Miami World Cup Counsel Share Look At Prep Work, Impact

By Nathan Hale

Counsel representing the FIFA World Cup's Miami Host Committee gave Law360 an inside look at their multifaceted work preparing for the upcoming event, which organizers say could have the economic impact of multiple Super Bowls.

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9th Circ. Partly Reverses Ford's 'Death Wobble' Class Cert.

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Ninth Circuit Wednesday partly remanded a class certification ruling in litigation brought by Ford buyers alleging some of the auto giant's pickup trucks have a steering defect known as the "death wobble," saying the record shows that the claimed defect manifested at varying rates in different model years.

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7th Circ. May Seek Ill. Justices' Input In Hyundai BIPA Row

By Celeste Bott

A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday appeared skeptical about whether Hyundai Motor America had any control over biometric data captured by cameras installed in certain Hyundai vehicles and how a proposed class of drivers was injured under Illinois' biometric privacy law, but one judge suggested the case presents a question the state's top court may need to answer.

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GM Execs Ditch Investors' Cruise AV Securities Fraud Suit

By Linda Chiem

A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday tossed the remaining claims against General Motors and its top executives in a proposed securities fraud class action alleging its self-driving car unit Cruise LLC misrepresented the technological capabilities and commercial readiness of its autonomous vehicles.

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Ex-Manager Says Zipcar Used Illegal Noncompetes, Pay Rules

By Benjamin Morse

Zipcar enforced noncompetes against employees who did not meet Washington state's earnings threshold and barred managers from discussing their wages in violation of state law, a former manager alleged in a proposed class action filed in state court.

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Fed. Circ. Backs $85M Patent Antitrust Verdict Against Ingevity

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday declined to disturb a Delaware jury's $85 million antitrust verdict against Ingevity over it tying patent licenses to purchases of its automobile carbon filtering technology, rejecting the company's arguments that it was entitled to a certain statutory patent misuse defense.

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Ford Slams Lemon Law Attys' Bid To Escape Billing Fraud Suit

By Lauren Berg

Ford Motor Co. urged a California federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit accusing three Knight Law Group LLP-affiliated attorneys of orchestrating a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, scoffing at the attorneys' argument that they are immunized from liability related to lemon law litigation they have pursued.

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Bike Parts Co. Beats Investors' Demand Slump Suit For Good

By Emilie Ruscoe

Bicycle parts maker Fox Factory Holding Corp. has beaten a proposed investor class action for good, a Georgia federal judge determined after finding that a revised version of the suit made "mostly cosmetic changes" to previously dismissed claims that the company hid a post-pandemic demand slump.

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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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Boeing Aims To Nix Polish Airline's $8.4M Damages Report

By Elaine Briseño

Boeing has asked a Seattle federal judge to exclude an $8.4 million "eleventh hour" damages report prepared by a Polish airline's expert, arguing it is not only untimely but also irrelevant to testimony the jury will hear.

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Workers' Attys Nab $4.6M Award In American Airlines ESG Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Texas federal judge awarded $4.6 million in fees to lawyers who convinced the court that American Airlines improperly allowed environmental, social and governance factors to guide its employee retirement plan, despite the fact that they didn't secure any money damages.

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Gogo Renews Concerns With FCC's 900 MHz Rework

By Nadia Dreid

In-flight communications provider Gogo is asking the Federal Communications Commission to consider stronger guardrails to protect incumbents like itself as it prepares to pass a rule reworking two bands of 900 megahertz spectrum to make room for more high-speed internet.

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Insurer Seeks To Cap Coverage In $3M Medical Transport Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

An insurer for a medical transport company asked a Virginia federal court to find that its liability is limited to a small fraction of the $3 million in damages sought by a woman alleging she was permanently injured during transport.

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Paxton Topples U.S. Senate Seat Rival's Work License Rule

By José Luis Martínez

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said this week that state agencies must require applicants to provide Social Security numbers when applying for occupational licenses, saying it's been "unambiguously" required under state law for more than 30 years.

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Squires Spurns 16 Petitions, Grants 6 In Latest Bulk Order

By Theresa Schliep

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' latest summary decision instituted six petitions for America Invents Act patent challenges and denied 16 others, bringing his total of rejected petitions to 266.

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Brief

Mass. AG Charges Medical Transport Co. With Billing Fraud

By Carolyn Muyskens

A nonemergency medical transportation provider and its former owner are facing criminal charges for allegedly billing Massachusetts' Medicaid program for tens of thousands of fake rides and laundering the proceeds to accounts in Uganda, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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Sidley, Fried Frank Steer $1.5B Great Lakes Dredge Deal

By Al Barbarino

U.S. dredging services provider Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to be acquired by privately held transportation and marine services company Saltchuk Resources Inc. in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.

