Atty Missteps Warrant New Criminal Trial, Conn. Justices Say

By Cara Salvatore

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a robbery and assault conviction must be reversed after the defense lawyer failed to investigate an avenue of reasonable doubt impacting "pillars" of the prosecution's case.

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Coinbase And Kalshi Contracts 'Siphoning' Money, Tribes Say

By Brian Steele

Battles between crypto titan Coinbase, derivative exchange KalshiEX LLC and Connecticut officials over the legality of sports-related event contracts directly impact "tribal sovereignty over gaming that occurs on Indian lands," a coalition of American Indian tribes and tribal associations told a federal judge in proposed amicus briefs that side with the state government.

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'Battery' Led To $32M Yale Hospital Verdict, Parents Say

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut mother and father have urged a state superior court judge not to rethink a $32 million bench trial verdict against Yale University and its affiliated Yale New Haven Hospital surrounding the death of a premature baby fed a diet fortified with a cow's milk product.

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Ex-Med Spa Workers Say Poaching Claims Can't Stay In Conn.

By Aaron Keller

Two former Connecticut medical spa workers have asked a judge to dismiss claims they lured clients and a colleague to a nearby competitor, saying their employment agreements select Delaware as the necessary forum and venue for any dispute.

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Ex-Mars Exec Deserves 'Substantial' Fraud Sentence, Feds Say

By Brian Steele

A former Mars Inc. risk executive who admitted to pulling off a $28.4 million fraud scheme should spend a "substantial" amount of time in prison, prosecutors told a Connecticut federal judge, noting that the parties agreed to a guidelines range of around seven to 11 years.

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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

By Kevin Penton

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

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Zillow, Redfin Must Produce CEO Docs In FTC's Antitrust Case

By Bryan Koenig

A Virginia federal magistrate judge gave the Federal Trade Commission a limited peek Tuesday into the communications between the CEOs of Zillow and Redfin over an alleged deal paying Redfin more than $100 million not to compete for rental listings, partially overriding Zillow's objections in a ruling from the bench.

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Trump Media Investor Says Insider Trading Trial Was Flawed

By Stewart Bishop

A Florida trader sentenced to over two years in prison for insider trading on confidential plans to take President Donald Trump's media company behind Truth Social public urged the Second Circuit on Tuesday to reverse his conviction, saying the lower court wrongly excluded evidence at trial that backed his claims of acting in good faith.

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2nd Circ. Says US Not Venue For Kazakhstani Gov't Dispute

By Jack McLoone

A Second Circuit panel refused to revive a Kazakhstani businessman's suit against his business partners and the country's National Security Committee over an alleged scheme that made him take the fall for misappropriated funds used for bribes, determining the suit didn't belong in the U.S.

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Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

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Analysis

Nonprofits, Not BigLaw, Lead Legal Challenges To Trump

By Jack Karp

Public interest groups are handling a majority of the lawsuits filed against the second Trump administration, while most large firms remain on the sidelines, according to a review by Law360 of more than 400 lawsuits filed in the first year of Trump's second term.  

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Ballard Partners Led In Lobbying Earnings As Trump Returned

By Alison Knezevich

Ballard Partners more than quadrupled its annual federal lobbying revenue in 2025 amid President Donald Trump's return to office, surpassing the law firm policy practices that have led K Street in recent years.

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Former SG Prelogar Joins Cooley Team On Trump EO Appeal

By Alison Knezevich

Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has joined the legal team representing Jenner & Block LLP in its fight with President Donald Trump's administration over his executive order targeting the BigLaw firm, according to a new court filing.

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Lawyer Testifies Goldstein Dodged $500K Poker Repayment

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm recounted in court Wednesday that a U.S. Internal Revenue Service levy was placed on the SCOTUSblog founder's accounts, while a lawyer at another firm said Goldstein dodged repaying him for money invested in his poker-playing exploits.

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House Speaker Johnson Supports Impeachment Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday threw his support behind efforts to impeach federal judges in Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

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DOJ Outline Of New Fraud Role Doesn't Mention WH Oversight

By Courtney Bublé

A U.S. Department of Justice official explained the parameters of the new role of assistant attorney general for fraud in a recent letter to Congress, obtained Wednesday by Law360, but did not mention the individual will be overseen by the White House, as the vice president previously said.

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NYC Indigent Defense Program In 'Crisis,' Task Force Reports

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Assigned Counsel Plan, which provides lawyers to indigent people in criminal and family courts who can't be served by institutional legal service providers, is "in a state of crisis," a New York City Bar task force said in an interim report released Wednesday.

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7th Circ. Cautions Pro Se Litigants To Avoid AI-Induced Errors

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit offered guidance to litigants using artificial intelligence while representing themselves in a ruling remanding a pro se plaintiff's civil rights case Wednesday, saying that AI has "great promise" for those who can't afford legal counsel, but that it doesn't abdicate them of their duty to avoid misrepresentations in court filings.

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Justices Wary Of Greenlighting Trump Bid To Fire Fed's Cook

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to let President Donald Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, with multiple justices expressing doubts about administration claims of broad presidential removal power over the central bank.

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