Corporate

  • May 02, 2025

    Republicans Tout Bill To Make App Stores Verify Users' Ages

    Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to protect minor app users by requiring app stores and developers to vet their ages through a verification process and seek parental consent before allowing them to download apps or make any purchases. 

  • May 06, 2025

    Stationery Co. Fights Bid To Move Tariff Case To Trade Court

    The U.S. Court of International Trade does not have exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes over President Donald Trump's global tariffs, a stationery company told a Florida federal court Monday in opposing the administration's bid to transfer to the suit.

  • May 06, 2025

    SafeMoon CEO Tells Jury Founder To Blame For Investor Fib

    Counsel for a U.S. Army veteran in Utah who served as CEO of SafeMoon told a Brooklyn, New York, federal jury Tuesday that he did not conspire to loot the crypto company's assets, implying its fugitive founder is to blame for a key misrepresentation.

  • May 06, 2025

    4th Circ. Seems Split On BofA's Post-Merger Tax Offset Claims

    The Fourth Circuit seemed split Tuesday on whether Bank of America should be able to use its tax overpayments to offset interest on tax underpayments by companies that merged into it, with one judge pressing the government to respond to what he described as the bank's "common sense" argument in the $163 million case.

  • May 06, 2025

    Disparate Impact Shift May Prevent EEOC Action On AI Bias

    The Trump administration's directive that federal agencies stop recognizing disparate impact discrimination will likely stymie potential U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforcement aimed at bias related to artificial intelligence, pushing states and private plaintiffs to the forefront of regulating workplace AI, experts say.

  • May 06, 2025

    6th Circ. Backs Convictions In FirstEnergy Scandal

    The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday backed the convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and Republican lobbyist Matthew Borges for their roles in a FirstEnergy Corp. bribery scandal, saying in a published opinion that the jury instructions were clear enough to draw a distinction between legal campaign contributions and bribes.

  • May 06, 2025

    Calif. Agency Hits Retailer In Latest Privacy Enforcement Strike

    The California Privacy Protection Agency revealed its second action under a state data privacy law on Tuesday, requiring national clothing retailer Todd Snyder Inc. to pay more than $345,000 and overhaul its business practices to resolve claims that the company mishandled requests by consumers to stop the sale and sharing of their personal information.

  • May 05, 2025

    Ex-OneTaste Leaders Face Trial On Forced Labor Charges

    After nearly three years of bruising pretrial litigation, jury selection began Monday for OneTaste founder and "orgasmic meditation" advocate Nicole Daedone and her former deputy over allegations that they extracted free labor from followers by fostering an abusive environment at the sexual wellness company.

  • May 05, 2025

    Apple Hit With Developer Suit After App Store Contempt Order

    Apple has been hit with a developer's proposed class action after a California federal judge last week agreed with Epic Games that the tech giant violated her order prohibiting App Store rules that prevent developers from steering users to alternative payment options.

  • May 05, 2025

    Are Circuits Suddenly Split 11-1 Over Forum Selection Fights?

    Holy split! That exclamation would be a reasonable reaction to a new and lopsided divide described by industrial giant Honeywell, which contends that the Seventh Circuit abruptly and erroneously broke with all its sister circuits regarding enforcement of forum selection clauses.

  • May 05, 2025

    8th Circ. Backs Boehringer's Copyright Win Over Software Co.

    The Eighth Circuit upheld a district court's conclusion that Boehringer Ingelheim's veterinary arm and other companies did not infringe the copyrights of software company InfoDeli, saying in an opinion Monday that some elements of the online platforms that InfoDeli built were not entitled to protection.

  • May 05, 2025

    Citizens Policy May Cover BIPA Claim, 7th Circ. Says

    An Illinois food ingredient manufacturer may be able to tap into one of its Citizens insurance policies for coverage of an underlying biometric privacy suit, if the company can prove it provided the insurer with timely notice of the claim, the Seventh Circuit said.

  • May 05, 2025

    Credit Suisse To Pay Feds $510.6M For Helping Hide Assets

    Credit Suisse Services AG has agreed to shell out more than $510 million under agreements with federal prosecutors in which the company admitted to helping customers hide more than $4 billion from the IRS in hundreds of offshore accounts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

  • May 05, 2025

    Regeneron, Amgen Open Drug 'Bundling' Trial In Del.

    The founder and CEO of Regeneron Inc. told a federal jury in Delaware on Monday that a major pharmacy benefit insurer told him in mid-2020 his company was wasting its time in trying to keep a cholesterol-drug supply contract, with Amgen Inc. offering a better-priced but allegedly anticompetitive multidrug portfolio.

  • May 05, 2025

    Officials Seek More Depo Time In Live Nation Antitrust Suit

    U.S. officials have asked a Manhattan federal court to extend deposition time in a lawsuit accusing Live Nation of anticompetitive practices in ticket sales to live entertainment events, saying they need more hours to seek testimony from several entities and individuals who were recently disclosed in the case.

  • May 05, 2025

    House GOP Eyes Expanded CFTC Oversight Of Crypto

    House Republicans indicated Monday that they want the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to play a key role in overseeing digital asset markets, a draft proposal that followed weekend pushback from Democratic senators opposed to other crypto legislation targeting so-called stablecoins.

  • May 05, 2025

    How Law Firms Have Handled The EEOC's Push For DEI Data

    Perkins Coie LLP dug in its heels and scored a court order quashing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's inquiry into its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, while seven other firms the EEOC targeted opted to negotiate. Here’s what Law360 knows about what law firms have done in response to the commission’s March request for workplace diversity information.

