Corporate

  • September 22, 2025

    Atlas Holdings Buying Office Depot Owner In $1B Deal

    The ODP Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Atlas Holdings for $28 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $1 billion.

  • September 22, 2025

    CVS's Omnicare Hits Ch. 11 After $949M FCA Judgment

    Omnicare LLC, CVS Health's subsidiary that provides pharmacy services for long-term care facilities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas following a $949 million judgment against Omnicare and CVS issued by a New York federal judge earlier this year.

  • September 22, 2025

    Wachtell, Paul Weiss Advise On Pfizer's $7.3B Obesity Path

    Pfizer Inc. will acquire Metsera Inc. for $4.9 billion in cash, as the U.S. pharmaceutical giant bets on the biotech firm's experimental treatments for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases, the companies said Monday. 

  • September 22, 2025

    High Court Allows FTC Firing, Will Review Trump's Power

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump can fire Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter without cause, and it agreed to reconsider limits on the president's authority to remove members of the FTC.

  • September 22, 2025

    Mayo Clinic Can't Fully Nix Suit Over Withheld Benefits Info

    The Mayo Clinic and its benefits administrator can't entirely escape a worker's suit claiming they pushed her to work with pricey out-of-network providers and wouldn't provide reimbursement estimates, after a Minnesota federal judge said she supported some federal benefits law claims with enough detail to remain in court.

  • September 22, 2025

    DOL Replaces Temporary Leader Of Wage And Hour Unit

    The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division quietly replaced the official who had been temporarily serving in its top role while President Donald Trump's nominee for the position awaits Senate confirmation.

  • September 22, 2025

    2 Firms Advise Compass' $1.6B Buy Of Broker Anywhere

    Real estate broker Compass said Monday that it has struck a deal to acquire rival broker Anywhere Real Estate for $1.6 billion, in a transaction advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.

  • September 22, 2025

    HSF Kramer Debuts Tool To Map GC AI Attitudes

    Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP said Monday that it has launched a tool to help general counsel assess their use of generative AI, as law firms race to stay ahead by understanding what clients want from the technology.

  • September 21, 2025

    Chinese Exec Who Shipped Fentanyl Ingredients Gets 25 Yrs

    A Manhattan federal judge on Friday sentenced a Chinese national and chemical company executive to 25 years in prison for shipping large quantities of fentanyl ingredients to the U.S., citing the defendant's "egregious, callous" disregard for the deaths caused by the drugs he helped create.

  • September 19, 2025

    Trump Tags H-1B Visa Apps With $100,000 Fee

    President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to impose a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, framing it as a "restriction on entry" necessary to stem the entry of high-skilled foreign workers, particularly in science and technology fields.

  • September 19, 2025

    Uber Expert Testifies Most Sex-Incident Claims Aren't Assault

    Uber's statistics expert Friday told jurors considering a California bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against the ride-hailing giant that about 70% of the tens of thousands of sexual misconduct incidents that plaintiffs have claimed Uber doesn't report are allegations short of assault, like offensive comments, gestures, leering and staring.

  • September 19, 2025

    Goodwin, Latham Steer E-Commerce Co. Pattern's $300M IPO

    Top Amazon.com reseller Pattern Group Inc. kicked off its public-market trading debut on the Nasdaq on Friday with a $300 million initial public offering guided by Goodwin Procter LLP, and Latham & Watkins LLP represented the underwriters, which include Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan.

  • September 19, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Rate Cut, REIT Rules, Construction Debt

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including reactions to the Fed's interest rate cut, new guidance for states reviewing securities issued by public nonlisted real estate investment trusts, and a look at the banks with the most construction debt.

  • September 19, 2025

    SEC Dem Fears 'High-Speed Collision' In Private Markets

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's sole Democrat urged the agency on Friday to pay more than "lip service" to investor protection as it considers allowing more everyday Americans to access private markets, warning that the commission was headed for a "high-speed collision" if it doesn't change course.

  • September 19, 2025

    Texas AG Appeals Ruling That Blocked ESG Proxy Law

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing to the Fifth Circuit a federal judge's order temporarily blocking a new state law requiring proxy advisory firms to disclose when their advice stems from factors such as diversity and inclusion.

  • September 19, 2025

    Estée Lauder Faces Derivative Suit In Del. After Stock Drops

    An Estée Lauder Inc. stockholder filed a derivative lawsuit late Friday against the cosmetics giant's officers and directors in Delaware's Court of Chancery, seeking recoveries over a $41 billion market capitalization plunge after a long-undisclosed reliance on "gray market" sales in China came to light.

  • September 19, 2025

    Employment Authority: Inside Calif's New Bid To Regulate AI

    Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on what's inside California legislation that aims to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, how the Ninth Circuit's decision to revive a case accusing Trader Joe's United of trademark infringement may impact union merch, and a review of the most important wage and hour cases hoping to catch U.S. Supreme Court's review. 

  • September 19, 2025

    SEC Walks Away From Ozy Media, Stanford Fraud Cases

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from its $50 million case against former Ozy Media Inc. founder Carlos Watson after President Donald Trump granted him clemency earlier this year, and also dropped a long-dormant case against a co-conspirator in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.

