Trials

  • February 24, 2025

    Elizabeth Holmes Loses 9th Circ. Appeal Over Theranos Fraud

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the criminal fraud convictions of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani along with their respective 11-year and nearly 13-year prison sentences, rejecting arguments that the lower court made multiple evidentiary errors that unfairly swayed jurors.

  • February 24, 2025

    Supreme Court Skips Fee-Shifting, IP Web Scraping Questions

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected petitions involving fee-shifting in copyright cases, whether judges or juries should decide what can be copyrighted, and if scraping public information online should be considered hacking under the Defend Trade Secrets Act when it is done by a computer.

  • February 24, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Overturned Slicer Patent Verdict

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Provisur Technologies Inc.'s appeal arguing that its right to a jury trial was violated when the Federal Circuit overturned a jury verdict that Weber Inc. willfully infringed its food slicer patents in a $10.5 million case.

  • February 21, 2025

    'I Shot Her To Death:' Video Shown Of Judge After Killing Wife

    Prosecutors showed a video to jurors Friday of a California judge at the police station following his arrest for shooting his wife, where he's seen sobbing, cursing and saying, "My son is going to hate me forever, and she's dead. I shot her to death."

  • February 21, 2025

    FTC's Holyoak Has Her Eyes On DeepSeek

    Federal Trade Commission member Melissa Holyoak suggested Friday that DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup whose rise has roiled AI markets, could have competed unfairly if it really trained its model using ChatGPT in violation of OpenAI's policies, as has been suggested.

  • February 21, 2025

    Colo. Woman Tells Jury Sterilization Plant Caused Cancer

    A woman claiming medical sterilization company Terumo caused a cancer cluster in her Colorado community took the stand Friday and told a state jury that her lymphoma gave her debilitating fatigue and self-doubt.

  • February 21, 2025

    Energy Transfer Brings $300M Greenpeace Case To Jury

    Dakota Access Pipeline builder Energy Transfer LP heads to trial Monday against Greenpeace in a $300 million defamation suit over Greenpeace's role in supporting Standing Rock Indian Reservation protests — a suit the environmental group calls an attempt to stifle free speech. Here, Law360 previews what to watch for in the hotly anticipated trial.

  • February 21, 2025

    New LA DA Doubts Menendez Brothers' Sexual Abuse Defense

    Los Angeles County's new district attorney on Friday opposed Erik and Lyle Menendez's bid for a new trial for the 1989 murder of their parents, expressing doubts that the brothers were molested by their father and saying that even if true, such abuse wouldn't form the basis for self-defense.

  • February 21, 2025

    Whirlpool Seeks More Damages And Fees After $27M TM Win

    Michigan-based appliance company Whirlpool Corp. has requested enhanced damages and attorney fees after a Texas federal jury found last month that Chinese company Shenzhen Sanlida Electrical Technology Co. Ltd. owed Whirlpool $27 million for willfully infringing and diluting the trademark for its iconic KitchenAid stand mixers.

  • February 21, 2025

    Green, Tribal Orgs Ask To Defend Biden DOI's Coal Decision

    Tribal and conservation groups have asked a federal court to let them join Wyoming and Montana's suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in the Powder River Basin.

  • February 21, 2025

    How Uncovering Bias Took A Black Man Off Death Row In NC

    Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Death Penalty Litigation tell Law360 about how approaching a criminal case like a civil suit helped them convince a state court judge that racial discrimination tainted Hasson Bacote's trial for felony murder, and got Bacote's death sentence vacated.

  • February 21, 2025

    Death Row Case Offers Window Into Prosecutors' Gender Bias

    As she stood trial for orchestrating her estranged husband's 2001 murder, Brenda Andrew faced an uphill battle convincing an Oklahoma jury of her innocence. The evidence was stacked against her, but perhaps the most powerful weapon in the prosecutors' arsenal wasn't the evidence itself — it was their ability to portray her as a deviant, unfaithful woman who deserved to be executed.

  • February 21, 2025

    Adams Judge Won't Toss Case, Taps Paul Clement For Review

    The federal judge in charge of the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams declined Friday to toss the charges at the request of President Donald Trump's Justice Department, instead appointing litigator Paul Clement to assist in a "careful" decision.

  • February 21, 2025

    Ex-Cognizant Execs Balk At Wording Of Trial Date Draft Order

    Attorneys for two former executives of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday that they object to the government's wording of a proposed order for proceeding with their Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial on March 3.

  • February 21, 2025

    High Court Finds FCC's E-Rate Subject To False Claims Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that telecoms participating in the federal E-Rate program supporting school and library connectivity can be sued for excess payouts under the False Claims Act because the subsidy's funds are provided through the U.S. Treasury.

  • February 20, 2025

    Fla. Jury Awards $1.2M In Botched Hysterectomy Suit

    A Florida state court jury has awarded more than $1.2 million in damages to a man whose 78-year-old wife died following a robotic-assisted hysterectomy surgery, finding that a medical doctor and nurse were negligent in the woman's death from sepsis, a blood infection.

  • February 20, 2025

    Georgia VA Doc Gets 2 Years For Sex Abuse Of Patient

    A Georgia federal judge Thursday hit a former Department of Veterans Affairs physician convicted of sexually abusing an ex-patient with a two-year prison sentence, and in the process shot down the doctor's bid for a new trial.

