Hershey Can't Escape 'One Chip Challenge' Death Suit

By Mike Curley

A Massachusetts federal judge has thrown out claims against Walgreens in a suit from a mother claiming her son died after eating part of an excessively spicy chip, but allowed design defect and other claims against the Hershey Co. and its affiliates that made the chip.

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11th Circ. Says Waffle House Isn't Liable For Patron's Stabbing

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit ruled Friday that Waffle House is not liable for injuries caused by an off-duty employee who stabbed an argumentative customer with a waffle pick, finding a reasonable jury could not conclude that the worker was acting within the scope of his employment.

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Analysis

Iran War's Trade Fallout Likely To Spread Beyond Oil, Fertilizer

By Dylan Moroses

The war in Iran has already shocked oil and gas prices worldwide and stakeholders expect further U.S. trade consequences related to the conflict including supply chain constraints, cost increases across a variety of goods, and industries and new geopolitical responses as the conflict continues.

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Brief

EPA Eyes Microplastics, Drugs For Drinking Water Watch List

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is looking to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals in its drinking water contaminants list for the first time, the agency has announced in a move it says could make the proposed contaminants a consideration in regulatory action.

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Animal Rights Groups Jump Into 'Cage Free Egg' Fight

By Emilie Ruscoe

Advocacy groups focused on animal welfare can intervene in the federal government's suit against Michigan over its laws defining "cage-free" eggs, a Michigan federal judge determined.

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Club Foxy Lady Loses 9th Circ. TM Appeal Against Coffee Biz

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit panel rejected a Rhode Island strip club's bid for a default win in a suit accusing a Washington state bikini barista business of stealing its "Foxy Lady" trademark, ruling on Friday that the district court properly disposed of the case based on differences in the trademarks and distance between the customer markets.

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Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.

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Legislative Update: Cannabis And Psychedelics Bill Roundup

By Sam Reisman

State lawmakers in Delaware and West Virginia advanced legislation to more tightly regulate kratom products, Missouri and Kentucky legislators considered bills to fund research into the therapeutic uses of the psychedelic ibogaine, and Idaho's Legislature came together to urge voters to reject a medical marijuana legalization proposal that could be on the ballot this November. Here are the major moves in cannabis and psychedelics legislation from the past week.

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FDA Won't Stop Nicotine Pouch Sale During Court Battle

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told a vape manufacturer that it won't stop the production or sale of its "Zone" nicotine pouches until the company's lawsuit accusing the agency of unlawfully sitting on its application has been resolved.

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Warhol Painting Can Be Targeted In $142M Award Feud

By Caroline Simson

A New York federal judge cleared the way for units of private equity firm CVC Capital to seek the turnover of two paintings — including an Andy Warhol — that were purchased for over $29 million as they look to enforce $142 million in Chinese arbitral awards over a soured restaurant investment.

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Welch's Maker Says Biotech Co. Copied Yogurt Snack Patent

By Gina Kim

The company behind Welch's Fruit Snacks filed a patent infringement suit against an Irish biotech company in Texas federal court Thursday, accusing it of colluding with rival health snack company Cibo Vita to steal the plaintiff's patent designs for yogurt-covered probiotic snacks to "fast track their way to sales and profit."

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19 ByHeart Infant Formula Botulism Suits Centralized In NY

By Jonathan Capriel

Nineteen proposed class actions accusing ByHeart Inc. of negligently selling contaminated baby formula that caused some infants to become seriously ill will be consolidated in the Southern District of New York, according to an order by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

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Brief

DoorDash Dropped From Allstate Road Rage Coverage Row

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allstate voluntarily dropped DoorDash from its Washington federal suit seeking a judgment that it has no duty to defend a delivery driver facing allegations he killed another man in a road rage incident, leaving Uber as the only corporate defendant in the coverage dispute.

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Eatery Shorted Tipped Staff On Wages, Suit Says

By Julie Manganis

A vegetarian restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, made servers share their tips with ineligible co-workers and regularly miscalculated what tipped-wage staff was owed, a former employee alleged in a complaint filed Friday in state court.

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E-Cig Wholesaler Says Insurer Owes $5M For Warehouse Fire

By Hope Patti

A wholesaler of electronic cigarette products is owed nearly $5 million in coverage for a warehouse fire that destroyed its inventory, it told an Illinois federal court, saying its insurer has wrongfully refused to pay anything beyond the $1.3 million it already paid for the loss.

