The Unified Patent Court gave a signal this month about its willingness to make proceedings transparent by agreeing to let an outside lawyer see pleadings in a high-profile case, but some lawyers warned that it hadn't gone far enough to guarantee openness.

A group of smaller European Union countries stopped a move toward harmonization of national corporate taxes when EU leaders met Thursday to discuss ways to promote investments in European businesses.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday said it would unveil on May 13 the final version of its long-awaited overhaul of how major electric transmission projects are planned and paid for.

Attorneys representing the Georgia Attorney General's Office and a state campaign finance commission urged the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a ruling preventing their investigation of election spending by a pair of nonprofits founded by Stacey Abrams.

A proposed class of car buyers has filed a new lawsuit alleging that GM knowingly sold vehicles with defective transmissions, this one involving state law claims not included in a separate action that achieved class certification last year. https://www.law360.com/articles/1826492

A judge has recommended that CommonSpirit Health be allowed to escape a proposed class action in Colorado federal court accusing it of failing to secure healthcare data leading to a breach affecting more than 600,000 patients.

Maui County has been slapped with a lawsuit in Hawaii federal court alleging it relied on a deficient, 28-year-old environmental impact statement when taking over a nearly 20-acre parcel of land to house debris from last year's massive wildfires.

An attorney who started proceedings that led to the ouster of former Franklin County Clerk of Court Patricia Chastain urged the North Carolina Supreme Court to keep her out of office, saying she undermined judicial authority through a series of incidents. https://www.law360.com/articles/1826967

A New Jersey federal judge approved Pomerantz as the lead counsel for a proposed investor class action suit alleging AT&T lied about its effort to be environmentally conscious while contributing to the installation of toxic lead cables. https://www.law360.com/articles/1826634

The Ninth Circuit backed a federal district court ruling that found Rosette is not responsible for using allegedly false advertising to induce the Quechan Tribe to drop Williams & Cochrane as counsel on the verge of closing a lucrative gambling contract. https://www.law360.com/articles/1826674

A Maryland attorney accused of misappropriating more than $12 million in Somali state assets has asked a federal judge to subpoena his former firm, Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker PA, to produce his employment records.

Scientific instrument maker Bruker Corp. is set to acquire insolvent biotechnology company NanoString for roughly $393 million in cash that would be used to repay creditors under the debtor's recently proposed Chapter 11 plan.

Amazon reached a deal to end a suit from an ex-employee who accused the e-commerce giant of pushing him out because of a knee injury stemming from his military service, ahead of a trial slated to begin in May. https://www.law360.com/articles/1826968

Admiral Insurance is asking a New Jersey federal court for a declaration that it owes no coverage to a businessman who is a co-defendant in U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial in a suit by Edgewater Borough over contamination at a construction site.

Officers at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Miami used inappropriate force on detainees, including pepper-spraying a harmless and isolated individual through a slot in a cell door, according to a government watchdog report.