The family of a woman killed in a Florida Keys crash told jurors Monday that Tesla Inc. "set the stage" for a reckless driver to plow into the woman's vehicle by overhyping its autopilot software's capabilities despite knowing of vulnerabilities in the program.
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Victim's Family Says Tesla 'Set Stage' For Fatal Fla. Crash

By Carolina Bolado

The family of a woman killed in a Florida Keys crash told jurors Monday that Tesla Inc. "set the stage" for a reckless driver to plow into the woman's vehicle by overhyping its autopilot software's capabilities despite knowing of vulnerabilities in the program.

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Top Data Privacy & AI Developments Of 2025: Midyear Report

By Allison Grande

The rise and rapid fall of a federal proposal to ban states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade and an uptick in activity from data privacy enforcers in states across the country dominated headlines in the first half of 2025, and attorneys are expecting these areas to continue to grab attention in the coming months. 

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Amazon Aims To Flush 'Greenwashing' Toilet Paper Suit

By Mike Curley

Amazon.com Inc. is asking a Washington federal court to throw out a proposed class action alleging it "greenwashed" its toilet paper products by misleading consumers about the source of wood for the products, saying the plaintiffs can't read their subjective expectations into the labeling.

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Mazda Slams 'Frivolous' Filings In Tossed Oil Burning Suit

By Mike Curley

Mazda Motor of America Inc. is threatening sanctions against the leader of a now-dismissed proposed class action alleging it sold vehicles with an oil burning defect, saying he is retreading since-debunked arguments and misstating facts in his bid to revive his case.

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CONSTRUCTION

Fans Settle With NFL's Commanders In Railing Collapse Suit

By Elaine Briseño

NFL fans suing the Washington Commanders for negligence over injuries they sustained from a collapsing stadium rail have reached a settlement with the team following a Fourth Circuit ruling that could have landed the plaintiffs in arbitration.

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FOOD & BEVERAGE

Law Student Burned At Mass. Frat Party Sues Everclear Maker

By Gina Kim

A Boston University exchange student who suffered third degree burns after 190-proof Everclear was poured near open fire at a fraternity party that created an explosive fireball sued the product's manufacturer in Massachusetts federal court Sunday, arguing it dangerously markets the product for wide range of uses near flammable sources.

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TOBACCO

Vape Groups Urge 4th Circ. To Stall NC E-Cigarette Law

By Jonathan Capriel

Vape interests are urging the Fourth Circuit to temporarily stop North Carolina officials from enforcing a law that could prevent the sale of many types of e-cigarettes in the state, claiming the statute was pushed by "Big Tobacco" company Reynolds American Inc. and targets products that help people quit smoking.

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CONSUMER GOODS

Brief

Nipple Cover Co., Customer Agree To Drop False Ad Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

The woman behind a lawsuit accusing Cakes Body LLC of making reusable nipple covers that don't live up to their "grippy, not sticky" representations has quietly dropped her proposed class claims against the company in California federal court.

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Insurer Seeks $1M Coverage Cap Over 175 Silica Suits

By Ganesh Setty

An insurer for a manufacturer of countertops told a New York federal court that only one primary environmental liability policy it issued applies to roughly 175 lawsuits seeking damages for exposure to silica, pointing to "deemer provisions" relating to coverage for "progressive or indivisible" bodily injury.

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TRANSPORTATION

Group Urges 11th Circ. To Ditch 'Radioactive' Mosaic Road

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not have approved The Mosaic Co.'s request to use radioactive phosphogypsum in road construction at a Florida fertilizer facility, the Center for Biological Diversity told the Eleventh Circuit.

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ENERGY

Feds Argue Trump's Energy Orders Should Not Be Blocked

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The federal government is fighting an effort to block President Donald Trump's fossil fuel-boosting executive orders that was filed by youths alleging U.S. energy policies harm their future by exacerbating climate change.

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Exxon's Climate Change Skepticism Is Protected, Court Told

By Brian Steele

Exxon Mobil Corp. was engaging in "core political speech" protected by the First Amendment when it made public statements that Connecticut's attorney general has alleged misled consumers about its business practices' contribution to climate change, the company told a state court Monday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

State Law Challenges In Enforcing Arbitration Clauses

In recent cases, state courts in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey have considered or endorsed heightened standards for arbitration agreements, which can mean the difference between a bilateral arbitration and a full-blown class action in court, says Fabien Thayamballi at Shapiro Arato.

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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Firing Of DOJ Ethics Chief Draws Watchdog Groups' Concerns

By Jack Karp

Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the attorney responsible for advising the U.S. Department of Justice's top officials on matters of ethics, according to a Monday social media post by that ethics lawyer.

