A western Massachusetts real estate developer has asked a Connecticut appeals court to toss Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $25 million asbestos cancer verdict in his favor, saying the company has yet to file an opening brief despite receiving five deadline extensions.
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J&J's Delays Should End $25M Asbestos Appeal, Builder Says

By George Woolston

A western Massachusetts real estate developer has asked a Connecticut appeals court to toss Johnson & Johnson's appeal of a $25 million asbestos cancer verdict in his favor, saying the company has yet to file an opening brief despite receiving five deadline extensions.

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Philly Judge Says Keller Postman Slowing Zantac Litigation

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania state court judge has said Keller Postman LLC's "crusade" to remove him from presiding over several matters has ground to a halt the Zantac cancer mass tort in Philadelphia, leaving the plaintiffs' cases to "languish."

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Ford Can't Ditch Bulk Of F-150 Oil Guzzling Defect Suit

By Mike Curley

A Michigan federal judge won't let Ford Motor Co. escape a proposed class action alleging its F-150 vehicles shipped with an engine defect causing excessive oil consumption, finding there is enough evidence to show that Ford was aware of the defect and failed to disclose it to buyers.

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DRUGS & DEVICES

Mo. Panel Says Exclusion Bars Mallinckrodt Opioid Coverage

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Missouri appellate court upheld a win for a group of insurers on their arguments that a "your products" policy exclusion applied to bar coverage of alleged damages from drugmaker Mallinckrodt's unbranded marketing of opioid products.

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Feature

CGL Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

By Jennifer Mandato

Heading into the back half of 2026, insurance attorneys can expect federal and state courts to interpret how general liability policy language applies to some of the industry's biggest emerging risks. Law360 Insurance Authority breaks down three CGL-related cases.

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FOOD & BEVERAGE

Target Sold Baby Formula That Caused Botulism, Parents Say

By Rachel Riley

Two parents claim their baby came down with infant botulism after drinking tainted whole milk powdered formula sold by Target and formula-maker Nara Organics, which later recalled the product amid an outbreak that sickened at least three other children, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Washington federal court.

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CONSUMER GOODS

US Seeks Mandatory Recall Of Immersion Water Heaters

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. government is leaning on a rarely used provision of consumer protection law as it urges a Washington, D.C., federal court to block the importation and sale of Lakkzoom immersion water heaters, which have allegedly sparked hundreds of fires in consumer homes.

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Suit Over Kitten's Container Death Proceeds Sans Fraud Claims

By Jonathan Capriel

A Pennsylvania federal court has trimmed a pet owner's proposed class action against Iris USA Inc., the maker of an airtight pet food container that allegedly trapped and suffocated the woman's three-pound kitten, allowing most of the suit to remain intact.

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TRANSPORTATION

Swiss Airline Hid Plane's Risks, Families Of Crash Victims Say

By Rachel Konieczny

The families of six passengers killed in a July 2024 plane crash in Wyoming alleged that the single-engine aircraft's manufacturer and related companies masked the plane's hazardous aerodynamic characteristics to obtain Federal Aviation Administration certification, according to a lawsuit in Colorado state court.

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AUTOMOTIVE

Red States Back DOT In DC Circ. Immigrant Driver Rule Fight

By Linda Chiem

Florida and 22 other GOP-leaning states have urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold the U.S. Department of Transportation's new restrictions on commercial drivers' licenses for foreign truckers, saying motorists and highways must be protected from threats posed by large commercial vehicles driven by unqualified truckers.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Before law school, I spent seven years trying to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles, and nearly everything I learned about preparation, humility, confidence and more has followed me into my legal practice, says Jessica Caterina at Moses & Singer.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Warned Co. About Deal Terms, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising vehicle alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. told a Florida jury Thursday that he flagged deal terms that later became detrimental to the insurance services company.

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ABA Rips DOJ's 'Absurd' Firm Subpoenas In Documents Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association has blasted as "absurd" the government's move to subpoena law firms as an attempt to avoid a documents request from the organization amid allegations the Trump administration worked to intimidate law firms into conforming with his policy goals through executive orders last year.

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Judge's Deportation Probe 'Off The Rails,' DOJ Tells DC Circ.

By Britain Eakin

The Trump administration urged the full D.C. Circuit to either order U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to terminate his criminal contempt inquiry into the administration's Alien Enemies Act removals last year, or order him to forgo live testimony in the probe.

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Jack Smith's Lawyers Say Criminal Referral Twists Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

Former special counsel Jack Smith's legal team has said the criminal referral a U.S. Congress member sent the Department of Justice to investigate Smith is based on a "spurious claim."

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500-Member NYC Public Defender Union Ends Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The first and so far only New York City public defender union to go on strike this year announced on Wednesday that its approximately 500 members are returning to work after reaching a tentative agreement with their managers.

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Patent Atty Sues USPTO Over 'Flawed' Disciplinary Procedure

By Hailey Konnath

An Ohio patent lawyer Thursday accused the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of using an unlawful "pay for play" system for its disciplinary proceedings against attorneys, claiming the disciplinary proceedings are "inherently biased" and rigged against him and others facing discipline.

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Senate Confirms 2 Judges, Advances Ohio And Colo. Picks

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday voted 48-47 to confirm Judge Daniel Traynor of the District of North Dakota to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and 49-44 to confirm Antonio M. Pozos, a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, as a judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baron & Herskowitz

BatesCarey

Blank Rome

Bowman & Brooke

Brennan Manna

Brown & James

Brown Rudnick

Burns Charest

Chimicles Schwartz

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Conrad & Scherer

Covington & Burling

Dean Omar

Dowd Bennett

Early Lucarelli

Faegre Drinker

Handley Farah

Holwell Shuster

Honigman LLP

Husch Blackwell

Katzman Lampert

Keller Postman

Kelley Drye

Klein Thomas

Marshall Dennehey

Matthew G. Miller PC

Mayer Brown

McCabe & Ali

Moses & Singer

Orrick Herrington

Pacifica Law Group

Reed Smith

Riezman Berger

Sandberg Phoenix

Sauder Schelkopf

Shook Hardy

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skarzynski Marick

Stearns Weaver

Stoll PLLC

Susman Godfrey

Troutman

Watters Wolf

Wiggin & Dana

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of Teachers

American Home Assurance Co.

American International Group Inc.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

Brooklyn Defender Services

ByHeart Inc.

Center for Family Representation Inc.

Electronic Arts Inc.

Ford Motor Co.

Instagram Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Johnson & Johnson

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Patriot National Inc.

Pilatus Aircraft Ltd.

Public Citizen Inc.

Publix Super Markets Inc.

Target Corp.

The Bronx Defenders

UBS Group AG

United Auto Workers

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Executive Office of the President

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Food and Drug Administration

New York Supreme Court, New York County

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio