Corporate

  • October 14, 2025

    Orrick Boosts Fund Formation Team With Wilson Sonsini Duo

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on two former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC attorneys in Silicon Valley, one of whom will lead the firm's fund formation group.

  • October 14, 2025

    Calif. Gov. Vetoes Regulation Of AI In Employment Decisions

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required businesses to make sure humans reviewed termination and disciplinary decisions made by artificial intelligence tools, calling the legislation "overly broad."

  • October 10, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Data Diligence, REIT Reinvention, Q3 Deals

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney tips for data center approvals, one Big Law partner's perspective on the reinvention of real estate investment trusts, and the third quarter's 10 largest global real estate mergers and acquisitions.

  • October 10, 2025

    Zantac MDL Suits Were Impropely Tossed, 11th Circ. Told

    Consumers urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to revive their claims in a multidistrict litigation alleging that the main ingredient in the heartburn medication Zantac causes cancer, saying the court overseeing the case improperly sided with drugmakers' experts and preempted more claims from coming forward.

  • October 10, 2025

    Delta, Aeromexico Say USDOT Erred In Blocking Partnership

    Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico have asked the Eleventh Circuit to vacate the U.S. Department of Transportation's order terminating approval of their joint venture and ordering them to dismantle it by January, according to a petition for review posted to the case docket Friday.

  • October 10, 2025

    5th Circ.'s FDIC Ruling 'Cries Out' For Review, Ex-CEO Says

    A former Texas bank CEO has asked the full Fifth Circuit to revive his constitutional challenge to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s in-house enforcement process, arguing that a recent panel decision to reject his case as premature "cries out" for review.

  • October 10, 2025

    SEC's Atkins Commits To Expanding Use Of Wells Process

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins plans to refresh the agency's Wells process of engaging with firms ahead of potential enforcement actions, saying he intends for the agency to be more forthcoming with investigative findings and provide more time and opportunities to respond to these findings.

  • October 10, 2025

    DOJ Can't Pause Review Of UnitedHealth Deal Amid Shutdown

    A Maryland federal judge rejected the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to stay its recently settled case with UnitedHealth over the company's merger with Amedisys because of the government shutdown and lapse in appropriations, ruling that a stay would impede the DOJ's ability to evaluate the public interest in the settlement.

  • October 10, 2025

    Chancery Resolves Caribevision TV's Control, Management

    A series of rulings by a Delaware vice chancellor on Friday resolved for now disputes over control of Caribevision TV Network LLC, the self-described media "eyes and ears of the Caribbean" that recently saw police called in to block an attempt to replace the company's CEO.

  • October 10, 2025

    Cummins To Settle Investor Suit Over Emissions Scandal

    Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. and an investor have reached an agreement to settle proposed class action claims that the company hurt investors by hiding emissions control devices in certain engines, for which the company has paid a record $2 billion to settle regulators' Clean Air Act claims.

  • October 10, 2025

    Musk Accuses OpenAI Ex-Exec Of Subpoena 'Cat And Mouse'

    A California federal magistrate judge is allowing Elon Musk to serve a deposition subpoena by Federal Express to a tech executive who briefly served as OpenAI's interim CEO after hearing that process servers and investigators had attempted personal service 11 times but were "stonewalled" by the woman and her security.

  • October 10, 2025

    AstraZeneca Strikes 'Most Favored Nation' Price Deal

    Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday cut a deal with the Trump administration to reduce drug prices in the United States, agreeing to provide its medications for Medicaid beneficiaries at discount prices.

  • October 10, 2025

    Employment Authority: EEOC Cracks Down On Opioid Bias

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on why the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission appears to be cracking down on bias toward workers' opioid prescriptions, what two mixed rulings on captive audience bans mean for the landscape of the labor fight, and how today's U.S. Department of Labor compares to its mission under President Donald Trump's first term. 

  • October 10, 2025

    Wyden Urges Justices To Revive UBS Retaliation Case Again

    Sen. Ron Wyden and several whistleblower organizations have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive for a second time a fired UBS worker's whistleblower retaliation lawsuit, pointing to a "deep and direct conflict" the Second Circuit has created with its latest decision in the case.

  • October 10, 2025

    Justices Told SEC 'Dead Wrong' On Activist Investor Suits

    An activist investor has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a series of investment funds, with the backing of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, are "dead wrong" to say it has no right to sue over their decision to dilute the investor's voting shares.

  • October 10, 2025

    Supreme Court Asked To Consider Appeal Over AI-Created Art

    A computer scientist who was denied a copyright for artwork created by an artificial intelligence system he built has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his appeal challenging the U.S. Copyright Office's decision.

  • October 10, 2025

    Infosys' Counterclaims Against Competitor Tossed For Now

    A Texas federal court dismissed counterclaims from Infosys Ltd. accusing Cognizant TriZetto Software Group Inc. of monopolizing a market for healthcare software and related services after finding the allegations ignored potential competition from alternatives.

  • October 10, 2025

    StubHub Sued Over Failure To Refund Swift's Eras Tour Show

    Online ticket reseller StubHub regularly reneges on its "FanProtect Guarantee" to either provide comparable tickets or refund customers if the tickets they bought aren't available the day of the concert, according to a proposed class action by a woman who says she was swindled out of thousands of dollars during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

  • October 10, 2025

    Experts Doubt Gold Card Will Siphon Off EB-5 Investors

    Concerns that President Donald Trump's gold card will siphon off noncitizens who would otherwise seek permanent residency through the EB-5 investor program might be overblown, with experts suggesting the program's 35-year track record and stability will continue attracting foreign investors.

