A Garden State federal judge on Wednesday signaled that she would sign off on proposed deals worth a combined $3 billion between New Jersey, 3M Co. and various DuPont entities to resolve the state's claims over contamination caused by the manufacture and discharge of forever chemicals.
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Judge Poised To OK NJ's $3B PFAS Deals With 3M, DuPont

By George Woolston

A Garden State federal judge on Wednesday signaled that she would sign off on proposed deals worth a combined $3 billion between New Jersey, 3M Co. and various DuPont entities to resolve the state's claims over contamination caused by the manufacture and discharge of forever chemicals.

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Chemours Inks $450M Deal Over PFAS Pollution In 3 States

By Ganesh Setty

Chemours has agreed to a settlement totaling more than $450 million over its release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, across West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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Claritev Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' Defense In Antitrust MDL

By Gianna Ferrarin

Healthcare data firm Claritev and a group of major insurers can't assert an unclean hands defense in multidistrict litigation accusing payors of scheming to fix reimbursement rates through the data firm's pricing tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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FOOD & BEVERAGE

Woman Says Starbucks' Coffee, Flimsy Cup Caused Burns

By Mike Curley

A woman on Wednesday sued Starbucks Corp. in California state court, alleging she suffered severe and permanent burns when she spilled "scalding" coffee onto her lap because of a structurally defective cup.

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CONSUMER GOODS

Costco Hid Heart Risks Of Grain-Free Dog Food, Suit Says

By Rachel Riley

Costco deceptively advertises its Nature's Domain grain-free dog food as a healthy and safe option despite a growing body of research showing that grain-free diets heighten the risk of canine heart disease, a California consumer alleged in a new proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court Tuesday.

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CANNABIS

Ill. Judge Ends Another THC Potency Suit Over Vape Labels

By Jonathan Capriel

The makers of Breeze Canna and Cheetah vape pens have beaten claims they intentionally mislabeled their products to sidestep Illinois THC potency limits, with a Chicago federal judge putting a permanent end to the proposed class action after it failed to identify any actual misrepresentations.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

A Midyear Look At Antiterrorism Act Jurisprudence And Policy

Plaintiffs have filed comparably fewer new actions under the Antiterrorism Act this year, though a handful of key decisions further defined the statute’s aiding-and-abetting standard and highlighted continuing risks for financial services companies, say attorneys at Skadden.

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Gatorade Suit Offers Lessons On Product Performance Claims

A proposed class action in New York federal court disputing PepsiCo's claim that Gatorade "hydrates better than water" presents a broad challenge to the way food and beverage companies communicate product benefits — and the risks that arise when marketing claims outpace the evidence supporting them, says Pejman Javaheri at Juris Law Group.

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Why Highly Specialized Experts May Risk Exclusion At Trial

Expert witnesses with highly specific areas of focus may be vulnerable to exclusion in court, making it important for attorneys to check how potential witnesses' qualifications can be bolstered by their publications and other professional activities, say Evan Weisberg and Christopher Cunio at Hunton, and Kevin Cahill at FTI Consulting.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How 3 Courts Are Approaching AI Adoption

By Emily Sawicki

The rules surrounding artificial intelligence experimentation in courts run the gamut from court systems offering proprietary tools and training to unwritten policies that essentially amount to don't ask, don't tell.

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Analysis

With Data And AI, Whistleblowers Set Off An FCA Tidal Wave

By Phillip Bantz

Whistleblowers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to comb through public data in search of potential False Claims Act cases, unleashing a flood of new complaints that are shaking up white collar defense and government enforcement efforts while subjecting more companies to potentially false allegations, experts say.

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Conn. Justices Threaten Sanctions For AI Errors

By Andrea Keckley

The Connecticut Supreme Court has threatened to sanction GLG Law LLC and one of its attorneys for submitting documents in two cases "that misrepresented the law through the use of generative artificial intelligence," according to a Tuesday order that summoned them to appear in court next month.

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Atty DQ Over Inadvertent Doc Disclosure Overturned

By Y. Peter Kang

A California state appeals court has upended the disqualification of defense counsel in a sexual battery suit, saying documents undermining the case that were accidentally produced via a Dropbox link were not privileged.

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DOJ Nominee Questioned About Deleted Social Media Posts

By Courtney Bublé

A nominee for a top U.S. Department of Justice position, who is a real estate attorney turned tech entrepreneur, came under fire on Wednesday for past social media posts that he's now deleted.

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Booker, Cassidy Press DOJ On Trump Immunity Deal

By Courtney Bublé

Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., wrote to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday expressing "serious concerns" about the alleged immunity for President Donald Trump, his family and businesses in the controversial settlement he reached with the IRS.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnall Golden

Berger Montague

Bressler Amery

Callahan & Blaine

Crowell & Moring

Davis Polk

Dema Law

Edelson PC

Gibson Dunn

Gilbert LLP

Hogan Lovells

Hollingsworth LLP

Hunton Andrews

K&L Law Group

Kelley Drye

Latham & Watkins

Maraziti Falcon

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Schulte

Meyner & Landis

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Murphy Orlando

Napoli Shkolnik

Neal Gerber

Norris McLaughlin

Paul Weiss

Phelps Dunbar

Reed Smith

Saul Ewing

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Seeger Weiss

Shank & Heinemann

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Spiro Harrison

Stueve Siegel

Susman Godfrey

Taft Stettinius

Tousley Brain

Vinson & Elkins

Williams & Connolly

Womble Bond

Woods Rogers

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

Aetna Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

BNP Paribas SA

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Binance.US

British American Tobacco PLC

Chicago Bar Association

Claritev

Comcast Corp.

Connecticut Legal Services

Corteva Inc.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

Danske Bank AS

Danske Bank Group

Deutsche Bank AG

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

FTI Consulting Inc.

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Gerson Lehrman Group Inc.

Kubota Corporation

LafargeHolcim Ltd.

New Jersey State Bar Association

PepsiCo Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

The Chemours Co.

The Cigna Group

The Gatorade Company Inc.

Twitter Inc.

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Central Command

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Office of Justice Programs

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio