Paramount Promises Not To Close Merger During Challenge

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance Corp. took a fight over a preliminary injunction off the table Friday with a promise not to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. until June 2027 or when a California federal judge rules on the merits of challenges to the deal.

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NCAA Urges Judge To Not Let Athletes 'Rewrite' NIL Deal

By Alex Lawson

The NCAA has opposed an effort to relax the oversight of college athletes' third-party branding deals, telling a California federal judge that the players are looking to "rewrite" a historic antitrust settlement. 

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NCAA Says Colo. Athletes Agreed To 4-Year Eligibility

By Zach Dupont

The NCAA fired back on a dozen college athletes seeking a preliminary injunction to compete next season and class certification, arguing to a Colorado federal judge Thursday that the NCAA does not have to retroactively enforce its new five-season eligibility rule.

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Viamedia Says Comcast Already Has Info It Wants

By Nadia Dreid

Viamedia wants an Illinois federal court to declare moot Comcast's motion to compel information about one of its board members, saying it has already disclosed how much the key witness in question stands to be paid if Viamedia comes out on top in the antitrust battle.

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Apple Beats Bid To Revive COVID App Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to revive an antitrust lawsuit that accuses Apple of unlawfully tying its iPhone to its App Store and monopolizing access to COVID-19 tracing apps, saying an app developer that sued the tech giant failed to plausibly allege relevant product markets for its claims.

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Calif.'s New Biz Agency Set To Target 'Corrupt Practices'

By Lauren Berg

Rohit Chopra, the first secretary of California's new Business and Consumer Services Agency, on Thursday asked consumers in the Golden State to send in tips about businesses that engage in dishonest pricing schemes, inflated fees and other "harmful and corrupt practices."

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Feature

The White Collar Boutique 'Renaissance' Is Here

By Phillip Bantz

Unprecedented political pressure on BigLaw, dwindling opportunities at elite firms, powerful legal tech tools and broad slowdowns in white collar enforcement are fueling a remarkable boom in boutique law firm growth, experts say.

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Analysis

Tougher CPO Certification Test Could Price Out Viable Claims

By Joanne Faulkner

The government's plan to unlock funding for opt-out collective actions while imposing a tougher certification test represents a delicate trade-off that experts warn could leave some well-founded claims too expensive to bring.

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Visa, Mastercard Face CAT Swipe Fee Claim From UK Group

By Tom Fish

A group of businesses is suing Visa and Mastercard at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the latest in a series of cases alleging that the payment networks imposed anti-competitive charges, known as swipe fees, and rules on commercial card transactions.

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Traders Say Louis Dreyfus Can't Decert, Arbitrate Cotton Suit

By Bryan Koenig

Cotton futures traders want a New York federal judge to keep their certified class action moving toward trial, arguing that Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV has no basis to force some class members into arbitration or to disqualify the named plaintiff and undo certification.

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Live Nation Says Nielsen Ruling Doesn't Help State AGs

By Matthew Perlman

Live Nation is pushing back after state enforcers told a New York federal court that a recent Second Circuit ruling in a case against Nielsen supports their antitrust claims, saying the ruling instead supports its bid to undo the jury verdict.

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Novo Asks NJ Judge To Stop Lilly's 'Deceptive' GLP-1 Ads

By Gianna Ferrarin

Novo Nordisk Inc. asked a New Jersey federal court Friday to block rival Eli Lilly & Co. from running ads allegedly comparing their respective GLP-1 drugs using "outdated" clinical trials and "false superiority messages," arguing the ads are damaging its reputation and misleading consumers.

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IOC Won't Rule On Ethics Complaint Against FIFA President

By David Steele

The International Olympic Committee on Friday told an international human rights group that its complaint accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of political favoritism during the recent World Cup tournament would not be considered by its Ethics Commission.

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Brief

Arbitration Court To Hear Senegal-Morocco Soccer Dispute

By David Steele

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday announced that it would hear the appeal by Senegal's national soccer federation of the decision to take away its Africa Cup of Nations championship game victory and award it to Morocco.

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Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

By Jared Foretek

Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.

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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight

By James Boyle

A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."

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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Geofence Clarity, Post-Hunter Scrutiny

By Orlando Lorenzo

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed geofence warrants as searches under the Fourth Amendment, and the justices’ ruling in Hunter spurs a conversation of what the bar should be for criminal appeal waivers. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

By Bonnie Eslinger

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

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Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

By Emily Sawicki

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI to avoid unethically inflated billing while encouraging attorneys to utilize the evolving technology.

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'False Innuendo': Sanctioned Davis Wright Atty Rips Fee Bid

By Jeff Overley

A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

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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 financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.

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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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