Keller Williams Realty has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve claims that it participated in a decades-long conspiracy to fix real estate broker commissions and inflate home prices, according to a proposed class of homebuyers who are asking an Illinois federal judge to grant preliminary approval to the deal.
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Keller Williams To Pay $20M To Settle Antitrust Claims

By Celeste Bott

Keller Williams Realty has agreed to pay $20 million to resolve claims that it participated in a decades-long conspiracy to fix real estate broker commissions and inflate home prices, according to a proposed class of homebuyers who are asking an Illinois federal judge to grant preliminary approval to the deal.

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Walgreens Says Audio Recording Refutes Shareholders' Claim

By Celeste Bott

Walgreens told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday that newly discovered evidence warrants revisiting a decision allowing shareholders' claim over an executive's allegedly false statement to move forward, saying an audio recording shows "no basis to conclude the actual statement was false or misleading when made."

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United Says Pilot's Vax Accommodation Should End Dispute

By Lauraann Wood

United Airlines has urged an Illinois federal judge to hand it a pretrial win over a pilot's accusation that the airline failed to properly handle his religious-based COVID-19 vaccination exemption request, arguing he received an accommodation that should be considered reasonable and defeat his claims.

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Gov't Pushes For Greystar Antitrust Settlement Approval

By Isaac Monterose

The federal government pushed back against public comments that criticized its proposed antitrust settlement with landlord Greystar Management Services LLC, telling a North Carolina federal court Wednesday to approve the proposed settlement because it does enough to resolve its claims.

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Cresco Again Seeks Toss Of THC Potency False Ad Suit

By Mike Curley

Cresco Labs Inc. is once again pushing for dismissal of a proposed class action alleging that it deliberately mislabels its cannabis oil products to get around Illinois THC possession limits, saying the plaintiff's claims are clearly preempted by state law.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Analysis

2 Killings Are Reshaping ICE Strategy. States Also Have Plans.

By Carla Baranauckas

The killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in separate immigration enforcement episodes have become a fresh catalyst for state lawmakers who are moving on legislation to limit federal agents' tactics or deepen cooperation with them, despite looming constitutional fights over how far states can go.

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HPE Backs DOJ Bid For Final Merger Deal Approval

By Bryan Koenig

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has endorsed the Justice Department's bid for final approval of a controversial settlement permitting the $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, telling a California federal judge that Democratic state attorneys general have nothing but "vague and inaccurate accusations" that the deal was improper.

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LITIGATION

Judge Won't Revive Price Discrimination Suit Against Juul

By Matthew Perlman

An Illinois federal court refused on Wednesday to reconsider a ruling tossing a gas station distributor's lawsuit accusing Juul Labs of giving a rival wholesaler a better deal on e-cigarettes, saying it is still unclear why the distributor removed key allegations from its last complaint.

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Co. Can't Limit Punitive Damages For Ill. Dehumidifier Fire

By Mark Payne

A dehumidifier manufacturer lost its bid to limit the punitive damages sought by property owners and their insurer for damage they say was caused by a product defect when an Illinois federal court ruled Tuesday the owners' punitive damages are for the total damage, not just the deductible for their uninsured loss.

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FERC Says Rejection Of PJM Grid-Planning Change Was Sound

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has defended its rejection of a plan that PJM Interconnection, a regional transmission organization, brokered with transmission owners to make grid-planning decisions without the approval of the regional grid operator's members committee, saying the plan would undermine the independence of PJM.

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GM Brings Design Patent Suits Over Alleged Car Part Copies

By Adam Lidgett

General Motors has launched a trio of lawsuits in both Michigan and Illinois federal courts, accusing a host of companies of infringing the auto giant's design patents by selling copies of its car parts.

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Sinclair To Pay $175K For Lost Texts In Price-Fixing MDL

By Emily Sawicki

A Chicago federal judge has approved a joint stipulation by which Sinclair Broadcast Group agreed to pay $175,000 after it was sanctioned for failing to preserve text message data from more than 50 company-issued cellphones amid discovery in multidistrict litigation over an alleged unlawful price-fixing scheme.

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Brief

Pet Treat Maker, Ex-Workers Score OK For $975K Wage Deal

By Benjamin Morse

An Illinois federal judge preliminarily approved a $975,000 settlement to resolve a proposed class and collective action alleging a pet product manufacturer failed to pay its employees for the time they spent putting on and removing personal protective equipment, according to a court filing.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience

Resilience is a skill acquired through daily practices that focus on learning from missteps, recovering quickly without internalizing defeat and moving forward with intention, says Nicholas Meza at Quarles & Brady.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

CORRECTED: Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm who resigned after the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the firm said that the SCOTUSblog founder suddenly began offering her bitcoin, payment from case settlements and potential student loan relief after federal agents visited the office. Correction: An earlier version of this story, which was published January 29, mischaracterized the testimony of Special Agent Quoc Tuan Nguyen. Special Agent Nguyen addressed the dates in metadata that were altered in the course of the document production and did not allege Goldstein engaged in misconduct regarding the emails.

