McCarter & English Missed Key Docs In $20M Loans, Court Told

By Brian Steele

A McCarter & English LLP attorney botched two multimillion-dollar loan deals by failing to secure an ironclad repayment obligation from a New York town or include mandatory documents in the closing packages, a Connecticut state court heard Monday as a long-awaited malpractice trial got underway.

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Justices Pass On Samsung's Texas Battery Jurisdiction Fight

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review litigation regarding a Samsung SDI Co. battery that exploded in a man's pocket, leaving unanswered a multi-appellate court split over whether a company that sells products into a state can avoid jurisdiction by claiming it intended the goods to be sold to corporate clients and not general consumers.

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Director Gets 2½ Years For 'Brazen' $11M Netflix Fraud

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a Hollywood director to 2.5 years in prison Monday, after a jury convicted him of taking $11 million from Netflix for a show that was never finished and squandering money on stock bets and luxuries.

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Calif. Firm Can't Arbitrate Ex-Clients' Sex-Abuse Deal Claims

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California appellate court Monday said McGrath Kavinoky LLP can't arbitrate allegations it "bullied" two women into accepting a $374 million settlement for hundreds of clients claiming sexual abuse by a UCLA Health gynecologist, saying the firm's failure to obtain consent to the foreseeable conflicts made its engagement agreements unenforceable.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving controlling stockholders, executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands and board governance, while the Delaware Supreme Court issued decisions in two corporate records cases previously decided in the Chancery.

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No Coverage For Bank's $240M Overdraft Deal, Insurers Say

By Hope Patti

A group of insurers doesn't owe coverage to Truist Bank for a $240 million settlement of a consumer class action stemming from its predecessor's overdraft charges, the carriers told a North Carolina federal court, saying the deal doesn't constitute "damages" as defined by the policies.

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Insurer Says Firm, Atty Not Covered For Malpractice Claim

By Hope Patti

A Georgia law firm and attorney are not entitled to coverage for a legal malpractice claim brought by a former client who said their handling of an underlying lawsuit resulted in a nearly $600,000 default judgment against him, the firm's professional liability insurer told a federal court.

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Insurers Seek NJ Mass Tort For No Surprises Act Suits

By George Woolston

Five of the largest health insurers in the Garden State have asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to designate 160 pending cases seeking the enforcement of alleged independent dispute resolution payment determinations issued under the federal No Surprises Act as multicounty litigation, according to a notice to the Bar Association.

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Justices Deny Samsung's Bid To Toss Minn. Battery Suit

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from Samsung SDI Co. seeking to overturn a Minnesota appeals court ruling finding it must face a suit over an exploding vape pen battery.

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Roblox Says Fla. Addiction Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Mike Curley

Roblox Corp. is asking a Florida federal court to stay and send to arbitration a suit alleging that its online platform exacerbates video game addiction in its users, saying the family behind the suit agreed to its arbitration clause dozens of times.

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Epic Games, Ex-Contractor Settle 'Fortnite' Leak Claims

By Abigail Harrison

"Fortnite"-maker Epic Games Inc. and an ex-contractor have settled the former's claims that the latter leaked secrets on social media, according to a motion Epic filed seeking a court order memorializing the parties' deal barring the ex-contractor from possessing or using its confidential information and trade secrets.

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Ye Nears Deal To End Ex-Assistant's Sexual Harassment Suit

By Craig Clough

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has reached a settlement-in-principle with a former assistant who accused him of sexually harassing her by sending her inappropriate and profane texts and by forcing her to watch him masturbate, attorneys for the parties told a Los Angeles judge Monday. 

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Argentine Singer Says Universal Illegally Distributed His Music

By David Minsky

Universal Music Group NV wrongly assumed it still owned the rights to distribute an Argentine singer's music after the termination of a distribution agreement, the singer told a Florida federal court Monday, saying UMG interfered in his contract with a new record label and owes him unpaid royalties.

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Talent Firm Says SheFit Ignored Advice During CEO Search

By Susan Smiley

Talent search firm ZRG Partners has asked a Michigan federal judge to toss a breach of contract suit brought by bra maker SheFit accusing the firm of making a multimillion-dollar flub in a CEO search, arguing the company ignored the firm's recommendation to interview several candidates.

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BNY Mellon Investors Can Appeal Loss In Self-Dealing Suit

By Katryna Perera

A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted two Bank of New York Mellon investors' bid to appeal an order dismissing their claims that the bank breached investment management agreements by investing in underperforming mutual funds with which it was affiliated.

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Investor Seeks Dominican Republic Assets For $44M Award

By Elaine Briseño

A billionaire businessman is seeking to seize the Dominican Republic's assets to satisfy a $43.7 million arbitral award stemming from the termination of a landfill concession, arguing that three months has elapsed since the D.C. federal court issued its order.

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Ex-Sales Director Says Fortive Unit Used RIF To Mask Firing

By Benjamin Morse

A former employee of a Fortive medical equipment subsidiary urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the unit and its parent's bid for an early win in her retaliation suit, saying evidence shows a restructuring masked her firing after she challenged government pricing violations.

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Harvey Gulf CEO Sued In Chancery Over Alleged Control Grab

By Jarek Rutz

Black Diamond-affiliated investment funds sued Harvey Gulf International Marine Inc.'s chief executive and other major stockholders in the Delaware Chancery Court, alleging they improperly orchestrated a stock transfer that gave CEO Shane J. Guidry majority control of the offshore vessel company.

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Google Antitrust Case Puts Spotlight On De Facto Exclusivity

Mozilla's recent amicus filing in U.S. v. Google arguing that its agreement to make Google the default search engine did not amount to de facto exclusivity highlights the growing debate over traditional indicators of exclusivity, with implications for any business that uses rebates, preferred contracts or volume incentives, says Chris Gowen at WilmU Farnan School of Law.

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8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real estate developers and their counsel in the second half of 2026 should consider earlier risk allocation and more protective contract terms, and expect greater pressure on labor, pricing and infrastructure, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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A Framework For Volume Dispute Damages In Oil, Gas M&A

With every major upstream oil and gas consolidation in recent years having resulted in minimum volume commitment disputes, experts testifying in such litigation must use a five-step framework for calculating lost profits that accounts for the option structure embedded in the contract, says Robert Foss at Hinds Feat Advisors.

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Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs New Rules To Tackle AI Misuse

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has proposed rule changes intended to address the misuse of artificial intelligence, including outlining possible sanctions and requiring signatories to attest to a filing's accuracy, just as a recent state bar survey showed AI use among Lone Star State lawyers more than doubling since 2024.

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Volatility May Follow As Justices Make Agency Firings Easier​​​​​​​

By Sarah Jarvis

The policies and enforcement priorities of federal agencies may fluctuate more rapidly based on who is president, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision finding that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, experts told Law360.

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The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.

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High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank control may not be finished — just moving to a new phase.

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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.

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Sotomayor Says 7th Circ. 'Clearly Wrong' In Immunity Ruling

By Parker Quinlan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case over whether qualified immunity was correctly granted to two Wisconsin prison guards who left a naked man in an often freezing cold cell for 23 hours, drawing a dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Justices Look To Shed Light On Jury Role In Pepsi TM Battle

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a trademark fight over PepsiCo's "Mtn Dew Rise Energy" drink gives the justices a chance to clarify when juries, rather than judges, should decide whether a mark is inherently strong — a narrow question that attorneys say could affect how often infringement cases survive summary judgment.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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