Trump Executive Order Targets 'Made In America' Labeling

By Emily Field

President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order directing the Federal Trade Commission to draft regulations for online retailers to verify that goods advertised as "Made In America" are in fact made in the country, making it an enforcement priority for the agency.

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Agri Stats Cuts Chicken, Pork, Turkey Price-Fixing Deals

By Matthew Perlman

Agri Stats Inc. reached settlements Friday with groups of buyers in separate cases over alleged price fixing in the chicken, pork and turkey industries, ending several sets of claims targeting use of its benchmarking reports by protein processors.

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NY Man Can't Claim He Bought Tainted Grimmway Carrots

By Mike Curley

A New York federal judge on Friday threw out a proposed class action against Grimmway Enterprises Inc. over carrots recalled for possible contamination with E. coli, saying the plaintiff hasn't plausibly alleged the carrots he bought were tainted at all.

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Labor Board Accuses UFCW Unit Of Fining Nonmembers

By Braden Campbell

National Labor Relations Board prosecutors have accused a United Food and Commercial Workers local of violating federal labor law by fining two King Soopers workers who quit the union and returned to work during a strike last year.

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Insurers Say Prairie Farms' Policies Don't Cover $191M Verdict

By Celeste Bott

Berkeley National Insurance Co. and a Sompo International unit told an Illinois federal judge that excess liability policies they issued to Prairie Farms do not cover a $191.5 million punitive damages award the dairy giant must pay to the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for one of its subsidiaries.

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Tribes Back Bid To Undo NY Eel-Fishing Ruling At 2nd Circ.

By Crystal Owens

A Native American rights group and a Massachusetts tribe are backing a Second Circuit bid to reverse a decision that a New York Indigenous nation does not have eel-fishing rights free of state regulatory fees, arguing that they have an interest in ensuring inherent aboriginal rights are protected.

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Walmart Says Pa. Store Didn't Break Grocery Sales Agreement

By Matthew Santoni

Walmart wants to throw out a neighboring property owner's claim that a Pittsburgh-area store breached the terms of a nearly 30-year-old easement agreement, arguing a lawsuit's allegation that it had been in violation of an agreement not to compete on grocery sales for years was too vague and too late.

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Nature's Bakery Sued Over 'Wholesome' Fig Bar Label

By Emily Field

A New Yorker on Thursday lodged a proposed class action against Nature's Bakery LLC, saying that its "wholesome" representation belies the presence of synthetic citric acid and excessive sugar in its fig bars.

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Tort Report: Uber Won't OK Bigger Jury At 2nd Bellwether

By Y. Peter Kang

Trial strategy by Uber ahead of a second bellwether trial in sexual assault multidistrict litigation and a $4 million injury verdict against Publix in Florida lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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Brief

H-2A Workers Reach $305K Deal In Wage Dispute With Farm

By Irene Spezzamonte

Lee and Sons Farms told a North Carolina federal court it has agreed to pay $305,000 to settle claims from migrant H-2A workers who accused it of underpaying them and forcing them to buy inadequate meals.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

In London, Estée Lauder accused Jo Malone's founder of intellectual property infringement, the wife of an Iranian businessman linked to a £75 million fraud sued several Iranian oil companies, HSBC sued U.S. property tycoon Michael Fuchs, and Charles Russell Speechlys brought a claim against a United Arab Emirates company it once represented in an international arbitration.

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Ky. Farm Says DOL Must Bring H-2A Case In Federal Court

By Britain Eakin

A small Kentucky tobacco farm has sued the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming its in-house adjudication system for violations of the H-2A temporary farmworker visa program is unconstitutional because the agency serves as the prosecutor, judge and jury.

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Section 122 Tariffs Show Shift In Strategy, Not Trade Policy

By imposing temporary tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act as a stopgap measure while it pivots to less transitory statutory authorities, the Trump administration sent a clear message that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Learning Resources v. Trump, invalidating duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, will not precipitate a change in policy direction, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.

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What New Animal Welfare Enforcement Push Means For Cos.

