Apple Says Its Affidavits Are Admissible In Google Case

By Ali Sullivan

After an unsuccessful bid to intervene in the remedies phase of the Justice Department's antitrust case against Google, Apple is urging a D.C. federal judge to consider its affidavits from company executives as the court weighs the proper fix for Google's search monopoly.

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Ex-Netflix Exec Urges 9th Circ. To Wipe Bribery Conviction

By Rachel Scharf

Counsel for Netflix's former vice president of information technology urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday to undo his conviction for taking bribes from vendors, saying prosecutors tainted the verdict by improperly intertwining two different fraud theories.

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Disney Seeks $5.7M Atty Fee Award After 'Moana' IP Trial Win

By Gina Kim

The Walt Disney Co. sought $5.7 million in attorney fees Tuesday after beating an animator's trade secret and copyright suit claiming it ripped off his Polynesian adventure story to create "Moana," arguing he engaged in bad-faith tactics like forging evidence, perjuring himself and improperly inflating purported damages.

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Fed. Circ. Orders New Trial In Roland Drum Kit Patent Dispute

By Andrew Karpan

The Federal Circuit says a jury in Miami will have to take another look at a nearly decadelong fight over electric drumming patents, deciding on Thursday to wipe out the entirety of a $4.6 million verdict ​​the Japanese audio tech giant Roland Corp. won against a U.S.-based rival.

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Dutch Software Co. Tells 4th Circ. To Pause Trial After Atty DQ

By Hayley Fowler

A Dutch software company is taking another stab at delaying its impending trademark trial with an American rival, telling the Fourth Circuit that it should not be forced to proceed after the district court held one of its attorneys in contempt and essentially disqualified him.

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Sentencing 'ComEd Four' Key For Closure, Ill. Judge Says

By Lauraann Wood

A former Commonwealth Edison executive and three lobbyists will be sentenced in July for conspiring to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal judge said Thursday, rejecting the assertion that he'd be "reckless" to proceed before determining how a recent U.S. Supreme Court false-statement ruling impacts their case.

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Curaleaf Units Slam Pot Farm's Sanctions Bid In $32M Suit

By Mike Curley

Two Curaleaf units are pushing back on a Michigan farm's bid for sanctions following a $32 million verdict in its favor, saying the farm is the party dragging proceedings out by seeking sanctions over a disagreement on the law.

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Fuel Truck Exec Cops To Wildfire Bid-Rigging Scheme

By Elliot Weld

The owner of a company that contracted with the U.S. Forest Service to supply fuel truck services to wildland firefighters pled guilty to conspiring with another executive to rig bids and allocate territories between 2015 and 2023.

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Saul Ewing Brings On GrayRobinson Trial Ace In Miami

By Madison Arnold

Saul Ewing LLP has added a seasoned trial lawyer focused on shareholder and partnership disputes and business wind-downs to its Miami shop from GrayRobinson PA.

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DOJ Immigration Playbook May Take Cues From A 2017 Case

A record criminal resolution with a tree trimming company accused of knowingly employing unauthorized workers in 2017 may provide clues as to how the U.S. Department of Justice’s immigration crackdown will touch American companies, which should prepare now for potential enforcement actions, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

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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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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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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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