Charter-Cox Tie-Up Gets Last Needed OK With Calif. Approval

By Christopher Cole

California regulators have approved the $34.5 billion merger of major cable providers Charter and Cox, providing the last needed regulatory green light but also imposing conditions meant to help consumers.

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Texas Justices Pass On Atty's Bid To Undo Exxon Sanctions

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up an appeal brought by a law firm challenging a sanction order issued after a lower court found it launched a frivolous lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp. related to the company's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources.

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Apple Says No To Rethink Of Fed Phone Buying Subpoena

By Nadia Dreid

Apple does not think a special master should reconsider a mandate giving the tech titan a peek into how the Pentagon, CIA, State Department, and other federal agencies buy smartphones as part of a suit the federal government has filed accusing Apple of monopolization.

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Corteva To Pay $3.1M In Ark. AG's Pesticides Antitrust Suit

By Gina Kim

Corteva has agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle the Arkansas attorney general's antitrust suit accusing the pesticide maker of using anticompetitive rebates that amount to exclusive agreements to suppress generics competition, according to a preliminary approval motion filed in federal court on Thursday.

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Mexico OK Leaves AGs, WGA Last Paramount Deal Obstacle

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance Corp. celebrated Mexican antitrust approval Friday of its planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery as the final government sign-off needed globally, leaving only the California federal court challenge from a group of attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America.

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NY AG Says 2nd Circ. Ruling Doesn't Back Pricing Law Case

By Matthew Perlman

The New York Attorney General's Office has pushed back after RealPage Inc. told a New York federal court that a recent Second Circuit ruling supports the company's challenge to a state law prohibiting landlords from using software to share information and set residential rental rates.

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Ski Pass Buyers Defend Antitrust Case Against Vail, Alterra

By Matthew Perlman

Skiers accusing Vail Resorts Inc. and Alterra Mountain Co. of inflating prices through their multiresort ski passes are pushing back in Colorado federal court after the resort operators moved to toss the case and strike the class allegations.

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Calif. Tribe Failed To Show Harm Over 40-Acre Land Transfer

By Crystal Owens

A California tribe can't block the U.S. Department of the Interior from transferring 40 acres into trust for a fellow tribe's casino project, a D.C. district court judge has determined, saying action on the contested land isn't imminent and there's no demonstrable irreparable harm.

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Cumulus Asks 2nd Circ. For Help With Nielsen Data Order

By Bryan Koenig

Cumulus Media sought clarification Thursday from the Second Circuit on the timing of a district court order upheld last month barring Nielsen from conditioning access to national radio ratings data on buying Nielsen's local offerings, arguing that the ratings analytics company can't hold up obeying the injunction just because it's seeking reconsideration.

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Ex-Under Armour Ally Wants Pause For Appeal Of Cut Claims

By Matthew Santoni

Textile supplier Multiple Energy Technologies asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to pause the trial on its trimmed-down case against Under Armour, arguing in a brief that the Third Circuit should decide an appeal of the partial dismissal before the district court moves ahead.

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App Co. Asks Court Not To Let Apple 'Drag' It Across Country

By Nadia Dreid

Communal video streaming app Rave does not want its lawsuit accusing Apple of unfairly booting it from the App Store shipped from New Jersey to California, and has asked the court not to let the tech behemoth "convert this instrument of monopoly power into a litigation shield."

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ITC Revives Juul Case Against Altria, Scrubs Invalidity Ruling

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. International Trade Commission vacated an administrative law judge's determination that a Juul vape patent was invalid, reviving the company's case against Altria's NJOY business because of a claim construction issue.

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Dem Says FCC Ignores Affordability In New Broadband Report

By Christopher Cole

In the latest turn in a yearslong debate at the Federal Communications Commission, the agency's lone Democrat on Friday criticized a report spearheaded by the GOP majority touting robust broadband deployment, saying the Republicans gave short shrift to affordability issues.

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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?

How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.

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Analysis

Can Texas, Nevada Replicate Delaware's Corporate Edge?

By Jarek Rutz

Texas and Nevada have spent the past few years rewriting corporate laws and building specialized business courts in an effort to challenge Delaware's long-standing dominance as the preferred home for U.S. companies. While a handful of high-profile corporations have already made the move, corporate law experts say creating another Delaware will require far more than new statutes and judges.

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Immigration Judge Says Anti-DEI Bias Led To Her Ousting

By Elaine Briseño

A Black immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice for discrimination, alleging her firing was related to anti-DEI sentiments at the agency that overwhelmingly targeted older, nonwhite women.

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White House, BigLaw Atty Picked For Tenn. Federal Bench

By Jack Karp

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is nominating a White House attorney and former BigLaw associate to serve as a Tennessee federal judge.

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Holland & Knight Loses Bid To Escape GWG Fraud Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Holland & Knight LLP must face adversary claims in Houston bankruptcy court after a Texas federal judge found the trustee for bankrupt life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. had made a plausible case that the firm and one of its attorneys engaged in a racketeering conspiracy with its ex-chairman.

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Law Student's Race Bias Claim Survives In Kirk Discipline Suit

By Matt Perez

A Texas federal judge on Friday allowed a former Texas Tech law student to proceed with her claim that the university board was discriminatory in disciplining her over comments she made allegedly celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk because non-Black students who spoke about the assassination weren't investigated.

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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 newly signed Real Madrid footballer Yan Diomandé sued over access to his image rights, Nigel Farage and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice accuse the NCA of leaking confidential financial information, and a right-wing American journalist hit The Guardian with a libel claim. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Boeing has won dismissal of a Delaware suit brought by pension funds accusing its board of putting profits before safety. And in-house counsel helped pick Latham & Watkins as the leader on an annual list of client service all-stars.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Baker Botts LLP and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit enforced an over $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, ruling that the legal concept of an optimal venue for a case doesn't apply in matters concerning the enforcement of international arbitral awards.

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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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