Abbott Inks $670M Deal To End Some Preterm Formula Claims

By Lauren Berg

Abbott Laboratories announced Thursday that it has agreed to pay about $670 million to partially resolve ongoing litigation alleging its specialty baby formula caused premature babies to suffer a disabling intestinal condition.

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What To Know As Cyclosporiasis Cases Continue To Climb

By Emily Field

While the iceberg lettuce linked to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak that sickened nearly 9,500 people in 17 states is now off the market, cases have reached roughly 11,000, and suits against produce supplier Taylor Fresh Foods and fast-food chain Taco Bell are expected to keep climbing, as well — shining a light on the issues of litigating foodborne illness during one of the largest outbreaks in the U.S. this century.

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Senator Questions CBP Over Lifted Ban On Dominican Sugar

By Dylan Moroses

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee asked the Customs and Border Protection commissioner on Thursday why President Donald Trump's administration chose to allow imported sugar products from the Dominican Republic that were previously prohibited due to the company's alleged use of forced labor.

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Taco Bell Cyclospora Suit Frozen Amid Similar Cases

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan federal judge Thursday paused filings for a lawsuit alleging Taco Bell and produce supplier Taylor Farms distributed and served contaminated lettuce that caused multiple cyclospora infections.

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Costco Drops Chicken Drippings Slip-And-Fall Coverage Row

By Danielle Ferguson

Costco has agreed to dismiss claims seeking coverage for an underlying suit from a man who was injured when he slipped on rotisserie chicken drippings in a California store, according to a joint motion to dismiss Wednesday.

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Ruling Clears Path For Nov. 3 Vote On Miami Marina Project

By Nate Beck

A Florida state judge has declined to block a November voter referendum on a developer's proposed $80 million overhaul of a city-owned Miami marina site in a July lawsuit aiming to invalidate the deal brought by the marina's operator.

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Brief

Mexican Winter Strawberries Facing Antidumping Duty

By Jack McLoone

Winter strawberries imported into the U.S. from Mexico may be hit with single-digit antidumping duties after the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily found Thursday they are being sold at less than fair value.

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AmEx Waived Arbitration By Refusing Fees, 1st Circ. Says

By Julie Manganis

American Express forfeited its right to insist on arbitration in a proposed class action by merchants challenging the company's swipe-fee rules when it failed to pay its share of the arbitrator's fees, estimated to be $17 million, the First Circuit has ruled.

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Magistrate Report Draws Fire From Both Sides In LIV TM Feud

By Elliot Weld

Both litigants in a courtroom dispute over the rights to the "LIV" trademark have objected to a magistrate judge's report that found a Long Island distillery would likely succeed on its claims against the LIV golf tour, but that the tour be allowed to continue using the mark.

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Costco Asks Judge To Rethink Ruling, Toss Moonlighting Suit

By Ben Adlin

Costco is urging a Washington state judge to reconsider her order denying its bid for a pretrial win over claims that it illegally bars workers from taking on additional employment, arguing that its employee agreements are sufficiently narrow and that plaintiffs' claims are "simply speculation and attorney argument."

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Dentons Hires Longtime K&L Gates Healthcare Lawyer

By Jack Rodgers

Dentons has hired a K&L Gates LLP healthcare partner and office managing partner who spent more than 17 years at that firm advising pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and other life sciences clients on regulatory, compliance and transactional matters.

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Costco Chicken Case Highlights Food Labeling Lessons

Recent litigation over allegedly deceptive food labels, including the ongoing proposed class action in a California federal court over Costco's rotisserie chicken, shows that plaintiffs rarely focus on single label statements in isolation — so product claims that comply with regulations could still incur litigation risk, says Brandy Alonzo-Mayland at Michelman & Robinson.

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Monitor Exposure, Stay Flexible Amid Tariff Uncertainty

To navigate an unstable trade environment, businesses must evaluate their exposure to new tariffs invoked under a patchwork of statutory authorities and be prepared to adapt to further changes that may be on the horizon, says Bhargav Prajapati at Capital Trade.

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Series

Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer

Playing shows in storied New York City venues and rehearsing with my bandmates in poorly ventilated rooms helped develop the professional qualities I rely on as a litigator, including an ability to collaborate with strong-minded equals and the determination to treat each client with singular focus, says Eliad Shapiro at Herrick Feinstein.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Analysis

The Race Is On To Confirm Trump's Judges By Year-End

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump nominated 11 judges this past week, meaning 19 nominees are now in the pipeline. But how many can the Senate confirm before the end of the year, given that it will mostly be absent and consumed by the midterm election? 

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Trump Admin Moves Toward Nixing ABA's Accreditor Status

By Emma Cueto

The Department of Education has made a preliminary finding that the American Bar Association is not in compliance with the department's regulations and standards as an accreditor of law schools, a move that comes as the ABA seeks to modify or repeal standards related to diversity, equity and inclusion in an attempt to preserve its accreditor status.

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Law Schools Flooded With Applicants For 3rd Straight Year

By Tracey Read

This year's U.S. law school applicant pool is up nearly 8% over 2025, with significant growth in Asian and Black prospective attorneys, according to new data from the Law School Admission Council.

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Divided 2nd Circ. Backs DQ Of Acting NDNY US Attorney

By Stewart Bishop

The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court's decision that found the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, John Sarcone III, was unlawfully serving in his position when he obtained grand jury subpoenas of the New York attorney general's office.

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Fla. Attorney Fined, Referred To Bar For Unapologetic AI Use

By Madison Arnold

A Florida attorney is the latest to be sanctioned for his use of artificial intelligence, after a Florida state appeals court found Friday that his filings contained at least 46 hallucinations.

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Wiley Data Breach Class Action Dropped As 2 Sides Confer

By Emily Sawicki

A Florida resident pursuing negligence and unjust-enrichment claims against Wiley Rein LLP over a data breach voluntarily dismissed his proposed class action on Friday while leaving the door open to refile, one day after the firm told the D.C. federal court that the two sides were "conferring" on next steps.

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Gov't To Take 9th Circ.'s Bar Of Nev. US Atty To High Court

By Madison Arnold

The U.S. government asked the Ninth Circuit to stay its ruling disqualifying Nevada's top prosecutor from assuming that role without Senate confirmation, saying it plans to take the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Trump Says Pardon Atty Ed Martin Leaving For Midterms

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin will be leaving the administration to work on the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced on Friday.

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Judge's Job Bid Sinks Conn. Atty's Homicide Conviction

By Brian Steele

Former Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. is entitled to a new manslaughter trial because the presiding judge at his original trial "created an appearance of a lack of impartiality" when he did not disclose to the parties that he had applied for an oversight job with the state prosecutor's office, an appeals court ruled Friday.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Diminished Capacity, Sentencing Rules

By Orlando Lorenzo

The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned 25 years of state precedent by reviving the diminished capacity defense, and the justices in Pennsylvania said the Legislature is out of time to craft new sentencing guidelines for second-degree murder. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten sue a fur auction house, private equity and pensions magnate Edmund Truell hit by a commercial fraud claim and Charles Russell Speechlys file a contract claim against two of its previous clients in the Middle East.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

A California federal judge told Meta that its in-house attorney was absolutely wrong about what constitutes attorney-client privilege and should take an ethics course. And a bipartisan group of 128 ex-judges have asked the Florida Bar to investigate Homeland Security's general counsel for his attacks on sitting judges. These are some of 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

Eversheds Sutherland, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after Maryland's tax court held that the state's first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom 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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