Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned For Ad Case 'Misrepresentations'

By Jack Karp

A California federal judge imposed almost $3 million in sanctions on Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for what he called the firm's "deliberate misrepresentations" concerning an expert witness in a false advertising suit between medical testing company Guardant Health and rival Natera.

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Tesla Faces Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash In Florida

By Carolina Bolado

The first third-party wrongful death case involving Tesla's autopilot system is headed to trial Monday in Miami federal court, where jurors will determine whether the autopilot was at fault for the death of a pedestrian in a Florida Keys crash.

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7th Circ. Tosses Korean Samsung Arm From Vape Battery Suit

By Mike Curley

The Seventh Circuit won't revive a minor's claims against South Korea-based Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. over his injuries from an exploding vape battery, saying there's too much of a "disconnect" between the company's marketing of batteries for use in battery packs and finished products and the sale of an individual battery like the one in this case.

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Analysis

Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling

By Katie Buehler

In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts. 

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Analysis

DOJ Poised To Pounce On Data Security Violators

By Phillip Bantz

Companies and individuals that are not yet in compliance with the U.S. Department of Justice's sweeping, complex new national data security program should expect to face probes and potentially enforcement actions sooner than later, experts say.

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Suppressing Rival Views Can Break Antitrust Laws, DOJ Says

By Bryan Koenig

The anti-vaccine group once tied to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got a boost Friday in its D.C. federal court suit alleging that the Associated Press, The Washington Post, Reuters and the BBC colluded with social media platforms to censor rivals, drawing a Justice Department brief assailing news organization assertions that viewpoint competition can't be illegally suppressed.

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Dow, Others Can't Duck NY Water District's Contamination Suit

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Dow and two other companies must face a New York state water district's claims that they contaminated drinking water supply wells with a highly toxic chemical, a federal judge has said.

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FCC Approves T-Mobile's $4.4B UScellular Deal

By Christopher Cole

Federal Communications Commission staff late Friday approved the license transfers needed for T-Mobile to complete its $4.4 billion acquisition of UScellular wireless operations.

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Meta Asks 9th Circ. To Bar Zuckerberg Depo In Privacy Suit

By Lauren Berg

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is turning to the Ninth Circuit to free him from having to give a limited deposition in privacy litigation over a Facebook tool's alleged collection of patient health information, arguing that district courts are "deeply divided" on how to decide whether to allow executive depositions.

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Conservative Groups Bash Idea Of Next-Gen TV Mandate

By Christopher Cole

The growing battle over potential federal rules to move the U.S. toward next-generation TV continued this week as several right-leaning groups came out swinging against government mandates forcing the switchover.

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FCC Cuts 'Utility-Style' Internet Regs After Net Neutrality's Fall

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday slashed 41 "utility-style" regulations on broadband service and network interconnection, following a Sixth Circuit ruling in January that sank Biden-era net neutrality rules.

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Grayscale Tells SEC 'End-Run' Shouldn't Delay Crypto ETP

By Bonnie Eslinger

Digital asset management firm Grayscale Investments LLC has challenged a decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to hold back the launch of its multi-crypto exchange-traded fund, arguing in a letter to the agency that the stay violates the Exchange Act's rules on approval timelines.

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Cannabis Industry Group Praises Hemp Ban In Spending Bill

By Sam Reisman

A cannabis industry trade group has applauded a U.S. Senate committee's adoption of language in a federal appropriations bill that would ban consumable hemp-derived products with THC, while hemp industry stakeholders are seeking to use a one-year delay to amend a policy they say would kill the market.

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Census Didn't Change Rural Carrier Definition, FCC Says

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission hasn't changed its definition of a "rural competitive local exchange carrier," the agency assured companies after the U.S. Census Bureau's shift in terminology for urban areas threw the definition into doubt.

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FTC Looks To Extend Pause Of Noncompete Rule Appeal

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission has asked the Fifth Circuit to keep an appeal over the commission's blocked noncompete rule on hold for another 60 days as the agency continues to mull whether it actually wants to defend the rule.

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Transportation Policies To Watch In 2025: A Midyear Report

By Linda Chiem

Sweeping new tariffs, revised vehicle emission and fuel-economy standards, and aviation safety reforms are some of the transportation industry's top regulatory priorities to watch in the second half of 2025.

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SEC Fines Adviser $1.75M For Hiding Conflicts Of Interest

By Sarah Jarvis

American Portfolios Advisors Inc. on Friday agreed to pay a $1.75 million fine to end allegations from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the investment adviser failed to properly disclose conflicts of interest with an affiliated broker-dealer.

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SEC Quietly Drops First-Ever Liquidity Rule Suit

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday agreed to dismiss its first-ever case accusing an investment adviser of violating a rule that limits the amount of illiquid investments a mutual fund can hold.

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6th Circ. Tosses Arbitration Denial In FCA Minivan Fire MDL

By Jonathan Capriel

A Michigan federal judge flubbed it when he denied Fiat Chrysler's bid to push into arbitration some of the plug-in hybrid minivan drivers who claim in multidistrict litigation that their vehicles could spontaneously explode, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the judge tipped the scales against the automaker by raising arguments the drivers hadn't mentioned.

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Florida Insurer Sued For Alleged Bias In Arbitration Process

By David Minsky

A 92-year-old Miami resident has brought a petition against one of Florida's largest property insurers over redirecting disputes away from courts and into state arbitration hearings, described as forums with biased administrative law judges who shield the company from legal liability. 

