'Gun At My Head': Jury Hears From NASCAR Contract Holdout

By Hayley Fowler

Team owners felt strong-armed into signing their 2025 race agreements with NASCAR despite the "egregious" terms, owner Bob Jenkins told a federal jury in North Carolina Thursday on his second day testifying in the high-profile antitrust case against the league.

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Fed. Circ. Mulls If Switching $104M Verdict For $3 Was Fair

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Circuit didn't seem to be buying Versata Software's argument Thursday morning that a Michigan federal judge made a big mistake by clearing a nearly $105 million trade secrets and breach of contract verdict it won against Ford and replacing it with just $3 in damages.

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American Bridge Loses Seattle Convention Center Dispute

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge has found American Bridge Co. "solely responsible" for months of delays in a Seattle convention center project, concluding that the firm botched a steel work subcontract from the start and broke its promises to the general contractor, a joint venture between Clark Construction Group and Lease Crutcher Lewis.

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LA Fitness Says FTC Can't Expand Online Shopping Law

By Gina Kim

LA Fitness urged a California federal judge to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit alleging the gym has burdensome cancellation methods, arguing Wednesday that it fails to state a claim under the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, which doesn't apply to brick-and-mortar businesses and only regulates online commerce.

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Texas Firm Looks To Sanction Ex-Atty For Filing Fraud Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Shortly after being sued by a former attorney for fraud, Davis & Santos PLLC on Wednesday asked a Texas state court to sanction her for what it said is retaliation against the firm due to dissatisfaction with an ongoing arbitration between the two sides.

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Texas Justices Weigh Fraud Claims Against Defense Attys

By Spencer Brewer

Texas justices had qualms with a law firm's argument that a former client and his mother can't bring fraud claims for a fee dispute, asking during oral arguments Thursday if the firm was contending that it is impossible for a defense lawyer to defraud their client.

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Doc Defends Suit Over Bills From Brother's Former Law Firm

By P.J. D'Annunzio

An Ohio physician asked a Pennsylvania county judge to keep her brother's former law firm in her lawsuit over an alleged broken promise to represent her pro bono, urging the court to reject the firm's argument that she missed her chance to bring the claims earlier in a separate Ohio case, according to a filing made public Thursday.

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Judge Weighs Venue For $146M Chilean Hospital Award Feud

By Caroline Simson

A Connecticut federal judge Wednesday appeared sympathetic to arguments that a Chilean construction company's petition to enforce a $146.5 million arbitral award against Italian construction giant Webuild belongs in Italy.

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NC Court Blocks AI Tech Rollout Amid Trade Secret Dispute

By Abigail Harrison

A North Carolina federal judge agreed with Canada-based Atlas Power Technologies Inc. that its multimillion-dollar technology for data centers using artificial intelligence will be endangered by the launch of a parallel product from a board member in coming weeks, granting the company's request for a temporary restraining order.

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Buchanan Ingersoll Atty Wants Out Of Widow's Insurance Row

By Matthew Santoni

A Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney attorney wants a Pennsylvania state court to dismiss him from a lawsuit filed by the widow of a Pittsburgh wig-maker, arguing he was acting solely as the attorney for the family partnership she is fighting for millions of dollars from her husband's life insurance policy.

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Geico Claims Cos. Ran $2.7M Medical Device Billing Scheme

By Mark Payne

Two New York companies exploited the state's no-fault insurance laws by fraudulently billing Geico more than $2.7 million for unnecessary durable medical equipment for drivers involved in auto accidents who could receive no-fault coverage, the insurer told a New York federal court Thursday.

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Credit Bureaus Can't Duck Suit Over Excluded Medical Debt

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal judge has found that Equifax, Experian and TransUnion must face key parts of a rejiggered proposed antitrust class action from medical practices and collection agencies targeting the credit reporting agencies' decision to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports.

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Sunday Ticket Subscribers Claim NFL Added Late Arguments

By David Steele

The National Football League improperly introduced new arguments into their defense of the decision to dismiss the $4.7 billion verdict in their favor in the Sunday Ticket antitrust trial last year, a group of subscribers told the Ninth Circuit.

