Federal prosecutors argued on Monday that a lobbyist convicted alongside Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and two others for bribing former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should serve more than four years behind bars for falsifying books and records to hide the funneling of payments to Madigan's allies for do-nothing jobs.
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'ComEd Four' Lobbyist Deserves 4 Years In Prison, Feds Say

By Celeste Bott

Federal prosecutors argued on Monday that a lobbyist convicted alongside Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and two others for bribing former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan should serve more than four years behind bars for falsifying books and records to hide the funneling of payments to Madigan's allies for do-nothing jobs.

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Turkey Cos. Must Face Price-Fix Suit From Litigation Funder

By Jared Foretek

An Illinois federal judge rejected a summary judgment bid from major turkey processors fighting a price-fixing antitrust suit, ruling that a litigation funding company can continue to pursue claims against the poultry processors as a stand-in for wholesale food distributor plaintiffs.

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Illinois Court Orders Additional Look At Shooting Conviction

By Parker Quinlan

An appeals court in Illinois has ruled that a man accused of committing a drive-by shooting in Chicago must be given a second chance at a postconviction petition because his counsel had not properly made arguments about evidence that could exonerate him.

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Lighting Co. Can't Escape 401(k) Forfeiture, Health Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

An Illinois federal judge narrowed a proposed federal benefits class action against an automotive lighting company from an ex-worker, but allowed allegations to proceed to discovery alleging the company misspent 401(k) forfeitures and failed to properly notify workers about a health plan tobacco surcharge.

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GM Can't Escape Obviousness Challenge To Fender Design IP

By Theresa Schliep

A company that got the Federal Circuit to set more flexible standards for assessing whether a design patent is obvious might have a shot at proving that two General Motors Co. design patents are indeed obvious under that new test, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.

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SUPREME COURT

Analysis

Justices Face Busy Summer After Nixing Universal Injunctions

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come.

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Analysis

The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term

By Cara Bayles

The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation.

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LITIGATION

State AGs Sue Gov't To Halt Medicaid Data Sharing With ICE

By Allison Grande

A California-led coalition of nearly two dozen state attorneys general is pushing a federal court to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving immigration officials "unfettered access" to Medicaid recipients' personal health information, arguing that the sharing flouts decades of policy and practice.

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RI Judge Orders Halt To HHS Layoffs, Reorganization

By Dan McKay

A Rhode Island federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, finding the reorganization usurped congressional spending authority and likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

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SEVENTH CIRCUIT

7th Circ. Backs Walmart's 'Raw Honey' False Ad Dismissal Win

By Lauraann Wood

A Walmart customer who accused the retail giant of falsely labeling processed honey as raw or organic "pled himself out of court" by acknowledging the product's higher chemical compound levels could have other obvious explanations beyond simply overheating, the Seventh Circuit said Tuesday.

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DEALS

Analysis

Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2025 Midyear Report

By Y. Peter Kang

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over whether personal injury claims can be brought under a RICO statute and a $7.4 billion settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from the first six months of 2025.

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Mayer Brown, A&O Shearman Lead $1.8B Containerboard Deal

By Al Barbarino

Packaging Corp. of America has agreed to purchase the containerboard business of Greif Inc. for $1.8 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday, in a deal steered by Mayer Brown LLP and A&O Shearman.

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PEOPLE

Jenner & Block Lands Mass Tort Team From Mayer Brown

By Rose Krebs

Jenner & Block LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on a five-attorney team in Chicago from Mayer Brown LLP for its mass torts and product liability practice, including two seasoned partners who will help co-chair the group.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Supreme Court Taps Latham Atty In Campaign Spending Case

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Supreme Court has turned to Latham & Watkins LLP's Roman Martinez to defend caps on coordinated campaign spending as amicus counsel in a case on tap for next term.

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Senate Passes Budget Bill, Rebuking National Injunctions

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-50 on Tuesday to pass the budget reconciliation bill, including various provisions that seek to greatly restrict the use of nationwide injunctions, which Republicans heavily criticized after district courts repeatedly stalled parts of President Donald Trump's agenda with the legal maneuver.

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Axing Lit Funding Tax Bid Relieves Industry But Fears Remain

By Ryan Boysen

Litigation funders are breathing a sigh of relief after a provision to impose a 41% punitive tax on the $16 billion industry was stripped Tuesday from the massive federal spending bill, but many think the episode is just the prelude to further battles with corporate opponents.

