During his decades on the bench, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has witnessed a slew of changes, particularly as technology has brought a rise in cybercrimes, as well as novel questions like whether AI-generated legal advice is privileged. But perhaps the biggest shift was in Rakoff's own views.
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Approach The Bench: Judge Rakoff Doesn't Hide His Views

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

During his decades on the bench, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has witnessed a slew of changes, particularly as technology has brought a rise in cybercrimes, as well as novel questions like whether AI-generated legal advice is privileged. But perhaps the biggest shift was in Rakoff's own views.

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Blanche Advances After GOP Sens. Win Written Assurances

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination for the permanent position Tuesday, after Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, said they would support him.

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Healthcare Fraud Task Force Expands To Philly, Charges 19

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Federal and Pennsylvania law enforcement officials on Tuesday announced charges against 19 defendants involved in home care, alleging they bilked Medicare and Medicaid out of funds meant for caregivers and beneficiaries — representing an expansion of the federal crackdown on benefits fraud to Philadelphia.

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Goldman Jury Sees Undercover Video As Bribe Trial Nears End

By Stewart Bishop

A federal jury in Brooklyn Tuesday saw a clandestinely recorded video of a former Goldman Sachs banker talking to an acquaintance about what prosecutors say were bribes paid to government officials in Ghana to greenlight a power plant deal, as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial enters the home stretch.

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DC Circ. Says Feds' $629M Settlement Belongs In Terror Fund

By Ganesh Setty

The federal government must deposit $629 million earned from settled bank fraud and sanctions violation charges against a tobacco company into a fund supporting victims of state-sponsored terror, the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday, favoring two victims of terror attacks in Lebanon.

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SECURITIES

Ex-Volkswagen Engineers Plead Not Guilty To Insider Trading

By Frank G. Runyeon

Two former Volkswagen engineers pled not guilty to insider trading charges in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, rejecting claims that they illegally made $300,000 in profits trading on the carmaker's plans with electric car specialist Rivian.

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BANKING

UMB Bank Suit Over Failed Hard Rock Hotel Headed To Trial

By Katryna Perera

UMB Bank NA's lawsuit over a failed $80 million development of a Hard Rock hotel and events center in Kansas is set to proceed to trial, with a federal judge holding that the suit asserts triable issues regarding whether some of the defendants shared a common purpose to defraud and to participate in a fraudulent enterprise. 

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HEALTH

Health Provider To Pay $14.1M To Settle False Diagnoses Suit

By Elaine Briseño

A healthcare provider with headquarters in Florida has agreed to pay the federal government $14.1 million to resolve allegations it entered false diagnosis codes to increase the payments it received from the Medicare Advantage program.

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TAX

Ex-Booz Allen Worker Says Sen. Scott's Tax Leak Claims Late

By Zak Kostro

A former employee of federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton asked a Florida federal court to toss claims against him by Sen. Rick Scott over the leak of his personal tax returns, saying the suit was filed too late and in the wrong jurisdiction.

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COMPETITION

AGs Can't Yet Get Discovery Into Live Nation's DOJ Deal

By Craig Clough

A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by some state attorneys general for discovery into the Justice Department's antitrust settlement reached midtrial with Live Nation, ruling that the scope of the request is "unclear" but the AGs can try again with "narrow and targeted requests."

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PEOPLE

Willkie Expands Litigation Bench To Texas With Hilgers Duo

By Lynn LaRowe

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has brought its litigation practice to the Lone Star State with a pair of new Dallas-based partners who joined from Hilgers PLLC, one of whom will serve as the firm's new chair of litigation for Texas.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Feds' Mixed Cues On Medicaid Fraud Signal States To Step Up

While the federal government has recently delivered four distinct and mutually inconsistent messages regarding Medicaid fraud enforcement, states should focus on improving enforcement, regardless of which federal posture proves correct, says Ken Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Exclusive

Tyson & Mendes In Talks For Possible PE-Backed MSO Deal

By Emma Cueto

Insurance litigation defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday that it is in "preliminary discussions" about taking private equity investment via a managed service organization.

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Fla. AG Requests Impeachment Probe Into 11th Circ. Judge

By Carolina Bolado

Florida's Attorney General said Monday he is asking Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into U.S. Circuit Judge Nancy Abudu because of work she did before ascending to the Eleventh Circuit bench for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Analysis

These Firms Are Landing The Most Patent Litigation Work

By Dani Kass

Rabicoff Law and Ramey LLP have maintained their roles as top patent suit filers, while Fish & Richardson PC and Gillam & Smith LP have remained leaders on defense teams, according to Lex Machina's annual patent litigation report.

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ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards

By Emily Sawicki

In a split vote, American Bar Association House of Delegates members on Tuesday elected to uphold a rule requiring law schools to demonstrate DEI standards, but then followed up with a vote allowing another path to removing the standards, in an effort to avoid the Trump administration's threat to strip the ABA of accreditation authority.

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Simpson Thacher Highlights PIPE Client's Financial Troubles

By Madison Arnold

The founder of Patriot National Inc. was likely short millions of dollars when it finalized a private investment in public equity transaction at the center of his malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, according to defense testimony on Tuesday at a Florida state trial.

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ABA Seeks Bar Exam Reform Following Tech Failures

By Emily Sawicki

Over the course of its two-day annual meeting, the American Bar Association's policymaking body, the House of Delegates, approved measures to urge further bar exam oversight and backed measures to support law schools at accredited historically Black colleges and universities.

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Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Lemon Law Fake-Billing Suit

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. has asked the Ninth Circuit to revive its racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent billing scheme, saying First Amendment protections don't immunize the attorneys' underlying conduct in California lemon law litigation against the automaker.

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Day Pitney Dropped From Suit Over Ex-Justice's Involvement

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge allowed Day Pitney LLP to withdraw from a $1.3 million corporate windup feud after the involvement of one of its partners, a former chief justice on the state Supreme Court, came to light, negating the defendants' call for an evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify the firm.

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Fried Frank Data Breach Class Action Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action data security suit against Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP was voluntarily dismissed on Thursday following a joint motion to stay the case in April to undergo mediation.

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Ashurst Perkins, Nail Co. Lose Doc Bids In Malpractice Suit

By Rachel Riley

Ashurst Perkins Coie won't have to turn over documents related to its predecessor firm's work for an Omani screw and nail manufacturer in international trade proceedings that are now the subject of a legal malpractice case, a Washington court has ruled, while also denying a discovery request from the firm. 

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Analysis

New Patent Suits Surge As PTAB Challenges Get Tougher

By Ryan Davis

More patent suits were filed in 2025 than in any year in the past decade, according to a new report, an increase attorneys said is likely tied to new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies that have made it harder to challenge patents.

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NC Judge Who Upheld Voter ID Law To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Thomas Schroeder of the Middle District of North Carolina has informed the president he will take semi-retired status at a date later in the future.

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Bronx Union Says Striking Atty Faced 'Impossible' Choice

By Andrea Keckley

An attorney with the Bronx Defenders felt she had no other choice but to cross the picket line on Tuesday after an immigration judge ordered her to appear in court and the organization's managers did not commit to covering the proceedings without her, a union representative has told Law360.

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Neighborhood Defender Service Of Harlem Union Ends Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union announced it was returning to work with a tentative deal after more than a week on the picket line.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Ashurst LLP

Ashurst Perkins

Axinn

Baker Botts

Bradley Arant

Bricker Graydon

Burns Charest

Conrad & Scherer

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

Curtis Mallet-Prevost

DNL Zito

Dacus Law Firm

Dann Law Firm

Day Pitney

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dilworth Paxson

Duane Morris

Fenwick & West

Fish & Richardson

Foley & Lardner

Fox Rothschild

Fried Frank

GableGotwals

Garteiser Honea

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Greenberg Traurig

Hogan Lovells

Kairys Rudovsky

Knight Law Group

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Lankler Siffert

Latham & Watkins

Law Offices of Garrett S. Flynn

Law Offices of Hope Lefeber

Law Offices of Megan J. Davies

Marshall Dennehey

McDermott Will & Schulte

McNaul Ebel

Milbank LLP

Miller Fair

Montgomery McCracken

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morris Nichols

Neal Gerber

Neaton & Puklich

Paul Weiss

Phillips & Cohen LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Rabicoff Law

Ramey LLP

Rebar Kelly

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Spencer Fane

Stearns Weaver

Stone & Magnanini

The Bostic Law Group

Tyson & Mendes

Van Osdol PC

Webber & Thies

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Winston Taylor

Wirtz Law APC

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

APC

Aetna Inc.

Airbnb Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

Brigham Young University

British American Tobacco PLC

Brooklyn Defender Services

CBS Interactive Inc.

Exceed Company Ltd.

Ford Motor Co.

Fort Point Capital

Grant Thornton LLP

Instagram Inc.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Patriot National Inc.

Public Broadcasting Service

RELX PLC

Rivian Automotive LLC

Southern Poverty Law Center Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

St. Peter's Health Partners Inc.

StubHub Inc.

The Associated Press

The Bronx Defenders

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

UMB Financial Corp.

United Auto Workers

Volkswagen AG

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

City and County of San Francisco, California

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office

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

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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 Delaware

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Kansas