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April 28, 2026
The artist formerly known as Kanye West cannot delay next week's trial in a copyright lawsuit alleging he used a song by DJ Khalil and other artists on his album "Donda," a California federal judge ruled, saying concert schedules and attorney deadlines in other cases do not justify such a delay.
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April 28, 2026
Financial technology company Ryvyl Inc. and its founders have agreed to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that the company made disclosures falsely representing itself as selling blockchain-based payment solutions, according to an announcement.
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April 28, 2026
San Francisco has struck a deal with the Port of Oakland that ends a trademark infringement suit over Oakland's renaming of its airport that allows the East Bay city to use the name "Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport," the parties announced Tuesday.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal judge on Tuesday reinforced an injunction barring the Trump administration from imposing "impermissibly vague" conditions requiring cities and counties to comply with immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion policies in order to receive federal transportation and other grants.
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April 28, 2026
Financial technology company Mercury, with Skadden attorneys as its counsel, said Tuesday it received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to set up a national bank that will allow Mercury to expand the financial tools it provides to founders and their startups.
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April 28, 2026
Supporters of a referendum that calls for a 5% tax to be levied once on the wealth of California billionaires said they are closer to getting their measure on the November ballot as they are ready to turn in nearly twice the number of required signatures.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal judge largely refused to let telescope companies and current and former executives duck price-fixing claims from distributors and enthusiasts, letting just one former CEO out while concluding enough allegations remain for the certified class action to take the rest to trial.
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April 28, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday of Cisco Systems Inc.'s argument that the Alien Tort Statute categorically bars claims for aiding and abetting alleged human rights violations, with several justices suggesting the viability of such claims should turn on the facts of each specific case.
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April 28, 2026
A split Ninth Circuit panel granted the Trump administration's request to stay orders two Oregon federal judges issued to rein in federal agents' use of tear gas and other crowd-control munitions around a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland.
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April 28, 2026
Wells Fargo told a California federal court a former employee's suit alleging he was retaliated against for challenging what he described as the bank's fake commitment to diverse hiring should be tossed or transferred to Florida because it is "a plain and obvious case of disfavored forum shopping."
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April 28, 2026
The campaign arm of House Democrats has asked a California federal judge to toss a challenge to the state's new voter-backed congressional districts, saying state Republicans had failed to provide direct evidence that it benefits one race more.
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April 28, 2026
AARP and other retirement and investor advocates are supporting former Intel employees who allege their employee 401(k) savings were dragged down by underperforming investments, telling the U.S. Supreme Court the Ninth Circuit erred in requiring the plaintiffs to identify a "meaningful benchmark" for comparison to their lagging funds.
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April 28, 2026
Ligand Pharmaceuticals said it plans to purchase XOMA Royalty in a $739 million deal combining the two biotechnology royalty aggregator companies advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Paul Hastings LLP.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal judge tossed most of a proposed class action accusing Wells Fargo of saddling homeowners with unjustified fees by running an automated mortgage loan loss mitigation and remediation process, dismissing the suit's unjust enrichment and consumer protection claims.
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April 28, 2026
A Delaware judge Tuesday agreed to convert the bankruptcy of charity financial technology group Flipcause to a Chapter 7 liquidation after its Chapter 11 trustee sold its assets and reached a settlement with creditors.
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April 28, 2026
J.R. Simplot Co. is asking the Ninth Circuit to stay pending U.S. Supreme Court review of its decision to invalidate an Idaho land transfer by the U.S. Department of the Interior that would have allowed it to expand its phosphogypsum plant near tribal lands, saying the issue has already caused "robust debate" in the appellate court.
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April 28, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of claims by two women who allege that Facebook's algorithms contributed to their villages being attacked as part of the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, saying that under circuit precedent, those claims are blocked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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April 28, 2026
Mayer Brown LLP announced Tuesday that an experienced corporate attorney has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a global funds and asset management partner following a stint working as chief legal officer with real estate investment firm PEG Cos. Inc.
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April 28, 2026
AI-focused biotech Profluent said Tuesday it has entered a multiprogram, strategic research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Co. to treat diseases with high unmet need, in a deal that involves an upfront payment and up to $2.25 billion in additional milestone payments.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal jury on Tuesday cleared Armistice Capital and two of its executives on class action claims it pumped and dumped $250 million in Vaxart stock during the COVID-19 pandemic and violated federal securities law with insider trading.
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April 28, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave interim approval to Wiser Solutions Inc.'s $34.2 million debtor-in-possession loan, freeing up $4.2 million in new funds as the retail data software company eyes a June Chapter 11 auction.
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April 27, 2026
The California Privacy Protection Agency is the latest to speak out against a recent congressional proposal to establish a federal data privacy framework that would wipe out more stringent state protections, arguing Monday that this approach would be a "significant step backward" in efforts to shield consumers from data misuse.
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April 29, 2026
With spring homebuying season in full swing, policymakers are pushing proposals aimed at expanding affordable housing. Law360 Real Estate Authority delves into these federal and localized developments, breaking down the contents of the proposals and how real estate attorneys are responding.
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April 27, 2026
After a run of litigation losses, Meta Platforms Inc. will have to rethink its strategy in and out of court in an effort to beat back suits from coast to coast claiming that it is illegally hooking kids on Instagram, experts said, with everything from aggressive litigation to a global settlement on the table.
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April 27, 2026
Armistice Capital and two of its executives used misleading press releases to pump and dump $250 million in Vaxart stock during the pandemic through misleading press releases in an act of pandemic-era "greed," investors' counsel told a California federal jury during closing arguments Monday, while the hedge fund defendants' lawyer countered Vaxart's announcements were "true and accurate."