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April 03, 2026
Closing The Chapter On DOJ-Boeing 737 Max Criminal Case
Boeing appears to have closed a chapter in the legal saga over the two 737 Max 8 crashes after a Fifth Circuit ruling underscored that courts cannot interfere with prosecutors' choices to bring criminal charges, dashing the hopes of victims' families for justice and accountability.
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April 03, 2026
SEC Moves To Set Up $40M Investor Fund In Cassava Case
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Texas federal court on Friday to establish a $40 million fund to potentially compensate investors harmed by a Texas biopharmaceutical company and two former executives' alleged misstatements about an Alzheimer's drug, following the company's 2024 settlement with the regulator.
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April 03, 2026
Patent Holder Says JetSuiteX Infringed Call Routing Patent
A patent holder told a Texas federal court that public charter operator JetSuiteX Inc. infringed its call routing and auction system patents, asking the court to find that JetSuiteX stole the intellectual property.
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April 03, 2026
Music Publishers Say X Finds Conspiracy In 1 Emailed 'We'
The National Music Publishers' Association and its members have told a Texas federal court that X Corp.'s antitrust suit fails to allege any conspiracy, with the best argument the company could muster being an "implausible" interpretation of a single word — "we" — in a single email.
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April 03, 2026
19 ByHeart Infant Formula Botulism Suits Centralized In NY
Nineteen proposed class actions accusing ByHeart Inc. of negligently selling contaminated baby formula that caused some infants to become seriously ill will be consolidated in the Southern District of New York, according to an order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
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April 03, 2026
GPB Investors Get $67.7M, Eye 2 More Settlements
A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed the receiver of GPB Capital Holdings to enter into a $67.7 million settlement with investors over the private equity firm's collapse, one day after investors sought approval for separate deals with a Deloitte unit and Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra LLC over those companies' alleged work providing valuation services for GPB.
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April 03, 2026
Samsung, CogniPower Settle Power Converter Patent Case
CogniPower LLC has inked a deal to end its Texas federal court lawsuit accusing Samsung of infringing its power converter patents after bringing an appeal last month over a decision trimming some of the case.
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April 03, 2026
Welch's Maker Says Biotech Co. Copied Yogurt Snack Patent
The company behind Welch's Fruit Snacks filed a patent infringement suit against an Irish biotech company in Texas federal court Thursday, accusing it of colluding with rival health snack company Cibo Vita to steal the plaintiff's patent designs for yogurt-covered probiotic snacks to "fast track their way to sales and profit."
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April 03, 2026
Bradley Arant Launches Medical Office Real Estate Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has launched a team focused on medical office buildings real estate led by partners in Nashville, Tennessee, and Dallas.
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April 03, 2026
Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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April 03, 2026
Nelson Mullins Adds RE Litigator In Houston From BoyarMiller
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has strengthened the firm's commercial real estate practice with a partner in Houston who came aboard after more than 25 years at local business firm BoyarMiller.
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April 03, 2026
Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Healthcare GC In Dallas
Greenberg Traurig LLP has boosted its healthcare and U.S. Food and Drug Administration practice with a shareholder in Dallas who brings substantial in-house experience, most recently serving as general counsel to ophthalmology administrative services provider Sight Growth Partners.
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April 03, 2026
Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Hogan Lovells, Wachtell
In this week's Taxation With Representation, spice maker McCormick acquires Unilever's foods business, wholesale restaurant food distributor Sysco buys Jetro Restaurant Depot, and private equity giant KKR closes a fund focused on investments in North America.
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April 03, 2026
5th Circ. Won't Revive Former Houston Employee's Bias Suit
The Fifth Circuit backed Houston's win over a former administrative specialist's lawsuit claiming it barred her husband from dropping her off close to work despite her physical disabilities, finding the city's actions were prompted by her refusal to comply with security procedures rather than bias.
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April 03, 2026
Real Estate Recap: FIFA, Data Center Litigation
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a look at the groundwork hotels and real estate owners have laid for the upcoming FIFA Men's World Cup and five legal cases over data center projects.
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April 02, 2026
Feds Say Rapper Rescinded Gucci Mane Contract At Gunpoint
Dallas federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others with holding three music industry executives at gunpoint — reportedly including Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane — to steal valuables and force Pooh Shiesty's release from his contract with Gucci Mane's record label.
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April 02, 2026
Organ Donor Rigging Suit Is Med Mal, Texas Panel Says
A split Texas appellate court said Thursday that an injunction request accusing a doctor of manipulating the liver transplant list at a Houston hospital can be considered a medical malpractice claim that requires an expert report, but the case can partially proceed without one since certain plaintiffs did not request damages.
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April 02, 2026
Widespread Abuse At Texas ICE Center, Report Claims
Adults, children and infants have suffered medical neglect, unsanitary conditions and "routine mistreatment" at the hands of federal agents running a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Texas, according to a report that calls for the site's immediate closure.
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April 02, 2026
Power Co. Claims Ex-Worker At Rival Copied More Than 1,100 Files
A mobile power generation company sued one of its former managers in Texas federal court, saying he copied more than 1,100 files from his work computer and later accessed some of them while working at a competitor.
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April 02, 2026
Texas Capital Bank Faces Stiff Questions At 5th Circ.
Texas Capital Bank faced tough questions from a Fifth Circuit panel in its bid to reverse a lower court's decision in favor of Ginnie Mae that extinguished TCB's lien on reverse mortgage assets, with one judge saying Thursday that the government has "the power under the statute."
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April 02, 2026
5th Circ. Rejects Stanford's Bid To Overturn $6.8B SEC Win
A Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a lower court judgment requiring convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford to fork over $6.76 billion to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its 16-year-old suit over Stanford's $7 billion fraud scheme, finding that he failed to properly raise many of his arguments during the summary judgment stage.
