Higher Pay Easing Atty Vacancy 'Crisis' At Delaware DOJ

By Rose Krebs

A more competitive salary "matrix" for its attorneys is helping Delaware's Department of Justice address its vacancy "crisis" as the department is now better able to attract and retain attorneys, Attorney General Kathy Jennings told legislators this week.

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Rein Tech Prez Again Sanctioned For Patent Order Violations

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal judge on Thursday permanently barred a patent attorney from participating in water meter patent prosecutions and barred his company from asserting water meter patent claims against a rival it claims infringed them, saying "serious" sanctions were warranted for a repeat violation of a protective order.

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Astellas Gets $120M From Zydus In Bladder Drug Deal

By Adam Lidgett

Generic-drug maker Zydus Pharmaceuticals has inked a $120 million deal to end a lawsuit accusing it of infringing Astellas Pharma Inc. patents covering bladder drug Myrbetriq, just two days after Lupin Pharmaceuticals made a similar deal.

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Chancery Mulls Contempt For Co. Refusing Legal Fee Demand

By Jeff Montgomery

A request for a Court of Chancery contempt sanctioning of "smart" glass-maker View Inc. for failure to pay millions in legal fee advancements sought by its former chief financial officer went to a Delaware Magistrate in Chancery for a ruling Thursday, with decisions affecting the cost pending in multiple courts.

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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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DC Judge Won't Bow To DOJ, Public Criticism On TPS Ruling

By Tom Lotshaw

A D.C. federal judge who said she has been receiving threats and personal insults after she temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitians refused to pause her ruling, saying judges will not be intimidated by public threats.

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Brief

Trump Admin EV Funding Cuts Suits Merged In Wash. Court

By Jonathan Capriel

A Washington federal judge has consolidated two lawsuits seeking to stop the Trump administration from preventing nearly $2.5 billion in congressionally appropriated funds from going to electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs.

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Investment Co. Sues In Del. Over $3.5M Manhattan Condo Deal

By Jarek Rutz

A New York investment firm has sued the developers of a luxury Manhattan condominium tower in the Delaware Chancery Court, seeking either title to a unit in the building or more than $3.5 million in principal and returns that the investor says it is owed under a pair of agreements.

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E-Commerce Co. Opensend Sued For Docs On Insider Moves

By Jeff Montgomery

A stockholder and director of e-commerce support venture Opensend Inc. has sued the business for books and records in Delaware's Court of Chancery, citing concerns about alleged subverting of financial controls, hiring of the company CEO's wife and business dealings with the CEO's brother.

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Flight Simulator Co. Files Ch. 11 Amid Industry Challenges

By Rick Archer

Florida-based flight simulator company Avenger Flight Group has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court, saying airline industry headwinds have left it seeking a sale to deal with more than $273 million in debt.

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Challenge To 3D-Printed Gun Law Fails, 3rd Circ. Rules

By Jonathan Capriel

The First Amendment does not protect the distribution of "purely functional code" that would allow for the 3D printing of guns, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, ending a challenge to a New Jersey law from a Texas-based firearm company and a gun rights group.

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3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider OT Ruling Against Home Care Co.

By Irene Spezzamonte

The full Third Circuit will not reconsider a panel decision upholding a $1 million judgment against a home health company in a U.S. Department of Labor suit accusing it of failing to pay in-home care providers minimum wage and overtime.

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Airbnb Escapes Most Of Conservative Investors' Suit

By Grace Dixon

A Delaware federal judge on Thursday trimmed claims from two institutional shareholders' suit alleging Airbnb wrongfully excluded their shareholder proposals from proxy materials, nixing claims against specific executives and claims about not-yet-released 2026 proxy materials.

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Judge Recommends Tossing Nielsen Data Patent Case

By Adam Lidgett

Nielsen should have its lawsuit accusing a rival of infringing a patent covering a way to measure audience viewership outside the home using mobile phone data dismissed, a federal magistrate judge in Delaware recommended Thursday, finding the patent in question does not cover an eligible process.

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Chinese Co. Lacks Standing To Sue Hose Maker, Judge Says

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal judge has thrown out a suit from a Chinese company that wanted a declaration that its products didn't infringe a hose maker's patents after certain hoses were delisted on Amazon, saying the company lacked standing to sue.

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Ex-Pharma Exec Fights AGs' Quick Win Bid In Antitrust Case

By George Woolston

A former pharmaceutical marketing executive urged a Connecticut federal court to reject summary judgment sought against him by state attorneys general pursuing wider price-fixing litigation against most of the generic drug industry, arguing key cooperating witnesses' questionable credibility makes a trial necessary.

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Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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'Acqui-Hires' In AI Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny, Tech Attys Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Attorneys with Nvidia, Google and Uber took the stage at a conference hosted Thursday by Baker McKenzie to discuss emerging trends in antitrust enforcement, including how booming AI investment has produced new regulatory scrutiny of "acqui-hires," in which large companies acquire startups primarily to hire their teams.

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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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6th Circ. Says Ch. 13 Motion Came 84 Minutes Too Late

By Vince Sullivan

A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.

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