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  • March 18, 2025

    Forever 21 Moves Ahead With Swift Ch. 11 Plans

    Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 on Tuesday secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's approval for motions that put it on track to close more than 300 stores and emerge from its second Chapter 11 in June.

  • March 18, 2025

    BetterHelp Demands Insurer Assist In $7.8M FTC Payment

    Online counseling company BetterHelp told a California federal court that its insurer must cover a $7.8 million Federal Trade Commission payment and must defend it in underlying litigation brought by consumers who claim the company violated laws via its collection, use and disclosure of private health information.

  • March 18, 2025

    Eisner Lands 2 Reed Smith Entertainment Pros In NY, Calif.

    Business and entertainment firm Eisner LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired two attorneys from Reed Smith LLP to enhance its capacity to negotiate entertainment industry transactions.

  • March 18, 2025

    McDermott Launches San Diego Office Helmed By IP Veteran

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced Tuesday it is opening an office in San Diego and has tapped a longtime intellectual property attorney to lead it, while also naming that attorney to be one of the co-heads of its global IP practice.

  • March 18, 2025

    Maynard Nexsen Adds 5 Constangy Employment Attys In LA

    Maynard Nexsen PC has brought a 5-lawyer team from labor and employment firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP to its Los Angeles office, bringing on a team that is experienced in management-side employment law and can converse in six languages.

  • March 18, 2025

    Illinois Asbestos Injury Firm Escapes 'Fraud Playbook' Suit

    A Chicago federal judge on Tuesday tossed a racketeering suit an industrial pipe company brought against a "prolific" Illinois asbestos litigation law firm, finding that the pipe company failed to adequately plead that the law firm formed an "enterprise" with various clients, witnesses, co-counsel and staff.

  • March 18, 2025

    DOJ Says Calif. City's Zoning Illegally Favors Secular Use

    The U.S. Department of Justice is backing a church in Santa Ana, California, claiming zoning rules violate federal law by favoring secular uses for an office building the congregation agreed to purchase before learning city rules require a permit to hold religious services.

  • March 18, 2025

    Sports-Focused PE Shop Forges Partnership With SF Giants

    San Francisco-based, sports-focused private equity shop Sixth Street, led by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Tuesday announced that it formed a new strategic partnership with the MLB's San Francisco Giants, advised by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, that includes a "significant" new equity investment.

  • March 18, 2025

    Google Buying Cybersecurity Co. Wiz In $32B Deal

    Google said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Wiz for $32 billion and integrate the growing cloud security platform into Google Cloud, as the tech giant looks to become a dominant security player in the cloud computing space with the largest acquisition inked in 2025.

  • March 17, 2025

    Yeti Escapes Suit Over Third-Party Info Sharing

    A California federal judge has freed Yeti from a woman's proposed class action accusing the cooler and drinkware company of disclosing people's personal and financial information to a payment processor without consent, saying the woman's now twice-amended complaint didn't fix problems the court had previously highlighted.

  • March 17, 2025

    Poppi Buyers Ink $8.9M Deal Over 'Gut Healthy' Soda Claims

    A group of Poppi-brand soda consumers asked a California federal judge Friday to greenlight an $8.9 million proposed settlement that would resolve consolidated false advertising claims alleging the beverage company misleadingly touted its products as "prebiotics for a healthy gut."

  • March 17, 2025

    Kroger Shakes Calif. Suit Over Interception Of Website Chats

    A California federal judge has refused to hold The Kroger Co. liable for a third party's allegedly unlawful eavesdropping on Kroger website users' chats, in a ruling that the grocery chain's counsel predicted could have a "wide impact" on the crush of state wiretapping litigation currently flooding the courts.

  • March 17, 2025

    Google To Pay $28M On Claim It Favored White, Asian Workers

    Google LLC will pay $28 million to put to rest allegations it pays and promotes certain nonwhite employees less than their white and Asian colleagues, counsel for a class of workers said Monday.

  • March 17, 2025

    Biz Groups Push For High Court Review Of Cisco Spying Case

    National business groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit decision reviving a suit from a class of Falun Gong practitioners alleging that Cisco aided in the Chinese government's crackdown on the religious movement, claiming that the circuit's ruling could chill foreign investment and disadvantage American companies.

  • March 17, 2025

    Jonny Pops Can't Stop Rival's Suit Over '100% Real Fruit' Label

    A Texas federal judge refused to discard GoodPop's false advertising suit alleging Jonny Pops copied its popsicles and misleadingly labeled them as being made with "100% real fruit" and "simple ingredients" despite containing an unhealthy amount of added sugar, ruling Jonny Pops's statements, accompanied by images of fruit, could mislead consumers.

  • March 17, 2025

    BYD Affiliate Beats Megaclaim Over N95 Mask Deal

    A company with corporate ties to Chinese electric vehicle company BYD Co. Ltd. has fended off a megaclaim over a supply contract for personal protective equipment asserted by a Florida medical supply company that sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

  • March 17, 2025

    Wells Fargo Says OCC Has Closed Home Loan Consent Order

    Wells Fargo & Co. on Monday said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has closed a consent order related to its home lending business, marking the eleventh consent order against the bank that regulators have closed in recent years and another step forward in its regulatory rehabilitation efforts.

  • March 17, 2025

    Toyota Seeks Exit From Investors' Emission Tests Fraud Suit

    Toyota Motor Corp. has asked a California federal judge to dump a proposed class action alleging it deceived investors by failing to thoroughly investigate reports of falsified vehicle certification data, saying the plaintiffs have twisted executives' public statements to inflate their securities fraud claims.

