Dems Have Questions Over FTC's Unsealed Pepsi Complaint

By Matthew Perlman

Democratic lawmakers have accused PepsiCo Inc. of providing misleading responses to a previous inquiry about the Federal Trade Commission's abandoned price discrimination case, while also raising concerns that the agency dropped the case for political reasons.

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TreeHouse Foods Sued In Chancery For Docs On $2.9B Sale

By Jeff Montgomery

A TreeHouse Foods stockholder filed suit in Delaware's Court of Chancery late Wednesday for expedited access to withheld documents on the company's $2.9 billion agreement in November to sell the packaged snack and beverage company to affiliates of Investindustrial VIII SCSp, an independently managed group of European investment, holding and advisory companies.

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Costco Sued Over 'No Preservatives' Roast Chicken Ads

By Dorothy Atkins

A pair of Golden State consumers have hit Washington-based Costco Wholesale Corp. with a proposed class action in California federal court, accusing the company of falsely advertising its popular $4.99 rotisserie chicken as preservative free despite containing two chemicals — sodium phosphate and carrageenan — which allegedly function like preservatives.

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Ex-Arby's Employee Sues Over Gender Identity Harassment

By Celeste Bott

Arby's has been sued in Illinois federal court by a nonbinary ex-employee who claims they suffered pervasive discrimination and ridicule from their supervisor over their gender identity, and that reports of the manager's sexual harassment went unaddressed.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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ITC Backs Penalties For Flouting Chocolate Mix Import Ban

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. International Trade Commission has declined to review a decision by an administrative law judge to penalize four grocers found to be violating a ban on importing chocolate malt drink mix.

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Frito-Lay Hit With Wage Claims By Wash. Machine Operator

By José Luis Martínez

A Frito-Lay Inc. employee launched a proposed class action in Washington state court, accusing the company of violating state labor law.

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Smartfood Popcorn Hit With False Ad Suit

By Emily Field

PepsiCo Inc. on Wednesday was hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court brought by a Brooklyn woman who claims that its Smartfoods popcorn snacks contain an artificial ingredient that's both a flavor and preservative despite label claims.

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No New Trial Over Pesticide Coverage Verdict, Judge Says

By Ganesh Setty

An Arizona federal court rejected a professional liability insurer's request for a new trial after a jury found it liable to cover settled claims that a pesticide services company negligently damaged wheat crops, finding no issue with the jury instructions.

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Seafood Co. Exec Avoids Prison Time In Price-Fixing Scheme

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Thursday spared the vice president of a Miami-based seafood wholesale company a prison sentence for his role in scheming with competitors to fix the prices paid to fishermen for stone crab claws and spiny lobster.

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Texas Atty May Face Sanctions For Missing Discovery Hearing

By Tom Lotshaw

A Colorado federal judge ordered a Texas attorney representing a company accused of luring temporary agricultural workers to the U.S. through false promises to explain why he shouldn't be sanctioned for missing a telephone discovery hearing.

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Citizens Policy Doesn't Cover Mass Shooting, Suit Says

By Mark Payne

A California mushroom farm that was the site of a fatal mass shooting isn't covered under an insurance policy that prevents coverage under an "abuse and molestation exclusion" for negligence caused by the farm's workers, Citizens Insurance told a federal court Wednesday.

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Brief

Casey's, Store Managers Settle Overtime Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Casey's General Stores and managers reached a settlement in a collective action alleging the convenience store chain and two subsidiaries misclassified them as exempt from overtime pay, according to an Indiana federal judge's order.

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Rescheduling Cannabis Marks New Tax Era For Operators

As the attorney general takes steps to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, operators and advisers should prepare by considering the significant changes this will bring from tax, state, industry and market perspectives, says Michael Harlow at CohnReznick.

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Series

Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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Feature

From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers

By Chris Villani

A growing group of legal influencers with huge followings say social media use is helping them expand their practices along with their brands and offering marketing lessons that even BigLaw can learn from.

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Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm who resigned after the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the firm said that the SCOTUSblog founder suddenly began offering her bitcoin, payment from case settlements and potential student loan relief after federal agents visited the office.

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Clemency Favors White Collar Offenders, New Study Shows

By Phillip Bantz

White collar criminal defendants are more likely than other types of offenders to receive presidential pardons, especially under the Trump administration, a new analysis of clemency actions shows, raising concerns about a system one expert called "broken."

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Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.

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DOJ Awards $1M In First For Antitrust Whistleblower Program

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division awarded a whistleblower $1 million for providing information that led to charges and a $3.28 million criminal fine against used-vehicle auction site EBlock, marking the first-ever award under a new antitrust whistleblower program, the DOJ announced Thursday.

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Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Crowell & Moring LLP's appeal for its $30 million rent dispute with a D.C. office landlord that refused to grant a coronavirus-related rent abatement.

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Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny

By Matthew Santoni

The first assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania is being retained and elevated to full U.S. attorney, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced Thursday, though the appointment will have to remain temporary or he could face the same questions about his appointment as other top prosecutors in President Donald Trump's administration.

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