DOJ Challenges HPE's $14B Deal For Juniper Networks

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Thursday to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's planned $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks Inc. over concerns about competition for local wireless networking technology.

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MLS, US Soccer Seek Midtrial Win In $500M Antitrust Case

By Jared Foretek

Major League Soccer and the sport's American governing body are seeking an early win in the North American Soccer League's $500 million lawsuit against the two, telling the New York federal judge overseeing the ongoing trial that the lower-level league has offered no evidence of a conspiracy to sabotage it.

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Google Judge Leery Of Administration Of $90M Antitrust Deal

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge overseeing Google's $90 million antitrust deal with Play Store developers expressed "doubt" Thursday about the decision of counsel representing smaller developer plaintiffs to stay with an administration company handling the settlement distribution, two months after criticizing the administrator's work as "the worst performance I've seen."

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Turkey Buyers' $32M Cargill Price-Fix Deal Scores Early OK

By Lauraann Wood

Turkey buyers' proposal for a $32 million settlement of price-fixing claims against Cargill sailed through the initial approval stage Thursday as an Illinois federal judge praised the deal as "substantial" relief for the class.

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DOJ Calls UnitedHealth Dismissal Bid A Discovery 'End Run'

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice assailed UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday for "masquerading" a "premature" discovery bid as a motion to dismiss the government's Maryland federal court lawsuit challenging the $3.3 billion purchase of home health and hospice giant Amedisys Inc.

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Objection To NCAA's NIL Deal Sparks Attorney War Of Words

By David Steele

A group of athletes claimed Wednesday that the $2.78 billion settlement with the NCAA over college athlete compensation illegally limited payments and broke antitrust laws, in an objection that spurred the plaintiffs' attorney to accuse the objectors' representatives of failing the athletes in previous court challenges.

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M&A Shot To $3.7T In 2024 As IT/Tech, Finance Shined

By Al Barbarino

Mergers and acquisitions deal values and volumes rebounded significantly in 2024 after a slow 2023, with the IT/tech and financial services sectors leading the way, according to a Thursday report from data firm PitchBook.

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Deals Rumor Mill

Rumors Fly As Trump Seeks Deal To Keep TikTok Alive

By Al Barbarino

President Donald Trump seems to be getting exactly the "bidding war" he wanted as multiple entities fight for a role in keeping TikTok available in the U.S. Here, Law360 provides a rundown of the latest rumors and developments in the TikTok saga, along with other notable rumors from the past week.

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Amex GBT Calls Judge's Sept. DOJ Trial 'Manifest Injustice'

By Bryan Koenig

American Express Global Business Travel Inc. asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to reconsider waiting until September to hear the U.S. Department of Justice challenge to its planned $570 million purchase of CWT Holdings LLC, arguing it needs an answer much sooner.

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Wis. Football Player Sues NCAA For Another Year Of Eligibility

By Elaine Briseño

A University of Wisconsin football player claims in a federal lawsuit that the NCAA unlawfully rejected his request for an additional year of playing eligibility and is seeking a temporary restraining order to keep the organization from enforcing its decision.

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Lower Court Altered Contract Reading, Texas Justices Told

By Spencer Brewer

An Energy Transfer subsidiary told the Texas Supreme Court that a lower court upended the way contracts are interpreted in the state when it found no remedy for alleged losses from a soured $1 billion deal with an Exxon Mobil Corp. unit.

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Hotel Guests Get Backing For Algorithmic Pricing Suit

By Jared Foretek

Hotel guests accusing a group of Atlantic City properties of using shared software to fix room rates are getting a helping hand in their Third Circuit fight to revive their suit from antimonopoly interest groups, who filed in separate amicus briefs in support of their effort this week.

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Roundup

NC Biz Court Bulletin: Sanctions Miss, Philip Morris Refund

By Hayley Fowler

In the second half of January, the North Carolina Business Court tussled with sanctions against a biogas company, heard claims an insurer tried to deliberately embarrass Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and ordered an $11 million tax refund for Philip Morris.

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Pharmacy Says Its Ex-GC Destroyed Trade Secrets Evidence

By Hailey Konnath

Texas-based Empower Pharmacy on Thursday pressed for sanctions against its former general counsel — who also happens to be a former assistant district attorney in San Antonio — claiming that the lawyer intentionally destroyed a hard drive that contained evidence relevant to Empower's trade secrets suit against a rival pharmacy.

