The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission enter 2025 with an unusual distinction on the horizon: Both will spend April in D.C. federal court against technology giants as the DOJ seeks to break up Google and the FTC kick-starts a monopolization trial against Meta Platforms.
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Google, Meta In The Antitrust Crosshairs For 2025

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission enter 2025 with an unusual distinction on the horizon: Both will spend April in D.C. federal court against technology giants as the DOJ seeks to break up Google and the FTC kick-starts a monopolization trial against Meta Platforms.

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Patent Cases To Watch In 2025

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit has taken on a rare en banc patent case looking at damages, while the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review when foreign damages can be incorporated into patent awards. Here's what you need to know about these cases and others that attorneys are keeping an eye on in 2025.

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The Top Telecom Developments To Watch In 2025

By Christopher Cole

As Donald Trump prepares for his second stint in the White House and a new Republican chair prepares to take over the Federal Communications Commission, telecom policy could change dramatically and quickly. Rules passed during the Biden administration face stiff court challenges and even the venerable Universal Service Fund's future remains in doubt.

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DC Circuit Cases To Watch in 2025

By Ali Sullivan

The D.C. Circuit's 2025 docket is stacked with challenges to alleged misbehavior by federal regulatory agencies, with the behavior including the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's bid to ban wagering on elections and the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to crack down on Meta's privacy practices.

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Analysis

Trials To Watch In 2025

By Cara Salvatore

The coming year will bring the first bellwether trials in the closely watched federal baby formula mass litigation, the first courtroom battle over a COVID-19 vaccine patent and six major retailers' case against Visa and Mastercard over card swipe fees.

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LITIGATION

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California Cases To Watch In 2025

By Dorothy Atkins

Legal experts following Golden State courts in 2025 are tracking high-stakes antitrust and personal injury cases against Big Tech companies along with NFL subscribers' $4.7 billion antitrust appeal, as well as IP litigation against artificial intelligence developers and precedent-setting cases that will likely clarify environmental laws and the repercussions of unpaid arbitrateon fees.

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Top Texas Cases To Watch In 2025

By Spencer Brewer

The new year could see Texas courts delivering decisions on several prominent cases, including gun rights and an alleged conspiracy to get advertisers to leave social platform X. Here's a look at the Texas cases Law360 will track closely in 2025.

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NC Cases To Watch In 2025: NASCAR Fight, Healthcare Rows

By Ryan Harroff

NASCAR is fighting antitrust claims in North Carolina even after removing a controversial exclusivity clause from its race team contracts, and the Tar Heel State's medical industry could see massive shake-ups from a challenge to a healthcare competition law and alleged impropriety in a major hospital system acquisition.

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Washington Cases To Watch In 2025

By Rachel Riley

Washington's highest court will take a closer look this year at a Monsanto toxic tort verdict worth $185 million, a pay disclosure requirement that's triggered a wave of lawsuits against employers, and a new state gun law, while federal regulators forge ahead in district court with landmark antitrust litigation against Amazon.

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Trademark Cases To Watch In 2025

By Ivan Moreno

Justices will decide whether it's appropriate to have corporate affiliates of a trademark defendant pay $47 million in damages, and appellate courts are expected to grapple with how to apply the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 opinion in Jack Daniel's fight over a chewy dog toy. Here are Law360's picks for trademark cases to watch in 2025.

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Patent Policy To Watch In 2025

By Dani Kass

Patent attorneys are awaiting new leadership at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. International Trade Commission, and are tracking several bills in Congress. Here's what else they should be following in the new year.

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Analysis

High-Stakes Healthcare Court Battles To Watch In 2025

By Gianna Ferrarin

With pivotal health law cases on the docket in 2025, attorneys will be watching how the incoming Trump administration proceeds in ongoing litigation over abortion care, the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare drug price negotiation program.

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The Top Sports & Betting Cases To Keep An Eye On In 2025

By David Steele

The name, image and likeness class action the NCAA settled in 2024 for $2.78 billion was a long time coming and packs a punch that will be felt for years to come. It overshadowed other ongoing, status quo-rocking litigation involving the NFL, NBA, MLB and more. Here, Law360 looks at the top sports and betting cases the legal world will be watching in 2025.

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Analysis

California Legislation And Regulations To Watch In 2025

By Hailey Konnath

California legal experts anticipate a busy 2025 in regulatory and legislative affairs, particularly as lawmakers and regulators ready the Golden State for potential attacks from the incoming Trump administration on a number of issues including reproductive care, LGBTQ rights and environmental protections.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel In 2025

Attorneys at Squire Patton evaluate the top areas where U.S. antitrust policy is likely to change in the next 12 months, including major challenges to the Federal Trade Commission's authority that could reshape enforcement.

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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

What's Keeping Law Firm Leaders Up At Night In 2025

By Aebra Coe

Law firms have experienced rapid change and growth in recent years, and 2025 will likely be no different. Firm leaders told Law360 Pulse they are bracing to respond quickly to a number of different opportunities likely to arise in the new year.