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Google Won't Have To Turn Over EU Ad Tech Settlement Docs

By Matthew Perlman

A Virginia federal judge refused a request from the U.S. Department of Justice Friday to force Google to hand over submissions it made to European enforcers when trying to settle their investigation as the sides ready for a remedies trial in the ad tech monopolization case.

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US Arm Of Dolce & Gabbana Freed From NFT Outfit Suit

By Sydney Price

The U.S. division of Italian luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana was dismissed on Friday from a proposed investor class action accusing it of abandoning a nonfungible tokens project while retaining more than $25 million of funds, with the court agreeing that it is not liable for the actions of the larger company.

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Mich. Gun Store Seeks Escape From School Shooting Suit

By Carolyn Muyskens

A gun dealer has asked a Michigan state appellate court to dismiss a lawsuit over the sale of a gun used in a deadly school shooting, arguing it can't be held responsible for the buyer giving the gun to his son.

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Capgemini Asks Judge To Toss MoneyGram Data Breach Suit

By Spencer Brewer

Capgemini America Inc. has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a suit from MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc. blaming the IT company for a sweeping data breach, saying it never had access to the data that cybercriminals absconded with in September 2024.

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Analysis

The Biggest TM Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report

By Ivan Moreno

Justices overturned a trademark award of more than $40 million in a long-running case in which lower courts put a company's affiliates on the hook for the amount, and a pair of precedential decisions from the Federal Circuit provided guidance on whether colors can be protected trade dress. Here is Law360's list of the biggest trademark decisions so far this year.

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NCAA's $2.8B NIL Deal Nets Athletes' Firms Over $455M In Fees

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge Friday approved approximately $455 million in attorney fees for class counsel in the NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement that, for the first time, will provide for revenue sharing with college athletes, with additional fees set to roll in annually for 10 years.

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How McKesson Ruling Will Inform Interpretations Of The TCPA

Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, we can expect to see both plaintiffs and defendants utilizing the decision to revisit the Federal Communications Commission's past Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretations and decisions they did not like, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.

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How To Strengthen A Case By Mastering Expert Witness Prep

A well-prepared expert witness can bolster a case's credibility with persuasive qualifications, compelling voir dire responses and concise testimony that can withstand cross-examination, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

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Firing Of DOJ Ethics Chief Draws Watchdog Groups' Concerns

By Jack Karp

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the attorney responsible for advising the U.S. Department of Justice's top officials on matters of ethics, according to a Monday social media post by that ethics lawyer.

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WilmerHale DQed From Representing Verizon In Patent Row

By Adam Lidgett

A federal magistrate judge in Texas has disqualified WilmerHale from representing Verizon on the eve of a trial over allegations that the telecommunications company infringed wireless communications patents owned by Headwater Research.

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Girardi Keese CFO Gets 5 Concurrent Years For Aiding Theft

By Lauraann Wood

Girardi Keese's former accounting head should serve more than five years alongside the 10 he's already logging for his role in helping Tom Girardi steal millions from plane crash clients who'd settled their cases in Chicago, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

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UAE Prisoner Voluntarily Drops Suit Against Ex-Dechert GC

By Emily Sawicki

A Jordanian lawyer imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates has permanently dropped a Philadelphia civil suit seeking discovery against Dechert LLP's former general counsel in the U.S. over what the law firm's leadership knew of alleged human rights abuses committed by a former partner.

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6th Circ. Judge Is 1st Sen. Confirmation Of Trump's 2nd Term

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 46-42 on Monday evening to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer, director of the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General's Strategic Litigation Unit, to the Sixth Circuit, making her the first judicial confirmation of the second Trump administration.

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Audio

San Francisco DA: 'Tough On Crime' Can Also Be Thoughtful

By Brandon Lowrey

In 2022, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins took charge of an office in turmoil after leading a successful recall effort against her predecessor, whom she criticized as too soft on crime. Now, Jenkins is under harsh public scrutiny as she works to shift the office's priorities. In this audio interview with the new Criminal Practice Law360, she discusses some of the challenges — and opportunities — of one of the highest-profile and most politicized prosecutors' offices in the nation.

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NY Court Declines To Make Trump US Atty Permanent

By Andrea Keckley

The Northern District of New York said on Monday that it has declined to appoint interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III to the permanent seat ahead of his short-term tenure's expiration, despite his previous comments to the contrary to local media.

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Fla. Landlord Accuses Akerman Of Botching Lease Language

By Emily Sawicki

Real estate investor Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund LP on Monday accused its former Akerman LLP counsel in a south Florida state court of having committed a $45 million "mistake" by approving unenforceable clauses in leases on properties the investor owned.

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Supreme Court Clears Way For Education Dept. Layoffs

By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, allowing the Trump administration to move forward with firing nearly 1,400 employees.

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CFTC Must Pay $3M Atty Fees As Sanctions In Forex Case

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey federal judge ordered the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday to pay back over $3.1 million in attorney fees to a foreign exchange company after dismissing the regulator's case for bad-faith sanctionable behavior.

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Former Del. GOP Leader Sworn In As US Atty

By Lynn LaRowe

The former head of the Delaware Republican Party was sworn in Monday as the top federal prosecutor in the First State, according to the agency's website and a social media post from the attorney.

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