Dems Interrogate McDonald's CEO On AI-Driven Pricing

By Hailey Konnath

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Becca Balint and other Democrats sent a letter to McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski, pressing him on the company's use of artificial intelligence-driven pricing recommendations and how it assesses potential harm to consumers and competition.

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2nd Circ. Revives SS&C Trade Secret Suit Against Arcesium

By Adam Lidgett

Financial software company SS&C can pursue its suit alleging fintech firm Arcesium misappropriated trade secrets from its software program, Geneva, to build a rival product, Trinity, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday.

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11th Circ. Hints Ga. Tech Auditors Are Wrong Targets Of Suit

By David Aaro

The Eleventh Circuit seemed reluctant Tuesday to reinstate a malicious prosecution case from a former Georgia Tech professor who was accused but not convicted of selling off microchips the school paid for, suggesting the auditors he'd gone after weren't the right targets for his suit.

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Meta Can't Send Texas Sex Trafficking Case To Calif.

By Mike Curley

Meta Platforms Inc. can't get a sex trafficking case against it dismissed to be refiled in California court, a Texas appeals court ruled on Tuesday, finding the social media company waived its forum-selection clause by taking the case to Texas's highest court.

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NJ Panel Revives Damages Over $36K Campaign Wire Error

By Sydney Price

A New Jersey appellate panel held that Valley National Bank, as subrogee for state Sen. Jon Bramnick's campaign, is entitled to punitive damages in its third-party complaint against JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and others seeking the repayment of $36,000 mistakenly deposited in the wrong account, finding that the parties that received the funds ignored repeated requests to return them.

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Adult Daycare Pushes To Revive Suit Against Fox Rothschild

By Rose Krebs

An adult daycare company is asking a New Jersey state court to undo the toss of its suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys, saying the dismissal was in error because the business had sought more time to respond to a dismissal motion.

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Brownstein Hyatt Faces Suit Over Flawed Cannabis Co. Deal

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado real estate developer and his company alleged that Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP negligently drafted their settlement agreement in a dispute with members of cannabis dispensary chain Native Roots over a sale of the chain's entities, resulting in a roughly $100 million arbitration award against the developer's company.

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Colo. Company Accused Of Improperly Collecting Legal Fees

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado company that purports to get customer disputes expunged from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority unlawfully collects legal fees for its services while claiming not to be a law firm, an Illinois financial adviser said in Colorado state court Friday.

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Ex-Employee Calls J&J Unit's Trade Secret Suit Retaliation

By George Woolston

A former associate director sued by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary for allegedly misappropriating confidential information hit back with her own complaint, alleging the company's lawsuit is retaliation for reporting discriminatory and retaliatory conduct by her manager.

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Online Casino Cos. Look To Duck Mass Arbitration Claims

By Caroline Simson

A trio of offshore entities linked to the WOW Vegas online "social gaming" site sued the American Arbitration Association on Monday, seeking an injunction barring them from being targeted in an ongoing illegal gambling mass arbitration because they never signed an underlying arbitration agreement.

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Justin Sun Says Trump-Tied Crypto Firm Deserves Sanctions

By Bonnie Eslinger

Billionaire Justin Sun urged a California federal judge to sanction World Liberty Financial in litigation over his $45 million investment in the Trump-tied crypto firm, saying the company cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars when it "violated one of the most basic requirements" of the court.

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11th Circ. Revives Payment Bid For Military Paint Facility Work

By Ganesh Setty

The Eleventh Circuit revived a subcontractor's bid for full payment under a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract to construct a facility for vehicle paint preparation, ruling that a Georgia federal court erred in finding the subcontractor sued too late.

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Brief

Patriots Owner In Talks To Settle Stadium License Dispute

By Carolyn Muyskens

The owner of the New England Patriots and the town of Foxborough have told a Massachusetts state judge they are entering talks to potentially resolve a lawsuit over seven-figure fees associated with the National Football League team's home stadium.

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States, Others Back Argentina Sovereign Immunity Challenge

By Caroline Simson

Fourteen states, a U.S. senator from Missouri and others are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Second Circuit decision overturning a New York judge's $16 billion judgment against Argentina in a case that arose from its nationalization of YPF SA, the country's largest oil and gas exploration company.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Wilson On Trial By Zoom

By Cara Bayles and Kelley Marcano

Before she became a state court judge in Washington, Judge Coreen Wilson worked as a trial attorney litigating hundreds of cases, including the country's first binding virtual civil jury trial during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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DOJ Says Trump Adviser Needn't Answer ABA Subpoenas Yet

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn shouldn't have to respond to subpoenas from the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's campaign against law firms until the presiding judge rules on the administration's preexisting motion to quash them.

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Judge Questions Federal Role In Ed Martin Ethics Case

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge struggled Tuesday to see how he could preside over a state attorney ethics proceeding if U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin gets his way and keeps the case in federal court, as the city's ethics board fought to have it sent back to state court.

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Texas Atty Seeks Release In Cyberstalking Case

By Lynn LaRowe

A Texas lawyer who is expected to plead guilty in a cyberstalking case involving BigLaw firm attorneys is asking a federal court to free her, saying circumstances are "materially different" because of mental health treatment she has received while behind bars.

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Volunteer Exits Malicious Prosecution Suit Naming DLA Piper

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday tossed a malicious prosecution claim against a former volunteer for Breaking Code Silence on free speech grounds, even as he called the broader case against DLA Piper and the nonprofit "stronger than most."

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Ashurst Perkins ICap Suit Stayed Amid Bankruptcy Fight

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state judge has agreed to freeze a lawsuit accusing law firm Ashurst Perkins Coie of aiding and abetting a nearly $230 million Ponzi scheme, ordering the King County Superior Court litigation be put on hold pending an outcome in a related bankruptcy dispute.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of October

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Fox, Dell and LinkedIn. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from October.

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