Texas Sues OpenAI, Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Claims

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas attorney general's office sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman in state court Friday, alleging the company breached consumer protection laws by unleashing a chatbot that often gives harmful advice and is addictive to children.

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Lululemon Settles Texas AG's PFAS Contamination Probe

By Mike Curley

The state of Texas and Lululemon USA Inc. have reached a deal to end the state's investigation of whether the company's athletic wear is tainted with "forever chemicals," with Lululemon agreeing to make sure its vendors comply with its restricted substances list.

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State AGs Take Aim At 'Texas Two-Step' In Brief To Justices

By Vince Sullivan

Attorneys general for 20 states and the District of Columbia urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to the validity of "Texas Two-Step" bankruptcies, telling the high court a Fourth Circuit ruling in an asbestos liability case threatens the ability of states to exercise their sovereign power to enforce their own laws.

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J&J Wins Ohio Talc Mesothelioma Trial

By Emily Field

An Ohio state jury on Friday found in Johnson & Johnson's favor in a wrongful death suit brought by the family of a woman who alleged that her mesothelioma was caused by her longtime use of talc cosmetic products containing asbestos.

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Defective Hydrant Locks Caused Kids' Deaths, NJ Suit Says

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey woman whose nieces died in a fire in April 2025 is suing Hydra-Shield Manufacturing Inc. and the city of Millville in state court, alleging that defective hydrant locks that the city never replaced delayed firefighters' rescue efforts.

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Fla. AG Proposes Kid Safety Chatbot, Social Media Law

By Emily Field

The Florida attorney general on Thursday proposed legislation aimed at protecting children on social media that would require age verification and parental consent for apps, block AI chatbots from creating sexual content or feigning companionship, and put in place protective features on social media for teenagers.

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PepsiCo Faces Suit Over Siete Avocado Oil Chip Claims

By Celeste Bott

PepsiCo Inc. and its Siete Family Foods brand were hit with a proposed class action in Illinois federal court Thursday alleging that their tortilla and potato chips are falsely marketed as made with avocado oil exclusively despite containing cheaper, undisclosed seed oils.

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Nitrous Oxide Co. Dropped From 'Whippet' Death Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

The sister of a woman who suffered a fatal overdose behind a smoke shop in Florida, caused by inhaling nitrous oxide "whippets," has agreed to end her claims against Galaxy Gas LLC after mediation.

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Rhode Island AG Says Meta Profited From Scam Ads

By Craig Clough

Rhode Island sued Meta on Thursday for allegedly allowing fake or scam advertisements promoting everything from cryptocurrency schemes and purported miracle Alzheimer's cures featuring deepfakes of Meryl Streep to nudification apps to proliferate on its platforms while generating billions of dollars in revenue from them.

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NetChoice Seeks To Halt Calif. Social Media Warning Law

By Allison Grande

Tech trade group NetChoice is pressing a California federal court to strike down a state law that will soon require social media platforms to display mental health warning labels, arguing that the mandate violates the "bedrock" constitutional prohibition on forcing services to "act as a mouthpiece" for the government.

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Ex-Chief Pilot Wants Out Of Norwegian, Boeing 737 Max Spat

By Linda Chiem

Boeing's former chief technical pilot has asked a Washington federal judge to quash a subpoena demanding that he sit for a deposition in a contract dispute between a group of Norwegian Air subsidiaries and Boeing over a series of 737 Max jet purchase deals.

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Ill. Panel Backs Defense Win In Nissan Car Defect Crash Suit

By Y. Peter Kang

An Illinois appellate court on Friday affirmed a defense verdict in a suit alleging a defective Nissan vehicle caused a fatal crash, saying the trial court properly barred a failure-to-warn claim against the automaker.

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Consumers Fight Bids To End Delta-8 Mislabeling Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Vape maker Savage Enterprises, two distributors and a California testing lab must not be allowed to shake a lawsuit accusing them of trying to pass off vape pens with illegal levels of THC as legal hemp products, consumers told an Arkansas federal court, saying their dismissal bids are moot because there is a new complaint.

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PFAS Ruling Extinguishes A Policyholder Path To Coverage

Following an Ohio federal court's recent ruling in Fire-Dex v. Admiral Insurance, policyholders whose PFAS exposure is concentrated in workplace products will see bids for coverage fail under the occupational-disease exclusion, giving insurers a defense well suited for the category of claims that has been most resistant to pollution exclusions, say attorneys at Benesch.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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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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