Meta Docs Reveal Plan To Discredit Teen-Harm Critic Haidt

By Dorothy Atkins

Meta internally set a goal to "get the academic community to disavow" and "turn against" professor Jonathan Haidt, who has linked social media use to mental health decline, as it in-house rebuffed internal efforts to study social media's impact on teen health, according to recently unredacted documents filed publicly Friday.

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Boeing Door Plug Plaintiffs Say No Doubts On Defect, Notice

By Mike Curley

Passengers who were aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 when its door plug blew out are asking a Washington state court to grant summary judgment on the issues of product defect and The Boeing Co.'s notice of foreseeable risk, saying Boeing's own admissions remove any dispute about those issues.

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Conn. Residents Settle PFAS Suit Against Kimberly-Clark

By Mike Curley

A group of New Milford, Connecticut, residents has reached a settlement in their suit alleging that Kimberly-Clark Corp. contaminated their soil and water with forever chemicals.

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Feds Say 75% Of Camp Lejeune Claims Lack Support

By Emily Field

The federal government on Friday asked the North Carolina federal court overseeing the litigation over toxic water on the Camp Lejeune military base to require claimants to submit backup for their claims, saying more than three-quarters have failed to submit sufficient documentation for their claims in the past four years.

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Mars Released From Peanut Butter M&M's Allergy Lawsuit

By Aaron Keller

Mars Inc. will no longer face a Connecticut state court lawsuit by a woman who said M&M's Minis caused her to suffer an allergic reaction, as she agreed to end litigation that survived a motion to strike after she admitted consuming the "peanut butter" version of the product.

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GM Knew Of Brake Defect Before Sales, Drivers Say

By Susan Smiley

Drivers alleging General Motors failed to warn them that the brakes in their cars could suddenly fail told a Michigan federal judge Monday the automaker can't dodge their proposed class action by artificially splitting the complaint's individual allegations. 

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Pomerantz Attys Accused Of Overbilling For Hawaii Utility Suit

By Gautama Mehta

A California federal judge approved a $47.7 million settlement between Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. and its investors, but reduced the attorney fees by nearly $5 million, saying the investors' counsel had "wildly overinflated" their hours billed on the case.

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Brief

Justices Won't Nix Stay In La. Coastal Damages Suit

By Craig Clough

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Louisiana's emergency request to erase a Fifth Circuit stay that prevented one of its parishes from litigating coastal damage claims against an oil and gas company in state court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week approved a $250 million settlement of litigation over Microsoft Corp.'s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., while Albertsons Cos. Inc. accused Kroger Co. of rejecting changes that could have saved their $24.6 billion merger, and the Delaware Supreme Court ordered Verisk Analytics Inc. to keep pursuing a $2.35 billion acquisition.

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Tort Liability When AI Goes Rogue: Negligence Theory

If reasonable care in the use of artificial intelligence agents cannot eliminate the risk of third-party harm, then AI companies and users of AI agents must consider whether negligence theory provides an adequate framework for assessing harm caused by agents that go rogue, says Donald Hawthorne at Carter Ledyard.

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2nd Circ. EFAA Ruling Shifts Employer Litigation Strategy

In Diaz-Roa v. Hermes Law, the Second Circuit recently held that, under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, employers can't carve out nonharassment claims and send them to arbitration, which has implications for discovery, litigation costs and resolution strategy in EFAA-covered disputes, say attorneys at Krevolin Horst.

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Weil PE Pro Declines Executive Partner Seat Amid Turmoil

By Marialuisa Taddia

Ramona Y. Nee has decided not to become executive partner at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, days after merger talks with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ended and amid departures on both sides of the Atlantic, sources close to the firm told Law360 Monday.

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Analysis

Whistleblower 'Gold Rush' Might Strain DOJ, Experts Warn

By Phillip Bantz

A new federal program offering cash for tips that result in criminal fraud charges is poised to set off a whistleblower "gold rush" that could uncover more fraudsters, but might also invite a high number of low-quality claims that burden businesses and strain limited U.S. Department of Justice resources, experts say.

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Morgan & Morgan Can't Pursue Ad Ban Suit, Fla. Bar Says

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Bar has pushed back against Morgan & Morgan PA's lawsuit alleging that a rule banning the use of a celebrity's voice or image in lawyer advertising violates the First Amendment, arguing that the personal injury giant lacks standing to bring the case.

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Burns & Levinson Malpractice Claims Revived On Appeal

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' intermediate-level appeals court Monday reinstated legal malpractice claims brought by a youth soccer league against defunct Boston law firm Burns & Levinson LLP alleging a firm partner failed to provide a heads-up about a federal visa fraud investigation.

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Feature

Dugout Divided: Foley & Lardner Clients Clash In World Series

By Chris Villani

The World Series matchup between Foley & Lardner LLP clients, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays, has pitted partners against one another as the firm enjoys a good-natured intrasquad rivalry during the Fall Classic.

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Former Willkie Partner, Wife Owe $14.5M Tax Debt, Gov't Says

By Zak Kostro

A former Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner and his wife owe the U.S. more than $14.5 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that seeks to enforce federal tax liens against their New York home to settle the debt.

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Trump Plans To Nominate SC Governor's Counsel To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump plans to nominate William Grayson Lambert, chief legal counsel for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, for a judgeship on the District of South Carolina.

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Scholar Warns AI Pitfalls Can Go Beyond Hallucinations

By Andrea Keckley

The number of court cases around the world involving AI-generated errors fell in both the second and third quarters of 2026, according to new research by a legal scholar who recently warned that the risks of using artificial intelligence in litigation now go beyond so-called hallucinations.

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Maurene Comey Illegally Fired, Entitled To Pay, Judge Holds

By Pete Brush

Former New York federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawfully fired by President Donald Trump's administration, a federal judge in Manhattan held Monday, granting back pay and potentially legal fees to the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey.

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