$7.25B Roundup Deal Conditionally Sent To Calif. MDL

By Emily Field

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday conditionally sent the case that resulted in a yet-to-be-finalized $7.25 billion settlement with Monsanto over claims that its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer to multidistrict litigation in California federal court, despite protests from the proposed class.

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Hawaiian Electric Gets Final OK Of $100M Wildfire Deal

By Mike Curley

A Hawaii federal judge has given final approval to a $100 million deal to settle a shareholder derivative suit alleging the directors and executives of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. failed to prepare for the deadly 2023 Maui wildfire.

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AGCO Escapes NJ Mechanic's Asbestos Mesothelioma Claims

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out a mechanic's claims against AGCO Corp. alleging that he was exposed to asbestos from AGCO's products, which gave him mesothelioma, but allowed his similar claims against Briggs & Stratton to go forward.

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Sig Sauer Can't Duck Gun Safety Suit

By Emily Field

A Washington federal court has declined to toss a proposed class action alleging Sig Sauer's P320 pistol is prone to accidental discharges, rejecting the gunmaker's arguments that the presence of a trigger guard means the gun is not defective.

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Atmos Energy Hit With 1st Suit Over Deadly Dallas Explosion

By Hailey Konnath

A Texas man who escaped the May 28 natural gas explosion at a Dallas apartment complex sued Atmos Energy Corp. on Friday, claiming the company failed to properly monitor conditions in his complex despite knowing the risks, calling it a pattern of "gross negligence" that contributed to the deadly blast.

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Wrongful Death Claims Settled Before Baltimore Bridge Trial

By Linda Chiem

The families of the six construction workers who died in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster have reached confidential settlements with the owner and manager of the cargo carrier that slammed into the bridge and triggered its collapse, according to court filings Friday.

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'Pervasive Bad Faith': Uber Targets Sex Assault MDL Plaintiff

By Bonnie Eslinger

Uber Technologies Inc. accused a bellwether plaintiff of numerous discovery violations Friday in multidistrict litigation over alleged passenger sexual assaults, urging a California federal judge to issue sanctions for "pervasive bad faith" that has "plagued the discovery process."

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Lockheed Beats Families' Birth Defects Suit At Trial

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Lockheed Martin Corp. after finding the company's chemical handling practices at an Orlando weapons manufacturing facility did not cause birth defects.

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Walmart, Baby Food Brands Face Conn. Toxic Metals Claims

By Aaron Keller

Walmart Inc. and six baby food makers face a new Connecticut federal lawsuit claiming products contaminated with "dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals" caused a child's brain injuries, autism and related health issues, allegations similar to those lodged by others in California multidistrict litigation proceedings.

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Samsung Must Face Insurer's $653K Electric Range Fire Suit

By Hope Patti

Samsung Electronics can't escape a Nationwide unit's suit seeking to recoup the more than $653,000 it said it paid after its policyholders' home was damaged in a fire caused by a defective electric range, a North Carolina federal court ruled.

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Fla. Panel Revives Firm's Suit Over Tobacco Case Referrals

By David Minsky

A Florida state appellate court revived a law firm's complaint alleging tortious interference against a widow over a contingency fee agreement involving tobacco injury case referrals, finding that the lower court wrongly tossed the lawsuit based on extraneous information even though there was sufficient evidence to support a claim.

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Exclusive

Facing Scrutiny, 'Schedule A' Suits Grow Beyond Chicago

By Ivan Moreno

Federal lawsuits that target dozens or even hundreds of online sellers at once kept climbing in 2025 and spread beyond their Chicago stronghold, even as new data shows more friction for brand owners' mass anti-counterfeiting strategy.

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Feds Dodge Some Claims In New Mexico Wildfire Liability Suit

By Crystal Owens

A New Mexico judge carved up a challenge to the U.S. Forest Service over the destruction of nearly 43,000 acres of national forest land, saying the agency didn't follow its own monitoring obligations that don't allow for discretion until an emergent risk is brought to its attention.

