In the trial over Propel Fuels' claims that Phillips 66 stole trade secrets during due diligence for an acquisition, Kobre & Kim switched up standard witness order and convinced a jury to award $605 million.
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How A 'Risky' Move Fueled Kobre & Kim's Win Over Phillips 66

By Cara Salvatore

In the trial over Propel Fuels' claims that Phillips 66 stole trade secrets during due diligence for an acquisition, Kobre & Kim switched up standard witness order and convinced a jury to award $605 million.

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Anthropic Agrees To Pay $1.5B To Settle AI Copyright Fight

By Theresa Schliep

Leading artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a case brought by a group of authors who accused the company of illegally using their works to train its flagship large language model, the authors told a California federal court on Friday.

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FTC Drops Appeal For Rule Banning Noncompetes

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission officially abandoned its appeal Friday in a case that set aside a Biden administration rule banning the use of most employee noncompete clauses, but the agency said it plans to bring enforcement actions on a case-by-case basis instead.

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Whoopi Goldberg Battles Ex-NJ Mayor Over Cannabis Store

By Carla Baranauckas

A former Garden State mayor is asking a New Jersey state judge to dismiss a counterclaim from Whoopi Goldberg's cannabis company, WhoopFam NJ LLC, in a dispute over a failed effort to open a recreational marijuana retail store.

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

OnlyFans Users May Face Sanctions Over AI 'Misuse'

By Craig Clough

OnlyFans users who have alleged the site employs professional "chatters" to impersonate content creators are facing possible sanctions in their case, as a California federal judge ordered their attorneys to appear in court for filing briefs with nonexistent citations and quotations generated by an AI chatbot.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Panama Kept From $5M Award Over Parallel ICC Arbitration

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has paused Panama's lawsuit seeking to enforce a nearly $5 million arbitration award over a construction dispute involving a Miami business, halting the case for a brief period of time due to a potential resolution in a separate contractual disagreement. 

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL

8th Circ. Won't Revisit Crop Damage Arbitration Fight

By Nate Beck

The Eighth Circuit has ruled that the existence of arbitration agreements for some farmland owners, who are suing over depressed crop yields in the aftermath of an Alliance Pipeline project, does not amount to grounds for the appeals court to review a decision reviving proceedings.

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Nix Doc Bid In Colombian Natural Gas Fight, Fla. Court Told

By Caroline Simson

An energy trader is urging a Florida federal court to protect its confidential business information as it pursues a more than $400 million arbitration in Colombia against units of Canadian natural gas company Canacol Energy Ltd., accusing the companies of improperly trying to use a U.S. foreign discovery statute.

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INSURANCE

Lindberg Challenges Receivership After $524M Arbitral Award

By Ganesh Setty

Insurance mogul Greg Lindberg, who pled guilty to defrauding policyholders and was convicted of attempting to bribe North Carolina's insurance commissioner, urged a state appeals court to overturn the appointment of a receiver over his worldwide assets, after he was hit with a $524 million arbitration award.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Fed. Circ. Sinks Inventor's Bid To Escape $214K In Sanctions

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Friday denied efforts by the inventor of a patent covering a type of marking tape to escape a nearly $214,000 sanctions order from a lower court, saying it had previously upheld the award for bad faith litigation and won't alter it now.

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COMPETITION

Vet Association Looks To Nix Tenn. School's Antitrust Claims

By Matthew Perlman

The American Veterinary Medical Association urged a Tennessee federal court to toss an antitrust case from Lincoln Memorial University targeting the group's accreditation requirements, saying there's no dispute to resolve because the school hasn't lost its accreditation.

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CANNABIS

Pot Co. Investors Say Ex-Partner Drained Coffers For Suits

By Mike Curley

The members of an investment firm are suing their former business partner in California state court, alleging that he misappropriated funds from the firm to defend himself in a separate suit by another business partner accusing him of fraud.

