Josh Cellars Parent Owes Ex-President Royalties, Jury Told

By Aaron Keller

The companies behind Josh Cellars wines breached an agreement to distribute trademark royalties to a former company president who owned 20% of a holding entity, all because the family that controlled the brand wanted to keep the money for themselves, a Connecticut jury heard Tuesday.

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7th Circ. Mulls FCA Penalties For SuperValu Without Damages

By Celeste Bott

A Seventh Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with whether supermarket chain SuperValu Inc. could face billions of dollars in False Claims Act penalties for knowingly submitting false prescription drug claims when a jury found whistleblowers failed to prove the government suffered damages, with one judge characterizing the potential penalties as "mind-boggling."

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Instinct Can't Get Pet Food Artificial Ingredients Suit Tossed

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge won't throw out a buyer's proposed class action alleging that Instinct Pet Foods misleads consumers by claiming its pet foods lack artificial preservatives, saying her complaint is enough to allege violations of state consumer protection law and fraud.

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Ex-NBA Player, Longtime Atty Settle Legal Malpractice Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

Former NBA player Chris "Birdman" Andersen and an attorney whom he claimed failed to protect his intellectual property in a documentary film deal about his life and ruined his in-laws' crepe business have settled the legal malpractice lawsuit, a joint notice filed Tuesday in Colorado state court shows.

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Texas State Lawmakers Prefile Marijuana Legalization Bills

By Sam Reisman

Texas Democratic state lawmakers have introduced legislation to legalize and regulate the sale of recreational marijuana ahead of the state's legislative session, which is due to begin in January.

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UK Looking To Enhance Forced Labor Import Ban Regime

By Jack McLoone

The U.K. government committed to strengthening its measures protecting against forced labor in the country's supply chain after being pushed by a Parliamentary committee over U.S. tariffs tied to such measures.

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Justice Asks Gov't To Pick Best 'Poison' In H-2A Fine Case

By Britain Eakin

A government attorney told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that it would be highly disruptive to require civil fines for H-2A visa program violations to be adjudicated solely in federal court, instead of through the U.S. Department of Labor's in-house court.

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Costco Can't End Dog Food Heart Risk Suit Yet, Buyers Say

By Emily Field

Dog owners on Monday told a Washington federal judge that Costco's bid to dismiss their proposed class action alleging that its grain-free dog food contributes to canine heart disease ignores their factual allegations, saying that the company is cherry-picking from studies about the risk.

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Frozen Potato Benchmarker Can't Appeal Dismissal Loss

By Lauraann Wood

A benchmarking company that serves the frozen potato product market cannot take a midcase appeal of its losing bid to ditch consolidated price-fixing claims because the question it's looking to ask on appeal is not purely legal, an Illinois federal judge ruled.

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NC Sports Bar Urges 4th Circ. To End Ex-Manager's Appeal

By MJ Koo

A North Carolina sports bar and its owner asked the Fourth Circuit to axe a former manager's bid to revive claims over profit sharing, emotional distress and unpaid wages, arguing that she failed to offer evidence that the business actually earned profits she was entitled to share.

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McDonald's Antitrust Suits Spotlight Risks Of AI Pricing Tools

A pair of recent class actions filed against McDonald's in Illinois federal court show how antitrust challenges can arise when companies use artificial intelligence pricing tools and personalize prices for individual consumers, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.

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How Product Recalls Expose Insurance Coverage Gaps

The recent Cyclospora outbreak in iceberg lettuce highlights the potential insurance risks of a contaminated ingredient or defective product creating a ripple effect throughout an entire supply chain, leaving companies with substantial costs that standard policies may not cover, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Planning Personal Phone Collections Before Discovery Begins

For counsel planning a personal phone collection as part of the litigation discovery process, it's important to take early steps to ensure that necessary information will be obtained without exposing unrelated information or running into access issues, says Jeremy Horowitz at MARA Forensics.

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Ex-Cravath Staffer Charged With Insider Trading

By Stewart Bishop

A former employee at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Thursday was arrested and charged with insider trading for allegedly exploiting nonpublic information about major deals involving the firm's clients, including Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

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Posner Remembered For Wide Influence, Pragmatic Approach

By Ryan Boysen

The iconoclastic, prolific and hugely influential U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard A. Posner is being remembered for a lifetime of relentless advocacy for a more pragmatic approach to the law and a legacy that will ripple through American jurisprudence for decades to come.

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Remembering Richard Posner: A Prolific Jurist

Judge Richard Posner died Tuesday at age 87, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential members of the judiciary who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here, Law360 revisits its coverage over the years of the prolific retired Seventh Circuit judge, including interviews with him about his pragmatic approach to the law, his belief that the courts mistreat pro se litigants and his love of felines.

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Foley Revamps Associate Pay, Advancement Structure

By James Boyle

Foley & Lardner LLP is the latest law firm to alter the way it handles associate compensation and advancement to keep in line with Milbank LLP's update of its own associate pay scale in July.

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Weil's 1,000 Staff Face 'Absorption' Issue In Hunt For Roles

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

As the approximately 1,000 professional staff members at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP look for new roles, they're likely to encounter a more difficult job market than the firm's attorneys, recruiters told Law360 Pulse.

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DOJ Exodus Leaves Trump Facing Confirmation Crunch

By Courtney Bublé

Since the Democrats' sweeping victories on Election Day, there has been an exodus of top officials at the U.S. Department of Justice and prospects for confirming permanent replacement are slim.

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The Go-To Firms For Insurance Litigation In 2026

By Hope Patti

A Florida-based law firm filed the most insurance coverage actions in the first half of 2026, primarily representing policyholders in property damage disputes, while BigLaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani was the most frequent choice among insurer defendants.

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Senate Confirms First Judge Of Lame-Duck Period

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Gregory Cook to the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday, marking the first judicial confirmation of the lame-duck period.

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Proskauer Won't Rep Perplexity In Reddit Data-Scraping Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Perplexity AI Inc. has abandoned its effort to have Proskauer Rose LLP defend against a data-scraping lawsuit from Reddit Inc. after Reddit raised concerns about the law firm's past representation of the social media company.

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Arbitration Assoc. Wants Consumers' Monopoly Suit Tossed

By Rae Ann Varona

The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Thursday to toss a proposed class action that accuses the organization of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the plaintiff consumers are trying to hold it liable for contracts it never entered into.

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