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Embattled Metal Recycler Sued Over NJ Facility Fires

By George Woolston

The operator of a metal recycling scrapyard in the city of Camden, New Jersey, was hit with a proposed class action in Garden State federal court alleging that its operation of the facility has resulted in numerous fires and explosions that release harmful emissions.

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Taft Adds 2 Product Liability Litigators In Atlanta

By Christine DeRosa

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has expanded its product liability team in Atlanta with the addition of two attorneys, one from Greenberg Traurig LLP and the other from Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP.

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Your Next Litigation Hold Should Cover AI Chat Logs

The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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Double Shooting Renews Courthouse Safety Fears In NC

By Hayley Fowler

The shooting of two Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, ahead of Memorial Day weekend has renewed calls to protect the safety of judges and lawyers in an increasingly volatile justice system.

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Baker McKenzie Asks Judge Not To Toss Suit Against Ex-Atty

By Alison Knezevich

A lawyer for Baker McKenzie on Friday urged a Washington, D.C., judge not to dismiss the BigLaw firm's defamation suit against a former tax associate who accused a firm office leader of sexual assault, telling the court the accusations were false and made with "malice."

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Bonus Spotlight

Selendy Gay Doles Out Spring Associate Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

New York litigation boutique Selendy Gay PLLC paid its associates spring bonuses of as much as $25,000 this week, according to the firm.

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Akin Gump Owes Fees For Winebow's 'Self-Indulgent' Appeal

By Dorothy Atkins

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered an importer's Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys to pay a European winemaker fees for having to defend against the importer's "spurious objections" to the winemaker's valid arbitral award, ruling that the importer's "self-indulgent" appeal warrants sanctions in the form of fees.

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Calif. Panel Reverses Order For Citing Atty's Bogus Case Law

By Dorothy Atkins

A California appellate panel on Thursday reversed a judgment in favor of a man accused of abusing his son, finding that "without doubt" the trial judge abused her discretion by incorporating the man's bogus legal citations into her ruling, despite being alerted to the mistakes in advance.

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NY Judge Doubts Nussbaum-Linked Firms Belong In Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

A New York bankruptcy judge on Friday questioned whether his court was the proper venue to wind down two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum as the debtors sought to ditch an assignment for the benefit of creditors process in New York state court.

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Dems Say DOJ Blocked Bondi On Trump Questions

By Courtney Bublé

Democrats were incensed on Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys who accompanied former Attorney General Pam Bondi to her committee interview stopped her from answering questions about President Donald Trump.

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Civil Rights Icon Clarence B. Jones Dies At 95

By Andrea Keckley

Civil rights icon Clarence B. Jones, a speechwriter and personal attorney to Martin Luther King Jr., died May 22 at an assisted living facility in the Santa Clara County city of Cupertino, California, his family confirmed earlier this week. He was 95.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen the billionaire who donated £5 million ($6.7 million) to Nigel Farage sue Ben Habib, the leader of far-right party Advance UK, for defamation; Mashreqbank bring claims against three subsidiaries of dissolved private equity giant Abraaj Group for commercial fraud; and the property and investment vehicle of the State of Kuwait be targeted by four real estate figures who filed a miscellaneous claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Kirkland & Ellis says it's investing a half billion dollars into developing its own artificial intelligence platform to better serve clients. And Law360 looks at the general counsel who is guiding BP through its latest leadership crisis after the company abruptly dismissed its board chair.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Phillips Black Inc., Hogan Lovells and Watkins & Eager PLLC lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Boies Schiller's Matthew Schwartz

By Sarah Jarvis

Matthew L. Schwartz oscillated among many career aspirations as a kid, from astronaut to mayor of New York. When it was time to head off to college, the man who would go on to handle the prosecution of employees tied to Bernie Madoff and become chair of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP set his sights on science, earning an undergraduate degree in physics.

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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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