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UK LITIGATION

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen professional boxing promoter Boxxer take action against the former head of boxing at Matchroom Sport, Aegis Motor Insurance and Chubb European Group clash over a reinsurance claim, and a transgender pool player sue the English Blackball Pool Federation over its decision to ban her competing in women's teams and tournaments. 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally

As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Creep Back Down After 5 Months Of Gains

By Tracey Read

U.S. legal industry jobs inched down by 200 positions last month, reflecting a loss for the first time in six months, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Judges Warn ICE Is Turning Courts Into Deportation Traps

By Marco Poggio

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers violently arrest unauthorized immigrants in court buildings' hallways, former and current judges warn that the Trump administration is using courts as a dragnet, arresting people indiscriminately and expelling them with little to no due process in a bid to fulfill President Donald Trump’s goal of mass deportations.

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Ex-Bankruptcy Clients Defend Deal Over Jackson Walker Affair

By Adrian Cruz

Former Jackson Walker LLP bankruptcy clients said Friday that a proposed settlement meant to resolve a dispute regarding the concealed romance between a judge and attorney should go through as planned because the U.S. Trustee lacks jurisdiction to challenge the deals.

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Not That Zuckerberg: Atty Sues Meta Over FB Page Takedown

By Rachel Rippetoe

Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney Mark S. Zuckerberg is suing Meta Platforms Inc. after his firm's commercial Facebook account was repeatedly suspended because of his shared name with the tech company's CEO and founder.

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How Attys Freed Woman Snatched By ICE In Less Than 48 Hours

By Marco Poggio

The breakneck speed with which a Colombian asylum-seeker was detained, transferred and nearly deported underscores the time crunch facing attorneys who fight removals, say the Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP lawyers whose pro bono work freed the woman from custody.

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Motley Rice Fights OptumRx DQ Bid In Utah Opioid Suit

By Jack Karp

Pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx cannot disqualify Motley Rice LLC from representing Utah in a lawsuit over the opioid crisis, since any information the firm obtained during its involvement in earlier government investigations is available to all other parties in the multidistrict litigation and so isn't confidential, the state has told a federal court.

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Judge Awards Over $6M In Atty Fees In Bluetooth Co.'s IP Suit

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge has awarded the attorneys representing a Bluetooth technology company more than $6 million after the company won on the bulk of its claims at trial last year in its trade secrets and breach of confidentiality case against a Massachusetts display technology company.

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Fla. Bar Moves To Suspend Atty Accused Of Widespread Scam

By Phillip Bantz

The Florida Bar filed a petition Friday seeking the emergency suspension of a lawyer accused of scamming dozens of clients, failing to pay associates and paralegals who worked at his firm and repeatedly violating court orders.

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Analysis

SEC, CFTC Set Sights On Crypto In Regulatory Collab

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Friday they are moving forward with a broad regulatory harmonization effort that they hope will encourage innovation in growing markets, and lawyers tell Law360 they expect the focus to be writing rules governing the crypto sector.

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Judicial Nominee Expands On Testimony About Ky. Pardons

By Courtney Bublé

A judicial nominee for the Eastern District of Kentucky continues to distance himself from the controversial pardons issued by former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, for whom he was counsel.

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SEC Lost Year's Worth Of Gary Gensler Texts, Watchdog Says

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made "avoidable errors" that caused the agency to lose all text messages sent and received by former chair Gary Gensler for nearly a year of his tenure, some of which haven't been recovered, according to a report from the SEC's Office of Inspector General.

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Analysis

Trump Plan For Nat'l Guard In Chicago Sparks Legal Concerns

By Celeste Bott

President Donald Trump's plan to send the National Guard to Chicago over the objections of Illinois' governor could face similar legal hurdles as his use of the military in Los Angeles to quell protests over immigration raids, with some experts and local officials suggesting he may try to use an impending immigration crackdown in the city to justify a similar deployment.

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DC Circ. Won't Halt Order Releasing Billions In Foreign Aid

By Rae Ann Varona

Both a divided D.C. Circuit panel and a district court judge Friday refused to hit pause on the judge's recent order requiring the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in frozen foreign aid.

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Trump Nominates 3 To Be DC Superior Court Judges

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has nominated three people to serve on the District of Columbia's local courts, bringing the district one step closer to easing its vacancy crisis.

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Democrat Slaughter Asks Justices To Let Her Stay On FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday not to pause her reinstatement while the Trump administration challenges lower court decisions holding that her firing was illegal, saying those decisions were plainly correct and she's in no danger of sowing "chaos."

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

In arguing that the proposed class action against the business should be denied, online platform OnlyFans' parent company said that the decision to use AI to create mistake-riddled documents is severe misconduct. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm unveiled a new fee disclosure rule involving pharmacy benefit managers and plans to revisit retirement plan fiduciary investment advice regulations. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Milbank LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and the Liberty Justice Center lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit held that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs were improperly imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Addleshaw Goddard

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter

Avila Rodriguez

Baker & Hostetler

Baker McKenzie

Ball & McCann

Bastarrika Soto

Benesch

Bindmans LLP

Boies Schiller

Brett Wilson LLP

Burges Salmon

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clarick Gueron

Clyde & Co

CohenMalad

Concepcion Global

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cowan DeBaets

DLA Piper

David Boies

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dechert LLP

Dorsey & Whitney

Dunning Rievman

Eversheds Sutherland

Ferraro Law Firm

Fillmore Law Firm

Fredrikson & Byron

Freeman Mathis

Freeths LLP

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Traurig

Hagens Berman

Hamilton Brook

Haun Mena

Hellmuth & Johnson

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

JMW Solicitors LLP

Jackson Walker LLP

Jacobson & John

Jeffer Mangels

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Keker Van Nest & Peters

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kobre & Kim

Latham & Watkins

Lehotsky Keller

Lieff Cabraser

Lyfe Law

MSB Solicitors

Maynard Nexsen

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Motley Rice

Nabarro LLP

Norton Rose

Parr Brown

Paul Weiss

Porter Wright

Quinn Emanuel

Renner Kenner

Reynolds Porter

Ronald Fletcher

Ropes & Gray

Rusty Hardin

Sand Sebolt

Scott&Scott

Seserman Law

Sheppard Mullin

Sheridan Ross PC

Shoosmiths LLP

Skadden Arps

Spratt Endicott

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Timoney Knox

Troutman

Tycko & Zavareei

Veale Wasbrough

Weiner Law Group LLP

Wildes & Weinberg

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Winston & Strawn

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Air Lease Corp.

Alliance Pipeline LP

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American International Group Inc.

American Veterinary Medical Association

Anthropic PBC

Apollo Global Management LLC

Association of American Publishers

Avison Young Inc.

Aviva PLC

Bank of Scotland PLC

Barclays PLC

Bragg

Business Roundtable

C3.ai Inc.

Chicago Cubs Baseball Club LLC

Clariant AG

Council for Court Excellence

Crown Equipment Corp.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

Delinea Inc.

Express Scripts Holding Co.

Fordham University

Freddie Mac

Global Growth LLC

Google LLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

Harvard University

Hatch Henderson Fivel LLC

Home Box Office Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International Association of Better Business Bureaus Inc.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Jabil Inc.

Kopin Corporation

Lex Machina Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Lloyds Bank PLC

Lowe's Cos. Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

NGB Corp.

National Westminster Bank PLC

New York City Bar Association

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

OptumRx Inc.

Phillips 66

Public Citizen Inc.

Robinhood Markets Inc.

Ryan LLC

SMBC Aviation Capital Ltd.

Seadrill Limited

Sky PLC

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits LLC

SunGard Data Systems

The District of Columbia Bar

The Florida Bar

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

TransDigm Group Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Uber Technologies Inc.

Wolters Kluwer

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

City and County of San Francisco, California

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies House

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Employee Benefits Security Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Illinois Attorney General's Office

International Chamber of Commerce

National Archives and Records Administration

National Institutes of Health

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Court

San Francisco International Airport

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Upper Tribunal

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Utah

Utah Attorney General's Office