Conviction Gets Toshiba Malicious Prosecution Suit Tossed

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal judge permanently dismissed a former printer toner salesman's lawsuit accusing Toshiba of manufacturing a criminal case against him and others to maintain an illegal monopoly, ruling Tuesday that the antitrust claims are time-barred and the malicious prosecution allegations are undone because the salesman was initially convicted.

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Athletes Say NCAA Deal Illegally Limited NIL Opportunities

By Elaine Briseño

Two California college football players challenged the NCAA's recent historic settlement related to athlete compensation, alleging the $20.5 million cap unlawfully limits how much athletes can earn and restrains competition.

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NCAA Athletes Fight To Limit Review Of Third-Party NIL Deals

By Dorothy Atkins

College athletes urged a California federal magistrate judge Wednesday to find their deals with multimedia rights companies and third-party brand sponsors aren't subject to oversight by the College Sports Commission, a new entity created following the NCAA's landmark $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement.

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$50M Atkore PVC Price-Fix Deal Receives Ill. Judge's Early OK

By Lauraann Wood

A $50 million settlement between Atkore Inc. and end users who claimed the polyvinyl chloride pipe maker participated in a price-fixing scheme during the height of the pandemic has cleared its first hurdle, receiving a judge's initial approval Wednesday in an Illinois federal court.

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NHK Says Seagate Antitrust Revival 'Cries Out' For Justices

By Bryan Koenig

NHK Spring wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take on a Ninth Circuit decision reviving Seagate Technology LLC's hard drive component price-fixing lawsuit, arguing that U.S. antitrust law cannot touch overseas sales whose only American connection is their partial negotiation in the country.

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IP Notebook: Cox's Reach, 'Top Gun' Appeal, 'Lazy' Videos

By Ivan Moreno

This round of Law360's review of emerging copyright and trademark issues looks at the ripple effects from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on secondary copyright liability and highlights looming high court bids over "Top Gun" and Roberto Clemente's likeness on commemorative license plates.

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No Arbitration In Yacht Broker Fee Case, 11th Circ. Affirms

By Matthew Perlman

An Eleventh Circuit panel affirmed a lower court ruling Wednesday, refusing a yacht listing service's bid to force arbitration in a case over an alleged conspiracy to inflate the fees brokers collect for the sale of preowned yachts.

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Innsworth Loses Bid To Up Slice Of £200M Mastercard Deal

By Joanne Faulkner

A London court rejected Innsworth's bid on Wednesday to challenge the distribution of a £200 million ($268 million) settlement with Mastercard, backing the finding of an appeals tribunal that a greater return for the funder would have been "excessive."

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Altria, Juul Can't Pause 'Stale' Antitrust Case For Appeal

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by Altria and Juul to pause antitrust litigation over Altria's past investment in the e-cigarette maker while they appeal the court's grant of certification to classes of direct and indirect Juul purchasers, saying the case is getting "old and stale."

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Judge Won't Certify Class Of Health Workers In No-Poach Suit

By Hailey Konnath

An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to certify a class of former healthcare employees claiming that their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements among DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surgical Care Affiliates and Tenet Healthcare Corp. unit United Surgical Partners International, ruling that the proposed class is too diverse.

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Zillow-Redfin Noncompete Deal Sank Stock, Investor Claims

By Isaac Monterose

A proposed class of Zillow Group Inc. shareholders accused the property listings company of making an anticompetitive noncompete agreement with rival Redfin Corp., which caused the federal government to file an antitrust suit and Zillow's common stock value to drop.

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Insurance Cos. Score Dismissal Of Zepbound Coverage Case

By Kellie Mejdrich

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday agreed to toss a proposed class action against CVS Caremark and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield from a worker who challenged coverage denials for Zepbound to treat sleep apnea, holding an exclusion in his employee health plan that the companies administered complied with federal benefits law.

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Class Rep Seeks To Pull Fender CPO Over Funding Shortfall

By Eddie Beaver

A consumer rights lawyer sought on Wednesday to withdraw a proposed class action against Fender, Yamaha and other musical instrument manufacturers, saying she had been unable to secure litigation funding despite years of efforts to pursue resale price maintenance claims.

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Container Cos. Sued For Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme

By Matthew Perlman

Shipping container buyers filed a proposed class action over an alleged conspiracy among the world's largest container manufacturers to limit production and raise prices during the COVID-19 pandemic, on the heels of a criminal indictment last month.

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Broker Says Ex-Employee Moved 800 Clients To Rival

By Benjamin Morse

An insurance brokerage urged a Colorado federal judge Wednesday to block three former employees and a rival from using allegedly stolen trade secrets, saying a senior broker took confidential customer spreadsheets before helping move more than 800 clients to a competitor.

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Susman Godfrey Beats, Seward & Kissel Matches Milbank Pay

By Tracey Read

At least four more firms have joined the associate pay raise bandwagon, with Seward & Kissel LLP matching the salary scale recently set by Milbank LLP, and Susman Godfrey LLP exceeding it.

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Judicial Noms Say Biden Won, But Critics Fault Their Caveats

By Courtney Bublé

Three district court nominees on Wednesday said President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, a departure from other judicial nominees in the second Trump administration, but court watchers on the left took issue with how they couched those statements.

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Camp Mystic Fights Sanctions Over 'Burn In Hell' Atty Remark

By Lynn LaRowe

Camp Mystic and parents of a girl killed in flooding there last summer faced off Wednesday over whether the camp should be sanctioned because its attorney said a plaintiff's lawyer would "burn in hell" and for other alleged misconduct in litigation over flooding deaths at the Texas camp.

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Ga. Federal Judge Faces 2nd Set Of Impeachment Articles

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia congressman has filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge who was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her Atlanta chambers within earshot of staff, the second lawmaker this week to do so. 

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Unions Rally As 5 Shops Approach Contract Deadline

By Andrea Keckley

Legal service providers across New York City gathered in City Hall Park on Wednesday afternoon as five unions represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys approach their deadlines for a new contract at the end of the month.

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'Anti-ICE Vigilantes': DOJ Says Law Clerks Aided Noncitzens

By Lauren Berg

Two state court clerks in Utah are facing criminal charges after federal prosecutors say they acted as "self-appointed anti-ICE vigilantes" by helping noncitizens leave the courthouse by a back door to evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the newly unsealed case.

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Morgan & Morgan Atty Again Blocked From Harvard Suit

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts judge rebuffed a Morgan & Morgan PA attorney's second attempt to appear in a lawsuit over the theft of body parts from a Harvard Medical School morgue, saying he would not reconsider his earlier decision to bar the attorney over an incident in a separate court involving fake AI-generated case citations.

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