EEOC Warns Employers Not To Favor Workers On H-1B Visas

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a document flagging legal risks for businesses that give preferences to foreign workers over Americans, saying job ads including phrases like "H-1B preferred" could violate federal anti-discrimination law.

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Deal To End Twitter Ex-Workers' $500M Severance Suit Falters

By Kellie Mejdrich

A tentative deal to end a proposed class action against X Corp. and Elon Musk alleging Twitter Inc. ex-workers are owed some $500 million in severance has hit a stumbling block, with attorneys representing individual ex-employees disputing how to proceed in federal court in dueling briefs.

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SEC Walks Away From SolarWinds Data Breach Case

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it was voluntarily dismissing a lawsuit accusing software developer SolarWinds Corp. and its chief information security officer of failing to warn investors about lax cybersecurity standards prior to suffering a massive data breach.

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Meta Will Pay $190M, Change Policies To End $8B Privacy Suit

By Hailey Konnath

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $190 million, as well as enhance its whistleblower program and implement a new code of conduct and insider trading policy, as part of a proposed settlement in an $8 billion privacy suit tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to several new filings Thursday.

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Conn. Agency GC Tried To 'Mislead The Court,' Judge Says

By Michele Gorman

A Connecticut judge said Wednesday that he notified ethics officials after finding the general counsel of the state's utilities authority tried to mislead the court and opposing counsel over deleted text messages in a rate dispute with a pair of natural gas suppliers.

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Ex-Flooring Co. CEO Sues Over $0 Stock Repurchase

By Jarek Rutz

The former CEO of a Pennsylvania-based flooring company has filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing two acquiring companies of weaponizing a cause termination to justify repurchasing his equity for zero dollars after he pursued an outside career opportunity.

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The 2025 Law360 Pulse Compensation Report

Law360 Pulse's 2025 Compensation Report takes a data-driven look at pay in the legal industry, detailing what lawyers at firms and corporate legal departments across the United States brought home last year and how they view their compensation. 

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NLRB Seeks To Stop Calif. Agency From Acting When It Can't

By Craig Clough

The National Labor Relations Board has asked a California federal judge to block a new state law allowing the state's labor board to perform NLRB functions when the federal agency lacks a quorum, saying the NLRB will be irreparably harmed if the law is allowed to take effect in 2026.

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Ex-SDNY Chief Rejects Claim Of Broken FTX Plea Promise

By Pete Brush

Former interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon told a federal judge Thursday that she never promised crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond any kind of no-prosecute deal as the government negotiated a guilty plea with Bond's husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame.

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Bank Says Ex-Compliance Chief's Suit Belongs In Fla., Not NJ

By Sydney Price

First National Bank of Pasco has urged a New Jersey federal judge to either toss a lawsuit its former chief compliance officer brought alleging he was fired without just cause or transfer it out of the state, arguing that any misconduct in question, if they occurred, were described to have taken place in Florida.

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Chancery Says $33M Nikola Deal 'More Than Fair'

By Jarek Rutz

Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick granted final approval Thursday to a pair of settlements totaling more than $33 million, including more than $1.8 million in fees and expenses, resolving years of shareholder litigation tied to Nikola Corp.'s fraud-shadowed SPAC merger.

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Musk Lied About Tesla To Fund Twitter Buy, 9th Circ. Told

By Bonnie Eslinger

Tesla shareholders urged the Ninth Circuit Thursday to revive their allegations that Elon Musk lied about the capabilities and safety record of Tesla's self-driving technology, saying the district court erred in finding no evidence of fraudulent intent since the billionaire clearly needed to boost Tesla's share price to buy Twitter.

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Starbucks Can't Dump Investors' 'Triple Shot' Strategy Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Starbucks and its former CEO can't shed investor class action claims that the company harmed shareholders by concealing its struggles to implement a "reinvention plan," which came to light when the company disclosed that its sales were being harmed by longer waits for customized drinks in its U.S. stores and by fierce competition in China.

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Target Investors' Pride Month Merch Suit Shipped To Minn.

By Emilie Ruscoe

A consolidated set of shareholder class actions against Target Corp. over its 2023 Pride Month marketing campaign has been relocated from Florida to Minnesota, where the company is headquartered.

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Dell Says Atty's Pregnancy Bias Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Grace Elletson

A former in-house attorney for Dell can't pursue a lawsuit alleging that the company fired her because she chose to work remotely to accommodate her high-risk pregnancy, the technology company told a Massachusetts federal judge, arguing she is bound by an arbitration agreement.

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BoFA Exec's Widow Sues Employer Plan, MetLife For Benefits

By Gianna Ferrarin

The widow of a former Bank of America executive brought a suit alleging the bank and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. wrongly denied her claim for life insurance benefits after her husband's death.

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Chancery Nixes Toss Of West Coast Diner Failure Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

Three fiduciaries of a now-shuttered Pacific states restaurant chain and its affiliates must face a claim in Delaware that they breached or aided breaches of fiduciary duties to the venture's Oregon-based affiliate, brought by an investor that pumped $18 million into the business, a vice chancellor ruled on Wednesday.

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UiPath Execs Want Derivative Suit Axed Over Board Demand

By Katryna Perera

The top brass of UiPath have hit back against a derivative suit in Delaware Chancery Court, arguing the plaintiff shareholder did not make a presuit demand on the company's board and that the complaint merely copies claims from a separate federal class action that was dismissed.

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Cybersecurity Co. Axonius Names 1st GC From Azra Games

By Christine DeRosa

Cybersecurity company Axonius Inc. has found its first general counsel in a veteran legal leader who has worked at software and technology companies including Azra Games and Iterable as it prepares for an initial public offering.

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Rule Amendments Pave Path For A Privilege Claim 'Offensive'

Litigators should consider leveraging forthcoming amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which will require early negotiations of privilege-related discovery claims, by taking an offensive posture toward privilege logs at the outset of discovery, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law.

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Series

My Miniature Livestock Farm Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Raising miniature livestock on my farm, where I am fully present with the animals, is an almost meditative time that allows me to return to work invigorated, ready to juggle numerous responsibilities and motivated to tackle hard issues in new ways, says Ted Kobus at BakerHostetler.

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Bonus Spotlight

Law Firms Begin Upping The Ante For Associate Bonuses

By Tracey Read

Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP is exceeding the year-end associate bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, announcing bonuses late Wednesday that are 150% of market.

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CFPB Will Shift Remaining Lawsuits Over To DOJ

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be handing off its enforcement lawsuits and other litigation to the U.S. Department of Justice as the Trump administration prepares for the consumer agency to run out of money, Law360 has learned.

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Analysis

Trump's Epstein Directive Puts SDNY Prosecutor In A 'Pickle'

By Phillip Bantz

Manhattan chief federal prosecutor Jay Clayton appears to have been backed into a "horrible" corner with a "no-win" outcome as a result of a directive from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, experts say.

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Comey Says DOJ's Conduct 'Shocks The Conscience'

By Hailey Konnath

James Comey on Thursday reiterated his request that the U.S. Department of Justice be forced to disclose all grand jury materials related to his indictment, noting the government has conceded that the grand jury never saw the operative indictment and saying the purported misconduct "shocks the conscience."

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NJ Panel Expands Scope Of Ex-Reed Smith Atty's Bias Claims

By Rose Krebs

A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney is entitled to pursue more damages and obtain expanded wage data in her gender discrimination suit against the firm, saying a trial court incorrectly applied certain statutes when it limited the damages and data she could seek.

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X Corp. Ends $90M Fee Suit Against Wachtell

By James Mills

X Corp. has ended its California state lawsuit against Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz over $90 million in legal fees tied to the fight over Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, according to a court filing.

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Analysis

Meta Loss Shows Time Not On Enforcers' Side In Tech Cases

By Bryan Koenig

Meta's triumph over a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case Tuesday hinged on a D.C. federal judge's finding that the company lacks a monopoly in the present day, highlighting some of the challenges of using slow-moving litigation to challenge fast-moving markets.

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Senate Panel OKs Miss. Judge, US Atty Nominees After Delay

By Courtney Bublé

After weeks of holdup, nominees for Mississippi federal courts and U.S. attorneys were voted out of committee on Thursday, following an impasse between Republican senators.

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Brief

Senate Passes Bill To Protect State Judges From Threats

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to beef up security for state and local judges.

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DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Agriculture A 'Top Priority'

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official said enforcers have already opened several investigations in the agriculture sector, including into meatpackers at the direction of President Donald Trump, and called the industry a "top priority" for the agency.

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