5th Circ. Upholds Texas Ban On Compensated Vote Harvesting

By José Luis Martínez

The Fifth Circuit on Thursday reinstated enforcement of Texas' felony ban on compensated vote harvesting, saying that hypothetical scenarios are not enough to claim that a law is unconstitutional.

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Texas AG To Investigate Conduent, BCBS For Data Breach

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he's investigating Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Conduent Business Services LLC over a sprawling data breach that left sensitive data for upward of four million Texans exposed.

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Apple Cleared Of 4G Patent Infringement Claims In 3rd Trial

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims brought by Optis Wireless Technology over patents covering standard-essential 4G wireless technology Thursday, after the verdicts of two previous juries finding Apple liable were overturned.

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'Texit' Crypto Offering Halted By Texas Securities Regulator

By Emilie Ruscoe

Texas' state securities regulator has filed an emergency cease-and-desist order against an enterprise selling mining interests for a cryptocurrency invoking the Texas secession movement, alleging the scheme constitutes a fraudulent and unregistered offering and sale of securities.

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Texas Ambulance Co. Faces Suit Over 'Safety Naps' Deduction

By Benjamin Morse

An ambulance company required off-the-clock work, automatically deducted time for "safety naps" during employees' 24-hour shifts and failed to include bonuses in overtime calculations, according to a proposed collective action filed in Texas federal court Thursday.

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FTC Merger Filing Overhaul Thrown Out

By Bryan Koenig

The Federal Trade Commission hasn't shown the costs on merging companies outweigh the claimed benefits of dramatically increasing the amount of information that must be provided upfront when giving notice of a transaction, a Texas federal judge said Thursday, throwing out the commission's overhaul of premerger reporting requirements.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Restaurant Group Alleges Ex-GC Embezzled, Shared Secrets

By Craig Clough

The former general counsel of a restaurant group behind Casa Madera in West Hollywood charged luxury items and anti-aging treatments to his company credit card in a $250,000 embezzlement scheme and released privileged company information when he was fired, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Nevada federal court.

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Challenge To 3D-Printed Gun Law Fails, 3rd Circ. Rules

By Jonathan Capriel

The First Amendment does not protect the distribution of "purely functional code" that would allow for the 3D printing of guns, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, ending a challenge to a New Jersey law from a Texas-based firearm company and a gun rights group.

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InterDigital Says TCL, Hisense TVs Infringe Video Patents

By Jack McLoone

American firm InterDigital Inc. accused Chinese TV manufacturers Hisense Co. Ltd. and TCL Technology Group Corp. of selling televisions that infringe its video coding patents in separate federal district court suits as part of a worldwide litigation effort against the two companies.

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Solar Co. PosiGen Control Suit Dismissed In Conn.

By Jarek Rutz

A lawsuit accusing Brookfield affiliates of seizing control of solar company PosiGen and driving it deeper into insolvency has been dismissed with prejudice in Connecticut federal court, ending a closely watched dispute that preceded the company's Chapter 11 filing in Texas.

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Feds Charge 2 Foreign Nationals Over $10M Healthcare Fraud

By Lauraann Wood

Federal officials in Chicago announced healthcare fraud charges Thursday against two natives of Pakistan who allegedly made $10 million by using fake medical companies to submit Medicare and other health benefit claims for items and services they never provided.

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5th Circ. Won't Revive Firing Claim Against American Airlines

By Emily Brill

The Fifth Circuit won't revive an airline mechanic's claim that American Airlines fired him because of his work as a union representative, agreeing with a Texas federal judge that the claim belongs in arbitration rather than federal court.

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5th Circ. Won't Block Miss. E-Cig Law During Appeal

By Mike Curley

The Fifth Circuit won't block enforcement of a Mississippi law that prohibits the sale of unauthorized e-cigarettes in the state, saying that the vape interests challenging the law haven't established standing to do so.

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Split 5th Circ. Backs State Farm After 'Fecal Catastrophe'

By Rae Ann Varona

A split Fifth Circuit on Thursday agreed with a lower court's finding for State Farm that the source of sewage that flooded a Mississippi family's home absolved the insurer of coverage, while one circuit judge said Mississippi law favored the homeowners in the "disgusting tragedy."

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DC Judge Skeptical Funding Lapse Settles ICE Visit Policy Row

By Britain Eakin

A D.C. federal judge considered Thursday whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security permissibly used a funding gap to freshen up a policy requiring a week's notice for congressional oversight visits, or if a longstanding spending rider prohibits the move.

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Analysis

IP Firms Are Navigating AI Era With Range Of Guardrails

By Elliot Weld

Intellectual property law firms are taking various approaches to implementing artificial intelligence into their professional routines, with some developing their own tools, others limiting what external AI platforms that lawyers can access and one firm saying it has banned attorneys from using AI to draft legal briefs.

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Apple AirTags And IPhones Infringe Tracking Tech, Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

Features on Apple's iPhones, AirTags and AirPods that allow users to locate lost items infringe patents owned by a company that invented an iPhone-compatible tracking case and tags, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Texas federal court.

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Tesla Says Case Transfer Boosts Mandamus Bid In PTAB Fight

By Dani Kass

A Texas federal judge's decision to send patent infringement litigation against Tesla Inc. to California strengthens the automaker's mandamus petition claiming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly turned away its challenges, Tesla told the Federal Circuit.

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Apple Infringed Wireless Charging Tech, Powermat Alleges

By Rae Ann Varona

Israel-based Powermat Technologies Ltd. sued Apple Inc. in Texas federal court for allegedly infringing five patents related to wireless charging, accusing the Cupertino, California-based tech giant of being an "unwilling licensee" that has refused to discuss licensing Powermat's patent portfolio in good faith.

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Foley & Lardner Adds Gray Reed Construction Pro In Dallas

By Lynn LaRowe

Foley & Lardner LLP has boosted the manufacturing sector of its construction practice group with a Dallas-based partner who came from Gray Reed & McGraw LLP.

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Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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'Acqui-Hires' In AI Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny, Tech Attys Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Attorneys with Nvidia, Google and Uber took the stage at a conference hosted Thursday by Baker McKenzie to discuss emerging trends in antitrust enforcement, including how booming AI investment has produced new regulatory scrutiny of "acqui-hires," in which large companies acquire startups primarily to hire their teams.

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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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6th Circ. Says Ch. 13 Motion Came 84 Minutes Too Late

By Vince Sullivan

A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.

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