Biz Judge Keeps Doc Class Action Against Luxottica, For Now

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas Business Court judge Wednesday kept alive, on procedural grounds, a proposed class action made up of Texas optometrists who say that their office space deals with eye care giant Luxottica of America Inc. didn't follow Texas law.

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Ex-Caliche Exec Says Her Bosses Tried To Steal Her Equity

By Spencer Brewer

A former regulatory director at private equity-backed acquisition and development company Caliche Management III LLC is suing the company in Texas state court, saying her former bosses tried to strong-arm her into giving up her equity in the company.

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$37M Award For Whistleblowers Nixed In Medicaid Fraud Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Texas state appeals court did away with an order awarding three whistleblowers a $37 million share of the state's settlement resolving Medicaid fraud allegations against Xerox, finding their respective cases over the alleged scheme were based on publicly available information.

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Texas Hemp Interests Say New THC Rule Defies Legislature

By Sam Reisman

A group of Texas hemp interests is suing state officials to halt implementation of new regulations restricting the sale of certain hemp products, alleging that the policy unlawfully sidestepped the authority of state lawmakers.

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Heat Increases On FERC To Tackle Data Centers' Grid Demand

By Keith Goldberg

A complaint from electric utilities demanding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission override how regional grid operators choose new transmission projects underscores the growing pressure on the agency for changes amid the rise of electricity-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence.

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SEC Taps Gibson Dunn Partner For Enforcement Director

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that it has appointed a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner and former senior enforcement attorney to serve as director of the agency's Division of Enforcement, following the abrupt resignation of the most recent director.

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Ind. Panel Finds NCAA Had No Duty To 1960s Football Player

By Mike Curley

An Indiana appeals court won't revive a suit from the estate of a former football player alleging the NCAA failed to protect him from concussions, saying the trial court correctly determined that the NCAA did not owe the player a duty to protect him from the long-term risks of repeated head trauma.

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Judge To OK Aleon Ch. 11's Plan After Release Changes

By Emlyn Cameron

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he would confirm bankrupt recycler Aleon Metals LLC's Chapter 11 plan once its releases are narrowed, having concluded that the releases were consensual.

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Group Accuses CBP Of Withholding Border Wall Records

By Ganesh Setty

A conservation group has accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection of violating the Freedom of Information Act, telling a Texas federal court it must disclose requested records over the Trump administration's border wall plans for Texas' Big Bend region.

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Samsung Wants New Trial After $78.5M Patent Verdict

By Adam Lidgett

Samsung is seeking a new trial after an Eastern District of Texas jury said it owed $78.5 million for infringing patents covering automatic content recognition technology for commercial advertising, calling the first trial "fundamentally unfair."

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Gun Trigger Patent Suits Are Consolidated In EDTX

By Elliot Weld

Patent infringement suits asserted by a gun trigger company after striking a deal with the Trump administration have been consolidated in the Eastern District of Texas, a venue that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said would be convenient for the parties and witnesses.

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Stella Rosa Maker Sues Texas Rival Over 'Rosa 32' Name

By Gina Kim

San Antonio Winery hit a Houston-based family-owned beverage company with a trademark infringement suit in Texas federal court on Tuesday, contesting its use of "Rosa 32" in connection with its wines, which is confusingly similar to the plaintiff's "Rosa 22" digestif that is part of its famed Stella Rosa collection.

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Optis Wants 4th Trial On 4G Patents Against Apple

By Elliot Weld

Optis Wireless Technologies asked a Texas federal judge for a favorable judgment or a new trial Wednesday after a jury cleared Apple of patent infringement allegations in the case's third trial in February.

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Fed. Circ. Zeroes In On Ecobee Jury Instruction Beef

By Jared Foretek

Judges on the Federal Circuit suggested that a lower court's jury form and instructions could undo at least some of an $11.5 million award against ecobee Technologies in a smart thermostat infringement row with Ollnova Technologies, particularly in light of the Federal Circuit's 2025 decision in a fight between Optis and Apple.

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Energy Pro Rejoins Gibson Dunn In Houston From Weil

By Lynn LaRowe

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Wednesday that a former associate has rejoined its energy and infrastructure practice group as a Houston-based partner who was recently a partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.

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Fair Housing Takeaways From Colony Ridge Settlement

The recent settlement agreement between Colony Ridge Developments, the U.S. government and the state of Texas — perhaps the first settlement involving unfair lending and housing practices during the second Trump administration — reflects current enforcement priorities and sheds light on shifting compliance risks, say attorneys at Weiner Brodsky.

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Telehealth Suit May Redraw Rules For Physician Classification

A new class action in California federal court, Cioppettini v. Mochi Medical, alleging a telehealth company misclassified providers as independent contractors, suggests that traditional markers of physician independence may not apply to telehealth, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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Ohio Case Reflects States' Aggressive Criminal Antitrust Turn

The Ohio Attorney General's Office’s recent bid-rigging indictment of an online auctioneer is the latest signal that states, through attorneys general pursuing more kickback cases and legislators expanding the reach of antitrust laws, are shedding their historical reluctance to wield their criminal antitrust enforcement powers, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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DLA Piper Offered Pregnant Atty 'Dignified' Exit, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former DLA Piper associate who claims she was unlawfully fired after announcing her pregnancy was offered a chance to transition out of the firm "without anyone knowing that her work was subpar," a partner told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday.

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Spencer Fane Adds 75 Attys Through Tie-Up With Okla. Firm

By Tracey Read

Missouri-headquartered Spencer Fane LLP announced Wednesday that it plans to combine with Southwest firm Conner & Winters LLP on July 1 in its largest tie-up to date and its third already in 2026.

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AEG, BigLaw Atty In Hot Seat As Live Nation Trial Nears End

By Stewart Bishop

Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap star Drake, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case said rival company AEG Worldwide and a Hogan Lovells lawyer may face sanctions for revealing confidential information about a witness.

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DOJ's Lead Google Attys Both Leave Agency Same Day

By Bryan Koenig

The lead attorneys on both of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's monopolization cases against Google left the agency Wednesday or said they would be doing so.

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Mich. Federal Judge Pleads No Contest In Drunk-Driving Case

By Gina Kim

A Michigan federal judge pled no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge in Emmet County court in connection with an incident where he crashed his Cadillac and registered a 0.27% blood alcohol level, apologizing and saying he "looks forward" to continuing his judicial service.

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ABA, State Bars Blast DOJ Proposal To Block Bar Probes

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association and a chorus of state and local bar groups have come out against a proposed rule that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys, calling the proposal "unlawful and unconstitutional."

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ABA Rates Montana Judicial Pick 'Not Qualified'

By Courtney Bublé

Katie Lane, senior legal counsel at the Republican National Committee who has been tapped for a federal judgeship in Montana, is the first nominee to receive a majority "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association in the second Trump administration.

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NY Panel Backs DLA Piper's $482K Fee Win In Malpractice Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

A New York appellate court affirmed Tuesday the dismissal of a Chinese software company's legal malpractice suit against DLA Piper, along with a $482,000 sanctions order against the company and its counsel, noting that the company's frivolous claims also drew a $635,000 sanctions ruling in "mirror" federal court litigation.

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Bondi To Skip Epstein Deposition After DOJ Cites AG Exit

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not sit for her scheduled deposition next week on the Epstein files now that she has left the role, and the Justice Department has asked the House Oversight Committee to withdraw its subpoena.

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Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked New York's highest court to throw out New York Attorney General Letitia James' "deeply flawed" civil fraud judgment entirely after a lower appellate court tossed what it called an "excessive" $489 million penalty against the president, his sons and his real estate companies.

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