3rd Circ. Says Medical Pot Contract May Violate Federal Law

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Third Circuit on Thursday vacated a medical cannabis company's win in a lawsuit filed by a consultant claiming that it had stolen his trade secrets for growing marijuana samples, finding it couldn't decide the appeal because the parties' contract might have violated federal drug law.

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Walmart Broke Grocery Noncompete Promise, Court Told

By Matthew Santoni

The owner of a suburban Pittsburgh grocery store told a Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday that a neighboring Walmart is in violation of a nearly 30-year-old deal not to compete for food sales, blaming a recent remodel for a drop in the grocer's sales.

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Pa. Justices Say Judge's Partisan Posts Warrant Suspension

By Hayley Fowler

Pennsylvania's highest court has adopted a balancing test for restricting a sitting judge's free speech outside the context of an election and, in doing so, affirmed the suspension of a state court judge who it said damaged the court's appearance of impartiality by making political posts on social media.

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10th Amtrak Worker Cops To Role In $11M Fraud Scheme

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A former Amtrak employee has admitted to participating in a scheme that prosecutors claim defrauded the rail carrier out of $11 million in health benefits, making him the 10th defendant in a year to plead guilty in the case, the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey said on Thursday.

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Debt Collector Takes Computer Fraud Ruling To High Court

By Theresa Schliep

A debt collection agency asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to pause a Third Circuit decision that found an ex-employee's sharing of a password spreadsheet didn't make for a case under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, saying the appeals court improperly narrowed the scope of the statute.

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FERC Commissioners Back Fed-State Push For PJM Changes

By Keith Goldberg

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday backed plans from the Trump administration, state governors and PJM Interconnection to address escalating power prices amid data center-fueled increases in electricity demand, and encouraged the nation's largest grid operator to promptly submit policy proposals.

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Pa. Justices Say Chester Can't Move Utility Assets Alone

By Emlyn Cameron

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has declared that the city of Chester lost the ability to single-handedly reclaim the assets of its water utility when the composition of the authority's board changed.

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Care Co. Says 3rd Circ. Ignored Loper Bright In Backing DOL

By Benjamin Morse

A home health company urged the Third Circuit to rethink its decision upholding a $1 million judgment against it after finding that the U.S. Department of Labor could strip third-party employers of an overtime exemption, saying the decision flouted the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright ruling.

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Judge Expands Block On Trump's Grant Restrictions

By Isaac Monterose

A Washington federal judge agreed to broaden a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration over its political restrictions for using over $12 billion worth of federal grants, expanding the block to cover additional plaintiffs who were added to the suit.

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Closed Captioners Get Initial OK For Wage Deal With Vitac

By Lauren Berg

A Colorado federal judge Thursday gave his initial blessing to a $500,000 settlement resolving a Vitac Corp. employee's allegations that the transcription and closed captioning company didn't pay workers for preparation tasks necessary to perform their jobs, saying the immediate recovery outweighs potential future relief following expensive litigation.

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Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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Series

Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw Travelers Insurance hit with a claim from a property buyer over a payout tied to collapsed law firm Axiom Ince, Swedish music group Pophouse Entertainment clash with the production company that helped it create the ABBA Voyage experience, and biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals sue rival entity ToolGen for patent infringement.

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Analysis

More Push In The 'Push-Pull' As DOJ Targets 'Gamesmanship'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice continues to build its task force targeting "gamesmanship" that it says BigLaw attorneys for major companies, especially technology platforms, are using to obstruct antitrust investigations — an effort that has been welcomed by some practitioners and questioned by others.

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5 Arrests Made In Shooting Of Indiana Judge, Wife

By Lynn LaRowe

Five people have been charged in connection with the shooting of an Indiana Superior Court Judge and his wife at their home Sunday following an investigation involving state law enforcement in Indiana and Kentucky and federal agencies.

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Shook Hardy Adds 2 E-Discovery-Focused Partners

By Matt Perez

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP has hired two e-discovery experts as partners for its complex litigation strategic counseling practice in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

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Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Following former special counsel Jack Smith's congressional appearance, Democrats are looking for him to return once he is able to speak about the second volume of his report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Williams & Connolly LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

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DOJ Alumni Back Maurene Comey In Effort To Keep Suit Alive

By Rose Krebs

U.S. Department of Justice alumni and a group that includes attorneys, law professors and former judges have filed briefs supporting former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey's call for a New York federal court to reject the DOJ's bid to dismiss a suit over her firing.

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How Attorneys Can Balance Careers With Caring For Parents

By Kevin Penton

As baby boomers get older and develop more intense healthcare needs, attorneys in the prime of their careers are increasingly pressed to also provide care to their elderly parents.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The EEOC voted to retract major harassment and discrimination protections as civil rights advocates protested. And Goldman Sachs denied rumors it was easing out its prominent chief legal officer despite the lingering stigma over her association with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Embezzler's Legal Malpractice Claims Too Late, Court Says

By Julie Manganis

A convicted embezzler who accused her attorneys of botching her defenses in criminal and civil cases cannot rely on a longer six-year statute of repose for breach of contract claims to overcome her delay in filing a legal malpractice case, an intermediate Massachusetts appellate court said Friday.

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