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Analysis

AI Boom Lifts Q1 M&A Values, As Attys Eye Wider Rebound

By Al Barbarino

Artificial intelligence-driven megadeals fueled a jump in first-quarter global mergers and acquisitions value, but lagging middle-market and private equity activity weighed on deal volume, as attorneys cautiously anticipate a broader rebound.

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Del Monte Minority Lenders Lose 3rd Circ. Appeal Bid

By Alex Wittenberg

A New Jersey bankruptcy judge has rejected a lender group's request to certify a Del Monte Foods settlement order for appeal to the Third Circuit, finding that the order reflected a fact-intensive application of settled law and did not present the kind of pure legal question that would warrant appellate review.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Hogan Lovells, Wachtell

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, spice maker McCormick acquires Unilever's foods business, wholesale restaurant food distributor Sysco buys Jetro Restaurant Depot, and private equity giant KKR closes a fund focused on investments in North America.

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Opinion

FTC Case Risks Redefining Price Discrimination

Federal Trade Commission v. Southern Glazer puts a spotlight on the blurry line between illegal price discrimination and ordinary competition, and could potentially set a precedent that puts nearly any manufacturer at risk of Robinson-Patman Act enforcement, says Jeremy Sandford at Econic Partners.

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Justices Clear Path For DOJ To Dismiss Bannon's Conviction

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appeals court's order upholding Steve Bannon's conviction over his nonresponse to a congressional subpoena investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, clearing the way for the Justice Department to dismiss his indictment.

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Analysis

Can State Courts Tame The 'Wild West' Of Judicial Security?

By Cara Bayles

As threats against local judges continue to ramp up, protection and incident tracking varies not only from state to state but county to county, making it difficult to draw the national judicial security landscape. Now, lawmakers are looking to use federal resources to even out disparities.

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WilmerHale Adds Regulatory Atty From Mayer Brown In DC

By Christine DeRosa

WilmerHale announced Monday it has hired a veteran U.S. Food and Drug Administration and life sciences regulatory attorney from Mayer Brown LLP.

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Chamberlain Hrdlicka Business Atty Joins Buchalter In Atlanta

By Adrian Cruz

Buchalter PC announced that an experienced corporate and business attorney has joined its Atlanta office as a partner from Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams & Aughtry.

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Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Fired For 'Sloppy' Work, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former trademark associate told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that DLA Piper "blindsided" her with termination after she announced she was pregnant, but the BigLaw firm countered that she was fired for "repeated mistakes" and other on-the-job shortcomings.

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Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP associate asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause a suit as the two sides have reported they had reached a settlement agreement over her discrimination claims against the firm, sidestepping a trial set to begin next month.

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Ill. Justices Want MAGA Op-Ed Author Judge's Claims Axed

By Emily Sawicki

Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked a Chicago federal judge to throw out constitutional claims filed by a retired Illinois state trial court judge alleging he was wrongfully terminated over protected speech in a political opinion column, with the justices arguing the federal court should not interfere with a state court matter.

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RJ Reynolds Fights Altria's Trial Subpoena Of In-House Atty

By Hayley Fowler

Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. said one of its in-house attorneys should not be forced to testify in person at an upcoming evidentiary hearing in a royalty fight with rival Philip Morris' parent company, arguing a recording of his deposition is all a North Carolina judge should need.

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Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal

By Patrick Hoff

A group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials are backing four BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targeting the firms, arguing the president's directives contradict how Congress meant for the EEOC to operate.

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Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack

By Aebra Coe

Jones Day is the latest law firm to be hit by a cyberattack, the firm confirmed Monday, revealing that an unauthorized party accessed files of 10 clients.

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Judge Pick Withdraws After Grilling Over Domestic Incident

By Brian Steele

Former Connecticut State Rep. John Shaban has withdrawn his nomination to serve as a Superior Court judge, days after the General Assembly's judiciary committee peppered him with questions about a 2019 domestic incident with his now-fiancée.

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LSC Seeks $2.14B As White House Pushes To Slash Funding

By Marco Poggio

The Legal Services Corp. is asking Congress for $2.14 billion in fiscal year 2027 to fund civil legal services for low-income Americans who cannot afford an attorney.

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Colo. Justices OK Copied Claims If Lawyers Check Facts

By Zach Dupont

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that copying allegations from other litigation isn't alone a violation of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, so long as attorneys conduct a "sufficient investigation" into the allegations prior to filing a complaint.

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