Justices Ax 6th Circ. Abortion Order Amid Loper Bright Outcry

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday erased a Sixth Circuit decision allowing abortion-related conditions on family planning grants, a victory for Tennessee officials who accused the circuit of flouting the high court's landmark rejection of judicial deference to regulators.

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Justices Say State Med Mal Laws Don't Apply In Federal Court

By Y. Peter Kang

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Delaware medical malpractice statute clashes with federal rules of procedure and is therefore unenforceable in federal court, saying the state law unfairly asks for evidence early on in a case.

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NY Judge Orders SD To Pause Action Against Abortion Ads

By Dan McKay

A New York federal judge has temporarily barred South Dakota officials from taking action against an abortion rights group that launched an advertising campaign in the state promoting its website, which explains how to order abortion medication online.

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Johnson & Johnson Faces 2nd Talc Trial In Philadelphia

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Counsel for a woman who died of ovarian cancer told a Philadelphia jury Tuesday that her condition was caused by her decades-long use of asbestos-laced talc in Johnson & Johnson's flagship baby powder and that the company kept pushing the product in the market despite knowing about its health risks.

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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

By Kevin Penton

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

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Va. Lawmakers Eye Psilocybin Regulation Pending FDA Action

By Sam Reisman

Virginia lawmakers have introduced legislation directing state regulators to develop rules governing the prescription, possession and use of medical psilocybin, the active compound in psychoactive mushrooms, in the event that it receives approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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NJ Sues Nursing Home Owners Over Missing Medicaid Funds

By George Woolston

The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller has demanded the owners of two Garden State nursing homes repay millions in Medicaid funds the office recently found they diverted to themselves while neglecting their facilities' residents, according to a complaint filed Monday.

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NC Doctor Cites 6th Circ. In Bid For New Medicare Fraud Trial

By Parker Quinlan

A North Carolina doctor who was convicted of participating in an $11 million Medicare fraud has asked a federal court for a new trial, pointing to a recent Sixth Circuit decision that overturned the conviction of another doctor involved in the same scheme.

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Fed. Circ. Revives Inventor's Spinal Patent Case Against DePuy

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday revived an inventor's patent infringement suit against DePuy Synthes Cos., ruling that the persuasiveness of expert testimony that was excluded by a lower court is best left for the jury.

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3rd Circ. Sides With Doctor In Exam Question Copyright Suit

By Elliot Weld

The Third Circuit has affirmed a win for a doctor who was sued for copyright infringement by the American Board of Internal Medicine after emailing test materials to a test preparation company, saying there was not sufficient evidence that improper copying had occurred.

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GoodRx Users Denied Nod For $32M Deal In Data Sharing Row

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge refused to sign off on a $32 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing GoodRx of illegally sharing users' sensitive health data with fellow defendant Criteo and other advertisers, faulting the parties for failing to provide a detailed analysis of the strength of each claim.

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Opt-In Forms In DaVita Wage Suit Need Revision, Judge Says

By Irene Spezzamonte

A former DaVita worker should amend misleading consent forms she submitted for nurses and technicians seeking to join her wage action against the dialysis giant, a Colorado federal judge recommended Sunday, saying the worker also sent deceptive solicitation materials to potential opt-in plaintiffs.

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Philips CPAP Cancer Suit Sent Back To Kentucky

By Emily Field

A Pennsylvania federal judge has sent back to state court a suit in the multidistrict litigation over recalled CPAP devices brought against Philips RS North America by a Kentucky woman who claims her sleep apnea machine caused her cancer, finding that a middleman supplier wasn't added to thwart federal jurisdiction.

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Dentsply Can't Shed Investors' Aligner Injury Cover-Up Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Dental supply company Dentsply Sirona Inc. must face a proposed investor class action alleging it covered up medical injuries and other issues affecting an aligner business it acquired for $1 billion, and caused shareholder losses when the injuries were revealed and the acquisition collapsed.

