Del. High Court Won't Toss Newsom Defamation Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Delaware Supreme Court has denied Fox News' call for a mid-case review of an April ruling that allowed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $787 million defamation suit to proceed.

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WWE's $147M Merger Settlement Held Up By Defense Dispute

By Jessica Corso

World Wrestling Entertainment shareholders are asking a Delaware court to force Vince McMahon and other WWE board directors to sign off on a $147 million deal that will end a lawsuit over the company's 2023 merger with UFC parent Endeavor, with parties indicating that a dispute has opened up among the defendants over insurance coverage.

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Del. Senator Sues To Stop Permanent Absentee Voting System

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Delaware state senator has sued the state's election commissioner and the Department of Elections in the Delaware Chancery Court to strike down the state's permanent absentee voting system as unconstitutional.

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Eli Lilly Launches Attacks On Tirzepatide Generics

By Adam Lidgett

Eli Lilly and Co. fired off a round of lawsuits in Delaware federal court seeking to block generic versions of its tirzepatide weight loss and diabetes medications, targeting Sandoz, MSN Laboratories and others.

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Senator Considers Ethics Complaint Against 3rd Circ. Judge

By Emily Sawicki

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., has indicated he is weighing whether to pursue ethics charges against U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott of the Third Circuit in the wake of a news report stating she operated a public affairs agency from the bench.

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Judge Approves NJ's $3B PFAS Deals With 3M, DuPont

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge on Friday gave her final approval to deals worth a combined $3 billion between the Garden State, 3M Co. and various DuPont entities to resolve the state's claims over contamination caused by the manufacture and discharge of forever chemicals.

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Glenmark's $29.6M Generics Price-Fixing Deal Gets 1st OK

By Susan Smiley

A Connecticut federal court on Thursday gave a preliminary OK to a settlement between a coalition of 48 states and territories and drugmaker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. that would pay out more than $29.6 million in restitution to eligible consumers and the coalition.

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Miss. Casino Buyout Suit Faces Renewed Standing Fight

By Jarek Rutz

The majority owner of Mississippi casino operator Treasure Bay Gaming & Resorts Inc. urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Friday to dismiss a stockholder suit challenging his $2.50-per-share buyout of minority investors, arguing the estate behind the claims did not legally exist when the case was filed.

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Firebrand Investor Owed $8M, Del. Chancery Says

By Nadia Dreid

The fair value of Firebrand Financial Group is about $11.08 per share, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled Friday, in a case in which a stockholder sought the court's input following a collapsed transaction, valuing his stock at around $8 million.

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J&J Fax Sent To Pharmacy An Unwanted Ad, 3rd Circ. Says

By P.J. D'Annunzio

In a precedential opinion Friday, the Third Circuit ruled a two-page fax Johnson & Johnson sent to a Florida pharmacy about its drug Xarelto was an unsolicited advertisement, reversing a lower court's finding and reviving a class claim filed by the pharmacy alleging the drugmaker violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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3rd Circ. Says Pharma Co. Suit Against Merck Belongs In India

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Third Circuit has ruled that a dispute between Merck and a defunct Indian pharmaceutical company over a terminated relationship belongs in India.

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Apple Must Face Patent Claims Over Hide My Email Feature

By Adam Lidgett

Apple has lost its bid to escape a patent infringement lawsuit over the iPhone's Hide My Email feature after a Delaware federal court on Friday found that a jury needs to answer the questions of the case.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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HSF Kramer, Taft Hit By Data Breaches

By Craig Clough

Herbert ‌Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP recently reported data breaches to state regulators, adding to the dozens of breaches law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026. 

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Legal Services Hiring Is 'Firing On All Cylinders,' Recruiter Says

By Tracey Read

The legal sector saw job gains for the fourth month in a row, adding 1,000 positions in July, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Financial Market Bolsters ABA Budget Amid Member Decline

By Emily Sawicki

A booming stock market has buoyed the overall net assets for the American Bar Association, keeping the organization's balance sheet in the black following the Trump administration's cancellation last year of millions of dollars in grants. 

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New AI Policy At Columbia Law Permits Use Within Guardrails

By Andrea Keckley

Columbia Law School has issued a new policy on the use of artificial intelligence, permitting its use to "support learning" and "perform specific functions" while restricting its role in generating written work or coming up with original arguments and legal analyses.

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Senate Confirms Todd Blanche To Be AG

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 in the early hours of Saturday to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the permanent position.

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CoStar Fights CREXi Bid To Stay Suit Over Quinn Emanuel DQ

By Rose Krebs

CoStar is urging a California federal court to reject a bid by Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, to pause a copyright suit while CREXi asks the Ninth Circuit to undo the disqualification of its Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys, arguing the stay request is "unsupported by law."

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Nat'l Science Org. To Review Judiciary's Nixed Climate Chapter

By Jack Karp

The National Academy of Sciences will review the process used to develop a controversial chapter on climate science that has been removed from the federal judiciary's guide to scientific evidence, according to a Friday announcement.

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Summer's Last NYC Public Defender Strike Ends With Deal

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders union said it has struck a deal with the organization's management, ending the last public defender strike in New York City this summer.

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Trump Picks FCC Lawyer As Agency's 3rd Republican

By Christopher Cole

President Donald Trump on Friday picked Danielle Thumann Severs, an in-house lawyer at the Federal Communications Commission, to fill an open seat on the regulatory board.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said businesses with at least 50 employees, at least half of whom are H-1B or L-1 visa holders, must pay a biometric screening fee anytime they file an application to extend the workers' visas. In the meantime, a federal judge found that the former CEO of RTI Surgical Holdings misled investors by failing to disclose that the surgical implant company regularly shipped orders early to artificially inflate its quarterly revenues. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Cleary Gottlieb sue a former client it advised on the proposed sale of a holding company and the continuation of litigation between pharma giants Merck Sharp & Dohme and Merck KGaA over rights to the Merck name in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Motley Rice LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to create a $567 million abatement fund and take additional measures to protect its youngest users.

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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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