Joe Gibbs Racing LLC succeeded in blocking former competition director Christopher Gabehart from using or disclosing its trade secrets, after a North Carolina federal court found the NASCAR team was likely to prevail on its misappropriation and contract breach claims against him.
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Ex-Joe Gibbs Racing Director Barred From Using Secrets

By Abigail Harrison

Joe Gibbs Racing LLC succeeded in blocking former competition director Christopher Gabehart from using or disclosing its trade secrets, after a North Carolina federal court found the NASCAR team was likely to prevail on its misappropriation and contract breach claims against him.

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MV Realty To Pay $4.5M To End NC Suit Over 40-Year Contracts

By Abigail Harrison

Embattled Florida real estate company MV Realty agreed to pay $4.5 million to end a lawsuit from the North Carolina attorney general accusing it of using shady business practices to lock homeowners into decades-long listing agreements with predatory rates, according to a consent judgment.

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Toshiba Subsidiary Must Face Black Worker's Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A Toshiba retail technology subsidiary can't escape a Black business analyst's lawsuit claiming he was demoted and excluded from meetings and training opportunities because of his race, with a North Carolina federal judge ruling that his allegations against the company were detailed enough to proceed to discovery.

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FTC Says It Has Evidence To Back Pesticides Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission is pushing back against bids from Syngenta Corp. and Corteva Inc. in North Carolina federal court to escape allegations of using loyalty rebate schemes to block competition from rival generic pesticides.

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Judge Shields More Colleges From Admissions Data Survey

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Boston federal judge on Friday blocked enforcement of the federal government's demand for seven years' worth of college admissions data from dozens of universities, following an earlier ruling enjoining the U.S. Department of Education survey for the public colleges of 17 states.

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States Seek Early Win In Challenge To Trump Mail-In Ballot EO

By Carla Baranauckas

A coalition of Democrat-led states is asking a Massachusetts federal judge to permanently block core provisions of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting, arguing the directive unlawfully encroaches on states' authority over elections and violates the Constitution's separation of powers.

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FOURTH CIRCUIT

4th Circ. Won't Stay Bargaining Order Pending High Court Bid

By Irene Spezzamonte

The Fourth Circuit turned down a Virginia trucking company's bid to stay a mandate requiring the entity to bargain with the union that workers tried to incorporate before facing pressure to vote against representation.

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DEALS

Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Paul Weiss

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Elon Musk's SpaceX strikes a deal with Cursor that could lead to an acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup, building products distributor QXO Inc. buys TopBuild Corp., and Eli Lilly & Co. acquires clinical-stage biotechnology company Kelonia Therapeutics.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Insurance Allure, People Pinch, Blackstone

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including an alluring source of capital for real estate investment trusts, how competition for skilled workers may hamper data center development, and Blackstone Inc.'s take on the first quarter of the year.

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LITIGATION

Analysis

One Certainty As Tariff Refunds Start: 'There Will Be Litigation'

By Chris Villani

The launch of the refund process for tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court marks the start of lengthy and multifaceted court battles as companies fight with consumers — and amongst themselves — about who gets a slice of the $166 billion pie, experts told Law360.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

ABA Settles Scholarship Suit After Disavowing Racial Criteria

By Grace Elletson

The American Bar Association struck a deal to end a suit claiming a scholarship program for racial and ethnic minorities discriminated against white applicants, in line with a vow it made last year that its programs would be race-neutral, according to a filing Monday in Illinois federal court.

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2nd Trump Judicial Nominee Questioned Over Fla. State Case

By Courtney Bublé

For the second time in a year, a judicial nominee for a Florida federal court is under scrutiny for allegedly presiding over a state level case involving President Donald Trump while being considered for a federal judgeship.

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Reed Smith Targeted In Eletson Gas Ownership Fracas

By Caroline Simson

Reed Smith LLP and two of its partners are facing a $262 million lawsuit in a long-running and bitter dispute over ownership of an international gas shipping company, as well as other issues that remain unresolved following the vacatur of an underlying $102 million arbitral award for fraud.

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Alabama Justices Toss Case Over Atty's AI-Hallucinated Briefs

By Lauren Berg

The Alabama Supreme Court tossed an appeal and sanctioned a Mobile, Alabama, attorney for filing "grossly deficient" briefs that contained multiple inaccurate legal citations that the justices attributed to artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Justices Deny Ramey Appeal Of Sanctions In Google IP Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review $255,000 in sanctions on embattled attorney William Ramey and a client for bringing what a California judge said was a frivolous patent suit against Google, turning down his appeal arguing the decision used the wrong legal standard.

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Analysis

How A Rush To Trial Paid Off With A Rare FCPA Acquittal

By Phillip Bantz

A defense strategy to fast-track the trial in a yearslong criminal foreign bribery case against a Mexican businessman in Texas appeared to backfire when he was convicted and sent to prison last year, but the gamble ultimately paid off when a judge permanently tossed the case earlier this month.

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Toss Of Atty's LVMH Claim 'Problematic,' 2nd Circ. Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Second Circuit judge said Monday that he is having a "hard time" understanding how the firing of a LVMH lawyer wasn't connected to her earlier harassment allegations, indicating a willingness to revive retaliation claims against the luxury goods giant.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week tackled a fresh mix of deal litigation, procedural disputes and fiduciary duty claims, with several rulings and filings underscoring the court's continued focus on contractual precision, forum enforcement and the limits of stockholder challenges.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Armbrecht Jackson

Ballard Spahr

Benesch

Breazeale Sachse

Bryan Cave

Consovoy McCarthy

Cravath Swaine

Davis Polk

Dechert LLP

Duane Morris

Foley & Lardner

Fox Rothschild

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Goulston & Storrs

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Jenner & Block

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Larson LLP

Law Office of Max Rodriguez

Lawfair LLC

Loretta A. Preska

Martin LLP

Ogletree Deakins

Parker Poe

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

R. McConnell Group PLLC

Ramey LLP

Reed Smith

Robinson Bradshaw

Saul Ewing

Stoel Rives

Taft Stettinius

Troutman

Venable LLP

Weinberg Roger

Winstead PC

Woods Rogers

Young Moore

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Association of American Universities Inc.

Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Barnard College

Blackstone Inc.

Blue Owl Capital Inc.

Candela Corp.

Canyon Partners LLC

Chevron Corp.

Chicago Bears

Cisco Systems Inc.

Compass Inc.

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

Corteva Inc.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

DTE Energy Co.

Eli Lilly & Co.

FedEx Corp.

Google LLC

Harvard University

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kelonia Therapeutics Inc.

LVMH Moet Hennessy

London Court of International Arbitration

Masimo Corp.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

National Association of Realtors

National Health Investors Inc.

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Oracle Corp.

Prologis Inc.

Renesas Electronics Corp.

SL Green Realty Corp.

Sila Realty Trust Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Syngenta AG

Temu

Tesaro Inc.

TopBuild Corp.

Toshiba Corp.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc.

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

United Parcel Service Inc.

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Government of Mexico

Illinois General Assembly

National Labor Relations Board

National Railroad Passenger Corp.

New York City Council

North Carolina Department of Justice

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

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 Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court