Meta, State AGs Criticized As Social Media MDL Trial Nears

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge overseeing an upcoming trial over states' claims against Meta in the social media addiction multidistrict litigation said Friday she will likely deny most requests from both sides to limit trial evidence, calling the requests overbroad and criticizing Meta's "shocking" and "ridiculous" number of sealing requests.

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ABC Viewers Seek License Denials If Disney Cuts FCC Deal

By Christopher Cole

Several media advocacy groups and ABC viewers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission Friday to deny broadcast license renewals to eight Disney-owned stations if they strike a deal with the FCC meant to keep their operations intact.

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Fla., Roku Resolve Children's Data Privacy Suit

By Corey Rothauser

Roku Inc. has reached an agreement resolving Florida's lawsuit accusing the streaming platform of illegally collecting and selling children's personal data, with Roku agreeing to spend an estimated $25 million to enhance parental controls and child privacy protections.

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Supreme Court Pauses Fine In Journalist's Appeal

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed a D.C. Circuit ruling upholding a civil contempt order against former Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge, further staving off a district judge's $800-per-day fine for refusing to expose her source.

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Athletes Vow To Fight Magistrate's Third-Party NIL Deal Ruling

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal magistrate judge has rejected a request from a class of college athletes to exempt multimedia rights companies and third-party brand sponsor deals from a landmark $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement with the NCAA, a decision the class said Friday it'll appeal to the district judge overseeing the case.

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Mass. Panel Revives Suit On Prison 'Anti-Racist' Book Ban

By Parker Quinlan

A Massachusetts intermediate-level appeals court on Friday ruled that an incarcerated man's lawsuit can move forward alleging he was unconstitutionally denied access to a copy of "anti-racist material," despite a claim by prison administrators that the book's cover is racially charged.

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PACER Fees Will Rise To Fund Cyber Defense Upgrades

By Bonnie Eslinger

The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.

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John Bolton Pleads Guilty In Classified Info Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton and Jared Foretek

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton pled guilty Friday to charges that he illegally retained classified national defense information and shared it with family members after prosecutors said that an individual associated with the Iranian government accessed classified information through a hack of his personal email.

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NY Times, Other News Orgs Reframe AI Claims In Wake Of Cox

By Elliot Weld

The New York Times has expanded its suit against Microsoft alleging copyrighted content was used to train artificial intelligence, while trimming some contributory infringement claims in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Cox ruling, a move that was followed by a group of regional newspapers requesting to do the same.

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'White Lotus' Creator Accused Of Lifting Script For 'Migration'

By Lauren Berg

Universal City Studios, Illumination Entertainment and filmmaker Mike White "brazenly" ripped off the plot, characters, theme and other elements of a San Diego writer's award-winning screenplay to create the 2023 animated film "Migration," according to a lawsuit filed Friday in California federal court.

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ATF Ends Location Data Contract After Bipartisan Push

By Courtney Bublé

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives canceled a contract to obtain Americans' commercial location data without a warrant, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers announced Friday.

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Polymarket Tricks Young People Into Gambling, Suit Says

By Aislinn Keely

An association of attorneys and consumer advocates accused Polymarket and its executives Friday of crafting "flagrantly deceptive and unfair marketing" that draws Americans, especially college students, to its prediction market platform.

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Chiropractor Hidden Camera Suits Not Covered, Insurer Says

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurer has said it does not owe coverage to an Illinois chiropractor in lawsuits from patients claiming they were among nearly 200 who were secretly recorded while undressed at the chiropractor's office, saying the alleged criminal acts do not qualify as covered professional services.

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Analysis

5 ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In The Second Half Of 2026

By Kellie Mejdrich

A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.

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Ex-Cal Basketball Player Sues NCAA Over Age Eligibility Rule

By Celeste Bott

The National Collegiate Athletic Association was sued in Illinois federal court Thursday by a proposed class of athletes challenging a new policy that restricts players to five years of eligibility with no opportunity for "redshirting" or other eligibility waivers, arguing it imposes "restrictions that arbitrarily and disparately cut short college athletes' ability to compete."

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Bankers Want Beefed Up 'Know Your Customer' FCC Rules

By Nadia Dreid

Bankers are behind the Federal Communications Commission all the way when it comes to the agency's plan to impose "know your customer" rules on originating telecom providers and fining those that don't comply, myriad financial service trade groups have told the commission.

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Del. Justices Back Trade Desk In Nevada Records Fight

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Delaware Chancery Court ruling limiting a stockholder's inspection rights, affirming that The Trade Desk Inc. does not have to produce director emails and other informal communications sought in an investigation into the advertising technology company's 2024 reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada.

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T-Mobile Asks High Court To Refund Its $92M In FCC Fines

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to wipe out $92 million in fines it and Sprint were slapped with for selling users' location data, saying that even though the justices have declared the FCC can level such fines and companies can just refuse to pay, the telecom "did not have the benefit" of that decision at the time.

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FCC Tweaks Alaska Rural Deployment Performance Plans

By Nadia Dreid

Following feedback from the telecom industry, the Federal Communications Commission has made a few changes to the performance plans Alaska Connect Fund recipients have to submit outlining how they plan to deploy and maintain their networks.

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Caesars Expands Maine Tribal IGaming Agreement Amid Suit

By Crystal Owens

Caesars Entertainment Inc. says it has expanded an existing partnership with three of Maine's Wabanaki Nations to include online casino gambling within the state, with a launch date this year, pending regulatory approvals.

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Opinion

State Courts Must Be Gatekeepers Of Expert Testimony

Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.

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High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days

By Katie Buehler

As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules. 

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Q&A

This Pride Month, LGBTQ+ Bar Leader Talks Community, Hope

By Emma Cueto

In 2026, the LGBTQ+ Bar is focused on expanding programs, especially those focused on law students and younger attorneys, and building up community ties at a time of growing legal threats to LGBTQ people.

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Scientologists Want 'Ignored' Boies Schiller AI Errors Review

By Emily Sawicki

The Church of Scientology has asked the California Supreme Court to review an appellate order that didn't impose sanctions on Boies Schiller Flexner LLP for filing a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors in a harassment and retaliation suit pending against the church.

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King & Spalding Insists On Fraud Suit Pause Amid 'Conflicts'

By Brian Steele

King & Spalding LLP has urged a Connecticut state court to keep its involvement in a $300 million fraud lawsuit on hold while it challenges the denial of its attorneys' withdrawal from representing several individual defendants, citing "serious, nonwaivable conflicts of interest" that will prevent the firm from proceeding.

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Analysis

Bosch DOJ Declination Shows Benefits Of Early Self-Reporting

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision not to prosecute German technology company Bosch for exporting products to a sanctioned Chinese company signals to businesses that prompt self-reporting to the government can help them secure a declination even for serious national security offenses.

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Trump Reportedly Mulls FCC Attorney For DOJ Antitrust Chief

By Matthew Perlman

President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to nominate the Federal Communications Commission's general counsel to serve as the top antitrust official in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Judge Stays Jackson Walker RICO Suit Over Sorrento Ch. 11

By Clara Geoghegan

A California federal judge has paused Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders' litigation after a Texas bankruptcy court ruled they lacked standing to pursue racketeering claims over a former Jackson Walker attorney's relationship with the judge who initially oversaw the biotech company's Chapter 11.

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Messner Reeves Says $8.3M Fraud Suit Repeats Utah Case

By Zach Dupont

Colorado law firm Messner Reeves LLP has claimed in federal court that a lawsuit accusing it of stealing more than $8 million as part of a fraudulent loan scheme should be dismissed because the plaintiffs' Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims were dismissed by another court with prejudice.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A Connecticut federal judge told attorneys to challenge clients who demand use of generative artificial intelligence tools to conduct legal research, and a Kansas federal judge blocked a state law imposing requirements on proxy advisers' voting recommendations. These were among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Michelle Mone sued by PPE Medpro, Broadfield Law sued by the founders of an international aid company, and litigation funder Fortress bring a claim against Edwin Coe and businesses the law firm represented in a cartel claim.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC, Covington & Burling LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court handed Monsanto a win in its long-running battle over the labeling of alleged cancer risks of its bestselling weedkiller Roundup.

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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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