A former executive for the bankrupt cryptocurrency firm Celsius Network has told a New York federal court that he is entitled to directors and officers liability coverage for his costs defending a criminal case in which he pled guilty to manipulating the price of the firm's crypto token.   
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Ex-Celsius Exec Fights For Share Of D&O Defense Fund

By Danielle Ferguson

A former executive for the bankrupt cryptocurrency firm Celsius Network has told a New York federal court that he is entitled to directors and officers liability coverage for his costs defending a criminal case in which he pled guilty to manipulating the price of the firm's crypto token.   

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Red Bull Not Covered In Promotion Injury Suit, Court Told

By Hope Patti

Red Bull isn't entitled to coverage for fraud claims brought by a Pittsburgh TV reporter who was injured while participating in a promotional event staged by the energy drink company, a capital provider for a Lloyd's of London underwriter told a Pennsylvania federal court.

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Analysis

5 ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In The Second Half Of 2026

By Kellie Mejdrich

A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.

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POLICY & COMPLIANCE

PACER Fees Will Rise To Fund Cyber Defense Upgrades

By Bonnie Eslinger

The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.

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ENFORCEMENT

Fla. Judge Won't Lift Asset Freeze In $91M Fake Benefits Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Florida federal judge declined a request to lift a freeze on two siblings' assets after the Federal Trade Commission accused them of orchestrating a $91 million fraudulent health benefits scheme, ruling they need to find other ways to pay their attorneys.

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LITIGATION

DOL Says $5B ERISA Trust Lost Millions On Shoddy Funds

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor sued an employee benefit trust services company in Texas federal court, alleging the company and its executives breached fiduciary duties of prudence and loyalty by failing to safeguard over $5 billion in employee retirement assets.

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Insurer Says NJ Atty Sank Coverage By Not Cooperating

By Christine DeRosa

Hanover Insurance Co. has asked a New Jersey federal court for a declaratory judgment finding that it doesn't have to defend an attorney and his firm in a suit over a real estate deal gone wrong, telling the court that the attorney refuses to cooperate with the firm it hired to defend him in the underlying suit.

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Chiropractor Hidden Camera Suits Not Covered, Insurer Says

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurer has said it does not owe coverage to an Illinois chiropractor in lawsuits from patients claiming they were among nearly 200 who were secretly recorded while undressed at the chiropractor's office, saying the alleged criminal acts do not qualify as covered professional services.

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LendingTree Says Broker Cost It Coverage In $90M IP Suit

By Hope Patti

LendingTree told a North Carolina federal court that insurance broker Marsh USA botched the handling of a copyright infringement claim brought by a stock photo provider, which has caused the company to lose out on "critical coverage" for a nearly $90 million lawsuit.

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Hispanic Agents Say Liberty Mutual Unit Stereotyped Clients

By Hayley Fowler

Three Hispanic insurance agents in North Carolina said in a new complaint that they were singled out for investigation and ultimately fired after the Liberty Mutual unit that employed them stereotyped their predominantly Hispanic customer base.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Michelle Mone sued by PPE Medpro, Broadfield Law sued by the founders of an international aid company, and litigation funder Fortress bring a claim against Edwin Coe and businesses the law firm represented in a cartel claim.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

3rd Circ. Decision Sheds Light On BIPA Bank Exemption

The Third Circuit's recent decision in McGoveran v. Amazon illuminates how courts are extending the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act's financial institution carveout beyond banks and insurers to technology vendors and other businesses handling biometric data, a defendant-friendly shift that still casts uncertainty around BIPA's enforcement, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.

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Opinion

State Courts Must Be Gatekeepers Of Expert Testimony

Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days

By Katie Buehler

As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules. 

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Q&A

This Pride Month, LGBTQ+ Bar Leader Talks Community, Hope

By Emma Cueto

In 2026, the LGBTQ+ Bar is focused on expanding programs, especially those focused on law students and younger attorneys, and building up community ties at a time of growing legal threats to LGBTQ people.

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Scientologists Want 'Ignored' Boies Schiller AI Errors Review

By Emily Sawicki

The Church of Scientology has asked the California Supreme Court to review an appellate order that didn't impose sanctions on Boies Schiller Flexner LLP for filing a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors in a harassment and retaliation suit pending against the church.

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King & Spalding Insists On Fraud Suit Pause Amid 'Conflicts'

By Brian Steele

King & Spalding LLP has urged a Connecticut state court to keep its involvement in a $300 million fraud lawsuit on hold while it challenges the denial of its attorneys' withdrawal from representing several individual defendants, citing "serious, nonwaivable conflicts of interest" that will prevent the firm from proceeding.

