High Court Seals End To NAR Optional Rule Antitrust Suit

By Grace Dixon

The U.S. Supreme Court again declined to review antitrust claims centered on Zillow's adoption of an optional National Association of Realtors rule, which a defunct brokerage claimed was necessary after a district court reading of Seventh Circuit precedent deepened an existing split.

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DOJ Says Live Nation Can't Avoid Jury In Antitrust Case

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department wants a New York federal judge to force Live Nation to face a jury next year on allegations it bought, coerced and leveraged its way to live performance dominance, arguing in a newly unsealed brief that there are too many factual disputes to upstage the lawsuit.

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DOJ Weighs In On Apple Watch Antitrust Claims

By Matthew Perlman

The Justice Department filed a statement of interest in the private smartphone monopolization case against Apple to urge the court to reject several arguments supporting the tech giant's bid to nix claims that it restricts the capabilities of competing smartwatches.

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Warner Bros. Board Rejects 'Inferior' Paramount Bid

By Al Barbarino

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. said Wednesday that its board has determined Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $108.4 billion hostile offer is not a "superior proposal" to the company's pending $82.7 billion agreement with Netflix. 

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Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Nexstar's $6.2B Tegna Deal

By Matthew Perlman

A group of Democratic lawmakers has urged federal enforcers to closely scrutinize Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s planned $6.2 billion purchase of rival broadcast company Tegna Inc. and to block the deal if they find it violates the law.

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Greencore's £1.2B Bakkavor Deal To Complete After CMA OK

By Najiyya Budaly

Irish food manufacturer Greencore said Wednesday that it expects its £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) acquisition of rival Bakkavor to complete in January after the U.K.'s competition authority abandoned its probe amid antitrust fixes proposed by the sides.

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Judge Tosses Suit Fighting Rail Project's Buy America Waiver

By Tom Lotshaw

A D.C. federal judge said an Alstom unit had no viable path to challenge a Buy America waiver allowing a Siemens unit to supply trains for Brightline West's high-speed passenger rail project linking Las Vegas and Southern California.

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Eating Disorder Pros Get 'One Final Attempt' Against Group

By Bryan Koenig

Eating disorder specialists have one more chance for fraud and antitrust class claims against a professional association they accuse of forcing membership to obtain important certification, after an Illinois federal judge said they have not sufficiently claimed harm from the fraud and have not shown market power behind the alleged coercion.

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Amazon, Le Labo Say Ripoff 'Basgax' Perfumes Reek Of Fraud

By Ben Adlin

Amazon and New York fragrance maker Le Labo accused a Florida-based company known as Basgax of selling bogus Le Labo products, claiming the company and its operators illegally copied Le Labo's promotional images and product names such as "Iris 39" and "Patchouili 24."

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Anker, Ugreen Near Peace In Mobile Power Bank Patent Suit

By Ben Adlin

Electronics-makers Anker and Ugreen have reached a tentative agreement to end Anker's intellectual property claims accusing its rival of infringing a patent for a mobile power bank and marketing "virtually identical" products to consumers.

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Korean Food Chain Stole Family Spring Roll Recipe, Suit Says

By Elliot Weld

Korean food conglomerate CJ Group has been accused of stealing a family spring roll recipe that dates to the 1950s and marketing its versions as knockoff frozen spring roll products in a suit seeking $100 million in damages.

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The Top Trademark Decisions Of 2025

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a trademark infringement award that reached nearly $47 million and found nonparties couldn't be on the hook for the amount, while the Federal Circuit reproached a trademark tribunal for its handling of a man's attempt to register the F-word. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest trademark decisions of 2025.

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How Cos. Can Roll With NY's New Algorithmic Pricing Rules

Despite uncertainty from New York’s new ban on artificial intelligence and computer algorithms for setting rents, and efforts to further restrict individualizing prices based on consumers' personal data, property managers, software providers and merchants can take several steps to stay compliant, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

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$3.6B Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader Deal To Form Top 5 Firm

By Kevin Penton

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are planning to combine, creating what the firms say will be the world's fifth-largest firm by revenue, they announced Thursday.

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Fake Quotes In Pa. Patent Case Lead To Judicial Rebuke

By James Boyle

Two Barley Snyder attorneys have been directed to explain to a Pennsylvania federal judge how nonexistent quotes from cited cases appeared in a July filing, according to a recently published order that also denied a holiday light clip manufacturer's request for a temporary restraining order preventing a rival company from selling a similar product.

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Calif. AG, Bar Officials Fight Bid To Stop ABS Fee-Sharing Ban

By James Mills

Both the California attorney general and the California State Bar are opposing a California attorney's attempt to block a new law preventing fee-sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonlawyers set to go into effect on Jan. 1.

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Boies Schiller Must Face Fla. Fee Suit, Court Told

By Lynn LaRowe

In pushing back on a bid to toss a Florida state court lawsuit against Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and related defendants, a pharmaceutical mass tort law firm and other parties said the lawsuit outlines a clear breach of a nondisclosure agreement and interference with existing business relationships, making the complaint legally sufficient under Sunshine State law.

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Dems Offer Bill To Shine Light On High Court 'Shadow Docket'

By Ryan Boysen

Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to explain its "shadow docket" rulings, criticizing the high court for issuing "harmful, backwards decisions" that "impact millions of Americans' lives" but are often unaccompanied by a formal opinion.

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DC Circ. Told Transferred Ethics Suit Bolsters Newman's Case

By Adam Lidgett

Suspended Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman is contending that a decision in which an ethics complaint against a Fourth Circuit judge was transferred out of his home court bolsters her argument that her fellow circuit judges shouldn't have investigated her fitness to remain on the bench.

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Trump's Picks To Lead FDIC, CFTC Win Senate Approval

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Senate on Thursday signed off on two more of President Donald Trump's picks for top financial regulator jobs, confirming Travis Hill and Michael Selig as chairs of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, respectively.

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Senate Package Includes US Attorney, DC Judge Confirmations

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate confirmed 13 U.S. attorneys and three local judges for the District of Columbia as part of a nominations package confirmed 53-43 along party lines on Thursday.

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Chancery Sr. Magistrate Leaving Bench For Role As Neutral

By Rose Krebs

Delaware's Chancery Court will soon be losing its senior magistrate, as she is returning to private practice to serve as a professional neutral.

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