TikTok To Pay At Least $100M, Curb Teen Use In Alabama Deal

By Lauren Berg

TikTok agreed to pay at least $100 million and implement usage limits, age verification and other safety measures in a landmark settlement to resolve Alabama's claims the social media platform harmed children and misled users about its safety, the state's attorney general announced Friday.

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Meta Lied About Data Privacy, New Mexico Jury Finds

By Cara Salvatore

A New Mexico jury said Friday that Meta lied willfully on 26 different occasions regarding data privacy, hate speech, misinformation and Facebook's outside investigation of third-party app developers after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Driscoll's Hit With NY Suit Over Alleged PFAS On Berries

By Emily Field

A consumer on Thursday hit California-based Driscoll's Inc. with a proposed class action in New York federal court, alleging the berry-producing giant failed to disclose the presence of PFAS residue from pesticides on its strawberries.

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Kraft Heinz Must Face Cheesecake Snack Label Deception Suit

By Lauraann Wood

Kraft Heinz Foods Co. LLC must face a group of customers' proposed class claim that the company deceives consumers by making its Philadelphia Cheesecake Crumble snack with synthetic lactic acid despite its label claiming the product is free of artificial preservatives, an Illinois federal judge ruled.

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Okla. Meat Processor Stinks, Neighbors Say

By Jonathan Capriel

Residents of a small town in Oklahoma say they are being "physically invaded by noxious odors" wafting from a meat processing plant owned by ESRO Food Group, according to a proposed federal class action lawsuit that claims the smell has harmed more than 1,300 nearby homes.

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CPSC Told To Explain Warning Against Weighted Baby Blankets

By Lauren Berg

A D.C. federal judge on Friday sent Dreamland Baby Co.'s dispute over the Consumer Product Safety Commission's warning against weighted blankets and swaddles for infants back to the agency, saying it didn't adequately explain its stance or its refusal to retract it.

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Clorox Sued Over 6.3M-Bottle Bacteria Risk Recall

By Mike Curley

A pair of Puerto Rican buyers are suing The Clorox Co. in California federal court over the recent recall of 6.3 million bottles of Mistolin and Lestoil cleaners for bacterial contamination risks, saying the company should have been aware of the risk sooner and its recall falls well short of making consumers whole.

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Unilever Says Web Safety Pledges Can't Support Benzene Suit

By Aaron Keller

Unilever is urging a Connecticut federal judge to toss a consumer class action alleging benzene contamination in dry shampoos, arguing a plaintiff can't rely on statements that appeared on websites, not product labels, to support the case after a $3.6 million deal was torpedoed.

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X.AI Sued Over Memphis-Area Data Center Noise

By Jonathan Capriel

Elon Musk's Colossus data centers and other xAI-operated facilities are "wreaking havoc" on Memphis-area communities, according to a federal lawsuit filed by homeowners who claim they are "plagued by excessive and offensive noise" at all hours.

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Rail Industry Wants Full 11th Circ. To Review FRA Rule

By Mike Curley

Railroad industry groups are asking the Eleventh Circuit to hold an en banc rehearing after a split panel rejected their challenge to a 2024 Federal Railroad Administration rule requiring two-person train crews, saying the panel's decision expands agency authority and goes against Supreme Court precedent.

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Hemp Shop Owner Hits LA With $10M Suit Over Raids

By Jonathan Capriel

A Black entrepreneur claims he was run out of business through unlawful and racially motivated raids on his hemp shop by the Los Angeles Police Department, in a lawsuit in state court that seeks $10 million in damages — the third he has filed on similar claims against city officials.

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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 Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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PFAS Risks Require Due Diligence Beyond Compliance

While traditional environmental due diligence questions remain important, concern over perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances has highlighted the growing problem of environmental conditions that create material business risk, even though no regulatory violation, enforcement action or lawsuit exists, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

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Elder Fraud Risk And Pleading Lessons From Meta Cases

Michael Gilfix and Benjamin Gicqueau at Gilfix & La Poll discuss how a recent Meta youth settlement and an April decision involving social media harms to children may point to a broader pleading framework in cases of elder fraud, and offer practical measures for platforms and consumers seeking to reduce elder fraud risk.

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FTC Push May Create Dual Origin-Claim Risks For Contractors

Recent Federal Trade Commission actions involving Made in USA advertising requirements offer a preview of enforcement themes that may impose dual compliance burdens on government contractors that are also subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation Buy American restrictions, says Amy Hoang at Seyfarth.

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Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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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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