New York

  • September 19, 2025

    Google Search Judge Values Storytelling, Not 'Denigrating'

    The federal judge who found Google liable for monopolizing search and ordered it to prop up rivals had advice in New York City remarks Friday for attorneys trying to sway courts: Write "plain," tell a story without "denigrating" the opposition, and back up economic analysis with business reality.

  • September 19, 2025

    AmEx Trounces Rewards Programs Patent Infringement Suit

    A New York federal judge has rejected for now a company's case accusing American Express of infringing a pair of patents covering loyalty and rewards programs, finding that the financial services giant's programs aren't doing what's covered in the asserted patent claims.

  • September 19, 2025

    DNA Phenotyping May Help Police, Or Spur Racial 'Dragnets'

    Law enforcement says the relatively new science of using DNA to generate an estimation of a person's physical appearance is a powerful tool that can help lead police to suspects, but critics of the practice warn that the still-untested technology will lead to racial profiling.

  • September 19, 2025

    Shareholders Urge Sanctions Over Telecom Tower Seizures

    Majority shareholders of a Latin American telecommunications tower operator should be sanctioned for ignoring a court order to hand over documents related to an action the company lodged in Guatemala, a group of minority shareholders have told a New York federal judge.

  • September 19, 2025

    SEC Fines Bloomberg Unit $5M Over False Market Data Claims

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bloomberg Tradebook LLC have reached a $5 million settlement to resolve claims that the broker-dealer made false and misleading statements to customers about the speed at which it displayed market data from U.S. options exchanges.

  • September 19, 2025

    DA In Gilgo Beach Killings Case Talks Advances In DNA Use

    Law360 sat down with Suffolk County, New York, District Attorney Ray Tierney, who is prosecuting architect Rex Heuermann on charges that he murdered seven women on Long Island, to discuss the use of a newer form of DNA testing that has passed rigorous admissibility standards for the first time, among other aspects of the case.

  • September 19, 2025

    Fireball, Parrot Bay Buyers Win Cert. Over Malt Liquor False Ad

    A New York federal judge has certified classes of Fireball and Parrot Bay customers who have alleged beverage company Sazerac misleadingly labeled malt beverage versions of those products that led them to think they contained distilled spirits, ruling that whether the labels are materially misleading can be determined on a classwide basis.

  • September 19, 2025

    NFL Warns Arb. Ruling Could Disrupt Sports Dispute Process

    The NFL has asked the Second Circuit for a rehearing on its finding that the league provides arbitration "in name only" because its process lacks neutrality, arguing that the decision will disrupt long-standing procedures across professional sports and undermine a league's authority to resolve disputes.

  • September 19, 2025

    FTC Restructuring Its Non-DC Offices Under Single Banner

    The head of the Federal Trade Commission's Competition Bureau said in New York City remarks Friday that the agency is restructuring its offices outside its Washington, D.C., base so that those satellite units operate as a single division under an "easier, cleaner, more efficient reporting structure."

  • September 19, 2025

    Polsinelli Adds ArentFox Schiff Bankruptcy Pro In NY

    Polsinelli PC has expanded its bankruptcy team in New York with the addition of an attorney from ArentFox Schiff LLP.

  • September 19, 2025

    Faegre Drinker Hires Corporate Atty From Greenberg Traurig

    Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has announced it has welcomed a New York-based corporate lawyer from Greenberg Traurig LLP.

  • September 19, 2025

    Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts

    In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.

  • September 19, 2025

    Kirkland M&A Partner Moves To Ropes & Gray In New York

    Ropes & Gray LLP has brought on a longtime Kirkland & Ellis LLP mergers and acquisitions partner in New York who has expertise in real estate and infrastructure transactions.

  • September 19, 2025

    SEC Wins 'Scalping' Trial Against Penny Stock Trader

    A Manhattan federal jury held an Ohio man liable on Friday in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he fraudulently earned over $2.5 million by buying up penny stocks, hyping them online and then selling for gains in a "scalping" scheme.

  • September 19, 2025

    2nd Circ. Lets Students Facing Removal Stay Free, For Now

    The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revisit its earlier decisions that allowed two foreign students facing deportation, allegedly for their pro-Palestinian advocacy, to stay out of detention, rejecting the Trump administration's bid to find it lacks jurisdiction over their cases.

  • September 18, 2025

    NY Officials Arrested Seeking To Check Migrant Treatment

    Federal officers Thursday arrested several Democratic officials in New York who were demanding access to a Manhattan immigration holding facility under scrutiny for allegedly unconstitutional and inhumane conditions.

  • September 18, 2025

    SEC Drops Hunter Biden Biz Pal's Case After Trump Pardon

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voluntarily dismissed its civil claims against Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer, who President Donald Trump pardoned earlier this year after he was convicted of helping to execute a $60 million bond scam against a South Dakota tribal corporation.

  • September 18, 2025

    Judge Won't Block NYC Shops From Selling Flavored Vapes

    A Manhattan federal judge denied New York City's request to temporarily block four vape wholesalers and distributors from selling flavored e-cigarettes in the five boroughs, saying the city's "years-long delay" suggested there was no emergency that required such an injunction.

  • September 18, 2025

    Amazon Must Face Buyers' Antitrust Suit Over Pricing Policy

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed consumers' lawsuit targeting a policy Amazon had in place until March 2019 that restricted sellers from offering cheaper prices elsewhere to proceed under antitrust and consumer protection laws in 25 states, but tossed claims brought under Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee laws.

