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  9th Circ. Affirms Paramount's Win In 'Top Gun' IP Fight

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed Paramount's win in a copyright lawsuit alleging the studio's 2022 "Top Gun:...(read more)

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  Top Delaware Chancery Cases And Trends To Watch In 2026

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware's business courts and corporation laws are heading into 2026 wrapped in a third straight year of contro...(read more)

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• Trump Tells HieFo To Divest Chip Assets, Citing Security Risks

  By Rae Ann Varona

  President Donald Trump on Friday ordered California-based high-efficiency photonics company HieFo Corp. to divest digital chips and wafer assets it bought from Emcore Corp., saying a Chinese citizen's control of HieFo poses national security risks.

• Bitfinex Hacker Says He's Been Released From Prison

  By Aislinn Keely

  Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein says he's out of prison early after provisions of a criminal justice reform law shortened his five-year sentence for laundering stolen bitcoin worth billions of dollars.

• Ind. Judge's Chat With Tesla Crash Jurors Undoes $60M Verdict

  By Y. Peter Kang

  An Indiana state appellate panel has vacated a $60.7 million jury verdict against Tesla in a suit accusing its employee of negligently hitting a motorcyclist and causing a catastrophic brain injury, saying the trial court judge had an improper private conversation with the deadlocked jury regarding a potential mistrial.

• Banking Litigation To Watch In 2026

  By Jon Hill

  From a U.S. Supreme Court fight over the Federal Reserve to clashes over state regulatory power, in-house enforcement and the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a slate of high-stakes lawsuits could shake up the banking landscape in the coming year.

• Consumer Protection Cases And Trends To Watch In 2026

  By Joyce Hanson

  State attorneys general will litigate more consumer protection cases in the new year, whether the suits are filed by their own offices or with the help of outside counsel, while the federal government under the Trump administration will drop pending enforcement actions and continue its shift away from broad rulemaking.

• Approach The Bench: What Judges Had To Say In 2025

  By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

  Jurists discussed their strategies for decision-making, the difficulties of case management, and their predictions for the future of litigation in a dozen interviews with Law360 this year.

• Trademark Cases To Watch In 2026

  By Ivan Moreno

  An appeal over the use of foreign words in branding is up for consideration at the U.S. Supreme Court, and a Delaware federal judge is set to deliver his verdict following a bench trial over the "Ugliest House in America." Here are Law360's picks for the trademark cases to watch in 2026.

• Trade Secret Trends To Watch In 2026

  By Ivan Moreno

  The landscape of trade secret law could see significant developments in 2026 as courts address the aftermath of astronomical jury awards and navigate jurisdictional tensions surrounding the timing and specifics of trade secret disclosures in litigation.

• Shareholder Litigation To Watch In 2026

  By Jessica Corso

  A Fourth Circuit case that could be important to the future of class action practice, a dispute between Elon Musk and former Twitter shareholders and a high court battle over the Investment Company Act are all on the list of cases that securities practitioners will be following in 2026.

• Copyright Cases To Watch In 2026

  By Theresa Schliep

  U.S. federal courts this year will continue to review consequential copyright infringement suits involving artificial intelligence, while appeals court decisions remain pending in a pair of notable fair use cases involving ROSS Intelligence and Microsoft. Here are Law360's picks for copyright cases to watch in 2026.

• 4 Compliance Trends To Watch In 2026

  By Sarah Jarvis

  Compliance professionals will be monitoring the risks brought on by the trade-related turmoil and deregulatory moves that have marked President Donald Trump's first year back in the White House, while new state regulations and artificial intelligence-related risks will also be top of mind.

• Privacy & Cybersecurity Policy To Watch In 2026

  By Allison Grande

  States are expected to continue their aggressive push to ensure that companies aren't misusing consumers' personal information in 2026, even as they face growing pressure from the federal government to curtail these efforts, particularly when it comes to the regulation of emerging artificial intelligence technologies.