New York

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Ex-BigLaw Atty's OneCoin Conviction

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a former Locke Lord LLP partner's appeal of his conviction and prison sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Won't Take Up NY Tribal Eel Fishing Regs Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court won't take up a Long Island tribe's petition that looks to undo a Second Circuit order that rejected its challenge to New York's regulations on eel fishing harvests, which argued that if the decision is upheld, it would give district courts gatekeeping roles on expert testimony.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    1st Circ. Keeps Block On Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

    The First Circuit on Friday upheld blocks on President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to limit birthright citizenship, ruling in a sweeping 100-page opinion that the president's order is likely unconstitutional.

  • October 03, 2025

    UiPath Beats Investor Suit Over Robot Competition Claims

    Automation software company UiPath Inc. has shed investor claims it misrepresented the competitive risks it faced after a Manhattan federal judge rejected in its entirety a lengthy revised suit that the judge said reintroduced claims she'd tossed earlier.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Firms Steer Avalanche Treasury's $675M SPAC Merger

    Blank check company Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. will combine with a crypto treasury company focused on the Avalanche ecosystem in a $675 million deal steered by four law firms.

  • October 03, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: How RE Attorneys Are Using AI

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including real estate attorney perspective on where artificial intelligence may be useful, how hospitals are leveraging real estate and one BigLaw practice chair's bullish take on deal flow.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

    After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

  • October 03, 2025

    Feds Go To Bat For Menendez Cooperator Ahead Of Sentence

    A key witness against former New Jersey U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez deserves lenience for "exceptional" cooperation in the bribery case, federal prosecutors told a New York federal judge ahead of sentencing.

  • October 03, 2025

    NY's Eel Fishing Limits Against Tribal Members Upheld

    A New York federal judge ruled Friday that tribal members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation do not have aboriginal rights to fish, free from state regulation, in Shinnecock Bay on the South Shore of Long Island.

  • October 03, 2025

    Telecom Investors Say Guatemala Said No To Giving Up Docs

    Majority shareholders in telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holding told a New York federal judge that Guatemalan law is what's stopping them from fully complying with a discovery order in a legal fight over a corporate coup and they shouldn't be sanctioned.

  • October 03, 2025

    Video Platform Rumble Defends Claims In Google Ad Tech MDL

    Video-sharing site Rumble Inc. urged a New York federal court on Friday not to toss its claims in the multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising technology, saying the allegations are similar to those being brought by federal and state enforcers and others that all survived dismissal.

  • October 03, 2025

    Amazon Union Seeks To Defend New York's NLRB Fill-In Law

    The Amazon Labor Union has asked a New York federal judge to let it defend a New York law empowering state enforcers to fill in for the beleaguered National Labor Relations Board, saying Amazon's bid to nullify the new law imperils an unfair firing charge it filed with the state.

  • October 03, 2025

    2nd Circ. Erases Injunction In Pet Supplement False Ad Fight

    The Second Circuit on Friday undid a lower court order blocking Zesty Paws from billing itself in ads as the top U.S. pet supplement brand, saying it didn't apply the proper standard correctly.

  • October 03, 2025

    GM Sold Cars With Known Brake Defects, Class Action Says

    General Motors LLC sold vehicles with defective brake systems that caused drivers to experience loss of the brake function, a proposed class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court alleges, saying the company sold the cars despite having knowledge of the defect.

  • October 03, 2025

    2nd Circ. Says Exxon Must Pay Atty Fees For 'Absurd' Args

    The Second Circuit on Friday said energy giants including Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change, for advancing "absurd" arguments in remand proceedings.

  • October 03, 2025

    Combs Gets 50 Mos. For Prostitution As Court Cites Violence

    A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Sean "Diddy" Combs to 50 months in prison Friday, after a jury found him guilty of transporting two former girlfriends for prostitution, citing "massive" evidence of violent attacks the hip-hop icon inflicted over a decade.

  • October 03, 2025

    Justices To Mull Hawaii's 'Vampire Law' For Concealed Carry

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge to a Hawaii law that bars pistol permit holders from bringing handguns onto private property open to the public without the owner's express permission, similar to policies in other states that critics have characterized as "vampire laws."

  • October 03, 2025

    NY Atty's Big Mouth Wins Client New Trial

    A New York appeals court has reversed a man's 6½-year sentence for weapons possession and granted him a new trial after finding his defense attorney "created an actual conflict of interest by prematurely disclosing confidential information to the court."