  • October 10, 2025

    SEC's Atkins Criticizes Del. As 'Uninterested' In IPO Reform

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said he is "disappointed" by recent changes to Delaware law that he believes will drive up litigation costs for public companies and make the state seem "uninterested in reform" that would encourage more companies to file initial public offerings there.

  • October 10, 2025

    Back Where We Started: Life After FTC's Noncompete Ban

    Now that the Federal Trade Commission has abandoned efforts for a nationwide ban on noncompete clauses, the employment provisions remain subject to a constellation of changing state laws and can sometimes still violate federal law in certain situations.

  • October 10, 2025

    Profs Say Apple Used Copyrighted Material For AI Training

    Two neuroscientists have sued Apple in California federal court, claiming it made use of their copyrighted materials to train its artificial intelligence model Apple Intelligence.

  • October 10, 2025

    OpenAI's Sora Backlash Shows IP Challenges For Tech Cos.

    OpenAI's new version of its video-generation model Sora has highlighted the growing tension between the development of artificial intelligence technologies and intellectual property rights, with the company emphasizing an opt-in approach for copyright owners for using their works after backlash over a reported opt-out policy.

  • October 10, 2025

    Pharma Co. Escapes Suit Over Ex-CEO's Alleged Misconduct

    Exscientia PLC on Friday won dismissal of a proposed class action related to the termination of its CEO after claims emerged that he participated in inappropriate workplace relationships, with the court finding the investors failed to show that the company's statements about its culture and governance were anything more than puffery.

  • October 10, 2025

    GoPro Beats Infringement Claims In $174M Camera IP Trial

    A California federal jury cleared camera giant GoPro of accusations that some of its products infringed two video camera technology patents in a case where Contour IP Holding LLC had sought $174 million in damages.

Expert Analysis

  • Sweeping US Tax And Spending Bill May Bolster PE Returns

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    The One Big Beautiful Bill Act stands to benefit private equity sponsors and their investors as it alters existing law, including at the portfolio company level, making it crucial to reevaluate historic tax planning and optimize for the new tax regime, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • Resilience Planning Is New Key To Corporate Sustainability

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    While the current wave of deregulation may reduce government enforcement related to climate issues, businesses still need to evaluate how climate volatility may affect their operations and create new legal risks — making the apolitical concept of resilience increasingly important for companies, says J. Michael Showalter at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Parsing Trump Admin's First 6 Months Of SEC Enforcement

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement results for the first six months of the Trump administration show substantially fewer new enforcement actions compared to the same period under the previous administration, but indicate a clear focus on traditional fraud schemes affecting retail investors, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • HSR Compliance Remains A Priority From Biden To Trump

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    Several new enforcement actions from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice illustrate that rigorous attention to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance has become a critical component of the U.S. merger review process, even amid the political transition from the Biden to Trump administrations, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Cos. Face EU, US Regulatory Tension On Many Fronts

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    When the European Union sets stringent standards, companies seeking to operate in the international marketplace must conform to them, or else concede opportunities — but with the current U.S. administration pushing hard to roll back regulations, global companies face an increasing tension over which standards to follow, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • FDA Transparency Plans Raise Investor Disclosure Red Flags

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recently announced intent to publish complete response letters for unapproved drugs and devices implicates certain investor disclosure requirements under securities laws, making it necessary for life sciences and biotech companies to adopt robust controls going forward, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Series

    Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.

  • Opportunity Zone's Future Corp. Tax Benefits Still Uncertain

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    Despite recent legislative enhancements to the qualified opportunity fund program, and a new G7 understanding that would exempt U.S.-parented multinationals from the undertaxed profits rule, uncertainties over future tax benefits could dampen investment interest in the program, says Alan Lederman at Gunster.

  • SEC Rulemaking Radar: The Debut Of Atkins' 'New Day'

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regulatory flex agenda, published last week, demonstrates a clear return to appropriately tailored and mission-focused rulemaking, with potential new rules applicable to brokers, exchanges and trading, among others, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • DOJ's New Initiative Puts Title IX Compliance In Spotlight

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    Following the federal government's recent guidance regarding enhanced enforcement of discrimination on the basis of sex, organizations should evaluate whether they fall under the aegis of Title IX's scope, which is broader than many realize, and assess discrimination prevention opportunities, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI

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    Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Voiding $2M Litigation Funding Sends A Warning

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    A recent Texas bankruptcy court decision that a postconfirmation litigation trust has no obligations to repay a completely drawn down $2 million litigation funding agreement serves as a warning for estate administrators and funders to properly disclose the intended financing, say attorneys at Kleinberg Kaplan.

  • A Changing Playbook For Fighting Records Requests In Del.

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    The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in Wong v. Amazon, reversing the denial of an inspection demand brought by a stockholder, serves as a stark warning to corporations challenging books and records requests, making clear that companies cannot defeat such demands solely by attacking the scope of their stated purpose, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Tesla Verdict May Set New Liability Benchmarks For AV Suits

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    The recent jury verdict in Benavides v. Tesla is notable not only for a massive payout — including $200 million in punitive damages — but because it apportions fault between the company's self-driving technology and the driver, inviting more scrutiny of automated vehicle marketing and technology, says Michael Avanesian at Avian Law Group.

  • Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process

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    Every year, an advisory committee receives dozens of proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, most of which are never adopted — but a few pointers can help maximize the likelihood that an amendment will be adopted, says Josh Gardner at DLA Piper.

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