Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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DC Circ. Backs Ex-Steward CEO's Contempt Charge

By Jared Foretek

The D.C. Circuit on Friday upheld a U.S. Senate committee's criminal and civil contempt finding against former Steward Health Care System LLC Chief Executive Ralph de la Torre after he refused to appear before lawmakers despite a subpoena, calling his appellate arguments "wholly meritless."

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Reddit AI Data Scraping Case Mostly Survives Dismissal

By Elliot Weld

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday largely declined to dismiss Reddit's suit accusing SerpApi of illegally scraping its content to be sold to Perplexity for training its artificial intelligence models.

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FIFA Calls Off Investor Sales Plan After Worldwide Backlash

By David Steele

FIFA announced on Friday that it will drop its plan to sell shares of the World Cup to private investors, after three days of condemnation from the international soccer community, its senior advisor's resignation and a planned boycott by the European football federation.

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9th Circ. Seeks Nev. High Court Input In Live Nation Class Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit Friday sought the Nevada Supreme Court's input on a proposed class action against Live Nation, certifying a question about whether an arbitration agreement is void under Nevada law if "the drafter reserves the unilateral right to modify the entire agreement 'at any time' without notice."

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Temu Denies Getting Unfair Subsidies, Obstructing EU Probe

By Matthew Perlman

Chinese-owned online retailer Temu is denying allegations from European enforcers that it refused to provide information requested during a foreign subsidies investigation and also denied receiving any unfair subsidies.

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Fox Accuses Newsmax Of 'Gamesmanship' In Antitrust Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Fox News has accused Newsmax of unfair "gamesmanship" that it says will waste resources and time as it seeks to amend its antitrust case accusing Fox of pressuring cable and streaming providers not to carry the rival right-leaning broadcaster.

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$15M Deal Lets PVC Pipe Co. Exit From Price-Fixing Case

By Nadia Dreid

Plastic pipe system supplier Pipelife Jet Stream has inked a $15 million deal that will secure its exit from litigation against it and others of conspiring with other major polyvinyl chloride pipe producers to fix prices, an Illinois federal court has been told.

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District Judge Halts Overlapping Valve Arbitration Fee Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Washington federal court has paused a proposed class action from gamers seeking nearly $21 million in arbitration fees from Valve as the company appeals an order in another case declining to stop arbitrations against it.

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Lowe's Gets OK For Limited Probe In Vendor Contract Clash

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina Business Court judge Friday granted Lowe's request to seek more information in its battle with a home accents company over a purchasing agreement that went south, but cautioned it won't be "open season" for its opponent to fish for new depositions and documents.

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Thermo Fisher Says Ex-VP Took 'Know-How' To Rival

By Holly DeMuth

A former Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. executive broke a noncompete agreement when she left for a position that will make her responsible for building a rival firm's sterile manufacturing business in direct competition with her old company, according to a case removed to North Carolina federal court Friday.

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Bankrupt Swiss Rival Drops Expedia Antitrust Claims

By Matthew Perlman

A rival hotel booking website dropped its case in Washington federal court accusing Expedia of driving it out of business by using its control over Trivago to change the price comparison site's auction process for the placement of listings.

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Broadcast Workers Blast FCC Plan To Nix TV Ownership Cap

By Christopher Cole

A broadcast workers' union urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap a plan by agency chief Brendan Carr to lift the 39% national cap on TV station chains' audience reach, saying the proposal threatens local news operations.

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FTC, Southern Glazer Need More Time To Finalize Settlement

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Trade Commission has told a California federal judge that it needs a little more time to work out the finer points of its settlement with Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, which would end the agency's first Robinson-Patman Act case in decades.

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How State Actions Are Reshaping Surveillance Pricing Risk

Amid heightened state enforcement activity and expanding legislative action to curb surveillance pricing concerns related to transparency, fairness and discrimination, businesses should closely examine how consumer data is used in pricing decisions, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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A Shift In How Policymakers Are Approaching PBM Regulation

Recent federal and state legislative and regulatory activity involving pharmacy benefit managers represent a change in focus from transparency to PBM compensation structures, vertical integration and competitive effects, say attorneys at Barclay Damon.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Two Texas personal injury firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work securing a $604 million verdict against a freight broker and logistics company for their roles in a deadly 2021 highway collision.

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Goldstein Launches Appeal Of Tax, Mortgage Fraud Case

By Jared Foretek

Imprisoned SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein is formally launching a Fourth Circuit appeal challenging his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, as well as his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him, according to a new filing from his attorneys.

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Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign

By Jake Maher

Sitting federal judges on Friday blasted the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for "painting a target" on judges' backs in a recent series of social media posts attacking judges who ruled against the Trump administration in immigration cases and called on him to take them down.

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NY Public Defense Org. Denies Union's ULP Claims

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem's leadership on Friday denied allegations from the union representing its more than 100 employees that it has offered unlawful incentives to break its ongoing strike.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Hub Hires: Pierson Ferdinand, Biogen, FisherBroyles

By Chris Villani

While not as sizzling as the temperatures or the Red Sox, the Boston legal market remained hot through the month of July, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adding a mergers and acquisitions partner, Pierson Ferdinand snagging a veteran litigator and Foley & Lardner hiring a finance attorney.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

There has been a wave of cases alleging employers and their insurance brokers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and experts say this marks an increasing litigation trend. In the meantime, the American Bar Association is eyeing the elimination of the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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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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