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January 09, 2025
Texas Oil Well Operator's Ch. 11 Plan Approved With Releases
Oil well operator Independence Contract Drilling received approval Thursday from a Texas bankruptcy judge for its Chapter 11 reorganization plan, which includes consensual third-party releases.
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January 09, 2025
Guards, ICE Detention Contractor Wage Deal Approved
A detention officer's suit accusing the operator of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center of unpaid preshift work will come to an end after a Texas federal judge signed off Thursday on a sealed settlement.
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January 09, 2025
Meta Gets Partial PTAB Win On 2 Electronic Device Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that Meta Platforms Inc. was able to show that some claims in a pair of Eight kHz LLC patents were not valid, but upheld many other claims as part of a larger intellectual property fight between the parties.
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January 09, 2025
AI Startup Anthropic Seeks $60B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
Artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic is seeking $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the company at $60 billion, while fashion giant Shein is now eyeing a mid-2025 initial public offering in London and Constellation Energy is lining up a $30 billion bid to acquire electricity provider Calpine. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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January 09, 2025
High Court Ruling Looms Over FERC Gas Enforcement Deal
A TotalEnergies unit will pay $5 million to end a decadelong Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gas market manipulation probe, an enforcement case that was weakened by the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling that limits the authority of in-house agency judges.
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January 09, 2025
EisnerAmper Adds Tax Pro As Partner In Dallas
International business adviser EisnerAmper LLC announced it appointed a certified public accountant from Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC to serve as a tax partner in the firm's private client services group based in Dallas.
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January 09, 2025
Reed Smith Steers Bauer On $625M Clear Channel Buy
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. has agreed to sell its Clear Channel Europe-North business to the U.K.'s Bauer Media Group for $625 million in cash, the companies said Thursday.
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January 09, 2025
Texas Appeals Court Frees Google Of Incognito Mode Suit
A Texas appeals court wiped Texas' deceptive trade practices suit alleging Google misleads consumers about the privacy available through its "Incognito" mode, finding in a Thursday opinion the lower court doesn't have jurisdiction to hear the case.
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January 09, 2025
Texas Gov. Names New GC For Office Of The Governor
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's deputy general counsel has been tapped to step into the role of general counsel for the governor after his predecessor, James P. Sullivan, was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas earlier this week.
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January 09, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Adds Hunton Energy Pro In Houston
Eversheds Sutherland announced Thursday that a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP attorney with prior in-house experience at Exxon Mobil Corp. has joined the firm as a partner in Houston, strengthening its global energy offerings and its presence in Texas.
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January 08, 2025
Judge Calls For Trial In Long-Running Suit Against Thryv
A Texas federal judge should hold that YellowPages.com operator Thryv Inc. can't challenge the final claim of Click-to-Call Technologies LP's patent for making anonymous phone calls but stop short of finding infringement, a magistrate judge recommended in the 12-year-old case.
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January 08, 2025
Fed. Circ. Grills USAA On Bid To Revive Patent In $218M Case
The United Services Automobile Association faced a skeptical Federal Circuit panel Wednesday as it argued that an administrative board's invalidation of claims in its check deposit patent, which is part of a $218 million verdict against PNC Bank, conflicted with a prior decision upholding the patent.
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January 08, 2025
Edward Jones Fined $17M Over Customer Transition Fees
Edward Jones has agreed to pay $17 million to end an investigation into alleged supervisory failures that may have led it to overcharge customers who transitioned from its brokerage division to its advisory division, state regulators announced Wednesday.
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January 08, 2025
Colo. Judge Certifies National Class Of Senior Care Investors
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday certified a nationwide class of stockholders in a securities suit alleging a senior health care company made misleading statements in an initial public offering that later caused stock prices to tank after a government audit exposed the falsehoods.
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January 08, 2025
ACLU Launches Media Campaign To Amplify Immigrant Voices
The American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it is kicking off a new "Letters to America" multimedia campaign to amplify the voices of immigrants and asylum seekers speaking about their experiences traveling across the U.S.-Mexico border as the nation prepares itself for the second Trump administration's sweeping deportation plans.
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January 08, 2025
Musk Appeals $56B Pay Package Rejection To Del. High Court
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk and other top Tesla executives officially appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday a series of chancellor rulings that scuttled Musk's $56 billion, 10-year pay package and awarded a shareholder's counsel $345 million in fees in the yearslong derivative dispute.
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January 08, 2025
Texas Station Faces $369K Fine For Emergency Alert Failures
A local Texas television station is under fire from the Federal Communications Commission for failing to run proper nationwide emergency tests in three separate years, according to a new forfeiture notice from the agency.
