The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon on Wednesday fought over the agency's proposal to push back an antitrust trial into 2027 to account for the e-commerce giant's alleged efforts to obstruct discovery, with Amazon telling a Washington federal judge that it was the FTC that insisted on a burdensome discovery.
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FTC Seeks To Push Amazon Antitrust Trial To 2027

By Rae Ann Varona

The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon on Wednesday fought over the agency's proposal to push back an antitrust trial into 2027 to account for the e-commerce giant's alleged efforts to obstruct discovery, with Amazon telling a Washington federal judge that it was the FTC that insisted on a burdensome discovery.

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Judge Challenges Visa's Bid To Dismiss DOJ Antitrust Suit

By Bryan Koenig

A New York federal judge on Thursday questioned whether Visa Inc. is inappropriately raising factual disputes in its motion to dismiss U.S. Justice Department claims that the company has illegally maintained a monopoly in the market for debit card networks.

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JetBlue Fights American's NEA Suit, Pivots To United Deal

By Linda Chiem

JetBlue has told a Texas federal judge that American Airlines' lawsuit seeking to recover $1 million in alleged unpaid payments related to their now-scrapped codeshare agreement covering New York and Boston is preempted by federal law and potentially conflicts with a Massachusetts federal judge's antitrust ruling.

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Amazon Says Class Too Complex To Certify In Antitrust Suit

By Jared Foretek

Amazon has told a Washington federal judge in a newly unsealed filing that a proposed class of nearly 300 million customers would be far too unwieldy for certification and defining the market in a suit accusing the company of inflating prices of items sold on its platform.

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NYC Tour Bus Co. Asks Judge To Rethink Nixing Antitrust Suit

By Nadia Dreid

A New York City tour bus operator is once again in the position of trying to convince a federal court to revive the antitrust claims it has brought against several rivals, after a New York federal judge dismissed the second lawsuit the company has filed related to the same dispute.

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Brief

11th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Claims Against Suns Owner

By Nadia Dreid

The Eleventh Circuit isn't going to touch a lower court order that tossed an antitrust case against the owner of the NBA's Phoenix Suns and his company, United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, over an alleged boycott.

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LITIGATION

AstraZeneca Inks $51.4M Settlement In Pay-For-Delay Case

By Hailey Konnath

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and Handa Pharmaceuticals LLC have agreed to shell out a combined $51.4 million to put to rest allegations AstraZeneca paid off generic-drug makers, including Handa, to protect its brand antipsychotic drug Seroquel XR, according to a filing Thursday in Delaware federal court.

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Deere Says No Monopoly, Seeks End Of Right-To-Repair Suit

By Mike Curley

Deere & Co. is pushing to end a suit from the Federal Trade Commission and five states alleging it violated the Sherman Act by restricting access to its repair tools and services, saying it doesn't participate in the repair market so it can't have a monopoly.

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Ex-United Therapeutics Exec Can't Dodge IP Suit

By Abigail Harrison

A former United Therapeutics Corp. executive lost his bid to toss his former employer's suit alleging he used stolen intellectual property to develop a lung disease drug for a competitor, with the North Carolina Business Court ruling that it was too soon to determine if the complaint was untimely.

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DC Court Blocks Trump's Tariffs As Overreach Of Power

By Kevin Pinner

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not empower the president to impose tariffs, the D.C. federal district court said Thursday, ruling that President Donald Trump's global levies are unlawful and barring his administration from enforcing them on two toymakers who challenged the policies.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Google Ad Tech Ruling Creates Antitrust Uncertainty

A Virginia federal court’s recent decision in the Justice Department’s ad tech antitrust case against Google includes two unusual aspects in that it narrowly construed U.S. Supreme Court precedent when rejecting Google's two-sided market argument, and it found the company liable for unlawful tying, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

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State Tort Claims May Help Deter Bribes During FCPA Pause

As the U.S. pauses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, companies that lose business due to competitors' bribery should consider using state tortious interference suits to expose corruption, deter illegal practices and obtain compensation for commercial losses, says Jason Manning at Levy Firestone.

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Opinion

Courts Must Revitalize Robust Claim Construction

Two Federal Circuit decisions from earlier this year illustrate the rarity of robust claim construction and the underused reverse doctrine of equivalents — a dual problem that prevents courts from clearly delineating and correctly cabining the scope of rights conferred by patent claims, say attorneys at Klarquist Sparkman.

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Series

Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Jenner & Block Fights DOJ Motion Over Exec Order

By Jake Maher

Jenner & Block LLP on Friday fought a bid from the U.S. Department of Justice to carve out part of a March executive order targeting the firm after the bulk of the order was tossed last week, in a dispute that could relate to future actions against the firm.

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Trump Blames Federalist Society For Trade Court Loss

By Cara Bayles

President Donald Trump blamed his recent, short-lived loss in the U.S. Court of International Trade both on judges he accused of hating him as well as on the Federalist Society — the conservative legal group that helped him with judicial selection during his first term — in a Truth Social post highlighting tensions within the conservative legal and political movements.

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AI Video Pushes Boundaries Of Victim Impact Statements

By Sarah Martinson

At the beginning of May, an Arizona state court judge permitted an artificial intelligence-generated victim impact statement of a deceased victim at a sentencing hearing, leaving some attorneys concerned about how admitting these types of videos might affect sentencing in other cases.

