Analysis

'Experience Drain' Leaves FTC, DOJ Staffers More Hesitant

By Bryan Koenig

Months before he left the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, the agency's chief said that prospective job seekers no longer needed the substantial profile previously required to work for the agency, a change he cast as a positive for young attorneys.

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Analysis

Prediction Market Regulators, Bad Actors In AI Arms Race

By Chris Villani

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in policing prediction markets, and attorneys say that regulators and investigators are starting to effectively use the same technology that would-be bad actors have leveraged to try to score big with their bets.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Detractors Tell Court Paramount Deal Fails To Fix Concerns

By Matthew Perlman

Civil rights and public interest groups have told a California federal court the settlement ending a challenge of Paramount Skydance's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery fails to address the concerns state enforcers raised in the first place.

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NextEra's $9.5M Deal In Wage-Fixing Case Gets Initial OK

By Tom Lotshaw

A Maryland federal judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement agreement that would see NextEra Energy pay $9.5 million to resolve class action allegations it conspired with other nuclear energy producers to fix worker wages.

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Alkermes Must Face Bulk Of Addiction Treatment Drug Suit

By Bryan Koenig

A Massachusetts federal judge largely refused Thursday to let Alkermes duck a proposed class action alleging it tricked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office into granting a patent for the addiction treatment therapy Vivitrol, crediting allegations a missing study was intentionally omitted from the patent application to win approval.

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Aramark Faces Wash. Class Claims Over Noncompete Terms

By Rachel Riley

Aramark has been hit with a proposed class action in Washington state court accusing the food service giant of failing to provide advanced notice to Evergreen State workers of its noncompete terms and restricting them from taking second jobs, in violation of state law.

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UK CMA Raises Concerns Over Macquarie Energy Meters Deal

By Bryan Koenig

United Kingdom antitrust officials threatened Friday to launch an in-depth probe into Macquarie Asset Management's planned purchase of the country's largest analog gas metering service company for commercial customers, unless they address concerns about overlap with another gas metering company in which Macquarie has a controlling interest.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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Acquittal Bid In Okla. Bid-Rigging Conviction Denied

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

An Oklahoma federal court has rejected an acquittal bid from a man convicted of participating in an erosion control company's bid-rigging conspiracy that allegedly affected over $100 million in publicly funded transportation construction contracts.

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eNASCAR Shop Says Rival Used Fake Name To Steal Car Data

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina company that builds digital race car setups for eNASCAR's competitive simulator racing series has accused the owner of a rival shop of using a fake name to pose as a customer in an elaborate ploy to steal its data.

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Investor Says Colo. Real Estate Firm Hid PE Priority Deal

By Nate Beck

An investor claimed in state court that a Colorado industrial real estate company secretly gave an outside private equity firm a priority stake in exchange for a $26.5 million investment after enticing existing limited partners not to cash out.

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Clothing Cos. Infringed Beer Brands' Trademarks, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

Two Colorado clothing companies infringed the trademarks of several popular beer brands by using counterfeit marks on the clothing items and submitting fraudulent documents with forged signatures to online sales platforms in support of the items' sales, according to a lawsuit in Colorado federal court.

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Judge Suggests No Injunction In Whirlpool Patent Suit

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal magistrate judge has recommended not to grant an injunction to kitchen appliance company Whirlpool Corp. against Samsung in a case alleging the latter infringed patents covering dishwasher racks, finding there were "substantial questions" over whether the accused products were actually infringing and whether two of the patents were valid.

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Corteva Will Pay $35M To Resolve FTC Pesticide Rebate Case

By Hailey Konnath

Corteva Inc. has agreed to pay $35 million to put to rest allegations from the Federal Trade Commission and a slew of states that the pesticide-maker blocked competition from generic rivals through the use of loyalty rebates, according to a motion filed in North Carolina federal court Friday.

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An Economic Approach Could Curb Broad Antitrust Classes

A Minnesota federal court's recent certification decision reflects a familiar antitrust pattern of inefficiently broad class certification even when the alleged conspiracy's effect is likely to vary significantly across buyers, but utilizing an economic interpretation of predominance would enhance efficiency by leading to narrower classes, says Sean Durkin at Charles River.

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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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