Social Media Trial Judge Threatens Media With Gag Order

By Craig Clough

The judge overseeing the landmark bellwether trial accusing major social media platforms of harming children's mental health lashed out at the media Friday morning, threatening to issue a gag order because she believed an outlet violated her orders to stay away from jurors in the hallway. 

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Teens Worth $270 Each To Facebook, NM Jury Hears

By Cara Salvatore

A marketing professor testified Friday in the New Mexico attorney general's social media mental health trial against Meta that the company calculated young teens' value to Facebook at $270 apiece and created "personas" of users as young as 9 to understand how to better "leverage" them.

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Musk Bid 'Too Late' To Delay Trial In Twitter Investor Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

With days before trial, a California federal judge denied a slew of motions filed by Elon Musk challenging investors' claim that the tech mogul ran a "scheme" to depress the price of Twitter securities during acquisition negotiations, saying Musk waited too long to try and toss the claim.

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TD Bank Escapes $3-Fee Suit, NY Law Ruled Unconstitutional

By Katryna Perera

A New York federal judge on Friday dismissed, with prejudice, a suit alleging that TD Bank was illegally charging customers a $3 fee to receive monthly paper statements for their checking accounts, finding that the underlying statute on which the suit was based is unconstitutional.

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7th Circ. Will Decide Novel International Arbitration Question

By Caroline Simson

The Seventh Circuit has agreed to consider, for the first time, the grounds under which courts may determine whether an international arbitration clause is null and void, in a proposed illegal gambling class action that was ordered into arbitration in Canada last fall.

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Roundup

6 Arguments Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In March

By Kellie Mejdrich

An ex-Wells Fargo worker will ask the Eighth Circuit to revive a suit challenging 401(k) forfeiture spending, the Trump administration will push the Ninth Circuit to greenlight its transgender health coverage policies and the Fourth Circuit will hear a severance fight from manufacturing plant workers. Here, Law360 looks at six oral argument sessions to watch out for in the coming month.

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Kroger Misclassified E-Commerce Managers, Colo. Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

Kroger misclassified e-commerce managers as executives exempt from overtime even though they did not meet the legal requirements to satisfy the carveout under federal and state wage law, according to a proposed collective action filed in Colorado federal court.

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Wash. Whole Foods Workers Didn't Get Breaks, Suit Alleges

By Emily Brill

Whole Foods employees in Washington state frequently work through lunch and don't get to take the rest breaks they're entitled to, a new proposed class action in Washington state court alleges, looking to hold the company liable for wage and hour law violations.

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2nd Circ. Affirms Norfolk's Win In Investors' Derailment Suit

By Sydney Price

The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revive a suit by investors claiming railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. botched disclosures about how an efficiency plan might cause derailments, validating a lower court's interpretation that the statements about safety were inactionable puffery.

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REIT Execs Hurt Investors With Dividend 'Reset,' Suit Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

Real estate investment trust Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc. is facing a proposed investor class action in New York federal court alleging it concealed the possibility that it would cut its quarterly dividend payouts, hurting investors when it announced a dividend "reset" and its share price subsequently fell.

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Altria-Juul Judge Details Class Cert. Decision In Antitrust Row

By Rae Ann Varona

"Common, predominant questions abound" as to whether e-cigarette company Juul and tobacco giant Altria schemed to have Altria exit the e-cigarette market, a California federal judge has said in explaining why he granted class certification to classes of purchasers in antitrust litigation over Altria's past investment in Juul.

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PetMed, Elanco, Tractor Supply Settle Flea & Tick Med Claims

By Hailey Konnath

PetMed Express, Tractor Supply Co. and Elanco Animal Health are the latest to settle with consumers in a case accusing Elanco of paying pet supply retailers not to stock generic versions of its Advantix topical flea and tick prevention drug, according to several orders filed in Indiana federal court.

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Kroger, Albertsons Must Pay AG Legal Fees After Merger Halt

By Ben Adlin

Kroger and Albertsons must pay legal fees to the state attorneys general who challenged the grocery chains' now-scrapped $24.6 billion merger, an Oregon federal judge ruled Friday, denying the companies' argument that the court's temporary injunction in the case wasn't sufficient for the states to win back costs.

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Calif. Bar Charges Atty With Misconduct In LA Utility Case

By Dorothy Atkins

The California State Bar has lobbed disciplinary charges against veteran plaintiffs attorney Paul Kiesel, accusing him of helping divert class action litigation against the city of Los Angeles over a botched utility billing system, allegations which he vigorously denied and slammed as "unfounded, misguided and fundamentally wrong."

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DraftKings Denied 7th Circ. Appeal In Sports Betting Ad Suit

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge rejected DraftKings' bid to certify a question to the Seventh Circuit about whether a mobile app can be a "product" under Illinois product liability law, after he refused last year to dismiss most claims in a proposed class action claiming the company's advertisements fuel gambling addiction.

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Bitcoin ATM Scam Suit Will Go To Arbitration, Ind. Judge Rules

By Katryna Perera

A retiree's proposed class action claiming that Bitcoin Depot Inc. facilitates fraud schemes that target the elderly belongs in arbitration, an Indiana federal judge has ruled after finding the retiree agreed to the company's terms, which include an arbitration clause, each time he used one of their ATMs.

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KuCoin Operators Again Seek To Shed $1.2M Crypto Theft Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Operators of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin seek to shed the latest revision of a cryptocurrency theft victim's proposed class action, arguing that the amended suit's conversion and aiding and abetting allegations fare no better than the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and Bank Secrecy Act claims that were tossed in January.

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Santander Sued In Pa. Over Alleged 'Pay-To-Pay' Loan Fees

By José Luis Martínez

Santander Consumer USA Inc. has been sued for charging and collecting allegedly illegal "pay-to-pay" fees from Pennsylvania residents who financed a car through the Texas-based auto-lending business.

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Credit Bureaus Fight Bid To Add Plaintiffs, Claims To Suit

By Mark Payne

Medical providers and a collection agency in a proposed class action accusing Equifax, Experian and TransUnion of conspiring to exclude less than $500 in medical debt from consumer credit reports lack good cause to again amend their complaint, the credit reporting agencies told a federal court. 

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PG&E Investors' $100M Wildfire Suit Deal Gets Initial OK

By Sydney Price

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co., its brass, underwriters and shareholders have received initial approval of their $100 million deal settling claims the company misled investors about its safety practices ahead of deadly wildfires in the past decade.

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Life Insurer Sanctioned For Ignoring Orders To Transfer Policy

By Hope Patti

An Ohio federal court sanctioned a life insurer for failing to comply with orders dating to 2003 that required the carrier to transfer control of a dead policyholder's account to the court-appointed receiver for a viatical funding company.

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Recovery Provider Asks For Halt To Anthem's Claims Practices

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado mental health and substance use treatment facilities operator and its patients asked a Colorado federal judge to stop Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's claims practices, alleging its process violates federal benefits and mental health parity laws and disrupts access to lifesaving care.

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Blue States Rally Behind Birthright Citizenship At High Court

By Corey Rothauser

More than two dozen state and local governments urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Donald Trump's effort to end automatic birthright citizenship, filing an amicus brief arguing that the executive order violates the Constitution and would impose sweeping harms on states and their residents.

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Trump Admin Can't 'Terrorize' Minn. Refugees, Judge Rules

By Rae Ann Varona

The Trump administration cannot "terrorize" refugees under a policy that "raises serious constitutional concerns," a Minnesota federal judge said Friday, blocking the federal government from arresting and detaining refugees living in Minnesota for having not yet received green cards.

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UFC Accused Of Monopolizing Pay-Per-View MMA Fights

By Matthew Perlman

Fans accused the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a new lawsuit of using its control over top-ranked fighters to monopolize the market for pay-per-view-level mixed martial arts events, allegedly resulting in higher prices.

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Fighters Allege UFC Destroyed 'Years Of Critical Evidence'

By Emily Sawicki

A trio of former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters pursuing wage-fixing claims in a proposed class action against the mixed martial arts organization have now moved for "severe" sanctions over alleged document destruction, asking a Nevada federal court to issue a default judgment in their favor.

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Why Meme Coin Ruling May Amplify Crypto Legislation Push

A Florida federal court's recent decision in De Ford v. Koutolas, declining to rule definitively whether LGBCoin is a security, is notable for how it refused to give deference to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission guidance on meme coins, which may strengthen the ongoing industry push for clear rules-based regulatory frameworks, say attorneys at Goodwin.

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Opinion

AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness

As tribunals and arbitral institutions increasingly use artificial intelligence tools in their decision-making processes, ​​​​​​​clear disclosure standards and procedural safeguards are necessary to ensure that efficiency gains do not erode the fairness principles on which arbitration depends, says Alexander Lima at Wesco International.

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Goldstein Testimony 'Solidified' Case, Juror Says

By Jared Foretek

One of the 12 jurors who convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein on a slew of tax and mortgage charges on Feb. 25 told Law360 that the key moment in the 16-day trial was when the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer took the stand, with the juror calling the testimony "a performance."

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Up Next At High Court: Drug User Gun Possession

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will close out its February oral argument session by hearing its newest Second Amendment case over a federal law that prohibits drug users from possessing firearms, as well as a dispute over whether motor carrier brokers can be held liable for truck crashes under state law.

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Del. Supreme Court OKs Disputed Corporate Law Rework

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's Supreme Court upheld Friday hotly contested legislation approved by state lawmakers in 2025 that expanded liability shields for some corporate acts involving controlling stockholders or potentially conflicted officers or directors, and narrowed public access to some corporate books and records.

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When Murder Charges Reach People Who Didn't Kill

By Marco Poggio

Felony murder murder charges permit people to be convicted of murder, even when they neither killed nor intended to kill. Critics say the charges drive excessive sentences, and a wave of reconsideration in courts and legislatures have led states like California to narrow their reach, while others are weighing whether the long prison terms tied to them are constitutional.

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Optimum Says Apollo, BlackRock Bullied Kirkland Withdrawal

By Bryan Koenig

Optimum Communications is escalating its fight accusing Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and other financial giants of an illegal joint campaign constricting its ability to refinance debt, amending its New York federal court complaint to also accuse the companies of "bullying" Kirkland & Ellis LLP into withdrawing as its transaction counsel.

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Calif. Mass Tort Firm Drops Suit Against ABS Fee-Sharing Ban

By James Mills

A California mass torts firm seeking to overturn the state's law banning alternative business structure fee sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonattorneys dropped its suit Thursday, three months after filing it.

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Marshall Dennehey Can't Arbitrate Atty's Sex Harassment Suit

By Grace Elletson

An Ohio appeals court declined Thursday to send a former Marshall Dennehey PC attorney's sexual harassment suit to arbitration, ruling that mocking comments he faced from a senior lawyer triggered the protection of a law that shields sex misconduct disputes from being kicked out of court.

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Injury Defense Atty Scolded For 'Gotcha' Litigation Tactic

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida appellate panel on Friday upheld the dismissal of a car crash suit after plaintiffs' counsel failed to appear at a pretrial hearing due to illness, but also chastised defense counsel for a "gotcha" litigation tactic in not informing the judge of opposing counsel's illness despite knowing about it.

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Katten Pushes For Atty Immunity To Non-Clients' Suit In Texas

By Lynn LaRowe

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is asking the Texas Supreme Court to shut down a state court lawsuit brought by co-defendants of a client they successfully represented in a federal criminal investigation over alleged healthcare fraud, saying lower courts that refused to dismiss are seeking to limit the state's "hundred-year-old doctrine" of attorney immunity.

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Pro Bono Spotlight

NY Prisoner Gets Rare $600K Deal With Gibson Dunn's Help

By Parker Quinlan

A man incarcerated in a New York state prison who was placed in solitary confinement for over six years has obtained a $600,000 settlement after filing a pro se lawsuit that drew the aid of pro bono counsel from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

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Markey Pushes Bill To Bolster Immigrant Legal Access

By Ganesh Setty

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., announced on Friday that he will introduce legislation to help immigrants secure legal counsel in deportation and other immigration proceedings via a $100 million grant program.

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Hub Hires: Seyfarth, Greenberg Traurig, Outside GC

By Chris Villani

Massachusetts may be buried under a blanket of snow, but the Boston legal market was anything but frozen in February. Seyfarth bolstered its depth in mergers and acquisitions, Greenberg Traurig snagged a benefits attorney, and Outside General Counsel hired a new managing partner.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Linklaters sue a shipping company, high-street clothing giant Urban Outfitters hit with an intellectual property claim, Ithaca Energy sue rival Chrysaor, and cabaret club magnate Alex Proud face legal action with his nightclubs in financial turmoil.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A proxy season preview report showed that nearly three-quarters of shareholder proposals for annual corporate meetings among Russell 3000 companies this year have gone to a vote. The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled the details of a long-awaited proposed rule to replace a previous administration's regulation outlining how to decide if a worker is an employee or independent contractor. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Milbank LLP, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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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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