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May 04, 2026
The Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday upheld the murder conviction of a man who claimed prosecutors failed to disprove that he acted in self-defense, and declined the defendant's request to adopt what the justices called a "more flexible standard" for instructing a jury on lesser included offenses.
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May 04, 2026
A former manager at an Ohio labeling and packaging facility and his ex-employer have settled a federal lawsuit alleging he took a job with a competitor and then poached another employee, in violation of his noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements.
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May 04, 2026
Out-of-state delivery drivers can't pursue their wage claims against Bimbo Bakeries in a Vermont federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Monday, finding their claims aren't tied closely enough to the company's activities in the state.
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May 04, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a wide-ranging docket of deal disputes, advancement fights, stockholder suits and contract claims, with several matters turning on timing, forum limits and the remedies available when transactions or governance agreements break down.
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May 01, 2026
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including a breakdown of federal and state efforts to expand affordable housing and how real estate attorneys are responding.
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May 01, 2026
Major banking industry groups have urged the Second Circuit to remand to the Federal Reserve Board its order blocking a New York bank's proposed cash guarantee program for homebuyers, arguing the decision relied on a flawed legal interpretation that would effectively erase a key pathway for banks to pursue "complementary" nonbank activities.
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May 01, 2026
For more than 20 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has failed to pay tens of millions in reimbursements to hospitals serving low-income populations by incorrectly factoring service days for patients enrolled in Medicare Part C, a coalition of 91 medical centers claimed in a D.C. federal lawsuit.
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May 01, 2026
A federal judge in Boston heard elite universities argue Friday that the "early decision" admissions process is not a scheme to raise tuition but an option for students who want a better shot at admission to their first-choice school.
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May 01, 2026
HP, Siemens and Honeywell will defend victories in 401(k) forfeiture suits at the Ninth and Third circuits, while union pensioners will battle over life insurance and early retirement benefits at the Tenth and Seventh circuits. Here, Law360 looks at five coming oral argument sessions that benefits attorneys may want to keep an eye on.
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May 01, 2026
For most lawyers, getting to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court is a once-in-a-lifetime event, but for a select few, it's a common occurrence. Clement & Murphy PLLC name partner Paul Clement is one of those lawyers.
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May 01, 2026
Performers for an adult livestream platform urged a Connecticut federal judge Friday to reject the platform operators' reliance on a ruling that found a dog-walking app was not a service provider with employees, arguing the out-of-state decision has no bearing on whether the performers were misclassified as independent contractors.
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May 01, 2026
The Westchester Medical Group PC has only disclosed $2 million worth of insurance against a $49 million malpractice verdict that could nearly double during an expected appeal, a Connecticut cancer patient and her husband said in seeking to secure the defendant's property and other assets now.
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May 01, 2026
Former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos Diamantis will be sentenced in a school construction bribery case before being tried on bribery charges involving a healthcare audit, a federal judge has ruled.
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April 30, 2026
Five states on Thursday joined a coalition of others who sued to challenge Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s then-proposed $6.2 billion merger with Tegna Inc., alleging in an amended antitrust complaint that the currently frozen deal will eliminate consumers' choices for local news and diminish diversity in news coverage.
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April 30, 2026
The head of a real estate management company urged a Connecticut state court Wednesday to strike a widow's suit accusing him of using forgeries to strip her of an ownership stake in a related holding company allegedly worth more than $20 million.
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April 30, 2026
The Trump administration agreed at a hearing Thursday to temporarily halt the use of 22 states' Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes until a San Francisco federal judge clarifies the boundaries of an injunction that the largely Democratic-controlled states had accused the government of flouting.
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April 30, 2026
A former spokesperson for Republican state lawmakers in Connecticut did not present enough evidence to support her claims that she was pushed out of her job because of her gender and post-traumatic stress disorder, or that she endured a hostile work environment, a state court judge ruled in disposing of her lawsuit.
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April 30, 2026
Victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre have asked the Texas Supreme Court to let a court-appointed receiver lease Alex Jones' website Infowars to a company linked to satire publication The Onion, a move that could hasten the delivery of funds Jones owes the families after massive defamation judgments.
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April 30, 2026
It is not often that a Second Circuit ruling is hailed as "the greatest legal achievement in national history" by a country's president, but that's what happened after a team from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP persuaded the appellate panel to nix an $18 billion judgment against Argentina.
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April 30, 2026
A Connecticut state judge has combined two lawsuits brought by Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel over the investigation that resulted in his since-reversed conviction for the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, and set a November trial date.
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April 30, 2026
Purdue Pharma LP on Thursday secured a New York bankruptcy judge's approval of a $125 million agreement with McKinsey & Co. that settles claims tied to the consulting firm's work advising Purdue on the sale and marketing of opioids, clearing the way for the pharmaceutical company to exit Chapter 11 and put its $7.4 billion bankruptcy plan into effect.
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April 29, 2026
The company behind Alex Jones' conspiracy website Infowars has asked a Texas appeals court to block a receiver from leasing its intellectual property and internet domain for $81,000 a month to a corporation linked to satire website The Onion.
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April 29, 2026
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday that courts shouldn't, as a matter of foreign policy, consider President Donald Trump's disparaging comments about Haitians in reviewing rescissions of temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria.
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April 29, 2026
Attorneys for the luxury fashion brand Thom Browne Inc. did not commit misconduct when they failed to turn over four emails to Adidas during a trademark dispute, and because the documents "probably" would not have changed the verdict, the case will not be restored, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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April 29, 2026
In a splintered ruling Wednesday, the full Second Circuit refused to rehear President Donald Trump's appeal challenging an $83.3 million verdict for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll in his response to her sexual abuse allegations.