  • October 03, 2025

    The Roberts Court At 20: How The Chief Is Reshaping America

    Twenty years after John Roberts became the 17th chief justice of the United States, he faces a U.S. Supreme Court term that's looking transformative for the country and its institutions. How Justice Roberts and his colleagues navigate mounting distrust in the judiciary and set the boundaries of presidential authority appear increasingly likely to define his time leading the court.

  • October 03, 2025

    Sports Industry Dealmaker Joins Kirkland From Proskauer

    A Proskauer Rose LLP attorney known for his work on major corporate deals in the sports industry has moved his practice to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a source with knowledge of the matter told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

  • October 03, 2025

    Off The Bench: QB Wins In Court, 'Poaching' Feud Heats Up

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's bid to overturn a football player's eligibility falls short, a transgender athlete wants a potential landmark U.S. Supreme Court case stopped, and a $55 million feud between two athletic conferences continues.

  • October 03, 2025

    NCUA, US Bank Settle Crisis-Era RMBS Trustee Lawsuit

    The National Credit Union Administration Board and U.S. Bank told a New York federal judge that they have reached a settlement in principle in a suit over U.S. Bank's role as trustee for crisis-era residential mortgage-backed securities trusts.

  • October 02, 2025

    DHS Blocked From Pulling $233M In Funds From States

    A Rhode Island federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $233 million in federal funds away from a coalition of Democratic-led states, the same day an appropriation for the funds was set to expire.

  • October 02, 2025

    Dentons, Boies Schiller Escape $300M Fraud Suit

    A New York federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a $300 million fraud and racketeering lawsuit brought against Dentons and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, in which the BigLaw firms were accused of misleading a former client with respect to a deal, and later arbitration, involving Senegal's state-owned energy company.

Expert Analysis

  • Viral Coldplay Incident Shows Why Workplace Policies Matter

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    The viral kiss cam incident at a recent Coldplay concert involving a CEO and a human resources executive raises questions about how employers can use their code of conduct or morality clauses to address off-the-clock behavior that may be detrimental to the company's reputation, says Masood Ali at Segal McCambridge.

  • Asbestos Trusts And Tort Litigation Are Still Not Aligned

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    A recent ruling by a New York state court in James Petro v. Aerco International highlights the inefficiencies that still exist in asbestos litigation — especially regarding the continued lack of coordination between the asbestos tort system and the well-funded asbestos trust compensation system, says Peter Kelso at Roux.

  • How Securities Defendants Might Use New Wire Fraud Ruling

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    Though the Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Chastain decision — vacating the conviction of an ex-OpenSea staffer — involved the wire fraud statute, insider trading defendants might attempt to import the ruling’s reasoning into the securities realm, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • New NY Residential Real Estate Rules May Be Overbroad

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    New legislation imposing a 90-day-waiting period and tax deduction restrictions on certain New York real estate investors may have broad effects and unintended consequences, creating impediments for a wide range of corporate and other transactions, says Libin Zhang at Fried Frank.

  • Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase

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    As legislators, prosecutors and plaintiffs attorneys increasingly focus on labor and sex trafficking throughout the U.S., companies must tailor their due diligence strategies to protect against forced labor trafficking risks in their supply chains, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Unpacking The Supreme Court's Views On Judgment Finality

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's June opinion in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed that the bar for reopening a final judgment remains exceptionally high — even when the movant seeks to amend their complaint based on a new legal development, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

  • Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review

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    Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders

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    So far, 2025 has introduced state and federal regulatory turbulence that is pressuring mortgage lenders to reevaluate the balance between competitive and compliant employee and customer recruiting practices, necessitating a compliance recalibration that prioritizes five key strategies, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • 2nd Circ. Reinforces Consensus On Vacating Foreign Awards

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    In Molecular Dynamics v. Spectrum Dynamics Medical, the Second Circuit recently affirmed that federal district courts do not possess subject matter jurisdiction to vacate foreign arbitral awards, strengthening this consensus across the circuits most active in recognition and enforcement actions, says Ed Mullins at Reed Smith.

  • Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots

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    New York, Nevada and Utah have all recently enacted laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence to deliver mental health services, offering early insights into how other states may regulate this area, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks

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    A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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