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  Musk Can't Lean On Atty Defense In Twitter Investor Dispute

  By Jessica Corso

  A New York federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk from asserting that he relied on his attorneys' advice in...(read more)

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  NBA Coach Billups, Guard Rozier Arrested In Gambling Bust

  By Pete Brush

  Chauncey Billups, the head coach of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, and Terry Rozier, a point guard with the M...(read more)

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• Quinn Emanuel Loses Bid To Get $1.7M Bill From Sheriff Case

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A California state appeals court Thursday shot down Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's effort to recover a more than $1.7 million bill for representing a former Los Angeles County sheriff in a suit county supervisors lodged, finding that the sheriff lacked authority to retain the firm.

• 'Civility' A Concern As IP Atty Asks To Depose Party Suing Her

  By Lauren Berg

  A Florida federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in a patent licensing company executive's defamation suit against a Baker Botts LLP intellectual property litigator told the parties Thursday that she's inclined to appoint a special master to oversee depositions in the case to ensure "the appropriate decorum and civility."

• Texas Dials Up Exposure With App Store, Telemarketing Laws

  By Allison Grande

  A new Texas age verification law and sweeping revisions to the state's telemarketing statute are poised to saddle the broad universe of companies that support mobile apps and disseminate marketing texts with new obligations that will open them up to more lawsuits and other legal risks, unless opponents find success with fledgling constitutional challenges.

• NC Judge Dubious Of NASCAR's 'Cartel' Counterclaims

  By Hayley Fowler

  A North Carolina federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday of letting NASCAR bring to trial its antitrust counterclaims against a pair of stock car racing teams, one owned by retired NBA legend Michael Jordan, questioning how the teams could have colluded to force more favorable contract terms when there seems to be evidence NASCAR was able to negotiate with them individually.

• Google Rips $425M Privacy Verdict As Users Seek $2.4B More

  By Lauren Berg

  A class of some 98 million cellphone users who won a $425 million jury verdict finding that Google unlawfully collected their information asked a California federal judge to make the tech giant disgorge another $2.36 billion, while Google asked the court to dismantle the class and vacate the verdict.

• 5th Circ. Vacates Lewis Brisbois' $1.5M Trademark Award

  By Elliot Weld

  The Fifth Circuit vacated a $1.5 million damages award Thursday that Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP won against three attorneys who registered a business with the same name, saying the Texas federal judge who granted the award had not explained his reasoning under the relevant statutes.

• Japan's Jera Paying $1.5B For Louisiana Shale Gas Assets

  By Al Barbarino

  Japanese power company Jera Co. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire shale gas assets in Louisiana from Williams Cos. and GEP Haynesville II LLC for about $1.5 billion.

• Derailment Counsel Fee Provision 'Troubles' 6th Circ. Judge

  By P.J. D'Annunzio

  A three-judge Sixth Circuit panel on Thursday seemed skeptical that counsel representing victims of the fiery 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was blindsided by a "quick-pay" provision in the attorney fee agreement that saw class lawyers get paid before their clients.

• Squire Patton Boggs Partner Confirmed To Kentucky Bench

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate voted 48-45, along party lines, on Thursday to confirm former Kentucky Solicitor General and Squire Patton Boggs LLP partner Chad Meredith to the Eastern District of Kentucky.

• Yelp's Tying Claim Against Google Can Move Ahead

  By Matthew Perlman

  A California federal court has refused to trim Yelp's claim that Google ties its general search results to its local search listings in a case accusing Google of monopolizing the local search market, after finding the latest version of the claim fixed the problems previously identified.

• 5th Circ. Revives Religious Bias Suit Over DOD Vaccine Policy

  By Patrick Hoff

  The Fifth Circuit breathed new life into a proposed class action claiming the U.S. Department of Defense unlawfully slow-walked civilian employees' requests for religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination directive, saying the mandate getting rescinded didn't nullify the lawsuit.

• Judges Admit AI Missteps After Grassley's Oversight Push

  By Courtney Bublé

  Federal judges in New Jersey and Mississippi admitted their staff used artificial intelligence in faulty orders they had to redo over the summer, according to correspondence released Thursday by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who is investigating the matter.