Agri Stats Inc. has agreed to stop producing benchmarking reports for protein processors — or change how it puts them together — as part of proposed settlements ending three cases alleging price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, according to motions for preliminary approval filed Tuesday.
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Agri Stats Antitrust Deal Includes End To Benchmark Reports

By Hailey Konnath

Agri Stats Inc. has agreed to stop producing benchmarking reports for protein processors — or change how it puts them together — as part of proposed settlements ending three cases alleging price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, according to motions for preliminary approval filed Tuesday.

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DC Circ. Clears Maritime Commission's Refusal-To-Deal Rule

By Bryan Koenig

A D.C. Circuit panel sided Tuesday with the Federal Maritime Commission as it defended a regulation governing how it will consider whether an ocean shipping company unreasonably refused to deal with would-be shippers, rejecting a trade group challenge and concluding the agency rightly baked rate analysis into its considerations.

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9th Circ. Won't Rethink Apple App Store Injunction

By Dorothy Atkins

The Ninth Circuit on Monday refused Apple's bid to reconsider part of a panel decision in Epic Games Inc.'s favor that largely affirmed an injunction blocking Apple from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its payment systems, declining to clarify what fees Apple can charge.

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Luxury Hotels, Amadeus Escape Info Exchange Case

By Matthew Perlman

An Illinois federal court Tuesday tossed a proposed class action from guests accusing luxury hotel chains of using software provided by Amadeus IT Group to exchange future occupancy information, finding that exchanging information on its own does not violate antitrust law.

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Students Can Become Aid Fixing Class, With New Lead Attys

By Lauraann Wood

Students pursuing financial aid fixing claims against Cornell University and several other elite schools can proceed as a class if they tap different lead counsel, since misrepresentations regarding one firm's purportedly contingent casework caused a significant trust impairment, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.

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FTC Backs Florida's Move To Kill ABA's Accreditation Monopoly

By Hailey Konnath

The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it supports the Florida Supreme Court's recent decision to end the American Bar Association's longstanding accreditation monopoly, agreeing with the finding that it is "not in Floridians' best interest for the ABA to be the sole gatekeeper" in deciding who sits for the bar exam.

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MERGER REVIEW

Cruz, Dems Rip FCC's Staff-Level OK Of $6.2B Nexstar Deal

By Christopher Cole

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined Senate Democrats to attack the Federal Communications Commission's decision to approve the planned $6.2 billion tie-up of broadcast chains Nexstar and Tegna at the staff level without a vote by the regulatory body.

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INTERNATIONAL

Microsoft Facing UK Biz Software Probe After Cloud Fixes

By Matthew Perlman

Emboldened by changes Microsoft and Amazon agreed to make changes to their cloud services, Britain's competition enforcer on Tuesday said it has now launched an investigation into Microsoft's business software over concerns about its licensing practices and the integration of artificial intelligence.

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LITIGATION

Anesthesia Parent Can't Duck Antitrust Suit, But Affiliate Can

By Bryan Koenig

The parent company of U.S. Anesthesia Partners Inc. remains in the crosshairs of a private antitrust suit accusing it of trying to monopolize Texas anesthesia services, while a federal judge dismissed for now claims against an affiliate that he said was too far removed from the alleged rollup strategy.

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Big Insurers Must Face 'Repricing' Antitrust Claims

By Chris Villani

Major insurance companies including Aetna, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth must face claims they conspired to reduce reimbursements to healthcare providers, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Monday, finding that the doctors' allegations could constitute antitrust violations.

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Ex-FirstEnergy Execs' Bribe Trial Ends After Jury Hits Impasse

By Cara Salvatore

An Ohio judge on Tuesday dismissed a jury weighing charges that two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives bribed a utility regulator to help secure a controversial $1.3 billion bailout for two of the company's nuclear plants, after the jury reported an impasse following more than a week of deliberations.

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Lack Of Harm Dooms Ex-Estate Firm Partner's Bid For Notices

By Abigail Harrison

The founding partner of a trusts and estates law firm lost his bid to have the North Carolina Business Court order the firm to notify thousands of clients of his departure and hand over their contact information, with the judge ruling the lawyer failed to show he suffered irreparable harm.

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PEOPLE

Linklaters Promotes 37 Lawyers In Uptick From 2025

By Marialuisa Taddia

Linklaters LLP said on Tuesday that it has promoted 37 lawyers to its partnership across its global platform, with just over a third based in London.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

OhioHealth Suit Signals Higher Antitrust Heat On Hospitals

The recent antitrust lawsuit against OhioHealth by the U.S. Justice Department and Ohio attorney general shows that federal and state enforcers are closely examining the competition issues in the healthcare sector, including restrictive contracts and antisteering practices, say attorneys at Freshfields.

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PRACTICAL GUIDANCE

Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs

Junior associates can better develop the legal, business and interpersonal skills they need for long-term success by approaching their firms’ learning and development programs armed with five tips for getting the most out of these resources, says Lauren Hakala at Reed Smith.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Feature

Rats, Vapes And Vodka: Strange But True Cases For April Fool's

By Emily Field

A dead rodent in a burrito bowl delivery, a mix-up with vodka seltzer in the wrong cans and the Toys R Us brand taking on a Connecticut vape shop are among Law360's list of strange cases suitable for April Fool's Day.

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Analysis

'Best Judicial System In The World': Alsup Reflects On Career

By Bonnie Eslinger

Before taking inactive status late last year, U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup presided over historic litigation in California's Northern District for 26 years, arriving at his San Francisco chambers every weekday before dawn to prepare for the day's work.