  • February 20, 2025

    Jones Day Atty Exits Menendez Bribery Case As Appeal Looms

    Yaakov Roth of Jones Day sought to withdraw Thursday from representing Robert Menendez following the former U.S. senator's convictions on bribery and corruption charges, leaving his Paul Hastings LLP team to steer the case at the trial level on the day after the government argued Menendez should not remain free on appeal.

  • February 20, 2025

    Michigan Abortion Law In Judge's Hands As Trial Wraps

    A medical ethicist testified Thursday that Michigan's contested informed consent materials for abortion patients are a "model" of neutrality, closing out a bench trial and setting the stage for a judge to decide whether to strike down the informed consent law and other challenged abortion restrictions. 

  • February 20, 2025

    Google Argues $20M Verdict Is Tied To 'Unverifiable' Testimony

    Google is defending its challenge to testimony from a patent licensing trial that led to a $20 million jury verdict against it, telling the full Federal Circuit that it is wrong to let "unsupported and unverifiable" assertions go in front of jurors.

  • February 20, 2025

    JPMorgan Has 'Buyer's Remorse' Over $175M Buy, Javice Says

    Frank founder Charlie Javice believed in her student loan company, her lawyer told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday, pushing back against charges that the executive tricked JPMorgan Chase into a $175 million acquisition by claiming the case is about "buyer's remorse."

  • February 20, 2025

    Convicted Fraudster 'Ponzied' His Way To Millions, Jurors told

    The first thing prosecutors told jurors Thursday at the start of the trial of convicted fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein — who was later pardoned and then charged again — were three words they asserted show his intent to steal more than $40 million from over 200 investors. 

  • February 20, 2025

    No Deal In Sight For DOJ's Case Against Amex GBT Merger

    The Justice Department and American Express Global Business Travel appear unlikely to settle a government challenge to the planned $570 million purchase of CWT, according to a New York federal court filing that came just a day after the transaction got a boost from U.K. authorities.

  • February 20, 2025

    FCPA Shake-Up May Open Bribery Loophole

    New guidelines in the works for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement under President Donald Trump's administration could dramatically alter how American companies do business overseas while potentially opening the door for foreign bribery when it arguably advances U.S. interests, and the looming changes are creating an unsettled environment for attorneys who practice in the space, experts say.

  • February 20, 2025

    Ex-Opioid CEO's Billing Spat With Trial Atty Lands In Court

    A Manhattan federal judge teed up a briefing schedule Thursday after a fight over expenses erupted between convicted former opioid CEO Laurence Doud and the lawyer who represented him at his criminal trial, who says Doud still owes $150,000.

Expert Analysis

  • 8 Tech Tips For Stress-Free Remote Depositions

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    Court reporter Kelly D’Amico shares practical strategies for attorneys to conduct remote depositions with ease and troubleshoot any issues that arise, as it seems deposition-by-Zoom is here to stay after the pandemic.

  • How AstraZeneca Ruling Could Change Dosage Patent Claims

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    If affirmed on appeal, the rationale employed by the Delaware federal court in Wyeth v. AstraZeneca to find "unit dosage"-related patent claims invalid could lead to a significant paradigm shift in how active-ingredient-focused patent applications are drafted and litigated, say Matthew Zapadka and John Schneible at Arnall Golden.

  • 4 Ways Attorneys Can Emotionally Prepare For Trial

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    In the course of litigation, trial lawyers face a number of scenarios that can incite an emotional response, but formulating a mental game plan in advance of trial can help attorneys stay cool, calm and collected in the moment, says Rachel Lary at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule

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    Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

  • Deepfakes In Court Proceedings: How To Safeguard Evidence

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    The legal community can confront the risks that deepfake technology poses to the integrity of court proceedings by embracing the latest detection technologies, developing comprehensive legal frameworks and fostering education and collaboration, say Daniel Garrie and Jennifer Deutsch at Law & Forensics.

  • Presidential Campaign Errors Provide Lessons For Trial Attys

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    Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign employed numerous strategies that evidently didn’t land, and trial attorneys should take note, because voters and jurors are both decision-makers who are listening for how one’s case presentation would affect them personally, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Series

    Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.

  • So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

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    Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals

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    Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron. 

  • High Court 'Violent Crimes' Case Tangled Up In Hypotheticals

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    In Delligatti v. U.S., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on whether attempted murder constitutes a crime of violence, and because the court’s interpretive approach thus far has relied on hairsplitting legal hypotheticals with absurd results, Congress should repeal the underlying statute, say attorneys at Patterson Belknap.

  • Curious Case Of FTC's Amicus Brief In Teva Fed. Circ. Appeal

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    Attorneys at BCLP explore the Federal Trade Commission's backing of Amneal's Orange Book-delisting efforts on Teva ahead of a key Federal Circuit hearing in a case between the two pharmaceutical companies, and wonder if the FTC amicus brief indicates a future trend, especially in the next administration.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • 2nd Circ. Maxwell Ruling Adds To Confusion Over NPA Reach

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    The Second Circuit’s recent decision upholding Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction made an analytical leap in applying plea agreement precedent to a nonprosecution agreement, compounding a circuit split and providing lessons for defense counsel, say attorneys at Kropf Moseley.

  • Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being

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    As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.

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