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January 08, 2025
ATF Says Loophole Rule Passes 2nd Amendment Smell Test
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has doubled down in its bid to uphold a new rule in a case over the so-called gun-show loophole rule, saying in a Texas federal court that a group of red states hadn't shown how the rule lacks founding-era precedent.
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January 08, 2025
Ford Can't Escape Texas Cop's Carbon Monoxide Injury Suit
Ford Motor Co. can't get out of a suit by a Universal City, Texas, police officer who alleges he suffered carbon monoxide poisoning while idling in a Ford vehicle, because a Texas federal judge says the officer's expert and evidence support his claims that a vehicle defect is responsible for his injuries.
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January 08, 2025
Farm Owner Can't Claim $6.5M For Border Wall, 5th Circ. Told
The federal government argued Wednesday that a Texas woman isn't owed millions of dollars in compensation for a section of the state's border wall built on her land, telling the Fifth Circuit that a principle giving landowners rights to property improvements can't be equitably applied to the federal government.
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January 08, 2025
Samsung, Asus Settle Patent Fight Over 4G, 5G Products
Samsung and Asus Technology Licensing notified a Texas federal judge Wednesday they've settled their dispute over wireless 5G technology in a case where both sides accused each other of patent infringement in their respective commercial products, with Asus targeting an array of Samsung's Galaxy devices and Samsung attacking Asus' Zenbook laptops.
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January 08, 2025
CFPB Hit With Industry Suit Over Medical Debt Reporting Rule
A top trade group for the credit reporting industry has moved to challenge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rule that would take billions of dollars in medical debt off credit reports, accusing the agency of overreach in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.
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January 08, 2025
Jay-Z Wants Sanctions Against Buzbee In Diddy Rape Suit
Rapper Jay-Z asked Wednesday that Texas attorney Tony Buzbee be sanctioned for filing a lawsuit accusing him and embattled rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl, claiming inconsistencies in the girl's story show Buzbee "knowingly filed a false complaint."
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January 08, 2025
US Atty In Texas' Southern District To Step Down
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas announced Wednesday that he is leaving his post this month, the latest in a wave of resignations ahead of a second Trump administration.
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January 08, 2025
Auto Financing Co. Vroom's Equity Swap Ch. 11 Plan Gets OK
A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved automotive financing and analytics company Vroom Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan to convert $290.5 million of debt into equity, overruling an objection to the deal from the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog and allowing Vroom to continue operating.
Expert Analysis
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Considering Noncompete Strategies After Blocked FTC Ban
A Texas district court's recent decision in Ryan v. Federal Trade Commission to set aside the new FTC rule banning noncompetes does away with some immediate compliance obligations, but employers should still review strategies, attend to changes to state laws and monitor ongoing challenges, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss the muted nature of the property and casualty insurance class action space in the second quarter of the year, with no large waves made in labor depreciation and total-loss vehicle class actions, but a new offensive theory emerging for insurance companies.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Perspectives
2 High Court Rulings Boost Protections Against Gov't Reprisal
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Gonzalez v. Trevino and Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon significantly strengthen legal protections against retaliatory arrests and malicious prosecution, and establish clear precedents that promote accountability in law enforcement, say Corey Stoughton and Amanda Miner at Selendy Gay.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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Parsing FY 2024 DOJ Criminal Healthcare Fraud Enforcement
While the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division's strike force on healthcare fraud enforcement action shows an impressive doubling of criminal indictments, a closer look at the data offers important clues about underlying trends, including the comparably modest, accompanying increase in associated intended loss, say Roderick Thomas and Kathleen Cooperstein at Wiley.
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2 Years Of Waco: How Patent Case Distribution Has Changed
A look at the two years since the Western District of Texas randomization order was issued and an analysis of how judges in the district adjudicate cases assigned pursuant to the Waco wheel provides insights that may aid patent practitioners, says David Dyer at Norton Rose Fulbright.
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Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement
As new state privacy laws take effect, businesses are facing an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations and risk of scrutiny by attorneys general, but companies can gain a competitive edge by building consumer trust and staying ahead of regulatory trends, say Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel at Cozen O’Connor.
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Vendor Rights Lessons From 2 Chapter 11 Cases
A Texas federal court’s recent critical vendor order in the Zachry Holdings Chapter 11 filing, as well as a settlement between Rite Aid and McKesson in New Jersey federal court last year, shows why suppliers must object to critical vendor motions that do not recognize creditors' legal rights, says David Conaway at Shumaker.