Conagra Not Off The Hook Over '100% Whole Fish Fillets' Label

By Gina Kim

Conagra customers can proceed with their proposed class action alleging some of the food company's fish fillets are deceptively labeled as "100% whole fish" despite containing industrial filler and extra water, after an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday the customers offer a plausible reading of the label, enough to state a claim.

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Kroger Settles Gov't Claims Over Ozone-Harming Emissions

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Kroger Company has reached a proposed settlement with the federal government that ends claims the grocery giant violated the Clean Air Act at stores nationwide, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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Pepsi And Frito-Lay Want Chip-Pricing Claims Tossed

By Matthew Perlman

Pepsi and Frito-Lay have asked a California federal court to toss the latest version of a case accusing them of charging small convenience stores more for chips than Walmart, Target and other chain stores, saying the retailers still fail to offer a direct comparison of specific prices.

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Colo. Judge Stays $9M Multicooker Verdict Pending Appeal

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado federal judge has granted Sunbeam Products Inc. and Newell Brands Inc.'s ask for the court to stay the execution — pending appeal — of a $9 million jury award in favor of a woman injured by one of their multicookers.

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Snack Maker Says Liberty Mutual Owes For Failed Build Costs

By Danielle Ferguson

The maker of Little Debbie snacks has filed a federal complaint arguing that Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. must make good on construction bonds and cover millions of dollars in damages and legal expenses stemming from a construction company's failure to finish work on a plant in Tennessee.

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Brief

Coupang, Ex-In-House Lawyer To Drop Iran Whistleblower Suit

By Ben Adlin

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang and a former in-house compliance attorney have agreed to dismiss the lawyer's suit claiming he was wrongly fired for bringing attention to the company's alleged illegal business dealings with Iran, according to a joint filing Wednesday in Seattle federal court.

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Restaurant Group Fat Brands Names Ch. 11 Auction Winners

By Clara Geoghegan

An auction for assets of Fat Brands Inc. netted offers totaling $10.5 million for two restaurant chains and credit bids for the company's 16 other brands, according to notices in its Chapter 11 case.

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How To Gear Up For Trump's Pharma Tariffs

President Donald Trump's proclamation establishing tariffs on certain pharmaceutical products holds a few areas of ambiguity that companies should review and prepare for before the tariffs come into effect later this year, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study

An important 2016 study revealed significant substance abuse and mental health issues among lawyers, and while the findings helped normalize the conversation around these topics, a decade later, structural change is still needed, says Denise Robinson at PLI.

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Analysis

Comey Indictment Built On Bad Legal Foundation, Experts Say

By Phillip Bantz

The criminal indictment of former FBI Director James B. Comey over an alleged threat against President Donald Trump by way of a social media post of seashells appears to be based on either an outdated or flawed understanding of the legal standard required to prove the charges in the case, which could sink the prosecution, according to experts.

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GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach

By Adrian Cruz

After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.

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Justices Limit Voting Rights Act Suits While Voiding La. Map

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map containing two majority-Black voting districts Wednesday and further limited the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in legislative redistricting — a decision the dissent claims completes the conservative majority's "demolition" of the seminal civil rights law.

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Fla. Judge Pick Denies Conflict In Trump Defamation Case

By Courtney Bublé

A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday denied there was any overlap between when he presided over a case involving President Donald Trump and when the White House let him know Trump was considering him for the federal judgeship.

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Judiciary Advisers Back Looser Limits On Defense Subpoenas

By Jeff Overley

A campaign by white collar defense lawyers against long-standing limits on subpoena powers cleared a key hurdle Wednesday when federal judiciary advisers endorsed earlier and easier access to potentially favorable evidence despite staunch resistance from crime victims' advocates.

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Former AG Bondi To Appear Before House Committee May 29

By Courtney Bublé

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House oversight committee on May 29, committee Republicans said Wednesday.

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Nadine Menendez Denied Bail During Bribery Conviction Appeal

By George Woolston

A New York federal judge on Wednesday denied a bid from Nadine Menendez for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-senator husband, ruling that her motion doesn't raise a substantial question of law.

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