Meta AI Glasses Privacy Suit Expands To Add Bystander Class

By Lauren Berg

Dozens of consumers are joining forces to sue Meta Platforms over allegations that the tech giant surreptitiously stores private videos captured by its "smart" glasses to train its artificial intelligence models, adding claims on behalf of bystanders who never agreed to be recorded, let alone used for training.

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Toyota Can't Block Expert In Carbon Monoxide Death Suit

By Y. Peter Kang

A Georgia appeals court on Tuesday largely upheld rulings allowing a wrongful death and product liability case against Toyota to proceed over a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a keyless ignition vehicle, but said punitive damages were off the table.

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GM Can't Escape Fla. EV Charger Defect Class Action

By Jonathan Capriel

A Florida federal judge largely rejected GM's attempt to dismiss a proposed class action over its Ultium electric vehicle chargers, allowing a couple's deceptive trade practice claims to proceed on the theory that the automaker hid defects causing the chargers to repeatedly fail and overheat.

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5th Circ. Judge Hints Court Order With AI Errors Can't Stand

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit judge wanted to know why a panel should keep intact a court order blocking an anti-DEI Mississippi law that contained artificial intelligence hallucinations, asking whether the judges could confidently find that made-up citations did not ultimately sway the district court's decision.

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Meta Says Section 230 Frees It From Doctor's Scam Suit

By Mike Curley

Meta Platforms Inc. is urging a California federal court to throw out an Australian doctor's suit alleging that its advertising tools resulted in his name and likeness being used to promote scams, saying evidence now shows that none of its tools introduced his name or likeness.

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Feature

3 Things To Know: Texas Judge Halts Abortion Drug Suit

By Mark Payne

A Texas federal judge has paused a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of abortion medication mifepristone until after the agency has conducted a safety review of the drug. Law360 Healthcare Authority has what you need to know about that order and the legal landscape.

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Congress Approves Bill Delaying Hemp Ban One Month

By Sam Reisman

The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval Tuesday to a stopgap spending bill which includes language to delay implementation of a federal ban on products containing hemp-derived THC by one month.

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PepsiCo Sued Over 'Made With Avocado Oil' Chip Claims

By Gina Kim

PepsiCo misleads customers into believing its Tostitos and Siete chips exclusively contain avocado oil, alleges a proposed class action filed Monday in New York federal court, referencing a recent UC Davis study that revealed the chips exhibited chemical profiles consistent with dilution of other oils.

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Utz Sued Over Alleged Avocado Oil Chip Labeling Deception

By Celeste Bott

A putative class action filed Monday in Illinois federal court accuses Utz Brands of falsely marketing Boulder Canyon chips as cooked solely in avocado oil when scientific testing allegedly found the products contained other, cheaper vegetable oils.

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Sig Sauer Says Gun's Alleged Defects Are Features, Not Flaws

By Carolina Bolado

Gunmaker Sig Sauer asked a Florida federal court on Monday to toss a proposed class action by owners of its popular P320 pistols, arguing the guns performed as intended and the allegedly lacking safety feature is an option that the plaintiffs chose not to purchase.

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BMW Accused Of Misleading 'Lifetime' Fluid In Drive System

By Matthew Santoni

BMW promised the lubricating fluid in part of the suspension and drive system for three SUV models would last the "lifetime" of the vehicle, but they suffered potentially dangerous failures if the fluid was not changed at regular intervals, according to proposed class claims filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Analysis

High Court Case Looms Over State Climate Superfund Fights

By Keith Goldberg

A federal judge has dealt a blow to the viability of state climate change Superfund laws, although experts say the ruling may ultimately be marginalized by a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on the future of climate tort litigation against fossil fuel companies.

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Samsung Mini LED TVs Lack Actual Mini LED Tech, Rival Says

By Gina Kim

Samsung is falsely touting some of its televisions as incorporating advanced Mini LED technology that provides higher quality picture, despite that it simply "recycled" its preexisting low-end standard LED TV and relabeled them as a "supreme" Mini LED, alleges a Lanham Act suit filed Monday in California federal court.

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NY Firm, Clinics Reject FedEx's 'Staged' Crashes Claims

By Linda Chiem

A New York personal injury firm and various healthcare providers have told a Manhattan federal judge that FedEx has asserted implausible claims alleging they orchestrated an insurance fraud scheme to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims, saying there is no such racketeering enterprise.

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Linklaters Welcomes J&J Litigation VP In New York

By Andrea Keckley

Linklaters LLP announced on Tuesday that Johnson & Johnson's vice president of litigation has joined its ranks in New York, touting his experience "leading the company through some of its most significant and complex legal challenges, including the litigation and resolution of one of the largest and most consequential mass torts in U.S. history."

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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HSF Kramer Added To $1B King & Spalding Malpractice Suit

By Jack Karp

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and several of its partners on Tuesday were added to a $1 billion legal malpractice suit against King & Spalding LLP alleging that the firms engaged in multiple schemes to enrich a lawyer's friend at the expense of investment firm White Oak Advisors.

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Fla. Bar Tosses Complaint Over DHS GC's 'Worst' Judge Posts

By Adrian Cruz

The Florida Bar has refused to investigate the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for potential ethics violations over his recent series of social media posts attacking sitting judges, citing a potential conflict with the authority of the federal government.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Rodriguez On The Uses Of AI

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Today, Judge Xavier Rodriguez is known as an expert in electronic discovery and a proponent of artificial intelligence, but his interest was piqued before he joined the bench of the Western District of Texas in 2003, when he was still a lawyer and the methods for sifting through electronically stored information were still primitive.

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Judges Say Social Media, Political Rhetoric Endanger Them

By Adrian Cruz

Increased access to social media and personal data via the internet, a larger number of high-profile cases, and inflammatory comments made by politicians have led to a rise in violent threats against judges and concerns about their safety, according to a recently published report.

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Ex-Warriors GC, DEI Exec Say Bias Complaints Led To Firings

By Lauren Berg

The Golden State Warriors' former associate general counsel and its former vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion allege they were unlawfully fired in retaliation for speaking up about enduring a workplace marked by gender and race-based discrimination.

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Brief

Barnes & Thornburg Says Ex-NBA Star Owes $1M Legal Fees

By Jonathan Capriel

Former NBA player Luol Deng is being sued for more than $1 million by a Chicago-based law firm that claims he failed to pay legal fees connected to two real estate matters, according to a suit filed in Illinois state court.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery pressured state attorneys general challenging their merger to settle, the Federal Trade Commission successfully challenged a construction adhesives tie-up, state officials waded in against the NextEra-Dominion transaction, and Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. defended their combination under review by federal regulators.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of August

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Anthropic, Zillow and ConocoPhillips. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from August.

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