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Analysis

Bosch DOJ Declination Shows Benefits Of Early Self-Reporting

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision not to prosecute German technology company Bosch for exporting products to a sanctioned Chinese company signals to businesses that prompt self-reporting to the government can help them secure a declination even for serious national security offenses.

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Trump Reportedly Mulls FCC Attorney For DOJ Antitrust Chief

By Matthew Perlman

President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to nominate the Federal Communications Commission's general counsel to serve as the top antitrust official in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Judge Stays Jackson Walker RICO Suit Over Sorrento Ch. 11

By Clara Geoghegan

A California federal judge has paused Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders' litigation after a Texas bankruptcy court ruled they lacked standing to pursue racketeering claims over a former Jackson Walker attorney's relationship with the judge who initially oversaw the biotech company's Chapter 11.

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Messner Reeves Says $8.3M Fraud Suit Repeats Utah Case

By Zach Dupont

Colorado law firm Messner Reeves LLP has claimed in federal court that a lawsuit accusing it of stealing more than $8 million as part of a fraudulent loan scheme should be dismissed because the plaintiffs' Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims were dismissed by another court with prejudice.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A Connecticut federal judge told attorneys to challenge clients who demand use of generative artificial intelligence tools to conduct legal research, and a Kansas federal judge blocked a state law imposing requirements on proxy advisers' voting recommendations. These were among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC, Covington & Burling LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court handed Monsanto a win in its long-running battle over the labeling of alleged cancer risks of its bestselling weedkiller Roundup.

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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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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Allegaert Berger

Baker Botts

Boies Schiller

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Callahan & Blaine

Chase Law & Associates

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cohen & Wolf

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cowdery Murphy

DWF LLP

Davis Polk

Dechert LLP

Dorsey & Whitney

Dynamis LLP

Edwin Coe

Epstein Becker

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Fenwick & West

Fields Howell

Fladgate LLP

Freedman Firm PC

Gateley PLC

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Groom Law Group

Haynes Boone

Healy LLC

Hogan Lovells

Holtzman Vogel

Horvitz & Levy

Jones Day

Kane Russell

Kantor & Kantor

Kaufman Dolowich

Kelley Drye

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kutak Rock

Latham & Watkins

Lennon Murphy

Lewis Brisbois

Messner Reeves

Milbank LLP

Mishcon de Reya

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

Paul Hastings

Pillsbury Winthrop

Pribanic & Pribanic

Quinn Emanuel

Rahman Ravelli

Reed Smith

Reynolds Porter

Riley Safer

Robinson Bradshaw

Shakespeare Martineau

Shook Hardy

Shoosmiths LLP

Shumaker Loop

Sidley Austin

Simmons & Simmons

Skadden Arps

Spencer Fane

Sperling Kenny

Stephens Scown

Stephenson Harwood

Steptoe LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Van Tol Law PLLC

Venable LLP

Wiggin & Dana

Winston Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

AXA XL Ltd.

AirAsia Bhd.

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Arbitration Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American International Group Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Aviva Investors Holdings Ltd.

Bayer AG

Bio-Techne Corp.

Boyer Co.

ByteDance Ltd.

CAC Specialty

Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisneros

DAF Trucks NV

Daimler AG

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Dubai International Financial Centre

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FTI Consulting Inc.

First Liberty Institute

Gerald Holdings LLC

Glass Lewis & Co. LLC

Google LLC

HP Inc.

Haleon PLC

Honeywell International Inc.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Ingalls Memorial Hospital

Instagram Inc.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

Intel Corp.

International Business Machines Corp.

Kobalt Music Group Ltd.

Laing O'Rourke

Lawyers for Civil Justice

LendingTree LLC

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Lloyd's America Inc.

Merck & Co. Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michigan State University

Microsoft Corp.

Monsanto Co.

Nuance Communications Inc.

Pindrop Security Inc.

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

Red Bull GmbH

Rhapsody International Inc.

Robert Bosch GmbH

SEI Investments Co.

Scania

Smith & Nephew plc

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.

StoneX Group Inc.

Techne Corp.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The Council of State Governments

The District of Columbia Bar

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Trilogy

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Verizon Communications Inc.

Wayfair LLC

Zillow Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

Bureau of Industry and Security

California Supreme Court

Colorado Supreme Court

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Illinois General Assembly

Illinois Supreme Court

Kansas Attorney General's Office

Mississippi Secretary of State

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

New Jersey Supreme Court

North Carolina Department of Insurance

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Wisconsin Legislature