Trade Desk, Investor Spar Over Emails In Nevada Move Appeal

By Jarek Rutz

A stockholder and The Trade Desk Inc. urged the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday to reach opposite conclusions about whether the advertising technology company must turn over director emails and other informal communications tied to its move from Delaware to Nevada.

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Del. Court Invalidates Patent Claims In Bioscience Co. Row

By Adam Lidgett

A federal magistrate judge in Delaware on Wednesday found that claims in three molecular labeling patents held by Parse Biosciences Inc. were invalid, months after he found that they weren't infringed by Scale Biosciences Inc.

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Brief

Del. House Backs Ban On Corporate Voting In Local Elections

By Jarek Rutz

Delaware lawmakers approved a proposed constitutional amendment Tuesday that would prohibit corporations, limited liability companies, trusts and other non-human entities from voting in elections anywhere in the state, including in municipal contests.

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Apple Device Software Co. Investor Sues Over Sale Records

By Jarek Rutz

A former stockholder of Jamf Holding Corp. has sued in Delaware Chancery Court seeking access to company records tied to the software company's $13.05-per-share sale to private equity firm Francisco Partners, arguing the documents are needed to investigate whether conflicts of interest tainted the deal process.

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Sunoco Tells High Court It Was Denied Fair Patent Damages

By Adam Lidgett

Sunoco wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its argument that it was shortchanged when it won "a mere $12 million" in a gasoline blending patent suit against Magellan Midstream, saying it wasn't given the opportunity to show that it actually lost more than 12 times that amount.

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FTX Exec's Wife Must Face Campaign Finance Charges

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to throw out an indictment accusing crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond of campaign finance crimes, rejecting her argument that prosecutors previously promised her husband, a former FTX executive, that his guilty plea would mean she's in the clear.

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Brief

Medical Spa Investment Co. Files Ch. 11 With $10M+ Debt

By Rick Archer

An investment management firm specializing in medical spas and medical aesthetics providers has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware with $10 million to $50 million in debt.

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Eli Lilly Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Scrap Teva's $177M IP Win

By Dorothy Atkins

Eli Lilly & Co. urged the full Federal Circuit Wednesday to review a panel ruling that upheld Teva's $177 million jury verdict on headache drug patents, arguing that the panel's decision runs afoul of the justices' Amgen holding and "opens a truck-sized hole in enablement and written description law."

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Employer Didn't Control Benefits In Death Case, 3rd Circ. Says

By Danielle Ferguson

A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a man's lawsuit alleging his late wife's employer improperly denied life insurance benefits, finding the employer had no control over whether benefits were paid out.

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Venezuela Wins Bid To Delay Hearing In Citgo Sale Case

By Caroline Simson

The Third Circuit has agreed to a two-month postponement of oral arguments in Venezuela's challenge of a Delaware judge's order greenlighting the nearly $6 billion sale of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars of the country's debt, days after Caracas announced that it was switching counsel.

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Opinion

Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.

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Judiciary Cites AI Deepfakes In Opposing Courtroom Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

Two bipartisan bills to bring cameras into federal courtrooms advanced Thursday, but the policymaking body for the federal judiciary continues to oppose them and raised the issue of deepfakes in the age of artificial intelligence.

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NJ Tax Court Protects Taxpayer Methodology Ahead Of Trial

By Jaqueline McCool

A New Jersey tenant appealing the property tax assessment of a legacy data center is not required to provide the township with a detailed methodology of its assessment challenge prior to the case's trial, the state Tax Court ruled.

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Trump Lawyer Advances In Senate Judiciary Noms Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Matthew Schwartz to be a judge on the Second Circuit advanced out of committee Thursday.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel may cringe at the news, but their chief financial officers will rejoice over a new study that shows the average spending by legal departments dropped to a six-year low in 2026. And two in-house Cigna lawyers are at the center of a finding of "improperly asserted privilege" over key company documents related to a payment lawsuit brought by three labs.

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Gibson Dunn Hires Ropes & Gray Health Regulatory Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a former Ropes & Gray LLP partner who works on a myriad of health regulatory and drug pricing matters, advising pharmaceutical manufacturers, investors and other entities on those issues, the firm announced Thursday.

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Calif. Moves On Proposal To Allow Legal Aid By Nonlawyers

By Lynn LaRowe

The California Supreme Court has directed the state bar to solicit public comments on a proposed community justice worker program that would allow nonlawyers to provide limited legal assistance under the supervision of qualified legal aid organizations, according to a Thursday announcement.

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Analysis

Law Students Undeterred Under Trump's Immigration Climate

By Britain Eakin

In a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.

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'Mortified' Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge Thursday that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.

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Ford Says 'Lemon Law' Firm Faked Bills Using Overseas Staff

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.

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Israeli Atty Gets 15 Months For Role In Ponzi Scheme

By George Woolston

An Israeli attorney whose participation in a fraud scheme led by convicted Ponzi schemer Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein gave the plan an "air of legitimacy" was sentenced on Thursday to one year and three months in federal prison.

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