Abbott Hit With $53M Verdict Over Baby Formula Harms

By Celeste Bott

A Cook County jury on Thursday awarded a total of $53 million in damages to four mothers claiming Abbott Laboratories' preterm baby formula contributed to their babies' development of a serious and often fatal gut condition, in the first of such claims to go to trial in Illinois.

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Doctor Who Sued Biotech Co. Over Arrest Wins $58M Verdict

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia jury has handed a $58 million verdict to a retired Stanford University medical school professor who accused a Peach State biotech firm of conspiring to​​ have him criminally charged in a failed bid to avoid paying him millions in product design commissions.

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Split 4th Circ. Backs West Virginia Schoolchildren Vax Law

By Gianna Ferrarin

A split Fourth Circuit panel struck down an order barring West Virginia from applying a compulsory vaccination law to a student whose parents alleged the law violates her religious rights, ruling the law serves the state's interest in reducing the spread of infectious diseases.

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Medical Practice Hit With $49M Verdict Over Missed Cancer

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut jury on Thursday awarded a $49 million verdict against The Westchester Medical Group PC, finding the entity liable after a high-risk patient accused her gynecologist of failing to properly screen her while cervical cancer spread through her chest, abdomen and pelvis.

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Philly Injection Site Row Judge Rejects Nonprofit's 'Ploy'

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday called the addition of overdose prevention nonprofit Safehouse's president as a counterclaim plaintiff in the government's suit to stop it from launching a safe-injection site in Philadelphia a "ploy" to add another to the ranks of those claiming the government infringed the group's religious freedom.

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Yale Medical School Can't Nix Fraudulent Insemination Suit

By Gina Kim

Yale can't escape a negligence suit by onetime patients alleging its former fertility doctor secretly inseminated them with his own sperm, after a Connecticut judge said that a letter from an anonymous doctor, which is mandated by law to support their claims, met the statutory requirements.

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Pest Co. Can't Eradicate Workers' Suit Over Tobacco Fees

By Patrick Hoff

Pest control company Rentokil can't escape a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully charged tobacco users more for health benefits without providing a reasonable way to avoid the fee, with a Pennsylvania federal judge rejecting the company's argument that decade-old regulations were invalid.

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Merck Beats 295 Zostavax Suits Over Missed Deadlines

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has tossed 295 cases against Merck & Co. Inc. in the multidistrict litigation alleging its Zostavax shingles vaccine caused the disease, with the court reasoning that the plaintiffs' inactivity doomed the cases.

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Feds Cast Calif. Tribe's Opioid Clinic Fight As Money Grab

By Crystal Owens

The federal government says it had justification for rejecting a California tribe's request for an agreement to fund an opioid treatment center, claiming that a challenge over the denial is more about trying to monetize on advantages available to Indigenous nations and less about helping patients.

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Ex-Pharmacy Director Denies Using Trade Secrets At New Job

By George Woolston

A former director at a specialty infusion therapy pharmacy urged a New Jersey federal court to reject her former employer's bid to block her from working for a rival, arguing that her new job does not pose any threat of imminent harm to her former company.

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Clinic Charged Patients For Faulty Mammograms, Suit Claims

By Jonathan Capriel

A West Virginia clinic provided "worthless" mammograms to hundreds of patients for more than two years, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court which seeks refunds and other damages in excess of $5 million.

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Colo. Co. Failed To Prevent Patient Data Leak, Suit Says

By MJ Koo

A Colorado-based digital health company focused on reversing Type 2 diabetes is facing a proposed class action in federal court alleging it did not protect patients' personal and medical information from a cyberattack in late March that exposed their information to the dark web.

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Cigna 401(k) Suit Won't Wait For Intel Supreme Court Decision

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Pennsylvania federal court turned down Cigna's bid to stay a proposed class action alleging the insurance company misspent forfeitures from its employee 401(k) plan and offered an underperforming investment fund while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a 401(k) suit against Intel, finding the request unjustified.

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Irish Mallinckrodt Unit Stuck In Drug Price-Fixing Suit

By Ben Zigterman

An Irish entity of drugmaker Mallinckrodt waited too long to seek dismissal of a price-fixing lawsuit brought by states based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or proper service, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, finding that the company first raised that argument more than five years after the complaint was filed.

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Swiss Firm Says Clause Required Zurich Hospital Arbitration

By Caroline Simson

A D.C. federal judge is being called upon to again enforce a roughly $8.6 million arbitral award issued against Equatorial Guinea in a dispute over an ill-fated hospital operating contract, months after his initial enforcement ruling was overturned by the D.C. Circuit.

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Brief

US Again Urges High Court To Back Drug Price Program

By Mark Payne

The administration of President Donald Trump again urged the Supreme Court not to hear a challenge to the Medicare drug price negotiation program, arguing against a constitutional challenge brought by Boehringer Ingelheim that drug companies aren't forced to accept lower prices because they can choose not to participate. 

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Brief

Elevance Nurses' Federal OT Suit Sent From NC To Va.

By MJ Koo

A class and collective action accusing insurer Elevance Health of misclassifying its nurses as overtime-exempt has been transferred from North Carolina to Virginia federal court, where the company faces related claims.

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Kirkland-Led Court Square Capital Raises $3.8B

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised private equity shop Court Square Capital Partners on Thursday announced that it wrapped its fifth fund with roughly $3.8 billion of capital commitments, marking the firm's largest fundraise to date.

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Weighing The Practical Implications Of SC Kids' Privacy Law

South Carolina's recently enacted Age-Appropriate Code Design Act includes a unique provision: a private right of action for certain violations, but its practical effect remains uncertain, as courts and litigants grapple with complex questions of standing, causation and the definition of actionable harm, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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Series

Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

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The Evolution Of States' Workplace Violence Prevention Laws

Utah's new law requiring hospitals to implement comprehensive workplace violence reporting systems continues a broader trend of state efforts to expand workplace protections in the absence of sufficient federal regulations, say attorneys at Ogletree.

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The 2026 Law360 Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Trump Picks Ohio Ex-Solicitor General For 6th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he is tapping Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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Analysis

Calif. AI Guardrails Split From Feds, Other States May Follow

By Madeline Lyskawa

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.

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Fed. Circ. Chief Feels 'Bright-Line Rule Coming' For IP Marking

By Dani Kass

As a Federal Circuit panel reprimanded embattled attorney William Ramey on Thursday for the "disrespect" shown in his failed 3D glasses patent litigation against Volkswagen, the Federal Circuit's chief judge suggested precedent may be needed to define the role of marking in admissionless settlements.

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'Mark Of Autocracy': Court Says Pentagon Defied Press Order

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."

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Trade Secrets Suit Is A 'Far-Flung Conspiracy,' Law Firm Says

By Adam Lidgett

A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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