$7.25B Roundup Deal Conditionally Sent To Calif. MDL

By Emily Field

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday conditionally 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.

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Hawaiian Electric Gets Final OK Of $100M Wildfire Deal

By Mike Curley

A Hawaii federal judge has given final approval to a $100 million deal to settle a shareholder derivative suit alleging the directors and executives of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. failed to prepare for the deadly 2023 Maui wildfire.

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'Pervasive Bad Faith': Uber Targets Sex Assault MDL Plaintiff

By Bonnie Eslinger

Uber Technologies Inc. accused a bellwether plaintiff of numerous discovery violations Friday in multidistrict litigation over alleged passenger sexual assaults, urging a California federal judge to issue sanctions for "pervasive bad faith" that has "plagued the discovery process."

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Exclusive

Facing Scrutiny, 'Schedule A' Suits Grow Beyond Chicago

By Ivan Moreno

Federal lawsuits that target dozens or even hundreds of online sellers at once kept climbing in 2025 and spread beyond their Chicago stronghold, even as new data shows more friction for brand owners' mass anti-counterfeiting strategy.

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Analysis

Cuts To Benefits Come With Risks For Employers, Attys Say

By Kellie Mejdrich

Some employers have been reducing employee benefits, attorneys say, a move that brings both legal and reputational risks. Here's a look at three areas where practitioners are seeing cutbacks and the pitfalls they present. 

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1st Circ. Says Mass. Police Head Immune Over Recording App

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit has ruled that the superintendent of the Massachusetts state police is immune from civil rights claims in a proposed class action over the use of a Motorola app that secretly records phone conversations.

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U. Of Oregon Women Athletes Denied Class Cert. In Bias Suit

By David Steele

An Oregon federal judge has ruled that four proposed classes of women athletes accusing the University of Oregon of treating them unequally compared with men did not meet class certification criteria but said certifying another group later was possible.

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Streamers Deemed NJ Employees, Contractors Under FLSA

By Benjamin Morse

A New Jersey federal judge ruled Friday that adult entertainers who perform on a streaming service are independent contractors under federal wage law but employees under New Jersey law, handing both sides partial wins in a wage class and collective action over the platform's pay practices.

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Embattled Metal Recycler Sued Over NJ Facility Fires

By George Woolston

The operator of a metal recycling scrapyard in the city of Camden, New Jersey, was hit with a proposed class action in Garden State federal court alleging that its operation of the facility has resulted in numerous fires and explosions that release harmful emissions.

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Mich. Plumbing Co. Hit With Overtime, Retaliation Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Three plumbers have sued a Michigan plumbing company and its owner, claiming they were wrongly denied overtime pay and fired after one worker contacted the U.S. Department of Labor about the company's pay practices. 

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T-Mobile Denied Call Center Workers Preshift Pay, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

T-Mobile required its hourly call center workers to boot up computers and log in to multiple software systems before their shifts without paying them for any of it, a former employee said in a collective and class action filed in Washington federal court.

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Spotify Says Class Suit Over Bots Lacks 'Special Relationship'

By Craig Clough

An attorney for Spotify urged a California federal judge Friday to dismiss a proposed class action from the rapper RBX alleging the streaming service allows billions of fraudulent bots to elevate some performers at the expense of others, saying no "special relationship" exists between the parties to support the negligence claim.

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Interactive Brokers Beats Chip Co. Stock Manipulation Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Interactive Brokers Group Inc. no longer faces an investor's claims it facilitated a manipulation scheme against the shares of an Israeli chipmaker, a New York federal judge determined.

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ChargePoint Leaders Face Investor Suit Over Revenue Claims

By Sydney Price

Executives and directors of California-based electric-vehicle charging company ChargePoint Holdings Inc. were hit with a shareholder's derivative suit accusing them of allowing unsuitable revenue-inflating practices and misleading investors about the company's performance, the subject of multiple lawsuits the company is currently facing.

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Cargill, The Andersons Ink $10M Deal To End Wheat Futures Suit

By Sydney Price

Agribusinesses The Andersons Inc. and Cargill Inc. will each pay $5 million to end derivatives market manipulation claims from a class of wheat futures traders, the parties announced.

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Corteva Nears Deal With Farmers In Pesticides Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

Corteva Inc. is nearing a settlement in a proposed class action by farmers over a pesticide rebate program, that is also being challenged by federal enforcers, that allegedly paid distributors not to carry cheaper generic rivals.

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Luminar Exits Investor Suit Over Chip Image Rip-Off Claims

By Emilie Ruscoe

Bankrupt autonomous vehicle technology company Luminar Semiconductor Inc. no longer faces a proposed investor class action over claims it passed off an image of a competitor's technology as its own, though the suit remains ongoing against a former Luminar executive.

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Brokerages Want Antitrust Suit Paused Due To Pending Deal

By Isaac Monterose

Brokerages HomeServices of America Inc. and Douglas Elliman Inc. asked a Florida federal court to pause an antitrust suit brought by a proposed class of homebuyers because separate Illinois federal court settlements could be granted final approval.

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Sig Sauer Can't Duck Gun Safety Suit

By Emily Field

A Washington federal court has declined to toss a proposed class action alleging Sig Sauer's P320 pistol is prone to accidental discharges, rejecting the gunmaker's arguments that the presence of a trigger guard means the gun is not defective.

