Beasley Allen Fails To Overturn J&J Talc Disqualification

By Adrian Cruz

A New Jersey federal judge affirmed the Beasley Allen Law Firm's disqualification from multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder on Tuesday, determining that the firm has failed to provide a valid reason to back its attempt at a stay and temporary reinstatement into the matter.

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Pa. Justices Say Late Asbestos Suits Can't Reach Parent Co.

By Matthew Santoni

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that employees of a former shipbuilding company are too late to bring their asbestos-related lawsuits, so they can't pierce the corporate veil and seek damages against its parent company.

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High Court Won't Hear Meta Appeal In Vt. AG Suit

By Emily Field

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday passed on Meta's appeal in the Vermont state attorney general's suit alleging that the social media giant designed its platforms to be addictive to young people at the cost of their mental health.

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High Court Won't Hear Union Carbide Emissions Row

By Emily Field

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up Union Carbide Corp.'s appeal of a Fourth Circuit decision that revived a West Virginia woman's proposed class action over a manufacturing plant jointly owned with Covestro LLC that allegedly exposed nearby residents to ethylene oxide.

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Sunbeam Sold Exploding Pressure Cookers, Fla. Jury Told

By David Minsky

Three individuals are seeking to hold Sunbeam Products Inc. and its parent company liable for serious burn injuries caused by exploding pressure cooker lids, telling a Florida federal jury Tuesday that the company continued selling a defective product without alerting the public. 

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Justices Rebuff Ohio Freight Broker Case After Montgomery

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed Ohio-based freight broker Total Quality Logistics LLC's bid to invoke federal law to shield it from state-based negligence and personal injury claims over a fatal 2019 accident.

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Justices Deny Fla.'s Bid To Sue Calif., Wash. In Trucking Fight

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday spurned Florida's bid to file suit alleging California and Washington state flouted federal law by allowing unauthorized immigrants to obtain commercial driver's licenses, but dissenting Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said the high court "cannot refuse to hear suits between states."

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Late Notice Dooms Heat Pad Maker's Fed. Court Removal Bid

By Lauraann Wood

Heating pad maker Sunbeam Products must litigate an Illinois customer's burn suit in state court where it was initially filed, because 29 days was too long to wait before telling the state court it removed the case, a federal judge ruled.

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Kia Sued Over Defect Causing Dash Screens To Go Blank

By Mike Curley

A proposed class of drivers is suing Kia America Inc. in California federal court, alleging its 2023-2025 Kia Telluride vehicles have a latent defect that causes the digital dashboard screen to go blank, depriving drivers of important information such as speed, safety alerts and gears.

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Cummins Investors' $1.6M Emissions Suit Deal Gets Final OK

By Sydney Price

Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. and its investors have received final approval of a $1.6 million deal ending claims the company hurt investors by hiding emissions control devices in certain engines, causing it to owe $2 billion in payments to regulators to settle Clean Air Act claims.

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AGs Say House Child Safety Bill Weakens States' Authority

By Susan Smiley

A group of 44 attorneys general for states including California, New York, New Jersey and Michigan have created a coalition opposing the House version of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, H.R. 7757, and signed a letter to congressional leaders pointing out the shortcomings of the bill.

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5th Circ. Won't Rehear DOJ's Dropped Boeing Criminal Case

By Mike Curley

The Fifth Circuit won't rehear appeals from the families of the victims of two fatal Boeing 737 crashes seeking to reverse the U.S. Department of Justice's dismissal of its criminal fraud case against the company, saying it has no jurisdiction to review the dismissal.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of cross-border corporate control disputes, merger settlements, startup equity fights, advancement claims and board oversight litigation, while also weighing fallout from high-profile deals involving Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co. and Nikola Corp.

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Justices Won't Review Mining Co.'s Federal Indemnity Bid

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to tackle a uranium mining company's lawsuit seeking $15 million in legal costs from the federal government related to nuclear contamination liabilities.

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9th Circ. Ruling Must End Land Transfer Suit, Copper Co. Says

By Crystal Owens

Resolution Copper Co. is asking a federal court to dismiss an amended religious freedom and constitutional challenge to a Tonto National Forest 2,500-acre land exchange that includes an ancient Apache worship site, arguing it recycles claims that the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court have already rejected.

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How The High Court Expanded Freight Broker Liability

After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that freight brokers may be liable for selecting unsafe motor carriers, the key question will be whether brokers used reasonable care in selecting a given motor carrier, with the concurring opinion offering some clues as to what reasonable care might look like, says Marc Blubaugh at Benesch.

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Meet Biden's Attys Fighting DOJ Release Of Memoir Materials

By Jeff Overley

Former President Joe Biden has selected Hecker Fink LLP lawyers well acquainted with politically charged litigation for his extraordinary new lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of orchestrating a congressional inquiry in order to divulge "highly personal" records to the Heritage Foundation.

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Chicago US Atty Revamps Grand Jury Rules After Misconduct

By Parker Quinlan

Chicago's top federal prosecutor announced on Wednesday a new suite of rules for how grand jury investigations are handled after an Illinois federal judge accused the prosecutor's office of misconduct in a case against six immigration activists.

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Pierce Atwood Rips Billionaire's 'Absurd' Suit Over Asset Sale

By Sydney Price

Pierce Atwood and two attorneys urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject a Ukrainian billionaire's suit blaming them for a $1.8 billion damages order in investor litigation over the billionaire's failed biotech company, saying his own wrongdoing led to the judgment.

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Ex-Judges Urge Court To Scrutinize Trump-IRS Deal

By Jack McLoone

A group of 35 former federal judges pushed for a Florida federal court to reopen President Donald Trump's now-settled $10 billion tax leak case against his own Internal Revenue Service, alleging that Trump and the DOJ deceived the court.

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Trump Taps Ohio Appeals Judge For Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he's nominating state Judge Matthew Byrne as a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Ohio.

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Perkins Coie Docs At Issue In Omani Co.'s Malpractice Case

By Sarah Jarvis

An Oman-based screw and nail manufacturer has urged a Washington state judge to force Perkins Coie LLP to hand over a trove of documents related to the firm's past work representing the Middle Eastern company in a U.S. Department of Commerce probe, saying more information is needed to assess the law firm's defenses against claims its mistakes cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.

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ProPublica Denied Access To Ranbaxy Antitrust MDL Docs

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Massachusetts federal court denied ProPublica's bid to unseal court filings in settled multidistrict litigation alleging a subsidiary of Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuticals illegally delayed market entry of generic drugs, ruling the nonprofit news organization's request came too late in the case.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Keller Rohrback's Gretchen Freeman Cappio

By Andrea Keckley

By the time Volkswagen was exposed for touting the low emissions of cars that secretly released nitrogen oxide pollutants up to 40 times the legal limit in the U.S., Keller Rohrback LLP's Gretchen Freeman Cappio knew she wasn't interested in defending corporate giants.

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