Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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Roundup

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Trump, Kash Patel, MSG

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights developments in a handful of suits involving President Donald Trump, as well as the dismissal of a case by Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel over a man's social media posts accusing him of being a "Kremlin asset."

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Analysis

Comedian Daring Buc-ee's To Sue Takes Dig At Brand Policing

By Ivan Moreno

The string of lawsuits Buc-ee's Ltd. has filed against businesses it says mimic its popular beaver branding has caught the attention of comedian John Oliver, who unveiled a bucktoothed "Buc-Off" mascot and dared the travel center chain to sue him — spotlighting the delicate balance trademark owners face between protecting a valuable brand and provoking backlash.

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FIFA Calls Off Investor Sales Plan After Worldwide Backlash

By David Steele

FIFA announced on Friday that it will drop its plan to sell shares of the World Cup to private investors, after three days of condemnation from the international soccer community, its senior advisor's resignation and a planned boycott by the European football federation.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Meta Says AI Voice Suit Rests On Speculation, Not Facts

By Celeste Bott

Meta sought to throw out a proposed class action claiming it flouted Illinois' biometric privacy law when it used the voices of journalists and voice actors to train their artificial intelligence models, arguing the suit is little more than "professional anxiety" over AI "in search of a cause of action."

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Anthropic Says Authors' New AI Copyright Claims Fall Flat

By Adam Lidgett

Anthropic says that a three-year statute of limitations bars the amended copyright claims of a group of authors who opted out of the $1.5 million settlement the artificial intelligence company reached in a suit claiming it pirated writers' works to train its flagship product, Claude.

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Pa. Panel Again Says 'Clickwrap' Arbitration Unenforceable

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reiterated that "clickwrap" arbitration agreements are unenforceable, holding in the case of an amusement park patron dissatisfied over a roller coaster closure that the inconspicuous digital disclaimers weren't enough to deny a litigant's right to a jury trial.

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NBA Lets Google's Trackers Intercept User Data, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

The NBA misleads users about their digital privacy by displaying a pop-up banner on its platform that purportedly enables them to opt out of tracking cookies, which, in reality, do nothing to stop trackers that don't rely on cookies, according to a proposed class action recently removed to a California federal court.

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9th Circ. Seeks Nev. High Court Input In Live Nation Class Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit Friday sought the Nevada Supreme Court's input on a proposed class action against Live Nation, certifying a question about whether an arbitration agreement is void under Nevada law if "the drafter reserves the unilateral right to modify the entire agreement 'at any time' without notice."

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Judge Sends RICO Action Against Gaming Co. To Arbitration

By Ganesh Setty

A putative class action accusing casino-style gaming website Stake.us, musical artist Drake and others of running an illegal gambling operation must be arbitrated, a Virginia federal court ruled, finding Stake.us' ability to unilaterally modify its arbitration provision doesn't render it unenforceable.

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District Judge Halts Overlapping Valve Arbitration Fee Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Washington federal court has paused a proposed class action from gamers seeking nearly $21 million in arbitration fees from Valve as the company appeals an order in another case declining to stop arbitrations against it.

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Fox Accuses Newsmax Of 'Gamesmanship' In Antitrust Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Fox News has accused Newsmax of unfair "gamesmanship" that it says will waste resources and time as it seeks to amend its antitrust case accusing Fox of pressuring cable and streaming providers not to carry the rival right-leaning broadcaster.

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Club Owner Seeks To End Dancer's Retaliation Suit Again

By MJ Koo

A Portland strip club's co-owner has renewed his bid to end a dancer's retaliation lawsuit in Oregon federal court, arguing that the cancellation of a one-time $50 performance does not rise to the level of harm needed to sustain a federal retaliation claim.

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'Don't Tell Chum': Rozier Says Text Contradicts Betting Charge

By Lauren Berg

Former Miami Heat player Terry Rozier on Friday asked a New York federal judge to toss two of four criminal charges he faces over allegations he and others tipped gamblers with lucrative prop bet information, saying the government's discovery shows he didn't know he was the subject of wagers.

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Broadcast Workers Blast FCC Plan To Nix TV Ownership Cap

By Christopher Cole

A broadcast workers' union urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap a plan by agency chief Brendan Carr to lift the 39% national cap on TV station chains' audience reach, saying the proposal threatens local news operations.

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Brief

NTIA Tees Up 4.4 GHz Band For Commercial Wireless Use

By Christopher Cole

A federal plan would reinvigorate the 4.4 gigahertz airwaves for possible use in 6G wireless development, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday.

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Goldstein Launches Appeal Of Tax, Mortgage Fraud Case

By Jared Foretek

Imprisoned SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein is formally launching a Fourth Circuit appeal challenging his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, as well as his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him, according to a new filing from his attorneys.

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Calif. Wiretap Ruling May Reshape Pixel Tracking Litigation

The recent dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wiretap Act highlights the gap between legacy wiretap laws and modern browser architecture, and the tendency of pixel tracking complaints to oversimplify or mischaracterize how browsers work, says Phil Richards at ThreatHandle Consulting.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Two Texas personal injury firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work securing a $604 million verdict against a freight broker and logistics company for their roles in a deadly 2021 highway collision.

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Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign

By Jake Maher

Sitting federal judges on Friday blasted the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for "painting a target" on judges' backs in a recent series of social media posts attacking judges who ruled against the Trump administration in immigration cases and called on him to take them down.

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NY Public Defense Org. Denies Union's ULP Claims

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem's leadership on Friday denied allegations from the union representing its more than 100 employees that it has offered unlawful incentives to break its ongoing strike.

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Hub Hires: Pierson Ferdinand, Biogen, FisherBroyles

By Chris Villani

While not as sizzling as the temperatures or the Red Sox, the Boston legal market remained hot through the month of July, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adding a mergers and acquisitions partner, Pierson Ferdinand snagging a veteran litigator and Foley & Lardner hiring a finance attorney.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

There has been a wave of cases alleging employers and their insurance brokers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and experts say this marks an increasing litigation trend. In the meantime, the American Bar Association is eyeing the elimination of the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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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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