DOJ Ad Tech Judge Won't Break Up Google's Biz

By Bryan Koenig

A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday refused to break up Google's advertising placement technology business, opting instead to grant the U.S. Department of Justice a litany of behavioral fixes aimed at limiting the search giant's ability to boost itself and the ads running through its own servers over ads from rival ad tech providers.

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Mylan's Conflict Concerns Halt Antitrust Bellwether Trial Plans

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday stayed proceedings and continued the trial date in the sprawling generic drug antitrust case after defendant Mylan alleged that the special discovery master, Saxton & Stump shareholder and former federal judge Lawrence Stengel, has a conflict of interest.

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Hess, Pioneer, Others Can't Duck Shale Oil Price-Fix Claims

By Bryan Koenig

A New Mexico federal judge preserved the core of a consolidated proposed class action from consumers, businesses and local governments accusing Hess, Pioneer, Continental and other fossil fuel giants of conspiring to slow down shale oil production to drive up prices, tossing only a handful of state law claims.  

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Clippers Fined $30M As Probe Uncovers Salary Cap Violations

By Alex Lawson

The NBA unveiled sweeping sanctions against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, including a $30 million fine and a one-year ban for the team's owner, after an investigation uncovered evidence that the team violated the league's salary cap rules by arranging off-court business deals for its star forward, Kawhi Leonard.

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Analysis

FCC Staff Are Making Big Decisions, But The Tactic Isn't New

By Christopher Cole

When an arm of the Federal Communications Commission that deals with broadcast competition waived one of the country's signature media ownership rules without a full FCC vote this year, it wasn't the first time agency staff had been entrusted with a major decision by the FCC's politically appointed chair.

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£400M Rail Fare Class Action Collapses After Deadline Lapse

By Joanne Faulkner

A £400 million ($540 million) collective action against rail operator Govia Thameslink has collapsed after the claimants' lawyers missed a deadline to replace a class representative who died following certification.

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CMA Probes E.ON's Acquisition Of Ovo Energy

By Irene Madongo

The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it is investigating whether European power giant E.ON's anticipated acquisition of British retail energy supplier Ovo could harm competition in U.K. markets.

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Optics Co.'s £346M Sale Not Stopped By Antitrust Authorities

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Optics technology provider Gooch & Housego, advised by Burges Salmon LLP, said Wednesday that it cleared a regulatory hurdle in its proposed acquisition by Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led private equity shop Arlington Capital, as the antitrust waiting period for the £346 million ($470 million) deal has expired.

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YouTube Ducks Music Co.'s Song Monetization Monopoly Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge has tossed a content-creation music label's lawsuit accusing YouTube LLC of cornering an automated monetization services market for sound recordings, saying the label filed suit too late and otherwise failed to state a legally sufficient monopolization claim.

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NJ AG Seeks Expedited Discovery In Amazon Antitrust Suit

By Katherine Smith

New Jersey's attorney general has asked a federal court for leave to file a motion for expedited discovery in a federal antitrust suit claiming that Amazon has unlawfully maintained its dominant buying power in the delivery driver services market, claiming there is an "immediate need" for discovery in the case.

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Kroger, Costco, Major Grocers Added To DOJ Beef Price Probe

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice expanded its investigation into potential anticompetitive conduct in the American beef industry to include The Kroger Co., Walmart, Costco Wholesale Corp. and five other major grocers.

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Robert Half Says Beacon Hill 'Raided' Conn. Staffing Team

By Aaron Keller

Robert Half Inc. has sued staffing services competitor Beacon Hill Solutions Group LLC in Connecticut federal court, alleging that Beacon Hill continued a nationwide employee poaching pattern by "raiding" its New Haven and Hartford operations and inducing the exits of a recruiting manager, practice director, talent director and talent manager.

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Tyson's Price-Fixing Deal Merits $27.5M Atty Fees, Buyers Say

By Dorothy Atkins

Beef direct purchasers asked a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to award class counsel $27.5 million in fees, or one-third of Tyson's $82.5 million price-fixing settlement, arguing that the deal was reached after six years of hard-fought antitrust litigation and adds to another settlement, bringing the total recovery to $135 million.

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CMS Hires Competition Pro From Clifford Chance In London

By Ashish Sareen

CMS has hired a new partner from Clifford Chance LLP in London amid growing demand for competition and regulatory advice in the technology sector.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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