Chance The Rapper Beats Ex-Manager's Pay Claim

By Lauraann Wood

Illinois jurors sided with Chance the Rapper on Friday over his ex-manager's claim that the rapper improperly abandoned a handshake deal to pay the manager certain commissions during and for three years after their relationship, awarding the rapper $35 and recommending the return of a website he had long used to promote and market his music. 

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Beasley Allen Can't Halt DQ Ruling In J&J Talc Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state appeals court has refused to pause its decision disqualifying the Beasley Allen Law Firm from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, according to a court order.

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Interview

Eye On ERISA: A Chat With King & Spalding's Darren Shuler

By Kellie Mejdrich

Increased scrutiny of health plans and the high costs of care are fueling a litigation uptick that's coming not just from plan participants but also from employers frustrated with their third-party administrators, said Darren Shuler, a partner at King & Spalding LLP. Here, Shuler speaks with Law360 about litigation trends involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

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Bed Skirt Biz Partner Owes $608K For Sabotage, Defamation

By Hayley Fowler

A minority owner of a commercial bed skirt company must pay over $608,000 for trying to sabotage the business and defaming the CEO, a North Carolina Business Court judge ruled following a bench trial, saying he must also fork over his interest in the company.

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White House Pushes Congress To Override State AI Laws

By Courtney Bublé

The White House directed Congress to preempt "burdensome" state laws on artificial intelligence in a legislative framework released Friday.

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DOD Calls Anthropic's Supply Chain Risk Case Premature

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Pentagon urged the D.C. Circuit to reject Anthropic's attempt to halt the agency's designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk to national security, arguing the designation is limited in scope, and that Anthropic's motion is premature. 

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Builders Can Proceed As Class In Fee Suit, NC Justices Say

By Abigail Harrison

Homebuilders challenging the City of Raleigh's capital facilities fee ordinances can proceed within a certified class action after North Carolina's highest court ruled Friday that state statute requires unlawful fees be returned to the payor regardless of who ultimately shouldered the cost.

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Texas Biz Court Hears Arguments On $50M ERCOT Charge

By José Luis Martínez

The Texas business court on Friday considered whether a power scheduler must cover roughly $50 million in charges assessed against a commercial electricity supplier by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas after reserve capacity tied to an industrial customer was not submitted during Winter Storm Uri in 2021.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen an ex-professional footballer revive a dispute with Charles Russell Speechlys, Virgin Media face a group data protection claim after hundreds of thousands of customers' personal details were exposed online for months, and Mishcon de Reya sued by a real estate private equity firm founded by a former Morgan Stanley executive.

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Judge Won't Reopen DIRTT Suit After Sending It To Canada

By Elliot Weld

A Utah federal judge has declined to reinstate a trade secrets dispute between two Canadian construction companies, saying the suing company has not explained how a no-longer-pending summary judgment motion in Canadian court has any bearing on a U.S. court case.

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JetBlue Pilots Union Demands To Arbitrate United Deal Fight

By Dorothy Atkins

A pilots labor union hit JetBlue Airways with a lawsuit in New York federal court, seeking to force the airline to arbitrate pilots' contract dispute over its Blue Sky partnership with United Airlines, which the union claims allows JetBlue to unfairly farm out flights to other carriers.

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Ad Tech Class Can't Make Outside Plaintiffs Set Aside Funds

By Bryan Koenig

Individual website publishers suing Google won't have to set aside 10% of any winnings in the sprawling advertising placement technology antitrust multidistrict litigation after a New York federal judge said that the certified class of publishers was embellishing its contributions in seeking the set-aside.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Military In Veterinary Software Dispute

By Ivan Moreno

The Federal Circuit on Friday ruled in favor of the government in a dispute with a subcontractor over rights to healthcare software for a U.S. Army veterinary records system, affirming a lower court finding that the contractor failed to present a valid contract claim and could not pursue a copyright infringement claim based on defective registrations.

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Conn. Firm Wants $3.2M Lids Contract Suit In State Court

By Elaine Briseño

An engineering firm told a Connecticut federal judge that Hat World Inc. must abide by a forum selection clause in their now terminated agreement and litigate the plaintiff's $3.2 million breach of contract suit in state court.

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NJ, Town Sue DHS To Stop Planned ICE Facility At Warehouse

By Carla Baranauckas

New Jersey and the Township of Roxbury sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday, alleging the federal government unlawfully moved to convert a vacant warehouse into a massive immigration detention center while ignoring environmental law, local infrastructure limits and mandatory consultation requirements.

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Ala. Co. Says $2M Bitcoin Mining Suit Must Be Arbitrated

By Joyce Hanson

An Alabama company targeted in a $2 million fraud lawsuit by a Singaporean firm that creates cryptocurrency via Bitcoin mining has told a federal judge that the disagreement should be arbitrated, saying the case is fundamentally a dispute over a contract that contains a mandatory arbitration clause.

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Why The Road To Final Four Runs Through The Courthouse

As universities navigate a new college sports landscape in which courts decide eligibility, injunctions shape rosters and contract precision determines competitive stability, they should professionalize their NIL contracting, plan for emergency relief, and prepare for eligibility and damages disputes, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

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5 Tips For Navigating Your Firm's All-Attorney Summit

Law firm retreats should be approached strategically, as they present valuable opportunities to advance both the firm's objectives and attorneys' professional development through meaningful participation, building and strengthening internal relationships, and proactive follow-up, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.

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Social Media Atty Sanctioned For 'Most Shameful Moment'

By Craig Clough

A California judge on Monday sanctioned an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial alleging Meta Platforms and Google's social media platforms harm children's mental health, fining him $1,100 and keeping him off the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.

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Immigration Judges To Challenge Their Firing At Fed. Circ.

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for a pair of fired immigration judges said Monday they will ask the Federal Circuit to review a federal panel ruling that stripped them of civil service protections, warning of a dramatic expansion of presidential authority over the civil workforce.

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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation. 

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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.

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Ramey IP Attys, Client Must Pay $107K Fees In Bad-Faith Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered three sanctioned attorneys, including Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III, together with their client, to cover $107,389 in attorney fees stemming from three identical patent suits the lawyers launched and withdrew in 2024, also ordering Ramey to show cause why he should not face further sanctions.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Meta Atty Uses Jane Doe Plaintiff's Name

By Y. Peter Kang

A Meta attorney's gaffe and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the closely watched social media addiction bellwether trial, and an announced $7.25 billion settlement by Bayer over Roundup weedkiller claims, lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.

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