A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. Here's a look at the top patent decisions from the first half of 2025.
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Analysis

The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report

By Ryan Davis

A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. Here's a look at the top patent decisions from the first half of 2025.

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Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

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Combs Cleared Of Most Serious Charges

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday convicted Sean "Diddy" Combs of transporting two former girlfriends for prostitution, but cleared the hip-hop mogul on prosecutors' top racketeering and sex-trafficking charges that could have sent him to prison for decades.

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2nd Circ. Reinstates FIFA Bribery Convictions

By Cara Salvatore

The Second Circuit on Wednesday reinstated two conspiracy convictions linked to the FIFA bribery scandal, saying a former 21st Century Fox executive and a company that brokers media rights for major tournaments weren't absolved by new U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

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Tyson Wins $55M In Del. After Poultry Rendering Plants Trial

By Jeff Montgomery

A Delaware judge awarded $55 million in damages Wednesday to Tyson Foods Inc. arising from its $866 million acquisition of poultry rendering plants in Georgia and Alabama, finding after trial that American Proteins Inc. concealed past recycling of slaughter wastewater sludge and fraudulently induced the deal.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Genentech's $122M IP Fight Against Biogen In Jury's Hands

By Bonnie Eslinger

Genentech Inc. wrapped a California federal trial Wednesday over claims that Biogen MA Inc. wrongly withheld $122 million in royalties for supplies of Biogen's multiple sclerosis drug, reminding jurors that Biogen's own internal projections showed it owing royalty payments in the years after the main patent expired in December 2018.

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Netlist Asks For Toss Of Rival's 'Bad Faith' Claims

By Elliot Weld

Netlist Inc. has asked an Idaho federal judge to dismiss a suit brought by rival Micron Technology Inc. alleging bad faith patent litigation, saying the suit was simply an effort to undo a $445 patent verdict that Netlist won against Micron in Texas federal court last year. 

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Judge Revives Supplement Patent Claims Jury Found Invalid

By Adam Lidgett

A Delaware federal judge Wednesday allowed HQ Specialty Pharma Corp. to correct an injectable calcium supplement patent it accused Fresenius Kabi of infringing and found the claims were no longer invalid as a result.

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EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS

Pentegra Agrees To Pay $48.5M After $38.8M ERISA Verdict

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge Wednesday preliminarily approved a settlement in which Pentegra Retirement Services agreed to pay nearly $10 million more than a $38.8 million jury verdict awarded to a 27,000-member class of 401(k) plan participants who challenged the plan's excessive administrative fees.

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WHITE COLLAR

SEC Strikes Deal With SolarWinds In Data Breach Case

By Jessica Corso

SolarWinds Corp. is on the cusp of resolving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's novel case alleging the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach, telling a New York federal judge Wednesday that the parties have agreed to a settlement.

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Girardi Asks To Remain Free During Fraud Appeal

By Lauren Berg

Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi asked a California federal judge on Wednesday to remain free on bond while he appeals his wire fraud conviction, saying he's not a flight risk or danger to the community and there are several issues on appeal that could result in reversal or resentencing.

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CRIMINAL PRACTICE

Fla. Court Upholds Conviction In Case Over Slain Law Prof

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida appeals court on Wednesday refused to disturb the murder conviction of Katherine Magbanua, the ex-girlfriend of the dentist who conspired to kill former Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, after finding that she failed to demonstrate prejudicial error by the trial court.

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Fla. Panel Says Shooting Suspect Had Right To Atty Violated

By Parker Quinlan

A state appeals court in Florida on Tuesday ruled that a man convicted of first-degree murder must get a new trial because his trial court judge allowed evidence from a police interview that occurred after police ignored the man's repeated requests for an attorney.

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PRODUCT LIABILITY

Analysis

Top Product Liability News In H1 2025

By Y. Peter Kang

There was no shortage of big rulings, verdicts and happenings in the product liability sphere in the first half of 2025. Here, Law360 looks at the most significant news cross-referenced with the articles that garnered the most page views.

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COMPETITION

NCAA, NASCAR Antitrust Challenges Permeate 2025's 1st Half

By Elaine Briseño

The first half of 2025 saw the dispute between NASCAR and two of its teams become supercharged and a judge give final approval to the disputed settlement for the NCAA name, image and likeness antitrust litigation.

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INSURANCE

Life Insurer Agrees To Settle Inflated Charges Suits For $45M

By Ganesh Setty

A Missouri-based life insurer agreed to pay $45 million to settle a group of proposed and certified class actions accusing it of using certain nonmortality factors, contrary to policy language, to impose higher costs on policyholders, bringing the insurer's total losses for such claims to over $94.5 million.

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

Amazon Judge Presses FTC On Bid For 'Bad Faith' Finding

By Rachel Riley

As the Federal Trade Commission insisted Wednesday that Amazon should be punished with a bad faith finding for mislabeling documents as privileged in a case over the company's Prime subscription practices, a Washington federal judge questioned why the agency wasn't "made whole" when the court granted its sanctions bid.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Kousisis Concurrence Maps FCA Defense To Anti-DEI Suits

Justice Clarence Thomas' recent concurrence in Kousisis v. U.S. lays out how federal funding recipients could use the high standard for materiality in government fraud cases to fight the U.S. Justice Department’s threatened False Claims Act suits against payees deviating from the administration’s anti-DEI policies, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

GOP Reps. Want Probe Of RI Judge Blocking Funding Freeze

By Jack Karp

Two Republican U.S. House members have asked the First Circuit to investigate a Rhode Island federal judge who blocked a Trump administration spending freeze, claiming the judge's link to a funding recipient constitutes a conflict of interest, one of those congressmen's office confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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Trump Announces 1st And 9th Circ. Nominees

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced nominations for judges on the First and Ninth circuit courts on Wednesday evening.

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Ill. Judge Asks Deere Rivals To Stop Pestering Court Staff

By Nadia Dreid

The judge overseeing the FTC's antitrust enforcement action against farm machinery maker Deere & Co. has penned a light-hearted order calling out another judge and asking equipment manufacturers to stop calling his staff to ask for advice.

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DOJ, HHS Form New False Claims Act Enforcement Group

By Gianna Ferrarin

Lead attorneys at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Justice Department will head a working group focused on enforcement of the False Claims Act, government officials announced Wednesday.

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Segal McCambridge Hit With Age Bias, Retaliation Suit

By Jake Maher

A former secretary is suing Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd. in New York federal court alleging that the firm excluded her from work emails, falsely accused her of failing to perform her work duties and ultimately fired her based on her age.

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Wisconsin High Court Narrowly Blocks 1849 Abortion Ban

By Dan McKay

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday narrowly struck down an 1849 statute criminalizing abortion, finding that the law has been effectively replaced by more modern legislation regulating the procedure.

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DOJ, Defenders Alums Chosen As EDNY Magistrate Judges

By Andrea Keckley

The Board of Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has announced the appointment of two new magistrate judges: a former federal prosecutor and a Federal Defenders of New York alum.

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Litigation Funder Seeks Exit From NJ Suit Over Crash Funding

By Emily Sawicki

A litigation funder has asked a New Jersey state court to remove it from a suit alleging it worked with two law firms to unlawfully steer a former client into high-interest loans amid a vehicle injury suit, arguing its funding agreements are not loans and therefore are not governed by the Consumer Fraud Act.

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Analysis

Amid DEI Uncertainty, Cos. Face Pressure From All Sides

By Sarah Jarvis

Attorneys have been analyzing the Trump administration's many pronouncements against diversity, equity and inclusion programs over the past several months, only to be left with questions as to what exactly "illegal DEI" is and what the government will do to police it.

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Calif. Man Charged In Plot To Murder Fed. Judge, Senator

By Lauren Berg

A California man allegedly belonging to an online-based terrorist group is accused of soliciting the murders of a federal judge, a U.S. senator, a former U.S. attorney and other officials the organization deemed to be obstructing their white supremacist aims, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

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Roundup

Hub Hires: Crowell & Moring, Greenberg Traurig, Kirkland

By Chris Villani

There will be more than a few Boston-area attorneys celebrating new jobs while attending Fourth of July cookouts this year.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agnifilo Intrater

Arnold & Itkin

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Donelson

Baker McKenzie

Blank Rome

Brown Rudnick

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Dykema

Farnan LLP

Fox Rothschild

Gibson Dunn

Girardi & Keese

Goodwin Procter

Goody Law Group

Greenbaum Rowe

Greenberg Traurig

Groom Law Group

Groombridge Wu

Hagens Berman

Hawley Troxell

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Keller Postman

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Knobbe Martens

Kramer Levin

Latham & Watkins

Law Offices of Kawass

Lee & Lin

Milbank LLP

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan & Morgan

Morris Nichols

Morrison Foerster

Nixon Peabody

Norton Rose

Patterson Belknap

Pierce Atwood

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Potomac Law Group

Potter Anderson

Quinn Emanuel

Rakoczy Molino

Reavis Page

Rothwell Figg

Schlichter Bogard

Segal McCambridge

Shapiro Arato

Skaggs Faucette

Sterlington PLLC

Troutman

Weil Gotshal

Wigdor LLP

Williams & Connolly

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

Bayer AG

Biogen Inc.

Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

Boston College

Brooklyn Law School

City of Hope National Medical Center

Deere & Co.

DraftKings Inc.

Duke University

Ennis Inc.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Fox Corp.

Fresenius Kabi AG

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Genentech Inc.

Google LLC

Harvard University

Jetson Electric Bikes LLC

Kansas City Life Insurance Company

LinkedIn Corp.

McDonald's Corp.

Micron Technology Inc.

Monsanto Co.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

NVIDIA Corp.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Nestle Purina PetCare Co.

Netlist Inc.

New York University

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PacifiCorp

Pentegra Services Inc.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

SolarWinds Corp.

Stanford University

Starbucks Corp.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

The New York Times Co.

Tyson Foods Inc.

Universal Health Services Inc.

University of Virginia

Walmart Inc.

Welch Allyn Inc.

iRhythm Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Attorney General's Office

Florida Court of Appeal, First District

Food and Drug Administration

International Trade Commission

Maine Department of Education

Miami International Airport

New Jersey Court

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

State of Tennessee

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. District Court of the District of New Hampshire

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Wyoming

Wisconsin Department of Justice

Wisconsin Supreme Court