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Facing Scrutiny, 'Schedule A' Suits Grow Beyond Chicago

By Ivan Moreno

Federal lawsuits that target dozens or even hundreds of online sellers at once kept climbing in 2025 and spread beyond their Chicago stronghold, even as new data shows more friction for brand owners' mass anti-counterfeiting strategy.

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5th Circ. Lets Texas Enforce App Age-Check Law

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Fifth Circuit has temporarily allowed enforcement of a state law that restricts app downloads by age and requires app stores to display age ratings in Texas, lifting a court order blocking the law while an appellate panel considers the litigation on its merits.

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Trump Ordered To Respond To Claims IRS Deal Was Fraud

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump must respond to allegations made by a group of former federal judges that his settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving his $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service defrauded the court, the Florida federal judge who presided over the case said Friday.

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Dems Say DOJ Blocked Bondi On Trump Questions

By Courtney Bublé

Democrats were incensed on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who accompanied former Attorney General Pam Bondi to her committee interview stopped her from answering questions about President Donald Trump.

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Dems Tell DC Circ. Trump Can't Build White House Ballroom

By Courtney Bublé

More than 140 Democrats from the House and Senate have urged an appellate court to uphold a lower court's ruling that halted construction on President Donald Trump's ballroom at the White House.

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White House Says It's Following Presidential Records Law

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge that it is complying with his injunction last week requiring White House staff to follow record-keeping rules set out in the Presidential Records Act, but signalled that it may appeal the ruling in the future.

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Calif. Supreme Court OKs Challenges To Blanket Judge DQs

By Emily Sawicki

The California Supreme Court has opened the door to challenges to blanket judicial disqualifications across the largest state court system in the country, partially overturning a precedent established nearly 50 years ago.

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SEC Unveils Plan To End Biden-Era Climate Disclosure Regs

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday put forth a proposal that would overturn a Biden-era regulation requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, saying the rule fell outside the agency's "core mandate."

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CFTC Eyes US Perpetual Derivatives With Kalshi Approval

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday took a leap forward in bringing so-called crypto perpetual derivatives to U.S. traders with a first-of-its-kind approval of Kalshi's bitcoin perpetual futures contract and no-action relief that allows Coinbase to connect U.S. customers with global offerings.

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Feds Dodge Some Claims In New Mexico Wildfire Liability Suit

By Crystal Owens

A New Mexico judge carved up a challenge to the U.S. Forest Service over the destruction of nearly 43,000 acres of national forest land, saying the agency didn't follow its own monitoring obligations that don't allow for discretion until an emergent risk is brought to its attention.

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Conn. Regulator Ends 'Unilateral' Decisions Amid Utility Suits

By Brian Steele

Connecticut's public utilities watchdog has made a series of promises to change the way that it operates in hopes of bringing an end to a lawsuit in which Eversource Energy and others accused the agency's now former chair of unlawfully wielding her authority.

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Embattled Metal Recycler Sued Over NJ Facility Fires

By George Woolston

The operator of a metal recycling scrapyard in the city of Camden, New Jersey, was hit with a proposed class action in Garden State federal court alleging that its operation of the facility has resulted in numerous fires and explosions that release harmful emissions.

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Full 4th Circ. To Rethink W.Va., Md. 340B Drug Discount Laws

By Mark Payne

The full Fourth Circuit will revisit two panel decisions that created a circuit split when they temporarily blocked a pair of state laws that barred drugmakers from prohibiting federally funded hospitals from contracting with an unlimited number of pharmacies to dispense discounted drugs in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. 

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Texas Justices Deny Review Of Heartbeat Act Procedure

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court Justices on Friday denied a bid by the Texas Equal Access Fund to revive a challenge to the state's so-called Texas Heartbeat Act, granting a victory to a woman who previously sought to investigate the fund under the law.

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Justices Told USPTO's 'Settled Expectations' Rule Flouts Law

By Ryan Davis

A host of industry groups, professors, attorneys and more urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to take up Google's appeal arguing that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has exceeded its authority by using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them.

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NewsGuard Wants Appeal Over FTC 'Retaliation' Fast-Tracked

By Matthew Perlman

News rating organization NewsGuard Technologies is asking the D.C. Circuit to expedite its appeal in a case accusing the Federal Trade Commission of retaliating against the group for its reporting on disinformation.