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Asphalt Cos. To Pay $30M To End FCA Testing Case

By MJ Koo

Two Ohio asphalt companies have agreed to pay a combined $30 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they submitted fraudulent testing data for federally funded highway projects, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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Guatemala's Bid To Dismiss $38M Suit Denied By DC Court

By Elaine Briseño

A D.C. federal judge said Guatemala must face a lawsuit over a nearly $38 million arbitral award stemming from a dispute over the early termination of a highway contract, finding the Federal Sovereign Immunities Act does not preclude enforcement.

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What NY's GHG Reporting Program Means For Oil, Gas Cos.

New York's new Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program represents a significant compliance regime for the oil and gas industry, so any business touching the state's fuel market should determine its obligations, and be prepared to gather data, create a monitoring plan and institute controls for accurate reporting, say attorneys at White & Case.

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Courts Are Reanchoring Antitrust Enforcement In Evidence

Recent U.S. antitrust disputes, including with Meta and HPE-Juniper, illustrate how judicial scrutiny combined with internal institutional checks is pushing enforcement toward an evidence-based footing and refinements, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.

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Legal Services Hiring Started New Year Off With A Bang

By Tracey Read

The legal sector is off to a good start in 2026, with 5,500 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in December, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Feature

'Unflappable' Mass. Judge Emerges As Trump Foil

By Chris Villani

The newest member of the Massachusetts federal bench has made a name for himself as a thorn in the side of the Trump administration, a perception that stands in stark contrast to what friends and former colleagues describe as an unassuming and open-minded judge.

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'It Takes Time To Write': Jackson On High Court's Tariff Ruling

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has provided an unusual update on the court's decision over President Donald Trump's authority to impose emergency tariffs, saying in a TV interview that the justices are still working on what is one of their most anticipated rulings this term. 

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Analysis

Not 'Your Dad's DOJ': Recapping Year One Under Bondi

By Phillip Bantz and Carolina Bolado

Even before her contentious congressional testimony on Wednesday, few U.S. attorneys general had been embroiled in so many controversies so early into their tenures as Pam Bondi, who critics and supporters alike say embodies a new era at the Justice Department.

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Bondi Touches On Judges, Fraud, Subpoenas At Fiery Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Attorney General Pam Bondi opened her congressional testimony on Wednesday taking aim at "liberal activist judges," but the rest of the hearing was devoid of any discussion or questions on the Trump administration's combative relationship with a large portion of the federal bench.

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Goldstein Says He Lost Millions On Poker In 2016

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein told the Maryland federal jury in his tax fraud trial Wednesday that he lost nearly $3 million playing poker in 2016, directly contradicting charges that he underreported his gambling winnings, and pinned the blame for tax filing errors on his own miscalculations and shoddy work from his accountants.

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SC High Court Probes Clerk's Misconduct In Murdaugh Appeal

By Parker Quinlan

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday closely inspected Alex Murdaugh's appeal claiming the jury in his high-profile double-murder trial was biased because of comments made by a clerk of court, voicing questions and statements favorable to the disgraced lawyer's arguments.

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Md. Federal Judge Owns Up To Creating 'Abusive' Workplace

By Jack Karp

A Maryland federal judge has acknowledged creating an "abusive workplace" where clerks were chastised for minor errors, discouraged from asking questions and harshly criticized, according to a Fourth Circuit disciplinary order.

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Remote LSAT Testing To Largely End Amid Cheating Concerns

By Emily Johnson

Law school hopefuls will mostly need to sit for the Law School Admission Test — better known as the LSAT — in person starting in August rather than test remotely, a change designed to strengthen security after the exam provider ended remote testing in China over cheating concerns.

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Calif. Atty Wins $25K Fee Sanction Over AI Errors

By Emily Sawicki

A California federal court has ordered $25,000 in fee sanctions for a litigator representing a mobile app platform in a copyright and contract suit as reimbursement for work he said went into responding to an error-ridden motion and further resulting motion practice.

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Trio Leading NJ District Office Face New Disqualification Bid

By Elizabeth Daley

A criminal defendant who successfully challenged the appointment of Donald Trump's former personal attorney Alina Habba as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor joined other defendants in seeking to disqualify the trio now helming the office.

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Beasley Allen Wants Talc DQ Paused Pending High Court Appeal

By Jonathan Capriel

Hundreds of women who claim their ovarian cancer was caused by Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder risk appearing in an upcoming trial without their preferred counsel from the Beasley Allen Law Firm, unless a New Jersey state court stays an order disqualifying the firm, it said.

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Morgan & Morgan, Former Aide Settle Disability, Age Bias Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan PA and a former firm legal assistant have settled a Florida federal lawsuit that alleged age and disability discrimination, according to a filing in the court.

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NYC Bar Pushes Gov. To Free Legal Aid Funds In Budget

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Bar Association urged Gov. Kathy Hochul in a statement Wednesday to ensure the 2027 executive budget gives the New York State Interest on Lawyer Account Fund access to its revenue for civil legal services, noting the current proposed budget did not grant full spending authority.

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