Joe Gibbs Racing, Ex-Director Get Weekend To Create TRO

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge on Friday gave Joe Gibbs Racing and its former competition director the weekend to try to work out an agreement on whether he can continue working for a rival NASCAR team, saying the parties can return Monday for a ruling if no resolution is reached.

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Optimum Says Apollo, BlackRock Bullied Kirkland Withdrawal

By Bryan Koenig

Optimum Communications is escalating its fight accusing Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and other financial giants of an illegal joint campaign constricting its ability to refinance debt, amending its New York federal court complaint to also accuse the companies of "bullying" Kirkland & Ellis LLP into withdrawing as its transaction counsel.

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UFC Accused Of Monopolizing Pay-Per-View MMA Fights

By Matthew Perlman

Fans accused the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a new lawsuit of using its control over top-ranked fighters to monopolize the market for pay-per-view-level mixed martial arts events, allegedly resulting in higher prices.

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Fighters Allege UFC Destroyed 'Years Of Critical Evidence'

By Emily Sawicki

A trio of former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters pursuing wage-fixing claims in a proposed class action against the mixed martial arts organization have now moved for "severe" sanctions over alleged document destruction, asking a Nevada federal court to issue a default judgment in their favor.

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Paramount, Warner Seal Merger Agreement At $110B Value

By Al Barbarino

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery said Friday they have reached a definitive agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD, in a deal valuing WBD at $81 billion in equity and $110 billion in enterprise value. 

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FCC Staff Gives Go-Ahead To $34B Charter, Cox Tie-Up

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff on Friday cleared the $34.5 billion combination of cable giants Cox and Charter, approving the license transfers needed to merge into a broadband, mobile and video distribution behemoth.

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Kroger, Albertsons Must Pay AG Legal Fees After Merger Halt

By Ben Adlin

Kroger and Albertsons must pay legal fees to the state attorneys general who challenged the grocery chains' now-scrapped $24.6 billion merger, an Oregon federal judge ruled Friday, denying the companies' argument that the court's temporary injunction in the case wasn't sufficient for the states to win back costs.

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Airlines Lose ECJ Challenge To €520M Air Cargo Cartel Fines

By Eddie Beaver

A group of airlines, including British Airways and Cathay Pacific, have largely lost their legal challenge to almost €520 million ($614 million) in fines over their long-running cartel to coordinate fuel and security surcharges on air cargo services.

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Brief

DOL Extends Comment Window On PBM Transparency Rule

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Department of Labor said Friday that the public will be given more time to comment on a new proposed rule that would require pharmacy benefit managers to disclose how much money they've received while serving as intermediaries between drugmakers, pharmacies and insurers.

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T-Mobile Wants Antitrust Counterclaims Gone For Good

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile is hoping to convince a California federal court to kill for the second time antitrust counterclaims brought by a telecom that the mobile titan has filed a RICO suit against, this time for good, telling the court that "a third bite at the apple would be an exercise in futility."

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Altria-Juul Judge Details Class Cert. Decision In Antitrust Row

By Rae Ann Varona

"Common, predominant questions abound" as to whether e-cigarette company Juul and tobacco giant Altria schemed to have Altria exit the e-cigarette market, a California federal judge has said in explaining why he granted class certification to classes of purchasers in antitrust litigation over Altria's past investment in Juul.

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PetMed, Elanco, Tractor Supply Settle Flea & Tick Med Claims

By Hailey Konnath

PetMed Express, Tractor Supply Co. and Elanco Animal Health are the latest to settle with consumers in a case accusing Elanco of paying pet supply retailers not to stock generic versions of its Advantix topical flea and tick prevention drug, according to several orders filed in Indiana federal court.

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Feds Use Another Samsung Case To Encourage Injunctions

By Adam Lidgett

Federal courts should not overly limit the ability of patent owners to get injunctions against infringers, Justice Department and federal patent officials have told a Texas federal court overseeing a case where Samsung was put on the hook for $445.5 million after a patent trial.

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Credit Bureaus Fight Bid To Add Plaintiffs, Claims To Suit

By Mark Payne

Medical providers and a collection agency in a proposed class action accusing Equifax, Experian and TransUnion of conspiring to exclude less than $500 in medical debt from consumer credit reports lack good cause to again amend their complaint, the credit reporting agencies told a federal court. 

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Colo. Orthodontist Says Co. Shifted Assets To Nix Her Profits

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado orthodontist who helped build the orthodontics arm of a dental franchise network sued the company and several of its leaders in Colorado state court Friday, alleging they shifted franchise operations among affiliated entities to dilute her ownership stake and deny promised revenue.

