Avis Hit With Investor Suit Over $2.3B Fleet Impairment

By Sydney Price

Car rental company Avis Budget Group has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it harmed investors when it concealed a strategy shift late last year that accelerated fleet rotation and led to a $2.3 billion impairment charge.

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Wells Fargo Tells Judge Cash Sweep 'Conflict' Was Disclosed

By Sydney Price

Wells Fargo said it should be allowed to escape customers' proposed class action alleging the bank's cash sweep investment program disproportionately benefits the bank, arguing it disclosed in its signed agreements with customers the bank's intentions to secure financial gains for itself through the program.

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3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Teamsters Fund's Win In $39M Row

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit won't give a group of dairy businesses a second chance to prevent a Teamsters union pension fund from suing them and their affiliates to enforce a $39 million settlement, the court announced Monday.

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Veolia Settles Flint Water Crisis Claims For $53M

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Michigan federal judge entered final judgment Monday in litigation brought by the state of Michigan and about 26,000 individuals against Veolia North America alleging it prolonged the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, after a $53 million settlement was approved earlier this month.

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TD Bank's $3 Paper Statement Fee Breaks NY Law, Suit Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

TD Bank faces a proposed customer class action alleging it violated New York state law with its practice of charging its customers $3 to mail them paper copies of their monthly billing statements.

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Boeing Rips Investors' Class Cert. Bid In 737 Max Fraud Suit

By Linda Chiem

Boeing has told an Illinois federal judge that pension funds and private investors cannot certify a sweeping class action seeking a "jaw-dropping" $15 billion in damages by alleging Boeing repeatedly misrepresented the overall safety and certification process for the 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

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UScellular, Investors Ink $7.7M Deal In Postpaid Biz Suit

By Nadia Dreid

UScellular and the investors who sued the company over its representations about the health of its postpaid mobile phone outfit have agreed to settle their differences for $7.7 million and are asking an Illinois federal judge to sign off on the deal.

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Class Attys Seek $6.5M Cut In $29.5M Plantronics Settlement

By Gina Kim

Lead counsel for Plantronics investors who secured a $29.5 million deal resolving claims the company used "channel stuffing" tactics to bolster revenue are seeking $6.5 million in fees, telling a California federal judge Friday the request is reasonable, given the strong recovery and their track record successfully prosecuting similar securities cases.

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Justices Won't Disturb 9th Circ.'s AT&T 401(k) Suit Revival

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear AT&T's bid for review of a Ninth Circuit panel decision reviving a class action against the telecom giant alleging mismanagement of an employee 401(k) plan, rejecting employers' request for more clarity from the court on the pleading standard for federal benefits lawsuits alleging excessive fees.

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Mich. Nurses Quit Claims Of Pay Withheld For Breaks Untaken

By Irene Spezzamonte

Two registered nurses agreed to drop their claims of unpaid wages against the two locations of a Michigan healthcare system they had accused in federal court of requiring them to work through meal breaks without pay, ending the case Monday in federal court.

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Wells Fargo Investors Win Class Cert. In 'Sham' Hiring Case

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge has certified a class of thousands of Wells Fargo & Co. investors in litigation over the bank's alleged practice of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets, a strategy investors say led to stock prices dropping when the truth came to light, according to an order issued Friday.

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Boston Children's To Pay $3M In Retirement Plan Fee Suit

By Elliot Weld

Boston Children's Hospital will pay $3 million to a class of participants in its retirement plan to settle claims that it saddled them with excessive fees.

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Justices Open To New Combat Compensation Filing Window

By Jared Foretek

A group of U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed open to letting late-filing veterans get retroactive combat-related special compensation, with some justices saying that the statute might be explicit enough to not fall under the Barring Act's statute of limitations.

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Imerys Halts Ch. 11 Trial Over Foreign Claimant Issues

By Vince Sullivan

Bankrupt talc suppliers Imerys Talc America and Cyprus Mines Corp. and parties supporting their Chapter 11 plan to deal with asbestos injury claims unexpectedly announced Monday they wanted to halt the plan confirmation proceedings, following more than four days of evidence, citing issues surrounding the treatment of foreign claims against the debtors.

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Ziploc 'Microwave Safe' Bags Shed Microplastics, Buyer Says

By Lauren Berg

S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. falsely markets Ziploc bags and containers as "microwave safe" and suitable for use in freezers despite knowing they are made from materials that shed microplastics into food when the products are used as directed, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

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Walgreens Opposes Merging 'Non-Drowsy' Labeling Suits

By Celeste Bott

Walgreens is pushing back on a bid to consolidate two Illinois federal lawsuits alleging the "non-drowsy" label on some of the retailer's cough suppressant medications is misleading, saying the two cases involve different allegations and are at different stages, and arguing that consolidation would cause a delay in the litigation.

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Chancery OKs Shortcut For Derivative Fox Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

A Delaware vice chancellor late Monday approved an unprecedented Fox Corp. call for a targeted summary judgment proceeding focused on a single Fox director's independence after a different jurist rejected, in November, dismissal of the suit, which seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in defamation damages in connection with broadcasts of bogus 2020 election claims.

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Ga. Speaker Claims Immunity In Lawsuit Over Lawmaker Ban

By Kelcey Caulder

Georgia Speaker of the House Jon Burns has asked a federal judge to free him from a lawsuit lodged by the constituents of a lawmaker who was barred from the chamber in January after calling Burns' predecessor "one of the most corrupt Georgia leaders we'll ever see in our lifetimes."

