The first half of 2025 saw the dispute between NASCAR and two of its teams become supercharged and a judge give final approval to the disputed settlement for the NCAA name, image and likeness antitrust litigation.
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NCAA, NASCAR Antitrust Challenges Permeate 2025's 1st Half

By Elaine BriseƱo

The first half of 2025 saw the dispute between NASCAR and two of its teams become supercharged and a judge give final approval to the disputed settlement for the NCAA name, image and likeness antitrust litigation.

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Amazon Judge Presses FTC On Bid For 'Bad Faith' Finding

By Rachel Riley

As the Federal Trade Commission insisted Wednesday that Amazon should be punished with a bad faith finding for mislabeling documents as privileged in a case over the company's Prime subscription practices, a Washington federal judge questioned why the agency wasn't "made whole" when the court granted its sanctions bid.

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Judge Sanctions Building Makers Over Withheld Evidence

By Elliot Weld

A Tennessee federal judge has sanctioned a group of building manufacturing employees and ordered them to pay their former employers' attorney fees, finding they'd intentionally withheld and spoiled evidence during discovery.

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Ill. Judge Asks Deere Rivals To Stop Pestering Court Staff

By Nadia Dreid

The judge overseeing the FTC's antitrust enforcement action against farm machinery maker Deere & Co. has penned a light-hearted order calling out another judge and asking equipment manufacturers to stop calling his staff to ask for advice.

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Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

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MERGER REVIEW

Dems Condemn Paramount's $16M Settlement With Trump

By Courtney BublƩ

Democratic lawmakers are incensed that CBS News' parent Paramount Global agreed to a $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump over his "60 Minutes" lawsuit, which came as the media company is seeking approval of an $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media.

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INTERNATIONAL

Brief

Aviva Completes £3.7B Direct Line Acquisition

By Irene Madongo

Aviva said Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of insurance rival Direct Line in a £3.7 billion ($5.1 billion) cash and stock acquisition, after clinching final regulatory clearance.

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LITIGATION

2nd Circ. Reinstates FIFA Bribery Convictions

By Cara Salvatore

The Second Circuit on Wednesday reinstated two conspiracy convictions linked to the FIFA bribery scandal, saying a former 21st Century Fox executive and a company that brokers media rights for major tournaments weren't absolved by new U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

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Marsh Says Brokerage Poached Employees, Client

By Ganesh Setty

Insurance brokerage Marsh told a New York federal court that a competing brokerage orchestrated a scheme with former Marsh employees to steal clients in its surety business, noting that the competitor has faced over 70 other similar lawsuits.

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Chinese Cannabis Vape Maker Accused Of Monopoly

By Jonathan Capriel

The Chinese companies behind cannabis vape brand CCELL and a number of its U.S. distributors were accused of organizing an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme that gave them market dominance, according a proposed class action lawsuit, at least the second this year to make similar claims.

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Schools Ask To Probe Ethics Claim In Financial Aid Case

By Matthew Perlman

Universities accused of conspiring to limit financial aid offerings are asking an Illinois federal court for permission to take discovery on potential ethical violations involving class attorney fees after an attorney for the students raised the issue.

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9th Circ. Upholds Sutter Health's Win In Doc's Kickback Suit

By Gina Kim

The Ninth Circuit refused to revive a gastroenterologist's constitutional challenge against Sutter Health alleging the nonprofit paid kickbacks to its physicians to refer low-income patients to other hospitals, ruling Wednesday the appellant lacks evidence of purported kickbacks and doesn't address how the alleged injury to those patients harmed him. 

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Brief

Tenn. Basketball Player Drops 6th Circ. Bid For 5th Season

By David Steele

A University of Tennessee men's basketball player has ended his attempt to overturn the denial of an injunction that would have allowed him to play for a fifth season, but his attorneys said he plans to keep fighting the NCAA rule that bars him from competing next year.

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PEOPLE

Former FTC General Counsel Joins Orrick In New York

By Christine DeRosa

The former general counsel of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has made the move to private practice at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in New York.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

New Law May Reshape Fla. Employer Noncompete Strategy

With Florida's CHOICE Act taking effect this week, employers should consider the pros and cons of drafting new restrictive covenant agreements with longer noncompete or garden leave periods and enhanced enforcement mechanisms, say attorneys at Vedder Price.

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Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law

Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.

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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney BublƩ

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA

By James Mills

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Agnifilo Intrater

Akerman LLP

Arnold & Porter

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Bartko Pavia

Bartlit Beck

Berger Montague

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

Butler Snow LLP

Clement & Murphy

Clifford Chance

Constangy Brooks

Covington & Burling

Davis Wright Tremaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Epstein Becker

Farnan LLP

FisherBroyles

Freedman Normand

Freshfields

Garza Law Firm

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Gilbert Litigators

Goldman Ismail

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Gupta Wessler

Hagens Berman

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Korein Tillery

Kramer Levin

Latham & Watkins

Lee & Lin

Lewis Brisbois

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McManis Faulkner

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Milbank LLP

Miller Shakman

Mirch Law Firm

Morgan & Morgan

Nixon Peabody

Norton Rose

Orrick Herrington

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Riker Danzig

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Slaughter and May

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Troutman

Vedder Price

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliant Insurance Services Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bankers Association

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aviva PLC

Aviva SA

Boston College

CBS Interactive Inc.

CTIA

California Institute of Technology

Canna Brand Solutions

Competitive Carriers Association

Cornell University

Deere & Co.

Drummond

Duke University

Equifax Inc.

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Fox Corp.

Google LLC

Greenlane Holdings Inc.

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Medtronic PLC

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

NVIDIA Corp.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Oracle Corp.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PacifiCorp

Paramount Global

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

RELX PLC

Skydance Media LLC

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

Smoore International Holdings Ltd.

SolarWinds Corp.

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Stanford University

Supervalu Inc.

Sutter Health

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United States Telecom Association

University of California Davis

University of the Pacific

Valve Corp.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

California Attorney General's Office

California State Treasurer's Office

Competition and Markets Authority

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

Maine Department of Education

Medical Board of California

New Jersey Legislature

New York Attorney General's Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

State of Tennessee

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. District Court of the District of New Hampshire

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court