MVP: Joseph Saveri Law Firm's Joseph Saveri

By Jonathan Capriel

Joseph Saveri and his firm have notched victories in long-running antitrust battles, securing a $375 million settlement for Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters and an $82.5 million deal for cheerleading families, while also pioneering a new frontier of litigation over generative artificial intelligence, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Hagens Berman Must Give Apple, Amazon Ethics Pros Docs

By Bryan Koenig

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP must give Apple and Amazon all the communications it shared with outside ethics experts as the firm fought allegations that it hid a consumer plaintiff's desire to exit an antitrust case, a Washington federal judge has ruled.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

7 Pension Funds Picked To Lead Neogen Investor Class

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan federal judge Wednesday selected a group of pension funds to serve as a lead plaintiff for Neogen investors alleging the company hid postmerger financial difficulties following a combination with a division of manufacturing giant 3M.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Class Counsel Win $17.5M Cut Of Pentegra $48.5M ERISA Deal

By Kellie Mejdrich

A New York federal court gave its final sign-off to a $48.5 million settlement between Pentegra Retirement Services and employee 401(k) plan participants who alleged mismanagement, and also approved class counsel's request for a $17.5 million cut of that sum for attorney fees and litigation expenses.

3 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Brief

Texas Server, Restaurant End Tip Credit Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

A server and the Houston-area restaurant she accused of violating tip credit requirements have ended the Fair Labor Standards Act suit in Texas federal court, after a judge agreed to dismiss the case.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Tyson Foods Wants To Nix Wage Suit For Lack Of Details

By Irene Spezzamonte

A worker's suit accusing Tyson of failing to provide employees with meal and rest breaks and to pay them accurately cannot proceed because it doesn't include enough details, the company told a Washington federal court.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Worker Says Metal Supplier Owes For Unpaid Meeting Time

By Brian Steele

A specialty metals supplier regularly forces warehouse employees to participate in meetings when they are supposed to be on breaks, depriving them of money they're owed and reducing their potential overtime pay, according to a proposed collective and class action filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Ohio.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Colo. Service Provider's 'No Gossip' Policy Illegal, Worker Says

By Irene Spezzamonte

A payroll and human resources company had an illegal no-gossip agreement that violated Colorado laws that prohibit employment agreements imposing strict restrictions, an account manager says in a proposed class action in state court.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Jury Must Weigh 'Let's Go Brandon' Meme Coin Investor Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

An entity and individual associated with the "Let's Go Brandon" meme token can't beat a lawsuit over a collapse in prices for the coin after a judge said a jury must decide whether people purchased the token because they expected profits or because the coin was pitched as "a meme coin for advocacy of conservative values."

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

9th Circ. Won't Revive Adidas Investors' Suit Over Ye Collab

By Ben Adlin

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed an Oregon federal court's decision to toss investors' proposed class action accusing Adidas of failing to disclose the risks of relying on the rapper Ye for a multibillion-dollar fashion partnership, concluding a lower court properly tossed the dispute.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Investors In Pot Co. Cronos Ask Court To OK $10M Settlement

By Jonathan Capriel

An investor is asking a New York federal court to approve a $10 million deal to end a nearly 5-year-old class action accusing cannabis company Cronos Group Inc. and its executives of artificially inflating company revenue by improperly recording "round-trip" transitions as sales.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

AGs Say Sun, Taro Settlement Mustn't Touch State Claims

By Bryan Koenig

State attorneys general have asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to again ensure their claims remain untouched by a settlement between private plaintiffs and generic-drug makers in sprawling price-fixing litigation, this time focusing on a $200 million deal between Sun Pharmaceutical, Taro Pharmaceuticals and employee benefit plans.

4 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

AT&T Sues Generic Drug Manufacturers, Alleging Price-Fixing

By P.J. D'Annunzio

AT&T has joined the bevy of litigants suing a swath of pharmaceutical companies over alleged generic drug price-fixing, claiming it shelled out billions of dollars for medication reimbursements to the drugmakers as part of its employee health plans when it could have spent far less if the drugs weren't subject to anticompetitive pricing.

Complaint attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Google Wants Justices To Pause Petition Pending Epic Deal

By Matthew Perlman

Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put its petition seeking review of the antitrust case from Epic Games over the distribution of apps on Android devices on hold while the district court considers a potential settlement.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Party City Franchisees Want To Revamp Monopolization Case

By Emily Lever

Party City franchisees want to file an amended complaint in their case accusing the corporate retail chain of monopolizing the market before the court rules on a dismissal bid, the franchisees told a New Jersey federal court. 

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Camp Lejeune Plaintiffs Want Base's Muster Roll Info

By Emily Field

Veterans and family members suing over injuries from toxic water at Camp Lejeune have urged a North Carolina judge to compel the federal government to produce muster rolls for the base, saying the government has refused to give up the information with no explanation.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Baxter Defeats Suit Over Stable Value Fund In $4B 401(k) Plan

By Grace Elletson

An Illinois federal judge tossed a suit Wednesday from a worker who said medical products company Baxter International Inc. violated federal benefits law by retaining a lackluster stable value fund in its $4 billion retirement plan, ruling the data backing his case failed to capture long-term performance.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Nationwide Fights For Quick Win In Pension Plan Suit

By George Woolston

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is urging an Ohio federal court to give it a quick win in a group of retirees' class action alleging mismanagement of their employee 401(k) plan, arguing the undisputed facts show a guaranteed fund option was a good investment.

Brief attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Life Insurer Can't Escape Class Claim Over Benefit Denials

By Hope Patti

A life insurer can't shed a class action claim that it illegally denied policy benefits to Arkansas residents for reasons causally unrelated to a given policy owner's death, an Arkansas federal court ruled, saying the suit adequately pled subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Judge Limits Warrantless Immigration Arrests In DC

By Tom Lotshaw

A D.C. federal judge has barred the Trump administration from making warrantless civil immigration arrests in the nation's capital unless federal agents can first establish required probable cause that a person poses a flight risk.

Opinion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

State AGs Condemn College Sports Rule Enforcement Deal

By David Steele

Seven state attorneys general on Wednesday called a proposed contract between NCAA institutions and the commission enforcing new revenue-sharing rules for athletes "cartoonishly villainous," arguing in a letter that it undermines state laws and jeopardizes the rights of athletes and schools.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

DOJ Revives Bid To Toss Law Firm's Worker Credits Suit

By Anna Scott Farrell

The U.S. Department of Justice revived its bid to toss most of a boutique law firm's complaint for not processing its claims for pandemic-era tax credits after settlement negotiations with the firm failed, according to Connecticut federal court documents.

Motion attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ga. Must Continue Care For Trans Prisoners, Judge Orders

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge ordered the state's corrections system Wednesday to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender prisoners, entering a permanent injunction that partially blocks a 2025 law stripping prisons of funding for gender-affirming healthcare.

Summary Judgment attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

And Now A Word From The Panel: A New Rule For MDLs

With a new federal rule of civil procedure dedicated to multidistrict litigation practice taking effect this month, MDL watchers will be keeping on eye on whether the rule effectively serves its purpose of ensuring that only supportable claims proceed in MDLs, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Client-Led Litigation

New litigators can better help their corporate clients achieve their overall objectives when they move beyond simply fighting for legal victory to a client-led approach that resolves the legal dispute while balancing the company's competing out-of-court priorities, says Chelsea Ireland at Cohen Ziffer.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Bonus Spotlight

High Billers At McKool Smith To Pocket Extra Bonus Money

By Tracey Read

McKool Smith is the latest BigLaw firm to announce extra cash for attorneys who went above and beyond with billable hours in 2025, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Wilson Sonsini To Switch Leaders For 1st Time Since 2012

By Andrea Keckley

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced plans for its first top leadership transition in more than a decade on Wednesday, tapping a Palo Alto, California-based litigator and a New York-based corporate lawyer to begin co-leading the firm at the start of next August.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Ex-Bernstein Litowitz Atty Starts Firm After Contentious Exit

By Adrian Cruz

A former Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner known for handling high-profile stockholder cases has led the launch of a boutique focused on corporate disputes and securities litigation after the firm says he was fired for misconduct.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

LA Atty Accused Of Using AI 'Hallucinations' Sanctioned

By Rae Ann Varona

A California state appeals court has ordered an attorney accused of including artificial intelligence "hallucinations" in a client's opening brief to pay $7,500 to the court, saying in a published opinion that the attorney is subject to sanctions for inaccuracies, regardless of whether they were the result of AI.

Order attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

FTC Backs Nixing ABA Role As 'Gatekeeper' For Texas Bar

By Lynn LaRowe

The Federal Trade Commission has endorsed a proposal from the Texas Supreme Court to abandon a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the state bar, saying the organization's "accreditation monopoly" hurts competition and consumers.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Virginia Bar Declines To Investigate Interim US Atty Halligan

By Ryan Boysen

The Virginia State Bar has declined to investigate whether Lindsey Halligan should face discipline over her scandal-plagued tenure as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, just days after a federal judge ruled she was not properly appointed to that post.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Trump Would Prefer Jack Smith Testify In Public

By Courtney Bublé

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, subpoenaed former counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday for a closed-door deposition, to which President Donald Trump said he would rather see a public testimony.

Letter attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

1st Circ. Doubts Ex-BigLaw Atty's Campaign Finance Appeal

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit on Wednesday expressed misgivings about a former BigLaw attorney's argument that a jury that convicted him of a campaign finance scheme during a failed run for Congress should have been required to unanimously find that each specific transaction was illegal.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Archegos Founder Says Davis Polk Job Offer Taints Restitution

By Lauren Berg

Archegos founder Bill Hwang, who is serving an 18-year sentence for defrauding banks out of billions of dollars in loans used to manipulate the market, asked to vacate his restitution order because the presiding judge's clerk accepted a job with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, which represents victim-bank Morgan Stanley.

2 documents attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Troutman Atty Is 3rd NC Federal Judge Confirmed This Week

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 57-41 on Wednesday to confirm Matthew Orso, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, to the Western District of North Carolina as a federal district judge.

Read full article » | Save to favorites »

Fed. Circ. Pushes DC Circ. Not To Rethink Newman Decision

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit has urged the D.C. Circuit to ignore Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request to rehear a decision upholding the dismissal of her suit against the colleagues who suspended her, saying the judiciary has the right to police its own internal matters.

1 document attached | Read full article » | Save to favorites »