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House Panel To Consider Ideas For New Navigation Systems

By Christopher Cole

A U.S. House subcommittee will hold a hearing June 4 on proposals to deploy new Earth-based systems that would buttress the GPS in case of sabotage and signal disruptions.

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Wis. Says CFTC Lacks Standing To Block Its Betting Regs

By Ganesh Setty

Wisconsin told a federal judge on Friday that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission failed to specify injuries in a lawsuit seeking to block the state from regulating prediction market platforms, while also arguing against platforms' bid to intervene in the case.

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Sacramento Makes Pitch For Full-Time MLB Expansion Team

By David Steele

Sacramento business and political leaders have started a campaign to bring a Major League Baseball expansion team to the area, unveiling plans to build a stadium and mixed-use development next to the temporary minor league home of MLB's Athletics.

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Hockey Governing Body Opens Door To End Ban On Russia

By David Steele

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that it will reconsider its current ban of Russia from competition and said that it would evaluate the country's return on an "event-by-event basis.''

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Judge Orders Trump's Name To Be Taken Off Kennedy Center

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge blocked the closure and purported renaming of the Kennedy Center on Friday, ordering President Donald Trump's name removed from the building's facade and ruling that the board of the iconic performing arts hub violated its statutory duty when it failed to fully assess the closure's impacts.

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Preservation Group Wants Feds To Stop DC Golf Course Plans

By Isaac Monterose

A District of Columbia preservationist group and two recreational golfers told the D.C. federal court not to toss their golf course suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and its U.S. National Park Service, arguing that the federal government needs to be stopped because it is currently going forward with its plans to turn a public park's historic recreational golf course into a professional golfing venue despite claiming otherwise.

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Analysis

Cuts To Benefits Come With Risks For Employers, Attys Say

By Kellie Mejdrich

Some employers have been reducing employee benefits, attorneys say, a move that brings both legal and reputational risks. Here's a look at three areas where practitioners are seeing cutbacks and the pitfalls they present. 

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Mich. Plumbing Co. Hit With Overtime, Retaliation Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Three plumbers have sued a Michigan plumbing company and its owner, claiming they were wrongly denied overtime pay and fired after one worker contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about the company's pay practices. 

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X Corp. Calls Apple, OpenAI Deposition Bid 'Opportunism'

By Spencer Brewer

X Corp. on Friday called an attempt by Apple Inc. and OpenAI to conduct more than 10 depositions "simply opportunism at its most brazen," saying that the court should deny the defendants' bid to get more discovery in X's sweeping antitrust suit.

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Brief

EU Clears Dairy Cooperatives' Merger Plan

By Tom Fish

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition by Arla Foods of DMK Group after concluding that the deal, which would create a farmer-owned dairy cooperative giant, raises no competition concerns in the European Economic Area.

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1st Circ. Says Mass. Police Head Immune Over Recording App

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit has ruled that the superintendent of the Massachusetts state police is immune from civil rights claims in a proposed class action over the use of a Motorola app that secretly records phone conversations.

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Suirui And Jupiter Systems Appeal Injunction, Receiver Order

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Suirui Group, Suirui International and Jupiter Systems have appealed a D.C. federal court order granting the government's motion for a preliminary injunction in an ongoing battle to force it to divest itself of Jupiter Systems.

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NJ Panel Advances Bill Creating AI Rules For Licensed Pros

By George Woolston

A New Jersey legislative committee has advanced a bill aimed at creating a model policy governing the use of generative artificial intelligence by licensed professionals across the state.

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Vermont Data Privacy Bill Poised For Signing Despite Doubts

By Allison Grande

Vermont is poised to become the latest state to enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation, after the legislature on Friday approved a framework that consumer advocates have criticized for being significantly weaker than a proposal for regulating companies' handling of personal information that the governor vetoed two years ago.

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Skechers Seeks To Boot Wash. Anti-Spam Suit To Arbitration

By Ben Adlin

Two Washington shoppers behind a proposed class action accusing Skechers USA Inc. of sending false and misleading marketing emails must take their claims to arbitration, the footwear brand told a Seattle federal court Friday.

