Fired FTC Commissioner Joins NYU Law Center As Sr. Fellow

By Andrea Keckley

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the former Federal Trade Commission commissioner whose firing led to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the president's power to fire members of independent agencies, announced on Tuesday that she is headed to New York University School of Law for the next chapter of her legal career.

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8th Circ. Backs $110M Deal For NAR Broker Fees Suit

By Isaac Monterose

The Eighth Circuit sided against class action settlement objectors Tuesday and affirmed $110.6 million worth of settlements in antitrust class actions alleging the National Association of Realtors and brokerages followed anticompetitive NAR rules that artificially inflated broker commissions.

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Meta Beats UK Co. Suit Over Instagram Shopping For Now

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A California federal judge has ruled in favor of Meta in an antitrust suit from a British company alleging Meta stole its plan for Instagram shopping, saying the injuries that were alleged happened years before the complaint was filed.

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HP Beats Printer Customers' Ink Cartridge Antitrust Fight

By Lauraann Wood

HP Inc. customers seeking to hold the printer-maker liable for preventing them from using third-party ink cartridges in their machines have still not pled consumer fraud or antitrust claims viable enough to proceed, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.

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Northwest MLS Settles Compass' Listing Rules Antitrust Suit

By Rachel Riley

Northwest Multiple Listing Service and Compass Inc. have reached a settlement ending Compass' antitrust lawsuit targeting Northwest MLS' policy requiring brokerages to list all properties on its platform before marketing them elsewhere, with the listing service announcing Monday that it will introduce a new "first look" status as part of the deal.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery pressured state attorneys general challenging their merger to settle, the Federal Trade Commission successfully challenged a construction adhesives tie-up, state officials waded in against the NextEra-Dominion transaction, and Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. defended their combination under review by federal regulators.

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DC Circ. Backs Fair Use Repairs On Med Device Software

By Elliot Weld

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ruled that using copyrighted data and computer programs for the purpose of repairing medical devices falls under the fair use exemption, rejecting a challenge from two industry groups that wanted to compel the Library of Congress to revise its rules on the issue.

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Mylan Cites 'Immutable Conflict' In 11th Hour Bid To Stay Trial

By Craig Clough

Just about a week before the first trial in the sprawling generic drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation, Mylan urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to postpone the trial and stay all proceedings for at least 45 days, claiming that the special master in the case has an "immutable conflict" that impacts not just the pending trial but the entire MDL.

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4 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In August

By Julie Manganis

Three fertility doctors defeated claims they violated a nonsolicitation agreement, while a consulting company failed in its effort to amend a four-year-old contract suit that has already been extensively litigated, among other notable Massachusetts state court rulings in August.

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Satellite Permitting, Robocall Bills Sail Through Subcommittee

By Nadia Dreid

The SAT Streamlining Act was one of half a dozen bills that breezed through a House energy and commerce subcommittee Tuesday afternoon, with lawmakers managing to get all six bills sent along to the full committee in under an hour.

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Paul Hastings Hires Freshfields Special Counsel In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Paul Hastings LLP said Tuesday it has hired a former Freshfields LLP special counsel as an antitrust partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has hired a former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner who focuses on antitrust issues and spent three and a half years in the Justice Department, the firm said Monday.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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HSF Kramer Added To $1B King & Spalding Malpractice Suit

By Jack Karp

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and several of its partners on Tuesday were added to a $1 billion legal malpractice suit against King & Spalding LLP alleging that the firms engaged in multiple schemes to enrich a lawyer's friend at the expense of investment firm White Oak Advisors.

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Fla. Bar Tosses Complaint Over DHS GC's 'Worst' Judge Posts

By Adrian Cruz

The Florida Bar has refused to investigate the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for potential ethics violations over his recent series of social media posts attacking sitting judges, citing a potential conflict with the authority of the federal government.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Rodriguez On The Uses Of AI

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Today, Judge Xavier Rodriguez is known as an expert in electronic discovery and a proponent of artificial intelligence, but his interest was piqued before he joined the bench of the Western District of Texas in 2003, when he was still a lawyer and the methods for sifting through electronically stored information were still primitive.

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Judges Say Social Media, Political Rhetoric Endanger Them

By Adrian Cruz

Increased access to social media and personal data via the internet, a larger number of high-profile cases, and inflammatory comments made by politicians have led to a rise in violent threats against judges and concerns about their safety, according to a recently published report.

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5th Circ. Judge Hints Court Order With AI Errors Can't Stand

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit judge wanted to know why a panel should keep intact a court order blocking an anti-DEI Mississippi law that contained artificial intelligence hallucinations, asking whether the judges could confidently find that made-up citations did not ultimately sway the district court's decision.

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Ex-Warriors GC, DEI Exec Say Bias Complaints Led To Firings

By Lauren Berg

The Golden State Warriors' former associate general counsel and its former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion allege they were unlawfully fired in retaliation for speaking up about enduring a workplace marked by gender and race-based discrimination.

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NY Firm, Clinics Reject FedEx's 'Staged' Crashes Claims

By Linda Chiem

A New York personal injury firm and various healthcare providers have told a Manhattan federal judge that FedEx has asserted implausible claims alleging they orchestrated an insurance fraud scheme to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims, saying there is no such racketeering enterprise.

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Barnes & Thornburg Says Ex-NBA Star Owes $1M Legal Fees

By Jonathan Capriel

Former NBA player Luol Deng is being sued for more than $1 million by a Chicago-based law firm that claims he failed to pay legal fees connected to two real estate matters, according to a suit filed in Illinois state court.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of August

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Anthropic, Zillow and ConocoPhillips. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from August.

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