'The Shoe Is On The Other Foot': Judge Needles Meta In MDL

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge presiding over social media addiction multidistrict litigation Wednesday criticized Meta's bid to push newly filed arbitration demands into court, saying she doesn't have jurisdiction over those claims and noting "big companies" are always insisting on arbitration, but "when they don't like the fact that they're arbitrating, they complain about it."

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Blockbuster's TM Legacy Tested By Dispute Over Deer Feed

By Ivan Moreno

Once a titan in U.S. retail, the Blockbuster brand is embroiled in an unexpected trademark battle with a Mississippi-based animal feed company that it accuses of trying to exploit the legacy of the once-ubiquitous video rental chain.

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Pfizer, SEC Reach $29M Deal In Insider Trading Fund Dispute

By Katryna Perera

Pfizer and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have jointly asked a New York federal judge to allow $29 million out of the roughly $75.2 million distribution leftover from a $602 million insider trading deal to be paid out to a Pfizer subsidiary.

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Miami World Cup Counsel Share Look At Prep Work, Impact

By Nathan Hale

Counsel representing the FIFA World Cup's Miami Host Committee gave Law360 an inside look at their multifaceted work preparing for the upcoming event, which organizers say could have the economic impact of multiple Super Bowls.

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AGs Warn Cos. Plastic Initiatives May Break Competition Laws

By Sarah Jarvis

The attorneys general of 10 red states have warned 80 corporations that their purported involvement in organizations aiming to reduce plastic waste might run afoul of antitrust and consumer protection laws, following similar competition-focused actions targeting environmental and diversity groups at the state and federal levels.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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House OKs Ending Canada Tariffs After GOP Block Fails

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution Wednesday evening that would end President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports, a day after Republican lawmakers were unable to pass a measure blocking that kind of effort.

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Egypt's 'Social Law' Doesn't Endorse Bribery, Jury Told

By Matthew Santoni

Attorneys for a former Corsa Coal executive on trial for allegedly passing bribes sought to undermine an expert witness's opinions that bribery was illegal in Egypt, confronting him with law review articles he'd written that said corruption was commonly accepted and had become the "social law."

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MrBeast, Ex-IT Worker Near Deal In Trade Secret Theft Dispute

By Gina Kim

YouTube star MrBeast's media company has told a North Carolina federal judge it has reached a settlement in principle to resolve its lawsuit accusing a former IT contractor of downloading thousands of confidential company documents ahead of his firing and leaving behind hidden cameras throughout the company's offices.

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Del. Justices Grapple Over Truth Social Share Math

By Jeff Montgomery

An attorney for the firm that helped launch Donald Trump's social media company told Delaware's justices Wednesday that a vice chancellor erred in requiring the venture to "prove a negative" in calculations of investor stakes in the run-up to the venture's special purpose acquisition company transaction.

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Beasley Allen Wants Talc DQ Paused Pending High Court Appeal

By Jonathan Capriel

Hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder risk appearing in an upcoming trial without their preferred counsel from the Beasley Allen Law Firm, unless a New Jersey state court stays an order disqualifying the firm, it said.

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Chancery Rejects Coinbase Litigation Committee Sealing Bid

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court partially rejected an effort by cryptocurrency company Coinbase Global Inc.'s special litigation committee to keep large swaths of the record sealed in an insider trading derivative suit, emphasizing the public's strong right of access to judicial proceedings.

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Pegasystems Settles Mass. Shareholder Actions For $7M

By Julie Manganis

Pegasystems has agreed to pay $7 million to settle three shareholder derivative suits in Massachusetts state and federal courts alleging the software company's top officials sat on details of a 2020 trade secrets suit that led to a now-overturned $2 billion verdict.

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CoStar Pay Plan Frustrates Proxy Fight, Del. Suit Claims

By Nate Beck

A group of shareholders has hit CoStar Group with a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court alleging the company's board last month approved a severance payment plan to deter activist investors DE Shaw and Third Point from launching a proxy contest over criticism of its Homes.com and Apartments.com performance.

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ZTE Escapes Samsung's Patent Licensing Case For Now

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court has found that ZTE lacks sufficient connections to the U.S. for the court to have jurisdiction over claims from Samsung that the China-based technology company refuses to license its standard essential patents on fair terms.