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Alston & Bird Hires Ex-Baker McKenzie Tech, Privacy Pro

By Kevin Penton

Alston & Bird LLP has added a technology and privacy specialist previously with Baker McKenzie as a partner in its Silicon Valley office, the firm announced Thursday.

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Judge Who Resigned To Criticize Trump Had Faced Inquiry

By Chris Villani

Former Massachusetts U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf was the subject of an inquiry into potential misconduct when he announced his November resignation, a decision he said at the time was motivated by a desire to speak out against the Trump administration, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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Cooley Adds Ex-Kirkland Corporate Real Estate Leader In NY

By Andrea Keckley

Cooley LLP announced it has hired the former leader of Kirkland & Ellis LLP's corporate real estate team.

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Ga. Law Firm's CTA Challenge 'Hypothetical,' Feds Argue

By Chart Riggall

The U.S. Treasury Department has asked a federal judge to toss a Georgia lawyer's suit alleging that the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act could force him to violate attorney-client privilege, arguing the suit is based on future "hypothetical changes" to the federal policy of nonenforcement.

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Judiciary Backs Bill To Let Judges Carry Concealed Guns

By Courtney Bublé

The federal judiciary has come out in support of a Republican-led bill to allow judges and prosecutors to carry concealed firearms across state lines, according to a letter obtained by Law360.

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Judge Caps Off 'Beer Law' Trademark Case

By Elliot Weld

A federal judge has dismissed a trademark lawsuit from a North Carolina law firm that brands itself as the "Beer Law Center" against a Colorado firm that calls itself the "Beer Law HQ," finding the latter company lacked sufficient connections to North Carolina for the court to hear the case.

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NJ Atty Suspended For Faking Records, Lying To Client

By George Woolston

A New Jersey attorney has been suspended for six months for fabricating tax forms, billing records and contact information to support the existence of a fake secretary who he repeatedly attempted to blame for mishandling a client's lawsuit.

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Ex-Prosecutors Call For Independent Probes Of ICE Killings

By Rose Krebs

A coalition of former federal prosecutors and civil rights attorneys is urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to ensure that the U.S. Department of Justice allows for "transparent, unbiased and impartial" investigations into the killings in Minneapolis last month of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration enforcement agents.

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Meet New Paul Weiss Chairman Scott Barshay

By Anna Sanders

New Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Scott Barshay is a rainmaker who most recently led the corporate department, guiding clients through some of the largest transactions in recent history after joining the firm's New York office a decade ago.

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Klobuchar Alarmed By Exodus Of Prosecutors In Minnesota

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Thursday said she was alarmed by the surge of resignations by federal prosecutors in her state following the shooting deaths of two Minnesotans by immigration agents.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Baker Botts

Baker McKenzie

Ballard Spahr

Cooley LLP

Cravath Swaine

Fish & Richardson

Foley & Lardner

Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goldstein & Russell

Gordon Rees

Grasso Law PC

Hausfeld LLP

Holland & Knight

Honigman LLP

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Korein Tillery

Kroger Gardis

Larson Law Group LLC

Levi & Korsinsky

Littler Mendelson

Lowey Dannenberg

Lubin Austermuehle

Moore & Van Allen

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Paul Weiss

Quarles & Brady

Ron Harmeyer Law Office

Saul Ewing

Scandaglia Ryan

Skadden Arps

Spizzirri Law

Stephan Zouras

Steptoe LLP

Todd & Weld

Whitcomb Selinsky

Winston & Strawn

Wright & Talisman

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3G Capital

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apple Inc.

Barron's

Bayer AG

Binance Holdings Ltd.

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Coinbase Global Inc.

CoreCivic Inc.

Cresco Labs Inc.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Genuine Parts Co.

HSW International Inc.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Huntsman Corp.

International Business Machines Corp.

JUUL Labs Inc.

Jana Partners LLC

Juniper Networks Inc.

Keller Williams Realty Inc.

LKQ Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

McDonald's Corp.

Mid America Apartment Communities Inc.

Migration Policy Institute

National Association of Realtors

Noble Energy Inc.

Ohio State University

PJM Interconnection LLC

Pekin Insurance Co.

Pershing Square Capital Management LP

RealPage Inc.

Red Hat Inc.

Renewable Energy Group Inc.

SABMiller

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

Ultimate Fighting Championship Ltd.

Unilever PLC

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

VillageMD

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Illinois Department of Agriculture

Internal Revenue Service

Judicial Conference of the United States

Minnesota Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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 Western District of Louisiana

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana