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Two Republican lawmakers have asked Chief Justice John Roberts to rein in judges who've anonymously criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's flurry of "shadow docket" rulings, but a full-on investigation appears unlikely.

The near-total judicial deference given to the government's power to issue investigative subpoenas — a deeply rooted principle of administrative law — is facing an unprecedented challenge in federal courts.

Generative artificial intelligence has reduced the costs and barriers of deploying a cyberattack, leaving law firms vulnerable to both novice and sophisticated cybercriminals.

Latham & Watkins and Ogletree Deakins lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eighth Circuit vacated an NLRB ruling that Home Depot illegally forced out a worker who showed support for Black Lives Matter.

The government shutdown has hindered an already dire funding situation for the federal defense community, but now the judiciary is working on requests to Congress to alleviate that.

An escalating battle over a hot drug franchise is playing out in boardrooms and courtrooms, revealing how far Big Pharma is willing to go for the lucrative obesity market.

As consolidation pressure mounts, some Mid-Law firms have bulked up to BigLaw scale without moving away from their focus on midsized clients, with this co-called "super mid-market" tier of firms likely to keep expanding.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in five cases this week, but it was the blockbuster dispute over President Trump's tariffs that drew the most attention.

The Eleventh Circuit vacated a 15-year sentence for a Florida man convicted of being a felon in possession of a weapon after finding that, because the state's statutory definition of 'cocaine' was too broad, the man's drug offenses couldn't be used to enhance his sentence.

The Eighth Circuit affirmed an arbitration award ordering EpiPen maker Meridian Medical to reinstate an employee accused of falsifying job training records.

A Seattle federal jury convicted a software startup's former executive of wire fraud on Friday, after prosecutors accused him of siphoning $35 million in company funds into his personal fintech project and then losing the money in a cryptocurrency collapse weeks later.

Several Las Vegas hotel operators, two software companies and Blackstone all told the Ninth Circuit to reject a rehearing petition for its August decision for a proposed price-fixing class action. www.law360.com/artic...

D.C. Circuit judges suggested Friday that the maker of a popular baby lounger may have forfeited its key appellate argument for undoing a CPSC rule that has forced the product off the market by failing to address the issue during the agency's rulemaking. www.law360.com/artic...

The NCAA permanently banned six Division 1 basketball players from universities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arizona for their roles in either manipulating games or sharing information with bettors in three separate cases. www.law360.com/artic...

Maryland officials asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from sabotaging plans to build a new FBI headquarters in the state, after it announced the FBI would instead move into an overhauled Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. www.law360.com/artic...

Boston, its mayor and a police officer say a former City Hall staffer's claim that she was fired to shield a high-ranking official and spare the mayor from political embarrassment is based on nothing more than "labels and conclusions." www.law360.com/artic...

A former finance executive with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks has been hit with federal wire fraud charges for allegedly embezzling more than $3.8 million from the team.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has pushed back on efforts to block the state's new App Store Accountability Act, telling a federal court that the measure's parental-consent and age-verification rules don't restrict speech. www.law360.com/artic...

A Canadian lawyer and a former executive for a Canadian electronics company have asked a federal court to compel a sanctioned attorney to pony up $36,663 in fees imposed over AI-hallucinated case citations he included in filings in now-dismissed federal suits. www.law360.com/artic...

Jack Dorsey's fintech firm Block Inc. told investors that it may take a financial hit from a multistate probe into its mobile payments platform CashApp.

New Jersey would establish tax credits for employers who provide child care services for their employees' children under a bill introduced in the state Senate. www.law360.com/artic...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has handed down a deferred two-year suspension to a retired attorney for improperly sharing more than $650,000 in fees with nonattorneys over several years after he had been censured for similar misconduct.

The Eighth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Nike of greenwashing by falsely claiming that some of its clothing is sustainably made. www.law360.com/artic...

The nation's largest regional grid operator, which has come under fire for limiting state involvement in its policymaking, will continue to face pressure following the election victories of New Jersey and Virginia governors who campaigned on lowering utility bills.

Though counterintuitive, appellees should consider writing their answering briefs before they’ve ever seen their opponent’s opening brief, as this practice confers numerous benefits related to argument structure, time pressures and workflow, says Joshua Sohn at the DOJ. www.law360.com/artic...

