State AGs, Albertsons Chain Reach $773M Opioid Deal

By Emily Field

Albertsons Cos. Inc. and the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Illinois and Oregon on Tuesday said that the pharmacy and grocery chain had agreed to a $773 million settlement in principle to end claims brought by states, local governments and Native American tribes over its role in the opioid crisis.

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Buyers Seek Final Approval Of $4.85M Bayer Benzene Deal

By Mike Curley

A class of consumers is asking a New Jersey federal court to give final approval of a $4.85 million settlement to resolve claims that Bayer US LLC's antifungal products were contaminated with benzene.

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Meta, Others Can't Look At Internal Data To Probe Jury Pool

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Tuesday granted an uncontested bid by school district plaintiffs to bar Meta and other social media companies from using nonpublic information — including their internal data — to investigate potential jurors for an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the alleged harms of social media addiction.

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3M's Disputed Role In Factory Explosion Heard By Texas Jury

By José Luis Martínez

Businesses affected by a 2020 industrial explosion told a Houston jury Tuesday that 3M's gas detection servicing work failed to ensure alarms were operative prior to the fatal disaster, as opposed to claims by the company that fault falls on the facility's "culture of carelessness."

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Judge Keeps Avène 'Preservative-Free' Labeling Lawsuit Alive

By Jonathan Capriel

The makers of the Avène skin care brand can't end a proposed class action accusing them of adding citric acid to products advertised as being free of preservatives, a California federal judge has ruled, saying whether the acid is considered a preservative is a question to be addressed later in the litigation.

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Vanderbilt's Jones Day Hire Delayed Over Evidence Additions

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge allowed creditors of bankrupt talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals to supplement the record with additional evidence related to the debtor's proposed hire of the Jones Day firm as its legal counsel Tuesday after they raised issues about statements made at a hearing last week.

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2 Bills To Shield Kids From Online Harms Clear Senate Panel

By Allison Grande

A pair of bipartisan legislative proposals to boost online safeguards for children sailed through a key U.S. Senate committee Tuesday, including a measure that would require social media platforms to display clear mental health warning labels each time a user accesses the service.

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NAACP Sues Musk's XAI Over Data Center Pollution In Miss.

By Hailey Konnath

The NAACP sued Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, Tuesday in Mississippi federal court over a Memphis, Tennessee-area gas power plant powering its data center, claiming it failed to secure permits for the plant, which emits "dangerous pollutants" affecting communities with "significant Black populations."

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Keurig Accused Of Falsely Labeling K-Cups Recyclable

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. is facing a proposed class action alleging it violated New York consumer protection statutes by deceptively labeling its popular K-Cup pods as recyclable.

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American Flag Seller Settles FTC's False 'Made In USA' Claims

By Lauren Berg

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it has reached settlements with three businesses, including a company that sells American flags and other patriotic products, over claims that they falsely advertised and labeled products as "Made in the USA."

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Sig Sauer Hits Conn. Atty With Unfair Trade Practices Claims

By Aaron Keller

Sig Sauer Inc. has added counterclaims of unfair trade practices and commercial disparagement to an ongoing multidocket battle with a Connecticut attorney whose clients say they were injured by the weapons manufacturer's allegedly defective P320 pistols, just days after losing a motion to dismiss the lawyer's lawsuit.

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Pa. Man Blames Faulty Harbor Freight Saw Guard For Injuries

By Jonathan Capriel

Harbor Freight Tools sold an allegedly defective miter saw with a plastic blade guard that shattered, allowing the exposed blade to slice a Pennsylvania man's forearm, inflicting severe and permanent injuries, according to a lawsuit filed in state court.

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Berkshire Hathaway Unit Gets Some Claims Limited In RV Suit

By Mike Curley

A Montana federal judge agreed to limit the scope of some class claims in a suit against a Berkshire Hathaway-owned RV maker, finding some claims are subject to the statute of limitations, while others can be tolled by the discovery rule.

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Parts Co.'s Suit Says Chrysler Drivers Can't Link It To Fraud

By Taylor Bowie

The manufacturer of seat height adjusters in Chrysler and Dodge vehicles has said it never directly sold defective products to Texas drivers bringing fraud claims in a federal proposed class action alleging the producer concealed a defect alongside the carmaker.

