Trump Bid To Move NY Appeal Faces 'Fatal' Error, Judge Says

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday repeatedly aired doubts that President Donald Trump can upend the pending New York state appeal of his hush-money conviction by moving the case to federal court.

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Feds Vow New Effort To Protect Privacy Of Epstein's Victims

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday evening that women abused by Jeffrey Epstein have resolved privacy complaints stemming from the government's release of documents related to the deceased financier's sex crimes, after the victims' lawyers flagged widespread deficiencies.

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Analysis

Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?

By Phillip Bantz

President Donald Trump has transformed what has historically been a bureaucratic process for seeking federal pardons and commutations into a more freewheeling affair with few clear rules — and no easy solutions for reform, experts say.

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NBA Star Tells Of Fury Over Ex-Morgan Stanley Pal's Fraud

By Stewart Bishop

A former Houston Rockets player on Wednesday testified that he and his former Morgan Stanley investment adviser were the best of friends before he learned of what prosecutors say was a scheme to bilk NBA clients for millions of dollars, and taunted his former financial guru in anger after learning of his arrest.

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NY, NJ Sue Feds Over Hudson River Tunnel Funding Pause

By Elaine Briseño

New York and New Jersey have accused the U.S. Department of Transportation of unlawfully withholding $15 billion to fund the rehabilitation of aging commuter train tunnels under the Hudson River, saying the government did not give a valid reason for the decision.

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Wachtel Missry Settles Liability In $26M Atty Malpractice Case

By Emily Sawicki

A dispute over who is liable for a former Wachtel Missry LLP partner's alleged exploitation of an elderly client has been settled on the eve of trial, while the Brooklyn federal judge declined to consider recusing himself despite "inadvertently" meeting with the firm's founding partner before the matter was fully put to rest.

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SEC Cases May Rise After 'Unprecedented' 2025, Attys Say

By Jessica Corso

Following an "unprecedented" year in which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed the bulk of its crypto docket and filed few new lawsuits, former SEC staff members said Wednesday that there are signs that enforcement actions could begin to ramp up this year.

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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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2nd Circ. Backs Block On Hundreds Of Geico Collection Cases

By Gianna Ferrarin

The Second Circuit found no error in a preliminary injunction pausing over 600 collection actions filed against Geico by a doctor and medical practice accused by the insurer of a scheme to exploit New York's no-fault automobile insurance laws.

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Oakley Fights To Keep MSG Case Afloat Amid Fee Dispute

By Alex Lawson

Charles Oakley has urged a federal court to not toss the lawsuit over the ex-New York Knicks player's 2017 ejection from Madison Square Garden, saying he has made good-faith efforts to pay a court-ordered $642,000 fee award.

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Music Labels Win On Most Counts In Classic Rock Videos Suit

By Elliot Weld

Music labels suing a British filmmaker and his former company over a set of videos that made unauthorized use of songs by several classic rock artists were granted a win on a substantial portion of the case Wednesday by a Manhattan federal judge who found the videos did not contain enough legitimate commentary to be considered documentaries.

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2nd Circ. Rules Medication Didn't Affect Guilty Plea Validity

By Elizabeth Daley

A man who took bipolar and sleep medication the night before pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine and possessing a firearm cannot appeal his 15-year sentence by implying the medications confused him, the Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday, finding questions about his state of mind covered medication side effects.

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Dark Web Drug Market Operator Gets 30-Year Sentence

By Emilie Ruscoe

The operator of a vast, cryptocurrency-fueled dark web e-commerce platform for drugs has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering and conspiring to distribute over $105 million in narcotics and adulterated and misbranded medication.

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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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FTC Defends Case Over Zillow-Redfin Rental Ads Pact

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission is defending its antitrust case challenging a partnership between Zillow Group Inc. and Redfin Corp., telling a Virginia federal court the pact is a clear agreement between the companies to not compete for rental housing advertisements.

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Fintech Broker Clear Street Targets $1B IPO

By Sydney Price

Cloud-based financial services provider Clear Street Group Inc. said Wednesday it anticipates a $1 billion initial public offering, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters counsel Cooley LLP.