  • May 05, 2025

    USPTO's AI Head Latest To Leave Agency

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's leader for all matters related to artificial intelligence will be departing the agency, according to a source familiar with personnel moves at the agency.

  • May 05, 2025

    Burger King Can't Chop Claims It Cooked Up Misleading Ads

    Burger King can't toss a proposed class action alleging its advertisements misrepresent the size and amount of toppings in its iconic Whopper hamburger, a Florida federal judge ruled Monday, saying the consumers have plausibly alleged the advertisement photos "go beyond mere exaggeration or puffery."

  • May 05, 2025

    Levi Strauss Beats Former Exec's Sex-Bias Suit At Trial

    A California federal jury Monday cleared Levi Strauss of sex-bias claims brought by a former company executive who claims she was skipped over for a senior director's role after announcing her pregnancy, reaching their decision in about 20 minutes after a one-week trial.

  • May 05, 2025

    Google Ads Advertisers Ask For Class Cert. In MDL

    A group of advertisers in multidistrict litigation accusing Google of violating antitrust law through its control over key ad technology has asked a New York federal court to certify it as a class.

  • May 05, 2025

    Celsius Exec Decries 'Venom-Laced' Gov't Sentencing Memo

    The founder of defunct cryptocurrency platform Celsius told a Manhattan federal judge that a sentencing memorandum in which prosecutors asked for a 20-year prison sentence was a "venom-laced" attempt to paint him as a "fiend" and ignore his prior law-abiding business ventures and status as a Soviet Jewish refugee.

  • May 05, 2025

    Ex-Twitter Execs Can See Some Musk Texts In Severance Row

    Four former Twitter executives claiming they are owed $200 million in severance will be able to conduct a search of Elon Musk's text messages, but only when it comes to iMessage and not other messaging platforms like Signal, a California federal judge ruled.

  • May 05, 2025

    Trump Seeks 100% Tariff On Foreign-Made Movies

    President Donald Trump asked his administration to place a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies, with a spokesperson telling Law360 on Monday that a final decision on the plan hadn't been made.

  • May 05, 2025

    Rite Aid Hits Bankruptcy Less Than A Year After Previous Ch. 11

    Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. reentered bankruptcy Monday less than a year after its earlier reorganization plan was approved, filing for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt and plans for an asset sale.

Expert Analysis

  • Retirement Plan Suits Show Value Of Cybersecurity Policies

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    Several data breach class actions that were recently filed against retirement plan administrator The Pension Specialists in Illinois federal court are a reminder that developing and following a good written cybersecurity policy provides a blueprint for compliance and may prevent lawsuits, says Carol Buckmann at Cohen & Buckmann.

  • How Importers Can Minimize FCA Risks Of Tariff Mitigation

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    False Claims Act risks are inherent in many tariff mitigation strategies, making it important for importers to implement best practices to identify and report potential violations of import regulations before they escalate, says Samuel Finkelstein at LMD Trade Law.

  • Explaining CFPB's Legal Duties Under The Dodd-Frank Act

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    While only Congress can actually eradicate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Trump administration has sought to significantly alter the agency's operations, so it's an apt time to review the minimum baseline of activities that Congress requires of the CFPB in Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • State Securities Enforcers May Fill A Federal Enforcement Gap

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to take a lighter touch under the new administration, but state enforcement efforts are likely to continue unabated, and potentially even increase, particularly with regard to digital assets and ESG disclosures, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Recent Cases Highlight Latest AI-Related Civil Litigation Risks

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    Ongoing lawsuits in federal district courts reveal potential risks that companies using artificial intelligence may face from civil litigants, including health insurance coverage cases involving contractual and equitable claims, and myriad cases concerning securities disclosure claims, say attorneys at Katten.

  • Employer Tips To Navigate Cultural Flashpoints Investigations

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    As companies are increasingly flooded with complaints of employees violating policies related to polarizing social, cultural or political issues, employers should beware the distinct concerns and increased risk in flashpoints investigations compared to routine workplace probes, say attorneys at Seyfarth.

  • Opinion

    We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

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    As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • 4 Actions For Cos. As SEC Rebrands Cyber Enforcement Units

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    As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signals its changing enforcement priorities by retooling a Biden-era crypto-asset and cybersecurity enforcement unit into a task force against artificial-intelligence-powered hacks and online investing fraud, financial institutions and technology companies should adapt by considering four key points, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • High Court Water Permit Ruling Lacks Specificity

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    The enforcement impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in San Francisco v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may not be significant, because while the ruling makes clear that certain water permit provisions must instruct permittees on how to achieve stated goals, it doesn’t clarify the level of necessary instruction, says Daniel Deeb at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Mitigating The Risk Of Interacting With A Designated Cartel

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    There are steps companies doing business in Latin America should take to mitigate risks associated with the Trump administration's designation of several cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and the terrorism statute's material-support provisions, which may render seemingly legitimate transactions criminal, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Preparing For Tariffs On Canadian Power In The Northeast

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    The on-again, off-again risk of import and export tariffs on energy transactions between the U.S. and Canada may have repercussions for U.S. energy stakeholders in the ISO New England and New York Independent System Operator electricity markets — but there are options that could help reduce cost impacts, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • New SEC Guidance May Change How Investors, Cos. Talk

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent updates to the Schedules 13D and G compliance and disclosure interpretations may mean large institutional investors substantially curtail the feedback they provide companies about their voting intentions in connection with shareholder meetings, which could result in negative voting outcomes for companies, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Series

    Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw

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    As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.

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