Analysis

World Cup Brand Battles Will Outlast Spain's Title Victory

By Chris Villani

The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to an end Sunday with Spain winning for the second time in its history, but intellectual property battles are just heating up as companies and individuals seek to capitalize on the global event, experts told Law360.

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J&J Talc Plaintiffs Must Back Up Cancer Link Or Risk MDL

By Lauren Berg

Plaintiffs alleging Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer must show they can offer expert opinions on the link between the disease and talc use or risk having their lawsuits tossed, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Cars.com Sabotaged $88M Earnout, Chancery Suit Says

By Jarek Rutz

Cars.com is facing a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court accusing the online marketplace of deliberately undermining the growth of automotive wholesale auction platform DealerClub after acquiring it in a deal that left most of the purchase price contingent on future performance.

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Analysis

6 Copyright Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2026

By Ivan Moreno

An appeal over whether an AI-powered legal research tool unlawfully used Westlaw material and a long-running fight involving a Miles Davis tattoo could produce some of 2026's most significant copyright rulings. Here is Law360's list of the most notable copyright cases to watch for the rest of the year.

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DOL Proposes E-Delivery Rule For Employer Health Plans

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would provide more opportunities for electronic delivery of employer-provided health plans' mandatory disclosures.

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DOL Asset Manager Exemption Proposal Sent To White House

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency transmitted a proposal affecting a popular exemption to strict prohibitions on many types of transactions involving federally regulated benefit plans to a White House office for review, teeing up the regulation for release.

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Eastham Sues Over Failed Alabama Apartment Venture

By Jarek Rutz

An investor has sued the general partner and property management companies behind an Alabama apartment venture, along with their owner, Audubon founder and CEO Andrew Schwarz, in the Delaware Chancery Court, alleging they mismanaged the project and ultimately caused it to collapse into foreclosure, costing investors more than $19 million.

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Brief

Fannie Mae Drops $28M Suit Over Senior Living Loans Default

By Sydney Price

Fannie Mae has voluntarily dropped the remaining claims in its lawsuit accusing borrower Affinity Living Communities of defaulting on $28.3 million worth of loans from the government-backed lender, telling the court the appointed receivership had achieved its purpose.

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Ex-Pink Energy CEO Offers $575K To Exit Solar Fraud Case

By Susan Smiley

Plaintiffs in a fraud class action against a now-defunct solar energy company asked a Michigan federal judge on Wednesday to approve a settlement between the class and just one of the 10 defendants accused of ripping off home solar customers.

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Canadian Solar Sued Over NC Plant's Development Hiccups

By Keith Goldberg

Solar developer Canadian Solar Inc. has been sued by a buyer of one of its projects who claims the company reneged on a pledge to secure a project site approval and stuck it with millions of dollars in remediation costs.

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Brief

Colo. Energy Co., Meter Maker Settle $750K Equipment Suit

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado energy and gas company reached a settlement with the Canadian company it accused in state court of selling it nearly $750,000 worth of faulty multiphase flow meters and ignoring requests for a refund, according to a notice of settlement. 

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Two Chubb, Lowe's Experts Barred In $90M Settlement Fight

By Gianna Ferrarin

A North Carolina federal judge barred respective appellate experts for a Chubb unit and Lowe's from testifying at an upcoming trial over coverage for an underlying $90 million wrongful death settlement, finding their opinions are irrelevant to the issues that will be before the jury.

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3rd Circ. Revives Princeton Student's Sex Bias Discipline Suit

By George Woolston

The Third Circuit has revived a Princeton University student's suit challenging the university's decision to suspend him for two years after a Title IX investigation into allegations that he choked two female students, ruling that he was able to plausibly allege that gender motivated Princeton's decision.

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Wash. AG Settles Rent Hike Suit Against Trinity

By Isaac Monterose

The Washington Attorney General's Office has settled its state court suit against landlord Trinity Property Consultants LLC, which it had accused of violating the state's Residential Landlord-Tenant Act with illegal rent hikes.

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MillerKnoll Wins $172K Fees After Beating Bubble Lamp IP Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday awarded MillerKnoll $172,000 in attorney fees after it defeated intellectual property claims brought by the heirs of modernist furniture designer George Nelson over his iconic bubble lamps, in a case with purportedly tens of millions of dollars at stake.

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States Say Nielsen Ruling Backs Claims In Live Nation Suit

By James Boyle

A recent Second Circuit ruling in a data-tying case was invoked Wednesday to support a motion by more than a dozen state attorneys general opposing Live Nation's attempt to overturn a federal jury verdict against the company.

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SoFi Stadium Owner Beats Suit Over Fan's Broken Hip

By Y. Peter Kang

A California appeals court has tossed a suit accusing the owner of SoFi Stadium and the Los Angeles Chargers of causing a season ticket holder's broken hip, saying the fan's ticket agreement contained an enforceable liability waiver.

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Amazon's Deal To End Gambling Suit Draws App Makers' Ire

By Ben Adlin

Developers of casino-style mobile apps sought to intervene Wednesday in Amazon's tentative deal to end consumers' proposed class action accusing the platform of enabling illegal online gambling, arguing that the settlement would leave the developers on the hook for $140 million while forcing Amazon to pay just $2.5 million.

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Exxon Convinces 5th Circ. To Scrap OSHA Mental Illness Reg

By Patrick Hoff

The Fifth Circuit nixed an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule requiring employers to keep track of employees' work-related mental illnesses, concluding that Congress didn't give the agency authority to regulate mental health in the workplace.

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Ex-DHL Workers Ask Court To Keep Discrimination Suit Intact

By Spencer Brewer

Two former DHL Supply Chain employees have urged a Texas federal judge to preserve their lawsuit alleging the company has a pervasive culture of racial discrimination against Black workers, saying summary judgment in favor of the company would be improper.

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EV Battery Co. Misled Investors On Expansion, Suit Says

By Sydney Price

Electric vehicle-battery manufacturer Microvast Holdings Inc. has been accused of misleading investors about production delays at its China facility and concealing the reasons why several of its chief financial officers departed the company over a three-year period.

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Nadex Seeks To Shield OG Prediction Market Biz In Wash.

By Rachel Riley

North American Derivatives Exchange asked a Washington federal court Wednesday to protect its prediction market platform OG from potential enforcement action by the state, pointing to the state attorney general's lawsuit going after Kalshi for alleged violations of state gambling law.

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Subcontractor Says Lockheed Ignored Claims In Dismissal Bid

By Zach Dupont

A Lockheed Martin subcontractor said the court can't dismiss the bulk of its claims accusing the defense contractor of failing to pay back costs incurred from another subcontractor's alleged failures because the company's motion to dismiss mischaracterizes the complaint's allegations, according to a response brief filed Tuesday.

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Coffee Co. Says Acquired Biz's Founder Hid Tax Designation

By Rachel Konieczny

The founder of a Colorado coffee equipment provider induced a California coffee equipment manufacturer and its president to acquire the company by hiding its true tax designation on a loan application, the companies and the president allege in a complaint in Colorado state court.

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$400M Serta Ruling Offers Warning On Uptier Deal Risks

A Texas bankruptcy court's recent remand ruling, which disallowed Serta Simmons Bedding’s uptier debt exchange and awarded $400 million to the minority lenders, demonstrates why deal counsel negotiating similar agreements should clearly define exceptions and lien subordination, while litigators should lean on express terms, says Jamie Aycock at Yetter Coleman.

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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit

By Madison Arnold

A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.

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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.

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Brief

Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.

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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job

By Grace Elletson

DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.

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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct

By Emily Sawicki

Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.

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Mich. Gets Judge With Blue Slips In 1st For Trump Admin

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday to confirm Michael Martin, a longtime federal prosecutor, to the Eastern District of Michigan and Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit.

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DOL IG Says Info-Sharing Pacts Lacked Safeguards

By Irene Spezzamonte

U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee that during the Biden administration, the department shared confidential information with plaintiffs' attorneys without notifying the Wage and Hour Division or the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct

By Alison Knezevich

Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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Retired Judges Rip Bid To Ban Foreign-Born Federal Judges

By Courtney Bublé

A group of 58 retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, on Wednesday came out strongly against recent proposals from Republican lawmakers that would require federal judges to be natural-born U.S. citizens and relinquish any citizenship that is not of the United States.

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US Marshals Can't Make Immigration Arrests In DC Court

By Rae Ann Varona

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday refused to toss a lawsuit from a certified class of immigrants challenging immigration arrests by U.S. marshals in D.C. Superior Court, declaring that the marshals lack authority and necessary training for the arrests.

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Securities Class Action Deals On Target To Hit 6-Year High

By Katryna Perera

The value of class action settlements is on track to reach a six-year high of $4.4 billion, fueled in part by a handful of "mega settlements" and other high-dollar deals, a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday said. 

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