Commercial real estate executives reported steady revenue growth in the third quarter of 2025, buoyed by strong leasing activity across the office and industrial sectors that, in some cases, set records among the major brokers.

Charlie Javice, the convicted founder of college financial aid startup Frank, has told a Delaware judge that JPMorgan Chase & Co. is effectively trying to cut off her ability to appeal her criminal conviction by refusing to advance the vast majority of her ongoing legal fees.

The USPTO provided a 15-day extension for giving feedback on proposed rules that will likely reduce the institution of certain patent challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. www.law360.com/artic...

The record-long government shutdown has hindered an already dire funding situation for the federal defense community, but now the judiciary is working on requests to Congress to alleviate that.

The white-collar team at Dykema Gossett secured back-to-back dismissals of two criminal cases in as many days last month by challenging the government's experts, flagging discovery issues and hammering on other perceived weaknesses in the prosecutions.

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. swore in former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chair and commissioner Janet Dhillon as the 17th director of the federal agency. www.law360.com/artic...

The current acting director of the Division of Law in the New Jersey Office of Attorney General took over the role in a permanent capacity Friday.

Michigan congressional candidate Shelby Nicole Campbell has asked a federal court to dismiss a trademark lawsuit brought by The Campbell's Co. over campaign materials that showed a soup can saying "Campbell for Congress" with the soup company's iconic design. www.law360.com/artic...

BREAKING: A Tacoma federal jury cleared Novo Nordisk on Friday of allegations that it defrauded Washington state's Medicaid and Medicare systems by paying kickbacks and promoting off-label use to illegally boost prescriptions of a hemophilia drug. www.law360.com/artic...

The U.S. Department of Justice is throwing its support behind President Donald Trump's effort to overturn his New York criminal conviction for falsifying business records. www.law360.com/artic...

Truth Social operator Trump Media & Technology Group reported larger third-quarter losses than in the year prior due to growing legal expenses related to a special purpose acquisition company merger that took it public last year.

Billionaire Alexander Vik and his company are not entitled to collect more than $11.5 million in attorney fees after beating Deutsche Bank in a long-running lawsuit over unpaid margin calls, a Connecticut appellate panel ruled Friday.

Here's a look back at six noteworthy developments in Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases from October.

The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to restore claims in a pair of patents used to track individuals, leaving in place Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that Uber showed the claims were invalid.

Delaware's federal court will not appoint the district's current interim U.S. attorney and President Donald Trump's choice for that position to remain in the role, according to a notice from the district's chief judge. www.law360.com/artic...

The U.K. government should ensure online gambling businesses always pay a higher tax rate than traditional casinos, a parliamentary committee said in report Friday.

BREAKING: A Delaware federal jury said website hosting platform GoDaddy owes $170 million after finding on Friday that it willfully infringed two Express Mobile patents covering ways to build a website. www.law360.com/artic...

Days after private equity giant Apollo was said to have pulled a roughly $2.1 billion offer to purchase Papa John's, CEO Todd Penegor said Friday that the pizza chain would "fully consider" future strategic alternatives.

The legal industry kicked off November with a busy week as BigLaw firms launched new office attendance policies and expanded practices. Test how closely you've been reading #Law360Pulse's coverage of the week's biggest news in our five-question quiz, Voir Dire. www.law360.com/pulse...#Law360Pulse's#BusinessOfLaw

Senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf announced that he is retiring after more than 40 years on the federal bench, having presided over some of the most notable cases in Massachusetts federal court over the past four decades.

Solar energy developer Pine Gate Renewables has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt and a plan to sell its business during the case.

Swedish legal AI platform Legora said it is developing a document portal that lets lawyers and clients work together in a secure workspace that avoids "inefficient" email chains with a roll-out date expected in early 2026. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360UK #Law360Pulse #BusinessOfLaw

In a landmark vote that turned corporate governance on its head, Tesla shareholders thumbed their noses at Delaware Chancery Court and top proxy advisers by awarding CEO Elon Musk an estimated $1 trillion compensation package, according to preliminary results. www.law360.com/pulse... #Law360Pulse