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Fed. Judiciary Urged To Drop Unified Atty Admission Effort

By Jack Karp

The federal judiciary should scrap any proposal to do away with state bar admission requirements for U.S. district courts and create a national district court bar, according to a recent report finding it would undercut those courts' control over bar membership and that it lacks the necessary support.

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Why Big Tech Gets Advisory Juries In 'Socially Explosive' Suits

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge's recent use of advisory juries for high-profile tech disputes — including Elon Musk's OpenAI for-profit conversion challenge and states' social-media addiction fight with Meta — is an uncommon practice that's intended as a "reality check" for judges deciding "socially explosive" disputes, according to legal experts.

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Some Attys Say Remote Hearing Expansion Comes At A Cost

By Julie Manganis

A push in Massachusetts to expand the number of proceedings held via videoconference is raising concerns among some attorneys, who question if the time savings of remote hearings is outweighed by the hidden costs of lawyers and judges staring into a screen.

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Trump's Melding Of Politics, Antitrust Hard To Roll Back

By Bryan Koenig

Environmental initiatives, diversity programs, anti-misinformation efforts and gender-affirming care have become central targets for President Donald Trump's antitrust enforcers in what observers say is an increasing trend of politically tinged competition enforcement.

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World Cup Trafficking Raises Alarm For More Than Just Banks

By Chris Villani

An unusual Trump administration notice exhorting financial institutions to be on guard for human trafficking activity during the 2026 FIFA World Cup could create compliance challenges not just for banks but an array of other industries, experts told Law360.

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Justices Won't Upend Ruling Making Ga. Ethics Claims Public

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Friday to vacate an Eleventh Circuit ruling that allowed Georgia's judicial watchdog to publicize allegations that two unsuccessful Georgia Supreme Court candidates violated ethics rules, shortly after the pair argued the election did not moot the case.

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11th Circ. Backs Ga. Cops' Immunity In Drug Detention

By Chart Riggall

The Eleventh Circuit backed an early win Friday for four Georgia police officers accused of unlawfully seizing and using excessive force against a woman suspected of overdosing, relying upon a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the probable cause standard doesn't apply to "emergency aid" situations.

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Ex-Prosecutor Among Latest To Challenge Trump 'Slush Fund'

By Hailey Konnath

A former federal prosecutor who worked on Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection cases sued Friday over the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund created by President Donald Trump's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service, calling it a "slush fund" that's "on a collision course with the United States Constitution."

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Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

By Rachel Rippetoe

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.

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FDIC Proposes AML, Sanctions Rule For Stablecoin Issuers

By Aislinn Keely

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday issued a proposed rule to codify that stablecoin issuers under its supervision must comply with anti-money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions requirements and to bolster the FDIC's coordination with the Treasury Department's illicit finance regulators.

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Banks, Ill. AG Duel Over Swipe-Fee Law's Fate On Remand

By Jon Hill

Banking trade groups are urging a Chicago federal judge to follow a U.S. regulator's lead and confirm that Illinois' forthcoming restrictions on swipe fees are broadly preempted, pressing to capitalize on new federal rules that the state's attorney general says are "too little, too late."

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Regions Bank To Pay Feds $4.9M Over PPP Loan Forgiveness

By Sarah Jarvis

Regions Bank has agreed to pay more than $4.9 million to settle allegations it was improperly paid by the government after approving forgiveness of a customer's Paycheck Protection Program loan that was ineligible for such treatment, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

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Fed, OCC Urged To Block 'Predatory' Enova's Bank Buy

By Courtney Bublé

A pair of Senate Democrats cautioned financial regulators about greenlighting fintech lender Enova International's application to become a national bank holding company, calling it a "predatory lender."

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OppFi Clinches Win Over $100M Calif. 'Rent-A-Bank' Case

By Jon Hill

A California state judge has freed Opportunity Financial from a California state regulator's pursuit of at least $100 million in fines for alleged predatory lending, sealing the fintech firm's victory over long-running "rent-a-bank" claims that threatened its business model in the state. 

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CFPB Small-Biz Rule Rollback Tees Up End To Ky. Bank Suit

By Sarah Jarvis

Kentucky banks have indicated they will drop their lawsuit over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small-business loan data rule after the agency, now under the Trump administration, significantly scaled back the Biden-era reporting mandate.

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Analysis

Seven County's Legacy Still Unwritten A Year Later

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court's curtailment of federal environmental reviews in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition et al. v. Eagle County was seen as a game changer for project development, but one year later, cautious business sentiment has left its legacy untested.

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Federal Judge Blocks Expanded Red Snapper Fishing Permits

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration's expanded recreational red snapper fishing permits for four southeastern states were blocked by a D.C. federal judge Thursday, just hours prior to what would have been the start of open snapper fishing in Florida.

