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  • December 18, 2024

    FDIC Moves Closer To Suing Ex-Brass Of Silicon Valley Bank

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. leaders have given a green light for the agency to potentially sue former top brass of Silicon Valley Bank for alleged mismanagement of the bank that led to its collapse last year.

  • December 18, 2024

    TikTok Told To Provide Source Code In Trade Secrets Case

    TikTok must provide source code as well as financial and data usage information to a Chinese company that says it stole proprietary information to develop a video-editing feature on its platform, according to an order from a special master appointed to the case.

  • December 18, 2024

    LA Dodgers Must Face Disabled Fan's ADA Suit

    A California federal judge has refused to end a Los Angeles Dodgers gamegoer's negligence suit alleging he fell and hurt himself after being denied permission to bring his cane into the stadium, finding Tuesday that the purported denial exposed the man, who had to use stairs without handrails, to an unreasonable risk of harm.

  • December 18, 2024

    CVS Fueled Opioid Epidemic In Rush For Profits, Feds Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a suit Wednesday accusing CVS, the nation's largest pharmacy chain, of knowingly filling invalid prescriptions for powerful opioids and ignoring internal pleas from its pharmacists as it allegedly put profits over safety. 

  • December 18, 2024

    China Co. Asks Justices To Review E-Commerce Jurisdiction

    China-based e-commerce company Zembrka has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit opinion that found proof of an online transaction in a particular state is enough to establish personal jurisdiction, regardless of whether the product ships or is refunded.

  • December 18, 2024

    States, Green Groups Drop Suits Over USPS Vehicle Plan

    A coalition of states and cities and several environmental groups moved to dismiss their lawsuits challenging the U.S. Postal Service's multibillion-dollar plan to acquire its next-generation delivery vehicles.

  • December 18, 2024

    EPA Greenlights California's Race To 100% ZEVs By 2035

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday authorized California's plan to require that all new light cars and trucks sold in the state be zero-emission vehicles by 2035, a move that was instantly slammed by the fossil fuel industry.

  • December 18, 2024

    The Biggest Trademark Decisions Of 2024

    The Pennsylvania State University emerged victorious in arguably the most closely watched trademark trial of the year against an online retailer that sold merchandise bearing historic Penn State marks, and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an attorney's attempt to register "Trump Too Small" as a trademark. Here are Law360's picks for the biggest trademark decisions of 2024.

  • December 18, 2024

    Hagens Berman Says Apple, Amazon Doc Demand Is Off Base

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP is firing back against Apple and Amazon's bid to force the turnover of texts and emails with a client who disappeared from a putative class action against the tech giants, calling the spat an opportunistic attack "based on a fiction."

  • December 18, 2024

    Class Counsel In NCAA-NIL Suits Seek $500M-Plus In Fees

    The attorneys who represent the athletes in two name, image and likeness class actions that were settled with the NCAA have requested more than half a billion dollars total in fees and costs, citing the "substantial risks and complex issues" involved.

  • December 18, 2024

    Insurer Says No Coverage For USC Frat's Sex Assault Suit

    An insurer told a California federal court that it doesn't owe coverage to an event company accused of failing to provide a safe environment at a fraternity party where a woman said she was sexually assaulted, saying the policy's professional services and sexual misconduct exclusions preclude coverage.

  • December 18, 2024

    City Urges High Court To Skip Christian Fire Chief's Bias Suit

    A California city told the U.S. Supreme Court there's no need to review the dismissal of a fire chief's suit claiming his Christian beliefs got him fired, arguing his criticism of the legal framework used to analyze his claims is baseless, and he's simply unhappy he lost.

  • December 18, 2024

    Yale Eyes Quick Win In $435M Conn. Hospital Purchase Suit

    Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has asked a Connecticut state court judge for permission to file a summary judgment motion in a feud with Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. over the sale of several hospitals in the state, saying Prospect's "stunning" failure to fund pensions and pay taxes resulted in property liens that breached the $435 million deal.

  • December 18, 2024

    SiteOne Gets $100M To Advance Non-Opioid Pain Treatments

    SiteOne Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focusing on pain treatment, on Wednesday announced that it clinched a Series C funding round after securing $100 million from investors.

  • December 17, 2024

    Authors Seek OpenAI Docs About Its Future Models In IP Case

    Authors alleging that ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. is copying protected works asked a California federal judge Tuesday to order the company to produce documents about its large language models in development, information OpenAI argued would be burdensome to produce and not relevant to the proposed class action.

  • December 17, 2024

    Little Caesar's Arbitration Clause Should Be Axed, Judge Told

    An ex-Little Caesars worker seeking to represent the pizza chain's California employees in a putative wage-and-hour class action urged a Golden State federal judge Tuesday to invalidate the restaurant's new arbitration agreement banning workers from participating in the litigation, saying the company didn't make it clear the clause was voluntary.

  • December 17, 2024

    CORRECTED: Ineligible Calif. Securities Atty Accused Of Tax Crimes

    A Southern California securities attorney currently ineligible to practice law has gone over five years without filing any personal federal income tax returns, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in announcing a recently unsealed indictment against the lawyer on Tuesday.

  • December 17, 2024

    Tubi Says Keller Postman Kept Its Clients In The Dark

    Most of the people named in now-dropped arbitration demands filed by Keller Postman LLC against streaming service Tubi didn't know what the claims were or even that the firm purported to represent them, Tubi has told a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

  • December 17, 2024

    TM Group Weighs In On Preclusion In 2nd Circ. Winery Fight

    A trademark group has said a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision upheld by a New York federal court in an Italian winemaker's fight against a Napa Valley, California, rival over similarly named wines is at odds with a separate board decision in a dispute that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

  • December 17, 2024

    Judge Cuts Upper Deck's Disney Card Game Suit

    A Washington federal judge has pared down a toy company's suit accusing a competitor of improperly luring away a former contractor and infringing copyrighted material in making a Disney-branded game, partially letting claims involving unfair competition and fraudulent misrepresentations proceed while dismissing others.

  • December 17, 2024

    Kat Von D Defends Tattoo Copyright Win At 9th Circ.

    The reality TV tattoo artist Kat Von D has told the Ninth Circuit that a photographer who mounted a failed copyright lawsuit over a photo of the jazz great Miles Davis is now ignoring "most of the facts" by appealing the jury verdict that rejected the infringement case. 

  • December 17, 2024

    Prisoners Reach Largest-Ever Settlement With BOP Over Abuse

    More than 100 women currently and formerly detained at a now-shuttered federal women's prison in Northern California have reached settlements with the federal Bureau of Prisons worth nearly $116 million to end individual lawsuits alleging sexual assault and harassment at the hands of prison staffers.

  • December 17, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel, Keller Postman Want To Lead Live Nation Suit

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and Keller Postman LLC attorneys told a California federal court that they are best suited to represent proposed classes of consumers accusing Live Nation and Ticketmaster of monopolizing the ticketing services space, saying they "developed the heart" of the consumers' claims.

  • December 17, 2024

    Google-Apple Collusion Plaintiff Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Suit

    A California crane operator training school asked the Ninth Circuit on Monday to revive its case accusing Google of paying Apple to refrain from developing its own search engine in light of a recent Washington, D.C., federal judge's decision that Google monopolizes the search market.

  • December 17, 2024

    The Biggest Copyright Decisions Of 2024

    The U.S. Supreme Court made it possible for copyright plaintiffs to pursue damages for periods longer than three years — while leaving lawyers speculating about how long the ruling will stand — and the Second Circuit put an end to a free digital library. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright decisions of 2024.

Expert Analysis

  • Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024

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    Although federal offshore wind development started to pick up this year, many challenges to the industry became apparent as well — including slow federal permitting, the pitfalls of restarting permits after changes in project status, and the difficulties of negotiating economically viable offtake agreements, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

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    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • Nevada Justices Could Expand Scope Of Subrogation Claims

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    The Nevada Supreme Court's recent decision to hear North River Insurance v. James River Insurance could expand the scope of equitable subrogation claims in the state by aligning with the California standard, which doesn't require excess insurers to demonstrate damages, says Daniel Heidtke at Duane Morris.

  • Federal Embrace Of Crypto Regs Won't Lower State Hurdles

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    Even if the incoming presidential administration and next Congress focus on creating clearer federal regulatory frameworks for the cryptocurrency sector, companies bringing digital asset products and services to the market will still face significant state-level barriers, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: Ballpark Lessons For MDLs

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    The baseball offseason has provided some time to ponder how multidistrict litigation life resembles the national pastime, including with respect to home-field advantage, major television markets and setting records, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • What New Calif. Law Means For Cannabis Lounges

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    With a recently enacted California law authorizing licensed cannabis retailers and microbusinesses to prepare and sell noncannabis food and beverages, the door opens for a more sustainable business model — but challenges related to costs and liability remain, says Tracy Gallegos at Duane Morris.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • What Fed. Circ. Ruling Means For Patent Case Dismissals

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    ​​​​​​​The Federal Circuit's recent decision in UTTO v. Metrotech is significant because it specifically authorizes district courts to dismiss patent infringement lawsuits without a separate Markman hearing, but only when the meaning of a claim term is clear and case-dispositive, says Peter Gergely at Merchant & Gould.

  • 2 Cases Show DAOs May Face Increasing Legal Scrutiny

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    Two ongoing cases that recently survived motions to dismiss in California federal courts concerning Compound DAO and Lido DAO threaten to expand the potential liability for activity attributed to decentralized autonomous organizations — and to indirectly create liability for their participants, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • The Fashion Industry Should Prep Now For State PFAS Bans

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    New York and California have each passed legislation regulating PFAS in apparel and other textiles, so retailers should consult with manufacturers and suppliers and obtain the requisite certification documents as soon as possible to avoid disruptions in supply chains, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Rank-And-File DOJ Attorneys Will Keep Calm And Carry On

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    Career prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice often pride themselves on their ability to remain apolitical in order to ensure consistency and keep the department’s mission afloat, and the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to upend this tradition, says Michael Landman at Bird Marella.

  • Expect More State Scrutiny Of PE In Healthcare M&A

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    While a California bill that called for increased antitrust scrutiny of many healthcare private equity transactions was recently vetoed by the governor, state legislatures are likely to continue introducing similar laws, particularly if the Trump administration eases federal enforcement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • California Supreme Court's Year In Review

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    Attorneys at Horvitz & Levy highlight notable decisions on major questions from the California Supreme Court's last term, including voter initiatives, hostile work environment and the economic loss rule.

  • DC Circ. Decision Opens Door To NEPA Regulation Litigation

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    A recent D.C. Circuit decision in Marin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration could open the door to more litigation over the White House Council on Environmental Quality's National Environmental Policy Act regulations, and could affect how many agencies conduct and interpret environmental assessments, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.

  • Calif. Ruling May Shield Public Employers From Labor Claims

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    In Stone v. Alameda Health System, the California Supreme Court recently exempted a county hospital from state-mandated rest breaks and the Private Attorneys General Act, granting government employers a robust new bulwark against other labor statutes by undermining an established doctrine for determining if a law applies to public entities, say attorneys at Hunton.

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