Justices Won't Review Van Gogh Painting Recovery Dispute

By Hope Patti

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review a decision affirming the dismissal of a suit brought by a German Jewish art collector's heirs who sought to recover Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting from a Japanese insurance company.

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Trump Attys Ordered To Explain Missed Deadline In $10B Suit

By Lauren Berg

The Florida federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit accusing the British Broadcasting Corp. of tarnishing his reputation through an edit in a documentary ordered the president Monday to explain why his attorneys shouldn't be sanctioned for "their apparent disregard of court deadlines."

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Trump Asks Justices For Extension In CNN Defamation Appeal

By Kelcey Caulder

President Donald Trump intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN over the network calling his claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election a "Big Lie," according to a recent filing asking the justices for more time to do so. 

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Judge Awards $2.2M In Sanctions In $500M Miss America Spat

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida businessman who claims that he owns the Miss America pageant and his attorney were ordered Monday to pay $2.2 million in sanctions for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the pageant and using them to put the company into bankruptcy.

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WWE Merger Case In Chancery Settles On The Eve Of Trial

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court trial over World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company has been canceled after the parties reached an agreement in principle to settle the case, according to a minute order from Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster.

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Reality TV Stars Say Balch & Bingham Botched Their Defense

By Kelcey Caulder

Reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were pardoned by President Donald Trump in May 2025 after serving over two years in prison for financial crimes, filed suit against Balch & Bingham LLP and their former defense attorney, alleging they wouldn't have been convicted "had their lawyers done their jobs."

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Game Co. Calls Out Rival's $1.4B Damages Enhancement Bid

By Elliot Weld

Mobile game company Papaya Gaming Ltd. has asked a Manhattan federal judge to deny rival Skillz Platform Inc.'s request for a $420 million jury verdict based on false advertising claims to be boosted to $1.4 billion, saying the amount is unprecedented and far greater than Papaya's profits over the entire period relevant to the case.

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Analysis

How A Texas Pastor Beat Mark Zuckerberg In Landmark Trial

By Craig Clough

Jurors who reached a landmark $6 million verdict in March finding Meta Platforms Inc. and Google liable for harming a teen's mental health didn't find Mark Zuckerberg credible, an impression that the plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier credited to putting the well-prepared executive off his guard.

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Epic Games Skirts TM Suit Over Fortnite Messaging Tech

By Abigail Harrison

A North Carolina federal judge ended a patent dispute between a California technology company and Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc., finding that patent claims related to the game's player-to-player messaging options were directed to an "abstract idea" under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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Meta Tries Again To End Mass. Instagram Addiction Case

By Julie Manganis

Meta Platforms is again asking a judge to toss a complaint by Massachusetts over its allegedly addictive Instagram platform, saying any purported harms to teens are caused by third-party content rather than its own features, which it says are shielded by the First Amendment and federal law.

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Investors Say Roblox Misled With 'Bullish' Age-Check Claims

By Mike Curley

Roblox Corp., its CEO and its CFO were hit Monday with a proposed class action alleging that the company's "bullish" statements about its growth following the rollout of age-checking systems misled investors, leading to a nearly 20% drop in stock value after the truth came out.

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States Preparing To Challenge Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

By Matthew Perlman

The New York Attorney General's Office is among state enforcers preparing to file a lawsuit challenging Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., the office confirmed to Law360 Monday.

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White Editor Leans On Ames In EEOC's New York Times Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A white former New York Times editor joined the EEOC's suit alleging he was unlawfully denied a promotion, asserting Monday that the paper "boldly and badly" ran afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court holding that federal antibias law offers equal protection to majority and minority groups.

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SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein's Sentencing Delayed To July

By Jared Foretek

A Maryland federal judge has agreed to push SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's sentencing to July, after federal prosecutors speculated that his defense attorneys might come to the previously scheduled June hearing and declare that they aren't ready to proceed.

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Ad Watchdog Refers Kalshi For Refusing Influencer Ad Inquiry

By Aislinn Keely

An advertising industry self-regulatory body said Monday that it's referring Kalshi Inc. to regulators "for review and possible enforcement action" after the prediction market platform allegedly declined to answer an inquiry into whether it took steps to ensure its online promoters disclosed their ties to the firm when boosting it on social media.

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StubHub Wants IPO Disclosures Suit Tossed

By Sydney Price

StubHub and several of its initial public offering underwriters urged a New York federal court to dismiss a shareholder suit accusing them of securities fraud, saying StubHub made all necessary disclosures and acted transparently before the IPO despite investors' claims that it hid information about cash flow and its transition into direct ticket sales.

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Cineverse Investor Sues In Del. Over Post-Split Stock Grants

By Jarek Rutz

A Cineverse Corp. shareholder has sued the entertainment company, its chief executive and three directors in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging they improperly enriched themselves with stock grants after a 2023 reverse stock split and then failed to fully disclose those actions when seeking shareholder approval for additional equity awards.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Sydney Price

At the Delaware Chancery Court, a trial over World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company has been canceled, and a Reddit investor has filed a suit claiming the company used artificial intelligence to challenge his grievance about a charter provision.

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FCC Considering 120-Day Deadline For Permit Approvals

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission plans to propose telling states and municipalities that they have four months to act on applications before it will presume they've "effectively prohibited the provision of wireline telecommunications services," as part of a push to reduce what it perceives as barriers to broadband deployment.

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AT&T Pushes Feds To Preempt Calif. Copper Network Rules

By Christopher Cole

AT&T continues to press the Federal Communications Commission to declare that agency policy favoring the phaseout of copper wire networks should supersede California rules that make them harder to remove.

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FCC Needs To Clarify Router Ban's Scope, Tech Retailers Say

By Christopher Cole

Retailers are worried about the effect of a Federal Communications Commission effort to clamp down on foreign-made routers sold to consumers, saying the agency needs to better define the range of products covered by the new restrictions, which are aimed at reducing device security risks.

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Brief

CenturyLink Waited 1 Year To Report Copper Theft Outage

By Nadia Dreid

CenturyLink might be in hot water with the Federal Communications Commission after taking more than a year to file the requisite paperwork with the agency following an outage in Washington state caused by copper theft.

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Celebs May Need Federal Protection To Fight Voice Deepfakes

Deepfakes and digital replicas are increasingly misappropriating celebrities' voices for commercial purposes, but unless federal right of publicity protections are developed, celebrities are left to rely on ill-equipped trademark and state law, say attorneys at Brown Rudnick.

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Trial Boutiques Roll Out Associate Pay Raises

By Andrea Keckley

Three trial boutiques are planning to bump associate salaries by at least $10,000 next month, the firms confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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Interview

Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

By Marialuisa Taddia

Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

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Fox Rothschild Sued Over Data Breach Tied To Ransom Group

By Allison Grande

Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month. 

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All Attys In Miss. Suit DQd For Back-To-Back-To-Back AI Flubs

By Emily Sawicki

A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.

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Q&A

Next ABA International Ethics Chair Looks To Year Ahead

By Emily Sawicki

Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.

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Analysis

Fed. Circ. 'Recalibrates' Analysis For Constitutional Standing

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.

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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.

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Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber and FedEx's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

By James Boyle

Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

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