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Workplace Bullying Can't Be A Rite Of Passage For Attys

By Andrea Keckley

As more than half of young lawyers cite workplace toxicity as the reason they left their jobs, a panel of attorneys said Friday that many of the professionals they've listened to aren't willing to dismiss bullying as a rite of passage.

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Trump Taps Paul Ingrassia To Lead Special Counsel's Office

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has nominated Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer and former right-wing writer, to lead the Office of Special Counsel after firing the previous one.

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Analysis

Kousisis May Boost Fraud Cases, But Questions Remain

By Stewart Bishop and Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Supreme Court's finding that inducing a transaction through lies, even with no intent of economic loss, is a valid basis for a wire fraud conviction opens the door for a wave of aggressive fraud prosecutions, but unanswered questions on issues like materiality may lead the court to again consider reining in the government's power.

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More Californians Face Legal Issues, But Get Less Help

By Jack Karp

The gap between the need for civil legal services for Californians and the help that is actually available has grown over the past five years, as has the income level of those affected by that gap, according to a new study from the State Bar of California.

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AI Not Slowing Down Despite Ethical Risks, Experts Say

By Andrea Keckley

Following its rapid evolution in the past half-year alone, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chief Information Officer Michael Shea predicted during a panel conversation Friday that artificial intelligence tools would see "pretty significant changes" over the next 12 months despite the challenges of putting guardrails around them.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic — but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent, involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance — as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

An investor is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of a new state law that broadens the protection of corporations in shareholder suits. And hundreds of general counsel are joining an online forum to stand up for the rule of law after President Donald Trump's executive orders against several corporate law firms.

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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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Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Philippe & Jennifer Selendy

By Yun Park

Philippe and Jennifer Selendy, who met as associates at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and married in 1997, each spent nearly three decades building distinguished legal careers. They now continue their partnership at Selendy Gay PLLC, founded in 2018, which has quickly grown into one of the nation's leading litigation firms, recovering more than $47 billion for their clients.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akin Gump

Arnold & Porter

Ballard Spahr

Barnes & Thornburg

Barton LLP

Berger Montague

Bernstein Litowitz

Boies Schiller

Brewer Attorneys

Brooks Pierce

Carrington Coleman

Clement & Murphy

Clement Van Ronzelen & Schulte

Connolly Gallagher

Cooch & Taylor

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Davis Malm & D’Agostine

Davis Wright Tremaine

Farella Braun

Faruqi & Faruqi

Fenwick & West

Finnegan

Garwin Gerstein

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Goodwin Procter

Grant & Eisenhofer

HWG LLP

Hagens Berman

Heim Payne

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Keller Postman

Kelley Drye

Kelly Hart

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klarquist Sparkman

Latham & Watkins

Levy Firestone

Lieff Cabraser

London & Naor

Lowenstein Sandler

Martin LLP

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Emery

McGuireWoods

Meagher & Geer

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Foerster

NastLaw

Nelson Mullins

Odom & Des Roches

Olshan Frome

Pallas Partners

Parker Poe

Patterson Belknap

Patton Tidwell

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Prince Lobel

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Roberts Law Firm US

Selendy Gay

Sheppard Mullin

Simon Paschal

Skadden Arps

Smith Segura Raphael & Leger

Sullivan & Cromwell

Talkin Muccigrosso

Wachtell Lipton

Waymaker LLP

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Wiley Rein

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

10x Genomics Inc.

ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.

Acorda Therapeutics Inc.

Alkermes PLC

Altice SA

Altice USA

Amazon.com Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Express Co.

Amicus

Anti-Defamation League

Apple Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

Auris Health Inc.

Bayer AG

Binance Holdings Ltd.

CACI International Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

California Western School of Law

Credit Suisse Group AG

Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.

Deere & Co.

Dell Technologies Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Digital Currency Group Inc.

Duke University

Eden Foods

Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.

Federalist Society

Federated Mutual Insurance Co.

Finjan Holdings Inc.

Fordham University

Fortis Advisors LLC

Fortress Investment Group LLC

Getty Images Holdings Inc.

Go City

Go New York Tours

Google LLC

Gray Line Corp. Inc.

Harvard University

Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism

Informatica Corp.

Intel Corp.

JetBlue Airways Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

Learning Resources Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Lung Biotechnology PBC

Maxell Ltd.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michaels Stores Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Monsanto Co.

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association of Realtors

National Federation of Independent Business

National Opinion Research Center

Otis Worldwide Corp.

PGA TOUR Inc.

Par Pharmaceutical Cos. Inc.

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Percipient.ai Inc.

Phoenix Suns

Rocket Mortgage LLC

SRI International Inc.

Salesforce.com Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sartorius AG

Seattle Seahawks

State Bar of California

Steuben Foods Inc.

Temple University

The Boeing Co.

The Estee Lauder Cos. Inc.

The Linde Group

The New York Times Co.

Therapeutics Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Uber Technologies Inc.

Ultimate Fighting Championship Ltd.

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

United Therapeutics Corp.

United Wholesale Mortgage LLC

Visa Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Employee Benefits Security Administration

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Attorney General's Office

Judicial Conference of the United States

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

New York County District Attorney's Office

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

U.S. Army

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

Wisconsin Department of Justice