Valve Can't Press Pause On Steam Gamers' Arbitrations

By Rachel Riley

A federal judge in Seattle declined Wednesday to block hundreds of video game buyers from arbitrating consumer protection claims against Valve Corp., saying the "multibillion-dollar platform" is relying on a contractual provision that's likely unenforceable because it's "one-sided and overly harsh."

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FIFA Faces NJ, NY Probe Over 'Fake Scarcity' In Sales

By George Woolston

The attorneys general of New Jersey and New York said on Wednesday that they subpoenaed FIFA over its ticketing practices for the eight World Cup matches scheduled to be hosted in the Garden State.

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SpaceX Nabs $2.29B Space Force Data Network Contract

By Ganesh Setty

The U.S. Space Force said it has competitively awarded a $2.29 billion contract to SpaceX under its "space data network backbone" program to help provide a secure, high-speed communications network in space.

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Keanu Reeves Vouches For Director Who Conned Netflix

By Bonnie Eslinger

Actor Keanu Reeves wrote a letter to a Manhattan federal judge to seek leniency for director Carl Erik Rinsch, and Rinsch included it in a memo he submitted to the court asking for no prison time after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million to make a never-delivered TV series.

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Pierce Atwood Rips Billionaire's 'Absurd' Suit Over Asset Sale

By Sydney Price

Pierce Atwood and two attorneys urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject a Ukrainian billionaire's suit blaming them for a $1.8 million damages order in investor litigation over the billionaire's failed biotech company, saying his own wrongdoing led to the judgment.

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Perkins Coie Docs At Issue In Omani Co.'s Malpractice Case

By Sarah Jarvis

An Oman-based screw and nail manufacturer has urged a Washington state judge to force Perkins Coie LLP to hand over a trove of documents related to the firm's past work representing the Middle Eastern company in a U.S. Department of Commerce probe, saying more information is needed to assess the law firm's defenses against claims its mistakes cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Ecuador Oil Co. Must Arbitrate $650M Fraud Suit

By Caroline Simson

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday ordered Ecuador's state-owned oil shipping company to arbitrate its $650 million lawsuit over events at the heart of an impeachment scandal involving former Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, ruling that underlying arbitration clauses are valid and enforceable.

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Investor Accuses FNB Of Forcing Pittsburgh Tower Takeover

By Matthew Santoni

An investor in Pittsburgh's FNB Financial Center claims in a lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania state court that the new tower's namesake tenant sabotaged filling out the office space and suppressed rent revenue in order to keep a $28 million loan from converting to equity, and using that loan to buy out the other investors.

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Truck Stop Giant Gets $22M Judgment In Biz Sale Row

By José Luis Martínez

Truck stop operator Pilot Travel Centers LLC and an affiliate have secured a more than $22 million judgment in the Texas Business Court after settling claims over a financed oilfield transportation business sale.

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Insurer's $1M Settlement Breached Consulting Firm's Policy

By Hope Patti

A professional liability insurer breached its contract with an Illinois-based consulting firm when it exhausted policy limits by settling a suit against the firm's employee without the firm's consent, a federal court ruled, saying a reasonable jury could find that the company was injured by the breach.

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Brief

Golf Club Ends Hurricane Coverage Fight With Allianz Unit

By Abigail Harrison

A multimillion-dollar insurance coverage brawl between an Allianz unit and a private golf club in which the club said it was unfairly denied coverage for damages caused by Hurricane Helene has settled ahead of trial, according to a mediation report.

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Baseball Podcaster Sued By Ex-Producer Over Pay

By Julie Manganis

Baseball podcaster Jared Carrabis and his production company were hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts on Wednesday by a former producer who says Carrabis used the end of a sponsorship deal to stop paying him and other personnel on his podcasts at the end of February.

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FIFA Corruption Charges Get Officially Tossed

By Stewart Bishop

A New York federal judge signed off Wednesday on the dismissal of charges in the massive FIFA-related corruption dragnet against a former 21st Century Fox executive and an Argentine sports marketing company, months after prosecutors said they were dropping the case.

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Brownstein Hyatt Faces DQ Bid In Sports Betting Biz Fight

By Alex Lawson

A sports-betting executive suing her former employer for defamation and contract breach is looking to oust the company's Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP attorneys, telling a Nevada federal judge that the firm's prior work for her creates a conflict.

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Live Nation Wants AGs' Discovery To Wait On New Trial Bid

By Bryan Koenig

Live Nation has told a New York federal judge that its bids for a new trial or judgment in its favor should go before state attorneys general to get discovery as they seek the forced divestiture of Ticketmaster to address the live music giant's monopoly.

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Analysis

Meet Biden's Attys Fighting DOJ Release Of Memoir Materials

By Jeff Overley

Former President Joe Biden has selected Hecker Fink LLP lawyers well acquainted with politically charged litigation for his extraordinary new lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of orchestrating a congressional inquiry in order to divulge "highly personal" records to the Heritage Foundation.

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Chicago US Atty Revamps Grand Jury Rules After Misconduct

By Parker Quinlan

Chicago's top federal prosecutor announced on Wednesday a new suite of rules for how grand jury investigations are handled after an Illinois federal judge accused the prosecutor's office of misconduct in a case against six immigration activists.

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Ex-Judges Urge Court To Scrutinize Trump-IRS Deal

By Jack McLoone

A group of 35 former federal judges pushed for a Florida federal court to reopen President Donald Trump's now-settled $10 billion tax leak case against his own Internal Revenue Service, alleging that Trump and the DOJ deceived the court.

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Trump Taps Ohio Appeals Judge For Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he's nominating state Judge Matthew Byrne as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Ohio.

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ProPublica Denied Access To Ranbaxy Antitrust MDL Docs

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Massachusetts federal court denied ProPublica's bid to unseal court filings in settled multidistrict litigation alleging a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuticals illegally delayed market entry of generic drugs, ruling the nonprofit news organization's request came too late in the case.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Keller Rohrback's Gretchen Freeman Cappio

By Andrea Keckley

By the time Volkswagen was exposed for touting the low emissions of cars that secretly released nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times the legal limit in the U.S., Keller Rohrback LLP's Gretchen Freeman Cappio knew she wasn't interested in defending corporate giants.

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