Bondi Out As Attorney General After Contentious Time At DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday Attorney General Pam Bondi will be leaving her post. 

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BofA $72.5M Deal With Up To 75 Epstein Victims Clears Hurdle

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge gave preliminary approval Thursday to a settlement in which Bank of America will pay $72.5 million to as many as 75 women to settle allegations that it facilitated what the court called Jeffrey Epstein's "monstrous" sex trafficking and abuse.

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5th Circ. Rejects Stanford's Bid To Overturn $6.8B SEC Win

By Katryna Perera

A Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a lower court judgment requiring convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford to fork over $6.76 billion to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its 16-year-old suit over Stanford's $7 billion fraud scheme, finding that he failed to properly raise many of his arguments during the summary judgment stage.

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Judge Keeps IRS, Booz Allen In Lawsuit Over Tax Data Leak

By Anna Scott Farrell

A class action against the federal government and contractor Booz Allen Hamilton seeking to hold them accountable for the unauthorized disclosure of a trove of wealthy people's tax returns by a worker on the job with the IRS can move forward, a Maryland federal judge said.

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Ex-Centerview Banker Inks DPA To End Insider Trading Case

By Stewart Bishop

A former Centerview Partners investment banker on Thursday secured a deferred prosecution agreement with Manhattan federal prosecutors that will likely resolve her U.S. legal troubles stemming from her alleged role in a global insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits.

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Consumer Groups Back SEC In High Court Disgorgement Row

By Emilie Ruscoe

A slew of industry and legal groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, arguing in Wednesday amicus briefs that Congress explicitly empowered the regulator to seek disgorgement without showing investor harm.

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Property Co. Not Liable To Investors In $40M Fraud Suit

By Sydney Price

A group of investors were told by a Tennessee federal judge that they cannot claim that a property holding company is liable for debts to investors under state statute in a suit accusing a purported green energy outfit and its executives of using promises of extravagant returns to induce investments.

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SEC Claims Now-Deceased Investment Adviser Bilked Clients

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit Thursday against the estate of an investment adviser and his advisory firm, claiming they stole $1.7 million worth of client funds to pay for personal and business expenses.

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Suit Against Wash. Ponzi Operator Stayed Pending DOJ Probe

By Nate Beck

The former CEO of a real estate company accused of collecting $230 million by targeting Chinese investors will face an investigation by authorities before resolving a Washington federal lawsuit, which came after a bankruptcy judge called the venture a Ponzi scheme.

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Amazon's Bot Ban Aims To Stifle AI Rivals, 9th Circ. Told

By Dorothy Atkins

Perplexity AI has urged the Ninth Circuit to scrap an injunction blocking the startup's artificial intelligence tool Comet from purchasing items on Amazon.com, arguing the lower court made numerous errors, and Amazon is trying to stifle competition to promote its own AI tools and "bombard" users with ads.

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Ex-Rabobank Officer Pushes OCC Again For $4M In Fee Fight

By Sydney Price

Attorneys of a former Rabobank compliance officer told the Ninth Circuit that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency should not be allowed to abandon a "ruinous" failed enforcement action without paying $4 million to cover the fees and expenses incurred during the litigation.

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Morgan Stanley Boots VP's Sex Bias Suit To Arbitration

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge kicked a Black Morgan Stanley executive's race and gender bias suit to arbitration, ruling she couldn't invoke a law that blocks out-of-court resolutions for sexual misconduct disputes because the general mistreatment she allegedly faced didn't amount to sexual harassment.

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Fla. Homeowner Says Loan Scam Stripped Homestead Rights

By Isaac Monterose

A Miami homeowner accused a lender in Florida state court of running a "predatory" lending scheme that led to him losing homestead protections and then losing his property in a foreclosure sale.

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Restaurateur, Eric Adams Pal Accused Of No-Fault Fraud Plot

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York City restaurateur and known associate of former Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested and charged with operating an alleged scheme that defrauded auto insurance programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent medical claims and then laundering the proceeds, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced.

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1st Circ. Backs Bribe Sentences For Brothers Turned 'Crooks'

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit has upheld two-year prison terms and nearly $17 million in forfeiture for a former Massachusetts police officer and his brother after they admitted to bribing employees of a utility ratepayer-funded energy savings program administrator to steer $36 million in contracts their way.

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Goldstein Allowed To Move Out After Marriage Falls Apart

By Jared Foretek

A Maryland federal judge on Thursday allowed SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein to relocate for the duration of his home confinement, after Goldstein's attorneys said his marriage had fallen apart and it no longer "makes sense" for Goldstein and his wife to share a residence.

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Ex-Client Seeks Fees Or Default Against Suspended Fla. Atty

By David Minsky

The former client of a suspended Florida attorney has asked a federal court to recover fees or enter a default against the lawyer and his firm in a proposed class action alleging he charged retainers before abandoning cases, saying he defied a judge's orders to explain his alleged misconduct.

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Developer Seeks To Narrow His Suit Against NJ Power Broker

By Jake Maher

A Camden real estate developer is seeking to trim his own lawsuit against South Jersey power broker George Norcross in the wake of an appellate decision dismissing a related criminal case against Norcross.

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Ownership Limbo Spurs Stay Bid In $380M PetroSaudi Fight

By Joyce Hanson

A PetroSaudi unit has urged a California federal court to continue its stay in litigation by the U.S. government over a $380 million arbitral award purportedly tied to funds embezzled from Malaysia, saying company control remains in limbo in the Cayman Islands and Barbados.

