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  Proxy Firms Don't 'Solicit' Investor Votes, DC Circ. Rules

  By Ali Sullivan

  A D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday ruled that proxy advisory firms do not "solicit" proxy votes, thus denying a manufa...(read more)

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  Mayer Brown, A&O Shearman Lead $1.8B Containerboard Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Packaging Corp. of America has agreed to purchase the containerboard business of Greif Inc. for $1.8 billion in ...(read more)

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• Yale Law's 1st Woman Dean To Leave Post 2 Years Early

  By Hailey Konnath

  Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken, the first woman named to the position, is leaving Yale to lead the Ford Foundation two years before her term was set to expire, according to a recent announcement.

• DC Circ. OKs Trump Firing Of Privacy Board Dems, For Now

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday halted a lower court's order that blocked the Trump administration from firing two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, suggesting in a per curiam order that members of the oversight board lacked adjudicatory functions that could shield them from termination.

• 5 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In July

  By Ryan Davis

  The Federal Circuit's argument calendar this month includes Apple's bid to undo a ruling that caused a blood oxygen monitor feature to be pulled from the Apple Watch, and a challenge by Sonos to a decision that torpedoed its $32.5 million speaker patent verdict against Google.

• State AGs Sue Gov't To Halt Medicaid Data Sharing With ICE

  By Allison Grande

  A California-led coalition of nearly two dozen state attorneys general is pushing a federal court to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving immigration officials "unfettered access" to Medicaid recipients' personal health information, arguing that the sharing flouts decades of policy and practice.

• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

  By Cara Bayles

  The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation.

• Celebrity Broker's Co. Renews NAR Antitrust Suit

  By Isaac Monterose

  A real estate listing company owned by broker Mauricio Umansky hit the National Association of Realtors with a renewed antitrust suit on Tuesday, alleging in California federal court that the trade group's clear cooperation policy for property listings is anticompetitive.

• All Eyes On Congress After FCC Subsidy's High Court Win

  By Christopher Cole

  Supporters of the Federal Communications Commission's subsidies for phone and broadband service notched a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court last week when justices upheld the Universal Service Fund's levy on telecom companies, but lawmakers now face pressure to beef up the $9 billion program's revenue sources.

• Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come.

• Compounding Restitution Is Unconstitutional, High Court Told

  By Elizabeth Daley

  Nonprofits, think tanks and legal scholars filed briefs this week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a federal law requiring criminals to continue paying restitution with compounding interest for decades after conviction is unconstitutional because it can exponentially increase punishment for a crime.

• No New Trial, But $10.5M Ga. MedMal Verdict Could Be Cut

  By Chart Riggall

  A Georgia OB-GYN practice that was hit with a $10.5 million verdict over the death of prematurely delivered twins was denied a shot at a new trial Tuesday by the Georgia Court of Appeals, but could get a chance to slash the judgment thanks to a recent Supreme Court of Georgia ruling.

• $70M Verdict Boosts TriZetto's Trade Secrets Award To $370M

  By Ivan Moreno

  A New York federal jury has concluded that the TriZetto Group, a healthcare software company, is entitled to nearly $70 million in compensatory damages due to Syntel Inc.'s copyright infringement and trade secret theft, bringing the total award for TriZetto to $370 million following a damages retrial.

• Spain's Santander To Buy TSB From Sabadell For $3.6B

  By Al Barbarino

  Spain's Banco Santander said Tuesday it has agreed to buy British bank TSB from Banco de Sabadell in a £2.65 billion ($3.64 billion) all-cash deal, a move that would expand Santander's footprint in the U.K. retail banking market as Sabadell faces a hostile takeover attempt.