Nexstar Execs On Tegna Board Violates Injunction, Judge Told

By Matthew Perlman

DirecTV and a coalition of states told a California federal court on Wednesday that Nexstar Media Group has taken over Tegna's board of directors, despite a preliminary injunction preventing the broadcasting companies from fully integrating.

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AGs Appeal Order Blocking RealPage Damages In MDL

By Jared Foretek

Attorneys general for Kentucky, Washington state, New Jersey, Maryland and D.C. have asked the Sixth Circuit to review a district court ruling barring them from seeking damages on behalf of their residents alongside private plaintiffs' settlements in a sweeping multidistrict litigation accusing landlords of using RealPage software to collude on rent prices.

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Writers Guild Wants Paramount-Warner Bros. Block Extended

By Bryan Koenig

The Writers Guild of America asked a California federal judge Wednesday to extend the two-week injunction against Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that permitting the deal to close while challenges proceed would allow the companies to shut down projects and share negotiation information.

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Altria, Juul Ask 9th Circ. To Nix Antitrust Classes

By Matthew Perlman

Altria and Juul are urging the Ninth Circuit to undo a class certification ruling in an antitrust case over Altria's past investment in the e-cigarette maker, saying the classes include disparate groups of purchasers from across the country.

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Apple Says Tech Co.'s US Action Undercuts Wireless Fee Deal

By Max Austin

Apple has urged an Israeli tech company to abandon U.S. litigation over a royalties dispute for wireless charging patents, saying the case is no longer necessary because the companies agreed to negotiate new licensing terms in the U.K.

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Analysis

World Cup Brand Battles Will Outlast Spain's Title Victory

By Chris Villani

The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to an end Sunday with Spain winning for the second time in its history, but intellectual property battles are just heating up as companies and individuals seek to capitalize on the global event, experts told Law360.

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CMA Launches Review Of McCormick's $45B Unilever Deal

By Tom Fish

The competition watchdog has launched a review into the proposed $44.8 billion acquisition by McCormick & Co. Inc. of Unilever PLC's foods business, inviting responses before it decides whether to open a formal merger investigation.

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House Republicans Urge Fed To Speed Up Bank M&A Reviews

By Jon Hill

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee are calling on the Federal Reserve to explore what else can be done to speed up its bank merger reviews, urging it to look into clearing long-delayed applications and allowing more approvals without a board vote.

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UFC Wants Pay-Per-View Monopolizing Case Tossed

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Ultimate Fighting Championship is asking the district court in Nevada to toss out a proposed class action filed by fans accusing it of monopolizing the market for pay-per-view mixed martial arts events.

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Safety-Net Clinics Defend Insulin Suit Revival To Justices

By Bryan Koenig

Safety-net healthcare providers urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take on the revival of their proposed antitrust class action against Sanofi-Aventis, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca, arguing Wednesday that the Second Circuit's decision was based on neither mere trade group lobbying nor any kind of overcharge.

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States Say Nielsen Ruling Backs Claims In Live Nation Suit

By James Boyle

A recent Second Circuit ruling in a data-tying case was invoked Wednesday to support a motion by more than a dozen state attorneys general opposing Live Nation's attempt to overturn a federal jury verdict against the company.

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Late Emails Undercut BCBS Pricing Suit, Walgreens Says

By Lauraann Wood

Walgreen Co. is urging an Illinois federal judge to again sanction a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer and its subsidiary for allegedly failing to produce key email evidence the pharmacy retailer says "upends" the insurers' 6-year-old claim that it intentionally overcharged them for prescription drugs.

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Deckers Wants New IP Validity Trial Over 'Fundamental' Error

By Rae Ann Varona

Deckers Outdoor Corp. on Wednesday moved for a new trial on the validity of its design patent for its Ugg Classic Ultra Mini Boot, saying it was a "fundamental legal error" for the court to instruct the jury that it could invalidate the patent for indefiniteness.

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MillerKnoll Wins $172K Fees After Beating Bubble Lamp IP Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded MillerKnoll $172,000 in attorney fees after it defeated intellectual property claims brought by the heirs of modernist furniture designer George Nelson over his iconic bubble lamps, in a case with purportedly tens of millions of dollars at stake.

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The Growing Antitrust Risks Of AI Pricing For Health Insurers

Attorneys at Patterson Belknap provide an overview of the increased risk of antitrust enforcement for health insurance companies using algorithmic price models, including in the form of multidistrict private litigation, new state and federal bills, and potential federal enforcement.

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Parsing Who Gets The Track Record In A Venture Partner Split

A recent California federal court order in TEEC Angel Management v. Tsingyuan Ventures allowing Lanham Act claims to proceed confirms that the question of who gets to tell the story of a shared win is now being litigated as false advertising instead of industry professional etiquette, says Ben Dubin at VC Expert Services.

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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit

By Madison Arnold

A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.

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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.

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Brief

Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.

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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job

By Grace Elletson

DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.

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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct

By Emily Sawicki

Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.

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Mich. Gets Judge With Blue Slips In 1st For Trump Admin

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday to confirm Michael Martin, a longtime federal prosecutor, to the Eastern District of Michigan and Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit.

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DOL IG Says Info-Sharing Pacts Lacked Safeguards

By Irene Spezzamonte

U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee that during the Biden administration, the department shared confidential information with plaintiffs' attorneys without notifying the Wage and Hour Division or the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct

By Alison Knezevich

Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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Retired Judges Rip Bid To Ban Foreign-Born Federal Judges

By Courtney Bublé

A group of 58 retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, on Wednesday came out strongly against recent proposals from Republican lawmakers that would require federal judges to be natural-born U.S. citizens and relinquish any citizenship that is not of the United States.

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US Marshals Can't Make Immigration Arrests In DC Court

By Rae Ann Varona

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday refused to toss a lawsuit from a certified class of immigrants challenging immigration arrests by U.S. marshals in D.C. Superior Court, declaring that the marshals lack authority and necessary training for the arrests.

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Securities Class Action Deals On Target To Hit 6-Year High

By Katryna Perera

The value of class action settlements is on track to reach a six-year high of $4.4 billion, fueled in part by a handful of "mega settlements" and other high-dollar deals, a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday said. 

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