Union Urges Del. Justices To Refloat BofA Benefit Card Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's chief justice pressed an attorney for Bank of America stockholders Wednesday to "drill down to the bad faith" during an appeal for revival of a Chancery Court suit accusing the company of intentionally prioritizing profits over compliance in managing unemployment benefit cards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Online Bookstore Investors Seek Del. Sale Suit Revival

By Jeff Montgomery

Stockholders of an online "virtual" bookstore that lost money for years urged Delaware's Supreme Court Wednesday to reverse a Court of Chancery decision upholding a $12.5 million sale to the company's preferred shareholders under a disputed liquidation preference.

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Judge Says A Ruling Unfreezing Wind Projects May Be Pyrrhic

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge said on Wednesday he will allow key claims to move forward in a suit challenging the Trump administration's halt of wind farm project reviews, yet he suggested even if the plaintiffs ultimately prevail, the administration could still simply deny requests for permits and leases.

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6th Circ. Vacates Removal, Judge Slams High Court's Ruling

By Rae Ann Varona

The Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court precedent required it to vacate a Mexican native's removal order after his U.S. citizenship was revoked for not disclosing a criminal charge, although one circuit judge said it was time justices reconsidered the precedent.

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AGs Tell 3rd Circ. To Close 'Loophole' In Kalshi Betting Case

By Abigail Harrison

A bipartisan group of attorneys general co-led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, a Republican, pressed the Third Circuit to prevent trading platform Kalshi's "broad preemptive coup," urging the appellate court to allow New Jersey to regulate the company.

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NLRB Asks 3rd Circ. To Hold Post-Gazette In Contempt

By Emily Brill

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hasn't restored the health insurance it offered its union-represented staff before switching their insurance provider without the union's consent, even though the Third Circuit ordered it to do so, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors told the appellate court, asking it to hold the newspaper in contempt.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

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'Absolutely Disgusting': Litigant's Stashed Gum Irks Judge

By Hailey Konnath

A Florida federal judge admonished a plaintiff for sticking her chewed gum to a courtroom table, leading to a federal prosecutor getting the gum stuck to her skirt later, calling it "absolutely disgusting" and saying he "never dreamed" he would have to "write an order like this."

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9th Circ. Backs 'Legitimate' Bar Membership Admission Rules

By Lauren Berg

The Ninth Circuit on Friday tossed a challenge to local rules in district courts in the circuit requiring lawyers to be bar members in the state where the court is located in order to seek general admission, saying admission rules aren't unconstitutional and there are several "legitimate reasons" for the rule.

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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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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton and Andrea Keckley

WilmerHale leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated a $300 million patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, based on instructions by a Texas federal judge that the appellate court panel determined to be erroneous.

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Feature

Current And Former GCs Urge Law Grads To 'Rise Up'

By Michele Gorman

From sharing details about being part of the first class of female graduates at Washington and Lee University School of Law to explaining how a middle-school teaching job led to obtaining a law degree, five commencement speakers — all current or former general counsel — recently shared their wisdom for the next generation of attorneys.

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Trump Taps Atty Dropped By Biden For Eastern Ky. Fed. Court

By Ali Sullivan

President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate former Kentucky Solicitor General Chad Meredith to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

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NJ Court Greenlights Beasley Allen Attys In Talc Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state judge will allow two Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys to represent a California couple in their suit accusing Johnson & Johnson of selling carcinogenic talc-based baby powder and appear pro hac vice despite the company's vehement opposition.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

A new report showed a dip in the average size of corporate legal teams over the last year, and an attorney focused on special purpose acquisition companies is predicting the Trump administration's friendly stance on cryptocurrency will spawn a wave of new cryptocurrency-related ventures going public in the coming months. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Attys Face Sanctions For 'Sweeping' Copying Of Firm's Motion

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has ordered The Neil Jones Food Co.'s defense counsel to explain why she shouldn't sanction them for filing a dismissal motion that appears to plagiarize a losing motion filed by another firm in another case in the district, slamming the "sweeping copy and paste" conduct as "patently unacceptable."

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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