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Shipping Co. Eletson Can Seek Arrest Of Ex-Officials

By Alex Wittenberg

A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday allowed shipping group Eletson Holdings Inc. to seek the arrest and incarceration of former Eletson directors and others who the company says have failed to appear at court-ordered depositions.

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Insurer Objects To $8M Claim Deal In Albany Diocese Ch. 11

By Vince Sullivan

Lloyd's Of London and other insurers objected Tuesday to a motion from the bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, seeking to allow an $8 million judgment in favor of an individual abuse claimant, saying the proposal runs afoul of an earlier order of the bankruptcy court prohibiting such judgments.

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NY Judge Says Child Custody Case Belongs In Navajo Court

By Joyce Hanson

A New York state family court judge has said he won't exercise jurisdiction in a domestic abuse and child custody case that originated in a Navajo Nation court, ruling that the Indian Child Welfare Act requires states to honor tribes' judicial proceedings in child custody disputes.

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DiCello Levitt Taps SEC Vets For Whistleblower Practice

By Emilie Ruscoe

DiCello Levitt has acquired a boutique practice that represents U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblowers, bringing on a pair of former SEC attorneys whose clients have helped the government secure more than $2 billion in monetary sanctions, according to the firm.

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Cooley, Ropes & Gray Transactional Attys Move To Latham

By Andrea Keckley

Latham & Watkins LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two partners to help the firm meet evolving capital and growth demands — a Los Angeles-based emerging companies attorney from Cooley LLP and a New York-based capital markets attorney from Ropes & Gray LLP.

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Breaking Down Expense Allocation In Mixed-Use Properties

Rapid increases in condominium fees and special assessments, driven by multiple factors such as rising insurance costs and expanded safety requirements, are contributing to increased litigation, so equitable expense allocation in mixed-use properties requires adherence to the governing documents, says Mike Walden at FTI Consulting.

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How Specificity, Self-Dealing Are Shaping ERISA Litigation

Several recent cases, including the U.S. Supreme Court's forthcoming ruling in Anderson v. Intel, illustrate the competing forces shaping excessive fee litigation, with plaintiffs seeking flexibility, courts demanding specificity, fiduciaries facing increased scrutiny for conflicts of interest, and self-dealing amplifying exposure, says James Beall at Willig Williams.

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Opinion

Congress Should Lead On AI Policy, Not The States

There needs to be some limits on how far federal agencies go in regulating artificial intelligence systems, but Congress must not abdicate its responsibility and cede control over this interstate market to state and local officials, say Kevin Frazier at the University of Texas School of Law and Adam Thierer at the R Street Institute.

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Anticipating The SEC's Cybersecurity Focus After SolarWinds

While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent voluntary dismissal of its enforcement action against SolarWinds Corp. and its chief information security officer marks a significant victory for the defendants, it does not mean the SEC is done bringing cybersecurity cases, say attorneys at MoFo.

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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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Paul Weiss' Karp Steps Back After Epstein Email Revelations

By Hailey Konnath and Aebra Coe

Longtime Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP chair Brad S. Karp has resigned from his leadership role, the firm announced Wednesday, a move that comes after the U.S. Department of Justice released numerous emails between Karp and Jeffrey Epstein.

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Baker McKenzie To Downsize Business Professional Jobs

By Tracey Read

Baker McKenzie, which has a legal services hub in Tampa, Florida, is in the process of downsizing business professionals' jobs, a firm spokesperson confirmed to Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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Ex-DLA Piper Partner Aims To Toss Claim He Raped Associate

By Jack Karp

Allegations that an ex-DLA Piper partner raped a former Boston-based associate in Delaware in 2022 should be tossed since the Massachusetts state court the case was filed in has no jurisdiction over the Delaware claim, according to the accused former partner.

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Goldstein Accountant Admits Tax Return Errors

By Jared Foretek

A star government witness and the top outside accountant for SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein and his law firm admitted to making mistakes on Goldstein's tax returns and offering the grand jury erroneous testimony, under cross-examination in the U.S. Supreme Court lawyer's tax fraud trial Wednesday.

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Ex-Fox News Host Decries Judge Pick's Arbitration Stance

By Courtney Buble

Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor and a leading advocate for ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, has come out against a federal judicial nominee for Louisiana for her past comments on the issue.

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