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Power Co. Claims Ex-Worker At Rival Copied More Than 1,100 Files

By José Luis Martínez

A mobile power generation company sued one of its former managers in Texas federal court, saying he copied more than 1,100 files from his work computer and later accessed some of them while working at a competitor.

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Public Defender IT Worker Accused Of Pawning Office Gear

By Dorothy Atkins

Prosecutors have charged a former public defender IT administrator with multiple criminal counts in Connecticut federal court, accusing him of stealing office equipment — including iPads, Apple and Dell computers, a Mavic drone and a Canon digital camera — and selling them for cash at local pawn shops.

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Why Indicia Of Fraud Matter In Forensic Accountant Testimony

Amid federal probes into Minnesota social welfare programs and an elevated focus on detecting and prosecuting fraud, counsel must understand the professional and procedural lines that forensic accounting experts should not cross when analyzing evidence for indicia of fraud, say Kelly Bossard and George Saitta at FTI Consulting.

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Justices' Ruling Stresses Quick Action Against Absconders

Following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding in Rico v. U.S. that a supervised release term is not automatically extended when a defendant absconds, probation officers and prosecutors risk being unable to address later violations if they don't act promptly to secure warrants, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

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Series

Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

As usual, California remained a hub for financial services activity in the first quarter of 2026, with key developments including the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation's eye on consumer issues, a bill targeting "pig butchering" schemes, and jam-packed courts, say attorneys at Joseph Cohen.

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Series

Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer

Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon was tougher, more humbling and more rewarding than I ever imagined, and the experience highlighted how long-distance running has sharpened my ability to adapt to the evolving nature of antitrust law and strengthened my resolve to handle demanding, unforeseen challenges, says Dan Oakes at Axinn.

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ABA, Ex-Judges And Many More Back BigLaw In EO Appeal

By Dorothy Atkins

Numerous bar associations, 239 former judges, 21 states, lawmakers and dozens of other amici curiae have thrown their weight behind BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targeting the firms, broadly arguing that the orders are an affront to foundational constitutional rights.

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Legal Sector Lost 700 Jobs In March, Ending Hiring Streak

By Tracey Read

The legal sector began to slow down in March after a year and a half straight of gains, with 700 fewer people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in February, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Progressive Org. Rolls Out $3M Anti-Trump High Court Push

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump does not have any vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court, but a progressive court advocacy organization is not waiting for a justice's departure to launch a multimillion-dollar campaign opposing a possible Trump pick.

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Brief

Justice Alito Treated For Dehydration After Federalist Event

By Courtney Buble

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito felt ill during a Federalist Society event last month and was seen by a doctor "out of an abundance of caution," the high court announced on Friday.

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6th Circ. Axes Atty For 'Inexcusable' AI 'Transgressions'

By Rae Ann Varona

An attorney committed "inexcusable transgressions" by relying on Westlaw's internal CoCounsel artificial intelligence platform for appellate filings and by failing to catch erroneous AI-generated content, the Sixth Circuit said Friday and removed the lawyer from further representing a man who pled guilty to drug trafficking charges.

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Analysis

'Political' Deals Pit DOJ Against State AGs, And Not Just Dems

By Bryan Koenig

Controversial U.S. Department of Justice settlements with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Live Nation, along with the approval of Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, are increasingly inspiring state attorneys general to strike out on their own as antitrust enforcers, often in direct challenge to a federal government that Democrats have cast as "corrupt."

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Florida Gov., AG Face Criticism For Judge Impeachment Push

By Rose Krebs

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier faced pushback this week from some in the state's legal community for calling for the impeachment of a judge for releasing a man who went on to allegedly kill his five-year-old stepdaughter, with critics blasting those calls as being politically motivated and "unethical."

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DOJ's New Corporate Enforcement Policy May Eclipse SDNY's

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice has put to use for the first time its new corporate enforcement policy of declining prosecutions when companies self-report potential criminal violations, but experts say the new, department-wide initiative has rendered a more business-friendly approach by the Southern District of New York moot.

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Ex-DOJ Official Wants Epstein-Talk Suit Kept In District Court

By Emily Sawicki

A former U.S. Department of Justice acting deputy chief who was fired last year after a hidden-camera video of him discussing the Epstein files was posted online has told a D.C. federal judge his due process case must survive in district court because the Trump administration now controls federal oversight agencies.

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Trump Seeks 13% Boost In DOJ Funding

By Courtney Bublé

The White House budget request for fiscal 2027, released on Friday, seeks $40.8 billion in discretionary funds for the U.S. Department of Justice, a 13% increase from the current year level.

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Judge Stands By Block Of DOJ Subpoenas In Powell Probe

By Jon Hill

A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice attempt to revive subpoenas from its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, saying the government hadn't "come close" to giving him a reason to rethink blocking them.

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Schneider Wallace Loses Bid For Bigger Piece Of $75M Fee

By Lauren Berg

A California federal magistrate judge on Friday rejected Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP's bid to increase its cut of a $75.4 million fee award for representing plaintiffs in a $228.5 million Sutter Health antitrust deal, saying lead counsel Constantine Cannon LLP's allocation of $1.4 million to Schneider Wallace was fair.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

PayPal was hit with a proposed investor class action that claims the payments giant hid slowing growth for its critical branded checkout business. In the meantime, a Shopify lawyer encouraged his peers during a webinar to make sure their outside counsel have "met the moment" by leveraging artificial intelligence in smart ways. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Alliance Defending Freedom, Pearman Law Firm PC and attorney Barry Arrington lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado ban on therapy intended to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity amounts to viewpoint discrimination against a Christian therapist.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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