Supreme Court Rejects NJ Immunity Defense In NY, Pa. Suits

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that New Jersey cannot shield its public transit system from personal injury lawsuits by out-of-state plaintiffs under the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

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Amazon Shoppers' Attys Must Explain AI Use In Botched Brief

By Rae Ann Varona

A Washington federal judge Wednesday ordered attorneys representing Amazon customers in a proposed class action alleging deceptive supplement labeling to explain whether and how generative artificial intelligence was used in a filing with errors they've since apologized for, and what "verification mechanisms" they had for the nascent technology's use.

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Zuckerberg Denies 'Addiction' In Testimony Played To NM Jury

By Cara Salvatore

New Mexico jurors saw videotaped testimony Wednesday from Mark Zuckerberg in the state attorney general's social media mental health trial in which the Meta CEO acknowledged that "problematic use" is a well-known problem among accountholders but rejected labels like "addiction" and "habit-forming."

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Meta Seeks Bench Trial, Not Jury, In Mental Health MDL

By Jonathan Capriel

Facebook and Instagram's parent company has had a change of heart when it comes to facing a jury on claims they caused underage users to become addicted to their platforms, resulting in emotional harm, telling the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation that they would now prefer a bench trial.

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Social Media Addiction Fed Girl's Conflict With Mom, Jury Told

By Craig Clough

A UCLA psychiatrist testified Wednesday in a landmark bellwether trial over allegations that using Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health, saying that a girl's social media addiction contributed to friction with her mother.

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$7.25B Nationwide Roundup Deal Gets First Approval

By Emily Field

A Missouri state court on Wednesday gave a preliminary nod of approval to a settlement that could pay up to $7.25 billion over 21 years to resolve current and future claims across the U.S. that weed killer Roundup causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma, two weeks after the deal was announced.

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9th Circ. Hesitant To Revive Implant Suit Against Medtronic

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit panel cast doubt Wednesday on a Washington man's attempt to revive a negligence lawsuit against Medtronic for allegedly not assisting him when his spinal implant malfunctioned, hinting that his failure to find an expert witness to testify the device caused his pain may be fatal to the case.

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Regeneron, Sanofi Didn't Warn About Cancer Risk, Suit Says

By Kelcey Caulder

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Sanofi-Aventis were sued Tuesday in Georgia federal court by a woman who said she experienced rapid progression of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma after getting injections of dupilumab, a medication the companies sell as Dupixent as a treatment for inflammation.

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Zantac Investor Class Action Time-Barred, Pa. Judge Rules

By Jonathan Capriel

The maker of heartburn and acid reflux relief tablet Zantac has defeated a securities fraud class action claiming the company hid for decades the cancer risks associated with the drug, causing a stock price drop when the truth was revealed, after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday that the claims were untimely.

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Justices Mull Cracks In Freight Broker Liability Shield

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unsure Wednesday whether a federal law economically deregulating the commercial trucking industry also extends to shielding freight brokers from state-law liability for highway crashes that have killed or injured people.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn the importance of clarity, credibility, memorability and preparation — in other words, how to tell simple, effective stories, say Nicholas Steverson and Danielle Trujillo at Wheeler Trigg, and Lisa DeCaro at Courtroom Performance.

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Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

If this month's circuit calendars were a March Madness bracket, we'd struggle to pick the top-seeded showdown. Big Pharma against the False Claims Act, or big business against President Donald Trump's visa fees? A big bank's view of "human life wagers," or en banc review in a State Farm class action?

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Bondi Subpoenaed To Testify On DOJ's Epstein Investigation

By Lauren Berg

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with five Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to compel Bondi's testimony.

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Analysis

Trump's FCA Expansion Plan Heightens Compliance Risk

By Sarah Jarvis

In light of the Trump administration's record False Claims Act enforcement haul, companies should be especially mindful of a planned expansion in the scope of enforcement and the false compliance certification risks that may bring, attorneys say.

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SEC, PCAOB Auditor Enforcement Plummeted In 2025

By Sarah Jarvis

Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board saw decreases in accounting and auditing enforcement activity in 2025, including sharp decreases in SEC settlements and PCAOB fines for auditing actions.

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Comey, James Urge 4th Circ. To Reject Indictment Revival Bid

By Emily Sawicki

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive criminal indictments filed against them last year in the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing they were fatally flawed because they were brought by a federal prosecutor who was not lawfully in that position.

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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.

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