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Jay-Z Loses Defamation And Extortion Suit Against Buzbee

By Lynn LaRowe

A state court judge in California has granted Texas attorney Tony Buzbee's request to toss claims of defamation and extortion brought by Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter over sexual abuse allegations connected to Sean "Diddy" Combs, finding that the state's free speech statute requires dismissal.

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SEC Strikes Deal With SolarWinds In Data Breach Case

By Jessica Corso

SolarWinds Corp. is on the cusp of resolving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's novel case alleging the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach, telling a New York federal judge Wednesday that the parties have agreed to a settlement.

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Charter Company On The Hook For Bruce Willis Flight Mishap

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas appeals court panel on Wednesday mostly kept intact a decision finding a private jet company tasked with transporting Bruce Willis on the hook for repairs after the plane had problems starting, saying that contract language made the company responsible for repairs.

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U.S. SUPREME COURT

Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

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ENFORCEMENT

SEC Says Ex-Calif. Atty, Execs Facilitated $112M Stock Fraud

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against a disbarred California attorney and several CEOs of penny stock companies, claiming that they helped an outside party facilitate a $112 million pump-and-dump fraud scheme.

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LITIGATION

Bermuda Firm Wants US Co. To Honor Arbitration Summons

By Joyce Hanson

A Texas federal court has ordered U.S. consumer credit company Americor to respond to allegations that it's refusing to comply with an arbitrator's summons in a Bermuda-based financial firm's dispute involving an ex-employee and a noncompete agreement.

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Houston Rodeo Says Unique Policy Means COVID Coverage

By Catherine Marfin

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is asking an appellate court to reverse a summary judgment win in favor of its insurer, arguing two provisions of its policy mean it's covered for business losses it sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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East West, Cathay Accused Of Enabling $20M NFT Fraud

By Sydney Price

A Texas investor who says he lost millions in a romance-driven NFT scam has expanded his legal battle, suing East West Bank and Cathay Bank in California federal court for allegedly ignoring red flags while scammers used accounts at the banks to siphon nearly $17 million from his family trusts.

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BANKRUPTCY

Dr. Phil Media Biz Hits Ch. 11, Sues Joint Venture Partner

By Emily Lever

A media company founded and partially controlled by the television personality known as Dr. Phil filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court Wednesday, disclosing more than $100 million in liabilities and alleging it became insolvent due to the actions of another firm that jointly owns the business.

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IMMIGRATION

Judge Axes Colo. Attacker Family's Detention Challenge

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Immigration and Nationality Act prevents the court from reviewing a petition filed by the family of an Egyptian man accused of attacking pro-Israel demonstrators that seeks their release from immigration detention.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Analysis

The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report

By Ryan Davis

A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. Here's a look at the top patent decisions from the first half of 2025.

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Apple Gets PTAB To Invalidate Authentication Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has sided with Apple in its challenge to various claims in an authentication patent, finding that the claims were too obvious to warrant patent protection.

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PTAB Invalidates Claims Of 2 Trading Platform Patents

By Ryan Davis

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided Tuesday that all the claims are invalid in two trading platform patents that Intercurrency Software LLC has accused cryptocurrency exchange Binance and others of infringing.

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Netlist Asks For Toss Of Rival's 'Bad Faith' Claims

By Elliot Weld

Netlist Inc. has asked an Idaho federal judge to dismiss a suit brought by rival Micron Technology Inc. alleging bad faith patent litigation, saying the suit was simply an effort to undo a $445 patent verdict that Netlist won against Micron in Texas federal court last year. 

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PEOPLE

Greenberg Traurig Adds Willkie Private Equity Pro In Houston

By Lynn LaRowe

Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a corporate shareholder in Houston from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, furthering the firm's expansion of its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law

Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.

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Despite Dark Clouds, Outlook For US Solar Has Bright Spots

While tariff, tax policy and bankruptcy news seemingly portends unending challenges for the U.S. solar energy industry, signs of continued growth in solar generating capacity and domestic solar manufacturing suggest that there is a path forward, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

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3 Cautionary Tales For Cos. Using Facial Recognition Tech

Whether a business intends to develop its own facial recognition applications or contract with another company to use such services, three recent case studies should be kept in mind to help lower the risk of litigation or regulatory enforcement, says Adam Nyenhuis at Hilgers Graben.

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High Court ACA Ruling May Harm Preventative Care

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary has authority over an Affordable Care Act preventive care task force, risks harming the credibility of the task force and could open the door to politicians dictating clinical recommendations, says Michael Kolber at Manatt.

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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA

By James Mills

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Agnifilo Intrater

Alexander Dubose

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Ballard Spahr

Bartlit Beck

Beck Redden

Beveridge & Diamond

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brown Rudnick

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

Buzbee Law Firm

Clement & Murphy

Constangy Brooks

Covington & Burling

Dechert LLP

Dykema

Farnan LLP

FisherBroyles

Garteiser Honea

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Groombridge Wu

Gupta Wessler

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Hawley Troxell

Haynes Boone

Heard Merman

Hilgers Graben

Hinshaw & Culbertson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Johnston Tobey

Jones Day

Kilpatrick Townsend

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Knobbe Martens

Korein Tillery

Laborde Siegel

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Emery

McElroy Deutsch

McKool Smith

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan

Nixon Peabody

Orrick Herrington

Patterson Belknap

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reavis Page

Riker Danzig

Sessions Israel

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Sinergia Technology

Slack Davis

Sterlington PLLC

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Tollefson IP

Troutman

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AXA XL Ltd.

American Arbitration Association

American Bankers Association

Americor Funding LLC

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Binance Holdings Ltd.

CBS Interactive Inc.

CTIA

Cathay General Bancorp

Citigroup Inc.

Clearing House Payments Co. LLC

Competitive Carriers Association

Drummond

East West Bancorp Inc.

Embraer SA

Ennis Inc.

Equifax Inc.

Fox Corp.

Gehrke Co. Inc.

Google LLC

Hallmark Financial Services Inc.

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Macy's Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Medtronic PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Micron Technology Inc.

Morgan Stanley

NVIDIA Corp.

Netlist Inc.

Oracle Corp.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PacifiCorp

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

RELX PLC

Robinhood Markets Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

SolarWinds Corp.

Stanford University

Sunnova Energy Corp.

Supervalu Inc.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United States Telecom Association

University of California Davis

University of Southern California

University of the Pacific

Valve Corp.

Welch Allyn Inc.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

iRhythm Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Land Management

California State Treasurer's Office

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Energy Information Administration

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

National Institute of Standards and Technology

New Jersey Legislature

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Public Health Service

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court