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Dugout Divided: Foley & Lardner Clients Clash In World Series

By Chris Villani

The World Series matchup between Foley & Lardner LLP clients, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays, has pitted partners against one another as the firm enjoys a good-natured intrasquad rivalry during the Fall Classic.

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NBA Strikes Prediction Market Deals With CFTC, Platforms

By Alex Lawson

The NBA announced partnerships with Kalshi and Polymarket on Monday alongside an agreement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to shield the integrity of its games as its ties to prediction market platforms deepen amid fierce legal battles.

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Judge Reopens NC State Player's NCAA Eligibility Suit

By Alex Lawson

A federal judge reopened a North Carolina State University football player's eligibility suit against the NCAA on Monday after the player's attorneys informed the court that they have been unable to fully resolve the case.

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NCAA Fixes Labor Price With DIII Scholarship Ban, Suit Says

By Craig Clough

The NCAA engages in an ongoing conspiracy to fix the price of Division III athletic labor by not allowing colleges at that level to offer sports scholarships, three current and former student-athletes alleged in a proposed class action filed Friday in California federal court.

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Kalshi Sues Louisiana Over 'Threat' To Its Sports Contracts

By Bonnie Eslinger

Kalshi filed preemptive litigation against Louisiana state officials and entities saying their actions and statements deeming prediction market activities unlicensed gambling means it's facing "a threat of irreparable harm, leaving [it] with no choice to protect its commercial interests and those of its users except to bring this suit."

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Morgan & Morgan Can't Pursue Ad Ban Suit, Fla. Bar Says

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Bar has pushed back against Morgan & Morgan PA's lawsuit alleging that a rule banning the use of a celebrity's voice or image in lawyer advertising violates the First Amendment, arguing that the personal injury giant lacks standing to bring the case.

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Burns & Levinson Malpractice Claims Revived On Appeal

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court Monday reinstated legal malpractice claims brought by a youth soccer league against defunct Boston law firm Burns & Levinson LLP alleging a firm partner failed to provide a heads-up about a federal visa fraud investigation.

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Ski Resorts, Trade Group Ask To Toss Price-Fixing Claims

By Matthew Perlman

Major ski resort operators including Vail Resorts Inc. and Alterra Mountain Co. are looking to toss an antitrust case from skiers and snowboarders, telling a Colorado federal court there's no evidence the operators agreed to share information or fix prices.

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Workers Say Hard Rock's Tobacco Health Fee Violated ERISA

By Kellie Mejdrich

Current and former employees of Hard Rock sued the restaurant, hotel and casino company in Florida federal court, alleging the company's $15 weekly surcharge on the health plans of workers who used tobacco violated federal benefits law.

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How Senate-Passed Bill May Reshape NCAA Antitrust Liability

With the U.S. Senate's recent passage of the Protect College Sports Act, practitioners should not wait for the U.S. House of Representatives' approval to prepare for shifts in potential antitrust protections, compensation, media rights deals and conference mergers, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

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2nd Circ. EFAA Ruling Shifts Employer Litigation Strategy

In Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law, the Second Circuit recently held that, under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, employers can't carve out nonharassment claims and send them to arbitration, which has implications for discovery, litigation costs and resolution strategy in EFAA-covered disputes, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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Weil PE Pro Declines Executive Partner Seat Amid Turmoil

By Marialuisa Taddia

Ramona Y. Nee has decided not to become executive partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, days after merger talks with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ended and amid departures on both sides of the Atlantic, sources close to the firm told Law360 Monday.

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Analysis

Whistleblower 'Gold Rush' Might Strain DOJ, Experts Warn

By Phillip Bantz

A new federal program offering cash for tips that result in criminal fraud charges is poised to set off a whistleblower "gold rush" that could uncover more fraudsters, but might also invite a high number of low-quality claims that burden businesses and strain limited U.S. Department of Justice resources, experts say.

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Former Willkie Partner, Wife Owe $14.5M Tax Debt, Gov't Says

By Zak Kostro

A former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife owe the U.S. more than $14.5 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that seeks to enforce federal tax liens against their New York home to settle the debt.

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Trump Plans To Nominate SC Governor's Counsel To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump plans to nominate William Grayson Lambert, chief legal counsel for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, for a judgeship on the District of South Carolina.

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Scholar Warns AI Pitfalls Can Go Beyond Hallucinations

By Andrea Keckley

The number of court cases around the world involving AI-generated errors fell in both the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research by a legal scholar who recently warned that the risks of using artificial intelligence in litigation now go beyond so-called hallucinations.

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Maurene Comey Illegally Fired, Entitled To Pay, Judge Holds

By Pete Brush

Former New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired by President Donald Trump's administration, a federal judge in Manhattan held Monday, granting back pay and potentially legal fees to the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week approved a $250 million settlement of litigation over Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., while Albertsons Cos. Inc. accused Kroger Co. of rejecting changes that could have saved their $24.6 billion merger, and the Delaware Supreme Court ordered Verisk Analytics Inc. to keep pursuing a $2.35 billion acquisition.

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