  • September 19, 2025

    Shopify Looks To Toss Sezzle's 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Claims

    E-commerce company Shopify Inc. seeks to sink payment platform Sezzle Inc.'s lawsuit accusing it of monopolizing the "buy now, pay later" market, arguing that the fact its platform shows "no fewer than 16 payment options" on checkout pages undermines any anticompetitive practices allegations.

  • September 19, 2025

    Google Search Judge Values Storytelling, Not 'Denigrating'

    The federal judge who found Google liable for monopolizing search and ordered it to prop up rivals had advice in New York City remarks Friday for attorneys trying to sway courts: Write "plain," tell a story without "denigrating" the opposition, and back up economic analysis with business reality.

  • September 19, 2025

    Justices Asked To Review Optional NAR Rule In Zillow Case

    A defunct brokerage platform is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of stamping out competition by using the trade association's optional rule to relegate outside home listings to a secondary tab on Zillow's site.

  • September 19, 2025

    FTX Trust Says Bankruptcy Laws Apply To Binance Founder

    The recovery trust created by the Chapter 11 plan of cryptocurrency exchange FTX told a Delaware judge late Thursday that the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over Binance and its founder in a $1.76 billion clawback suit, and that bankruptcy laws apply to entities outside the United States.

  • September 19, 2025

    Hotel Settles Ga. Minor's Sex Trafficking Suit

    A settlement has been reached in a 17-year-old girl's lawsuit accusing an Atlanta-based hotel and its management company of doing nothing to help when managers and hotel employees knew she and others were being sex trafficked.

  • September 19, 2025

    SEC Fines Bloomberg Unit $5M Over False Market Data Claims

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bloomberg Tradebook LLC have reached a $5 million settlement to resolve claims that the broker-dealer made false and misleading statements to customers about the speed at which it displayed market data from U.S. options exchanges.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ill. Panel Upholds Monsanto's Trial Win In Roundup Case

    A juror's letter to a Cook County judge stating that plaintiffs' counsel is "woefully ill prepared" and "taking too long to make their points," and the judge's refusal to give jurors a proximate cause jury instruction, aren't grounds to upend a jury verdict for Bayer subsidiary Monsanto on claims that its herbicide Roundup caused blood cancer, an Illinois appellate panel ruled.

Expert Analysis

  • Google Damages Ruling Offers Lessons For Testifying Experts

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google represents a shift in how courts evaluate expert testimony in patent cases, offering a practical guide for how litigators and testifying experts can refine their work, says Adam Rhoten at Secretariat.

  • Is SEC Moving Away From Parallel Insider Trading Cases?

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's apparent lack of follow-up in four recent criminal cases of insider trading brought by the Justice Department suggests the SEC may be reconsidering the expense and effort of bringing parallel civil charges for insider trading, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

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    Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.

  • 3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later

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    In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts’ application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Navigating Antitrust Risks When Responding To Tariffs

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    Companies should assess competitive perils, implement compliance safeguards and document independent decision-making as they consider their responses to recent tariff pressures, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • 8 Insurer Takeaways From Sweeping Georgia Tort Reform

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    Insurers should take note of several critical components of Georgia's tort litigation overhaul — including limitations on damages anchoring, procedural rules governing dismissals, and liability standards in negligent security cases — and adapt claims-handling strategies to reduce litigation risk, says Lucy Aquino at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Bill Leaves Renewable Cos. In Dark On Farmland Reporting

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    A U.S. Senate bill to update disclosure requirements for foreign control of U.S. farmland does not provide much-needed guidance on how to report renewable energy development on agricultural property, leaving significant compliance risks for project developers, say attorneys at Hodgson Russ.

  • What Businesses Need To Know To Avoid VPPA Class Actions

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    Divergent rulings by the Second, Sixth and Seventh Circuits about the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act have highlighted the difficulty of applying a statute conceived to regulate the now-obsolete brick-and-mortar video store sector in today's internet economy, say attorneys at DTO Law.

  • Prepping For SEC's Changing Life Sciences Enforcement

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    By proactively addressing several risk areas, companies in the life sciences sector can position themselves to minimize potential exposure under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's return to back-to-basics enforcement focused on insider trading and fraud, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm

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    My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.

  • Opinion

    FCPA Shift Is A Good Start, But There's More DOJ Should Do

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines bring a needed course correction amid overexpansive enforcement, but there’s more the DOJ can do to provide additional clarity and predictability for global companies, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Del. Ruling May Redefine Consideration In Noncompetes

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery's conclusion in North American Fire v. Doorly, that restrictive covenants tied to a forfeited equity award were unenforceable for lack of consideration, will surprise many employment practitioners, who should consider this new development when structuring equity-based agreements, say attorneys at Morrison Foerster.

  • Opinion

    Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System

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    The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.

  • Drawbacks For Taxpayers From Justices' Levy Dispute Ruling

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    The Supreme Court's June decision in Commissioner v. Zuch, holding the Tax Court lacks jurisdiction to resolve disputes where the IRS has stopped pursuing a levy, may require taxpayers to explore new tactics for mitigating the increased difficulty of appealing their liability via collection due process hearings, says Matthew Roberts at Meadows Collier.

  • What Baseball Can Teach Criminal Attys About Rule Of Lenity

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    Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

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