Ga. Fund Manager Stole Millions And Fled Country, SEC Says

By Chart Riggall

An Atlanta financier was hit with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil suit Wednesday alleging he ripped off investors in his nearly $10 million hedge fund, stealing millions to enrich himself while falsifying records of the fund's purported success.

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Wellstar Sent Meta Patient Data Without Consent, Suit Alleges

By Kelcey Caulder

Wellstar Health System Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court, with a patient alleging the confidential health information of "millions" was shared with Meta Platform Inc. without consent after Wellstar installed the company's tracking and collection tools on its website and patient portal.

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Justices Skeptical Of Trump's Absolute Immunity Bid

By Katie Buehler

A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appeared open Thursday to the idea of limited immunity for former presidents related to the office's core constitutional powers, but divisions emerged among the justices over how to determine when acts outside of that narrow category are potentially subject to criminal prosecution.

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Trump Legal Fees Paid Via Illegal Scheme, Watchdog Org Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and related political committees have masked payments for millions of dollars in legal work done for the former president in a possible violation of federal law, an election watchdog claims in a complaint filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.

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Microsoft, Nintendo And Others Sued Over Addictive Games

By Henrik Nilsson

A gamer sued Microsoft Corp., Nintendo of America Inc., Rockstar Games Inc. and other video game developers Wednesday in Georgia federal court over allegations that they are intentionally getting users addicted to boost profits, saying he's suffering from depression and anxiety because of his addiction.

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EEOC Pregnant Worker Rule Draws Suit From Red State AGs

By Vin Gurrieri

A group of 17 Republican state attorneys general hit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with a lawsuit Thursday over the agency's recently finalized Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations, saying the EEOC's stance that the PWFA encompasses abortion-related workplace accommodations is unconstitutional. 

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Morehouse Med Fired Staffer Who Exposed Affair, Suit Says

By Chart Riggall

A former diversity staffer at Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine alleged an array of workplace violations in a new lawsuit, claiming he was denied overtime pay for after-hours work and fired when he complained about harassment stemming from sexual entanglement among the school's executives.

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EEOC Says Co. Piled Tasks On Black Worker, Then Fired Him

By Emmy Freedman

A real estate company gave a Black manager more than twice as much work as his white colleague, paid him less and then fired him because he was "lazy," the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Series

Being An Equestrian Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Beyond getting experience thinking on my feet and tackling stressful situations, the skills I've gained from horseback riding have considerable overlap with the skills used to practice law, particularly in terms of team building, continuing education, and making an effort to reset and recharge, says Kerry Irwin at Moore & Van Allen.

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Paul Weiss Partner Gertzman Remembered As Moral Leader

By Aebra Coe

Michael E. Gertzman, the former chair of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's litigation department who died Wednesday, is being remembered "as a mentor, role model, partner and friend."

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Senators Urge ABA To Look Into Rape Questions On Bar Apps

By Cara Bayles

Several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to the American Bar Association on Friday urging it to study how state bar applications require would-be attorneys to disclose sexual violence.

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Analysis

Thomas' Long Quest To Undo A 'Grave Constitutional Error'

By Jeff Overley

A quarter-century after Justice Clarence Thomas cast a pivotal vote against jury trial rights and rapidly regretted it, his relentless campaign to undo the controversial precedent is suddenly center stage with a serious shot at succeeding, as judges and lawyers increasingly deem the decision dubious and the U.S. Supreme Court chips away at its edges.

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Analysis

How Legos, 'Working Girl' Sealed $10B Sibling Rivalry Win

By Craig Clough

A father-son attorney team used Legos and an argument borrowed from the 1988 film "Working Girl" to help a Los Angeles jury understand how their client's own brother illegally stole his multibillion-dollar real estate business, leading to a $10 billion verdict for their client and his other brothers, the attorneys told Law360.

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Coverage Recap: Day 4 Of Trump's NY Hush Money Trial

By Stewart Bishop

Law360 reporters are providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as Donald Trump goes on trial for allegedly falsifying business records related to hush money payments ahead of the 2016 election. Here's a recap from day four.

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The Week In Trump: Tabloid Testimony, High Court Drama

By Phillip Bantz

Donald Trump and his attorneys have been fighting high-stakes legal battles on several fronts as they grappled with a criminal hush money trial in Manhattan, argued at the U.S. Supreme Court for presidential immunity and tried to quash criminal election interference-related charges in Georgia.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A report by LexisNexis' CounselLink found that average law firm partner billing rates rose 5.4% in 2023, and a federal jury in Colorado rejected a former in-house attorney's claim that Loeb & Loeb LLP and one of its ex-partners acted outrageously in filing a lawsuit accusing him of stealing a medical device company's trade secrets.

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Florida's Top Judge Tapped For 2nd Term As Chief Justice

By Madison Arnold

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz will serve a second term as the top administrative officer of the state's judicial system.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Aidala Bertuna & Kamins PC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after New York's highest state court overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction in a contentious, split opinion that found the former movie mogul's first jury proceeding was unfair.

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen budget airline Ryanair file a claim against NATS PLC after the air traffic controller's system collapsed, Mastercard and Visa Europe face group claims from Christian Dior and dozens of other beauty retailers, an intellectual property clash between the publisher of The Sun and ITV, and ISC Europe sue a former director for alleged money laundering. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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