Freshfields, Wachtell Guide Uber's $14.8B Delivery Hero Deal

By Najiyya Budaly

Uber will buy Germany's Delivery Hero for $14.8 billion, the companies said on Thursday, after the U.S. ride-hailing and food delivery giant began building its stake in its European competitor this year.

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Fat Brands Execs Beat Investor Suit Over $47M Loan Scheme

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has dismissed former and current Fat Brands executives from a proposed class action accusing them and the restaurant group of falsely claiming to be cooperating with the government's investigations into allegations that its CEO orchestrated a $47 million loan scheme, causing stock prices to plunge when criminal charges were announced.

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Edible Arrangements Wins $13.9M Judgment Against Ex-COO

By Gina Kim

Edible Arrangements' former chief operating officer and his company must pay nearly $14 million after defaulting in a case that accused him of regularly stealing from the fruit-basket company by intercepting vendor rebate checks and diverting millions of dollars in media-contract payments, a Georgia federal judge said Thursday.

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Oracle Accused Of Infringing Delivery App Integration Patent

By Gina Kim

Oracle Corp. was sued in Texas federal court Wednesday by a veteran-owned company that alleges the defendant is infringing its patent that integrates third-party delivery apps like DoorDash with a restaurant's own ordering systems, eliminating the need for restaurants to use separate dedicated tablets for each delivery service when accepting online orders.

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Cal-Maine Says DOJ Deal Doesn't Impact Private Case

By Matthew Perlman

Cal-Maine told an Illinois federal court that Kraft, Kellogg and other food companies are mischaracterizing a recent settlement egg companies reached with federal and state enforcers, as the court continues to mull a $53 million jury verdict in a long-running price-fixing case.

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USTR Broadens Exemptions Ahead Of 25% Brazil Tariff

By Dylan Moroses

A 25% tariff on Brazilian goods will begin next week with an expanded exemption list following public comments on the action, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.

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Senate Democrats Revive Bill To End Federal Marijuana Ban

By Sam Reisman

Senate Democrats on Thursday once again reintroduced a cannabis legalization bill that would remove the drug entirely from the ambit of the Controlled Substances Act and impose a tax-and-regulate scheme akin to what is currently in place for alcohol and tobacco.

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Brief

ITC Looking Into Whether Lamb Imports Hurt US Industry

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating whether global lamb imports into the U.S. have risen to an extent that they are a "substantial cause of serious injury" to domestic producers, it said Thursday.

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Kroger Workers' Suit Claims Missed Meals, Unpaid Screenings

By MJ Koo

Kroger was hit with a proposed class and collective action in Georgia federal court alleging the company automatically deducted 30-minute meal breaks from delivery drivers' hours and failed to pay Illinois workers for mandatory security screenings.

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DEA Judge Lays Out Next Steps Following End Of Pot Hearing

By Sam Reisman

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration administrative law judge has laid out upcoming deadlines following the conclusion of hearings on a proposal to move marijuana to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.

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Series

Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

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How Does Your Compensation Stack Up? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Feature

As Law Firms Race To Adopt AI, Cost Concerns Grow

By Phillip Bantz

Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.

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Richards Layton Apologizes For AI Errors In Chancery Case

By Rose Krebs

Richards Layton & Finger PA and one of its attorneys have apologized to the Delaware Chancery Court for submitting a filing with errors generated by artificial intelligence, asking that sanctions not be imposed.

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McDermott Atty Denies Pressuring Friend To Alter Testimony

By Rose Krebs

A McDermott Will & Schulte LLP attorney has told a Delaware vice chancellor that he is in "complete shock" and "hurt" by a longtime friend's contention that he pressured him to change his testimony in a Chancery Court case, saying the accusation "is false and without any merit."

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Simpson Thacher 'Never' Explained Ill-Fated Deal, Exec Says

By Cara Salvatore

A founder seeking over $100 million from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett over a transaction he says destroyed his insurance services company testified Thursday the law firm provided him no education on various words he wasn't familiar with in the deal.

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Blue-Slip-Backed Trump Judge Selections Advance

By Courtney Bublé

The first two judicial nominations of the second Trump administration to receive supportive blue slips from Democratic senators advanced to the Senate floor Thursday.

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Goulston Docked Ex-Partners' Pay For Joining Rival, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

Two Goulston & Storrs PC directors who jumped to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP were stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation in retaliation for leaving, according to a suit filed Thursday in New York federal court.

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In Uber Assault Trial, A Courtroom Tests Truth Face-To-Face

By Hayley Fowler

This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.

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Tillis Might Back Blanche, As AG Pick Met Epstein Survivors

By Courtney Bublé

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday afternoon met with a group of survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after retiring Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said his condition for supporting Blanche's appointment to the permanent position was for the nominee to speak to them face-to-face.

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