Two Phoenix insurers are demanding an unreasonably high damages award on contract and malpractice claims against McCarter & English LLP and a onetime partner for alleged failings amid commercial loan transactions, a defense finance expert told a Connecticut court, calling the multimillion-dollar figure "speculative."
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McCarter & English Doesn't Owe Insurers $21.3M, Judge Told

By Brian Steele

Two Phoenix insurers are demanding an unreasonably high damages award on contract and malpractice claims against McCarter & English LLP and a onetime partner for alleged failings amid commercial loan transactions, a defense finance expert told a Connecticut court, calling the multimillion-dollar figure "speculative."

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'Disloyal' CEO Must Pay Co.'s $816K Fox Rothschild Fees

By Aaron Keller

Oamic Ingredients LLC has won an order forcing its "disloyal" former CEO to pay the Wyoming-based flavoring and aroma firm's Fox Rothschild LLP lawyers nearly $816,000 in fees and costs, with a Connecticut judge chiding the ex-CEO and attorney's poor knowledge of state laws and court rules.

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Fugitive Trader's Wife Must Pay For Divorce Asset Fight

By Aaron Keller

The sanctioned wife of a fugitive Oak Management Corp. trader must pay more than $23,000 to offset expenses a receiver racked up while challenging a divorce agreement that could have siphoned money away from the victims of a $67 million fraud scheme, a Connecticut federal judge concluded on Friday.

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LITIGATION

Nexstar-Tegna Merger Challenge Gets July 2027 Trial Date

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge has scheduled an early July 2027 trial date in DirecTV and a coalition of states' lawsuit seeking to stop Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s integration with rival broadcast company Tegna Inc.

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States' Stopgap Suit Aims To Shield K-12 Mental Health Grants

By Rachel Riley

Washington and 14 other states launched a preemptive lawsuit Friday to stop the Trump administration from ending federal grants for mental health programming in public schools, seeking to preserve the funding if the U.S. Department of Education succeeds in asserting new grounds for canceling the grants in a related case.

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SECOND CIRCUIT

Union Can't Force Ex-Aides Into Arbitration, 2nd Circ. Says

By Benjamin Morse

A union cannot automatically bind former New York City home health aides to mandatory arbitration through an agreement signed after they left their jobs, the Second Circuit ruled Friday, allowing 17 former workers to press their cases outside a roughly $30 million fund.

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BANKRUPTCY

Judge Says $57M Asset Freeze Skips 8 In Chapter 7 Clawback

By Clara Geoghegan

A Connecticut federal judge clarified that her recent ruling putting a hold on $57.4 million in clawback litigation from the Chapter 7 trustee of pump manufacturer The Nash Engineering Co. does not apply to eight defendants who were not initially served notice of a prejudgment remedy motion.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Roundup

The Most Talked-About Supreme Court Decisions Of 2026

This term, 11 U.S. Supreme Court decisions quickly became hot topics among Law360's guest writers.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Judge Newman Won't Reopen High Court Suspension Battle

By Theresa Schliep

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider her bid to save a suit against her fellow judges for suspending her from the bench over her refusal to undergo medical tests.

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Jackson Walker Settlements Over Judge Romance Get Greenlit

By Emma Cueto

A Texas bankruptcy judge has recommended approval of nine settlements regarding legal fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP connected to a former firm partner's romantic relationship with a then-bankruptcy judge, with the firm agreeing to pay $4.79 million in total, including $1.4 million to the estate of J.C. Penney.

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Trump-IRS Settlement Result Of Sham Suit, Judge Rules

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump's $10 billion suit against his own Internal Revenue Service and the resulting settlement deal lacked a legitimate controversy, given Trump's control over both the agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, a Florida district judge said Monday in an order barring Trump or others from citing the deal.

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Wells Fargo's $50M Deal In Atty's Ponzi Scheme Gets 1st OK

By Gina Kim

Wells Fargo will pay $50 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it knowingly helped a Las Vegas attorney run a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme deceiving investor victims into fronting money for borrowers awaiting personal injury settlement payouts, according to a preliminary approval order issued in Nevada federal court.

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Mass Tort Firms Hit With Suit Over AI Solicitation Calls

By Lynn LaRowe

A Michigan-based mass tort law firm and a pair of affiliate firms are violating federal and Texas state laws through an artificial intelligence-generated telemarketing campaign meant to solicit clients, according to a putative class action filed in Texas federal court.

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Senate Confirms SDTX Judge Pick Tied To Gun Group

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 46-44 Monday evening to confirm Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Arthur "Rob" Jones as a U.S. district judge to serve on the Southern District of Texas bench.

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Blanche Hearing To Proceed After Graham's Death

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee will still hold the confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general on Wednesday, despite the death of committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., over the weekend. 

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week handled disputes involving corporate control, post-closing competition, executive departures, arbitration awards and shareholder litigation.

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Finn Dixon

Fisher Taubenfeld

Fox Rothschild

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Holland & Hart

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Jackson Walker LLP

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Jenner & Block

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King & Spalding

Kopecky Schumacher

Lankler Siffert

Levine Kellogg

Levy Ratner

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

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McGuireWoods

Morrison & Foerster

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Wilkinson Stekloff

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Douglas Elliman Realty LLC

Fort Point Capital

Fortrea Inc.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

KPMG International

Learning Resources Inc.

National Rifle Association of America

New Civil Liberties Alliance

Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Seadrill Limited

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Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Stage Stores Inc.

StoneTurn Group LLP

Tegna Inc.

The DIRECTV Group Inc.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Versar, Inc

WSP Global Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

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Federal Communications Commission

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

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 Southern District of Florida

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

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