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Food Co. Says Ex-Manager Hoodwinked Customers For Rivals

By Hayley Fowler

The former general manager of a chicken processing plant allegedly double-crossed his employer by working with two competing food distributors to poach customers through deceptive sales pitches and pocketing company funds through off-the-book rental agreements, according to a newly designated North Carolina Business Court complaint.

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Orrick Adds Head Of Antitrust Litigation From Weil

By Aebra Coe

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired Eric Hochstadt from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as the firm's new head of antitrust litigation and a member of its management committee, the firm announced Thursday.

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How Views On Healthcare Price Transparency Are Changing

Regulators' attitudes toward price transparency regulation have shifted over the past several years in ways that may seem contradictory, and research into detailed rate information published by hospitals and health plans has yielded mixed results, says Matthew List at Charles River Associates.

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Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger

The allegations in Albertsons' lawsuit against Kroger following the grocery stores' blocked merger demonstrate how a target company can best ensure that a buyer timely and effectively complies with its obligations to pursue the necessary regulatory approvals for a deal, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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Series

Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

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Exclusive

Goldstein Case Raises The Stakes For A DOJ Office In Tumult

By Phillip Bantz

The bombshell tax-crimes case of U.S. Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein landed at a U.S. Department of Justice outpost in Maryland that has been plagued in recent years by botched cases and internal strife — pitting a beleaguered U.S. attorney against a pair of former Donald Trump attorneys itching for a fight.

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Judges, Colleagues Remember Attys Lost In DC Plane Crash

By Rachel Rippetoe

Three attorneys who are among the 67 people presumed dead after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., are being remembered by their colleagues and mentors as "brilliant," "funny" and "passionate" young lawyers who each had bright futures ahead of them.

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Analysis

Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

By Katie Buehler

A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

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Trump Administration Fires Jan. 6 Prosecutors, Reports Say

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Department of Justice's new leadership on Friday terminated more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on criminal cases regarding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, and also began probing potentially thousands of FBI agents who worked on similar investigations, according to news reports.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Escape OneCoin Conviction At 2nd Circ.

By Rae Ann Varona

The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a former Locke Lord LLP partner's conviction and 10-year sentence for helping launder roughly $400 million in proceeds from the multibillion-dollar OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme, rejecting the attorney's contention that a sole cooperating government witness' perjury and other purported errors warranted reversing his punishment.

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Jackson Lewis Reelects Chair Amid Leadership Changes

By Xiumei Dong

In its latest leadership shake-up, Jackson Lewis PC has reelected its firm chair and managing principal for a second term, while also implementing a leadership restructuring that includes the reorganization of its practice groups and the appointment of several new national heads.

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Ex-Holtzman Vogel Attys Join Musk Lawyer For New GOP Firm

By Daniel Connolly

Chris Gober, who has represented Elon Musk and other high-profile Republicans, announced the hiring of four attorneys from conservative law firm Holtzman Vogel as he works to expand his small firm and turn it into the "premier Republican political law firm."

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Dinsmore & Shohl Grows In Fla. With Tampa Boutique Pickup

By Madison Arnold

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP announced Friday that it plans to merge with boutique firm Shankman Leone in Tampa, Florida, adding a 10-attorney team to its ranks.

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Proposed DC Anti-Harassment Rule Sparks Familiar Debate

By Alison Knezevich

A proposed change to the D.C. Bar's ethics rules that's aimed at combating harassment and discrimination in the legal profession is stirring a First Amendment debate, echoing controversies seen in other jurisdictions.

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Another Oklahoma Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Gregory Frizzell of the Northern District of Oklahoma has informed the president he will take senior status in March, making him the second judge from the state to make such an announcement in recent days.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The battle over corporate diversity issues weaved its way throughout this past week's news and this roundup, including 19 Republican attorneys general threatening Costco over its policies. And a new survey shows general counsel trying to cut costs, but also saying they will increase the work they send to outside lawyers in 2025.

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen another claim by Woodford investors against Hargreaves Lansdown in the widening £200 million ($248 million) dispute over the fund's collapse, a solicitor barred for his role in a suspected advance fee fraud face action by a Swiss wholesaler, and The Resort Group, which markets investments in luxury hotel resorts, hit with a claim by a group of investors. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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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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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

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