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  • May 29, 2026

    Lockheed Beats Families' Birth Defects Suit At Trial

    A Florida federal jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Lockheed Martin Corp. after finding the company's chemical handling practices at an Orlando weapons manufacturing facility did not cause birth defects.

  • May 29, 2026

    Wrongful Death Claims Settled Before Baltimore Bridge Trial

    The families of the six construction workers who died in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster have reached confidential settlements with the owner and manager of the cargo carrier that slammed into the bridge and triggered its collapse, according to court filings Friday.

  • May 29, 2026

    $7.25B Roundup Deal Sent To Calif. MDL

    The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday sent the case that resulted in a yet-to-be-finalized $7.25 billion settlement with Monsanto over claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer to multidistrict litigation in California federal court, despite protests from the proposed class.

  • May 29, 2026

    Gate City Sues White Energy For $200M Over Carbon Project

    Gate City Renewable Fuels sued White Energy Holdco for $200 million in Delaware Chancery Court on Wednesday, alleging it was induced into merging together based on a carbon capture and storage project that faced unfavorable geological conditions, regulatory hurdles, permitting risks and unresolved landowner holdouts that rendered the project nonviable.

  • May 29, 2026

    Feds Dodge Some Claims In New Mexico Wildfire Liability Suit

    A New Mexico judge carved up a challenge to the U.S. Forest Service over the destruction of nearly 43,000 acres of national forest land, saying the agency didn't follow its own monitoring obligations that don't allow for discretion until an emergent risk is brought to its attention.

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