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July 07, 2026
Pryor Cashman LLP said Tuesday it has continued growing its litigation group with a longtime Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP lawyer, who has represented "some of the most prominent names in private equity and finance," the firm said.
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July 07, 2026
The government is seeking to block a defense expert from testifying about prosecutorial charging policies and procedures in an upcoming trial in Pennsylvania federal court for a man accused of threatening to kill judges.
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July 06, 2026
Silicon Valley Bank's ex-head of corporate investments and capital markets testified in a deposition shown during a California federal bench trial Monday over the FDIC's claims the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, saying that he felt pressure from the bank's then-chief financial officer to add riskier, higher-yielding assets to the bank's securities portfolio.
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July 06, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge Monday scheduled an evidentiary hearing to gauge the probability of confirming Barretts Minerals Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan, as the former talc miner faces possible dismissal of its nearly three-year-old bankruptcy.
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July 06, 2026
Dish Network filed for Chapter 11 with $14 billion in debt after a delayed asset sale disrupted debt repayment, Spirit Airlines advanced a $630 million stalking horse bid for 27 aircraft, while Puerto Rico's oversight board proposed a $3 billion bankruptcy settlement. A Texas judge approved the $40 million sale of a Texas A&M-affiliated data center and allowed Camp Mystic to pay employee wages.
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July 06, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge gave Digital Currency Group and its executives the green light to ask the Second Circuit whether certain cryptocurrency lending agreements amount to securities, waving on an appeal of a February order that kept alive a proposed class action over the collapse of DCG's crypto lending subsidiary.
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July 06, 2026
Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.
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July 06, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.
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July 06, 2026
When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's golden opportunity to avoid a grilling.
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July 06, 2026
A Texas federal judge has affirmed a bankruptcy court's 2024 ruling in a liability management dispute involving Robertshaw, Invesco and other parties, rejecting Invesco's claims against a separate lender group and Robertshaw's private equity backer.
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July 06, 2026
Chinese exile Miles Guo's daughter has been found in civil contempt and fined $1,000 per day until she reimburses the trustee handling her father's Chapter 11 estate nearly $371,900 in fees and costs arising from litigation over $13.5 million in private jet sale proceeds.
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July 06, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court last week handled disputes involving arbitration, corporate control, advancement rights, freeze-out mergers and insolvent company wind-downs.
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July 02, 2026
The sharpest dissents this term often involved the president, and pitted conservative and liberal justices against each other on core constitutional issues and questions about the limits to executive power, with nearly a quarter of cases being decided squarely along ideological lines.
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July 02, 2026
This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including presidential power, immigration and voting regulations. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.
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July 02, 2026
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority and President Donald Trump largely aligned this year on issues of executive power, resulting in a series of decisions that significantly expanded presidential authority.
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July 02, 2026
Silicon Valley Bank's ex-CEO testified Thursday during a California federal bench trial over the FDIC's claims that the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, acknowledging during a tense examination that he received multimillion-dollar payouts and sold nearly $30 million in stock while regulators downgraded SVB's risk management rating ahead of its collapse.
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July 02, 2026
CVS and its bankrupt unit Omnicare have agreed to pay $440 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve an almost $1 billion judgment stemming from a False Claims Act suit, telling a Texas bankruptcy judge the deal will take effect once Omnicare's sale to GenieRx closes.
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July 02, 2026
As investors in Argentine oil and gas exploration company YPF SA gear up for a multibillion-dollar arbitration against Argentina, disputes still remain over exactly what discovery from a parallel proceeding in New York can be used in the arbitration.
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July 02, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Thursday signed off on auto parts-maker First Brands Group's sale of its Jasper Rubber business for $8 million, after two parties reached a deal that partly cleared their dispute over machinery included in the deal.
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July 02, 2026
Defunct budget air carrier Spirit Airlines asked a New York bankruptcy judge to approve Chapter 11 auction procedures for 27 aircraft, with a $630 million stalking horse bid from a secured creditor setting the floor.
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July 02, 2026
A mining operation will undergo an omnibus hearing in its Chapter 11 case, a Nevada solar project will seek plan confirmation and Saks will ask for permission to sell a lease and real property.
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July 02, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's stark ideological divisions were on full display this term, particularly as it issued long-awaited rulings in the last few days of June. Here, Law360 dives into the numbers behind this court term.
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July 02, 2026
Mattress company Sleep Number Corp. can hold a mid-July Chapter 11 auction backed by a $415 million stalking horse offer after a New York bankruptcy judge signed off on its sale procedures Thursday.
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July 02, 2026
Delaware-based Richards Layton & Finger has announced that three of its attorneys were elected to serve as directors of the firm and three others were elevated to counsel.
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July 01, 2026
The FDIC's banking expert testified in a California federal bench trial Wednesday that Silicon Valley Bank violated prudent banking standards by mismanaging assets before it collapsed, saying officers knew SVB was taking excessive risks but did not stop, adding that "I would've been fired" if he had managed his bank's assets the same way.