CDC Panel Ends Recommendation Of Hepatitis B Shot At Birth

By Yeji Jesse Lee

A panel of federal vaccine advisers on Friday voted to lift a long-standing recommendation that all newborns be given vaccinations for hepatitis B.

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3rd Circ. Backs NJ In-State Rule For Medical Aid In Dying

By Carla Baranauckas

A Delaware woman with terminal cancer cannot end her life with medical assistance in New Jersey, the Third Circuit ruled Friday in a precedential opinion, finding that the Garden State residency requirement for medical aid in dying is restricted solely to New Jerseyans.

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Justices Take On State Court Review Doctrine Case

By Gianna Ferrarin

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to consider whether an appellate court correctly invoked the doctrine blocking federal courts from reviewing state court judgments in a case concerning an involuntary hospital commitment.

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9th Circ. Won't Unfreeze Trump Cuts To Student Mental Health

By Ben Adlin

The Ninth Circuit rejected the Trump administration's effort to undo a lower court's pause on federal funding reductions to K-12 mental health services, siding with a coalition of 16 states seeking to preserve programs established in the wake of high-profile school shootings.

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Meta CEO Zuckerberg Fights Privacy Suit Depo At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged a Ninth Circuit panel during a hearing Friday to scrap orders requiring him to give a limited deposition in privacy litigation over Facebook's alleged collection of health data, arguing the plaintiffs failed to exhaust alternative methods of getting the information they seek.

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Federal Hemp Ban Enforcement Uncertain, Report Finds

By Sam Reisman

It is unclear how or whether federal agencies will enforce the federal ban on intoxicating hemp due to take effect in 11 months or apply the same hands-off approach that has governed marijuana, according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service.

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SG Urges Justices To Hear Hikma's 'Skinny Label' Patent Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. solicitor general on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Hikma Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s appeal of a decision reviving a patent suit involving its "skinny label" on a generic heart drug, saying the ruling puts the availability of lower-cost generics at risk.

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Analysis

ERISA Recap: 4 Rulings Worth Paying Attention To From Nov.

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Ninth Circuit striking down a class action win for transgender employee health plan participants who said their gender-affirming care denials were discriminatory is just one noteworthy Employee Retirement Income Security Act ruling from November. Here's a recap of that ruling and three others.

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Georgia Turns To 11th Circ. In Trans Prisoner Care Fight

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit will get a chance to weigh in on a district judge's recent decision requiring the Georgia Department of Corrections to provide hormone therapy to transgender inmates, according to a Friday filing in federal court.

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Juror Who Alleged Misconduct Dismissed From Opioid Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A juror in Florida hospitals' $1.5 billion trial against the three major pharmacy chains over opioid dispensing was dismissed Friday after a judge found that her allegations of serious misconduct against another juror were largely unwarranted.

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Ga. Billing Firm Says Lack Of Harm Dooms Data Breach Row

By Allison Grande

A Georgia-based medical billing practice asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of failing to properly secure its patients and employees' personal information that was exposed in a September data breach, arguing the plaintiffs failed to show their data was publicly disseminated or otherwise misused.

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Cannabis Co. Says Rival Used AI-Fabricated Suit To Ruin Biz

By Hailey Konnath

Medical marijauna company Leafwell Inc. said Friday that competitor My Florida Green used artificial intelligence to fabricate legal claims and draft a factually and legally deficient complaint as part of a scheme to extort Leafwell and ruin its business, according to a suit filed in Florida federal court.

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Pharma Co. Says Ex-Staff Used Secrets To Compete

By Abigail Harrison

Pharmaceutical supplier New Life Medicals (USA) Inc. told a North Carolina state court that a former warehouse manager, a freelance contractor and a business partner conspired to steal confidential information to form a competing venture only 10 miles away.

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Cancer Detection Biz Going Public Via $1.1B SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Cancer detection company Freenome Holdings Inc. announced plans Friday to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp. in a deal that gives the combined business a post-transaction equity value of $1.1 billion and was built by three law firms.

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Key Takeaways From Armed Services Board's FY 2025 Report

The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals’ annual report reveals an increase in new cases filed, but a decrease in cases resolved, and fewer parties choosing alternative dispute resolution, despite the likely reduction in time and expenses incurred during a prolonged appeal process, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.

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10 Commandments For Agentic AI Tools In The Legal Industry

Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP.

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Bonus Spotlight

Katten Exceeds Market Bonus Scale, Orrick Matches

By Tracey Read

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has joined a select few law firms that have gone beyond the BigLaw norm for year-end and special bonuses.

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Immigration Lawyers Battle Burnout Amid Deportation Surge

By Daniel Connolly

As the Trump administration carries out a mass deportation campaign across the country, immigration attorneys faced with heavy demand and changing norms are feeling the impact of burnout and stress on their practices and emotions, they told Law360.

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Judges Beat Ethics Suits For Dropping Retirement Post-Trump

By Jake Maher

A Fourth Circuit judge and two district court judges have defeated ethics complaints from a conservative legal organization alleging they improperly reversed their decisions to take senior status after President Donald Trump was elected.

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Rosen Law Firm Sanctioned Over 'Frivolous' Investor Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

A Wisconsin federal judge has sanctioned The Rosen Law Firm PA for failing to conduct an adequate investigation before filing a "frivolous" securities complaint against an airline holding company.

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Utah Atty Avoids Monetary Sanction For 'Hallucinated' Cases

By Matt Perez

A Utah federal judge handling a trademark infringement matter has sanctioned an attorney for filing court documents with "hallucinated" cases, but instead of issuing a fine, the lawyer was ordered to read all the cases and authorities cited in the opinion and file a summary statement within 30 days.

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Supreme Court Halts Immigration Judges' Free Speech Suit

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Fourth Circuit decision reviving a free speech suit from an immigration judges union challenging a policy barring them from speaking publicly about immigration without approval.

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Feature

For NY Inmate, Jamaica's Violence Waits Outside Prison Walls

By Rachel Rippetoe

Jamaican-born Eric Tolliver is nearing the end of his 33-year prison sentence in New York, but what waits for him on the other side might be worse: deportation to his home country, where many want him dead.

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Fla. Court Upholds Atty Disqualification In $1M Estate Dispute

By David Minsky

A Florida state appellate court on Friday affirmed the disqualification of an attorney who abandoned his client and began representing his client's adversaries in a $1 million probate case, finding that he likely violated ethics rules regarding conflicts of interest.

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Fla. Judge OKs Release Of Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

By Rae Ann Varona

A Florida federal judge on Friday ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from an investigation of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, citing a newly enacted law that the government said overrides a prohibition on disclosing the documents to the public.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

An SEC panel has asked the agency to adopt regulations that could standardize the way publicly traded companies report details about AI use. Meanwhile, the FCC approved AT&T's $1 billion UScellular deal after AT&T became the latest of the big three mobile carriers to agree to do away with diversity, equity and inclusion policies. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Gupta Wessler LLP and Block & Leviton LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Eleventh Circuit revived a proposed class action against NextEra Energy Inc. that seeks to hold the energy company liable for a share price drop that followed political interference allegations involving a subsidiary.

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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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