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Everglades Temple Suit Paused After Project Loses Funding

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Thursday stayed a Buddhist group's lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over an Everglades restoration project near a temple, after the $500 million funding for the project was reallocated.

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NC Justices Clash Over Rate Reviews In Duke Energy Cases

By Tom Lotshaw

A divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirmed rate increases a state commission approved for Duke Energy units on Friday, clashing over some justifications for them and the level of review warranted under a regulatory framework that allows utilities to seek multiyear hikes.

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States Tell Justices Colo. Climate Suit Threatens Sovereignty

By Elaine Briseño

Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania and 23 other states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that allowed local communities to pursue climate change damages under state law, arguing it jeopardizes states' constitutional right to govern themselves.

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Healthcare Orgs Push DC Court To Block Student Loan Caps

By Gianna Ferrarin

Professional organizations representing nurses, therapists, public health workers and educators urged a District of Columbia federal court on Thursday to block a rule by the U.S. Department of Education restricting federal student loan eligibility for a host of degree programs, arguing it exceeded the department's authority.

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Health Workers Say US Solicitor Wrong In NY Vax Case

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. solicitor general's position that the nation's highest court shouldn't take up a religious bias suit over a New York state COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers incorrectly claimed that accommodations were obtainable, the mandate's challengers told the justices Friday.

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Ky. Mom Brings School Survey Copyright Case To High Court

By Elliot Weld

A Kentucky mother has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case seeking a copy of a student mental-health survey against Pearson and her local school district, saying the case presents an important question about whether courts can decide whether it's fair use to request copyrighted materials under state open records law.

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Fox Seeks Appeal In Newsom's $787M Defamation Suit

By Jarek Rutz

Fox News has urged a Delaware judge to let the state supreme court immediately review a ruling allowing California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $787 million defamation suit to proceed, arguing that the case threatens First Amendment protections and improperly lets a public official use litigation to punish criticism.

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Texas AG Says Discord Misled Public About Platform Safety

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas attorney general launched a lawsuit against Discord Inc. on Friday, accusing the platform of enabling child sexual exploitation and lying about its safety to parents and the wider public.

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States Seek Ticketmaster Sale As Live Nation Wants New Trial

By Matthew Santoni

State enforcers say they want a federal court to split up Live Nation and Ticketmaster following a New York federal jury verdict that Live Nation had harmed competition by monopolizing ticket sales for large concert venues, even as the concert promotion giant sought to undo the verdict against it or to be granted a new trial.

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What's In The House Surface Transportation Funding Bill?

By Linda Chiem

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a $580 billion five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill on Friday to fund roads, bridges, transit and rail improvement projects, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and establish the first-ever federal regulatory framework for autonomous commercial vehicles.

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Texas Justices Side With AG In Austin Rail Appeal Row

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Supreme Court chastised a lower court for proceeding to the merits instead of settling a jurisdictional question in litigation relating to the $10 billion price tag for Austin's planned light rail system and related bonds, saying Friday that "nothing about this scenario is as it should be."

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Analysis

Bears' Best Gameplan: Playing Ill. And Ind. Off Of Each Other

By David Steele

Creating a multibillion-dollar competition between Illinois and Indiana to build the Chicago Bears' new stadium is a strategy that has become increasingly popular among pro franchises that can leverage tax and financial incentives, and even real estate deals.

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Kalshi, Polymarket Can't Move Wash., Nev. Suits To Fed. Court

By Ben Adlin

Washington and Nevada regulators' lawsuits accusing prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket of violating state gambling laws can proceed in their respective state courts, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday, denying the companies' arguments that the actions raise federal questions and thus belong in federal court.

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NFL's Bears Bury Idea Of Putting New Stadium In Chicago

By Nate Beck

The National Football League's Chicago Bears said the team is no longer looking to build a new stadium in the city of Chicago as they weigh a move to either Arlington Heights, Illinois, or Hammond, Indiana.

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Tampa Council, Fla. County Board OK Rays' $2.3B Ballpark

By Isaac Monterose

The Tampa City Council and a Florida county's board of commissioners have reportedly approved nonbinding agreements for a proposed $2.3 billion, 113-acre ballpark project for the MLB's Tampa Bay Rays.

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Committee Probes Insider Trading On Kalshi, Polymarket

By Aislinn Keely

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opened an investigation into potential insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket on Friday with letters asking the prediction market platforms to hand over compliance information and documents related to headline-grabbing trades.

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Tussle Over Sports Prediction Markets Reaches Rhode Island

By Alex Lawson

Rhode Island has come into the legal fray over sports event contracts, as regulators in the Ocean State trade lawsuits with prediction market platforms over whether those offerings violate the state's sports betting laws.