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Traffic Safety Exec Joined Rival After $77K Bonus, Court Told

By George Woolston

A traffic safety company has alleged in North Carolina federal court that the person who was in charge of expanding its business in the Southeast resigned just hours after receiving a $77,000 bonus check and took a trove of trade secrets, a slew of employees and customer lists to his new job for a rival.

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11th Circ. Won't Rehear NCR Corp. Compensation Fight

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit denied on Wednesday software company NCR Corp.'s request to rehear a case in which the court ruled that the company cannot issue lump-sum payments to deferred compensation plan participants as alternatives to promised life annuities.

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Goldberg Segalla Adds New Special Counsel To NYC Office

By Isaac Monterose

Goldberg Segalla LLP has hired an experienced commercial litigation attorney as special counsel for its real estate litigation and title disputes team in New York City, the firm recently announced.

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Series

Preaching Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Becoming a Gospel preacher has enhanced my success as a trial lawyer by teaching me the importance of credibility, relatability, persuasiveness and thorough preparation for my congregants, the same skills needed with judges and juries in the courtroom, says Reginald Harris at Stinson.

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Bonus Spotlight

Cahill Gordon Offers Associates 'Super Bonus' Of Up To $200K

By Anna Sanders

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP won't just match BigLaw's prevailing scale for year-end bonuses — the firm will also reportedly offer outsized special bonuses, or super bonuses, up to $200,000 for high-performing associates.

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Analysis

Appeal Of US Atty Invalidations May Be 'Devastating' To DOJ

By Phillip Bantz

As the list of interim and acting U.S. attorneys found to be unlawfully appointed under President Donald Trump grows, so too does the pressure on his administration to make the next move, which could force a risky strategic decision on whether to push the issue up to the U.S. Supreme Court, experts said.

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Judge Nixes Hagens Berman's Recusal Bid After DOJ Referral

By Emma Cueto

Two days after referring powerhouse plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman to the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged misconduct, a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday dismissed the firm's request that he recuse himself from the long-running product liability suit, calling the firm's arguments "absurd."

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Senate Impeachment Hearing On Judges Likely In January

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate hearing on impeachment of "rogue" judges is likely going to be rescheduled for January, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who will be chairing the hearing, told Law360 on Thursday.  

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SDNY Judge Unsure Of Jurisdiction In Maurene Comey Suit

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday he may not have jurisdiction over former prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit claiming President Donald Trump's rivalry with her father, former FBI Director James Comey, led to her firing.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

Is the False Claims Act constitutional? Will Mark Zuckerberg be deposed in high-profile privacy litigation? Did a major drugmaker's shenanigans cost investors nearly $7 billion? That's a small sample of the intriguing legal questions we're exploring in this preview of December's top appellate action.

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NY AG Applauds Reports Grand Jury Declined To Reindict

By Lauren Berg

New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday hailed reports that a Norfolk, Virginia, federal grand jury had declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, refusing to revive a case that President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against his "guilty as hell" political opponent.

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NY Law Firm Files Ch. 11 After Hostile Takeover Allegations

By Ben Zigterman

A New York law firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief a week after its creditors filed involuntary Chapter 7 liquidation petitions and more than a month after the firm's founder accused the creditors of a hostile takeover of his firm.

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Google Fights Unlockd's Judge Recusal Bid In Antitrust Case

By Christine DeRosa

Google is opposing a move by Unlockd Media seeking the recusal of U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in an antitrust lawsuit in California federal court, arguing that the judge's close relationship with Google's vice president for litigation and discovery doesn't require him to step away from the case.

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Brief

Senate Confirms 4th NC Federal Judge This Week

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday confirmed its fourth federal judge this week for North Carolina.

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Fla. Judge Admits To Ethics Breach Over Bogus Recording

By Madison Arnold

A Florida state judge has admitted to an unintentional violation of the state's judicial ethics code over her publicly sharing a fabricated recording of a chief judge disparaging another judge during her 2024 election campaign.

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SEC Investor Panel Presses For Corporate AI Disclosures

By Jessica Corso

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission working group is urging the agency to adopt regulations that could standardize the way publicly traded companies report the way they use artificial intelligence, arguing Thursday that investors are not always being kept informed about the risks of the technology.

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