Texas Phone App Age Law Blocked Days Before Taking Effect

By Jared Foretek

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that would age-gate app downloads and require app stores to display age ratings, holding that the law failed the narrow-tailoring standard under strict scrutiny, just days before it was set to take effect.

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Billionaire's Estate To Pay $750M To End Tax Fraud Case

By Craig Clough

The estate of late billionaire Robert Brockman, who died while awaiting a trial in the largest criminal tax fraud case against an individual in U.S. history, agreed Tuesday to pay roughly $750 million in back taxes and penalties, according to a filing in U.S. Tax Court. 

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Biggest Energy & Environmental Court Decisions Of 2025

By Keith Goldberg and Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings that erected stricter boundaries on federal environmental reviews and permitting highlighted an action-packed 2025 for energy and environmental litigation. Here, Law360 looks back at this year's most consequential court decisions in energy and environmental law.

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State Telecom Roundup: AGs Step Up War On Robocalls

By Nadia Dreid

Americans have been pummeled by more than 2.5 billion robocalls every month this year, and stanching the onslaught has become one of the more bipartisan issues in national politics. Federal and state authorities also agree on the magnitude of the issue, and the nation's attorneys general are teaming up for battle across the country at the state level.

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Christian Groups Wrap Up Challenge To EEOC, HHS Regs

By Anne Cullen

A Texas federal judge on Tuesday finalized his permanent blockade on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' enforcement of Biden-era rules and guidance against two Christian organizations.

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OCC Wants To Preempt State Mortgage Escrow Interest Laws

By Hailey Konnath

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has unveiled a pair of proposals aiming to, among other things, preempt state laws requiring banks it regulates to make interest payments for escrow accounts connected to certain types of residential mortgage loans, calling it a "critical tool for reducing unnecessary burden."

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Insurers Ask 5th Circ. To Revisit Hurricane Arbitration Case

By Caroline Simson

A group of insurers pressed the Fifth Circuit on Monday to reconsider its decision nixing an arbitration order for a southern Louisiana town in a dispute over hurricane damage coverage, saying the opinion wrongly analyzes whether nonsignatories can enforce an international arbitration agreement.

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Razzoo's $18M Ch. 11 Sale OK'd, With 11 Sites To Stay Open

By Ben Zigterman

A Texas bankruptcy judge approved the $18 million sale of Cajun chain Razzoo's Inc.'s assets to a subsidiary of a Dallas-based restaurant developer, which plans to keep operating 11 of Razzoo's 20 remaining locations.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Connecticut's Most Notable Cases Of 2025

By Brian Steele

Two attorneys who were licensed in Connecticut were convicted in 2025 on charges that either did or could result in prison time, including a longtime real estate attorney who fatally shot a man in his law firm's parking lot. And the state's largest healthcare system said it would pay $45 million to exit an agreement to buy three ailing hospitals that were in much worse condition than previously known. Here's a look back at three of the top cases of 2025.

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Gilstrap Won't Pause Patent Case, But Hints At Delaying Trial

By Elliot Weld

U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Tuesday denied a request from Apple to pause a patent infringement case brought by Optis Cellular Technology LLC to wait for the outcome of a case between the same parties in the U.K., but he set a briefing schedule that suggested the Jan. 9 trial date could be pushed back.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Claims In Internet Voice Patent

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in a reexamination requested by Cisco Systems Inc. that claims in a widely asserted Estech Systems IP LLC patent on voice over internet protocol telephone systems are invalid.

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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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