Feds Say Rapper Rescinded Gucci Mane Contract At Gunpoint

By Lauren Berg

Dallas federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others with holding three music industry executives at gunpoint — reportedly including Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane — to steal valuables and force Pooh Shiesty's release from his contract with Gucci Mane's record label.

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Del. Chancery Limits Kraft Heinz Suit To Director Claims

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday allowed stockholders suing The Kraft Heinz Co. to amend part of their complaint over a $1.2 billion stock sale, but sharply limited the case to newly uncovered evidence about a single director's consulting relationship.

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Schneider Wallace Fights Uphill For Bigger Cut Of $75M Fees

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal magistrate judge appeared skeptical Thursday about Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's bid to increase its cut of a $75.4 million fee award for representing plaintiffs in a $228.5 million Sutter Health antitrust deal, saying lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP's allocation of $1.4 million to Schneider Wallace seems fair.

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Gibbs Racing Wants Ex-Employee's Alleged Deleted Texts

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Joe Gibbs Racing LLC has asked a federal judge for permission to access cellphone records that would unearth purportedly erased communications between its former competition director and the owner of a rival team that hired him, with the Gibbs team expressing urgency to preserve the messages as crucial evidence in the trade secrets case.

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Texas Capital Bank Faces Stiff Questions At 5th Circ.

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Capital Bank faced tough questions from a Fifth Circuit panel in its bid to reverse a lower court's decision in favor of Ginnie Mae that extinguished TCB's lien on reverse mortgage assets, with one judge saying Thursday that the government has "the power under the statute."

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California Bar Exam Class Claims Paused For Mediation

By Emily Sawicki

A California federal judge has agreed to stay pending claims a proposed class of California bar applicants are pursuing against the proctor of the disastrous February 2025 California bar exam, after the two sides reported they are soon to be engaged in mediation.

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Walgreens Vendor Sanctioned Over Scripted Testimony

By Cara Salvatore

An Illinois federal judge has sanctioned Zeikos in its contract action against Walgreens, after the electronics maker's corporate representative testified from a prepared statement and made substantive changes via errata.

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Developer Seeks To Narrow His Suit Against NJ Power Broker

By Jake Maher

A Camden real estate developer is seeking to trim his own lawsuit against South Jersey power broker George Norcross in the wake of an appellate decision dismissing a related criminal case against Norcross.

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Fla. Homeowner Says Loan Scam Stripped Homestead Rights

By Isaac Monterose

A Miami homeowner accused a lender in Florida state court of running a "predatory" lending scheme that led to him losing homestead protections and then losing his property in a foreclosure sale.

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Energy Drink Co. Founder Told Not To Sell Fla. Keys Property

By David Minsky

A bankruptcy judge in Florida on Thursday blocked the founder of Bang Energy drinks from selling an island property and using proceeds to fund litigation, saying the court must determine whether the initial purchase used fraudulently procured funds. 

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Insurer Distorts Evidence In $50M COVID Row, Court Told

By Gianna Ferrarin

An auto parts manufacturer accused an insurer of distorting evidence of COVID-19 at its plants and contradicting policy language in order to escape its $50 million bid for coverage of pandemic-related losses in North Carolina federal court.

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Conn. Panel Revives Coverage Dispute Over IVF Fraud Case

By Hope Patti

An insurer can't rely on intentional conduct or sexual conduct exclusions in a reproductive endocrinologist's policy to avoid covering him in an underlying suit accusing him of impregnating two in vitro fertilization patients with his own sperm, a Connecticut appeals court ruled.

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Alexion Beats Trade Secret Claims In Amyndas Suit

By Adam Lidgett

Amyndas Pharmaceuticals failed to specifically identify the trade secrets it claimed pharmaceutical company Alexion learned of during early partnership talks and improperly used to launch a business collaboration with another competitor, a Massachusetts federal judge has found.

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Power Co. Claims Ex-Worker At Rival Copied More Than 1,100 Files

By José Luis Martínez

A mobile power generation company sued one of its former managers in Texas federal court, saying he copied more than 1,100 files from his work computer and later accessed some of them while working at a competitor.

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Ex-Pharma Exec Hit With $5.3M Fee Award In Del.

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court has ordered a former pharmaceutical executive to pay more than $5.3 million in attorney fees following years of litigation over alleged disloyal conduct and trade secret misuse, concluding that the award is reasonable despite objections that the amount was excessive.

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Space Needle Fights Arbitrator's Order To Rehire Worker

By Emily Brill

The operator of Seattle's Space Needle has asked a Washington federal court to reverse an arbitrator's order to reinstate a fired worker, arguing that discharge was the correct discipline for a worker who violated several workplace rules while spending time with an ex-coworker who visited her at work.

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Suit Against Wash. Ponzi Operator Stayed Pending DOJ Probe

By Nate Beck

The former CEO of a real estate company accused of collecting $230 million by targeting Chinese investors will face an investigation by authorities before resolving a Washington federal lawsuit, which came after a bankruptcy judge called the venture a Ponzi scheme.

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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 data giant Sportrader face action from software company Altenar over alleged market abuse, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Pliego sue a man who allegedly defrauded him out of $415 million, and Warner Bros. bring a copyright claim against a YouTuber who leaked set footage of the upcoming Harry Potter series. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

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Panini Gets Claims From Fanatics Trimmed In Card Dispute

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court trimmed a pair of claims accusing Panini of interfering with Fanatics' licensing deals, in a dispute that also includes allegations that Fanatics monopolized the sports trading card market.

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Feds, Lockheed Can't Win Early In $98M F-35 Cost Fight

By Ganesh Setty

Lockheed Martin's requirement under government contracts to use domestic transportation services extends to indirect costs it incurred from the F-35 aircraft program, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals ruled, denying Lockheed a quick win on its $98 million claim.

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Colo. Judge Denies $8M Creditor Bid, OKs More Time

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal judge on Thursday rejected a receiver's ask to approve an $8 million creditor bid for a Hawaiian bottled water company in a Colorado investment fund's suit that alleged the company owed more than $2.2 million on a loan.

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4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In March

By Julie Manganis

Justices in Suffolk County Superior Court's Business Litigation Session reminded litigants in two cases in March that time is still of the essence in bringing claims, while the Massachusetts state court reiterated in another matter that a promise is a promise.

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Justices May Hesitate To Limit Courts' Arbitration Review

Based on Monday's argument in Jules v. Andre Balazs, the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to preserve federal jurisdiction over arbitral award enforcement stemming from actions originated in federal court, a holding that would markedly limit the court's 2022 Walters v. Badgerow decision, says Ashwini Jayaratnam at DarrowEverett.

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Apple Verdict May Inform Jury Instruction In Patent Suits

A Texas federal jury's recent verdict in Optis v. Apple provides an important example of how juries must be instructed when Step 2 of the Alice framework is submitted to them, with important implications for both litigators and courts in patent cases, says Joshua Reisberg at Blank Rome.

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Series

Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

As usual, California remained a hub for financial services activity in the first quarter of 2026, with key developments including the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation's eye on consumer issues, a bill targeting "pig butchering" schemes, and jam-packed courts, say attorneys at Joseph Cohen.

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Series

Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer

Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon was tougher, more humbling and more rewarding than I ever imagined, and the experience highlighted how long-distance running has sharpened my ability to adapt to the evolving nature of antitrust law and strengthened my resolve to handle demanding, unforeseen challenges, says Dan Oakes at Axinn.

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Legal Sector Lost 700 Jobs In March, Ending Hiring Streak

By Tracey Read

The legal sector began to slow down in March after a year and a half straight of gains, with 700 fewer people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in February, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Progressive Org. Rolls Out $3M Anti-Trump High Court Push

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump does not have any vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court, but a progressive court advocacy organization is not waiting for a justice's departure to launch a multimillion-dollar campaign opposing a possible Trump pick.

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Brief

Justice Alito Treated For Dehydration After Federalist Event

By Courtney Buble

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito felt ill during a Federalist Society event last month and was seen by a doctor "out of an abundance of caution," the high court announced on Friday.

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Analysis

'Political' Deals Pit DOJ Against State AGs, And Not Just Dems

By Bryan Koenig

Controversial U.S. Department of Justice settlements with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Live Nation, along with the approval of Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, are increasingly inspiring state attorneys general to strike out on their own as antitrust enforcers, often in direct challenge to a federal government that Democrats have cast as "corrupt."

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Florida Gov., AG Face Criticism For Judge Impeachment Push

By Rose Krebs

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier faced pushback this week from some in the state's legal community for calling for the impeachment of a judge for releasing a man who went on to allegedly kill his five-year-old stepdaughter, with critics blasting those calls as being politically motivated and "unethical."

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DOJ's New Corporate Enforcement Policy May Eclipse SDNY's

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice has put to use for the first time its new corporate enforcement policy of declining prosecutions when companies self-report potential criminal violations, but experts say the new, department-wide initiative has rendered a more business-friendly approach by the Southern District of New York moot.

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Ex-DOJ Official Wants Epstein-Talk Suit Kept In District Court

By Emily Sawicki

A former U.S. Department of Justice acting deputy chief who was fired last year after a hidden-camera video of him discussing the Epstein files was posted online has told a D.C. federal judge his due process case must survive in district court because the Trump administration now controls federal oversight agencies.

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Trump Seeks 13% Boost In DOJ Funding

By Courtney Bublé

The White House budget request for fiscal 2027, released on Friday, seeks $40.8 billion in discretionary funds for the U.S. Department of Justice, a 13% increase from the current year level.

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Judge Stands By Block Of DOJ Subpoenas In Powell Probe

By Jon Hill

A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice attempt to revive subpoenas from its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying the government hadn't "come close" to giving him a reason to rethink blocking them.

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Schneider Wallace Loses Bid For Bigger Piece Of $75M Fee

By Lauren Berg

A California federal magistrate judge on Friday rejected Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's bid to increase its cut of a $75.4 million fee award for representing plaintiffs in a $228.5 million Sutter Health antitrust deal, saying lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP's allocation of $1.4 million to Schneider Wallace was fair.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

PayPal was hit with a proposed investor class action that claims the payments giant hid slowing growth for its critical branded checkout business. In the meantime, a Shopify lawyer encouraged his peers during a webinar to make sure their outside counsel have "met the moment" by leveraging artificial intelligence in smart ways. These are some of 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

Alliance Defending Freedom, Pearman Law Firm PC and attorney Barry Arrington lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado ban on therapy intended to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity amounts to viewpoint discrimination against a Christian therapist.

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