Google, Character.AI To Settle Suicide, Violent Content Suits

By Y. Peter Kang

Google and artificial intelligence company Character Technologies have agreed to settle lawsuits over various injuries suffered by underage users of its Character.AI chatbot, including the suicides of two teenagers, according to documents filed in federal courts.

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'I'm Not Buying It': Judge Pans 'Ridiculous' Colgate Argument

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge appeared open Wednesday to certifying multiple subclasses in a consumer action alleging Colgate falsely labels its toothpaste tubes as being recyclable, and panned one of the arguments by Colgate's defense attorneys as "ridiculous."

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Judge Seeks Assurance That PFAS Deals Are Good For NJ

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday asked attorneys for the state to assure that two proposed deals with 3M and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. worth nearly $3 billion to resolve its claims over contamination by "forever chemicals" are in the best interest of the state's residents despite a number of objections.

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Ford Drops Firms From Beefed-Up RICO Suit Against 3 Attys

By Dorothy Atkins

Ford Motor Co. has dropped racketeering allegations against Knight Law Group LLP and other law firms and lawyers in its latest amended complaint over allegations of a massive fraudulent legal billing scheme, while adding new obstruction of justice allegations against the three remaining attorney defendants.

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Amazon Seeks To Halt Supplement Suit As FDA Nixes Rule

By Rachel Riley

Amazon called on a Seattle federal judge to pause a proposed class action accusing the e-commerce platform of failing to make certain disclosures on supplement product pages, saying the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to revoke the so-called each panel labeling rule at the center of the case.

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3rd-Party Purchases Get Graco Car Seat Suit Trimmed Further

By Mike Curley

A Georgia federal judge on Wednesday trimmed more claims from a proposed class action alleging that Graco Children's Products Inc. misled them on the safety ratings of the company's booster seats, saying that because they didn't buy directly from Graco, there's no duty for Graco to disclose under Georgia law.

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Calif. Bill Proposes 4-Year AI Toy Ban To Mull Safety Rules

By Lauren Berg

California Sen. Steve Padilla has introduced what would be the nation's first moratorium on the sale of toys containing artificial intelligence chatbot features, with the aim of giving lawmakers time to implement regulatory guardrails to protect children from potentially dangerous AI interactions.

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Feds Cut $160M From Calif. Over Truck Driver Licenses

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Wednesday that California will lose out on nearly $160 million in federal highway funds for failing to revoke thousands of commercial driver's licenses that were issued to ineligible foreign drivers, as the Trump administration cracks down on immigrant truck drivers.

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Next Boeing 737 Max Ethiopian Air Trial Kicks Off Monday

By Celeste Bott

The latest wrongful death case against Boeing over the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash of 2019 is teed up for trial in Chicago on Monday, where jurors will determine damages for a man who lost multiple family members.

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Kaplan Fox Remains Lead In Securities Suit After Ex-Client DQ

By Sydney Price

Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP will continue leading a putative securities class action against Spectrum Pharmaceuticals after a previously appointed lead plaintiff was removed from the case for allegedly going behind his lawyers' backs to push his own settlement plan and unrelated conspiracy theories.

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Baking Mix Co. Sued Over Alleged Water Pollution In Wash.

By Rachel Riley

Baking mix manufacturer Continental Mills Inc. was hit with a Clean Water Act lawsuit in Washington federal court Wednesday by an environmental group that claims the company's Seattle-area plant released wastewater laden with heavy metals into nearby creeks, in excess of legal pollution limits.

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Poultry Cos. Seek Stay Of Water Pollution Ruling For Appeal

By Elaine Briseño

Tyson Foods and other poultry operators found responsible for polluting Oklahoma waters with chicken waste argued that, without a stay in the court's judgment pending a Tenth Circuit appeal, companies not subject to its orders will have an economic advantage.

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FDA Pushes Back On Vape Cos.' 5th Circ. Appeal

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging the Fifth Circuit to reject a group of appeals from e-cigarette manufacturers seeking to overturn the marketing denial of their flavored vapes, saying the agency did not abuse its discretion in rejecting the companies' products.

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Texas Tobacco Co. Says Supplier Sabotaged Contract, Sales

By Mike Curley

A Texas-based tobacco company is suing its former manufacturer in North Carolina federal court, saying it broke their contract by jacking up its prices, then told retailers to pull the products off their shelves.

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Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2026

As 2026 begins, the legal and regulatory outlook for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances is defined less by sweeping federal initiatives and more by incremental adjustments, judicial guardrails and state-driven regulations — an environment in which proactive risk management and close monitoring of policy developments will be essential, say attorneys at MG+M.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

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McGlinchey Stafford To Close After 51 Years

By Emma Cueto

New Orleans-based firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC announced Tuesday that it has decided to wind down operations after over half a century, citing difficult market conditions and unspecified "internal circumstances."

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Law Firms Step Up To Navigate Biz Opportunities In Venezuela

By Lynn LaRowe and Adrian Cruz

Law firms are gearing up to assist clients exploring potential business opportunities in Venezuela following President Donald Trump's announcement that the U.S. would "run" the country for the time being after the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on narco-conspiracy charges.

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Cruz Tells House Speaker To Move On Judicial Impeachments

By Courtney Bublé

Ahead of a hearing on impeachment of "rogue judges" on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, increased pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to advance impeachment proceedings against federal judges in D.C. and Maryland.

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Bulk Of SDNY Attys Are Tasked With Reviewing Epstein Docs

By Hailey Konnath

Over half of the more than 220 assistant U.S. attorneys at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York have been tasked with sifting through documents related to the investigation of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Justice Department disclosure filed in federal court.

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Feds Want To Use Goldstein's Comments To NYT At Trial

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors preparing to try SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein for tax crimes next week are looking to use his comments in a New York Times Magazine article against him, claiming that admissions and details from the article "directly prove" certain charges the government has brought.

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DOJ Nominee Says He'll Work Within Blue-Slip 'Parameters'

By Courtney Bublé

A nominee for a top U.S. Department of Justice position that handles judicial nominees appeared to give a nod to the Senate's blue-slip process, despite President Donald Trump's vocal opposition to the tradition.

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Jurisdiction Questioned In NY Fried Frank Data Breach Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A New York federal judge is threatening to toss a proposed class action data security suit against Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP over a data breach involving private equity funds maintained by firm client Goldman Sachs, unless plaintiffs properly plead that the Manhattan court has jurisdiction.

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Objector To PACER Overcharge Settlement Faces Uphill Battle

By Emily Sawicki

An objector to a $125 million settlement to end class claims alleging the federal government overcharged nonprofits and other lawyers to access court documents faced a skeptical Federal Circuit panel Wednesday, with judges indicating they had not found legal errors in the district court's approval of the deal.

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DOJ To Appeal Reinstatement Of Clearance For Mark Zaid

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge on Wednesday that it will obey his injunction to reinstate attorney Mark Zaid's security clearance as it appeals the ruling in the D.C. Circuit, but left open the possibility that government intelligence agencies could try to revoke it again for new reasons.

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