DOJ's Agri Stats Trial Delayed For Deal Talks

By Matthew Perlman

A Minnesota federal judge Friday pushed back a looming trial in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust case against Agri Stats, after the sides told the court they're close to working out a deal.

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Shipbuilders Lose Bid To Block New Plaintiff In No-Poach Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Virginia federal judge has cleared the way for a new plaintiff to enter a putative class action accusing major shipbuilders of using "no-poach" agreements to suppress wages for engineers and architects, upholding a magistrate judge's ruling that granted the plaintiffs leave to amend their complaint.

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FTC Says It Has Evidence To Back Pesticides Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back against bids from Syngenta Corp. and Corteva Inc. in North Carolina federal court to escape allegations of using loyalty rebate schemes to block competition from rival generic pesticides.

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Analysis

Musk Trial To Test Limits Of OpenAI's Nonprofit Promises

By Dorothy Atkins

Billionaire Elon Musk is set to face off against OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in a high-stakes legal battle going to a California federal jury trial Monday over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, which experts say may shake up the artificial intelligence industry.

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Merck's $6.7B Terns Deal Clears Regulatory Hurdle

By Al Barbarino

Merck has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in its plan to acquire clinical stage oncology company Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $6.7 billion, the pharmaceutical giant said Friday. 

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Alaska Airlines Escapes Suit Over Hawaiian Merger, For Now

By Rae Ann Varona

A Hawaiian federal judge on Friday dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit that challenged Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, rejecting the passengers' asserted geographic markets and their contention that the merger would lead to anticompetitive effects in the markets.

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Analysis

Salmon Cartel Ruling Puts Class Rep Pay Under Microscope

By Joanne Faulkner

A decision from the Competition Appeal Tribunal to refuse to certify a class action against an alleged salmon cartel sharpens scrutiny of class representative pay, litigation budgets and distribution models, with a renewed focus on whether claims make economic sense and can deliver for class members.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen a Hong Kong company sue the government and a COVID-19 PPE company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, an oligarch bring a fresh claim against a rival in a long-running feud, a rugby league club sue over a canceled mass dance event, and Visa and Mastercard hit with legal action from H&M, Eurostar, and Bang & Olufsen. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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'Big Guys,' 'Little Guys' Get Equal Access In Comcast Ad Fight

By Lauraann Wood

If Viamedia Inc. lets people with competitive insight view highly confidential materials as its advertising monopoly trial against Comcast looms, then the cable giant should have the same access because "we can't have different discovery standards between big guys and little guys," an Illinois federal judge said Friday.

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Compass Looks To Dodge 'Baseless' MLS Counterclaims

By Isaac Monterose

Compass Inc. urged a Washington federal court to toss a multiple listing service's "baseless" and "conclusory" counterclaims against the real estate brokerage's antitrust suit, which alleges that the MLS' property listing rules are anticompetitive.

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Ex-Joe Gibbs Racing Director Barred From Using Secrets

By Abigail Harrison

Joe Gibbs Racing LLC succeeded in blocking former competition director Christopher Gabehart from using or disclosing its trade secrets, after a North Carolina federal court found the NASCAR team was likely to prevail on its misappropriation and contract breach claims against him.

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DLA Piper Clears Vote To End Verein, Unify Leadership

By Tracey Read

DLA Piper announced Friday that firm partners on both sides of the Atlantic have "overwhelmingly approved" a plan to dissolve its Swiss verein structure effective May 1.

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Exclusive

Judge Albright Reflects On 8 Years Shaping Patent Law

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright will be walking away from the Western District of Texas at the end of the summer, ready to head back into patent litigation work. He talked with Law360 on Friday about the rockier elements of his judgeship and lessons he'll take into private practice.

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Wigdor Sanctioned For Lying In Leon Black Rape Case

By Ryan Boysen

Prominent victims rights law firm Wigdor LLP has been sanctioned for lying to a New York federal judge while pursuing a lawsuit that claims ex-Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black raped a teenager provided to him by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Butler Prather LLP, Bowen Painter LLC and Cannella Snyder LLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fluor Corp. can be held liable for a veteran's state-based injury claims stemming from a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

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Oregon Lawyer Ordered To Pay Attorney Fees For Use Of AI

By Matt Perez

An Oregon attorney was sanctioned by a state appellate court for filing a brief containing a fabricated list of authorities because she used generative artificial intelligence, marking the first case in the jurisdiction to present the option of awarding attorney fees as a sanction as opposed to fines payable to the court.

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Akin Can't 'Recast' Appeal As Good-Faith Effort, 9th Circ. Told

By Lauren Berg

A European winemaker slammed attempts by a U.S. importer and its Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to "recast a frivolous appeal as a good-faith effort," saying they should have to pay monetary sanctions for pursuing what the Ninth Circuit called a "self-indulgent" appeal of a valid arbitration award.

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Analysis

One Certainty As Tariff Refunds Start: 'There Will Be Litigation'

By Chris Villani

The launch of the refund process for tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court marks the start of lengthy and multifaceted court battles as companies fight with consumers — and amongst themselves — about who gets a slice of the $166 billion pie, experts told Law360.

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Up Last At High Court: TPS, Geofence, Skinny Labels

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its oral argument portion of the 2025 October term by hearing a panoply of disputes over the constitutionality of geofence warrants, the existence of aiding and abetting torture claims, and the rescission of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

In what may be a first, a federal judge has ordered BJ's Wholesale Club to put an investor's climate-related proxy proposal up for a vote of the shareholders at the company's annual meeting. And a new study shows that more in-house counsel are staying in place despite pay increases slowing amid less competition for talent.

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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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