Crabbers Say Seafood Co. Is Part Of Dungeness Price 'Cartel'

By Lauren Berg

A proposed class of crabbers urged a California federal judge to reject an Oregon seafood company's bid to escape their lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to cap prices paid to fishermen for Dungeness crab in the Pacific Northwest.

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Heated Cholula Fans Say McCormick Ruined Famous Sauce

By Jonathan Capriel

Cholula Hot Sauce lovers are steaming after McCormick & Co. allegedly diluted the popular brand, replacing its "authentic, traditional Mexican ingredients" with "lab-produced" ones, according to a consumer-led proposed class action filed in New York federal court.

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4th Circ. Sides With Outback In Contentious Injury Suit

By Mike Curley

The Fourth Circuit has freed Outback Steakhouse's Florida branch from a slip-and-fall suit that went through two contentious trials, finding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in booting the plaintiff's original attorney from the case, excluding a new expert witness report or allowing Outback to strike the only two Black prospective jurors.

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Abbott, Mead Must Face Baby Formula Retrial, Mo. Panel Says

By Y. Peter Kang

A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a new trial order in a suit accusing Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson of selling baby formula that causes a serious condition in preterm infants, agreeing with the trial court that the verdict was not supported by the evidence.

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Campbell's Soup Targeted In Tariff Refund Suit Blitz

By George Woolston

The Campbell's Co. is the latest business to be hit with a proposed class action from consumers seeking to be reimbursed for the inflated costs the food company charged in response to President Donald Trump's now-struck-down global tariffs.

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Feds Say Snapper Suit Moot After Permits Were Nixed

By Tom Lotshaw

A lawsuit challenging expanded recreational red snapper fishing permits the National Marine Fisheries Service issued to four states is "dead in the water" now that the permits have been canceled, the U.S. Department of Commerce told a D.C. federal judge.

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Domino's Franchisee, IRS Near Deal In Penalty Dispute

By Zak Kostro

A Domino's Pizza franchisee and the federal government have mostly agreed in principle on a deal to settle the franchisee's suit alleging the IRS owes it $1.6 million in tax refunds for penalties related to failures to report its employee health coverage plan, the company told a Hawaii federal magistrate judge.

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Virginia Says Hemp Cos. Can't Block New THC Limits

By Sam Reisman

The day before a court hearing on a motion for a temporary restraining order, Virginia officials are urging a federal judge not to halt enforcement of the state's new THC potency caps, saying the hemp businesses' request to do so "rests on a distorted premise."

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Full Fed. Circ. Declines To Revisit Design Patent Test

By Ryan Davis

The full Federal Circuit on Tuesday refused to review the test for proving design patent infringement, rejecting a massage device maker's argument that the court has strayed from U.S. Supreme Court precedent but drawing a dissent arguing the court has "messed up" the law.

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Neogen Beats Investor Suit Over 3M Integration Claims

By Katryna Perera

A suit alleging food safety company Neogen hid postmerger financial difficulties following its combination with a division of manufacturing giant 3M was tossed by a Michigan federal judge, who found the suit's challenged statements were either inactionable or that the defendants did not intentionally mislead the public.

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Corteva Gets More Counterclaims Tossed In Seed Patent Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A federal judge dismissed two more counterclaims from plant breeding startup Inari Agriculture Inc. in the company's patent dispute with Corteva Agriscience LLC.

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Hemp Co. Vireo Aims To Toss Ownership Contract Claims

By Mike Curley

Hemp and THC beverage maker Vireo Growth Inc. and its affiliates are asking a Minnesota federal court to toss the bulk of a suit alleging that Vireo failed to deliver on a partnership and interest contract, saying the plaintiffs' claims are largely based on a contract that was never signed or executed.

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Unilever Misleads With 'No Preservatives' Claim, Suit Says

By Mike Curley

A New York man is suing Unilever United States Inc. in federal court, alleging it misleads consumers with the labels on nearly 30 Knorr brand products by claiming they're made without artificial preservatives while they contain citric acid.

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Worker Says Meijer Can't Duck Suit Over Tobacco Use Fee

By Susan Smiley

A Meijer grocery store worker on Monday urged a Michigan federal judge not to dismiss his proposed class action saying the Midwestern chain violated federal benefits laws when it imposed a tobacco use surcharge on its employees without properly communicating how the fee could be avoided or refunded.

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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?

How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.

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Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses

By Jake Maher

Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.

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Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B

By Ryan Boysen

Alternative asset manager Aperture Investors is expanding its litigation finance platform to $1 billion in total investment capacity, mostly deployed as direct loans to plaintiffs firms.

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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Sawicki

A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.

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Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.

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$190K Or $1.9M? Goldstein, DOJ 'At Impasse' Over Forfeiture

By Jeff Overley

Tom Goldstein and the U.S. Department of Justice aired dramatically divergent views Wednesday of a looming financial penalty for his fraud convictions, with the famed appellate advocate voicing constitutional objections to the DOJ's request for almost $2 million and revealing that prosecutors spurned a far smaller offer.

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Analysis

DOJ Settlements Perceived As Flouting Litigation Norms

By Britain Eakin

A trend of settlements between the Trump administration and friendly parties in fast-track lawsuits to pursue policy changes has legal experts concerned about the endurance of a longstanding norm that federal courts can only hear genuine disputes between opposing parties.

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BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client

By Emily Johnson

A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Shutts & Bowen's Jodi-Ann Tillman

By Dani Kass

Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise from opposing counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP partner Laura Ganoza.

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Trent McCotter Follows Blanche As DOJ's 2nd-In-Command

By Courtney Bublé

Following confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice official Trent McCotter is taking his former post as deputy attorney general on a temporary basis.

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Trump, DOJ Say Firing Seattle US Atty Was Within Their Rights

By Emily Sawicki

The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice are fighting a demand for immediate reinstatement brought by Seattle's former top federal prosecutor, who was fired within an hour of a court appointing him to the role, arguing his due process rights were not violated.

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