FDA Changes Mind, Will Review Moderna MRNA Flu Vaccine

By Emily Field

Moderna on Wednesday said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has decided to review its application for its influenza vaccine, a week after the agency refused to consider the application for the new experimental vaccine.

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Zuckerberg Testifies That Social Media Doesn't Harm Teens

By Craig Clough

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Wednesday in a landmark California bellwether trial on claims his company and Google's YouTube harm children's mental health, saying the current scientific literature shows no causal link between social media and teens' mental health.

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Social Media Cos. Can't Nix Experts In Schools' Health Trial

By Bonnie Eslinger

The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation claiming social media harms kids' mental health denied bids by Meta, TikTok, Google and SnapChat to block six experts' testimony on the alleged disruption and costs to school districts from a June bellwether trial over a Kentucky school district's claims.

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Halfday's 'Gut Healthy' Teas Aren't That Gut Healthy, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Halfday was hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court on Tuesday, alleging it deceptively advertises its iced teas as having "prebiotic benefits" despite the fact that they only contain six grams of soluble fiber, which is unlikely to have any meaningful effect on consumers' gut health.

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Talc Lawsuits Force Mining Co. Into Ch. 11 With Sale Plan

By Emily Lever

Vanderbilt Minerals, which mines and processes clay and other materials, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing an increase in lawsuits over alleged cancer-causing asbestos in its products.

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Talc Claimants Tell 2nd Circ. Revlon Must Allow Late Claims

By Rick Archer

A group of talc liability claimants on Wednesday asked the Second Circuit to find reorganized cosmetics company Revlon has to pay out for their injury claims despite those claims being filed past the deadline in the company's Chapter 11 case.

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Nicotine Pouch Co. Says FDA Unfairly Applies Tobacco Regs

By Mike Curley

A nicotine oral pouch maker is suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in D.C. federal court, saying the agency is arbitrarily requiring it to perform the same health studies for premarket authorization as tobacco products, despite acknowledging that its products have fewer health risks than cigarettes or other tobacco products.

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GM Sued Over Alleged Defect In Brake System

By Emily Field

GM on Wednesday was hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court alleging that for years the automaker has failed to warn that the brake system in certain models can fail suddenly, making it almost impossible for drivers to depress the brake pedal in emergencies.

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Blue Shield Of Calif. Says 'Ghost Network' Action Falls Flat

By Jonathan Capriel

Trouble finding a mental health care therapist is unfortunate but not something that an entire class action can be based on, argued Blue Shield of California, urging a federal judge to dismiss a suit accusing the company of maintaining a "ghost network" directory of providers who don't exist or don't accept new patients.

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DTE Energy Hit With $100M Fine In Clean Air Act Action

By Jonathan Capriel

Energy company DTE Energy Co. and its subsidiaries were hit with a $100 million civil penalty and ordered to fund a $20 million air quality program after a Michigan federal judge found they violated the Clean Air Act by illegally modifying a steel-manufacturing-related facility, resulting in higher levels of pollution.

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Canada's Olympic Body Joins NHL, CHL Antitrust Defense

By Elaine Briseño

Canadian hockey officials asked the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior players who sued the National Hockey League and its pipeline organizations over alleged antitrust violations, arguing certain rules actually benefit the community and foster competition.

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Clarifying A Persistent Misconception About Settlement Talks

An Indiana federal court’s recent Cloudbusters v. Tinsley ruling underscores the often-misunderstood principle that Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence does not bar parties from referencing prior settlement communications in their pleadings — a critical distinction when such demands further a fraudulent or bad faith scheme, say attorneys at Hanson Bridgett.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes

Early-career attorneys may struggle to introduce clients to practitioners in other specialties, but cross-selling becomes easier once they know why it’s vital to their first years of practice, which mistakes to avoid and how to anticipate clients' needs, say attorneys at Moses & Singer.

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Will Jurors Penalize AI? Study Examines Trade Secrets Impact

By Ivan Moreno

A forthcoming academic study suggests juries may treat AI-enabled actions more harshly than human conduct in trade secrets disputes, resulting in what the authors call an “AI penalty.” Attorneys say reality is more complicated.

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Jury To Get Goldstein Case After Clashing Closing Statements

By Jared Foretek

The jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion trial will finally begin to deliberate on a 16-count verdict form, after federal prosecutors on Wednesday recounted lies they said he admitted to, and the defense slammed what it described as a shoddy investigation into the charges.

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DOJ Acknowledges Violations Of Court Orders For Immigrants

By Rae Ann Varona

A senior U.S. Department of Justice official acknowledged that the government has violated dozens of court orders involving immigrants since early last December, according to a New Jersey federal judge's order directing government officials to detail how the Trump administration will ensure compliance with orders in the judicial district.

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Trump Taps Atty In Carroll Case For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he's nominating for the Eighth Circuit a co-owner of James Otis Law Group, where the attorney has been part of the legal team representing Trump in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against the president.

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This Firm Nabbed The Top Spot In Patent Activity Rankings

By Theresa Schliep

The law firm that secured the most utility patents in 2025, with 5,242 patents, retained the lead from 2024, although it experienced a slight dip in activity, according to a new report from Harrity Patent Analytics.

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5th Circ. Sanctions Atty Over AI-Generated Errors In Brief

By Lauren Berg

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday sanctioned a Texas attorney for using generative artificial intelligence to draft a brief that was "riddled with fabricated quotations and assertions," while rebuking the attorney for not being more forthcoming about her use of the technology and her failure to check its accuracy.

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Indiana Firm Sues Quintairos Prieto Over 'Mass Exodus'

By Adrian Cruz

Indiana-based Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC has alleged a former employee helped conspire with her new employer Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA and two former shareholders to cause a "mass exodus" of attorneys that led to the eventual shutdown of one of the insurance firm's offices.

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Senators Push For Transparency In Litigation Funding

By Courtney Bublé

Lawmakers are trying again to rein in third-party litigation financing, a multibillion-dollar industry that critics argue allows foreign entities to assert control of the U.S. legal system.

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Amazon Says Atty Accused Of TM Scheme Used AI Citations

By Ben Adlin

Amazon has told a Seattle federal judge that California attorney Kathy Q. Hao relied on artificial intelligence-hallucinated case law in her effort to escape its lawsuit accusing her of participating in a fraudulent trademark scheme, urging the court to weigh sanctions against the lawyer over what the e-commerce and technology giant called "fabricated citations."

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Judges' Neutrality Must Extend Beyond Courtroom, ABA Says

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's ethics committee is guiding judges to maintain the same level of neutrality and impartiality in working with court staff that they exercise when presiding in the courtroom, according to its latest formal opinion on Wednesday.

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State High Court Chiefs To Review Law School Accreditation

By Ryan Boysen

State supreme court leaders said Wednesday they will conduct a thorough review of law school accreditation practices this year, a move that comes after state justices in Texas and Florida recently ended the American Bar Association's longstanding accreditation monopoly in those states.

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