The Trump administration's recently announced multiagency focus on violations of the Animal Welfare Act and related laws will likely lead to broader enforcement actions across industries, heightened scrutiny of compliance standards and a need for businesses to adopt effective risk management practices, says Shennie Patel at Crowell & Moring.

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'Swinging Dicks' Dissent Stirs Uproar Across 9th Circ. Bench

By Jeff Overley

A raunchy dissent in litigation over transgender spa patrons prompted dozens of Ninth Circuit judges to denounce the "vulgar barroom talk" of a colleague, who returned fire by ridiculing his peers for adopting the "fastidious sensibilities of a Victorian nun."

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Atty Who Sought Trump Pardons Accused Of Extorting Client

By Stewart Bishop

A South Carolina attorney and lobbyist who has billed himself as a fixer for prisoners seeking clemency from President Donald Trump made an appearance in Brooklyn federal court Saturday, following his arrest over accusations that he tried to extort a client for over half a million dollars.

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Life Sciences Partner Hiring Up Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

By Aebra Coe

Large law firms' partner additions in life sciences rose slightly across five geographic markets between 2024 and 2025, with several factors including increased regulatory scrutiny driving new additions, according to an analysis by intelligence platform Macrae+.

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Judge Denies US Atty's Recusal Call Over Conflict Concerns

By Rose Krebs

Calling it "procedurally improper, untimely, and lacking merit," a federal judge on Friday nixed a demand from Minnesota's U.S. attorney for the judge to step aside from a habeas case related to the government's immigration enforcement operation since his wife is pursuing litigation over the crackdown as the state's solicitor general.

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NY Republicans Say Chief State Judge Crossed Ethics Line

By Emily Sawicki

Republican legislators on the judiciary committees of the New York state Senate and Assembly have brought a misconduct complaint against New York State Chief Judge Rowan Wilson over statements the judge made at a symposium in support of proposed legislation to reform minimum sentencing guidelines that they believed violated judicial conduct rules on impartiality.

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Immigration Watchdog Sues DOJ Over Secret Court Hearings

By Adrian Cruz

A Minnesota-based human rights nonprofit has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in D.C. federal court over its decision to restrict public access to proceedings at St. Paul's Fort Snelling Immigration Court.

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Ariz. Judicial Council OKs ABS Rules Despite Bar Concerns

By Rachel Rippetoe

Arizona's Judicial Council approved some new restrictions on out-of-state operations for non-attorney-owned law firms allowed to operate under the state's licensure program, despite the Arizona state bar's concerns that the new rules aren't stringent enough.

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Reed Smith Is Ignoring Expanded Back Pay Window, Atty Says

By George Woolston

A former Reed Smith LLP attorney who claimed she was unlawfully underpaid told a New Jersey state court on Friday that the firm's bid to limit the window of time for which she's seeking damages is an attempt to roll the case back in time.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Finnegan's Cora Holt

By Theresa Schliep

Cora Holt, a partner at Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP in Washington, D.C., has a "do your job" attitude and "getting the stuff done" approach to litigation that earned plaudits from Kassie Helm, co-chair of Dechert LLP, who praised Holt for her work as part of a Law360 series celebrating women litigators.

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NC Judge Brings Military Roots, Not Politics, To Biz Bench

By Abigail Harrison

The North Carolina Business Court added decade-long Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley to its bench this month. In an interview, Judge Shirley told Law360 how time as an attorney in the U.S. military helped make him a thorough and punctual jurist, and expanded on his interest in keeping partisan politics out of the judiciary. 

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Esquire's $348M Signature Deal Bolsters Litigation Platform

By Al Barbarino

Esquire Financial Holdings Inc. has agreed to buy the parent company of Signature Bank in a roughly $348.4 million deal that Esquire said will help expand its Chicago-area commercial banking presence and support growth of its litigation banking platform.

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GSA Pans Giving 'Unelected Judiciary' Sway Over Property

By Courtney Bublé

The federal government's landlord told the federal judiciary it is "ill equipped" to have direct authority to maintain its buildings.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Clement & Murphy PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Federal Circuit vacated an over $600 million judgment involving the maker of Norton antivirus software for infringing Columbia University patents.

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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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