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February 19, 2026
3M Company has asked a Michigan federal court to dismiss two landfills' claims that it was responsible for the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, or PFAS, through decades-old sales of Scotchgard, saying the suit attempts to reframe routine product sales as a waste disposal scheme.
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February 18, 2026
Canadian hockey officials asked the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior players who sued the National Hockey League and its pipeline organizations over alleged antitrust violations, arguing certain rules actually benefit the community and foster competition.
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February 18, 2026
GM on Wednesday was hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court alleging that for years the automaker has failed to warn that the brake system in certain models can fail suddenly, making it almost impossible for drivers to depress the brake pedal in emergencies.
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February 18, 2026
Energy company DTE Energy Co. and its subsidiaries were hit with a $100 million civil penalty and ordered to fund a $20 million air quality program after a Michigan federal judge found they violated the Clean Air Act by illegally modifying a steel-manufacturing-related facility, resulting in higher levels of pollution.
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February 18, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition by the Chinook Indian Nation that looks to undo a Ninth Circuit order that denied it federal recognition, arguing that the case is a poor vehicle for resolving questions under the 1994 List Act.
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February 18, 2026
California-led states and a coalition of unions urged the D.C. Circuit to deny the Trump administration's push to end temporary protected status for Haiti during an ongoing legal challenge, arguing it would harm families, communities and the economy.
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February 17, 2026
The Sixth Circuit has refused to block a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rule requiring dogs to be at least six months old and microchipped before they can be imported, holding that a hunting and fishing alliance likely won't be able to show that the CDC lacked the authority to issue the rule.
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February 17, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has rejected generic-drug makers' request for a quick appeal of his ruling denying them summary judgment on states' claims they engaged in an "overarching conspiracy" to fix prices, slamming the request for being borderline "disingenuous," mischaracterizing his reasoning and ignoring direct evidence of alleged wrongdoing.
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February 17, 2026
Two professors at law schools in Michigan and Florida have sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in D.C. federal court, seeking documents related to 20 letters the agency sent to law firms over their purported diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
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February 17, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission said it will yank the licenses for seven Michigan radio stations if the company that holds the licenses fails to pay the regulatory fees it has been delinquent on for several years.
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February 17, 2026
Two months after a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's cancellation of a federal disaster mitigation program was illegal, the government has not shown any signs of restoring it, a coalition of states said Tuesday.
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February 17, 2026
A Michigan federal judge denied Parliament-Funkadelic bandleader George Clinton's bid to sanction the estate of the band's former keyboardist in their royalty dispute over works recorded before 1976, ruling Tuesday that there's no evidence of bad faith by the estate to pursue its claims, even if they were untimely.
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February 17, 2026
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has decided the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers erred in awarding a nearly $1.9 million contract to build an offloading platform, finding the awardee failed to address an amendment to one component's specifications.
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February 17, 2026
A Wisconsin tribe is fighting a request by Enbridge Energy Inc. to stay a June 16 deadline to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on reservation lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, telling a federal district court that the Canadian company's motion is "jurisdictionally infirm."
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February 17, 2026
Bayer AG unit Monsanto has agreed to pay up to $7.25 billion over as many as 21 years to resolve current and future claims that exposure to the weed killer Roundup caused non‑Hodgkin lymphoma, under a proposed nationwide class settlement filed Tuesday in Missouri state court in St. Louis.
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February 13, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has mostly refused to side with pharmaceutical companies facing states' generic drug price-fixing litigation against them, ruling that there are genuine disputes of material fact as to drug distribution chains and the states' antitrust standing and teeing up the case for trial.
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February 13, 2026
Law360 Employment Authority covers the biggest employment cases and trends. Catch up this week with coverage on what experts make of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's admission that its requests for law firm diversity data were not mandatory, how a recent union contract with Volkswagen impacts a southern auto plant organizing push, and why confusion is plaguing federal contract workers' minimum wage rates.
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February 13, 2026
DTE Electric and Consumers Energy Co. are asking a Michigan federal judge to uphold their $394.4 million jury verdict against a Toshiba Corp. subsidiary, reiterating that evidence supported the jury's findings and rejecting claims that trial arguments improperly swayed jurors.
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February 13, 2026
A self-proclaimed religious leader accused of orchestrating a sweeping forced-labor scheme investigated by the Internal Revenue Service must stay behind bars while he awaits trial, a Michigan federal judge decided Friday after privately reviewing more than 150 pages of victims' statements.
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February 13, 2026
A sharply divided Sixth Circuit decided not to give a full-circuit review of its decision denying qualified immunity to two Michigan police officers who are facing an excessive force lawsuit for the shooting of an armed man outside his home during a domestic violence call.
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February 13, 2026
A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.
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February 13, 2026
The Sixth Circuit declined to reinstate a bisexual construction worker's harassment suit alleging that his coworkers called him homophobic slurs on the job, ruling the company can't be held liable because it responded swiftly when he took his complaints to human resources.
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February 13, 2026
Executives and directors of pizza chain Domino's face shareholder derivative claims in Michigan federal court that it downplayed challenges its largest franchisee was facing, hurting investors when the company was forced to suspend its goal to open more than 1,100 new stores annually over five years.
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February 12, 2026
A D.C. federal judge who said she has been receiving threats and personal insults after she temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitians refused to pause her ruling, saying judges will not be intimidated by public threats.
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February 12, 2026
A Washington federal judge has consolidated two lawsuits seeking to stop the Trump administration from preventing nearly $2.5 billion in congressionally appropriated funds from going to electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs.