Mastercard and Visa bid at a London appellate court Thursday for a chance to overturn a judgment that found default fees they charged on transactions breached competition law, saying the decision made legal errors.
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Visa, MasterCard Seek To Appeal Default Fee Ruling

By Ronan Barnard

Mastercard and Visa bid at a London appellate court Thursday for a chance to overturn a judgment that found default fees they charged on transactions breached competition law, saying the decision made legal errors.

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Dish Blasts Disney's Bid To Pause Discovery In Sling TV Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Dish Network is pushing back on a bid from the Walt Disney Co. to pause discovery for Dish's antitrust counterclaims over the programming giant's carriage licensing deals.

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EU Antitrust Officials Targeting 'Entire AI Stack'

By Bryan Koenig

The European Union's top antitrust official said Thursday that bloc enforcers are casting a wide net as they look at the ways artificial intelligence companies may try to anticompetitively boost themselves over rivals, including underlying training models and needed power and cloud computing infrastructure.

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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

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MERGER REVIEW

Teamsters Urge DOJ To Block Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

By Katherine Smith

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters urged the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday to block the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery if the agency can't secure worker protections, claiming that the merger poses an anticompetitive threat to the film and television industry's labor markets.

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INTERNATIONAL

Apple Wins Partial Strike-Out Of £853M Battery Class Action

By William Janes

Apple Inc. scored a partial victory on Thursday in an £853 million ($1.1 billion) collective action over allegations that it throttled the performance of iPhone batteries as the U.K. competition court threw out part of the case.

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EU Court Told To Send Back JPMorgan, Credit Agricole Fines

By Bryan Koenig

A European Court of Justice advocate general urged the European Union's highest court Thursday to return appeals from Credit Agricole Group and JPMorgan Chase & Co. challenging antitrust fines imposed for manipulating a benchmark interest rate back to a lower court, concluding that court failed to consider enforcer tweaks to the penalties.

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LITIGATION

Trip.com, Execs Downplayed China Monopoly Risks, Suit Says

By Katryna Perera

One-stop travel service provider Trip.com and its executives "recklessly understated" to shareholders the risks of their business activities running afoul of China's antimonopoly laws, according to a new proposed class action in New York federal court.

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Ex-Consultants Sue Gallagher Over Nonsolicitation Clauses

By Mark Payne

Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher Co. shouldn't be able to enforce nonsolicitation clauses that "stifle valid competition and hinder employee mobility," a pair of former group welfare benefits consultants told a federal court this week, telling the court both clauses run afoul of North Carolina law. 

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FDIC Owns SVB Insurance Claims, Court Told

By Abigail Harrison

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as receiver for Silicon Valley Bank after its historic collapse in early 2023, is entitled to recover on what could be tens of millions of dollars in financial institution bond proceeds, the FDIC's counsel told a North Carolina federal court Thursday.

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ITC Extinguishes RJ Reynolds Vape Import Patent Fight

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission has shot down a fight R.J. Reynolds launched targeting imports of certain vape products the company alleged were infringing an electronic smoking patent.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Antitrust Crime Enforcement May Escalate Under New Chief

While the recent departure of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division chief created uncertainty about enforcement priorities, the debut speech from the new acting division head revealed that companies can only expect the division’s focus on vigorous criminal prosecution and offender deterrence to grow, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Series

Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Podcasting has changed how I ask questions and connect with people, sharpening my ability to listen without interrupting or prejudging, and bringing me closer to what law is meant to be: a human profession grounded in understanding, judgment and trust, says Donna DiMaggio Berger at Becker.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

'Swinging Dicks' Dissent Stirs Uproar Across 9th Circ. Bench

By Jeff Overley

A raunchy dissent in litigation over transgender spa patrons prompted dozens of Ninth Circuit judges to denounce the "vulgar barroom talk" of a colleague, who returned fire by ridiculing his peers for adopting the "fastidious sensibilities of a Victorian nun."

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Atty Who Sought Trump Pardons Accused Of Extorting Client

By Stewart Bishop

A South Carolina attorney and lobbyist who has billed himself as a fixer for prisoners seeking clemency from President Donald Trump made an appearance in Brooklyn federal court Saturday on newly unsealed charges that he tried to extort a client for over half a million dollars.

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Life Sciences Partner Hiring Up Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

By Aebra Coe

Large law firms' partner additions in life sciences rose slightly across five geographic markets between 2024 and 2025, with several factors including increased regulatory scrutiny driving new additions, according to an analysis by intelligence platform Macrae+.

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Judge Denies US Atty's Recusal Call Over Conflict Concerns

By Rose Krebs

Calling it "procedurally improper, untimely, and lacking merit," a federal judge on Friday nixed a demand from Minnesota's U.S. attorney for the judge to step aside from a habeas case related to the government's immigration enforcement operation since his wife is pursuing litigation over the crackdown as the state's solicitor general.

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NY Republicans Say Chief State Judge Crossed Ethics Line

By Emily Sawicki

Republican legislators on the judiciary committees of the New York state Senate and Assembly have brought a misconduct complaint against New York State Chief Judge Rowan Wilson over statements the judge made at a symposium in support of proposed legislation to reform minimum sentencing guidelines that they believed violated judicial conduct rules on impartiality.