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April 02, 2026
BofA Sues Aequum, First Brands Group Over Inventory Liens
Bank of America and others have sued troubled auto parts maker First Brands Group and lender Aequum Capital in Texas bankruptcy court, seeking a judgment that the plaintiffs hold liens on inventory that outrank those asserted by Aequum.
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April 02, 2026
Texas Judge Admonished After Botching Eviction Case
A Texas justice of the peace has been admonished and ordered to obtain instruction from a mentor after the state's judicial ethics watchdog found that he had mishandled an eviction case, first transferring it, then orally dismissing it and finally ruling in favor of the defendant following an improper communication with plaintiff's counsel.
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April 02, 2026
ITC Investigating Hisense, Roku Over TV Patent Claims
The U.S. International Trade Commission is opening an investigation into claims that Hisense and Roku are importing televisions and streaming devices into the U.S. that infringe six patents held by a company that licenses those patents to LG.
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April 02, 2026
Saks Secures $500M Ch. 11 Exit Deal With Bondholders
Saks has gotten a commitment from its senior secured bondholders to provide $500 million in exit financing and intends to file a Chapter 11 plan in the coming weeks, the bankrupt retailer announced Thursday.
Expert Analysis
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Parsing Rule 12(c) Motion Overuse In Securities Class Actions
Defendants in securities class actions have more frequently been filing motions for judgment on the pleadings following the denial of motions to dismiss, but courts have recently demonstrated an increasing willingness to reject these previously rare motions, finding them transparent attempts to relitigate already-decided issues, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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Apple Verdict May Inform Jury Instruction In Patent Suits
A Texas federal jury's recent verdict in Optis v. Apple provides an important example of how juries must be instructed when Step 2 of the Alice framework is submitted to them, with important implications for both litigators and courts in patent cases, says Joshua Reisberg at Blank Rome.
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Series
Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer
Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon was tougher, more humbling and more rewarding than I ever imagined, and the experience highlighted how long-distance running has sharpened my ability to adapt to the evolving nature of antitrust law and strengthened my resolve to handle demanding, unforeseen challenges, says Dan Oakes at Axinn.
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State FARA Laws Pose Unique Constitutional Challenges
Several states have recently enacted foreign agent registration and disclosure regimes that were modeled after the Foreign Agents Registration Act, but these state laws raise several constitutional questions, including concerns about preemption, speech and petition, and vagueness, says Alexandra Langton at Covington.
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Series
Pa. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
The first quarter of 2026 brought several consequential developments for Pennsylvania financial institutions, including the state banking department's first assessment overhaul in 10 years, a bill prohibiting interchange fees on card transaction sales taxes and a federal appeals court's upholding of a $52 million enforcement action, say attorneys at Gross McGinley.
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Berk May Spur More Pushback Against Med Mal Gatekeeping
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Berk v. Choy may appear to be a run-of-the-mill reminder that a federal procedural rule trumps its state counterpart, but it could inspire more challenges to state-created prerequisites to filing medical malpractice lawsuits, say attorneys at Decof Mega.
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Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Junior associates can better develop the legal, business and interpersonal skills they need for long-term success by approaching their firms’ learning and development programs armed with five tips for getting the most out of these resources, says Lauren Hakala at Reed Smith.
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Opinion
AI Presents A Make-Or-Break Moment For Outside Counsel
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by corporate legal departments is forcing a long-overdue reset of the relationship between inside and outside counsel, and introducing a significant opportunity to shed frustrating inefficiencies and strengthen collaboration for firms willing to embrace the shift, says Intel Chief Legal Officer April Miller Boise.
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State Carbon Cost Disparities Are Pivotal In Data Center Siting
When choosing U.S. data center locations, developers must carefully consider the patchwork of state and regional carbon emission pricing regimes that are layered on top of the federal permitting framework, creating compliance cost differentials that could add up to billions of dollars, say attorneys at Davis Graham.
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Series
Watching Hallmark Movies Makes Me A Better Lawyer
I realize you may be judging me for watching, and actually enjoying, Hallmark Channel movies, but the escapism and storylines actually demonstrate qualities and actions that lead to an efficient, productive and positive legal practice, says Karen Ross at Tucker Ellis.
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Keys To Federal Carbon Compliance In Data Center Siting
Recent statements from the White House and state governors about making data centers pay for their own power infrastructure have underlined the importance of choosing locations, generation technologies and deal structures to optimize carbon, permitting and compliance costs, say attorneys at Davis Graham.
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Opinion
AI Doc Ruling Got Privilege Analysis Wrong
Broad reasoning used by a New York federal judge in U.S. v. Heppner — to determine the criminal defendant's interactions with a generative artificial intelligence platform were not protected — mistakenly treats AI use as dispositive disclosure to a third party and adopts an unduly narrow conception of work product, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.
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Assessing Potential Legal Claims From Private Credit Turmoil
Amid the downturn in the private credit markets spurred by multiple high-profile bankruptcies, a New York lawsuit stemming from the collapse of First Brands provides an important case study for investors to help minimize future losses and maximize any potential recovery in the event of a private credit default, say attorneys at Bleichmar Fonti.
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One Idea To Fix The SEC's Risk Factor Disclosure Rules
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins recently invited the industry to suggest ways to reform the current risk factor disclosure framework, and amending Rule 10b-5 is one potential option to consider, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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How 2 Decisions Reframed Witness-Centered Trials
The recent Maryland federal jury verdict in U.S. v. Goldstein and the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Villarreal v. Texas suggest that the traditional paradigm of American civil trial practice, with its emphasis on witness performance and assertive advocacy, may not reflect the ideal approach for the modern courtroom, says Joshua Robbins at Crowell & Moring.