2nd Circ. Rejects Reed Smith's Bid To Halt File Turnover

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Second Circuit denied Reed Smith LLP's emergency stay request to pause lower court decisions requiring it to turn over client files related to shipping company Eletson on Friday, saying in a succinct order the same day that the bid didn't meet requirements outlined by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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BNSF, Amtrak Defeat Lawsuit Over Train Track Crossing Death

By Rachel Riley

A Seattle federal judge sided with BNSF and Amtrak on Thursday in a wrongful death suit brought by the estate of a woman who was hit by a passenger train while leaving a Washington beach, finding she voluntarily took on risk when trying to cross the tracks.

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Jeep Drivers May Amend Suit Over Premature Corrosion

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan federal judge said Friday that a shift in focus in a proposed class action brought by Jeep drivers against FCA justified granting the drivers' request to amend their complaint a second time.

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Tesla Drivers Urge Full 9th Circ. To Save False Ad Class

By Linda Chiem

Drivers have asked the full Ninth Circuit to clarify the standard for certifying class actions accusing companies of deceptive advertising, saying they should be allowed to forge ahead with classwide claims alleging Tesla misled customers about the autonomous or self-driving capabilities of its vehicles.

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Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 89 Firms

The lawyers chosen as Law360's 2026 MVPs stand out from their peers by notching significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-setting transactions.

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Atlanta Owes $300K For Airport Fall Injuries, Suit Says

By David Aaro

A man hurt in a fall at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport slapped the city and the Transportation Security Administration with a negligence lawsuit, arguing the wheeled sign he tripped over should have been immobilized.

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Racing Mogul's Estate Asks Tax Court To Ax $58M Tax Bill

By Kevin Pinner

An automobile racing mogul's estate asked the Tax Court to spike a $58.3 million estate tax deficiency, alleging that the IRS erred in revaluing its equity holdings.

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Tire-Makers Urge 6th Circ. Not To Revive Price-Fixing Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Tire manufacturers including Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin have told the Sixth Circuit that a lower court was right to toss a price-fixing case against them after finding the COVID-19 pandemic was the likely cause of price increases, not a conspiracy.

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ChargePoint To Fund $11M Investor Deal From Its Own Cash

By Craig Clough

ChargePoint Holdings Inc. investors inked an $11 million deal to end a proposed securities class action alleging the electric vehicle charging company improperly inflated its revenues, according to a motion filed Thursday asking a California federal judge to preliminarily approve the settlement.

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EU, Canada Seal Digital Trade Deal Amid Closer Partnership

By Dylan Moroses

EU and Canadian officials signed a document Friday concluding negotiations on a digital trade agreement between the two economies following a summit in Montreal where Canadian and European leaders shared new details about efforts to strengthen their economic and diplomatic ties.

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Navios Arbitration Stay Lifted After Peers Participated

By Caroline Simson

A New York appeals court overturned a temporary restraining order pausing arbitration in a shareholder dispute over an infrastructure and logistics company that focuses on one of South America's most important waterways, pointing Thursday to both parties' participation in the proceeding.

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Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Cravath

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation with Representation, Blackstone, Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley announce a financing structure to buy Broadcom artificial intelligence chips and network components for Anthropic, EQT acquires Range Resources to create a powerhouse natural gas company, and DoorDash buys Instacart.

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9th Circ. Ruling Revives Meta DMV Data Suit, Drivers Say

By Jonathan Capriel

Two California drivers urged a San Francisco federal judge to revive their lawsuit accusing Meta of harvesting "vast quantities" of personal and confidential information from the state's Department of Motor Vehicles website, pointing to the Ninth Circuit's finding that unauthorized disclosure of even seemingly mundane information is a concrete injury.

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Chubb Says Barrier Rental Deal Doesn't Trigger Coverage

By Danielle Ferguson

A Chubb unit asked a Texas federal court to find that a highway safety product supplier is not owed coverage under Chubb's policy to a barricade control company for a personal injury suit from a driver, saying the companies' rental agreement does not expand coverage to the supplier.