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WilmerHale DQed From Representing Verizon In Patent Row

By Adam Lidgett

A federal magistrate judge in Texas has disqualified WilmerHale from representing Verizon on the eve of a trial over allegations that the telecommunications company infringed wireless communications patents owned by Headwater Research.

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Girardi Keese CFO Gets 5 Concurrent Years For Aiding Theft

By Lauraann Wood

Girardi Keese's former accounting head should serve more than five years alongside the 10 he's already logging for his role in helping Tom Girardi steal millions from plane crash clients who'd settled their cases in Chicago, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

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UAE Prisoner Voluntarily Drops Suit Against Ex-Dechert GC

By Emily Sawicki

A Jordanian lawyer imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates has permanently dropped a Philadelphia civil suit seeking discovery against Dechert LLP's former general counsel in the U.S. over what the law firm's leadership knew of alleged human rights abuses committed by a former partner.

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6th Circ. Nom Is 1st Senate Confirmation Of Trump's 2nd Term

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 46-42 on Monday evening to confirm Whitney Hermandorfer, director of the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General's Strategic Litigation Unit, to the Sixth Circuit, making her the first judicial confirmation of the second Trump administration.

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San Francisco DA: 'Tough On Crime' Can Also Be Thoughtful

By Brandon Lowrey

In 2022, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins took charge of an office in turmoil after leading a successful recall effort against her predecessor, whom she criticized as too soft on crime. Now, Jenkins is under harsh public scrutiny as she works to shift the office's priorities. In this audio interview with the new Criminal Practice Law360, she discusses some of the challenges — and opportunities — of one of the highest-profile and most politicized prosecutors' offices in the nation.

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NY Court Declines To Make Trump US Atty Permanent

By Andrea Keckley

The Northern District of New York said on Monday that it has declined to appoint interim U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III to the permanent seat ahead of his short-term tenure's expiration, despite his previous comments to the contrary to local media.

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Fla. Landlord Accuses Akerman Of Botching Lease Language

By Emily Sawicki

Real estate investor Turner Healthcare Facilities Fund LP on Monday accused its former Akerman LLP counsel in a south Florida state court of having committed a $45 million "mistake" by approving unenforceable clauses in leases on properties the investor owned.

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Texas AG Says Several Officials Indicted For Ballot Collection

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Office of the Attorney General released a statement Monday announcing indictments and arrests for nine people for an allegedly ongoing ballot collection scheme in Frio County, adding to a growing list of state officials facing charges for participation in the alleged scheme.

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Supreme Court Clears Way For Education Dept. Layoffs

By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, allowing the Trump administration to move forward with firing nearly 1,400 employees.

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CFTC Must Pay $3M In Atty Fees As Sanctions In Forex Case

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey federal judge ordered the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday to pay back over $3.1 million in attorney fees to a foreign exchange company after dismissing the regulator's case for bad-faith sanctionable behavior.

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Former Del. GOP Leader Sworn In As US Atty

By Lynn LaRowe

The former head of the Delaware Republican Party was sworn in Monday as the top federal prosecutor in the First State, according to the agency's website and a social media post from the attorney.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Arnold & Porter

Baker McKenzie

Bowman & Brooke

Dechert LLP

Eaton & Wolk

Edelson PC

George Feldman

Gibson Dunn

Girardi & Keese

Hagens Berman

Hangley Aronchick

Hilgers Graben

Hogan Lovells

Hollingsworth LLP

K&L Gates

King & Spalding

McCarter & English

Miller & Chevalier

Miller Fair

Morgan Lewis

Murray Phillips & Gay

Nelson Mullins

Paul Weiss

Pessin Katz

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Robinson Bradshaw

Rousso Boumel

Russ August

Shapiro Arato

Singleton Schreiber

Skadden Arps

Stranch Jennings

Teague Rotenstreich

Thompson Hine

Vedder Price

Weir Greenblatt

White & Case

Wiggin & Dana

WilmerHale

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Above the Law

Amazon.com Inc.

Arity LLC

Best Egg

Boston University

Caesarstone Ltd.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

Democracy Forward Foundation

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FedEx Corp.

Federalist Society

George Washington University

Gruma SAB de CV

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Ironshore Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mazda Motor Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Mosaic

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Conference of State Legislatures

Our Children's Trust

Pfizer Inc.

Philadelphia Eagles

Public Citizen Inc.

Relativity ODA LLC

Reynolds American Inc.

Tesla Inc.

The Allstate Corp.

The Mosaic Co.

The New York Times Co.

The Whitlock Co.

TicketNetwork Inc.

Todd Snyder

Uber Technologies Inc.

University of Toledo

Upgrade Inc.

Vapor Technology Association

Verizon Communications Inc.

Washington Football Team

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Privacy Protection Agency

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

European Commission

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Food and Drug Administration

International Trade Commission

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

North Carolina Department of Justice

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Tennessee Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

U.S. Navy

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Montana