The U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief stay Wednesday in a case from Epic Games targeting Apple's App Store policies, after the district court refused to put the case on hold while the justices review a contempt order against Apple.
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Apple Gets Brief Pause In App Store Case From High Court

By Matthew Perlman and Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief stay Wednesday in a case from Epic Games targeting Apple's App Store policies, after the district court refused to put the case on hold while the justices review a contempt order against Apple.

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10th Circ. Says NAR Antitrust Suit Came Too Late

By Zach Dupont

A Tenth Circuit panel found Tuesday that antitrust allegations against listing rules created by the National Association of Realtors are time-barred because the four-year statute of limitations applies to the Utah-based real estate firm's claims.

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Tekion Can't Update CDK Dealer Software Monopoly Claims

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court refused a request from auto dealership software provider Tekion Corp. to amend its antitrust case accusing CDK Global LLC of monopolization, finding Tekion already had access to the information it wants to add.

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'Core' Generics Leader Must Face Most AG Price-Fix Claims

By Bryan Koenig

A Connecticut federal judge ruled Wednesday that G&W Laboratories Inc. must face most price-fixing claims from dozens of state attorneys general targeting generic-drug makers, teeing the shuttered company up for trial as one of four companies deemed the "core group of leaders most responsible" for the conspiracy.

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PayPal Wins Final Dismissal Of Merchant Rules Antitrust Suit

By Sydney Price

PayPal on Wednesday beat for good a proposed class action over its alleged restrictive merchant agreements, with a California federal judge finding that the third version of the suit still fails to establish the consumers' standing to bring antitrust claims.

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Analysis

Trump Pick Sets Stage For More Fights Over FCC's Power

By Christopher Cole

A move by the White House to fill the third Republican vacancy on the Federal Communications Commission — but leave a long-empty minority seat on the five-member board unfilled — sets up what will likely be more pitched battles over not only the FCC's powers, but its future composition.

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MERGER REVIEW

Raskin Asks Ellison To Speak To Congress About Merger

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has asked Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to appear for a transcribed interview to explain the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

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Brief

Parties Reset Review Clock For Fertitta's $17.6B Caesars Buy

By Bryan Koenig

Caesars Entertainment Inc. has said it will reset the clock to give the Federal Trade Commission another 30 days to review the roughly $17.6 billion purchase of the company by Fertitta Entertainment, owner of the Golden Nugget casino brand.

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LITIGATION

NCAA Age Rule Illegally Cuts Athletes' Careers, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

Three Division I athletes alleged the NCAA's new age-based eligibility rule unlawfully cuts short some athletes' eligibility to compete, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court.

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Colleges Say Wealth Bias Evidence Would Prejudice Jury

By Jared Foretek

Top-flight universities, preparing to fight class action antitrust claims at trial later this year that they illegally colluded on financial aid formulas, on Wednesday accused the student plaintiffs of trying to "dirty" the universities with allegations that they admit underqualified applicants because of their family wealth.

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Spotify Urges Permanent Toss Of Rapper's Bot-Streaming Suit

By Taylor Bowie

A rapper alleging that Spotify allows fraudulent bots to manipulate streaming data once again failed to show how his commercial association with the platform ascends to a "special relationship" under California law, Spotify said in a motion to permanently dismiss the amended complaint filed Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Avoiding Sponsor Conflicts As NCAA Patch Rule Takes Effect

A new rule allowing schools to add corporate sponsor patches to athletes' uniforms may create a conflict with students' individual name, image and likeness agreements with competing brands, requiring negotiated contract provisions to reduce the legal risks, says Evan Rosenberg at Morritt Hock.  

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?

How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.

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Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses

By Jake Maher

Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.

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Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B

By Ryan Boysen

Alternative asset manager Aperture Investors is expanding its litigation finance platform to $1 billion in total investment capacity, mostly deployed as direct loans to plaintiffs firms.

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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Sawicki

A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.

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Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.

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$190K Or $1.9M? Goldstein, DOJ 'At Impasse' Over Forfeiture

By Jeff Overley

Tom Goldstein and the U.S. Department of Justice aired dramatically divergent views Wednesday of a looming financial penalty for his fraud convictions, with the famed appellate advocate voicing constitutional objections to the DOJ's request for almost $2 million and revealing that prosecutors spurned a far smaller offer.

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Analysis

DOJ Settlements Perceived As Flouting Litigation Norms

By Britain Eakin

A trend of settlements between the Trump administration and friendly parties in fast-track lawsuits to pursue policy changes has legal experts concerned about the endurance of a longstanding norm that federal courts can only hear genuine disputes between opposing parties.

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BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client

By Emily Johnson

A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Shutts & Bowen's Jodi-Ann Tillman

By Dani Kass

Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise from opposing counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP partner Laura Ganoza.

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Trent McCotter Follows Blanche As DOJ's 2nd-In-Command

By Courtney Bublé

Following confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice official Trent McCotter is taking his former post as deputy attorney general on a temporary basis.

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Trump, DOJ Say Firing Seattle US Atty Was Within Their Rights

By Emily Sawicki

The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice are fighting a demand for immediate reinstatement brought by Seattle's former top federal prosecutor, who was fired within an hour of a court appointing him to the role, arguing his due process rights were not violated.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Aidala Bertuna

Alston & Bird

Axinn

Bailey Duquette

Baker & Hostetler

Baron & Budd

Boyden Gray

Cooley LLP

Cravath Swaine

Dhillon Law Group

Dorsey & Whitney

Esbrook PC

Fabian VanCott

Faegre Drinker

Fenwick & West

Foley & Lardner

Freshfields

Goldman Ismail

HKM Employment Attorneys

Hagens Berman

Handley Farah

Irpino Avin

Jones Day

Latham & Watkins

Linley Jones Firm

Lockridge Grindal

Loeb & Loeb

Mayer Brown

Michael Best & Friedrich

Milbank LLP

Miller Shakman

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Moritt Hock

Munger Tolles

Novak Druce

Otterbourg PC

Parsons Behle

Potomac Law Group

Quinn Emanuel

Reid Collins

Sauder Schelkopf

Scott & Corley

Shutts & Bowen

Sirianni Youtz

Skadden Arps

Susman Godfrey

Tycko & Zavareei

Wexler Boley

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Airbnb Inc.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

Aperture Investors LLC

Apple Inc.

Assicurazioni Generali

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

CBS Interactive Inc.

CDK Global Inc.

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Cornell University

Democracy Forward Foundation

Duke University

Epic Games Inc.

Fordham University

G&W Laboratories Inc.

HomeServices of America Inc.

Johns Hopkins University

Johnson & Johnson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Monster Beverage Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

National Association of Realtors

National Basketball Association Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

New York State Bar Association

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Perrigo Co. PLC

Pfizer Inc.

Red Bull GmbH

Reddit Inc.

Sandoz International GmbH

Skydance Media LLC

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

Station Casinos LLC

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Tekion Corp.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Catholic University of America

The Gatorade Company Inc.

The New York Times Co.

The Reynolds and Reynolds Co.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Venmo LLC

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

New York Supreme Court, New York County

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington