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April 03, 2026
State lawmakers in Delaware and West Virginia advanced legislation to more tightly regulate kratom products, Missouri and Kentucky legislators considered bills to fund research into the therapeutic uses of the psychedelic ibogaine, and Idaho's Legislature came together to urge voters to reject a medical marijuana legalization proposal that could be on the ballot this November. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.
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April 03, 2026
Allstate voluntarily dropped DoorDash from its Washington federal suit seeking a judgment that it has no duty to defend a delivery driver facing allegations he killed another man in a road rage incident, leaving Uber as the only corporate defendant in the coverage dispute.
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April 03, 2026
The war in Iran has already shocked oil and gas prices worldwide and stakeholders expect further U.S. trade consequences related to the conflict including supply chain constraints, cost increases across a variety of goods, and industries and new geopolitical responses as the conflict continues.
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April 03, 2026
Nineteen proposed class actions accusing ByHeart Inc. of negligently selling contaminated baby formula that caused some infants to become seriously ill will be consolidated in the Southern District of New York, according to an order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
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April 03, 2026
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals in its drinking water contaminants list for the first time, the agency has announced in a move it says could make the proposed contaminants a consideration in regulatory action.
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April 03, 2026
The company behind Welch's Fruit Snacks filed a patent infringement suit against an Irish biotech company in Texas federal court Thursday, accusing it of colluding with rival health snack company Cibo Vita to steal the plaintiff's patent designs for yogurt-covered probiotic snacks to "fast track their way to sales and profit."
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April 03, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge has thrown out claims against Walgreens in a suit from a mother claiming her son died after eating part of an excessively spicy chip, but allowed design defect and other claims against the Hershey Co. and its affiliates that made the chip.
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April 03, 2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told a vape manufacturer that it won't stop the production or sale of its "Zone" nicotine pouches until the company's lawsuit accusing the agency of unlawfully sitting on its application has been resolved.
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April 03, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.
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April 03, 2026
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has rejected a lender group's request to certify a Del Monte Foods settlement order for appeal to the Third Circuit, finding that the order reflected a fact-intensive application of settled law and did not present the kind of pure legal question that would warrant appellate review.
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April 03, 2026
A wholesaler of electronic cigarette products is owed nearly $5 million in coverage for a warehouse fire that destroyed its inventory, it told an Illinois federal court, saying its insurer has wrongfully refused to pay anything beyond the $1.3 million it already paid for the loss.
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April 03, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, spice maker McCormick acquires Unilever's foods business, wholesale restaurant food distributor Sysco buys Jetro Restaurant Depot, and private equity giant KKR closes a fund focused on investments in North America.
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April 02, 2026
A New York City restaurateur and known associate of former Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested and charged with operating an alleged scheme that defrauded auto insurance programs out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent medical claims and then laundering the proceeds, federal prosecutors in Manhattan announced.
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April 02, 2026
A bankruptcy judge in Florida on Thursday blocked the founder of Bang Energy drinks from selling an island property and using proceeds to fund litigation, saying the court must determine whether the initial purchase used fraudulently procured funds.
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April 02, 2026
A California man slapped Olly Public Benefit Corp. with a proposed class action in federal court alleging that the company markets its gummy apple cider vinegar supplements for metabolism support when they actually contain little of the active ingredient and are mostly sugar.
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April 02, 2026
The operator of Seattle's Space Needle has asked a Washington federal court to reverse an arbitrator's order to reinstate a fired worker, arguing that discharge was the correct discipline for a worker who violated several workplace rules while spending time with an ex-coworker who visited her at work.
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April 02, 2026
A Colorado federal judge on Thursday rejected a receiver's ask to approve an $8 million creditor bid for a Hawaiian bottled water company in a Colorado investment fund's suit that alleged the company owed more than $2.2 million on a loan.
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April 02, 2026
A campaign to repeal the legalization of retail cannabis in Massachusetts via ballot initiative — the first campaign of its kind in the country — is uniting legalization advocates, entrepreneurs and industry players in a coordinated response to defeat the effort before it spreads to other states.
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April 02, 2026
Later this year, the U.S. will impose 100% tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals, but drug companies could qualify for reduced tariff rates as low as zero if they agree to invest domestically and enter most-favored-nation drug-pricing agreements with the government, according to an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday.
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April 02, 2026
A Pepsi worker said Thursday she'll seek Second Circuit review of a New York federal judge's decision to toss her proposed class action alleging the snack and beverage multinational violated federal benefits law when it charged employees who used tobacco more for health insurance.
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April 02, 2026
A New Jersey bankruptcy judge said Thursday he would decide whether to certify a Del Monte settlement for direct appeal to the Third Circuit based on papers already filed in the case, after the canned food company urged the court to let a lender group's challenge unfold in district court instead.
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April 02, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday allowed stockholders suing The Kraft Heinz Co. to amend part of their complaint over a $1.2 billion stock sale, but sharply limited the case to newly uncovered evidence about a single director's consulting relationship.
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April 01, 2026
April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.
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April 01, 2026
A Nestle consumer cannot pursue false labeling accusations over the "100% real chocolate" claim on the company's chocolate chip bags because her complaint is "half-baked" and contradicts the widespread understanding that chocolate is made from more than cacao bean-based ingredients, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.
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April 01, 2026
A New York federal judge has ruled the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe can operate and maintain its own water and sanitation systems, rejecting the U.S. government's claim that federal law doesn't allow tribes to run those programs.