Meta Loses Coverage For Social Media Addiction Suits

By Hope Patti

A group of insurers have no duty to defend Meta Platforms Inc. against thousands of lawsuits accusing the social media giant of designing its platforms to be addictive to adolescents, a Delaware state court ruled, finding that the underlying allegations describe deliberate acts rather than accidental conduct.

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Chubb Unit Liable For Claims After Primary Insurer's Collapse

By Hope Patti

A Chubb unit must step in and provide excess coverage for asbestos exposure claims against a waterworks product supplier, a Massachusetts state court ruled Monday, finding that the company's primary policy has been exhausted as a result of that carrier's insolvency and inability to pay for covered losses.

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Pepsi Extinguishes Employee's Tobacco Fee Lawsuit

By Patrick Hoff

Pepsi has defeated a proposed class action claiming it unlawfully charged employees who used tobacco more to obtain health insurance, with a New York federal judge shutting down a worker's argument that the company hadn't given tobacco users a sufficient way to avoid the surcharge.

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Anthem Avoids Patients' Ghost Network Suit In NY

By Kellie Mejdrich

A New York federal judge on Monday granted Anthem escape from a proposed class action from patients who alleged inaccuracies in the insurer's mental health provider directory violated New York state laws, holding their claims were preempted by federal employee health benefits law.

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Epic Must Face Price Conspiracy Claims Over Gallstone Drug

By Gianna Ferrarin

Epic Pharma LLC must face the majority of suits by hospitals, insurers and other drug purchasers alleging it conspired to raise and control the price of gallstone medication ursodiol, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday.

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Kirkland-Led Bregal Sagemount's 5th Fund Hits $3.5B Limit

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Growth-focused private equity shop Bregal Sagemount, led by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Monday announced it had wrapped up fundraising for its fifth fund after securing $3.5 billion in capital commitments.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from January and identifies practice tips from cases involving allegations of violations of consumer fraud regulations, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment law and breach of contract statutes.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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DOJ Drops Law Firm Executive Order Appeals

By Alison Knezevich and Lauren Berg

The Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that it is dropping its fight over executive orders targeting four law firms.

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Dems Probe Trump 'Fixer' In Kirkland Pro Bono Deal

By Lauren Berg

Top Democratic legislators who are investigating the legality of pro bono agreements some BigLaw firms made with President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP provide information about the involvement of Boris Epshteyn, whom the lawmakers called Trump's "legal fixer and co-conspirator to overturn the 2020 presidential election."

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Analysis

4 Things That Likely Sealed Fate Of SCOTUSblog Founder

By Jared Foretek

When 12 "guilty" verdicts were read aloud by the jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion and mortgage fraud trial last week, it was the culmination of a 16-day trial that took jurors deep into Goldstein's ultra high-stakes poker playing, his lavish lifestyle and his former law firm's accounting. Here, Law360 looks at four key pieces of evidence that likely moved jurors to their decision.

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Hagens Berman Denied Rehearing Bid In Sanctions Dispute

By Emma Cueto

The Third Circuit on Monday rejected plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's request to reconsider weighing in on the sanctions dispute in a since-dropped product liability case that resulted in the trial court judge referring the firm for possible criminal investigation.

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Ex-Atty Kossoff Axed From Bankruptcy Case Amid Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

A New York bankruptcy judge determined he has jurisdiction over litigation stemming from the collapse of real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC after its principal stole $14 million from its clients, finding the firm's founder may be dismissed as a defendant because the now imprisoned, disbarred lawyer "appears to be judgment-proof."

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Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book

By Lauren Berg

Partisan politics is interfering with a reference manual judges routinely rely on to understand complicated scientific evidence, according to more than two dozen contributors who on Monday raised the alarm about Republican attorneys general successfully lobbying for a chapter on climate change to be deleted.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured headline-grabbing disputes involving fast food giant Jack in the Box and boxing legend Mike Tyson's cannabis venture, alongside high-stakes fights over merger documents, appraisal rights and a $75 million renewable energy funding clash.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of February

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the second month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at Walmart, Walgreens and the Big 12 Conference. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from February.

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