  • September 18, 2025

    NY Judge Closes Warehouse Workers' Unpaid Wages Suit

    A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a proposed class action for unpaid wages brought on behalf of Parts Authority warehouse employees after two staffing companies offered to pay $230,000 to end the suit.

  • September 18, 2025

    2nd Circ. To Weigh EFTA's Scope In NY's Citi Wire Fraud Case

    The Second Circuit has granted Citibank's request for an appeal in its fight with New York Attorney General Letitia James over the bank's response to incidents of online wire transfer fraud, agreeing to review whether key federal consumer protections for electronic payments apply to wire transfers initiated over the internet.

  • September 18, 2025

    Crypto Promoter Gets Prison For $14M Forcount Fraud

    A Manhattan federal judge Thursday sentenced a promoter of the fake cryptocurrency outfit Forcount Trader Systems Inc. to a year and a day in prison for his role in a $14 million Ponzi and pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of primarily Spanish-speaking investors around the globe.

  • September 18, 2025

    Jury Mulls Claims Man Duped Penny Stock Traders On Twitter

    A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday weighed fraud claims against an Ohio salesman from securities regulators who say he duped other traders as he took in over $2.5 million buying penny stocks, hyping shares on Twitter before selling in a "scalping" scheme.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fox Can't Strike Distributor's Evidence In Sports IP Fight

    A New York federal court ruled that a Mexican sports broadcasting distributor provided enough support to retain evidence that could help it overturn sanctions for unlawfully using Fox Corp.'s trademarks, rejecting Fox's efforts to suppress the evidence.

  • September 18, 2025

    DOJ's Slater Says Google Search Fixes Set AI 'Foundation'

    The head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division left the door open Thursday to appealing a D.C. federal judge's rejection of the government's most sweeping remedies proposals targeting Google's search monopoly, even as she used New York City remarks to tout the fixes the government did manage to win.

Expert Analysis

  • $38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils

    Author Photo

    A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.

  • Hints Of Where Enforcement May Grow Under New CFPB

    Author Photo

    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has significantly scaled back enforcement under the new administration, states remain able to pursue Consumer Financial Protection Act violators and the CFPB seems set to enhance its focus on predatory loans to military members and fraudulent debt collection and credit reporting practices, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Assessing Jurisdictional Issues In 2nd Circ. Bank Audi Case

    Author Photo

    The Second Circuit's reasoning last month in Raad v. Bank Audi that the exercise of personal jurisdiction must be based on conduct taking place within the jurisdiction reminds foreign financial institutions to continually monitor how plaintiffs are advocating for an expansive view of personal jurisdiction in the U.S., say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • Series

    Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer

    Author Photo

    Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer — I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at Feldman Legal Advisors.

  • Enviro Justice Efforts After Trump's Disparate Impact Order

    Author Photo

    The Trump administration's recent executive order directing the U.S. Department of Justice to unwind disparate impact regulations may end some Biden-era environmental justice initiatives — but it will not end all efforts, whether by state or federal regulators or private litigants, to address issues in environmentally overburdened communities, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • What Disparate Impact Order Means For Insurers' AI Use

    Author Photo

    A recent executive order seeking to bar disparate impact theory conveys a meaningful policy shift, but does not alter the legal status of federal antidiscrimination law or enforceability of state laws, such as those holding insurers accountable for using artificial intelligence in a nondiscriminatory matter, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Choosing A Road To Autonomous Vehicle Compliance

    Author Photo

    As autonomous vehicle manufacturers navigate the complex U.S. regulatory landscape, they may opt for different approaches to following federal, state and local rules and laws, as they balance the tradeoffs between innovation, compliance and speed of deployment, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws

    Author Photo

    Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Evolving Federal Rules Pose Further Obstacles To NY LLC Act

    Author Photo

    Following the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's recent changes to beneficial ownership information reporting under the federal Corporate Transparency Act — dramatically reducing the number of companies required to make disclosures — the utility of New York's LLC Transparency Act becomes less apparent, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.

    Author Photo

    A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order — without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process — will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • Ch. 15 Ruling May Offer Path To Ch. 11 Workaround

    Author Photo

    In Mega Newco, a New York bankruptcy court recently recognized an English scheme of arrangement involving a Mexican financial services company under Chapter 15, showing the flexibility and pragmatism of U.S. bankruptcy courts in effectuating an international restructuring that was consensually designed as a Chapter 11 alternative, says Arthur Rosenberg at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery

    Author Photo

    The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.

  • Understanding Compliance Concerns With NY Severance Bill

    Author Photo

    New York's No Severance Ultimatums Act, if enacted, could overhaul how employers manage employee separations, but employers should be mindful that the bill's language introduces ambiguities and raises compliance concerns, say attorneys at Norris McLaughlin.

  • Mergers Face Steeper Slopes In State Antitrust Reviews

    Author Photo

    The New York Supreme Court's recent summary judgment in New York v. Intermountain Management, blocking the acquisition and shuttering of a ski mountain in the Syracuse area, underscores the growing trend among state antitrust enforcers to scrutinize and challenge anticompetitive conduct under state laws, say attorneys at Robins Kaplan.

  • Maneuvering The Weeds Of Cannabis Vertical Integration

    Author Photo

    The conversation around vertical integration has taken on new urgency as the cannabis market expands, despite federal reform remaining a distant dream, so the best strategy for cannabis operators is to approach vertical integration on a state-by-state basis, say attorneys at Sweetspot Brands.

Want to publish in Law360?


Submit an idea

Have a news tip?


Contact us here
Can't find the article you're looking for? Click here to search the New York archive.