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Paramount-WBD Deal Would Widen Net For Antitrust Scrutiny

The fresh likelihood of a merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery raises the prospect of added intervention from the U.S. Department of Justice due to the companies' overlaps in key markets, and may signal expanded DOJ scrutiny of potential anticompetitive effects on supply chains, says Shubha Ghosh at the Syracuse University College of Law.

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Opinion

AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness

As tribunals and arbitral institutions increasingly use artificial intelligence tools in their decision-making processes, ​​​​​​​clear disclosure standards and procedural safeguards are necessary to ensure that efficiency gains do not erode the fairness principles on which arbitration depends, says Alexander Lima at Wesco International.

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Goldstein Testimony 'Solidified' Case, Juror Says

By Jared Foretek

One of the 12 jurors who convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein on a slew of tax and mortgage charges on Feb. 25 told Law360 that the key moment in the 16-day trial was when the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer took the stand, with the juror calling the testimony "a performance."

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Up Next At High Court: Drug User Gun Possession

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its February oral argument session by hearing its newest Second Amendment case over a federal law that prohibits drug users from possessing firearms, as well as a dispute over whether motor carrier brokers can be held liable for truck crashes under state law.

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Del. Supreme Court OKs Disputed Corporate Law Rework

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Supreme Court upheld Friday hotly contested legislation approved by state lawmakers in 2025 that expanded liability shields for some corporate acts involving controlling stockholders or potentially conflicted officers or directors, and narrowed public access to some corporate books and records.

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When Murder Charges Reach People Who Didn't Kill

By Marco Poggio

Felony murder murder charges permit people to be convicted of murder, even when they neither killed nor intended to kill. Critics say the charges drive excessive sentences, and a wave of reconsideration in courts and legislatures have led states like California to narrow their reach, while others are weighing whether the long prison terms tied to them are constitutional.

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Calif. Mass Tort Firm Drops Suit Against ABS Fee-Sharing Ban

By James Mills

A California mass torts firm seeking to overturn the state's law banning alternative business structure fee sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonattorneys dropped its suit Thursday, three months after filing it.

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Marshall Dennehey Can't Arbitrate Atty's Sex Harassment Suit

By Grace Elletson

An Ohio appeals court declined Thursday to send a former Marshall Dennehey PC attorney's sexual harassment suit to arbitration, ruling that mocking comments he faced from a senior lawyer triggered the protection of a law that shields sex misconduct disputes from being kicked out of court.

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Injury Defense Atty Scolded For 'Gotcha' Litigation Tactic

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida appellate panel on Friday upheld the dismissal of a car crash suit after plaintiffs' counsel failed to appear at a pretrial hearing due to illness, but also chastised defense counsel for a "gotcha" litigation tactic in not informing the judge of opposing counsel's illness despite knowing about it.

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Katten Pushes For Atty Immunity To Non-Clients' Suit In Texas

By Lynn LaRowe

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is asking the Texas Supreme Court to shut down a state court lawsuit brought by co-defendants of a client they successfully represented in a federal criminal investigation over alleged healthcare fraud, saying lower courts that refused to dismiss are seeking to limit the state's "hundred-year-old doctrine" of attorney immunity.

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Pro Bono Spotlight

NY Prisoner Gets Rare $600K Deal With Gibson Dunn's Help

By Parker Quinlan

A man incarcerated in a New York state prison who was placed in solitary confinement for over six years has obtained a $600,000 settlement after filing a pro se lawsuit that drew the aid of pro bono counsel from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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Calif. Bar Charges Atty With Misconduct In LA Utility Case

By Dorothy Atkins

The California State Bar has lobbed disciplinary charges against veteran plaintiffs attorney Paul Kiesel, accusing him of helping divert class action litigation against the city of Los Angeles over a botched utility billing system, allegations which he vigorously denied and slammed as "unfounded, misguided and fundamentally wrong."

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Markey Pushes Bill To Bolster Immigrant Legal Access

By Ganesh Setty

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., announced on Friday that he will introduce legislation to help immigrants secure legal counsel in deportation and other immigration proceedings via a $100 million grant program.

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Hub Hires: Seyfarth, Greenberg Traurig, Outside GC

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts may be buried under a blanket of snow, but the Boston legal market was anything but frozen in February. Seyfarth bolstered its depth in mergers and acquisitions, Greenberg Traurig snagged a benefits attorney, and Outside General Counsel hired a new managing partner.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Linklaters sue a shipping company, high-street clothing giant Urban Outfitters hit with an intellectual property claim, Ithaca Energy sue rival Chrysaor, and cabaret club magnate Alex Proud face legal action with his nightclubs in financial turmoil.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A proxy season preview report showed that nearly three-quarters of shareholder proposals for annual corporate meetings among Russell 3000 companies this year have gone to a vote. The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled the details of a long-awaited proposed rule to replace a previous administration's regulation outlining how to decide if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. These are among 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

Milbank LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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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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