https://www.law360.com/legalindustry?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Industry Copyright 2026 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Tue, 26 May 2026 22:35:53 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2482077?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2482077 The Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday asked an Alabama federal court to throw out the Trump administration's indictment claiming it paid extremist group informants to "stoke racial hatred," arguing that it's a "top-down, retributive campaign" that constitutes vindictive prosecution. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:53:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481352 Quinn Emanuel has filed suit in Washington, D.C., against former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last fall, asking the court to enforce an arbitral award of nearly $1.5 million in unpaid attorney fees and other costs. Tue, 26 May 2026 20:06:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481929?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481929 President Donald Trump's administration ​on Tuesday announced that it wishes to require federal employees with access to sensitive government information to sign a nondisclosure agreement, citing recent leaks related to immigration enforcement operations and the release of personal information belonging to approximately 4,500 Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees. Tue, 26 May 2026 19:46:07 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481994?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481994 The Third Circuit on Tuesday scolded a Pennsylvania federal judge for his "inappropriate attempted witticisms" while presiding over a lawsuit in which a parent blamed transportation companies for the deaths of his two children in a highway collision, saying the judge's "ill-conceived attempts at levity" in a fatal injury case could be misinterpreted by the public. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:47:29 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2482017?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2482017 The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of cross-border corporate control disputes, merger settlements, startup equity fights, advancement claims and board oversight litigation, while also weighing fallout from high-profile deals involving Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co. and Nikola Corp. Tue, 26 May 2026 18:01:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481913?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481913 Attorneys who represented Jan. 6 defendants will have to face a consultant's claims that they copied her jury-attitude report without permission after a D.C. federal judge rejected their arguments that their conduct fell under fair use and the public's right to access court records. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:54:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481883?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481883 Wiley Rein LLP has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Washington, D.C., firm of negligence after the firm said a group that may be affiliated with the Chinese government accessed emails of firm personnel. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:35:38 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481912?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481912 Holland & Knight LLP has brought on a duo of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP attorneys, including the chair of the firm's gaming industry group, in Boston and Atlanta as leaders of Holland & Knight's national gaming practice, the firm announced Monday. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:20:18 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481621?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481621 A New Jersey federal judge affirmed the Beasley Allen Law Firm's disqualification from multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder on Tuesday, determining that the firm has failed to provide a valid reason to back its attempt at a stay and temporary reinstatement into the matter. Tue, 26 May 2026 16:04:08 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2470327?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2470327 Brent W. Johnson is helping to pioneer the use of antitrust law to tackle collusion in low-wage labor markets with work that includes representing workers from poultry- and meat-processing plants in a pair of cases that led to more than $600 million in settlements last year. Tue, 26 May 2026 15:45:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481856?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481856 The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether to take up U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's petition seeking to overturn her suspension from the Federal Circuit on June 11, according to a notice posted Tuesday. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:49:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481819?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481819 A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday granted former FBI Director James Comey's unopposed request to postpone his arraignment and trial on charges he threatened President Donald Trump with a social media post of seashells, finding that ongoing discovery and the "gravity of the charges" favor an extension and "outweigh" any interests in having a speedy trial. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:00:17 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481704?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481704 Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a Democratic senator earlier this month he's paused immigration agents' use of administrative warrants to enter private property, but has not officially revoked the controversial policy issued last year. Tue, 26 May 2026 13:46:19 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481599?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481599 U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche are fighting a bid from the California man accused of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to disqualify them from handling the case. Tue, 26 May 2026 10:53:20 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2479993?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2479993 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a Fourth Circuit order that had revived the immigration judges union's challenge to restrictions on their ability to speak publicly, finding the lower court abused its discretion by relying on arguments not raised by either party, and ordered further proceedings. Mon, 25 May 2026 20:01:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2470226?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2470226 This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026. Fri, 22 May 2026 23:53:51 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481220 For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:45:16 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481199 Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alleged a RICO suit filed Thursday in Houston federal court. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:42:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2480282?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2480282 A California federal judge's recent use of advisory juries for high-profile tech disputes — including Elon Musk's OpenAI for-profit conversion challenge and states' social-media addiction fight with Meta — is an uncommon practice that's intended as a "reality check" for judges deciding "socially explosive" disputes, according to legal experts. Fri, 22 May 2026 22:26:24 +0000 https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481333?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/legalindustry/articles/2481333 A federal judge has suspended an attorney from practicing in the Northern District of Alabama after the attorney deleted his ChatGPT account in a bid to cover up his use of the chatbot to write an erroneous brief, saying the court never imagined having to deal with such "atrocious conduct."