DOJ Adds Sweeping Tax Audit Relief To Trump-IRS Settlement

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released an addendum to the settlement of President Donald Trump's suit against the IRS over the leak of his tax return information that bars the agency from investigating any pending matters against Trump.

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Trump, Niece Near Resolution Over Tax Records Leak

By Cara Salvatore

Lawyers for President Donald Trump and his niece Mary Trump told a New York court Tuesday that they may be approaching a settlement of his suit against her for sharing his tax records with The New York Times, an act she has said was protected speech.

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Chartwell Can't Escape Fired Atty's Muslim Bias Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge declined Tuesday to dismiss a former Chartwell Law Offices LLP attorney's suit alleging she was fired due to anti-Muslim bias following social media posts about Israel's actions in Gaza.

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TikTok Says 'Market Exploitation' Doesn't Give NC Jurisdiction

By Mike Curley

TikTok is pushing the North Carolina Supreme Court to throw out claims by the state's attorney general alleging it deceptively marketed its platform as safe for minors, saying the "market exploitation" theory would in effect allow any business that operates on the internet to be hauled into any state court.

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Seeborg's Term As Calif. Northern District Chief Judge To End

By Bonnie Eslinger

Chief District Judge Richard Seeborg is expected to conclude his time as the top judge for the Northern District of California in July, according to a spokesperson for the judiciary, to be succeeded by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.

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Fla. Court Urged To Keep Stay On $15M VPN Piracy Judgment

By David Minsky

A man who found himself on the wrong side of a more than $15 million default judgment for pirating movies through his virtual private network provider and then filed for bankruptcy urged a Florida federal court to continue its stay on enforcing the judgment.

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Amazon Unit Twitch Again Accused Of Infringing Gaming IP

By Hailey Konnath

A Utah gaming company has once again lobbed patent infringement claims at Amazon's streaming platform unit, Twitch, claiming that Twitch is infringing four patents covering video game streaming, synchronizing, and related technologies.

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2nd Circ. Rejects Defunct Soccer League Antitrust Appeal

By Bryan Koenig

A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to grant the North American Soccer League a new antitrust trial against Major League Soccer and soccer's U.S. governing body, concluding that the defunct league waived any arguments about market definition, and even if it didn't, its assertions still fail.

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Valve's Pivot On Gamer Arbitrations Gives Wash. Judge Pause

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge Tuesday appeared conflicted over Valve Corp.'s bid for a court order to block hundreds of gamers from arbitrating consumer protection claims, pressing the game developer on its evolving arbitration stance while suggesting users agreed to updated terms requiring such disputes to be resolved in court.

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Pac-12 Reaches Deal With Mountain West In Exit Fee Suit

By David Steele

The Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences have settled their federal lawsuit over $55 million in "poaching" fees charged by Mountain West for luring its member schools away, the leagues have announced.

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Google Accused Of Bias Against Dad Who Took Baby Leave

By Gina Kim

Google's former global sales manager was targeted for taking protected medical leave and baby bonding leave and "treated with a lack of empathy and understanding for needing time off as a single father," he alleged in a discrimination lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

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Ex-Marketing Workers Take 401(k) Forfeiture Suit To 2nd Circ.

By Patrick Hoff

Two former marketing company employees said they're going to ask the Second Circuit to revive their proposed class action alleging that 401(k) plan forfeitures were misused after a New York federal judge dismissed their case in April.

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Ex-Strip Club Operator To Forfeit $1.5M In Prostitution Plea

By Brian Steele

The former boss of a Connecticut strip club admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on income derived from prostitution and ripped off a COVID-19 relief program, and he will forfeit more than $1.5 million under a deal with federal prosecutors.

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NY Worries Verizon Service Shift Will Impact Critical Needs

By Nadia Dreid

Verizon has sought the FCC's blessing to retire older voice and data transmission services in eight different states, but New York state officials want the agency to hold off, arguing the suspension would put "essential public services and critical community functions" at risk.

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Chinese Testing Lab Urges FCC Caution On 'Reciprocal' Rule

By Christopher Cole

A Chinese equipment testing lab says the Federal Communications Commission needs to tread carefully in crafting new rules demanding "reciprocal" agreements to test communications gear, or risk disrupting U.S. supply chains.

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Food52 Confirms Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan

By Emily Lever

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday agreed to confirm the Chapter 11 liquidation plan for e-commerce group Food52, trimming a few features of the plan including releases for the debtor and the creditors committee.

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Becoming The Biz-Savvy GC That Portfolio Companies Need

Candidates for general counsel roles at private equity-backed portfolio companies should prioritize proving their sector-specific experience, commercial judgment and ease with uncertainty — and attorneys hoping to be candidates in five to 10 years should start working on those skills now, says Dimitri Mastrocola at Major Lindsey.

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The 2026 Summer Associates Survey

By Daniela Porat

Law students hoping to land summer associate roles at their dream firms have to start applying earlier and earlier, forcing students to strike a difficult balance between focusing on academics and completing applications. Find out how students navigated the ever-competitive process and which firms topped students’ wish lists in the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.

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2nd Circ. Nixes $900M Suit Against Boies Schiller, Dentons

By Caroline Simson

The Second Circuit Tuesday refused to revive a racketeering lawsuit seeking up to $900 million in damages from Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, in which the BigLaw firms were accused of misleading a former client in relation to a deal, and later arbitration, involving Senegal's state-owned energy company.

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She Has A Point: Sheppard's Michelle Replogle

By Theresa Schliep

When Michelle Replogle of Sheppard and Nitika Gupta Fiorella of Fish & Richardson PC were opponents in a patent case, Fiorella said, Replogle stood out for her expertise and respect, which she showed to everyone regardless of their experience or whom they represented in the litigation.

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$1.8B IRS Deal Fund 'Not Slush Fund,' Blanche Tells Senators

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued before a Senate committee on Tuesday that the nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund announced on Monday as part of the president's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service over his leaked tax documents "is not a slush fund."

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Quinn Emanuel Owes More Sanctions In Guardant Fight

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel and its team representing medical testing company Natera will shoulder further sanctions on top of the $3 million already imposed over the firm's misrepresentations concerning an expert witness in Guardant Health's false advertising case, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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Nelson Mullins Partner Confirmed To SC Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 52-38 on Tuesday to confirm Sheria Clarke, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, as a judge for the District of South Carolina.

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Brother May Pay Ex-BigLaw Atty's Legal Fees In Insider Case

By Julie Manganis

A former BigLaw associate charged with orchestrating a sweeping insider trading scheme can have his legal expenses covered by his co-defendant brother if the two waive potential conflicts, a Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Tuesday.

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Ex-Trader Says Crypto Co.'s Bid For Sanctions Is 'Unfounded'

By Hayley Fowler

A former trader said a cryptocurrency company is using an "unfounded" characterization of his deposition conduct to seek sanctions and lend credence to facts it hasn't otherwise been able to prove in its suit accusing him of usurping $8.1 million in digital assets.

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