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Wrongful Death Claims Settled Before Baltimore Bridge Trial

By Linda Chiem

The families of the six construction workers who died in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster have reached confidential settlements with the owner and manager of the cargo carrier that slammed into the bridge and triggered its collapse, according to court filings Friday.

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Atmos Energy Hit With 1st Suit Over Deadly Dallas Explosion

By Hailey Konnath

A Texas man who escaped the May 28 natural gas explosion at a Dallas apartment complex sued Atmos Energy Corp. on Friday, claiming the company failed to properly monitor conditions in his complex despite knowing the risks, calling it a pattern of "gross negligence" that contributed to the deadly blast.

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Conn. City, Cops Must Pay $38M To Murder Exoneree

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal jury on Friday awarded $38 million to felony murder exoneree Stefon Morant, who spent 21 years in prison for two shootings he did not commit, finding the city of New Haven engaged in a "widespread practice or custom" of suppressing evidence favorable to criminal defendants.

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Brief

Commerce Ups Japanese Steel Antidumping Duty After Ruling

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce increased the antidumping duty order Friday against certain steel products produced by a Japanese company following a recalculation of the rate during Court of International Trade proceedings.

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Brief

Russian Palladium Dodges Duties After ITC Finds No Harm

By Jack McLoone

Unwrought Russian palladium sold at ostensibly unfair prices won't be subject to triple-digit antidumping and countervailing duties after the U.S. International Trade Commission voted Friday to find the imports are not harming U.S. domestic industry. 

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Brief

US Pipe Producer Seeks Review Of Canadian Duty Order

By Jack McLoone

A U.S. manufacturer of pipes known as oil country tubular goods requested a binational review of an antidumping duty assessed against its imports into Canada, looking to take advantage of a U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement provision, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday.

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Md. Expands Urban Agriculture Property Tax Credit Eligibility

By Zak Kostro

Maryland loosened eligibility requirements for a local option property tax credit for urban agricultural activities under a bill signed by the governor.

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8th Circ. Won't Revive Guatemalan Mother's Removal Fight

By Tom Lotshaw

An Eighth Circuit panel declined to revive a Guatemalan mother of six's challenge of a removal order, holding that there was no basis to disturb a Board of Immigration Appeals decision that affirmed it and underlying family hardship determinations.

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Judge Won't Toss Afghan Ally Suit Over Family Entry Block

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration must face a lawsuit brought by asylees from Afghanistan who claim it unlawfully cited a presidential travel ban to deny their spouses and children entry to the U.S., a Virginia federal judge ruled.

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Feds Say New Yorkers Lack Standing In ICE Arrest Suit

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration urged a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of making unlawful warrantless immigration arrests, arguing Friday the plaintiffs lack standing because they haven't been detained again, nor shown they will be.

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Gov't Pressed On Trump's Authority For H-1B Visa Fee

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday searched for the limits of the president's power to restrict foreign workers from entering the U.S., as the government defended attaching a $100,000 fee to process certain skilled-worker visas.

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Brief

Feds Appealing Loss In Colorado Sanctuary Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration told a Colorado federal judge it's appealing a recent ruling that dismissed its legal challenge of various sanctuary laws that Colorado and Denver have enacted.

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Fla. Man Sentenced To 18 Months For $7M Biofuel Tax Fraud

By Kat Lucero

The owner of a Florida renewable fuel company was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for a scheme that generated more than $7 million in fraudulent fuel tax credits, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

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Consultant In Rivera FARA Trial Asks For Redo

By Carolina Bolado

A political consultant convicted alongside ex-Florida Rep. David Rivera asked for a new trial Friday, arguing that the government "did not come close to proving" that she was guilty of willfully failing to register as a foreign agent for her work on a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company.

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Oklahoma Justices Void Tulsa-Creek Jurisdiction Settlement

By Crystal Owens

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a settlement agreement between the city of Tulsa and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over criminal jurisdiction on reservation lands, finding that the pact is invalid because it lacks the required approval of the state's governor and Legislature.

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EchoStar, FCC Reach Deal To Settle Auction Defaults

By Christopher Cole

EchoStar inked a deal Friday with the Federal Communications Commission to settle debt claims from spectrum auction defaults for up to $2.9 billion, depending on how much money the FCC brings in from a new round of license sales.

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DOJ Final Rule On Medical Pot Comes Under New Challenge

By Sam Reisman

A Trump administration rule loosening federal restrictions on state-sanctioned medical marijuana has been hit with another legal challenge in D.C. Circuit Court, initiated Thursday by a coalition of interests alleging they will be adversely impacted by the policy shift.

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Brief

NJ Bill Eases Path To Adult-Use Pot Sales For Medical Shops

By Sam Reisman

New Jersey lawmakers have given final approval to a bill extending the state's existing hemp policy until an upcoming shift in the federal definition of hemp takes effect in November as well as making it easier for medical cannabis dispensaries to also sell recreational products.

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Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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Employer Tips For Navigating Tenn. Noncompete Law

Although a new Tennessee law will limit the enforceability of noncompetes, including by categorically prohibiting them for lower-wage earners and establishing rebuttable presumptions on their duration, it also gives employers clearer guideposts for drafting enforceable agreements, say attorneys at Burr & Forman.

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Key Legal Considerations For Data Center Battery Storage

Battery energy storage systems have become essential infrastructure for data center development — but as trade, energy and tax policies continue to shift, companies operating in this space must understand the importance of supply chain requirements and industry-tailored contracts, says RJ Colwell at Davis Graham.

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SEC's Co-Investment Relief Broadens Private Market Access

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent no-action letter to J.P. Morgan Investment Management permits open-end funds to co-invest with affiliates, removing a long-standing barrier open-end fund sponsors have faced in sourcing private market investments at scale, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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Double Shooting Renews Courthouse Safety Fears In NC

By Hayley Fowler

The shooting of two Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, ahead of Memorial Day weekend has renewed calls to protect the safety of judges and lawyers in an increasingly volatile justice system.

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Baker McKenzie Asks Judge Not To Toss Suit Against Ex-Atty

By Alison Knezevich

A lawyer for Baker McKenzie on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., judge not to dismiss the BigLaw firm's defamation suit against a former tax associate who accused a firm office leader of sexual assault, telling the court the accusations were false and made with "malice."

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Bonus Spotlight

Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.

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Akin Gump Owes Fees For Winebow's 'Self-Indulgent' Appeal

By Dorothy Atkins

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered an importer's Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to pay a European winemaker fees for having to defend against the importer's "spurious objections" to the winemaker's valid arbitral award, ruling that the importer's "self-indulgent" appeal warrants sanctions in the form of fees.

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Calif. Panel Reverses Order For Citing Atty's Bogus Case Law

By Dorothy Atkins

A California appellate panel on Thursday reversed a judgment in favor of a man accused of abusing his son, finding that "without doubt" the trial judge abused her discretion by incorporating the man's bogus legal citations into her ruling, despite being alerted to the mistakes in advance.

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NY Judge Doubts Nussbaum-Linked Firms Belong In Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday questioned whether his court was the proper venue to wind down two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum as the debtors sought to ditch an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.

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Civil Rights Icon Clarence B. Jones Dies At 95

By Andrea Keckley

Civil rights icon Clarence B. Jones, a speechwriter and personal attorney to Martin Luther King Jr., died May 22 at an assisted living facility in the Santa Clara County city of Cupertino, California, his family confirmed earlier this week. He was 95.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen the billionaire who donated £5 million ($6.7 million) to Nigel Farage sue Ben Habib, the leader of far-right party Advance UK, for defamation; Mashreqbank bring claims against three subsidiaries of dissolved private equity giant Abraaj Group for commercial fraud; and the property and investment vehicle of the State of Kuwait be targeted by four real estate figures who filed a miscellaneous claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Kirkland & Ellis says it's investing a half billion dollars into developing its own artificial intelligence platform to better serve clients. And Law360 looks at the general counsel who is guiding BP through its latest leadership crisis after the company abruptly dismissed its board chair.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz

By Sarah Jarvis

Matthew L. Schwartz oscillated among many career aspirations as a kid, from astronaut to mayor of New York. When it was time to head off to college, the man who would go on to handle the prosecution of employees tied to Bernie Madoff and become chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP set his sights on science, earning an undergraduate degree in physics.

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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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