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Nivea Maker Hit With False Ad Greenwashing Suit

By Gina Kim

The Nivea brand of products such as lotions, body creams, deodorants and cleansing wipes are falsely advertised as made predominantly of ingredients derived from natural products, like aloe or avocado oil, even though nearly all the ingredients are synthetic, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

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Napco Faces Investor Suit Over Sales Downturn

By Emilie Ruscoe

Security device maker Napco Security Technologies Inc. faces a proposed investor class action alleging that the company overpromised on a long-term earnings margin goal, hurting investors when trading prices fell as its sales and progress toward that target stalled in February.

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Brief

9th Circ. Nixes COVID-19 App Suit Appeal Against Apple

By Jared Foretek

The Ninth Circuit has once again shut the door on a doctor's suit accusing Apple of illegally refusing to distribute his COVID-19 tracking app through its app store, affirming a lower court ruling from October 2024 that denied his motion to reopen.

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5th Circ. Grants DOL 30-Day Stay In States' ESG Rule Appeal

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Fifth Circuit on Monday granted the U.S. Department of Labor's request to stay an appeal from Republican-led states in a suit challenging the agency's rule that allows retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, but limited the pause to 30 days.

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Green Group Says Shell Case Discovery Fees Are Too Costly

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Philadelphia-based environmental group suing Shell over pollution from a Western Pennsylvania chemical plant balked at a federal court's order that it pay 15% of the cost to resolve a discovery dispute, arguing it could be left with a potentially devastating tab.

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Judge Wants Flight List In '3rd Country' Removal Case

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday ordered the government to give counsel for a group of deportees challenging their removal to El Salvador the names of everyone else on board at least two flights to that country that occurred after he entered a March order requiring additional due process protections.

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Miami Condo Fire Victims Win Class Certification

By David Minsky

A Florida state court judge certified a class of more than 140 Miami residents displaced in a condominium fire in a lawsuit alleging the structure was not safely maintained, ruling that the case will proceed more efficiently and that will also financially benefit the individual plaintiffs.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving pretrial detainee bail funds, employment law, product defect allegations and claims of not providing proper pain medication at a jail.

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The 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

Law firms and the legal profession are facing new uncertainties, shifting the stress levels, economic pressures, and overall contentment of lawyers in private practice, according to the 2025 Law360 Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.

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'The Court Is Not A Cartoon': Judge Rips Dragon Watermark

By Hailey Konnath

A Michigan federal magistrate judge Monday ordered an East Lansing, Michigan, firm called Dragon Lawyers PC to stop plastering its pleadings with a large, suit-clad purple cartoon dragon watermark on each page, saying it's not only "distracting, it's juvenile and impertinent."

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Analysis

Feds Have Strong Hand On Judge Charged With Blocking ICE

By Danielle Ferguson and Carolyn Muyskens

A Wisconsin state judge faces an uphill battle in defending against federal criminal allegations that she helped a man evade immigration officials at a Wisconsin courthouse, but she may be able to stake out a defense in arguing the government can't prove intent, experts told Law360. 

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California Judge Loses Pay After Conviction For Murdering Wife

By Gina Kim

The California Commission on Judicial Performance formally suspended a California judge without pay after a state jury found him guilty of second-degree murder last week for shooting his wife to death in their Anaheim Hills home on Aug. 3, 2023, following a heated argument. 

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Q&A

Sullivan M&A Chief Sees Opportunities Amid Tariff Turmoil

By Al Barbarino

After a rocky start to 2025, the mergers and acquisitions landscape is grappling with economic volatility, shifting trade policies and a complex regulatory environment. But even in a "choppy" market, there are always deals to be made, says Melissa Sawyer, global head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's M&A group and co-head of its corporate governance practice.

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NJ Judge Apologizes Through Waylon Jennings Lyrics

By George Woolston

Clark Township, New Jersey, Municipal Judge Antonio Inacio said Tuesday that he isn't proud of all the things that led him to appear before a Garden State judiciary disciplinary committee, but he can say that he never intentionally hurt anyone by his conduct.

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$10M Brown Rudnick Deal With Guo Trustee Gets Judge's OK

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a $10 million deal between Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and the Chinese exile's onetime attorneys at Brown Rudnick LLP, and greenlighted 10 lesser settlements with other firms and luxury retailer Versace.

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Analysis

GOP Plan To Shutter Audit Watchdog Could Strain SEC

By Jessica Corso

Congressional Republicans are renewing the push to get rid of a financial regulator that conservatives have complained is costly and lacks proper oversight, but some former staffers at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board wonder whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has the manpower or expertise to take over the board's duties.

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Federal Defenders Of NY Staff Announce Union Drive

By Andrea Keckley

Staff members at the Federal Defenders of New York have announced their plans to join their attorney colleagues as members of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys.

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Justices Scoff At Feds' Defenses In Mistaken FBI Raid Case

By Chart Riggall

Supreme Court justices Tuesday appeared flummoxed by the government's "ridiculous" arguments it should be immune to a Georgia resident's lawsuit over a mistaken FBI raid on her house, but seemed unlikely to issue a blanket ruling on when an officer's discretion trumps their liability for injuries caused by their actions.

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Alex Jones Wants High Court Look At $1.3B Sandy Hook Case

By Brian Steele

Bankrupt Infowars host Alex Jones will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a mammoth libel judgment that families of Sandy Hook shooting victims secured against him and his company over his conspiratorial broadcasts calling the massacre a hoax, he told a Connecticut appellate court in seeking to extend a pause on the payout.

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Breyer To Talk Pragmatism At NJ Bar Association Convention

By Carla Baranauckas

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will bring his pragmatic legal philosophy to center stage when he appears at the New Jersey State Bar Association Convention on May 16 in Atlantic City.

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