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US Attorney Picks Include Alina Habba And Senator's Son

By Courtney Bublé

The president sent 14 U.S. attorney nominations to the Senate on Tuesday, including Alina Habba, the president's former counselor and personal attorney, for the District of New Jersey and Arch Moore Capito, the son of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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Legal Aid Attys Can't Sever Union Ties Over Its Mideast Views

By Emily Brill

A New York federal judge tossed two New York City public defenders' lawsuit against their union, saying the attorneys can't leverage the U.S. Supreme Court's Janus ruling to stop paying the union because they disagree with its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Yale Law's 1st Woman Dean To Leave Post 2 Years Early

By Hailey Konnath

Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken, the first woman named to the position, is leaving Yale to lead the Ford Foundation two years before her term was set to expire, according to a recent announcement.

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Apple Backers Raise Price, Privilege Concerns At 9th Circ.

By Bryan Koenig

Trade groups and advocacy organizations have raised a series of concerns with the Ninth Circuit about a federal district court mandate blocking Apple from charging commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, arguing an Epic Games Inc. injunction redux improperly compels speech, imperils price-setting autonomy and threatens legal privilege.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice reached the agency's first three merger settlements of the second Trump administration, clearing deals in the technology and aerospace sectors after divestitures, while the Federal Trade Commission put conditions on an advertising merger. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from June.

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The Top In-House Hires Of June

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at Microsoft, Guess and U.S. Steel. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from June.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

ArentFox Schiff LLP

Arnold & Porter

Axinn Veltrop

Boies Schiller

Boyden Gray

Bradley Bernstein Sands

Cooley LLP

Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

Dame Law

Faegre Drinker

Falkenberg Ives

Fish & Richardson

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Greene Espel

Gutierrez Preciado

Hassler Kondras

Hogan Lovells

Irwin IP

Jackson Lewis PC

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Kellogg Hansen

Latham & Watkins

Lehotsky Keller

Levy Ratner

Mayer Brown

McCurdy Laud

McDermott Will & Emery

Miller & Chevalier

Miller Canfield

Monico & Spevack

Ogletree Deakins

Paul Weiss

Proskauer Rose

Redgrave LLP

Sanders Roberts

Schulte Roth

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Sterne Kessler

Taft Stettinius

UB Greensfelder

Venable LLP

Walcheske & Luzi

Weil Gotshal

WilmerHale

Yetter Coleman

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ACT Corp

AT&T Inc.

Agri Stats Inc.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Association for Justice

American Bar Association

American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees

American Red Cross

Angel Studios Inc

Apple Inc.

Assa Abloy AB

Association of Corporate Counsel

Atlantic Legal Foundation Inc.

Big Lots Inc.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Bunge Ltd.

Burford Capital LLC

Butterball LLC

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

Cargill Inc.

Centrus Energy Corp.

Chamber of Progress

Chevron Corp.

Christian Dior SA

Civil Justice Association of California

Collins Aerospace Inc.

Commonwealth Edison Co.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Democratic Senatorial Campaign

EE Ltd.

Epic Games Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Fendi SRL

Filevine Inc.

Ford Foundation

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

Frontier Communications Parent Inc.

Gallup Inc.

General Motors Co.

Getty Images Holdings Inc.

Giant Eagle Inc.

Greif Inc.

Guess Inc.

Harvard University

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Hillshire Brands Co.

Hormel Foods Corp.

Instagram Inc.

Intelsat SA

International Legal Finance Association

JetBlue Airways Corp.

Juniper Networks Inc.

Kansas City Southern

Kellanova Co.

Keysight Technologies Inc.

Koito Manufacturing

LKQ Corp.

Lawyers for Civil Justice

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Maines Paper & Food Service

Mallinckrodt PLC

Mars Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

National Republican Congressional Committee

New Era ADR Inc.

New York University

North American Lighting Inc.

NuScale Power Inc.

Ohio State University

Omnicom Group Inc.

Overstock.com Inc.

Owens & Minor Inc.

Packaging Corp. of America

Perdue Farms Inc.

Princeton University

Progress Rail Services Corp.

Purdue Pharma LP

RTX Corp.

Retail Industry Leaders Association Inc.

Rocket Cos.

Rotech Healthcare Inc.

SES SA

Safran SA

Seattle University

Shutterstock Inc.

Spectrum Brands Inc.

Spirent Communications PLC

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

Spirit Airlines Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

Sysco Corp.

T-Mobile US Inc.

TA Associates Management LP

The Boeing Co.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.

The Kroger Co.

The Legal Aid Society

The Software & Information Industry Association

Toyota Motor Corp.

Tyson Foods Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Uber Technologies Inc.

United Airlines Holdings Inc.

United Auto Workers

Universal Service Administrative Co.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Viterra

Wabtec Corp.

Walmart Inc.

Washington Legal Foundation

Werner Enterprises Inc.

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

City of New York

Competition and Markets Authority

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

European Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

New York Attorney General's Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

State Administration for Market Regulation

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

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

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 Northern District of Indiana

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

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 Virginia

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio