The Biden administration has hit Russian and Iranian military and intelligence groups with a fresh round of penalties for their attempts to spread disinformation and stoke political tensions during the 2024 general election.
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US Sanctions Russia, Iran Over Attempted Election Interference

By Alex Lawson

The Biden administration has hit Russian and Iranian military and intelligence groups with a fresh round of penalties for their attempts to spread disinformation and stoke political tensions during the 2024 general election.

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Spain Details Imminent High Court Bid In Intra-EU Award Suits

By Ali Sullivan

Spain is planning to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a D.C. Circuit decision that greenlighted the enforcement of intra-European Union investor-state awards in U.S. federal courts, saying in court filings that the appeal raises serious issues related to foreign sovereign immunity.

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Cruise Cos. Say Justices Unlikely To Consider $440M Cuba Case

By Joyce Hanson

Four cruise lines have urged the Eleventh Circuit not to pause sending a yearslong dispute back to a lower court after the circuit court overturned a $440 million judgment against them for "trafficking" in property seized by Cuba, saying the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to take up the case.

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DC US Atty Matthew Graves Stepping Down Jan. 16

By Rae Ann Varona

Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for D.C. who led the federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said he'll be stepping down as the capital's top federal prosecutor four days before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

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LITIGATION

Amazon Gets Zulily's Antitrust Suit Trimmed, For Now

By Lauren Berg

A Seattle federal judge trimmed a lawsuit brought by now-defunct online retailer Zulily that accuses Amazon of using its monopoly power to shut out competition from other online retailers, tossing conspiracy and state consumer protection law claims, but allowing Zulily to rework its complaint.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Holland & Knight Matches BigLaw Bonuses In Major Markets

By Anna Sanders

Holland & Knight LLP announced associates in major U.S. markets will receive year-end and special bonuses matching those given by other BigLaw firms, with attorneys working in regional offices making smaller figures, according to a report.

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Biden Honors Del. Jurist For Role In Brown V. Board Ruling

By Jeff Montgomery

President Joe Biden issued a top civilian award, posthumously, to former Chancellor Collins J. Seitz of Delaware Chancery Court, father of the state's current chief justice, for his role in decisions woven into the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

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Clyde & Co. Merges With Dallas Insurance Boutique

By Emily Sawicki

Clyde & Co. LLP has announced a merger with Dallas boutique Tillman Batchelor LLP, expanding the global law firm's insurance capabilities in Texas amid its ongoing growth in North America.

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Taft Hired BCLP Comms Director Ahead Of Merger

By Andrea Keckley

Once its merger with Sherman & Howard LLC became effective at the start of the new year, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Thursday it had hired Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's former director of communications.

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AI Chatbots Will Transform Legal Scholarship, AI Chatbot Says

By Matt Perez

Generative artificial intelligence like OpenAI's ChatGPT software will redefine legal scholarship, according to a new paper primarily produced by the chatbot.

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States Debate High Court Solution To Election Map Catch-22

By Katie Buehler

Louisiana has implored the U.S. Supreme Court to decisively resolve litigation over its federal election map in one of three ways, suggesting the justices could toss the case on standing, decide the merits, or, preferably, find that federal courts have no role in refereeing redistricting disputes.

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Ex-GMU Prof.'s Accusers Say He Can't Prove $108M Damages

By Aebra Coe

Former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright allegedly failed to provide information to back his $108 million defamation damages claim and then walked out of a deposition, according to a Virginia court filing by two former students whom Wright sued over their statements to Law360.

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Atty Wants Free Speech Suit Over Tenn. Court Rule Kept Alive

By Jack Karp

A free speech challenge to a Middle District of Tennessee rule barring attorneys from making "any extrajudicial statements" about cases in the district should be allowed to move forward since the court is not entitled to sovereign immunity, according to the Nashville civil rights lawyer behind the suit.

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Giuliani Says Memory Faulty In Meandering NY Contempt Row

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge mulled a bid to hold Rudy Giuliani in contempt of a $148 million defamation judgment Friday, during a day of sparring in which the former New York City mayor repeatedly told counsel for two defamed Georgia poll workers that he doesn't remember case details.

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Battling Berts: Judge Enjoins Ga. Law Firm In Trademark Row

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge Friday temporarily barred an Atlanta-based law firm from advertising and promoting its personal injury legal services through messaging like "If You're Hurt ... Call Bert!" and "If You're Hurt, Call Bert," ruling that it is too similar to another personal injury firm's trademarked slogan.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

How to deal with diversity, climate change and artificial intelligence are the key issues giving general counsel night terrors at the start of the new year. And in Delaware, the Chancery Court is allowing a stockholder suit to move forward against Fox Corp., related to its false reports of voting fraud in 2020.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Chris Eubank Jr. hit with a libel claim from a boxing promoter, a perfume boss face proceedings from his businesses following sanctions violations claims, and Israeli broadcasters file intellectual property claims against BT and Sky. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Beale & Co. Solicitors

Bert Brock Law

Binnall Law Group

Bird & Bird

Bona Law PC

Brabners LLP

Bryan Cave

Carney Badley

Clark Hill

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Colson Hicks

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Dentons

Dhillon Law Group

DuBose Miller

Ellis George LLP

Eversheds Sutherland

Freshfields

Goodwin Procter

Graves Garrett

Gray Cary

Hancock Daniel

Harrison LLP

Hill Dickinson

Hirschler

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Irwin Mitchell

Jackson Lewis PC

Jenner & Block

Katten Muchin

Keoghs LLP

Keystone Law

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Lewis Silkin

Massumi & Consoli

McDermott Will & Emery

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Mullin Hoard

Neal Gerber

Norton Rose

Orrick Herrington

Parnall Law Firm

Paul Weiss

Peacock Law PC

Penningtons Manches

Perkins Coie

Pinsent Masons

Quainton Law

Quicker Law LLC

Quinn Emanuel

Roythornes Solicitors

Sedgwick LLP

Seyfarth Shaw

Sidley Austin

Simmons & Simmons

Skadden Arps

Taft Stettinius

Trowers & Hamlins

Vasseghi Law

Venable LLP

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ARK Investment Management LLC

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana

Anthropic PBC

Apple Inc.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

British American Tobacco PLC

Carnival Corp. & PLC

Chevron Corp.

CoreCivic Inc.

Digital River Inc.

DuckDuckGo Inc.

EE Ltd.

ESPN Inc.

Ecolab Inc.

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Exceed Company Ltd.

Fox Corp.

Google LLC

Institute for Justice

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

LG Electronics Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

Mozilla Corp.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Congress of American Indians

New Civil Liberties Alliance

NextEra Energy Inc.

Norwegian Cruise Line

Public Joint Stock Co. Gazprom

ROSS Intelligence

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Social Science Research Network

TUI AG

Talktalk Telecom Group PLC

Tesla Inc.

The Conference Board Inc.

The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

The New York Times Co.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

Virgin Media Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Weber Shandwick Worldwide Inc.

Willis Towers Watson PLC

Zulily Inc.

iFinex Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Supreme Court

Office of Foreign Assets Control

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court