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Immigration Watchdog Sues DOJ Over Secret Court Hearings

By Adrian Cruz

A Minnesota-based human rights nonprofit has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court over its decision to restrict public access to proceedings at St. Paul's Fort Snelling Immigration Court.

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Ariz. Judicial Council OKs ABS Rules Despite Bar Concerns

By Rachel Rippetoe

Arizona's Judicial Council approved some new restrictions on out-of-state operations for non-attorney-owned law firms allowed to operate under the state's licensure program, despite the Arizona state bar's concerns that the new rules aren't stringent enough.

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Reed Smith Is Ignoring Expanded Back Pay Window, Atty Says

By George Woolston

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney who claimed she was unlawfully underpaid told a New Jersey state court on Friday that the firm's bid to limit the window of time for which she's seeking damages is an attempt to roll the case back in time.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Finnegan's Cora Holt

By Theresa Schliep

Cora Holt, a partner at Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP in Washington, D.C., has a "do your job" attitude and "getting the stuff done" approach to litigation that earned plaudits from Kassie Helm, co-chair of Dechert LLP, who praised Holt for her work as part of a Law360 series celebrating women litigators.

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Q&A

NC Judge Brings Military Roots, Not Politics, To Biz Bench

By Abigail Harrison

The North Carolina Business Court added decade-long Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley to its bench this month. In an interview, Judge Shirley told Law360 how time as an attorney in the U.S. military helped make him a thorough and punctual jurist, and expanded on his interest in keeping partisan politics out of the judiciary. 

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Esquire's $348M Signature Deal Bolsters Litigation Platform

By Al Barbarino

Esquire Financial Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy the parent company of Signature Bank in a roughly $348.4 million deal that Esquire said will help expand its Chicago-area commercial banking presence and support growth of its litigation banking platform.

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GSA Pans Giving 'Unelected Judiciary' Sway Over Property

By Courtney Bublé

The federal government's landlord told the federal judiciary it is "ill equipped" to have direct authority to maintain its buildings.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

In London, Estée Lauder accused Jo Malone's founder of intellectual property infringement, the wife of an Iranian businessman linked to a £75 million fraud sued several Iranian oil companies, HSBC sued U.S. property tycoon Michael Fuchs, and Charles Russell Speechlys brought a claim against a United Arab Emirates company it once represented in an international arbitration.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated an over $600 million judgment involving the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents.

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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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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Agnifilo Intrater

Becker & Poliakoff

Birketts LLP

Blackstone Chambers

Bochner PLLC

Brick Court Chambers

Carmagnola & Ritardi

Charles Russell Speechlys

Clark Hill

Clarke Willmott

Clement & Murphy

Cohen Ziffer

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Davis Cedillo

Dechert LLP

DiCello Levitt

Duane Morris

Ellis & Winters

Eversheds Sutherland

Finnegan

Fish & Richardson

FisherBroyles

Freshfields

Gateley PLC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gordon Rees

HWG LLP

Harcus Parker

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Hugh James

Jones Day

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Leach & Walker

Lewis & Roberts PLLC

Linklaters LLP

Luse Gorman

McAngus Goudelock

Milbank LLP

Monckton Chambers

Morgan Lewis

Nelson Mullins

Northridge Law LLP

Nossaman LLP

O'Melveny & Myers

One Essex Court

Osborne Clarke

Patterson Belknap

Penningtons Manches

Polsinelli PC

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Reynolds Porter

Robinson Bradshaw

Rosen Law Firm PA

Scott&Scott

Sidley Austin

Signature Litigation LLP

Skadden Arps

Smith Gambrell

Stephenson Harwood

Steptoe LLP

Sterne Kessler

Stinson LLP

Susman Godfrey

Thompson Hine

Trowers & Hamlins

Vedder Price

Venable LLP

Vitale & Partners

Weightmans LLP

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Wright Hassall

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agenus Inc.

Alabama Policy Institute

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Aviva SA

Bank of Scotland PLC

Barclays PLC

CACI International Inc.

CJ Cheiljedang Corp.

Center for Constitutional Rights

Character.AI

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

Credit Agricole SA

Criteo SA

DISH Network Corp.

Dubai International Financial Centre

ESPN Inc.

Earthjustice

Elevate

Engie

Entain PLC

Esquire Financial Holdings Inc.

Fidelis Inc.

FuboTV Inc.

Gen Digital Inc.

Genzyme Corp.

Google LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Hamilton Lincoln

Here Media Inc.

Home Box Office Inc.

Hulu LLC

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

KPMG International

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Lloyds Bank PLC

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

MasterCard Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

Munich Re Group

Navy Federal Credit Union

Pacific Justice Institute

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Inc.

RLK Solicitors Ltd.

SVB Financial Group

SentencingStats.com Inc.

Simon & Schuster LLC

Skydance Media LLC

Sling TV LLC

Standard Chartered PLC

State Bar of Arizona

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd.

The Advocates for Human Rights

The City University of New York

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Kroger Co.

The Walt Disney Co.

Twitter Inc.

Union Bank of Nigeria PLC

Visa Europe

Visa Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

Companies House

Competition Appeal Tribunal

European Commission

European Union

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Food and Drug Administration

International Trade Commission

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

New York State Unified Court System

North Carolina General Assembly

State Administration for Market Regulation

Texas Judicial Branch

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

Washington Attorney General's Office