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Texas Justices Say Appeal Bond Cap Applies Per Debtor

By José Luis Martínez

A split Texas Supreme Court on Friday found that each debtor of a $400 million judgment is subject to the state's bond cap, finding a joint $25 million bond by a group of three real estate defendants insufficient in their bid to pause collection efforts while they appeal a wrongful-death suit judgment.

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Mich. Man Says Township Razed Church Amid Rehab Project

By Susan Smiley

A West Michigan man has asked a Michigan federal judge to deny the Charter Township of Trowbridge's motion to dismiss his suit alleging the township demolished a historic church he owned and was in the midst of rehabbing.

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Google Urges DC Circ. To Nix DOJ's Search Win

By Matthew Perlman

Google told the D.C. Circuit Friday the government is using antitrust law to punish a successful competitor as it looks to overturn a trial court's ruling finding that Google illegally maintained its search monopoly.

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Lawmakers Say DOJ Left CIA, White House Data Exposed

By Elaine Briseño

Three Democratic lawmakers, citing worries about spying, asked the U.S. Department of Justice to ban the sale of phone location data from sensitive sites, such as the White House, to "hostile foreign nations" like Russia, Iran and China.

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7th Circ. Not Sure 'Call' Means 'Text' Under TCPA

By Nadia Dreid

Seventh Circuit panelists have expressed skepticism that text messages could be considered "telephone calls" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's do-not-call provisions.

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Consumer Drops TCPA Suit Against Colo. Supplement Co.

By MJ Koo

A Colorado dietary supplement company accused of bombarding consumers with unsolicited telemarketing texts has been let off the hook after the woman who sued it voluntarily dropped the case, according to a filing in Colorado federal court.

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Fla. Panel Says Past Payment Cut $200K Police Damages Cap

By David Minsky

A Florida state appeals court Friday reversed a judgment against a sheriff found negligent for injuries in a motor vehicle collision, ruling that a prior indemnity for property loss should have reduced the $200,000 statutory cap on damages for individuals injured by local government entities.

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EU, Mexico Sign Trade Deal Reached Last Year

By Dylan Moroses

The European Union and Mexico formally signed a trade agreement Friday that was reached at the beginning of last year but put on hold as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade strategy cast global economic uncertainty for both trading partners.

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Tenn. Extends Retroactive Tax Break Window For Nonprofits

By Zak Kostro

Tennessee extended the time frame for eligible nonprofit entities to retroactively apply a property tax exemption under a bill signed by the governor.

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SC Authorizes Local Sales Tax To Provide Property Tax Relief

By Sanjay Talwani

Municipalities in three South Carolina counties will be authorized to impose sales taxes of up to 1% to provide property tax relief, with local voter approval, under legislation signed by the governor.

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DOJ Hid Grand Jury Misconduct In ICE Case, Ill. Judge Says

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge said Thursday her trust in U.S. Department of Justice attorneys had been "broken" after reviewing unredacted grand jury transcripts in a criminal case against anti-ICE protesters that revealed prosecutorial misconduct, shortly after which Chicago's top federal prosecutor moved to dismiss the charges.

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Khalil Seeks Justices' Review Of 3rd Circ. Detention Ruling

By Britain Eakin

Mahmoud Khalil said Friday that he will turn to the U.S. Supreme Court after the full Third Circuit declined to rehear a split panel decision overturning district court orders releasing him from immigration detention and prohibiting his retention and removal.

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Green Card Candidates To Now Apply From Abroad, Feds Say

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration announced Friday that noncitizens in the U.S. on nonimmigrant visas who want to become lawful permanent residents must apply from abroad, marking a sharp shift in how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has handled such requests.

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Detained Pa. Immigrants Want DHS To Certify Missing Policy

By Matthew Santoni

A proposed class of immigrant detainees at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania wants the government to admit it has no record supporting an alleged policy of denying online access to New Jersey courts — a prospect the DHS wants to avoid while agreeing the case can move to discovery.

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Groups Drop Old Claims To Cement Asylum Rule Vacatur

By Tom Lotshaw

Immigration rights groups are arguing with the Trump administration over the status of a Biden-era rule restricting asylum eligibility, with the groups contending that the rule was vacated in 2023 and the U.S. Department of Justice saying final judgment in the case was still pending.

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Alaskan Tribes Renew Ambler Road Fight Over Trump Order

By Crystal Owens

Alaskan tribal councils have resumed a challenge to a multimillion-dollar project that will construct a 211-mile mining access road through a portion of the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Reserve, arguing its construction will adversely affect "the heart of a rural area" and its wild abundance.

