2 Firms To Lead Roblox Age-Verification Investor Action

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge has appointed Johnson Van Kwawegen LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer PA as co-lead counsel of a consolidated proposed class action filed by investors who allege they lost $48 million to a stock drop driven by Roblox Corp.'s age verification system.

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Roundup MDL Atty Fund 'Cries Out' For Review, 9th Circ. Told

By Dorothy Atkins

Plaintiffs' firms urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a ruling Thursday requiring them to contribute 8% of their recovery fees to a common benefit fund in multidistrict litigation over Monsanto's Roundup weed killer, arguing the judge ignored a special master's recommendation and the issue "cries out for some appellate supervision."

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Conn., Cook County, Ill., Defend AR-15 Bans At Supreme Court

By Mike Curley

Officials in Cook County, Illinois, and Connecticut are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold laws banning semiautomatic AR-15-style rifles, arguing that their laws are consistent with historical analogs restricting "unusually dangerous" weapons.

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Del. AG Alleges Glock Fuels Illegal Machine Gun Violence

By Jarek Rutz

State Attorney General Kathleen Jennings sued Glock Inc. and its Austrian affiliate in the Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday, alleging the gunmaker knowingly sells pistols that can be converted into illegal machine guns with inexpensive devices, fueling gun violence across the state.

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Takeaways From Meta's $25B Data Privacy Trial Loss

By Cara Salvatore

As Meta Platforms Inc. digests Wednesday's $25 billion trial bill for repeatedly misrepresenting its privacy practices to New Mexicans, observers say there are lessons to take away — beyond the fact that it's believed to be the largest commercial verdict in nominal dollars in U.S. history.

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'Grave Errors': 5th Circ. Boots Judge After AI 'Botch Job'

By Jeff Overley

A Mississippi federal judge's careless use of artificial intelligence tools led to "sloppy edicts" riddled with "falsehoods and fabrications," the Fifth Circuit held in a Thursday night opinion removing the judge from litigation over an anti-DEI law in the Magnolia State because of his "extraordinarily grave errors."

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Starbucks Seeks To Exit Supply Chain Forced Labor Suit

By Rachel Riley

Starbucks has called on a Washington federal judge to throw out a proposed class action accusing the java giant of relying on Brazilian coffee farms that forced workers to endure inhumane conditions, arguing Wednesday that the plaintiffs haven't shown the plantations that employed them supplied its beans.  

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Nestle's Solgar Has Dangerous Vitamin B6 Levels, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Nestle was hit with a proposed false advertising class action Wednesday in New Jersey federal court alleging its Solgar VM-75 supplements contain dangerous levels of vitamin B6, which can heighten the risk of developing peripheral neuropathy or worsen the condition.

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Transpo Tracker: CH Robinson Verdict, Tesla Class Action

By Linda Chiem

In our latest Law360 Transportation Tracker, a Dallas County judge confirmed a blockbuster $604 million verdict against freight broker C.H. Robinson, while the Ninth Circuit dismantled a certified class action accusing Tesla of misleading consumers about its cars' self-driving capabilities.

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8th Circ. Told EPA Misread Aquifer Rule For SD Uranium Mine

By Gautama Mehta

Opponents of a proposed uranium mine in South Dakota told the Eighth Circuit that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not deserve judicial deference regarding its reasons for exempting an aquifer from Safe Drinking Water Act protections.

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DLA Piper Hires Shook Hardy Product Liability Partner

By Jack Rodgers

DLA Piper has hired a former Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP product liability partner in San Francisco who has decades of experience defending companies in high-stakes disputes involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

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AG Watch: Minnesota Takes Action To Secure Child Safety

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has built one of the most aggressive and structurally coherent child protection enforcement programs in the country, targeting consumer-facing sectors that his office has concluded prey on minors, such as tobacco and nicotine, social media platforms, and artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Being In The Peace Corps Made Me A Better Lawyer

When I served in the Peace Corps, the people of the West African village where I was stationed helped me acclimate to my new surroundings and enabled me to develop problem-solving, teamwork and empathy skills that have bolstered my legal practice far beyond the ability to offer technical advice, says Brian Bewley at McGuireWoods.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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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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