  • March 17, 2025

    Ex-Avenatti Clients Resolve Fight Over Seized Honda Jet

    Two of Michael Avenatti's former clients have settled their dispute over ownership interest and an insurance policy covering a $4.4 million Honda jet that the disgraced attorney allegedly purchased with stolen client funds, according to a notice filed in California federal court.

  • March 17, 2025

    Wayne Gretzky Suing Co-Investor For Malicious Prosecution

    NHL legend Wayne Gretzky and his wife filed a lawsuit in California state court against a co-investor in a failed weight-loss business, whom he alleges lodged a meritless suit against him in 2022 to "score a quick payday" after accusing him of contributing to the demise of the company.

  • March 17, 2025

    9th Circ. Says Capital One Cyberattacker Sentence Too Light

    A split Ninth Circuit panel Monday said a lower court judge was too lenient in sentencing a former Amazon.com Inc. coder to probation for orchestrating one of the nation's latest data breach crimes, finding that the district court judge erred in finding her actions were not "malicious."

  • March 17, 2025

    Jazz Inks Insurer Class Deal As Xyrem Antitrust Trial Nears

    Jazz Pharmaceuticals and a certified insurer class told a California federal judge Monday that they have reached a settlement-in-principle in antitrust litigation accusing Jazz of working with pharma rival Hikma to block generic competitors to Jazz's narcolepsy drug, while two opt-out insurer plaintiffs and defendant Hikma have not reached any deals ahead of a May trial.

  • March 17, 2025

    Tort Report: Fatal Hippo Attack Prompts Suit Against Tour Co.

    A lawsuit over a woman's death from a hippo attack and the latest on a Fox News sex assault case lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

  • March 17, 2025

    LA Settles Suit Over Port's Alleged Pollutant Discharges

    Los Angeles and an environmental nonprofit announced they have settled a Clean Water Act suit filed this past summer in federal court that accused the city of violating its wastewater discharge permit by exceeding limits on dangerous pollutants dispersed into the San Pedro Bay.

  • March 17, 2025

    Judge Ikuta's Sr. Status Plans Give Trump 9th Circ. Opening

    U.S. Circuit Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta of the Ninth Circuit will be taking semi-retired status upon appointment of her successor, a court representative confirmed to Law360 on Monday.

Expert Analysis

  • The Revival Of Badie Arbitration Suits In Consumer Finance

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    Plaintiffs have recently revived a California appellate court's almost 30-year-old decision in Badie v. Bank of America to challenge arbitration requirements under the Federal Arbitration Act, raising issues banks and credit unions in particular should address when amending arbitration provisions, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • How Trump's Crypto Embrace Is Spurring Enforcement Reset

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent willingness to step away from ongoing enforcement investigations and actions underscores the changing regulatory landscape for crypto under the new administration, which now appears committed to working with stakeholders to develop a clearer regulatory framework, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • What Trump's Order Means For The Legal Status Of IVF

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    An executive order signed by President Donald Trump last month signals the administration's potential intention to increase protections for in vitro fertilization services, though more concrete actions would be needed to resolve the current uncertainty around IVF access or bring about a binding legal change, says Jeanne Vance at Weintraub Tobin.

  • Cross-Border Lessons In Using Hague Evidence Convention

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    Recent case law demonstrates that securing evidence located abroad requires a strategic approach, including utilization of the Hague Evidence Convention and preparation to justify your chosen evidence-gathering path, say attorneys at Fish & Richardson.

  • 4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy

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    This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.

  • Navigating The Growing Thicket Of 'Right To Repair' Laws

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    An emerging patchwork of state laws on the right to repair creates tensions with traditional intellectual property and competition principles, so manufacturers should plan proactively for legal disputes and minimize potential for rival third-party repairs to weaponize state laws, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Unpacking First Consumer Claim Under Wash. Health Data Act

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    The first consumer class action claim filed under Washington's My Health My Data Act, Maxwell v. Amazon.com, may answer questions counsel have been contending with since the law was introduced almost a year ago, if the court takes the opportunity to interpret some of more opaque language, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing

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    U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.

  • Implementation, Constitutional Issues With Birthright Order

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    President Donald Trump's executive order reinterpreting the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship clause presents unavoidable administrative problems and raises serious constitutional concerns about the validity of many existing federal laws and regulations, says Eric Schnapper at the University of Washington School of Law.

  • A Close-Up Look At DOJ's Challenge To HPE-Juniper Deal

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    The outcome of the Justice Department's challenge to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proposed $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks will likely hinge on several key issues, including market dynamics and shares, internal documents, and questions about innovation and customer harm, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Justices Likely To Issue Narrow Ruling In $1.3B Award Dispute

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    After last week's argument in Devas v. Antrix, the Supreme Court appears likely to reverse the holding that minimum contacts are required before a federal court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign state and remand the case for further litigation on other important constitutional questions, say attorneys at Cleary. 

  • AG Watch: Texas Is Entering New Privacy Enforcement Era

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    The state of Texas' recent suit against Allstate is the culmination of a long-standing commitment to vigorously enforcing privacy laws in the state, and while still in the early stages, it offers several important insights for companies and privacy practitioners, says Paul Singer at Kelley Drye.

  • IRS Scrutiny May Underlie Move Away From NIL Collectives

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    The University of Colorado's January announcement that it was severing its partnership with a name, image and likeness collective is part of universities' recent push to move NIL activities in-house, seemingly motivated by tax implications and increased scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • 6 Laws Transforming Calif.'s Health Regulatory Framework

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    Attorneys at Hooper Lundy discuss a number of new California laws that raise pressing issues for independent physicians and small practice groups, ranging from the use of artificial intelligence to wage standards for healthcare employees.

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