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'Battery' Led To $32M Yale Hospital Verdict, Parents Say

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut mother and father have urged a state superior court judge not to rethink a $32 million bench trial verdict against Yale University and its affiliated Yale New Haven Hospital surrounding the death of a premature baby fed a diet fortified with a cow's milk product.

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Ex-Med Spa Workers Say Poaching Claims Can't Stay In Conn.

By Aaron Keller

Two former Connecticut medical spa workers have asked a judge to dismiss claims they lured clients and a colleague to a nearby competitor, saying their employment agreements select Delaware as the necessary forum and venue for any dispute.

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Iranians, Sudanese Sue To Unfreeze Work Permit Processing

By Britain Eakin

Thirty-one Iranians and one Sudanese national have sued the Trump administration to force U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to process their pending work permit applications, alleging the agency unlawfully put them on hold under directives for nationals of travel-ban countries.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court wrapped up last week with a mix of deal litigation, governance fights and disclosure battles, including a proposed settlement over a contested medical device sale, a merits dismissal tied to a $2 billion biotech exit and dueling lawsuits over Paramount Skydance's pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Elevance, Nurses Reach Midtrial Deal To End OT Pay Suit

By Chart Riggall

Elevance Health agreed Tuesday to settle claims from three dozen registered nurses, assigned to evaluate insurance claims, that they were denied overtime pay, bringing an early close to a bench trial that kicked off in Georgia federal court last week.

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AG Watch: Calif. Fills Federal Consumer Protection Void

California's consumer protection efforts seem to be intensifying as federal oversight wanes, with Attorney General Rob Bonta recently taking actions related to buy now, pay later products, credit reporting and medical debt, consumer credit discrimination, and the use of artificial intelligence in consumer services, say attorneys at Cooley.

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Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

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Analysis

Nonprofits, Not BigLaw, Lead Legal Challenges To Trump

By Jack Karp

Public interest groups are handling a majority of the lawsuits filed against the second Trump administration, while most large firms remain on the sidelines, according to a review by Law360 of more than 400 lawsuits filed in the first year of Trump's second term.  

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Ballard Partners Led In Lobbying Earnings As Trump Returned

By Alison Knezevich

Ballard Partners more than quadrupled its annual federal lobbying revenue in 2025 amid President Donald Trump's return to office, surpassing the law firm policy practices that have led K Street in recent years.

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Former SG Prelogar Joins Cooley Team On Trump EO Appeal

By Alison Knezevich

Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has joined the legal team representing Jenner & Block LLP in its fight with President Donald Trump's administration over his executive order targeting the BigLaw firm, according to a new court filing.

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Lawyer Testifies Goldstein Dodged $500K Poker Repayment

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm recounted in court Wednesday that a U.S. Internal Revenue Service levy was placed on the SCOTUSblog founder's accounts, while a lawyer at another firm said Goldstein dodged repaying him for money invested in his poker-playing exploits.

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House Speaker Johnson Supports Impeachment Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday threw his support behind efforts to impeach federal judges in Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

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DOJ Outline Of New Fraud Role Doesn't Mention WH Oversight

By Courtney Bublé

A U.S. Department of Justice official explained the parameters of the new role of assistant attorney general for fraud in a recent letter to Congress, obtained Wednesday by Law360, but did not mention the individual will be overseen by the White House, as the vice president previously said.

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NYC Indigent Defense Program In 'Crisis,' Task Force Reports

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Assigned Counsel Plan, which provides lawyers to indigent people in criminal and family courts who can't be served by institutional legal service providers, is "in a state of crisis," a New York City Bar task force said in an interim report released Wednesday.

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7th Circ. Cautions Pro Se Litigants To Avoid AI-Induced Errors

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit offered guidance to litigants using artificial intelligence while representing themselves in a ruling remanding a pro se plaintiff's civil rights case Wednesday, saying that AI has "great promise" for those who can't afford legal counsel, but that it doesn't abdicate them of their duty to avoid misrepresentations in court filings.

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Justices Wary Of Greenlighting Trump Bid To Fire Fed's Cook

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to let President Donald Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, with multiple justices expressing doubts about administration claims of broad presidential removal power over the central bank.

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