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NC Attys Oppose DOJ Interference In State Ethics Complaints

By Hayley Fowler

A group of North Carolina lawyers is opposing the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed rule allowing the attorney general to review state-level ethics complaints against the department's attorneys, saying such a change would undercut the Tar Heel State's ability to regulate government lawyers.

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Blumenthal Presses DHS Chief To Scrap ICE Warrant Memo

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, is looking for assurances from the newly installed secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, that he will honor his apparent pledge to rescind a policy that allows immigration agents to enter private property without a judicial warrant.

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Habba, Ex-Firm Get Defense Redo In Suit Over Divorce Advice

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey appeals court gave former acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba another chance to pursue an anti-abusive litigation motion against an attorney suing her for malicious prosecution on Tuesday.

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7th Circ. Scolds Ex-Judge For Citing Fake Cases In Brief

By Celeste Bott

A Seventh Circuit panel admonished an attorney and former chief federal immigration judge for submitting a brief citing two nonexistent cases and a false quotation, saying while such errors can be "tell-tale signs" of AI hallucinations, her denial she used AI is "plausible" and the court won't consider further sanctions.

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'Construction Has To Stop!': Judge Blocks Trump's Ballroom

By Dorothy Atkins

A Washington, D.C., federal judge Tuesday granted a historical preservation nonprofit's request for a preliminary injunction halting President Donald Trump's plans to turn the White House's East Wing into an "enormous" 89,000-square-foot ballroom, saying "unless and until Congress blesses this project through statutory authorization, construction has to stop!"

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Beasley Allen Seeks Stay Of DQ In Federal J&J Talc MDL

By Jake Maher

The Beasley Allen Law Firm asked a New Jersey federal court on Monday to hold off on disqualifying it from talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson while it appeals the disqualification order which it called "unprecedented and incorrect."

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Senate Dems Probe Musk's Alleged Role In CTA Retreat

By Sarah Jarvis

Three Democratic senators have asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide information on Elon Musk's possible involvement in the rollback of the Corporate Transparency Act, saying the department's moves allow entities tied to the billionaire to operate in obscurity.

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Analysis

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Unilever, Afroman, Musk

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights a new suit against Unilever by an ousted member of a Ben & Jerry's board, as well as Afroman's defeat of a case by Ohio police officers after a raid of the comedic rapper's home.

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FBI Fired Agents Over Trump 2020 Election Inquiry, Suit Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

Former FBI agents who say they were illegally fired for working on the investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss filed a proposed class action in D.C. federal court Tuesday accusing the government of unconstitutional "political retribution."

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Brief

Moye White, Ex-Landlord Settle $4M Denver Lease Dispute

By Zach Dupont

Days before the start of a bench trial between a Denver landlord and defunct law firm Moye White LLP in state court, the two parties reached a settlement, ending the litigation where the landlord accused the firm of owing almost $4 million.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Actuate Law

Ashcraft & Gerel

Baker & Hostetler

Barnes & Thornburg

Beasley Allen

Beck Redden

Berger Montague

Brady Cobin

Cera LLP

Cheshire Parker

Cleary Gottlieb

Cohen Milstein

Cohen Placitella

Cotchett Pitre

Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

Davis Graham

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Eimer Stahl

Emery Celli

Faegre Drinker

Flynn Legal Group

Foley Hoag

Freedman Normand

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Gilbert Litigators

Goldman Ismail

Gustafson Gluek

Hagens Berman

Hartley LLP

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Husch Blackwell

Jenner & Block

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Korein Tillery

Kriezelman Burton

Latham & Watkins

Lieff Cabraser

Linklaters LLP

Lockridge Grindal

Lowey Dannenberg

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

McNees Wallace

Michael Best & Friedrich

Miller Shakman

Morrison & Foerster

Noble Law Firm

O'Melveny & Myers

Oak City Law

Patterson Harkavy

Paul LLP

Paul Weiss

Peters Brovner

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Robins Kaplan

Ropes & Gray

Sandelands Eyet

Scott&Scott

Sidley Austin

Sills Cummis

Skadden Arps

Troutman

Tucker Ellis

Vinson & Elkins

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

Zimmerman Reed

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Accor SA

Aetna Inc.

Agri Stats Inc.

Akron Beacon Journal

Amadeus IT Group SA

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Anthropic PBC

Apple Inc.

Atrium Health

Audacy Inc.

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

Black Rifle Coffee Company LLC

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Inc.

British Broadcasting Corp.

California Institute of Technology

Carolinas HealthCare System

Cornell University

DoorDash Inc.

Elevance Health Inc.

Epic Games Inc.

Federal Bar Association

FirstEnergy Corp.

Foster Farms

Google LLC

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Humana Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Loews Hotels & Co.

Marriott International Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Microsoft Corp.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

New York University

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

North Carolina State Bar

OhioHealth Corp.

Omnicare Inc.

RELX PLC

Ritz-Carlton Company LLC

Sam's Club

Standard General LP

Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Sutter Health

Tegna Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Cigna Group

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Toys R Us Inc.

Tractor Supply Co.

Triumph Foods LLC

Twitter Inc.

Tyson Foods Inc.

U.S. Anesthesia Partners

Unilever PLC

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe

YouTube Inc.

Zelis Healthcare LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Competition and Markets Authority

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

National Capital Planning Commission

National Park Service

Ohio Attorney General's Office

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio