A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.
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5 ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In The Second Half Of 2026

By Kellie Mejdrich

A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.

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3 Firms Steer Cargo Drone Co.'s $800M SPAC Merger

By Elaine Briseño

Autonomous heavy-cargo drone developer Elroy Air Inc. announced Friday it plans to go public through a merger with a blank check company, in a deal that values the business at $800 million and is being steered by DLA Piper, White & Case and Kirkland.

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Pistons Owner's PE Firm Sued Over $1B Margin Loan

By Jarek Rutz

A Delaware pension fund has filed a derivative suit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing a private equity firm of exploiting its control over a technology distributor to secure a multibillion-dollar margin loan that allegedly violated the company's own governance policies while exposing the company and its minority stockholders to significant financial risk.

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'Millennial VC' Says Atty Failure Warrants New Fraud Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A venture capitalist dubbed the "Millennial VC" asked a California federal judge for a new trial on charges he misappropriated $19 million, saying his trial counsel failed him by not considering hiring a forensic accountant to rebut a key government expert regarding the money trails that supposedly enabled wanton misspending.

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High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days

By Katie Buehler

As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules. 

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DEALS & FINANCING

Don't Miss It: Sidley, Cooley Steer Hot Deals

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals. Here, Law360 recaps the ones you may have missed, including transactions helmed by Sidley Austin LLP and Cooley LLP.

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Skadden, Cleary Guide Silver Miner Sinda's $213M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Silver miner Sinda Ltd. hit the public markets on Friday after raising $213 million in its initial public offering led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Paul Weiss, Kirkland

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Germany's Merck KGaA acquires life sciences tools supplier Bio-Techne Corp., drugmaker AbbVie buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Apogee Therapeutics, and building materials supplier CRH acquires infrastructure products maker Arcosa Inc.

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LITIGATION

Ingram Micro Investor Sues Over Margin Loan To PE Owner

By Sydney Price

An institutional investor has brought a derivative lawsuit in Delaware's Chancery Court accusing California technology company Ingram Micro Holding Corp.'s controlling stockholder of exploiting its power to facilitate a margin loan that put stockholders at risk of major losses and violated the company's trading policy.

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PACER Fees Will Rise To Fund Cyber Defense Upgrades

By Bonnie Eslinger

The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Michelle Mone sued by PPE Medpro, Broadfield Law sued by the founders of an international aid company, and litigation funder Fortress bring a claim against Edwin Coe and businesses the law firm represented in a cartel claim.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

State Courts Must Be Gatekeepers Of Expert Testimony

Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Justices Strike Down Humphrey's Presidential Firing Limits

By Katie Buehler

The president has unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Commission and beyond.

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Insurer Says Firm, Atty Not Covered For Malpractice Claim

By Hope Patti

A Georgia law firm and attorney are not entitled to coverage for a legal malpractice claim brought by a former client who said their handling of an underlying lawsuit resulted in a nearly $600,000 default judgment against him, the firm's professional liability insurer told a federal court.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Greenberg Traurig Hires Nuclear Commission Veteran In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission leader, who spent 18 years there, most recently as deputy assistant general counsel for materials, fuel cycle and waste programs, the firm announced Monday.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Brief

NC 'Faithful Slaves' Monument Suit To End In Settlement

By Abigail Harrison

North Carolina residents are nearing a settlement in their lawsuit against a county alleging a monument that commemorates "faithful slaves" considered loyal to the South during the Civil War is unconstitutional, according to a notice filed in North Carolina federal court.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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AbbVie Inc.

AirAsia Bhd.

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

American Express Co.

Apogee Therapeutics

Arcosa Inc.

Aviva Investors Holdings Ltd.

Bio-Techne Corp.

Cohen & Co. Ltd.

DAF Trucks NV

Daimler AG

Detroit Pistons

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Dubai International Financial Centre

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Elroy Air

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Fort Point Capital

Google LLC

HNA Group

HP Inc.

Haleon PLC

HarperCollins Publishers LLC

Home Box Office Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Ingram Micro Holding Corp.

Instagram Inc.

Intel Corp.

Kobalt Music Group Ltd.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.

Laing O'Rourke

Lawyers for Civil Justice

MGM Grand Hotel LLC

Merck & Co. Inc.

Merck KGaA

Nasdaq Inc.

Navitas Credit Corp.

Platinum Equity LLC

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board

RTX Corp.

SEI Investments Co.

SVB Financial Group

Scania

Simulations Plus Inc.

Smith & Nephew plc

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

StoneX Group Inc.

Techne Corp.

The Council of State Governments

The Venetian Las Vegas

The Waldinger Corp.

Trilogy

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Wafra Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abbott Cooper PLLC

Addleshaw Goddard

Advisors LLC

Bass Berry

Chapman & Cutler

Clarick Gueron

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Clyde & Co

Cooley LLP

Cranfill Sumner

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton

Edwin Coe

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Fladgate LLP

Freeman Mathis

Friedman Oster

Gateley PLC

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

Groom Law Group

Harris Beach Murtha

Hogan Lovells

K&L Gates

Kantor & Kantor

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

Mishcon de Reya

Norton Rose

Paul Weiss

Peabody & Arnold

Pietragallo Gordon

Procopio Cory

Rahman Ravelli

Reed Smith

Reynolds Porter

Seila Law

Shakespeare Martineau

Shoosmiths LLP

Sidley Austin

Simmons & Simmons

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Stephens Scown

Stephenson Harwood

Wachtell Lipton

White & Case

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Election Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Mississippi Secretary of State

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Supreme Court

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Texas Supreme Court

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court

UK High Court

UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

Wisconsin Legislature