industry happenings in Washington, D.C.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Several pension funds in New York City sued AT&T, alleging the illegal exclusion of their shareholder proposal requesting a corporate diversity report from the telecom giant's corporate ballot. In the meantime, the DOJ said the Trump administration is investigating federal contractors and grant recipients for potentially engaging in discrimination, rather than for their DEI programs. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Wigdor LLP and Elefterakis Elefterakis & Panek lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal judge denied the NFL's bid to force a class of National Football League coaches into arbitration.

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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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