Hagens Berman Denied Rehearing Bid In Sanctions Dispute

By Emma Cueto

The Third Circuit on Monday rejected plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's request to reconsider weighing in on the sanctions dispute in a since-dropped product liability case that resulted in the trial court judge referring the firm for possible criminal investigation.

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Experts Tossed In Heavy Metals Baby Foods MDL

By Emily Field

The California federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation alleging that heavy metals in baby food made by Gerber and others cause autism on Friday axed plaintiffs' experts, finding that their opinions were based on a hypothetical menu that could well have been "cherry-picked" by the families' attorneys. 

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Justices Reject Jurisdiction Row In PFAS Suit Against 3M

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision ruling that lawsuits against 3M Co. from state attorneys general over environmental contamination from forever chemicals belong in federal court.

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Meta Atty Gets Pushback From Therapist In Social Media Trial

By Craig Clough

A psychiatrist testifying as an expert for the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial over claims Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health on Monday pushed back on suggestions from Meta's attorney that the plaintiff's parents' purported abuse, neglect and abandonment are possibly responsible for her mental health struggles rather than social media addiction. 

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Amazon Can't Halt Supplement Labeling Suit Amid FDA Tweak

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge denied Amazon's bid to pause a proposed class action over claims of deceptive supplement labeling based on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's purported plan to revoke certain regulations, finding Friday the court or a jury can still address whether the e-commerce platform complied with existing requirements.

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Eggland's Best Must Face Suit Over 'Cage Free' Marketing

By Ganesh Setty

Eggland's Best must face a proposed class action from consumers alleging that the company deceptively markets its "cage free" eggs, an Illinois federal court ruled, finding the company has stated its hens enjoy more than just a cage-free environment.

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J&J Unit Wins Bid To Revive Talc Libel Suit With New Basis

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge has revived a bankrupt Johnson & Johnson talc subsidiary's trade libel claim over a 2020 scientific article linking asbestos in talc to mesothelioma, finding that new evidence and allegations concerning the authenticity of the author's data are enough to survive a motion to dismiss.

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Meta Loses Coverage For Social Media Addiction Suits

By Hope Patti

A group of insurers have no duty to defend Meta Platforms Inc. against thousands of lawsuits accusing the social media giant of designing its platforms to be addictive to adolescents, a Delaware state court ruled, finding that the underlying allegations describe deliberate acts rather than accidental conduct.

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Justices Pass On Challenge To $600M Norfolk Southern Deal

By Chart Riggall

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a push Monday to reconsider objections to a $600 million class settlement between Norfolk Southern Corp. and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment after the deal was upheld by the Sixth Circuit late last year.

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Ill. Judge Won't Apply Mass. Law To Ethiopian Air Case

By Lauraann Wood

A federal judge handling consolidated litigation over Ethiopian Air Flight ET 302's crash said he will apply Illinois rather than Massachusetts law to a case nearing trial, allowing the plaintiffs to seek more compensatory damages.

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Judge Delays Line 5 Pipeline Removal On Wis. Tribal Lands

By Crystal Owens

A Wisconsin federal judge paused a June 16 deadline requiring Enbridge Energy to shut down a portion of its Line 5 pipeline on Wisconsin tribal lands pending a Seventh Circuit decision, citing concern over energy prices, local economies and foreign relations with Canada.

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Widower Drops Suit Over Disney Restaurant Allergy Death

By Y. Peter Kang

A Florida lawsuit over a woman's food allergy death at a Walt Disney World restaurant has been voluntarily dismissed, likely ending a case in which Disney made an unusual attempt to send the case to arbitration pursuant to terms in its video streaming service.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from January and identifies practice tips from cases involving allegations of violations of consumer fraud regulations, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employment law and breach of contract statutes.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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DOJ Nixes Plan To Drop Law Firm EO Appeals In About-Face

By Emma Cueto

A day after informing the D.C. Circuit that it would no longer seek to defend the executive orders issued by President Donald Trump against four law firms, the U.S. Department of Justice reversed course Tuesday, requesting permission to withdraw its motion to voluntarily dismiss the appeals.

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Goldman's Departing CLO, Gates Asked To Testify On Epstein

By Lauren Berg

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday asked outgoing Goldman Sachs Chief Legal Officer Kathryn Ruemmler, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon Black and others to testify about their connections to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Early Publicity Could Poison DOJ's Criminal Cases, Attys Say

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has shrugged off long-standing prosecutorial policies against publicizing criminal probes in their early stages and disparaging the targets, an "unusual" and "troubling" development that threatens the integrity of investigations, grand jury proceedings and the right to a fair trial, experts tell Law360.

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Skadden Hit With Sanctions Over 'Vexatious' Gaming Suit

By Ivan Moreno

A Manhattan federal judge has sanctioned Papaya Gaming and its attorneys from Skadden for what the court said was a "blatant" attempt to relitigate claims in Virginia that had already been dismissed in a false advertising dispute in New York with Skillz Platform, one of its competitors.

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NY Judicial Watchdog Says Complaints Break Record Again

By Andrea Keckley

New York's judicial watchdog has reported a record number of new complaints filed against judges for the fourth year in a row in 2025.

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Day Pitney Faces DQ Bid Over Ex-Justice's Role In $1.3M Case

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP should be sidelined from a $1.3 million private equity management company's windup lawsuit because former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a partner at the firm, heard the case before it was earmarked for a new trial, three company owners have argued.

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New Whistleblower Program Adds 'Bit More Stick,' DOJ Says

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division's new whistleblower rewards program partnership with the U.S. Postal Service doesn't displace the leniency program by which companies disclose potential price-fixing and other antitrust violations, a DOJ official said Tuesday in Washington, D.C., but it is an important complement.

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DOJ Turns To 2nd Circ. In Bid To Revive James Subpoenas

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Department of Justice is urging the Second Circuit to revive an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James launched by a federal prosecutor later found to have been serving unlawfully, arguing the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York had been rightfully appointed when he launched the probe.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice got its antitrust case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster teed up for trial, as a court continues mulling the department's settlement last year in a case challenging a deal by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and lawmakers call for scrutiny of Paramount Skydance's blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Meta Atty's Slip Reveals Social Media Trial Plaintiff's Identity

By Craig Clough

An attorney for Meta Platforms on Tuesday revealed the highly guarded full name of the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether trial accusing its Instagram platform and Google's YouTube of harming children's mental health, prompting the Los Angeles judge overseeing the case to strike it from the record and ordered everyone in the courtroom not to reveal it.

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