Mangione's NY Trial Moved Hours After SDNY Schedule Tweak

By Pete Brush

A New York state court judge said Wednesday that Luigi Mangione's trial for the alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson would begin Sept. 8, moving the date hours after a Manhattan federal judge said the federal trial against him would commence in late October.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Why Trump's Pursuit Of NY AG Is More Than Just 'Awkward'

By Phillip Bantz

Through its relentless pursuit of criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump administration has further opened itself up to allegations of vindictive and selective prosecution — with potentially far-reaching implications for a grand jury system that has traditionally given the government the benefit of the doubt, experts say.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

9th Circ. OKs Injunction On DHS Protest Conduct, With Limits

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed First Amendment protections for journalists, legal observers and protesters in a case brought by individuals injured by U.S. Department of Homeland Security officers during Los Angeles-area immigration raid protests, but said a preliminary injunction issued by a California federal judge had to be narrowed.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Collision, Samsung Criticize Government's IP Injunction Take

By Dani Kass

Wireless communication network patent owner Collision Communications and alleged infringer Samsung Electronics both pushed back on the federal government's arguments in its intervention in their $445.5 million Eastern District of Texas litigation, which it used as a forum to encourage the use of injunctions.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-Diplomat Says Rep. Rivera's Liaison Was Out For Himself

By Carolina Bolado

A retired diplomat Wednesday described former Florida congressman David Rivera's Venezuelan contact Raúl Gorrín as a wealthy businessman "distrusted by everybody," telling jurors in the criminal trial against Rivera that Gorrín was willing to work with the Venezuelan regime when financially beneficial.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Trump Must Face Trial Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Civil Claims

By Dorothy Atkins

A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to hand President Donald Trump a summary judgment win in consolidated civil suits over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, finding there are factual disputes over whether Trump was acting beyond his official capacity as president, and therefore he could be liable.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

9th Circ. Revives Aya Health Arbitrations In Nurses' Wage Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday reversed a district court ruling that voided arbitration agreements between Aya Healthcare Services Inc. and more than 250 employees, ruling that the lower court erred when it used the individual findings of two arbitrators to nix the agreements entirely.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

2nd Circ. Says No Atty Conflict For Convicted Payday Lender

By Emily Sawicki

The Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court's conviction of a payday lender on racketeering, money laundering and fraud claims, rejecting the lender's argument that his conviction must be vacated because, while his trial was underway, his court-appointed counsel cooperated with the same prosecutors' office in an unrelated case.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

9th Circ. Nixes 3-Strikes Enhancement In Meth Conviction

By Parker Quinlan

The Ninth Circuit has ordered that a new sentence for drug trafficking be given to a man who successfully argued in a self-filed motion that his attorney failed to challenge a sentence enhancement for career offenders.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Pa. Court Says 1 Fire Set Equals 1 Arson-Property Sentence

By Elizabeth Daley

A man sentenced to up to 15 years for setting his ex-girlfriend's home on fire must be resentenced, a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel ruled unanimously Tuesday, agreeing that he should only have faced one count of arson endangering property since he only set one fire.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

8th Circ. Upholds 37-Year Resentence After Murder Count Cut

By Parker Quinlan

The Eighth Circuit Wednesday upheld two consecutive 18-and-a-half-year sentences for a man convicted for his role in a robbery, finding that even though one of the charges was vacated, he is still eligible for the same amount of time for the remaining charges.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Travelers Unit Hit With Bad Faith Suit Over $241M Jury Verdict

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Travelers unit recklessly disregarded its insured's interests in litigation that resulted in a $241 million verdict in favor of the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for a Prairie Farms subsidiary, according to a complaint filed in Illinois federal court.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Google Users Seek $147M In Atty Fees After $425M Trial Win

By Bonnie Eslinger

Counsel for Google users who won a $425 million class action trial over claims the company unlawfully collected their information have urged a California federal judge to give them nearly $147 million in legal fees, even as both sides filed motions seeking to unwind aspects of the verdict.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

11th Circ. Backs Order To Fix Fla. System For Disabled Kids

By David Minsky

The Eleventh Circuit upheld an injunction finding Florida's institutionalization of children with complex medical conditions violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, ruling in a split opinion that a lower court mostly didn't abuse its discretion with ordering reforms. 

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In April

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit argument calendar for this month includes Centripetal Networks' appeal of a decision clearing Cisco of infringing cybersecurity patents after a multibillion-dollar award was thrown out, as well as Ecobee's challenge to an $11.5 million infringement verdict involving smart thermostats.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

State FARA Laws Pose Unique Constitutional Challenges

Several states have recently enacted foreign agent registration and disclosure regimes that were modeled after the Foreign Agents Registration Act, but these state laws raise several constitutional questions, including concerns about preemption, speech and petition, and vagueness, says Alexandra Langton at Covington.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

ABA Suit Over Trump's Crackdown On Firms Moves Forward

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge has ruled the American Bar Association may pursue a challenge to the Trump administration's series of executive orders targeting law firms, finding the organization plausibly alleged the orders posed a "realistic threat" to its members.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Khalil Seeks Bove's 3rd Circ. Recusal Over Ex-DOJ Roles

By Lauren Berg

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation, asked a Third Circuit judge, U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, to recuse himself from en banc review of a decision allowing for Khalil's detention, saying Wednesday the judge was likely involved in decisions related to the case while at the U.S. Department of Justice.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Arbitration Association Must Face Suit Over Consumer Monopoly

By Caroline Simson

An Arizona federal judge ruled Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association must face a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the suit provided sufficient allegations to "plausibly infer" that the institution engages in anticompetitive conduct.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Sidley Austin LLP defeated a suit from a family of business magnates who said they were duped into a tax sheltering scheme by an ex-attorney, after a Georgia federal judge ruled the family should have suspected they were in legal trouble long before they filed their suit.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: April's Most Notable Oral Arguments

By Jeff Overley

April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Judiciary Seeks More Security Funding Amid Threat Surge

By Courtney Bublé

Court security is a top concern for the federal judiciary in its recently released budget request for fiscal 2027.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Trump Announces Texas, Ohio, Florida Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced four judicial nominees for Texas, Ohio and Florida. 

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of March

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the third month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at the NAACP, Walmart and Marriott Vacations. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Hub Hires: Reed Smith, Manatt, MoFo, Foley Hoag

By Chris Villani

March provided some madness in the Boston legal scene. Reed Smith launched its first-ever office in the Hub, Manatt hired a former Microsoft executive and Federal Trade Commission member, and Foley Hoag snagged a longtime K&L Gates insurance attorney.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department allowed Live Nation to keep Ticketmaster while state attorneys general continue to sue, a $14 billion Boston Scientific deal drew Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, state enforcers challenged Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, and a threatened FTC challenge forced the abandonment of a laser eye surgery deal.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »