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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'Pervasive Bad Faith': Uber Targets Sex Assault MDL Plaintiff

By Bonnie Eslinger

Uber Technologies Inc. accused a bellwether plaintiff of numerous discovery violations Friday in multidistrict litigation over alleged passenger sexual assaults, urging a California federal judge to issue sanctions for "pervasive bad faith" that has "plagued the discovery process."

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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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Fla. Panel Upholds Reduced $4M Car Crash Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida appeals court Friday affirmed the reduction of a $2 million medical expenses award as part of a $4.7 million verdict in an auto collision case to about $1.3 million, saying the cost of certain future medical procedures was based on speculation rather than sufficient evidence.

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Luminar Exits Investor Suit Over Chip Image Rip-Off Claims

By Emilie Ruscoe

Bankrupt autonomous vehicle technology company Luminar Semiconductor Inc. no longer faces a proposed investor class action over claims it passed off an image of a competitor's technology as its own, though the suit remains ongoing against a former Luminar executive.

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Motorola Solutions' Plate Readers Violate Calif. Law, Suit Says

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago-based Motorola Solutions Inc. operates an automatic license plate reader system in California without implementing state-required security measures that promote data usage transparency and prevent unauthorized information disclosure to federal and other non-state agencies, two Golden State residents claim in Illinois state court.

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Rail Co. Says Seller Broke Deal By Launching Rival Biz

By Carolina Bolado

A railroad track design and manufacturing firm told a Florida federal court that the owners of a railroad construction company it acquired set up a competing railroad track company days after closing the sale in violation of the asset purchase.

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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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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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AGCO Escapes NJ Mechanic's Asbestos Mesothelioma Claims

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out a mechanic's claims against AGCO Corp. alleging that he was exposed to asbestos from AGCO's products, which gave him mesothelioma, but allowed his similar claims against Briggs & Stratton to go forward.

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7th Circ. Backs Pension Fund's Power To Expel Penske Unit

By Patrick Hoff

The Seventh Circuit ruled Friday that a Teamsters pension fund didn't overstep when it tried to kick out a Penske bargaining unit in Dallas, finding it was reasonable for plan trustees to conclude the agreement with the company allowed it to expel the unit.

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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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Justices Widen Path For Confiscated Cuban Property Claims

For Americans holding claims to confiscated Cuban property, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Havana Docks v. Royal Caribbean Cruises means that the expiration of their property interest is no longer a bar and that any company using such property is now a potential defendant, say attorneys at Bracewell.

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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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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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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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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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