Apple Cleared Of 4G Patent Infringement Claims In 3rd Trial

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims brought by Optis Wireless Technology over patents covering standard-essential 4G wireless technology Thursday, after the verdicts of two previous juries finding Apple liable were overturned.

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JPMorgan Unit Must Face Trimmed Cash Sweep Claims

By Lauren Berg

A JPMorgan Chase subsidiary must face some, but not all, of the claims in a consumer proposed class action accusing the bank and a brokerage firm of underpaying the interest on their cash sweep accounts, a New York federal judge ruled Thursday.

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Coal Exec Used 'Mr. Yen' To Talk Kickbacks, FBI Testifies

By Matthew Santoni

A former Corsa Coal Corp. executive exchanged messages with a sales agent in Egypt that appeared to reference splits of sales commissions among officials at the Al Nasr Co. for Coal and Coke, and used coded phrases like "meet Mr. Yen" to discuss sending money as kickbacks, an FBI agent told a Pittsburgh federal jury Thursday.

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Restaurant Group Alleges Ex-GC Embezzled, Shared Secrets

By Craig Clough

The former general counsel of a restaurant group behind Casa Madera in West Hollywood charged luxury items and anti-aging treatments to his company credit card in a $250,000 embezzlement scheme and released privileged company information when he was fired, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Nevada federal court.

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Telecom Execs Lose Bid To Overturn $5.8M Arbitration Award

By Joyce Hanson

A California federal judge has confirmed a $5.8 million arbitration cost award stemming from a dispute over a failed project to bring satellite broadband internet to sub-Saharan Africa, ruling that the award debtors erred by asking the court to second-guess the arbitral tribunal's findings.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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McCarter & English Can't Tank $22M Suit, Insurer Says

By Aaron Keller

Two insurance companies have urged a Connecticut Superior Court judge to maintain a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit against McCarter & English LLP, saying document production delays don't warrant killing the case less than a month before trial.

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Investment Co. Sues In Del. Over $3.5M Manhattan Condo Deal

By Jarek Rutz

A New York investment firm has sued the developers of a luxury Manhattan condominium tower in the Delaware Chancery Court, seeking either title to a unit in the building or more than $3.5 million in principal and returns that the investor says it is owed under a pair of agreements.

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Judge Says Utah Tribal Court Cures Still Exist In Contract Row

By Crystal Owens

A federal judge has determined that a Utah Indigenous nation's former energy manager has yet to exhaust all tribal court remedies in a 12-year-long breach of contract dispute, saying time and the case's increased complexity can't resurrect his challenge.

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Town Officials Off Hook For Railroad's Axed Superfund Deal

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts intermediate appellate panel affirmed that two Hopedale officials are immune from claims that they torpedoed a railroad's contract to ship uranium-contaminated soil through their town of 6,000, saying the officials "had every right" to ask questions.

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AI Mapping Co. Accused Of Copying Rival's Maps, Technology

By Ivan Moreno

An apartment mapping software company has accused a former potential business partner of copying thousands of its property maps and using them to launch a competing 3D product, alleging in a federal copyright and breach of contract lawsuit that it is losing customers as a result.

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Symetra Settles AME Church Retirees' Mismanagement Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Symetra Life Insurance Co. has agreed to settle claims in a multidistrict litigation from a class of African Methodist Episcopal Church workers who alleged that mismanagement of their annuity retirement plan allowed a rogue employee to embezzle $90 million, although the agreement doesn't resolve the insurers' cross-claims against the church.

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Colo. Appeals Panel Backs Ex-Director's $3.36M Jury Award

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado appellate court panel affirmed on Thursday a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of a natural gas marketing company ex-trading director, but denied him the $10 million in statutory penalties he sought, saying an earlier version of the Colorado Wage Claim Act applied.

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'Texit' Crypto Offering Halted By Texas Securities Regulator

By Emilie Ruscoe

Texas' state securities regulator has filed an emergency cease-and-desist order against an enterprise selling mining interests for a cryptocurrency invoking the Texas secession movement, alleging the scheme constitutes a fraudulent and unregistered offering and sale of securities.

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Maxeon Dodges Investor Suit Over Financial Disclosures

By Sydney Price

Maxeon Solar Technologies has escaped a shareholder class action accusing it of misleading investors about its liquidity issues, with a California federal judge ruling that none of the challenged statements in the suit were shown to be false or misleading.

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Foley & Lardner Adds Gray Reed Construction Pro In Dallas

By Lynn LaRowe

Foley & Lardner LLP has boosted the manufacturing sector of its construction practice group with a Dallas-based partner who came from Gray Reed & McGraw LLP.

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ArentFox Schiff Hires Ex-Haynes Boone Real Estate Ace In NY

By Isaac Monterose

ArentFox Schiff has hired an ex-Haynes Boone attorney with over 25 years of experience for a partner role on its real estate team in New York City, the firm announced Tuesday.

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If Your AI Vendor Goes Bankrupt: Tackling Privacy And 'Utility'

Because bankruptcies of artificial intelligence vendors will require courts to decide in the moment how to handle bespoke deals for AI tools, customers that anticipate consumer privacy concerns in asset disposition and questions about utility and critical-vendor classifications can be better positioned before proceedings, say attorneys at Sidley.

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USPTO Initiatives May Bolster SEP Litigation In The US

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent efforts to revitalize standard-essential patent litigation face hurdles in their reliance on courts and other agencies, but may help the U.S. regain its central role in global SEP litigation if successful, say attorneys at Axinn.

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Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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'Acqui-Hires' In AI Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny, Tech Attys Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Attorneys with Nvidia, Google and Uber took the stage at a conference hosted Thursday by Baker McKenzie to discuss emerging trends in antitrust enforcement, including how booming AI investment has produced new regulatory scrutiny of "acqui-hires," in which large companies acquire startups primarily to hire their teams.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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6th Circ. Says Ch. 13 Motion Came 84 Minutes Too Late

By Vince Sullivan

A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.

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