DC Circ. Bars Nazi Art Claims Over Sovereign Immunity

By Caroline Simson

The D.C. Circuit on Friday reluctantly ended a 16-year-old lawsuit brought by the descendants of a Hungarian Jewish art collector seeking the return of a priceless art collection looted by the Nazis, saying they could not show that the artwork had been expropriated.

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4th Circ. Maroons Copyright Fight Over Pirate Ship Pics

By Theresa Schliep

The Fourth Circuit on Friday relieved for good North Carolina's government from a long-running copyright infringement suit over photos and videos of a famous pirate shipwreck, saying a lower court was wrong to revive the claims in the case, which at one point went to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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2nd Circ. Judges Appear At Odds On Arbitration Ban's Reach

By Anne Cullen

Two Second Circuit judges expressed oftentimes conflicting interpretations of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act during a case hearing Friday, engaging in a lengthy debate hinged on what claims the arbitration shield can keep in court.

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Contractor Indicted For Giving National Defense Info To Reporter

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Maryland man accused of unlawfully transmitting and retaining classified national defense information was indicted by a federal grand jury one week after FBI agents seized electronic devices from a Washington Post journalist's home as part of their investigation.

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Lawmakers Float Bill To Track Content Used In Training AI

By Elliot Weld

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would give musicians, artists, writers and copyright holders the ability to determine if their works were used to train artificial intelligence without their permission.

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Mass. Judge Seeks Input On Kalshi Sports Ban

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts state court judge said Friday he is still grappling with how to craft an order barring prediction market Kalshi from promoting sports-related event offerings in the state without infringing on the rights of existing contract holders, asking counsel for the company and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General for help hammering out the details.

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Full 9th Circ. Won't Review Google Maps Antitrust Case

By Gina Kim

The full Ninth Circuit won't reconsider an appellate panel's recent decision refusing to revive a proposed antitrust class action alleging Google's terms suppresses competition by locking out rival maps products and jacking up developer costs up to 1,400%, according to a brief order issued Thursday.

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Live Nation Antitrust Judge Wants To 'Punt' On State Claims

By Pete Brush

A federal judge in Manhattan asked Friday whether federal and state authorities accusing Live Nation of stifling competition in live entertainment would consent to staying the state law claims and focus on federal claims in an upcoming trial so it won't end up "lasting five years."

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NCAA Player Can't Rush Eligibility Order, Judge Says

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge recommended denying a request by a university basketball player to expedite an injunction allowing her to play a fifth season, finding the National College Athletic Association wasn't inconsistent with denying eligibility.

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News Rating Org. Latest To Fight 'Ideological' FTC Subpoena

By Bryan Koenig

News rating organization NewsGuard became the latest group to challenge a Federal Trade Commission subpoena looking for censorship of conservative viewpoints, asking the agency to quash information demands it said was born of FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson's "ideologically motivated effort to censor and otherwise discriminate" against it.

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Bookie Tied To Puig Ran With High-Profile Clients, Jury Told

By Craig Clough

A former manager of an illegal sports betting ring testified Friday in the obstruction of justice trial of former MLB star Yasiel Puig, telling a California federal jury that a man whom a previous witness said Puig at one point owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to was the gambling operation's biggest bookie.

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Hasbro Brass Sued Over Magic: The Gathering Card Glut

By Katryna Perera

The top brass of toy company Hasbro Inc. have been hit with a shareholder suit alleging they misled investors about the company's strategy for its popular Magic: The Gathering brand, leading to stock price declines as it was revealed that the game's signature cards were being overprinted.

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Brief

FCC Considers Revoking Texas Radio Station Licenses

By Corey Rothauser

The Federal Communications Commission has designated for hearing a proposed transfer of control involving three Texas radio stations, citing substantial questions about unauthorized foreign control, misrepresentations, and lack of candor that could ultimately lead to license revocation.

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Justices' Med Mal Ruling May Hurt Federal Anti-SLAPP Suits

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Berk v. Choy restricts the application of certain state laws in diversity actions in federal court — and while the ruling concerned affidavit requirements in medical malpractice suits, it may also affect the use of anti-SLAPP statutes in federal litigation, says Travis Chance at Brownstein Hyatt.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

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Analysis

Supreme Court Caseload Hits 160-Year Low

By Katie Buehler

Not since the Civil War has the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in as few cases as it will this term — the latest milestone for the court's shrinking docket, and one attorneys say might have more to do with the high court's culture than its expanding emergency appeals caseload.

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Analysis

More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to build its task force targeting "gamesmanship" that it says BigLaw attorneys for major companies, especially technology platforms, are using to obstruct antitrust investigations — an effort that has been welcomed by some practitioners and questioned by others.

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Trio Leading US Atty Office Raises 'Red Flag' For Judge

By Carla Baranauckas

The same federal judge who disqualified President Donald Trump's former personal counsel Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor asked the government Friday to explain why the "triumvirate of attorneys" now supervising the office was any more legitimate.

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5 Arrests Made In Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife

By Lynn LaRowe

Five people have been charged in connection with the shooting of an Indiana Superior Court Judge and his wife at their home Sunday following an investigation involving state law enforcement in Indiana and Kentucky and federal agencies.

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DOJ Alumni Back Maurene Comey In Effort To Keep Suit Alive

By Rose Krebs

U.S. Department of Justice alumni and a group that includes attorneys, law professors and former judges have filed briefs supporting former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's call for a New York federal court to reject the DOJ's bid to dismiss a suit over her firing.

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Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Following former special counsel Jack Smith's congressional appearance, Democrats are looking for him to return once he is able to speak about the second volume of his report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw Travelers Insurance hit with a claim from a property buyer over a payout tied to collapsed law firm Axiom Ince, Swedish music group Pophouse Entertainment clash with the production company that helped it create the ABBA Voyage experience, and biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals sue rival entity ToolGen for patent infringement.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The EEOC voted to retract major harassment and discrimination protections as civil rights advocates protested. And Goldman Sachs denied rumors it was easing out its prominent chief legal officer despite the lingering stigma over her association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

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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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