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State Of Insurance: Q3 Notes From Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania courts issued several noteworthy insurance decisions last quarter, offering practical guidance for insurers evaluating public policy coverage disputes, drafting umbrella policy language and defending litigation involving claim file discoverability, says Todd Leon at Marshall Dennehey.

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How AI Could Help Judges Spot Their Own Biases

In close cases where there’s room for discretion, artificial intelligence could challenge judges’ implicit biases by running counterfactual tests at scale — but any judicial use of such tools would need guardrails, say Arnold Peter at Peter Law and Nancy Rapoport at University of Nevada.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Ramona Nee, Tapped To Lead Weil, Now In Talks With Kirkland

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Ramona Nee, the co-leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's U.S. private equity practice who had been poised to become its leader, is engaged in talks to join Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a source with knowledge of the situation told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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K&L Gates DQ'd In Trust's Mortgage Loan Agreement Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

A Washington federal judge disqualified K&L Gates LLP from a trust's dispute over a residential mortgage loan sale agreement, ruling that the law firm must leave the suit because it drafted the form agreement used in the transaction.

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Jackson Walker Inks $500K Deal In EXCO's Ch. 11 Fee Fight

By Clara Geoghegan

Jackson Walker has agreed to pay EXCO Resources Inc. $500,000 to end litigation over fees paid to the firm while one of its partners was in an undisclosed relationship with the former bankruptcy judge who mediated in the reorganized oil and gas driller's Texas Chapter 11.

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Fed. Judge A No-Show Amid Inquiry Into Her Mental Health

By Craig Clough

U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas failed to appear Friday before a judicial investigative committee examining allegations that she abandoned her post and concerns that a mental condition may be interfering with her ability to perform her duties.

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Judge Opens Ethics Inquiry Into DOJ's Golf Course Candor

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge opened an inquiry Friday into whether Trump administration attorneys and officials violated their ethical obligations to the court when they repeatedly told her that there were no plans to close East Potomac Golf Course for an overhaul at President Donald Trump's behest.

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Kalshi Taps Clement For High Court Sports Contracts Fight

By Elaine Briseño

Kalshi has hired appellate heavyweight Paul D. Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC to represent the company in its potential U.S. Supreme Court battle over whether the prediction markets platform's sports wagering is subject to state or federal oversight.

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Cyberattack Class Action Against Fox Rothschild Dropped

By Madison Arnold

Three data breach victims have dismissed their proposed class action against Fox Rothschild LLP after ransomware group Silent Ransom Group targeted the firm.

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DOJ Backs Ex-Wisconsin Judge's ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Andrea Keckley

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Seventh Circuit that the high-profile conviction of a former Wisconsin state court judge for interfering with an ICE arrest was not compromised by her position on the bench or by jury instructions.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Meta reached a settlement during jury selection in the second Los Angeles bellwether trial over claims its Instagram platform harms the mental health of children, leaving Snap as the lone defendant facing trial. In the meantime, current and former in-house lawyers for Google and Meta said that the ability of AI to write patent applications is rapidly improving, and that in blind tests, experienced attorneys often deem AI-drafted patents to be superior to those from humans. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Consovoy McCarthy PLLC and Smith Porsborg Schweigert Armstrong Moldenhauer & Smith lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit struck down the Federal Reserve's regulatory cap on the swipe fees that larger banks may collect on debit card transactions.

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Up Next At High Court: Religious Liberty & Unpled Defenses

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its November sitting by hearing oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's universal preschool program and a dispute asking the justices to settle a circuit split over whether defendants in civil lawsuits can seek summary judgment based on unpled affirmative defenses.

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Hub Hires: WilmerHale, Womble Bond, Kirkland

By Chris Villani

Falling temperatures didn't bring a cooldown in the Boston legal lateral market as WilmerHale and Robinson & Cole LLP both welcomed former assistant attorneys general, Honigman LLP established its first office in the market, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP snagged a partner from Ropes & Gray LLP.

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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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