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Analysis

Trump Begins 2nd Term With At Least 45 Judge Seats To Fill

By Courtney Bublé

Incoming President Donald Trump will take office Jan. 20 with 45 seats on the federal bench to fill. Currently, there are 39 empty seats on U.S. district and circuit courts and 6 pending vacancies due to announced retirements and plans to take senior status, three of which opened on Dec. 31 and another that opened Jan. 2.

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Analysis

The Top 5 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle major First Amendment questions and several administrative law disputes — all arising from the Fifth Circuit — that could further change how federal agencies promulgate rules and defend them.

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The Hottest Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking In 2025

By Jeff Overley

Appellate lawyers in 2025 should probably stock up on coffee and expect some all-nighters — numerous high-profile appeals, a new presidential administration and a new framework for legal challenges to regulations suggest it'll be an uncommonly tumultuous trip around the sun.

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Legal Ethics Matters To Watch In 2025

By Emma Cueto

After an eventful 2024, industry experts are looking ahead to what might be the big topics in legal ethics in the new year, including the ethics implications of artificial intelligence and ethics opinions that may be relevant to attorneys in the incoming second Trump administration.

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5 Big Questions For White Collar Enforcement In 2025

By Phillip Bantz

White-collar lawyers are bracing for potentially seismic shifts in government enforcement as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with a sweeping new set of priorities and a squadron of tech gurus and political allies to carry them out.

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3 Ways Associates Can Survive An Average Annual Review

By Tracey Read

You're a rock star associate in your fourth or fifth year trying to make partner, and you just got an average review after previously receiving high marks. Although it's tempting to panic, experts say it's possible to come back after such setbacks by being proactive.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Akerman LLP

Arnold & Porter

Boies Schiller

Bradley Arant

Carlton Fields

Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

Davis Polk

Duane Morris

Epstein Becker

Ferguson Braswell

Fish & Richardson

Foley & Lardner

Foster Garvey

Fox Rothschild

Freshfields

Frost Brown

Greenberg Glusker

Hannes Snellman

Honigman LLP

Jackson Walker LLP

Jayne Law Group

Johnson Pope

K&L Gates

Kesselman Brantly

Kirkland & Ellis

Koning Rubarts

Lane Powell

Lewis Brisbois

Mancini Shenk

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Emery

McGlinchey Stafford

McGovern Weems

McKool Smith

Milbank LLP

MoginRubin

Morrison Foerster

Nelson Mullins

Norton Rose

Pacifica Law Group

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Potomac Law Group

Proskauer Rose

Ropes & Gray

Russ August & Kabat

Sanford Heisler

Schroeter Goldmark

Seyfarth Shaw

Shipman & Goodwin

Shumaker Loop

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Thompson Hine

Troutman Pepper

Williams & Connolly

Winston & Strawn

Wolf Greenfield

Womble Bond

Woods Rogers

Yetter Coleman

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

7-Eleven Inc.

AT&T Inc.

Abbott Laboratories

Aetna Inc.

Agri Stats Inc.

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

Amedisys Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Hospital Association

American Medical Association Inc.

Amgen Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Apple Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

Atlantic Legal Foundation Inc.

Bank of America Corp.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Burger King Holdings Inc.

Butterball LLC

ByteDance Ltd.

CTIA

CVS Health Corp.

Cargill Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Circle K Stores Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Coinbase Global Inc.

CureVac AG

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

DuckDuckGo Inc.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Eli Lilly & Co.

Epic Games Inc.

Express Scripts Holding Co.

FedEx Corp.

Federal National Mortgage Association

Federalist Society

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Freddie Mac

George Washington University

Georgia State University

Google LLC

HCA Healthcare Inc.

Heineken Holding NV

Hermes International SCA

Instagram Inc.

Intelsat SA

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jack Daniel's Properties Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Kaiser Permanente

Las Vegas Raiders LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Macy's Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

MasterCard Inc.

McDonald's Corp.

Medtronic PLC

Merck & Co. Inc.

Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Miami Dolphins

Microsoft Corp.

Monsanto Co.

MultiPlan Corp.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

NFL Enterprises LLC

Nascar Digital Media LLC

National College Players Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Taxpayers Union

Netflix Inc.

North American Partners in Anesthesia LLP

Ohio State University

Optum Inc.

Pac-12 Enterprises LLC

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Phoenix Suns

Planned Parenthood Federation

RTX Corp.

RealPage Inc.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Roivant Sciences Ltd.

SIFMA

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sanderson Farms Inc.

Snap Inc.

Sonos Inc.

Spectrum Management Holding Co.

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center

T-Mobile US Inc.

Tempur Sealy International Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Chemours Co.

The Cigna Group

The Home Depot Inc.

The Kroger Co.

The TJX Cos. Inc.

The Walt Disney Co.

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Tyson Foods Inc.

UCLA School of Law

United States Soccer Federation Inc.

United States Steel Corp.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Universal Service Administrative Co.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Woodhull Freedom Foundation

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zinc Health Services LLC

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Civil Rights Department

California Department of Justice

California Energy Commission

California Environmental Protection Agency

California Supreme Court

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Council on Environmental Quality

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Health Resources and Services Administration

International Trade Commission

Maryland Attorney General's Office

National Institute of Standards and Technology

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New York Supreme Court, New York County

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

State of Tennessee

Supreme Court of Nevada

Surface Transportation Board

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Montana

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

Wisconsin Department of Justice