The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider its order slapping a six-figure fine against a Seattle attorney for fabricating a news article to bolster his clients' efforts to enforce an allegedly fraudulent $18 billion arbitral award against Chevron, effectively ending the long-running saga for now.
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$268K Fee Challenge Nixed In 9th Circ. Chevron Award Suit

By Caroline Simson

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider its order slapping a six-figure fine against a Seattle attorney for fabricating a news article to bolster his clients' efforts to enforce an allegedly fraudulent $18 billion arbitral award against Chevron, effectively ending the long-running saga for now.

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Ex-Goldman Exec Says 1MDB Judge Thwarted His Defense

By Stewart Bishop

Former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng on Thursday told the Second Circuit that his trial defense over the massive $6.5 billion 1MDB scheme was marred by the wrongful exclusion of video evidence that supported his claim that $35 million he received in alleged kickbacks was actually investment proceeds.

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Ex-Citadel Reps Can't Escape Trade Secrets Suit

By Caroline Simson

A New York federal judge has greenlighted most claims in Citadel Securities' lawsuit accusing a Swiss cryptocurrency trading firm founded by two of its former employees of stealing its trade secrets, while tossing those asserted against the firm's French angel investor for lack of jurisdiction.

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Mayer Brown Adds German Litigation Pro From Freshfields

By Tom Fish

Mayer Brown LLP has hired a litigation and arbitration expert as a partner in its office in Düsseldorf, Germany, as the firm moves to bolster its cross-border contentious matters and commercial disputes practice.

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LAW360 PULSE LEADERBOARD

The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which firms made the list of leaders in all-around excellence this year.

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Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot

By Xiumei Dong

Competition for top talent among elite law firms shows no signs of slowing down, even amid economic uncertainty, with financially strong firms deploying aggressive strategies to attract and retain skilled professionals to solidify their market position.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Hiring Continued Upward Trajectory In October

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal sector logged its second month in a row of job number increases in October, following a four-month-long period of decline this spring and summer, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The Top In-House Hires Of October

By Sue Reisinger

Legal department hires and changes during the month of pumpkins and goblins included new roles for top attorneys with Nike, a high-profile appointment at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. and a promotion to CEO for the general counsel at UnitedLex.

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Analysis

How 2024 Election Litigation May Look Different From 2020

By Jack Karp

Courts are fielding a flood of lawsuits over the 2024 presidential election, with more certainly to come, but those suits may have some significant differences from the ones that played out in 2020, according to experts.

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Analysis

What Happens To Ga. Election Case If Trump Wins?

By Kelcey Caulder

The fate of the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump is on the ballot this November, according to legal experts, who told Law360 that a Trump victory would likely mean any trial would have to wait until he completes his term in office.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

One circuit court will hold an oral argument for the history books, with dizzying logistics and stakes surpassing almost anything on the U.S. Supreme Court's calendar. Other circuit showdowns will delve into the high court's latest opinions and flesh out fascinating feuds involving big beer brands and emerging theories of "administrative state" overreach. All that and more is making November a month of exceptional appellate intrigue.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Aebra Coe

Kicking off this week's legal lions list are nine large law firms celebrating a big win in New York after a federal judge threw out a $14 billion complaint against their retailer and drugmaker clients in multidistrict litigation accusing them of making and selling ineffective over-the-counter decongestants.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Emily Sawicki

Philadelphia's district attorney sued Elon Musk over his $1 million daily giveaway to swing state voters who sign a pledge supporting the U.S. Constitution. And Meta told investors the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering an enforcement action over the social media giant's financial products and services advertisements.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen two industry magnates take on the Gambling Commission, Ordinance Survey hit with a claim from a Swiss GPS maker, and China's largest oil company PetroChina face a claim from a Polish documentary maker. 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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Chicago Judge Erred After Illness Sidelined Atty, Court Says

By Dorothy Atkins

An Illinois appeals court has scrapped a $480,000 judgment against a now-shuttered Chicago restaurant for unpaid rent following the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that a county judge erred by refusing to delay the trial even though the restaurant's counsel had a medical emergency, which left the restaurant without legal representation.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

8 New Square

Adams & Reese

Addleshaw Goddard

Bailey & Glasser

Boodle Hatfield

Brabners LLP

BraunHagey & Borden

Brett Wilson LLP

Bunsow De Mory

Bush Gottlieb

Campbell Johnston

Candey Ltd.

Chung Malhas

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Cooke Young

Covington & Burling

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Edmonds Marshall McMahon

Edwin Coe

Eversheds Sutherland

Fieldfisher

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

K&L Gates

Keller Postman

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kramer Levin

Kramon & Graham

Labaton Keller

Lankler Siffert & Wohl

Latham & Watkins

Lichten & Liss Riordan

Littler Mendelson

Locke Lord

Lowenstein Sandler

Mayer Brown

McGuireWoods

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Foerster

O'Melveny & Myers

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Procopio Cory

Quinn Emanuel

RWK Goodman

Shapiro Arato

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Stephens Scown

Stikeman Elliott

Susman Godfrey

Wards Solicitors

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abbott Laboratories

Adobe Inc.

Altair Engineering Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania

American Express Co.

American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association Inc.

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV

Apple Inc.

Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

BC Partners

Bayer AG

Binance.US

Bouygues

Bouygues Construction SA

Boy Scouts of America

CVS Health Corp.

Campaign Legal Center

Carnival Corp. & PLC

Cause of Action Institute

Chevron Corp.

Citadel Securities LLC

Consumer Watchdog

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

Dell Technologies Inc.

Entain PLC

GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.

GardaWorld Security Corp.

Georgia State University

GitHub Inc.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd.

Google LLC

Haleon PLC

Hatch Henderson Fivel LLC

Instagram Inc.

Intuit Inc.

J. Crew Group Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

KFC Corp.

Lennox International Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Lone Star Funds

LoveSac Alternative Furniture Co.

Lyft Inc.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Manchester United

Masimo Corp.

MasterCard Inc.

Medtronic PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Micron Technology Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Molson Coors Beverage Co.

Monsanto Co.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Basketball Association Inc.

National Rifle Association of America

New York City Bar Association

New York Knicks

New York Rangers

Nike Inc.

Nordex Inc.

PetroChina Company Limited

Pfizer Inc.

Pizza Hut Inc.

Purdue Pharma LP

RELX PLC

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.

Sealed Air Corp.

Siemens AG

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Target Corp.

Teleflex Inc.

Tesla Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Procter & Gamble Co.

The State University of New York

Twitter Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

UnitedLex Corp.

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.

Vitol Inc.

Walmart Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Yum Brands Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

California Privacy Protection Agency

Colorado Supreme Court

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Supreme Court

Illinois Supreme Court

Michigan Supreme Court

National Archives and Records Administration

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Oklahoma Supreme Court

Pennsylvania General Assembly

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California

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. Department of Justice

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court