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  • October 07, 2025

    SEC's Atkins Wants To 'Future-Proof' Deregulatory Agenda

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said Tuesday that he hopes that moving quickly to adopt new rules deregulating the public and private markets will "future-proof" his agenda against potential tampering by succeeding presidential administrations.

  • October 07, 2025

    United Can't Sanction Ex-Flight Attendant Over Pay Suit

    A former United Airlines flight attendant will avoid sanctions in his now-ended suit seeking unpaid wages, a New York federal judge ruled, saying he didn't abuse the judicial process even if his evidence that state law applied to his claims was weak.

  • October 07, 2025

    Fla. Lawyer Accused Of Scamming Clients Suspended

    A Florida lawyer accused of abandoning dozens of clients after charging them legal fees has been suspended from practicing law in the state on an emergency basis.

  • October 06, 2025

    Supreme Court Won't Review Russian Bank Jet Crash Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to undo a precedential Second Circuit decision finding that Sberbank of Russia must face Anti-Terrorism Act litigation related to the 2014 downing of a commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, rejecting the bank's argument it is entitled to sovereign immunity.

  • October 06, 2025

    NBA Scores 2nd Toss Of Privacy Suit Over Meta Data Sharing

    A New York federal judge Monday again dismissed a proposed digital privacy class action against the NBA, saying the league, based on binding Second Circuit precedent, didn't unlawfully disclose the personal information of one of its newsletter subscribers.

  • October 06, 2025

    IP Notebook: Miss Cleo, Political Slogans, Reggaeton Clash

    The latest edition of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues features a case where a judge injected some humor into dismissing a complaint involving a TV psychic who became known for her infomercials, as well as a sanctions request in a heated conflict over the birth of reggaeton.

  • October 06, 2025

    2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Green Infrastructure Co. Suit

    The Second Circuit on Monday revived a proposed class action against defunct green infrastructure firm Abengoa SA, ruling that details from Spanish criminal proceedings against the firm could be used to claim that the company had defrauded its U.S.-based investors.

  • October 06, 2025

    Morgan Stanley Race Bias Suit In NY Closed After Settlement

    A decade-old suit accusing Morgan Stanley of discriminating against its African American financial advisers and depriving them of lucrative opportunities has come to a close after the final plaintiff reached a settlement with the financial institution.

  • October 06, 2025

    2nd Circ. Declines To Reconsider NFL Arbitration Decision

    The Second Circuit on Monday declined the NFL's request to reconsider its finding that the league offers arbitration "in name only" and that it cannot force fired Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores to arbitrate his racial discrimination claims.

  • October 06, 2025

    Suit Aims To 'Claw Back' Kalshi's Ga. Predictions Proceeds

    Kalshi Inc. and Robinhood are among a slew of defendants who have been sued in Georgia over allegations that the companies' so-called prediction markets are sidestepping the Peach State's ban on gambling, adding to a growing roster of litigation stemming from the companies' business practices.

  • October 06, 2025

    NY Pot Regulators Say Towns' Local Laws Preempted

    New York cannabis regulators on Monday adopted a pair of advisory opinions finding that local laws in two Long Island towns restricting the operations of licensed cannabis retailers were "unreasonably impracticable" and were preempted by state policy.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Asked To Narrow Honest Services Fraud In FIFA Case

    A South American sports marketing firm has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review its reinstated bribery convictions, arguing that the Second Circuit's "extreme" application of honest services fraud law expanded the ability to secure convictions based on a private code of conduct.

  • October 06, 2025

    Buyers Launch False Ad Suit Over Trader Joe's Probiotics

    Two buyers have hit Trader Joe's Co. with a proposed class action alleging that the store's probiotics products contain far fewer "good bacteria" than advertised, with less than 8 billion colony forming units rather than the 30 billion the store claims.

  • October 06, 2025

    Angels Owner Testifies Noise Issue Marred NYC Penthouse

    Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno testified Monday that he became "very concerned" about noise from a fire suppression system, as a Manhattan federal judge weighed his claim for the return of an $8.5 million deposit he made in a Park Avenue penthouse deal that never closed.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Wants Feds' Input On Coffee Drink TM Fight

    The solicitor general has been asked by the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a trademark case against PepsiCo Inc. launched by a company that makes nitro-brewed coffee drinks called Rise.

  • October 06, 2025

    Ghislaine Maxwell's Appeal Is Rejected By Supreme Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her 2021 sex trafficking conviction.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Won't Review NYC Bus Tour Antitrust Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to review a New York City tour bus operator's case accusing a group of rivals of combining their operations and using the partnership to squash competition for hop-on, hop-off tour bus service.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Passes On Halkbank's Immunity Claims

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Halkbank's claims that it has common-law foreign sovereign immunity from criminal charges alleging the bank laundered about $1 billion in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Nissan Sunroof Defect Class Spat

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Nissan North America Inc.'s bid to unravel certified classes of drivers alleging the automaker sold vehicles with defective panoramic sunroofs, a case that sought additional clarity on standards that might allow uninjured plaintiffs to pursue class claims against corporate defendants.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Ex-BigLaw Atty's OneCoin Conviction

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a former Locke Lord LLP partner's appeal of his conviction and prison sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Won't Take Up NY Tribal Eel Fishing Regs Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court won't take up a Long Island tribe's petition that looks to undo a Second Circuit order that rejected its challenge to New York's regulations on eel fishing harvests, which argued that if the decision is upheld, it would give district courts gatekeeping roles on expert testimony.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    1st Circ. Keeps Block On Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

    The First Circuit on Friday upheld blocks on President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to limit birthright citizenship, ruling in a sweeping 100-page opinion that the president's order is likely unconstitutional.

  • October 03, 2025

    UiPath Beats Investor Suit Over Robot Competition Claims

    Automation software company UiPath Inc. has shed investor claims it misrepresented the competitive risks it faced after a Manhattan federal judge rejected in its entirety a lengthy revised suit that the judge said reintroduced claims she'd tossed earlier.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Firms Steer Avalanche Treasury's $675M SPAC Merger

    Blank check company Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. will combine with a crypto treasury company focused on the Avalanche ecosystem in a $675 million deal steered by four law firms.

Expert Analysis

  • What's At Stake In High Court Review Of Funds' Right To Sue

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming review of FS Credit Opportunities v. Saba Capital Master Fund, a case testing the limits of using Investment Company Act Section 47(b) to give funds a private right of action to enforce other sections of the law, could either encourage or curb similar activist investor lawsuits, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • Viral Coldplay Incident Shows Why Workplace Policies Matter

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    The viral kiss cam incident at a recent Coldplay concert involving a CEO and a human resources executive raises questions about how employers can use their code of conduct or morality clauses to address off-the-clock behavior that may be detrimental to the company's reputation, says Masood Ali at Segal McCambridge.

  • Asbestos Trusts And Tort Litigation Are Still Not Aligned

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    A recent ruling by a New York state court in James Petro v. Aerco International highlights the inefficiencies that still exist in asbestos litigation — especially regarding the continued lack of coordination between the asbestos tort system and the well-funded asbestos trust compensation system, says Peter Kelso at Roux.

  • How Securities Defendants Might Use New Wire Fraud Ruling

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    Though the Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Chastain decision — vacating the conviction of an ex-OpenSea staffer — involved the wire fraud statute, insider trading defendants might attempt to import the ruling’s reasoning into the securities realm, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • New NY Residential Real Estate Rules May Be Overbroad

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    New legislation imposing a 90-day-waiting period and tax deduction restrictions on certain New York real estate investors may have broad effects and unintended consequences, creating impediments for a wide range of corporate and other transactions, says Libin Zhang at Fried Frank.

  • Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase

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    As legislators, prosecutors and plaintiffs attorneys increasingly focus on labor and sex trafficking throughout the U.S., companies must tailor their due diligence strategies to protect against forced labor trafficking risks in their supply chains, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Unpacking The Supreme Court's Views On Judgment Finality

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's June opinion in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed that the bar for reopening a final judgment remains exceptionally high — even when the movant seeks to amend their complaint based on a new legal development, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Series

    Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

  • Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review

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    Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.

  • Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders

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    So far, 2025 has introduced state and federal regulatory turbulence that is pressuring mortgage lenders to reevaluate the balance between competitive and compliant employee and customer recruiting practices, necessitating a compliance recalibration that prioritizes five key strategies, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • 2nd Circ. Reinforces Consensus On Vacating Foreign Awards

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    In Molecular Dynamics v. Spectrum Dynamics Medical, the Second Circuit recently affirmed that federal district courts do not possess subject matter jurisdiction to vacate foreign arbitral awards, strengthening this consensus across the circuits most active in recognition and enforcement actions, says Ed Mullins at Reed Smith.

  • Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots

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    New York, Nevada and Utah have all recently enacted laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence to deliver mental health services, offering early insights into how other states may regulate this area, say attorneys at Goodwin.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

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