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Fertility Co. Wants To Pull Device Maker Into Negligence Suit 

By Brian Steele

A fertility products company wants two other companies to share potential liability from a Connecticut state lawsuit alleging that a recalled culture medium was responsible for the loss of embryos a couple were planning to use for in vitro fertilization.

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Sikorsky Loses Bid To Move Fatal Crash Suit To Conn.

By Matthew Santoni

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. can't get a lawsuit over a fatal helicopter crash transferred from Pennsylvania to Connecticut, in part because the crashed helicopter underwent finishing and flight testing at Sikorsky's former facility in the Keystone State, a federal judge has ruled.

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Elevance Fails To Pay Wages At Termination, Worker Says

By Emmy Freedman

Elevance Health failed to pay workers their final wages on the business day following their terminations in violation of Connecticut law, and now owes them twice the amount of those wages, according to a proposed class action filed in state court.

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1st Circ. Denies Gov't Bid To Enforce Funding Freeze

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit has declined to interfere with a Rhode Island federal judge's order that the government continue releasing federal funds while the Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking its efforts to enforce the freeze.

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Panera Franchisee Blames Insurer For Slip-And-Fall Payout

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts Panera franchisee said Travelers and its counsel botched a minor slip-and-fall claim, eventually leaving it on the hook for its full $250,000 deductible to cover an "inflated" settlement and legal fees in the case.

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SECOND CIRCUIT

Eletson, Levona Ask 2nd Circ. To Not Delay Atty Removal

By Emily Sawicki

The new owners of reorganized international shipping group Eletson and a creditor-turned-affiliate have urged the Second Circuit to nix Reed Smith LLP's emergency motion for a stay in a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $102 million arbitral award, as the law firm fights to continue representing the shipping company's pre-bankruptcy shareholders.

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NYC Tour Bus Antitrust Suit Dead-Ends At 2nd Circ.

By Parker Quinlan

A New York City tour bus operator on Thursday lost its bid to revive a suit accusing a group of rivals of entering into an anticompetitive partnership, after a Second Circuit panel backed a lower court's finding that the case sought to relitigate failed claims from an earlier suit.

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BANKRUPTCY

Guo Trustee Settles Clawbacks From Versace, Firms

By Aaron Keller

The Chapter 11 trustee handling convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve 10 clawback settlements with Hodgson Russ LLP, BakerHostetler, luxury retailer Versace and others, ending claims totaling $8.6 million but keeping the terms under wraps for six months.

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POLICY & REGULATION

DOJ's Antitrust Unit Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force on Thursday aimed at eliminating state and federal laws and regulations that are hindering competition, with an initial focus on key sectors including housing, food and transportation.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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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Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

By Lauren Berg, Ali Sullivan and Alison Knezevich

Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

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Ex-Paralegal Sues Ga. Personal Injury Firm Over 658 OT Hours

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Atlanta-based personal injury law firm didn't pay a former paralegal for 658 hours of overtime, and it erroneously considered her a salaried-exempt employee, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order

By Aebra Coe

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

UCLA School of Law's Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

As a growing number of companies and their general counsel consider moving their incorporation out of Delaware, the state's governor has quickly signed into law a measure revising its corporation statutes, though there are still critics. And 98% of legal leaders in a recent survey said their budgets are increasing in 2025 to handle the extra work stemming from new diversity risks, tech changes and cybersecurity threats.

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Tubi Says Keller Postman Breached Deal In Arbitration Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. federal judge overseeing video streaming service Tubi Inc.'s tortious interference suit against Keller Postman LLC over mass arbitration claims ordered the parties on Friday to schedule a status conference for next month, in light of Tubi's claims that the firm violated an agreement.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Itkin

Arthur Cox

Ashfords LLP

Ashurst LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Barclay Damon

Barton LLP

Birketts LLP

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Carlton Fields

Clarkson Law Firm PC

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cohn Birnbaum

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Dalton & Finegold

Dickinson Wright

Druces LLP

Eversheds Sutherland

Fisher & Phillips

Fitzpatrick Hunt

GPS Legal

Gateley PLC

Gibson Dunn

Gilbert & Tobin

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Gordons LLP

Goulston & Storrs

Gutride Safier

Hayber McKenna

Hodgson Russ

Irell & Manella

Jenner & Block

Keller Postman

Keystone Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Koskoff Koskoff

Lankler Siffert & Wohl

Latham & Watkins

Macfarlanes LLP

Mayer Brown

McManimon Scotland

Mitchell Silberberg

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Cohen

Morvillo Abramowitz

Nabarro LLP

Nelson Mullins

Neubert Pepe

Pallas Partners

Pashman Stein

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Rawle & Henderson

Raynes & Lawn

Reed Smith

Robinson & Cole

Ropes & Gray

Shook Hardy

Shoosmiths LLP

Signature Litigation LLP

Simmons & Simmons

Skadden Arps

Stephenson Harwood

Stevens & Lee

Sweet James LLP

TLT LLP

Wachtell Lipton

Weightmans LLP

Wiley Rein

WilmerHale

Winston & Strawn

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

A.P. Moller-Maersk

Amicus

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Axis Bank Ltd.

BDO LLP

Barclays PLC

Bayer CropScience Ltd.

CooperSurgical Inc.

Coupang Inc.

Digital River Inc.

EE Ltd.

Elevance Health Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

FTI Consulting Inc.

Go New York Tours

Gray Line Corp. Inc.

Great American Insurance Co.

Intel Corp.

James Hardie Industries PLC

LG Electronics Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Mars Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Monsanto Co.

National Westminster Bank PLC

Netlist Inc.

Panera Bread Co.

Phillips 66

RELX PLC

Ryanair Holdings PLC

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Severn Trent PLC

Sony Music Publishing LLC

St. Louis Cardinals

The AZEK Co. LLC

The Cooper Cos. Inc.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

UCLA School of Law

Uber Technologies Inc.

Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Companies House

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Financial Reporting Council

NATO

National Labor Relations Board

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut