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A former manager of an illegal sports betting ring testified Friday in the obstruction of justice trial of former MLB star Yasiel Puig, telling a California federal jury that a man whom a previous witness said Puig at one point owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to was the gambling operation's biggest bookie.

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.

A Seattle federal judge said Friday that President Donald Trump's administration overstepped its statutory powers and broke federal law by abruptly freezing approved funding for new electric vehicle charging infrastructure last year, vacating the program's suspension and siding with 20 states and environmental groups who challenged the move.

A California federal judge refused Thursday to toss a proposed class action alleging Rivian and its top brass misled investors about its 2023 production capabilities and demand for electric vehicles, rejecting Rivian's arguments that the securities claims cannot proceed in light of the Ninth Circuit's recent Sneed v. Talphera ruling.

"[P]laintiffs' complaint has provided ample support for a plausible inference that defendants' inaccurate documentation of their performance ratings 'actually caused' their terminations in violation of [the Privacy Act]," U.S. District Senior Judge Beryl Howell wrote in a decision allowing seven terminated employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to seek money damages […]

Charles Hunter Hobson is miffed that higher-ups at his company avoided charges by settling for $1.2 million—a payout he calls a bribe.     

The fact that New York Attorney General Letitia James, a state enforcer, brought the insider trading case was alarming for Reed Brodsky, who co-leads Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Litigation Practice Group. James' suit could spark a trend among her fellow state attorneys general, Brodsky said.     

A slate of projects recently funded by the Legal Services Corp. are exploring how to integrate AI into client intake and other areas that can overwhelm resource-strapped legal aid organizations.     

Bankruptcy court filings show Am Law 100 firms continuing to outpace rate increases by Second Hundred firms.      

Midsize New Orleans-founded McGlinchey Stafford, which announced earlier this month it would wind down, will close on March 31.      

After closing shop in Chicago in 2024, the firm is reopening in the city to host team leader Mike Poulos. It's also opening in Dallas to welcome members from the McDermott team, while launching in Houston with a former Akin litigator.      

The combined McDermott firm had a higher average PEP and RPL in 2025 compared with either legacy firm's 2024 financial year.