More NY Public Interest Attys And Advocates Authorize Strikes

By Andrea Keckley

Eight chapters of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — have voted to authorize strikes as workers hope their sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to more favorable deals with managers.

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ESPN, NFL Skewer Jets Legend's Suit Over Doc Portrayal

By Alex Lawson

ESPN and NFL Films are looking to escape a lawsuit that Mark Gastineau, a former New York Jets defensive end, brought against them over their portrayal of him in a "30 for 30" documentary, telling a New York federal court the onetime defensive player of the year granted the companies full access to his image and likeness and surrendered any right to approve its use.

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AIG Pays $6M For Fire In Chinese Exile Guo's NYC Apartment

By Aaron Keller

AIG Property Casualty Co. has paid more than $6 million to a company once owned by Chinese exile and since-convicted fraudster Miles Guo after a fire damaged his former residence in New York City's Sherry-Netherland Hotel, an exclusive co-op across the street from Central Park, a court filing indicates.

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Asset Manager's Suit Against Lowenstein Sandler Tossed

By Emily Sawicki

A New York state judge has handed an early win to Lowenstein Sandler LLP against allegations it provided faulty advice in a client's bankruptcy, finding the asset manager that brought the suit was simply attempting "to shift the financial cost of the troubled company's failed business from its owners to its lawyers."

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Credit Suisse Can't Ditch Bondholder's UBS Merger Suit

By Lauren Berg

A New York federal judge Monday rejected Credit Suisse's bid to escape investor litigation alleging it concealed the impact of quarterly losses and the bank's inability to retain clients leading up to its takeover by UBS AG while certifying a class of investors and consolidating two cases for pretrial proceedings.

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Judge Blocks Demolition Contract Switch At Pa. Power Plant

By Matthew Santoni

A demolition contractor that claimed to have been locked out of the former Homer City Generating Station in Western Pennsylvania can resume work and regain access to the equipment and scrap materials the company took as payment for the job, a state court judge has ruled.

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Fanatics Told To Give Panini Licensing Docs In Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court said Monday that Fanatics Inc. must turn over unredacted versions of its licensing deals with major sports leagues and player associations that are at the heart of Panini America Inc.'s case accusing Fanatics of monopolizing the sports trading card market.

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Texas Says GM Can't Use Ch. 11 Sale To End Data Privacy Suit

By Allison Grande

The Texas attorney general is urging a New York bankruptcy court to reject General Motors' bid to escape a data privacy suit being pressed by his office over the automaker's allegedly unlawful collection and sale of drivers' private information, arguing that the court lacks jurisdiction over the agency and that the claims aren't barred by prior bankruptcy proceedings. 

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Kirkland-Led Zenyth Partners Raises $375M For Latest Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised private equity shop Zenyth Partners on Monday announced that it closed its second flagship fund after securing $375 million in capital commitments, which will be used to invest in healthcare services-focused companies.

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Cozen O'Connor Adds Real Estate Pro From Ropes & Gray

By James Boyle

An attorney specializing in real estate transactions has moved his practice from Ropes & Gray LLP to Cozen O'Connor, where he will split his time between two offices.

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Davis Polk Taps Willkie Partner As Trusts & Estates Co-Head

By Tracey Read

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has hired a former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP private wealth partner to be a co-head of its trusts and estates practice in New York, the firm announced Monday.

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FMLA Expansion Sees State Progress Despite Federal Barriers

Recent legislative efforts to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act reflect workers' growing demand for work-life balance, but as federal proposals continue to face significant hurdles, states have stepped in, creating a labyrinth of leave laws and compliance headaches for multistate employers, say attorneys at FordHarrison.

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Wis. Judge Can't Slip ICE Arrest Case, Magistrate Judge Says

By Hailey Konnath

The Wisconsin judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest shouldn't be able to get her indictment dismissed just yet, a federal magistrate judge recommended Monday, rejecting her argument that judicial immunity shields her from the case.

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DOJ Wants Md. Federal Judges' Immigration Orders Blocked

By Jack Karp

A Maryland federal court standing order temporarily staving off the deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions is barred by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that federal judges do not have authority to issue universal injunctions, according to the Trump administration.

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Feds Cite National Security As Trial Over Student Visas Begins

By Julie Manganis

A Trump administration lawyer told a Massachusetts federal judge Monday that the government's decision to revoke the visas of hundreds of college students and faculty over their pro-Palestinian speech was not viewpoint discrimination but a response to what it contends are threats to national security.

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MyPillow CEO's Attys Sanctioned Over False AI Citations

By Christine DeRosa

Two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell were sanctioned by a Colorado federal judge on Monday over a February brief containing nearly 30 "defective citations" after using artificial intelligence.

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Fox Rothschild Seeks To Exit NJ Case Over Litigation Funding

By Bonnie Eslinger

Fox Rothschild LLP urged a New Jersey state court on Monday to toss claims brought by a couple injured in a vehicle crash alleging they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the law firm's litigation funder client, saying its involvement was limited to a "tangential, representative role."

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Calif. Justices Disbar SF Atty For Defrauding Elderly Client

By Hailey Konnath

The California Supreme Court has ordered the disbarment of a San Francisco lawyer who authorities say overcharged an elderly trust account client with advanced dementia, finding that he "repeatedly failed to uphold the most basic duties of an attorney" and is "unfit to serve as a member of the bar."

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Annoyed Fed. Circ. Judge Unsure Where To Land In Drug Row

By Nadia Dreid

An irascible Federal Circuit judge chewed out both sides of the aisle Monday morning during arguments over a generic endocrine disorder drug, and although she accused one attorney of "beating a straw man to death," the judge said she still wasn't sure how she would decide the appeal.

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Non-Attys Eyed To Tackle Civil Justice Gap In Ga. Pilot

By Emily Johnson

A Georgia Supreme Court committee has proposed the state start a pilot program to train non-attorneys to handle some legal tasks in evictions and other housing cases and consumer-debt matters, saying this "'assisted pro se' model" would improve rural and low-income people's access to civil legal services.

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FTC Wants More Time To Present Case Against Amazon Prime

By Gina Kim

The Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal judge for 10 days to put on its case-in-chief against Amazon over alleged deceptive practices that trick customers into automatically renewing Prime subscriptions, arguing the evidence at the upcoming trial would be "voluminous and complex," and lengthening the trial won't prejudice Amazon.

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Trump Orders Treasury To Restrain Solar, Wind Tax Credits

By Kat Lucero

President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Treasury Department on Monday to begin carrying out cuts and restrictions to the solar and wind production and investment tax credits that were mandated in the budget bill Trump signed Friday.

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Analysis

Biggest Enviro Cases To Watch In 2025: Midyear Report

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Law360 previews the lawsuits environmental attorneys will be watching closely during the second half of 2025, including the Trump administration's challenge to states' efforts to slow climate change, a lawsuit seeking to continue federal funding for climate change projects and product liability cases over forever chemicals in consumer goods.

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Analysis

Personal Injury & Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

By Y. Peter Kang

The social media addiction multidistrict litigation against the biggest tech companies and a U.S. Supreme Court case regarding state medical malpractice lawsuit requirements are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2025.

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Roundup

CORRECTED: 3 Bias Arguments Sessions To Watch In July

By Amanda Ottaway

The Third and Sixth Circuits are scheduled to hear a trio of oral arguments in July as a fired professor, human resources executive and school dean each plan to argue that their terminations violated federal anti-bias law. Here, Law360 looks at those cases. 

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