Fertilizer Makers Hit With Proposed Price-Fixing Class Action

By Hailey Konnath

A Missouri farm Monday filed a proposed class action accusing fertilizer companies of conspiring to fix the prices of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium products, adding to growing scrutiny of the fertilizer market.

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11th Circ. Upholds Florida's Ban On Lab-Grown Meat

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit on Monday rejected a food technology company's bid to block Florida's ban on lab-grown chicken, ruling that the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act does not preempt the state law because the statute governs production standards and ingredients, not whether a state may ban a product outright.

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States Say USDA Added Illegal Strings To Food Assistance

By Carolyn Muyskens

A group of 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday over what the coalition called unlawful and coercive new conditions on funding for programs like school lunches and food assistance.

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Law Firm Refiles 'Beer Law Center' TM Suit In Colorado

By Elliot Weld

A law firm that uses the "Beer Law Center" trademark refiled an infringement suit in Colorado federal court against a firm that dubbed itself "Beer Law HQ," suing after a case in North Carolina was dismissed over a lack of ties to the state.

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Wash. OKs Cash Transaction Rounding Rules As Penny Fades

By Rachel Riley

Washington adopted a law on Monday allowing cash retail transactions to be rounded to the nearest nickel increment, providing clarity for Evergreen State merchants in the wake of the federal government's decision to stop making pennies last year.

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Chicken Grower's Federal Wage Claims Against Perdue Axed

By Benjamin Morse

A Perdue Foods chicken farmer who claimed he was misclassified as an independent contractor filed his federal wage claims too late, a Georgia federal judge ruled, while allowing portions of his state law claims to proceed.

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Tax-Evading Farm Biz Owner Hospitalized On Way To Prison

By Anna Scott Farrell

The owner of a vertical farming business whom federal authorities sought to arrest after he failed to report to prison for tax evasion was hospitalized for a medical emergency on his way to surrender, his wife told a Pennsylvania federal court Monday.

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Judge Tosses Ex-Director's Suit Against Ore. Pot Commission

By Jonathan Capriel

Oregon's liquor and cannabis authority has defeated, for now, a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by its deputy director who was fired in the wake of a liquor scandal, with a federal judge saying the ex-employee's choice to retire doesn't prove the existence of some unwritten separation agreement.

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NC Justices Split On Wage Act Elements In Earth Fare Appeal

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina's highest court has upheld a six-figure unjust enrichment verdict favoring the founder of the organic supermarket chain Earth Fare in a split decision that set off a debate among the justices about what is required to prove a state Wage and Hour Act claim.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Meta Atty Uses Jane Doe Plaintiff's Name

By Y. Peter Kang

A Meta attorney's gaffe and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the closely watched social media addiction bellwether trial, and an announced $7.25 billion settlement by Bayer over Roundup weedkiller claims, lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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Delivery Hero Selling Taiwan Unit To Grab For $600M

By Al Barbarino

German delivery company Delivery Hero SE said Monday it has agreed to sell its food delivery operations in Taiwan, operating under the Foodpanda brand, to Grab Holdings Ltd. for $600 million in cash.

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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.

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Social Media Atty Sanctioned For 'Most Shameful Moment'

By Craig Clough

A California judge on Monday sanctioned an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial alleging Meta Platforms and Google's social media platforms harm children's mental health, fining him $1,100 and keeping him off the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.

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Immigration Judges To Challenge Their Firing At Fed. Circ.

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for a pair of fired immigration judges said Monday they will ask the Federal Circuit to review a federal panel ruling that stripped them of civil service protections, warning of a dramatic expansion of presidential authority over the civil workforce.

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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation. 

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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.

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Ramey IP Attys, Client Must Pay $107K Fees In Bad-Faith Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered three sanctioned attorneys, including Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III, together with their client, to cover $107,389 in attorney fees stemming from three identical patent suits the lawyers launched and withdrew in 2024, also ordering Ramey to show cause why he should not face further sanctions.

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