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August 13, 2026
The Seventh Circuit rejected trading firm Jump Trading LLC's bid to arbitrate a putative securities class action Thursday, finding that courts, not arbitrators, must decide whether disputes belong in arbitration when the parties haven't signed an arbitration agreement, furthering a circuit split and holding that "Jump must litigate."
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August 13, 2026
A California federal judge Thursday ordered Google LLC to streamline the steps for Android users to find rival app stores as part of his court-ordered remedies in antitrust litigation won by Epic Games Inc. against Google, saying the current user process includes "anti-competitive friction" to discourage competition.
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August 13, 2026
A Texas federal judge recommended that a class action alleging the Bank of New York Mellon's involvement in R. Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme be removed to New Jersey, saying the claims do not belong within the wider multidistrict litigation.
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August 13, 2026
Italian construction giant Webuild on Wednesday urged a Delaware federal court to pause a Chilean construction company's lawsuit aimed at enforcing a $140 million arbitral award as Webuild looks to challenge an "unprecedented" Third Circuit decision reviving the litigation.
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August 13, 2026
The Second Circuit on Thursday revived UMB Bank's suit alleging Bristol-Myers Squibb's slow-walking of the drug approval process caused investors to miss out on billions of dollars, rejecting the pharmaceutical giant's contention that the bank lacked standing to sue.
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August 13, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday revived a surgical instrument repair company's antitrust suit accusing the makers of the da Vinci surgical robot of illegally blocking third parties from repairing its instruments, ruling that a district judge erred in applying the U.S. Supreme Court's Kodak factors to the dispute.
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August 13, 2026
A Texas appeals court wiped out a $34 million verdict against a healthcare company Thursday, saying the trial court interpreted the parties' contract incorrectly and the company did not breach its agreement with a private orthopedic practice group.
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August 13, 2026
A Washington state court judge has blocked Kalshi from offering event contracts to state residents in most of its prediction market categories while the attorney general's legal challenge unfolds, setting deadlines for the platform to institute location-based geofencing, while spurning the company's bid to maintain operations pending appeal.
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August 13, 2026
The festival director of a concert where rapper Drakeo the Ruler was killed backstage cannot escape a consolidated wrongful death suit brought by the artist's family and associates, with a Los Angeles judge ruling Thursday that a triable issue of material fact remains regarding the entity's role at the event.
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August 13, 2026
The Third Circuit on Thursday backed the dismissal of an antitrust suit alleging Pfizer Inc. and Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. conspired to delay the market entry of a generic version of the cholesterol drug Lipitor, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing.
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August 13, 2026
Seven state attorneys general are urging the federal Surface Transportation Board to reject the planned $85 billion merger between Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp., saying the rail giants have not shown how the deal would serve the public interest.
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August 13, 2026
Cheerleading competition organizers at odds with the U.S. All Star Federation Inc. have told a Texas federal court they've reached a settlement to resolve all pending antitrust claims they asserted against the governing body.
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August 13, 2026
DirecTV says documents produced by Nexstar Media Group and the two companies accused of conspiring with the massive multimedia conglomerate to fix prices for retransmission fees already show that collusion was happening, but Nexstar is dragging its feet on producing the rest.
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August 13, 2026
The U.S. Justice Department backed X Corp. on Wednesday by arguing in a Fifth Circuit amicus brief that a Texas federal judge botched the antitrust injury analysis when tossing a lawsuit accusing Mars, CVS, Nestle, Lego, Tyson Foods and other advertisers of agreeing to boycott the social media platform after Elon Musk's purchase.
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August 13, 2026
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is pursuing New York state court claims against former energy company clients, accusing them of abruptly ceasing payments and failing to pay $3.2 million in fees accrued amid an underlying contract dispute.
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August 13, 2026
The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.
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August 12, 2026
An appeals court has affirmed an arbitral award issuing a Washington, D.C., law firm zero fees in connection with efforts by defense contractor Wye Oak Technology Inc. to enforce a $120 million judgment against Iraq, rejecting the firm's argument that an underlying fee deal was coerced.
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August 12, 2026
An administrative law judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission made an initial finding that Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus and another Wi-Fi device seller infringed claims in a couple of patents licensed to Netgear.
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August 12, 2026
Norwegian Air subsidiaries that claim Boeing duped them into a 737 Max deal by overstating the jets' safety urged a Washington federal judge Tuesday to order the deposition of a former Boeing executive, contending he has unique insight into information shared with top corporate leaders during the aircraft's development.
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August 12, 2026
The Texas Medical Board told a state court judge that the Texas Office of the Attorney General could not represent a doctor who tried to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, saying the office flouted ethics rules by first representing the board and then representing the doctor.
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August 12, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court has refused to dismiss Cogent Infrastructure LLC's contract claims against Sprint over a disputed fiber optic network deal, finding that an accounting firm's earlier decision on a roughly $24 million purchase price adjustment does not block Cogent from pursuing broader claims that Sprint misrepresented the nature of the fiber arrangement.
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August 12, 2026
A moving company said its insurer wrongfully refused to cover a loss resulting from a former manager's fabrication of time sheets for an independent contractor in exchange for kickbacks, telling a Washington state court that the scheme triggered its policy's $2 million employee theft coverage.
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August 12, 2026
An insurer says a property owner's request that a Tennessee federal court declare that its building was damaged in a "significant weather event" improperly asks the court to rule on competing expert opinions on the storm's severity, rather than any legal claims in the $10 million coverage dispute.
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August 12, 2026
Film producer Adam Fields sued two companies that own the rights to "Donnie Darko" in California state court, alleging they have reported negative profits for the cult classic and have denied him his contractual rights to participate in a sequel.
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August 12, 2026
A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.