Ill. Jury Awards UN Worker's Family $29M For Boeing Crash

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal jury awarded $29 million Wednesday to the family of a U.N. engineer who died alongside 156 others when a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet carrying Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crashed within minutes of takeoff.

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Simon & Simon Seeks Loss Records In Uber, FedEx Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Philadelphia injury firm Simon & Simon PC has asked a federal judge to order Uber and FedEx to submit records showing alleged financial losses in their Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations lawsuit accusing the firm of scheming to falsify medical records to boost injury claims against the companies.

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Baby Food Cos. Near Ax Of Some ADHD, Autism Claims

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge indicated on Thursday that she would grant summary judgment to a significant swath of claims in multidistrict litigation alleging lead and arsenic in baby food from Gerber, Beech-Nut, Walmart and others contributed to children's ADHD and autism, which follows her previous ruling that the plaintiffs' causation evidence was too unreliable.

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Del. Water Supplier Sues 9 Cos. Over PFAS

By Emily Field

A Delaware water supplier hit nine companies with a suit in state court alleging that they released forever chemicals into the watersheds that supply water to tens of thousands of residents, seeking to recoup at least $34.6 million for the cost of ensuring safe drinking water.

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Albertsons Didn't Flag Suspicious Opioid Orders, Judge Hears

By Ben Adlin

Albertsons failed to report its pharmacies' unusual opioid orders to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration despite explicit instructions from the agency to do so, the retailer's vice president of pharmacy compliance testified Thursday during a bench trial in Washington's lawsuit accusing the chain of exacerbating the state's opioid epidemic.

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Lilly Claims 6 Vendors Illegally Sold Obesity Drug Candidate

By Gianna Ferrarin

Eli Lilly & Co. hit a medical spa business, compounding pharmacy and a group of chemical suppliers with claims they're illegally selling an obesity drug candidate Lilly is researching, telling California and Texas federal courts the alleged "black market" sales threaten public health.

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Quinoa Product Has Barely Any Quinoa, Suit Says

By Jonathan Capriel

Seeds of Change, an organic brand under food giant Mars Inc., is accused of tricking customers into paying inflated prices for an organic quinoa product when the item in question doesn't really have much edible seed in it, in a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.

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Kratom Cos. Can't Escape Conn. Court's Reach, Father Says

By Jonathan Capriel

Several companies tied to Whole Herbs-branded kratom products must face a state lawsuit claiming they caused the overdose death of a 33-year-old man, the man's father said, arguing that Connecticut courts have jurisdiction over the companies because they ultimately knew their products would be sold there.

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P&G, Arm & Hammer Sued Over Unscented Deodorant Claims

By Mike Curley

Two New Yorkers are suing Procter & Gamble and the maker of Arm & Hammer in federal court, alleging that each company's "unscented" deodorants actually have fragrance ingredients, which makes their claims false advertising.

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XAI Can't Send Grok User's Privacy Suit To Texas, Judge Says

By Gina Kim

Elon Musk's xAI lost its bid to have a Grok user's proposed privacy class action sent to Texas, after a California federal judge ruled Thursday that Grok's platform, including its sign-up and chat screens, doesn't give reasonably conspicuous notice of its terms containing a mandatory forum selection clause. 

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Canadian Airplane Co. Settles Flight Student's NC Crash Case

By Hayley Fowler

A Canadian aviation manufacturer has resolved a flight student's lawsuit claiming his instructor was forced to crash-land an allegedly defective airplane on a North Carolina interstate due to engine failure, according to a mediator's report.

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Ohio High Court Reinstates $1.9M Farmworker Injury Verdict

By Mike Curley

The Ohio Supreme Court has revived a $1.9 million verdict in favor of a farmworker over injuries he sustained on the job, finding the appeals court wrongly required that he prove that his employer had deliberately not reattached a safety guard on the tractor that injured him.

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Fla. Homeowners Settle Faulty Construction Suit For $26.5M

By Isaac Monterose

Homeowners at a 10-unit luxury townhome community in Winter Park, Florida, have resolved a construction defect suit against developer Hill/Gray Seven LLC and other parties for $26.5 million, according to Pursiano Law LLP, which represented the homeowners.

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Judges Retire, HCA Suit Heads To Trial

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Business Court dropped a host of heavy-hitting opinions in July ahead of two judicial retirements and a new chief judge rising in the ranks.

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Boeing Beats Suit Over Board's 737 Max Safety Oversight

By Jarek Rutz

The Boeing Co. won dismissal Thursday of a Delaware Chancery Court derivative suit seeking to hold current and former directors and officers responsible for safety and manufacturing problems that culminated in the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout.

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Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer

While government contracts law and the hardcore scene may seem entirely unrelated, in my experience, both are about community, focus, being prepared for the unexpected and managing chaos, says Isaac Natter at Fluet.

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Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program

By Dorothy Atkins

An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.

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Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney after agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that an inventor had not shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter were defamatory.

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NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework

By Andrea Keckley

A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.

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Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.

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DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month

By Courtney Bublé

By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.

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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.

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