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Bipartisan Bill Would Rein In Gov't Subpoena Use

By Courtney Bublé

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill intended to stop the federal government's "abuse" of subpoenas for phone and internet records in order to safeguard individuals' privacy rights.

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New USPTO Procedure May Be A Boon For Patent Owners

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new ex parte reexamination procedure, allowing patent owners to file preorder papers to inform the EPR decision process, marks the first meaningful opportunity for owners to prevent EPR, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.

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Looking Beyond Calif. Climate Laws As NY Bills Advance

California's climate disclosure legislation has made emissions and risk reporting a practical reality — and now that New York is working on its own climate disclosure bills, companies must confront a future in which compliance systems will need to be ready for multiple states' reporting regimes, says Thierry Montoya at FBT Gibbons.

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Mitigating Risks Under New Pay Disclosure Laws In Maine, Va.

To prepare for pay transparency laws that go into effect this summer in Maine and Virginia, employers should consider comprehensive audits of existing recruiting, compensation and recordkeeping practices — and be prepared to uncover disparities that create both legal and employee relations risks, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Sizing Up The Rescheduling Hurdles Medical Pot Cos. Face

The Justice Department’s recent lowering of certain medical marijuana products to Schedule III means operators — particularly those simultaneously offering federally illegal adult-use cannabis — must implement greater structural discipline to navigate an increasingly fragmented legal landscape if they hope to benefit from new tax deductions and access to capital, say attorneys at Akerman.

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2nd Circ.'s Cantero Redo Complicates Mortgage Escrow Issue

The Second Circuit's recent decision in Cantero v. Bank of America reflects the absence of definitiveness in mortgage escrow preemption jurisprudence, leaving lenders to navigate conflicting state rules and pricing challenges amid a deepening circuit split, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

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Fox Rothschild Attys Shot Outside NC Courthouse After Hearing

By Hayley Fowler

Two Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys were shot Friday outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to police reports and a firm spokesperson.

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Survey Finds Legal Malpractice Claim Frequency Grew In 2025

By Andrea Keckley

Insurers reported an increase in the frequency of legal malpractice claims for the first time in several years amid concerns over issues like the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey by EPIC Law Firm Group.

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Prosecutors Seek $1.98M Forfeiture In Goldstein Case

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors are seeking a nearly $2 million forfeiture judgment against convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and asking a Maryland federal judge to turn the Supreme Court lawyer's Northwest D.C. home over to the government to pay it.

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Discipline Upheld For Fed. Judge Who Had Sex In Chambers

By Madison Arnold

The federal judiciary signed off Friday on a private reprimand for a district judge within the Eleventh Circuit for misconduct that included having an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer and sexual intercourse in their chambers within earshot of the judge's staff.

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Nelson Mullins Faces $2B Suits Over Alleged Conflicts

By Carolina Bolado

The former wives of two insurance mogul brothers have sued Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP for $2 billion, claiming a partner there set up the couples' estates while quietly conspiring with the brothers to shield marital assets from the wives in the event of divorce.

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Ala. Atty Suspended Over 'Atrocious' Bid To Cover Up AI Use

By Rae Ann Varona

A federal judge has suspended an attorney from practicing in the Northern District of Alabama after the attorney deleted his ChatGPT account in a bid to cover up his use of the chatbot to write an erroneous brief, saying the court never imagined having to deal with such "atrocious conduct."

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'Can't Just Make Up Names And Sue,' 7th Circ. Judge Says

By Anne Cullen

A Seventh Circuit judge rebuked a lawyer Friday for naming a "made up" entity, rather than the correct institution, in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit against the Wisconsin Court System and a former judge, demanding the error be corrected immediately.

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UC Berkeley Law Adopts Sweeping Restrictions On AI Use

By Lynn LaRowe

The University of California, Berkeley School of Law has adopted a sweeping new policy that restricts the use of artificial intelligence by students, saying the measure aims to ensure "our courses focus on requisite cognitive skills by default."

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Attys Hijacked 1,000 Storm Cases In 'Shakedown,' Suit Says

By Emily Sawicki

Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alleged a RICO suit filed Thursday in Houston federal court.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Morrison Foerster LLP, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Dechert LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury cleared OpenAI and executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of allegations that they breached the nonprofit's charitable trust by converting to a for-profit.

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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 Napster sued by a music royalties company, White & Case LLP and Laytons LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer, a short-term lender pursue legal action against law firm Rainer Hughes and its former founding partner following his strike-off for money laundering offenses, and the administrators of London Bridging sue the founder of collapsed Market Financial Solutions. 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

The role of artificial intelligence in law weaves in and out of this week's stories, with the most recent compelling action coming from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued an executive order to mobilize state agencies as AI layoffs begin to hit thousands of workers in his state.

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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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