Apple Inc. paid its legal leader more than $27 million in her last full year at the technology giant, a Thursday U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows.
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Apple's Outgoing Legal Leader Earned $27M In 2025

By Christine DeRosa

Apple Inc. paid its legal leader more than $27 million in her last full year at the technology giant, a Thursday U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing shows.

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How NY Atty Helped Win 12-Year Fight Over Hospital Pricing

By Daniel Connolly

When Matthew Cantor got involved in a sweeping antitrust case against California-based healthcare network Sutter Health, his youngest son was in the first grade. By the time the case settled in the fall, he was a sophomore in college. Here’s the story of how Cantor and his team kept fighting for more than a decade.

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Calif. Law Firm Wins $3M From Deal Made Without Client's OK

By James Mills

A California state appeals court ruled Thursday that a Los Angeles personal injury law firm was entitled to over $3 million in payout from a $6 million settlement even though the firm initially entered into the deal without its client's consent and was later fired.

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Calif. Wage Suit Settles Months After Atty Admits To AI Mishap

By Emily Sawicki

A proposed wage and hour class action that drew the legal world's attention in November after the plaintiff's counsel admitted to using a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a botched motion has now ended, with a Northern California federal judge granting a joint dismissal following a settlement agreement.

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Biz Owner's RICO Suit Says 5 Calif. Attys Helped Loot IT Co.

By Daniel Connolly

A business owner has filed a lawsuit this week accusing five attorneys from five different small California law firms of conspiring with his ex-business partner to steal assets from a company the two had jointly owned.

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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'

By Tracey Read

The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a ruling in which Apple beat claims it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data so it could create rival software.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Sarah Martinson

The legal industry kicked off the new year with a busy week filled with lateral moves, leadership changes, office openings and judicial nominations. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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King & Spalding

Latham & Watkins

Lieff Cabraser

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Mehdi Firm

Orrick Herrington

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Steyer Lowenthal

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Pegasystems Inc.

Porsche

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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

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