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  • September 02, 2025

    Counterfeit Lumber Dispute Settles On Eve Of Trial

    The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation averted trial at the 11th hour on Tuesday, settling a suit by a domestic plywood association over a purported counterfeiting scam allegedly allowing large amounts of substandard Brazilian plywood to enter the U.S.

  • September 02, 2025

    Colorado Pipeline Co. Challenges $314M Property Valuation

    Colorado assets of a petroleum pipeline company were wrongly valued by the state for property tax purposes at $314 million, the company said, challenging its valuation for at least the third straight year.

  • September 02, 2025

    CoStar Hotel Reports Lack Data For Price-Fixing, Judge Says

    CoStar and a group of hotel companies escaped from a putative antitrust class action when a Washington federal judge drew a distinction between the use of hotel industry benchmarking data and algorithmic rental pricing software of the sort at issue in litigation against Yardi Systems Inc.

  • September 02, 2025

    NJ Judge Tosses REIT Shareholders' Liquidation Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge has rejected a proposed class action filed by shareholders accusing several real estate investment trusts and other parties of misleading them in order to avoid liquidating the REITs, ruling the claims must be thrown out without prejudice.

  • August 29, 2025

    DC Judge Says Fed. Reserve Gov. Can't Get TRO Just Yet

    Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook didn't walk away from her emergency hearing with the temporary restraining order she was looking for, but a D.C. federal judge said she was willing to expedite briefing over the president's attempt to strip Cook of her position.

  • August 29, 2025

    Ga. County Stuck With $2.6M Spaceport Bill After Referendum

    A Georgia county remains on the hook for $2.6 million it put down on land it purchased from a Dow Chemical Co. subsidiary in the hopes of building a spaceport before irate citizens killed the effort in a referendum, the Eleventh Circuit said Friday, ruling that the vote couldn't retroactively void the county's contractual obligations.

  • August 29, 2025

    Dems Urge FHFA Director To Focus On Housing Costs

    Democratic senators on Friday urged Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte to focus on measures to bring housing costs down — including by forestalling any privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — while lambasting Pulte for his role in the firing of Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook.

  • August 29, 2025

    NY Tribe Wants Smoke Shop Sanctioned For Flaking On Records

    Two smoke shop operators will be slapped with sanctions unless they come up with good reasons for why they disregarded a New York federal court order requiring them to turn over cannabis sales records to the Cayuga Nation in their legal battle with the tribe.

  • August 29, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: School Housing, Texas Land, Miami Transit

    Momentum in the student housing sector, limits to foreign ownership of Texas land and incentives in Miami transit zones were among the key developments covered this week in Law360 Real Estate Authority.

  • August 29, 2025

    Justices Urged To Take Home Designer's Copyright Case

    A home designer wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up his challenge to rulings that let real estate agents off the hook on claims they infringed his copyrights, saying the justices should reexamine the lower courts' analysis of fair use.

  • August 29, 2025

    Emigrant Seeks High Court Review Of 'Reverse Redlining' Suit

    Emigrant Mortgage Co. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit decision upholding a jury verdict that found the company engaged in "reverse redlining" by targeting Black and Latino homeowners with predatory loans, arguing the appeals court broke with other circuits and made it too easy for borrowers to sue and prove disparate impact.

  • August 29, 2025

    NJ Casinos Say 9th Circ. Ruling Backs Axing Price-Fixing Suit

    A group of Atlantic City casino-hotel owners have asked the Third Circuit to review a recent decision in the Ninth Circuit involving "nearly identical" antitrust claims related to the same software the defendants in both suits used to allegedly orchestrate inflated room rates across a given area.

  • August 29, 2025

    Tribe Says Okla. City Can't Avoid Sovereignty Suit

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation told an Oklahoma federal court to reject a local city's bid to dismiss the Indian nation's suit accusing the city of violating the nation's sovereignty by prosecuting Indians for crimes committed within the nation's territory.

  • August 29, 2025

    Hurricane Maria Fraud Suit Against Adjuster Thrown Out

    A Puerto Rico federal court tossed an insurer's lawsuit against a public adjuster alleging it inflated its calculation of damage that a Puerto Rico town suffered from Hurricane Maria in 2017, finding the lawsuit amounts to "overly broad claims of dissatisfaction with the opposing party's conduct during the insurance claim process."

  • August 29, 2025

    RICO, Fraud Claims Tossed In LA Real Estate Investment Suit

    A Georgia federal court has determined that fraud and racketeering claims from a group of Chinese and American investors in a real estate investment suit alleging a group of fraudsters duped them out of millions of dollars with bogus representations are barred by merger clauses and federal securities regulations.

  • August 29, 2025

    7th Circ. Backs $4.5M Fraudster's 8-Year Prison Sentence

    A real estate investment firm owner who transferred investor money to his friends' companies without permission and advertised to his own less-educated Amish community was properly sentenced to eight years in prison, the Seventh Circuit has ruled.

  • August 29, 2025

    NY Town Officials Let Mosque Land-Use Deal Fizzle

    A Long Island town has backed out of a settlement with a mosque that had accused local officials of leaning on land-use laws to thwart its redevelopment plans, an about-face the town blamed on traffic concerns but the mosque has attributed to public backlash.

  • August 29, 2025

    NY Tenants Claim Cos. Hiked Rents, Abused Tax Exemption

    A multifamily real estate company and a property owner were accused by a proposed class in New York state court of illegally raising rents for Long Island City residential tenants by taking advantage of the state's 421-a tax-exemption program.

  • August 29, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Prosecco DOC Consortium bring an intellectual property claim against a distributor, the Serious Fraud Office bring a civil recovery claim against the ex-wife of a solicitor jailed over a £19.5 million fraud scheme, and law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP sue its former client, the bankrupt Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • August 28, 2025

    'Still A Mess': Colo. Special Session Fails To Deliver AI Clarity

    During its recently concluded special session, the Colorado Legislature extended the implementation deadline for the state's groundbreaking artificial intelligence law but failed to make any substantial changes to the legislation, leaving companies to face continued uncertainty on the scope of liability and other pressing issues.

  • August 28, 2025

    Attys, Judge Mull Next Steps In 'Ugly House' Trademark Trial

    A Delaware federal judge took a stab on Thursday at focusing post-trial briefing after three days of testimony on home-selling franchise HomeVestors of America Inc.'s claims that Warner Bros. Discovery's "Ugliest House In America" series has infringed its trademarks and confused customers.

  • August 28, 2025

    NJ Borough Sues American Dream Mall Over Sunday Sales

    A New Jersey borough sued a major East Rutherford mall owner, its main tenant and other parties in state court over the mall allegedly violating the state's ban on selling certain items on Sundays, urging the court to block the main tenant's retail operations and to declare the mall's premises and the sale of the banned products to be public nuisances.

  • August 28, 2025

    Truist, Ex-Execs Clash In Bids To End Poaching Dispute

    Charlotte, North Carolina-based Truist Financial Corp. and its mortgage banking arm resisted a bid for a pretrial win by its former executives' new employer, arguing that troves of evidence sustain its claims that over 50 employees were illegally poached, costing the bank tens of millions of dollars in losses.

  • August 28, 2025

    Real Estate Mogul Wants $51.2M Conn. Asset Freeze Reduced

    The chairman, secretary and chief financial officer of bankrupt construction management firm Gateway Development Group Inc. on Thursday asked a Connecticut judge to reconsider a $51.2 million asset freeze demanded by a Chapter 7 trustee and a minority shareholder, claiming "mathematical errors" warrant a $17 million reduction.

  • August 28, 2025

    Tribal Members Seek 5th Circ. Redo In San Antonio Park Row

    Two members of a Native American church are asking the Fifth Circuit to rehear its appeal, which looks to block the restoration of a San Antonio park, saying that if left uncorrected, the opinion will leave religious believers vulnerable and sow confusion among district courts.

Expert Analysis

  • Corp. Transparency Act's Future Under Treasury's Bessent

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    The Corporate Transparency Act’s ultimate fate faced uncertain terms at the end of 2024, but new U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's statements and actions so far demonstrate that he does not intend to ignore the law, though he may attempt to make modifications, say attorneys at Taylor English.

  • Nippon Order Tests Gov't Control Over Foreign Investments

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    The U.S. government is primarily interested in restraining foreign transactions involving countries of concern, but former President Joe Biden’s January order blocking the merger of Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel shows that all foreign direct investments are under the federal government’s microscope, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

  • A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption

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    Attorneys at Kirkland offer a deep dive into the application of the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements specifically to U.S.-domiciled co-issuers in typical collateralized loan obligation transactions, and consider whether such issuers may be able to assert an exemption from the CTA's reporting requirements.

  • Opinion

    Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • Virginia AI Bills Could Serve As Nationwide Model

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    If signed into law, two Virginia bills focused on regulating the use of high-risk AI systems in the private and public sectors have the potential to influence similar legislation in other states, as well as the compliance strategies of companies operating in the commonwealth and across the U.S., say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

  • Takeaways From Oral Argument In High Court Trademark Case

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    Unpacking oral arguments from Dewberry Group v. Dewberry Engineers, which the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on this year, sheds light on the ways in which the decision could significantly affect trademark infringement plaintiffs' ability to receive monetary damages, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • As EPA Backs Down, Expect Enviros To Step Up Citizen Suits

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    As President Donald Trump's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draws down federal enforcement efforts, environmental groups will step into the void and file citizen suits — so companies should focus on compliance efforts, stay savvy about emerging analytical and monitoring methods, and maintain good relations with neighbors, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • Emphasize Social Spaces During RE Project Public Review

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    As Boston continues to work through revisions to its public review process for real estate projects, developers attempting to balance impact mitigation and community improvements may benefit from emphasizing the ways in which development plans can facilitate open social exchange, says David Linhart at Goulston & Storrs.

  • Complying With Calif. Price-Gouging Law After LA Fires

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    The recent tragic Los Angeles fires have brought attention to the state's sometimes controversial price-gouging protections, and every California business should keep the law's requirements in mind, despite the debate over whether these statutes help consumers, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • What Contractors Can Do To Address Material Cost Increases

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    In light of the Trump administration's plans to increase tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, construction industry players should proactively employ legal strategies to mitigate the impacts that price increases and uncertainty may have on projects, says Brenda Radmacher at Seyfarth Shaw.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

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