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Motorola Solutions' Plate Readers Violate Calif. Law, Suit Says

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago-based Motorola Solutions Inc. operates an automatic license plate reader system in California without implementing state-required security measures that promote data usage transparency and prevent unauthorized information disclosure to federal and other non-state agencies, two Golden State residents claim in Illinois state court.

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SeatGeek Ditches Site User's Data Tracking Suit, For Now

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge shut down a proposed class action alleging that SeatGeek deployed tracking pixels that share information about website users for targeted advertising, ruling Thursday that it didn't plead that the information was embarrassing or that its disclosure would be highly offensive, but she gave the plaintiff the opportunity to try again.

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Skechers Seeks To Boot Wash. Anti-Spam Suit To Arbitration

By Ben Adlin

Two Washington shoppers behind a proposed class action accusing Skechers USA Inc. of sending false and misleading marketing emails must take their claims to arbitration, the footwear brand told a Seattle federal court Friday.

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Chime Can't Dodge Class Action Over 'Refer-A-Friend' Texts

By Ben Adlin

A Washington federal judge on Friday declined to throw out a proposed class action accusing online banking company Chime Financial Inc. of violating state law through its refer-a-friend text messages, ruling that the marketing texts don't fall under an exception to Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act.

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Barclays Enabled Concierge Sex-Trafficking Ring, Suit Says

By Hailey Konnath

A California woman has filed a proposed class action against Barclays and its former CEO James "Jes" Staley, claiming that the bank and Staley facilitated and enabled a criminal enterprise tied to a luxury concierge company that trafficked, abused and exploited vulnerable young people.

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Feds Say New Yorkers Lack Standing In ICE Arrest Suit

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration urged a New York federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of making unlawful warrantless immigration arrests, arguing Friday the plaintiffs lack standing because they haven't been detained again, nor shown they will be.

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AI Voice Co. Files Ch. 7 Amid Actors' Copyright Suit

By Vince Sullivan

Artificial intelligence-enabled voice generating software company Lovo Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 protection in New York in the midst of an ongoing putative class action brought by voice actors alleging their voices were used by the company without permission.

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Colo. Appeals Court Bars One-Way Fees In Eviction Cures

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado Court of Appeals panel on Thursday reversed the dismissal of a proposed class action against a group of landlords, Tschetter Sulzer PC and the Colorado Apartment Association accusing the collective of illegally extracting attorney fees from tenants during eviction proceedings.

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Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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Double Shooting Renews Courthouse Safety Fears In NC

By Hayley Fowler

The shooting of two Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, ahead of Memorial Day weekend has renewed calls to protect the safety of judges and lawyers in an increasingly volatile justice system.

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Baker McKenzie Asks Judge Not To Toss Suit Against Ex-Atty

By Alison Knezevich

A lawyer for Baker McKenzie on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., judge not to dismiss the BigLaw firm's defamation suit against a former tax associate who accused a firm office leader of sexual assault, telling the court the accusations were false and made with "malice."

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Bonus Spotlight

Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.

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Akin Gump Owes Fees For Winebow's 'Self-Indulgent' Appeal

By Dorothy Atkins

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered an importer's Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to pay a European winemaker fees for having to defend against the importer's "spurious objections" to the winemaker's valid arbitral award, ruling that the importer's "self-indulgent" appeal warrants sanctions in the form of fees.

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Calif. Panel Reverses Order For Citing Atty's Bogus Case Law

By Dorothy Atkins

A California appellate panel on Thursday reversed a judgment in favor of a man accused of abusing his son, finding that "without doubt" the trial judge abused her discretion by incorporating the man's bogus legal citations into her ruling, despite being alerted to the mistakes in advance.

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NY Judge Doubts Nussbaum-Linked Firms Belong In Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday questioned whether his court was the proper venue to wind down two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum as the debtors sought to ditch an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.

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Dems Say DOJ Blocked Bondi On Trump Questions

By Courtney Bublé

Democrats were incensed on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who accompanied former Attorney General Pam Bondi to her committee interview stopped her from answering questions about President Donald Trump.

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Civil Rights Icon Clarence B. Jones Dies At 95

By Andrea Keckley

Civil rights icon Clarence B. Jones, a speechwriter and personal attorney to Martin Luther King Jr., died May 22 at an assisted living facility in the Santa Clara County city of Cupertino, California, his family confirmed earlier this week. He was 95.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen the billionaire who donated £5 million ($6.7 million) to Nigel Farage sue Ben Habib, the leader of far-right party Advance UK, for defamation; Mashreqbank bring claims against three subsidiaries of dissolved private equity giant Abraaj Group for commercial fraud; and the property and investment vehicle of the State of Kuwait be targeted by four real estate figures who filed a miscellaneous claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Kirkland & Ellis says it's investing a half billion dollars into developing its own artificial intelligence platform to better serve clients. And Law360 looks at the general counsel who is guiding BP through its latest leadership crisis after the company abruptly dismissed its board chair.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz

By Sarah Jarvis

Matthew L. Schwartz oscillated among many career aspirations as a kid, from astronaut to mayor of New York. When it was time to head off to college, the man who would go on to handle the prosecution of employees tied to Bernie Madoff and become chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP set his sights on science, earning an undergraduate degree in physics.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

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.

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