Trump Executive Order Targets 'Made In America' Labeling

By Emily Field

President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order directing the Federal Trade Commission to draft regulations for online retailers to verify that goods advertised as "Made In America" are in fact made in the country, making it an enforcement priority for the agency.

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EPA Aims To Lift Biden-Era Ethylene Oxide Limits

By Gautama Mehta

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed rolling back limits on emissions of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic chemical used in the sterilization of medical devices.

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Tesla Asks 9th Circ. To Decertify Self-Driving False Ad Class

By Linda Chiem

Tesla has asked the Ninth Circuit to decertify a class action alleging it deceived consumers into believing that its cars could fully drive themselves, saying there's no proof that all class members saw the same purportedly false statement on Tesla's website about its cars' hardware.

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Child Abuse Material Is Too Easy To Find On Meta, Jury Hears

By Cara Salvatore

Jurors in New Mexico's social media trial saw deposition testimony Friday in which counsel for Meta questioned an expert hired but not called by the state attorney general's office regarding his review of child abuse material on the company's platforms, which he said was "publicly available for anybody."

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DuPont Can't Trim Lead Exposure Case, Judge Advises

By Jonathan Capriel

A DuPont company and Hammond Group Inc. shouldn't be allowed to whittle down a proposed class action accusing them of exposing Indiana children to lead for decades, according to a federal magistrate judge's recommendations that rejected arguments that the plaintiffs, who say they have lead in their bones, were not injured.

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NY Man Can't Claim He Bought Tainted Grimmway Carrots

By Mike Curley

A New York federal judge on Friday threw out a proposed class action against Grimmway Enterprises Inc. over carrots recalled for possible contamination with E. coli, saying the plaintiff hasn't plausibly alleged the carrots he bought were tainted at all.

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Tort Report: Uber Won't OK Bigger Jury At 2nd Bellwether

By Y. Peter Kang

Trial strategy by Uber ahead of a second bellwether trial in sexual assault multidistrict litigation and a $4 million injury verdict against Publix in Florida lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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Nature's Bakery Sued Over 'Wholesome' Fig Bar Label

By Emily Field

A New Yorker on Thursday lodged a proposed class action against Nature's Bakery LLC, saying that its "wholesome" representation belies the presence of synthetic citric acid and excessive sugar in its fig bars.

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Dog Died After Ice-Melting Salt Exposure, Class Action Says

By Zak Kostro

A New York man's dog died of kidney failure after being exposed to an ice-melting salt product, which the product's sellers labeled as being safe for pets, according to a putative class action filed in Illinois federal court Friday.

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Mass. Court Revives Part Of Tobacco Liability Case

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts intermediate appellate court on Friday granted a man a second chance to pursue state consumer protection claims that Philip Morris USA Inc. deceptively marketed the cigarettes his wife smoked before she was diagnosed with cancer.

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Court Software Co. Dumped Docs At Last Minute, Class Says

By Andrea Keckley

A class of North Carolinians who say the state's new digital court system subjected them to wrongful arrests and extended jail time have told a federal judge that the defense produced "virtually nothing" over five months of discovery, only to bury them in hundreds of thousands of documents at the eleventh hour.

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Trump Orders Restart Of Calif. Coast Oil Operations

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act directing Sable Offshore Corp. to restart a pipeline in Southern California that was shuttered in 2015 following a massive oil spill, drawing the ire of environmental groups that say the "defective" pipeline is too dangerous.

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Stihl Escapes Insurer's NJ Fire Coverage Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Chainsaw manufacturer Stihl Inc. can't be held liable on claims that one of its batteries caused a house fire, a New Jersey federal judge ruled, ending the case because the plaintiff's experts could not prove that the battery was defective or rule out other causes of the garage fire.

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GM Seeks Toss Of Fla. EV Charger Defect Class Action

By Melanie Dorsey

General Motors has asked a Florida federal court to dismiss a proposed class action over its electric vehicle charger, insisting the buyers who brought the case are trying to sidestep the product's limited warranty and have not adequately asserted a deceptive practices claim.

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California Man Claims Vape Battery Caused Severe Burns

By Sam Reisman

A California man alleges in a new federal lawsuit that a vape product he purchased exploded in his pocket, causing "catastrophic" burns, because it was manufactured using the wrong type of battery.

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Philadelphia Sues Glock For Marketing Guns As 'Fun'

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Austrian firearms manufacturer Glock was sued by the city of Philadelphia on Friday for allegedly fueling gun violence within its borders by promoting the use of illegal "switches" to turn its semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic weapons.

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Trump To Get 5th North Carolina Federal Court Vacancy

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump will get another judicial vacancy to fill in North Carolina with U.S. District Judge William L. Osteen Jr. of the Middle District of North Carolina recently announcing he will take senior status.

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Mass. Justices Won't Boost Pay For Court-Appointed Attys

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' highest court on Monday declined a request to let state judges offer higher hourly rates to induce attorneys to accept court-appointed cases, a proposal meant to alleviate a shortage of appointed counsel in two of the state's busiest counties.

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SEC Enforcement Head Resigns After 7 Months

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that its enforcement director, Judge Margaret "Meg" Ryan, has resigned from the agency after nearly seven months on the job. 

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Conservative Groups Back DOJ As Amici In Law Firm EO Suits

By Emily Sawicki

Conservative groups are backing the Trump administration's attempts to revive executive orders targeting BigLaw firms, arguing in an amicus brief to the D.C. Circuit that Perkins Coie LLP had "unclean hands" for its part in what they called the "Russiagate hoax."

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Ga. Panel Says Minister Can't Rep His Church In Tax Case

By Chart Riggall

The Georgia Court of Appeals said Monday that nonattorneys can't be allowed to represent unincorporated associations in court, backing a trial court's dismissal of a minister's bid to represent his church in a property tax dispute with his home county.

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