Meta Can't Block States' Damages Expert In Addiction Trial

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge has denied Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid to exclude testimony from a damages expert offered by a coalition of 29 states from an upcoming trial in a suit alleging Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive.

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Uber Decries Punitive-Damages Bid Ahead Of Sex Assault Trial

By Y. Peter Kang

Ahead of a third bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over alleged sexual assaults by Uber drivers, the company has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a bid for punitive damages, saying state law doesn't allow punitive damages for third-party criminal conduct.

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Int'l Standards Preserve QLED False Ad Suit Against Hisense

By Jonathan Capriel

Hisense USA Corp. can't pull the plug on a proposed class action accusing it of falsely advertising its high-definition televisions as having QLED technology, a California federal judge has ruled, saying the buyers have sufficiently pled their case by leaning on articles and international standards.

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Albertsons Data Suggests Opioids Went Missing, Expert Says

By Ben Adlin

Albertsons pharmacies in Washington state received considerably more opioid medications from distributors between 2009 and 2015 than the company reported dispensing — a sign of potential diversion, according to an expert witness who testified Monday at a bench trial in Washington's lawsuit accusing the chain of exacerbating the state's opioid crisis.

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Vanda's NDA Rejection Challenge Can't Be Heard At DC Court

By Gina Kim

A D.C. federal judge has said he no longer has jurisdiction to hear Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s challenge alleging the FDA violated the Appointments Clause by allowing a non-officer to exercise "signatory authority" and reject its new drug application for tradipitant, since Vanda went to the D.C. Circuit raising the same argument already.

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Tilray Beats Suit Over Hemp Product Protein Claim, For Now

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge dismissed, for now, a Tilray customer's proposed class action alleging she was misled about the protein content of the company's hemp powders on Amazon product listings, ruling Friday they complied with federal labeling requirements, since the listings feature complete nutrition facts panels and percent daily value.

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Comcast Faces ERISA Suit Over Employee Tobacco Surcharge

By Matthew Santoni

Comcast Corp. violated federal benefits law by charging employees who use tobacco an extra fee without spelling out alternatives like smoking-cessation programs and making full refunds available to workers who complete them, a worker says in a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Honda Driver Says Defective Camera Disables Safety Features

By Kia Fatahi

A Honda driver said multiple vehicle models have a defect in their windshield-mounted front-facing sensor camera, which causes safety and driver assistance features to malfunction simultaneously, telling a California federal court that drivers are left with clusters of warning messages and costly repairs.

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Boeing Sues To Stop Cameroon Airlines' 1995 Crash Claims

By Rachel Riley

Boeing launched a lawsuit in Washington federal court on Friday accusing now-defunct Cameroon Airlines of wrongfully demanding $179 million in damages for a deadly 737 crash in 1995, saying the airline's jet purchase deal bars such claims and the African country did not fault Boeing in the accident investigation.

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4th Circ. Overturns Class Cert. In Boeing Investor Case

By Katryna Perera

The Fourth Circuit on Monday reversed class certification granted in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet, finding that neither the plaintiffs nor the lower court met the standards for certification set in a 2013 Supreme Court ruling.

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CBD Co. Says Hemp Farm's Late Filing Warrants $1.7M Award

By Mike Curley

A CBD oil company is seeking a default judgment and a $1.7 million award against a hemp farm that accused it of breaching their contract, while the farm is asking the Washington federal court to forgive its late filing in the $14.7 million case.

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Exxon Climate Suit Fate May Hinge On Preemption Precedent

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut state judge on Monday seemed inclined to wait for upcoming U.S. Supreme Court preemption guidance before ruling on the state's attempt to nix one of Exxon Mobil's defenses in an environmental marketing lawsuit, though both sides drew some skepticism during oral argument Monday.

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How Competitive Is Your Compensation? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Trump Admin Wants Susman Godfrey DQ In ABA's EO Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Over a year into a suit by the American Bar Association challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, the Trump administration is looking to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, alleging the firm can't act as counsel in a case where it's also a key witness.

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Simpson Thacher Points To Audit Issues In Malpractice Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A corporate founder seeking more than $100 million in a malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP endured a withering cross-examination in Florida state court Monday over his companies' money flows and an auditor's refusal to certify their financial statements two years after the fundraising transaction he believes the firm botched.

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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Denied Delay In Romance Dispute

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office, grappling with the aftermath of a romantic relationship between one of the firm's former partners and a then-bankruptcy judge, will not be able to delay pretrial proceedings to continue negotiating a possible settlement, a judge ruled Monday.

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AGs Say DOJ Suit Would 'Upend' Atty Discipline System

By Phillip Bantz

Attorneys general in 20 states have raised alarms over the U.S. Department of Justice's "unprecedented effort" to halt a disciplinary case in D.C. against former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Clark, warning the Trump administration is trying to "upend a centuries-old system of attorney discipline" and put federal government lawyers beyond the reach of local disciplinary authorities.

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Tennessee Lawyer Disbarred For Doxxing Judge, Hiding Client

By Rachel Rippetoe

The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Monday upheld a decision to permanently disbar a family law attorney for harassing a juvenile court judge online and illegally hiding a client and their child from police officers in her home.

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Trump Demands Review Of Judges' Science Manual

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has escalated a recent controversy over a scientific manual for federal judges that has been around for over three decades. 

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Another NYC Public Defense Union Sets Strike Deadline

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union became the latest New York City-area legal aid union to set a strike deadline this week, announcing Monday that its over 230 members will walk off the job if they don't reach a deal with their managers by Friday at 8 a.m.

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Atty Says Firm Used Info From Merger Talks Against Him

By Christine DeRosa

A Florida-based attorney and accountant has accused DeWitt LLP of retaliating against him after he declined to merge his estate practice with the firm by representing a woman he sued for defamation in a separate case after he had shared confidential information with DeWitt.

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NYC Judiciary Advisory Committee Executive Steps Down

By Andrea Keckley

The executive director of New York City's Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary has resigned, a City Hall spokesperson confirmed Monday, as the committee's near-total vacancy continues.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving intellectual property, corporate control, fiduciary duties, artificial intelligence, trust administration and cryptocurrency litigation.

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