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Latham Adds Kirkland, Winston & Strawn Litigators In Texas

By Lynn LaRowe

Latham & Watkins LLP has strengthened its complex commercial litigation practice with two new partners in the Lone Star State, one arriving from Winston & Strawn LLP and the other coming aboard from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Norton Rose Investment Funds Pro

By Kevin Penton

Paul Hastings LLP has added an investment funds specialist who previously worked with Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its Chicago office, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Tips From Del. Decision Nixing Major Earnout Damages Award

The Delaware Supreme Court recently vacated in part the largest earnout-related damages award in Delaware history, making clear that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing cannot be used to rescue parties from drafting choices where the relevant regulatory risk was foreseeable at signing, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

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Open Questions After Defense Contractor Executive Order

The scope and long-term effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order on the U.S. defense industrial base are uncertain, but the immediate impact is significant as it appears to direct the U.S. Department of Defense to take a more active role in contractor affairs, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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What Artists Can Learn From Latest AI Music Licensing Deals

Recent partnerships between music labels and artificial intelligence companies raise a number of key questions for artists, rightsholders and other industry players about IP, revenue-sharing, and rights and obligations, say attorneys at Manatt.

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Legal Services Hiring Started New Year Off With A Bang

By Tracey Read

The legal sector is off to a good start in 2026, with 5,500 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in December, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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'Unflappable' Mass. Judge Emerges As Trump Foil

By Chris Villani

The newest member of the Massachusetts federal bench has made a name for himself as a thorn in the side of the Trump administration, a perception that stands in stark contrast to what friends and former colleagues describe as an unassuming and open-minded judge.

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'It Takes Time To Write': Jackson On High Court's Tariff Ruling

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has provided an unusual update on the court's decision over President Donald Trump's authority to impose emergency tariffs, saying in a TV interview that the justices are still working on what is one of their most anticipated rulings this term. 

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Not 'Your Dad's DOJ': Recapping Year One Under Bondi

By Phillip Bantz and Carolina Bolado

Even before her contentious congressional testimony on Wednesday, few U.S. attorneys general had been embroiled in so many controversies so early into their tenures as Pam Bondi, who critics and supporters alike say embodies a new era at the Justice Department.

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Bondi Touches On Judges, Fraud, Subpoenas At Fiery Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Attorney General Pam Bondi opened her congressional testimony on Wednesday taking aim at "liberal activist judges," but the rest of the hearing was devoid of any discussion or questions on the Trump administration's combative relationship with a large portion of the federal bench.

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Goldstein Says He Lost Millions On Poker In 2016

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein told the Maryland federal jury in his tax fraud trial Wednesday that he lost nearly $3 million playing poker in 2016, directly contradicting charges that he underreported his gambling winnings, and pinned the blame for tax filing errors on his own miscalculations and shoddy work from his accountants.

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SC High Court Probes Clerk's Misconduct In Murdaugh Appeal

By Parker Quinlan

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday closely inspected Alex Murdaugh's appeal claiming the jury in his high-profile double-murder trial was biased because of comments made by a clerk of court, voicing questions and statements favorable to the disgraced lawyer's arguments.

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Md. Federal Judge Owns Up To Creating 'Abusive' Workplace

By Jack Karp

A Maryland federal judge has acknowledged creating an "abusive workplace" where clerks were chastised for minor errors, discouraged from asking questions and harshly criticized, according to a Fourth Circuit disciplinary order.

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Remote LSAT Testing To Largely End Amid Cheating Concerns

By Emily Johnson

Law school hopefuls will mostly need to sit for the Law School Admission Test — better known as the LSAT — in person starting in August rather than test remotely, a change designed to strengthen security after the exam provider ended remote testing in China over cheating concerns.

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Ford Slams Lemon Law Attys' Bid To Escape Billing Fraud Suit

By Lauren Berg

Ford Motor Co. urged a California federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit accusing three Knight Law Group LLP-affiliated attorneys of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, scoffing at the attorneys' argument that they are immunized from liability related to lemon law litigation they have pursued.

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Calif. Atty Wins $25K Fee Sanction Over AI Errors

By Emily Sawicki

A California federal court has ordered $25,000 in fee sanctions for a litigator representing a mobile app platform in a copyright and contract suit as reimbursement for work he said went into responding to an error-ridden motion and further resulting motion practice.

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Trio Leading NJ District Office Face New Disqualification Bid

By Elizabeth Daley

A criminal defendant who successfully challenged the appointment of Donald Trump's former personal attorney Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor joined other defendants in seeking to disqualify the trio now helming the office.

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Morgan & Morgan, Former Aide Settle Disability, Age Bias Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA and a former firm legal assistant have settled a Florida federal lawsuit that alleged age and disability discrimination, according to a filing in the court.

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NYC Bar Pushes Gov. To Free Legal Aid Funds In Budget

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Bar Association urged Gov. Kathy Hochul in a statement Wednesday to ensure the 2027 executive budget gives the New York State Interest on Lawyer Account Fund access to its revenue for civil legal services, noting the current proposed budget did not grant full spending authority.

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