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Tesla Drivers Urge 9th Circ. To Preserve False Ad Class

By Linda Chiem

California drivers have told the Ninth Circuit that they've offered sufficient evidence of Tesla's pervasive and misleading advertising to forge ahead with their certified class claims alleging Tesla deceived consumers into believing that its cars could fully drive themselves.

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Vehicle Co. Inks $150K Deal To End Tobacco Fee Suit

By Grace Elletson

International Motors LLC, formerly Navistar, has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a suit claiming the company illegally charged workers an extra $600 a year if they used tobacco without giving them a proper avenue to dodge the fee, according to an Illinois federal court filing.

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7 Mistakes To Avoid When Using Trial Graphics

With several federal district judges recently expressing frustration with the overuse of PowerPoint slides in trial presentations, now is a good time for lawyers to assess when and how they use visuals to make sure their messages are communicated as effectively as possible, say Mark Rosman at Proskauer and Dan Bender at Digital Evidence Group.

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Sotomayor Apologizes For 'Hurtful' Comments About Kavanaugh

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly apologized Wednesday for comments she made at a University of Kansas appearance earlier this month criticizing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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Consumer Cases Drive Class Action Spike, Report Says

By Y. Peter Kang

Federal class action filings spiked in 2025 after nearly a decade of relative stability, fueled by a surge in consumer protection lawsuits tied to data breaches, digital commerce and online accessibility claims, according to a new report from Lex Machina.

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Hogan, Cadwalader Partners Vote To Forge Ahead With Merger

By Marialuisa Taddia

Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader said Wednesday that their partners have voted in favor of their merger ahead of the scheduled launch of the combined law firm on July 1.

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Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit

By Vince Sullivan

A Chapter 7 malpractice suit brought by the trustee of fintech company GloriFi asserting $1.7 billion in damages from a failed initial public offering mostly survived a motion to dismiss late Tuesday, with a Texas bankruptcy judge saying the trustee sufficiently pled breach claims against law firm Winston & Strawn.

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Trump's 8th Circ. Pick Pressed On Leonard Leo Ties

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee for the Eighth Circuit, who represented Trump in the two cases brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, came under scrutiny Wednesday for his affiliation with groups linked to longtime Federalist Society executive and Republican fundraiser Leonard Leo.

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Jones Day DQ'd From Vanderbilt Case Over Pre-Ch. 11 Work

By Vince Sullivan

A New York bankruptcy judge disqualified law firm Jones Day from representing talc producer Vanderbilt Minerals in its Chapter 11 case Wednesday, saying the firm's prior work for the larger Vanderbilt corporate family raises questions about its disinterestedness.

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John Eastman Disbarred Over Bid To Overturn 2020 Election

By Rae Ann Varona

California's highest court on Wednesday ordered the disbarment of California attorney John Charles Eastman, who a state bar court found had helped plan and promote President Donald Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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ICE Arrest Memo Switch Looks 'Specious,' Judge Says

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday revived an effort by civil rights groups to block immigration courthouse arrests, citing what he called an apparently deceptive Trump administration move to disclaim its earlier litigation position.

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Historical Groups Fight To Save White House Records

By Jared Foretek

Historians are asking a D.C. federal judge for an injunction that would force the Trump White House to preserve official records after administration attorneys declared the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.

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Trump Defends DOJ Investigation Of 'Incompetent' Fed Chair

By Jon Hill

President Donald Trump expressed support Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice continuing to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's headquarters renovation, saying the government must "find out what happened" with the project's $2.5 billion price tag.

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DOJ Atty Slapped With $250 Sanction For Missed Deadlines

By Tom Lotshaw

A California federal judge hit a U.S. Department of Justice attorney with a $250 sanction for repeatedly missing deadlines in a noncitizen's habeas corpus case, rejecting his assertions that his need to juggle tasks under a 300-plus caseload should excuse him.

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Former Judge To Head New NJ Attorney Readmission Board

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Supreme Court announced this week the lineup of a new committee that will consider disbarred attorneys' applications for readmission, with a former state court judge of over 20 years at the head of the board.

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