Texas Tank Explosion Leads To $1.6B Wrongful Death Verdict

By Rae Ann Varona

A Texas jury has awarded more than $1.6 billion in damages to family members of two workers who died after a fatal explosion threw them off a tank at a hazardous chemicals facility owned by Upton Assets LLC, which the jury unanimously found fully liable for the deaths.

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Beasley Allen Pro Hac Vice Revoked In Philly J&J Talc Cases

By Rae Ann Varona

A Pennsylvania state court has booted Beasley Allen Law Firm attorneys from representing consumers in nine cases that link Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder to ovarian cancer, saying their pro hac vice admission was inappropriate given the firm's dealings with an attorney who previously represented the company.

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Jury Finds Uber Driver Committed Battery During NC Ride

By Hayley Fowler

A federal jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, found Monday an Uber driver committed battery against a passenger who accused him of grabbing her leg in 2019, and it awarded her $5,000 in damages, capping off a four-day bellwether trial against the ride-hailing giant.

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High Court Won't Hear 3rd Circ. J&J Class Cert. Appeal

By Jarek Rutz

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it won't review a class certification challenge in a securities class action over Johnson & Johnson's cancer-related talc products in the latest development in a closely watched dispute over how courts evaluate class certification in shareholder suits.

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Vt. Court Says Monsanto Must Face Trial Over PCBs At School

By Ganesh Setty

A Vermont school district's lawsuit seeking roughly $135 million in damages against Monsanto entities over toxic chemicals at its now-shuttered high school campus must go to trial, a Vermont federal court ruled, denying the Monsanto defendants a quick win.

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High Court Won't Review 'Oil-Free' Suit Against Kenvue

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from a Kenvue Inc. unit to review class certification in a suit alleging it falsely advertised its products as being "oil-free."

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Kimberly-Clark Landfill PFAS Suit Sent To Conn. State Court

By Mike Curley

A Connecticut federal judge has sent a suit against Kimberly-Clark Corp. and the town of New Milford back to state court, saying Kimberly-Clark didn't clear the high bar necessary to show that the town and its wetlands commission were fraudulently included as defendants in a suit over PFAS contamination.

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Doctors Fueled Man's Fatal Opioid Addiction, Philly Jury Told

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Counsel for the family of a man who died of an opioid overdose at age 26 told a Philadelphia jury that his doctors were responsible for pushing treatment plans that allowed him to develop an opioid addiction, leading to his untimely death, pointing to both physicians being paid speakers for the pharmaceutical companies whose medications they prescribed.

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PFAS Plaintiffs Say Midcase Appeal Would 'Derail' Litigation

By Chart Riggall

Georgia residents accusing carpet and chemicals manufacturers of contaminating their properties with forever chemicals urged a state court to reject Shaw Industries' bid to appeal the recent nondismissal of their claims, arguing the request is the carpet company's latest "attempt to derail this litigation."

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Section 230 Blocks Woman's Discord Suit Over Sexual Abuse

By Mike Curley

An Ohio federal judge on Monday threw out a woman's suit against Discord Inc. alleging the platform allowed her to be sexually abused by a known sex offender when she was a minor, finding all of her claims are blocked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

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Utah Says Kratom Law Doesn't Clash With Federal Policy

By Sam Reisman

Utah officials have urged a federal judge not to halt enforcement of a new state law reining in psychoactive products derived from the kratom leaf, saying the policy is necessary for consumer safety and public health and is not preempted by federal law.

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Philip Morris Unfairly Gains From Label Ruling, 11th Circ. Told

By Jonathan Capriel

Philip Morris cannot be the only company allowed to not follow a rule requiring cigarette makers to add graphic warnings to their labels, R.J. Reynolds and a coalition of tobacco businesses have told the Eleventh Circuit, suggesting that consumers might assume its cigarettes are safer than theirs.

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11th Circ. Revives RV Defect Claims, Clarifies Fla. Lemon Law

By Jonathan Capriel

Florida's Lemon Law does not require drivers to prove a specific number of repair attempts or days in the shop to seek a refund for an allegedly faulty vehicle, the Eleventh Circuit ruled in a published opinion, requiring recreational vehicle manufacturer Forest River Inc. to face a buyer's lawsuit.

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Insurer Rips Hyundai's Early Exit Bid In Theft Bellwether Trial

By Linda Chiem

State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. has told a California federal judge that a jury must hear all its claims in a bellwether trial next month as it seeks to hold Hyundai Motor America liable for allegedly selling theft-prone vehicles that heightened the risk of insurance claims.

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NFT Buyer Says Ex-Software Biz Orchestrated Token Rug Pull

By Emilie Ruscoe

A purported blockchain technology platform faces proposed class action allegations it made millions off a so-called rug pull, introducing a series of nonfungible tokens and teasing a cryptocurrency offering that never materialized, then selling those tokens into the artificial market it created and abandoning the platform.

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National Parks Group Seeks To Block Mojave Mine Restart

By Crystal Owens

The National Parks Conservation Association is asking a California federal district court to block a Department of the Interior decision to renew gold mining within the Mojave National Preserve, arguing the department skirted environmental laws by reversing established policy that prioritized the desert ecosystem and Indigenous cultural area's protection.

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The Role Of Operational Data In Tech Platform Liability Suits

As litigation becomes a de facto substitute for the regulation of major technology platforms, with plaintiffs advancing claims under product liability, public nuisance and consumer protection laws, among others, courts are evaluating how platform systems operate in practice based on large-scale operational data, say attorneys at Brattle.

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Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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