Lawmaker Report Targets 'Pay-To-Play' Antitrust Enforcement

By Matthew Perlman

A new report from Democratic lawmakers found that influence from the White House appears to be resulting in lax antitrust enforcement and higher consumer prices, citing a number of recent settlements, case dismissals and merger decisions.

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Economy Top Of Mind As M&A Optimism Falls, Survey Shows

By Al Barbarino

A new survey from Dykema Gossett PLLC found that roughly half of dealmakers expect U.S. mergers and acquisitions activity to increase over the next 12 months, down from 74% last year, but there is notable enthusiasm about the middle market strengthening and artificial intelligence speeding up deal processes.

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Generics MDL Judge Won't Extend Pause Over Conflict

By Bryan Koenig

A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Friday to extend a pause on the generic-drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation, eyeing setting a new trial date for the first bellwether case initially paused by a conflict with a special master that the drugmakers say now covers "the entire MDL."

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Verisk Must Pursue $2.35B AccuLynx Deal, Del. Court Says

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that Verisk Analytics Inc. improperly abandoned its $2.35 billion acquisition of roofing software company AccuLynx, leaving the data analytics company obligated to keep pursuing federal antitrust clearance and close the deal if regulators approve it.

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5th Circ. Weighs Iowa Bid To Toss Charles Schwab Settlement

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel pushed Charles Schwab to explain why it should sign off on a settlement with investors resolving claims that its 2020 merger with TD Ameritrade created a monopoly, asking Friday how an agreed upon antitrust compliance program created value.

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NYSE Owner's $6B MarketAxess Deal Clears US Review

By Matthew Perlman

Federal antitrust enforcers have ended their investigation of Intercontinental Exchange's planned $6 billion acquisition of fixed income trading platform MarketAxess Holdings Inc. after the companies gave enforcers more time to review the transaction.

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MLS Sites Sue Compass To Enforce Exclusive Listing Ban

By Nate Beck

A group of six regional multiple listing services covering eight states sued brokerage giant Compass in New York federal court, claiming the company has threatened antitrust litigation to avoid rules set by MLS platforms that would stop Compass from withholding exclusive property listings.

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Burford Affiliate Fights For Stay In Suit Over Alleged Fraud

By Caroline Simson

A German Burford Capital affiliate is pressing a Delaware federal court to keep on hold a German claims aggregator's lawsuit over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration agreement, disputing the latter company's argument that a London tribunal has confirmed that the matter belongs in court.

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Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk Antitrust Suit Remains Dismissed

By Rae Ann Varona

A Texas federal judge has denied Strive Specialties Inc.'s bid to undo her judgment dismissing the compounding pharmacy's lawsuit that accuses Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk of blocking competition for GLP-1 medications, saying Strive's claim that the court committed a manifest legal error was based on the company's own misunderstanding.

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NASCAR Team Fights Rival's Inspection Bid In Secrets Row

By Alex Lawson

NASCAR powerhouse Joe Gibbs Racing is pushing a North Carolina federal judge to deny a rival team's bid to inspect its premises as part of a simmering trade secrets dispute, emphasizing the competitive threat posed by the request.

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Dutch Software Co. Seeks To Unravel $400K Contempt Order

By Hayley Fowler

A Dutch software company is looking to undo a $400,000 sanctions order against it in a long-running trademark battle with its former U.S. partner, saying there is no evidence of harm to the opposing party sufficient to support the court's contempt ruling.

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Roark-Owned Co. Unlawfully Uses Noncompetes, Suit Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

Thirteen former employees of Ground Penetrating Radar Systems LLC filed a lawsuit in Ohio federal court alleging that the environmental services provider uses restrictive postemployment covenants to lock workers into low-paying jobs, stifle competition and increase its value to its investor owners, including private equity giant Roark Capital Management LLC.

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Frozen Potato Ruling Highlights Data-Sharing Antitrust Risk

A recent Illinois federal court decision allowing key claims against frozen potato producer competitors to proceed illustrates the vulnerability of highly concentrated industries to antitrust exposure through aggregated data sharing, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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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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