Analysis

Why Big Tech Gets Advisory Juries In 'Socially Explosive' Suits

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge's recent use of advisory juries for high-profile tech disputes — including Elon Musk's OpenAI for-profit conversion challenge and states' social-media addiction fight with Meta — is an uncommon practice that's intended as a "reality check" for judges deciding "socially explosive" disputes, according to legal experts.

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J&J 's 'Pure' Baby Powder Ads Were Pure Lies, Jury Told

By Craig Clough

A University of Toronto marketing professor on Friday told a Los Angeles jury considering bellwether claims that Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused deadly ovarian cancer in three women that the company advertised its talc as "pure" and safe even though its leaders fretted for decades that it could pose health risks.

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9th Circ. Judges Skeptical Of Roblox Arbitration Timing

By Emily Field

An email that Roblox Corp. sent to opposing counsel asking for an account username and saying that it was seeking to compel arbitration after it lost a bid to dismiss a parent's suit could be "damning" for the popular gaming company, a Ninth Circuit judge suggested on Friday.

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$7.25B Roundup Deal Had 'Lack Of Adversity,' Objectors Say

By Rae Ann Varona

Thirteen individuals who say they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Roundup for years objected to a $7.25 billion settlement over the herbicide, telling a Missouri federal court Friday that the underlying class action was launched not to litigate active claims but to "launder a liability-management scheme through the courts."

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Opioid Plaintiffs Want Sanctions Over McKinsey Deletions

By Mike Curley

A group of plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation against McKinsey & Co. is urging a California federal court to sanction the company for deleting communications with Purdue Pharma and other opioid-makers, saying the court should enter a default judgment against the consulting firm.

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PFAS Judge Wary Of Bid To Sanction Town For 'About-Face'

By Aaron Keller

A Montana federal judge on Friday seemed slightly reluctant to sanction Connecticut municipalities for moving firefighter turnout gear PFAS claims to his jurisdiction after roughly two years of litigation on the East Coast, suggesting the process of shipping purchaser claims across the nation is typical when complex cases arise.

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Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

By Rachel Rippetoe

This past year, 10 lawyers across the country at plaintiffs' firms big and small helped secure millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for their clients, going up against powerful defendants like Google, Monsanto and the Trump administration, earning the attorneys recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2026.

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Kratom Buyers' RICO Claims Tossed In Addiction Suit

By Sam Reisman

A California federal judge has dismissed racketeering claims brought against a kratom supplements company accused of hiding the addictive nature of its products from consumers.

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Sig Sauer Recall Ends Buyer's Defect Claims, Pa. Judge Says

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action against gunmaker Sig Sauer claiming one of its optic sights lacked safeguards to keep kids from accessing the battery, ruling that while the buyer got less than what he paid for, the issue was remedied by a product recall.

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Gucci Settles Suit Over Counterfeit Perfume Sales

By Susan Smiley

Gucci America Inc. agreed to a confidential settlement contract with two companies it accused of trademark infringement, and on Friday, a Michigan federal judge issued a stipulated order granting a permanent injunction prohibiting the defendants from future infractions.

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Boeing Says Board Didn't Neglect Safety Before Door Blowout

By Jarek Rutz

Counsel for The Boeing Co. urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Friday to dismiss a stockholder derivative suit accusing its leadership of ignoring years of safety and manufacturing red flags, arguing the company's board had overhauled its oversight systems after the fatal 737 Max crashes and monitored risks leading up to an Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout.

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Brief

Queso Fresco Maker Admits To Selling Contaminated Cheese

By George Woolston

A New Jersey cheese manufacturer admitted to selling listeria-tainted queso fresco linked to a 2021 outbreak that resulted in at least 13 hospitalizations and one death across four states, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer of the District of New Jersey announced.

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What's In The House Surface Transportation Funding Bill?

By Linda Chiem

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced a $580 billion five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill on Friday to fund roads, bridges, transit and rail improvement projects, and highway and motor carrier safety programs, and establish the first-ever federal regulatory framework for autonomous commercial vehicles.

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States Tell Justices Colo. Climate Suit Threatens Sovereignty

By Elaine Briseño

Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania and 23 other states urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that allowed local communities to pursue climate change damages under state law, arguing it jeopardizes states' constitutional right to govern themselves.

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Fox Rothschild Attys Shot Outside NC Courthouse After Hearing

By Hayley Fowler

Two Fox Rothschild LLP attorneys were shot Friday outside a courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, according to police reports and a firm spokesperson.

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Survey Finds Legal Malpractice Claim Frequency Grew In 2025

By Andrea Keckley

Insurers reported an increase in the frequency of legal malpractice claims for the first time in several years amid concerns over issues like the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence, according to this year's legal professional liability insurance survey by EPIC Law Firm Group.

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Prosecutors Seek $1.98M Forfeiture In Goldstein Case

By Jared Foretek

Federal prosecutors are seeking a nearly $2 million forfeiture judgment against convicted SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein and asking a Maryland federal judge to turn the Supreme Court lawyer's Northwest D.C. home over to the government to pay it.

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Discipline Upheld For Fed. Judge Who Had Sex In Chambers

By Madison Arnold

The federal judiciary signed off Friday on a private reprimand for a district judge within the Eleventh Circuit for misconduct that included having an extramarital affair with a law enforcement officer and sexual intercourse in their chambers within earshot of the judge's staff.

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Nelson Mullins Faces $2B Suits Over Alleged Conflicts

By Carolina Bolado

The former wives of two insurance mogul brothers have sued Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP for $2 billion, claiming a partner there set up the couples' estates while quietly conspiring with the brothers to shield marital assets from the wives in the event of divorce.

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Ala. Atty Suspended Over 'Atrocious' Bid To Cover Up AI Use

By Rae Ann Varona

A federal judge has suspended an attorney from practicing in the Northern District of Alabama after the attorney deleted his ChatGPT account in a bid to cover up his use of the chatbot to write an erroneous brief, saying the court never imagined having to deal with such "atrocious conduct."

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DOJ Hid Grand Jury Misconduct In ICE Case, Ill. Judge Says

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge said Thursday her trust in U.S. Department of Justice attorneys had been "broken" after reviewing unredacted grand jury transcripts in a criminal case against anti-ICE protesters that revealed prosecutorial misconduct, shortly after which Chicago's top federal prosecutor moved to dismiss the charges.

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'Can't Just Make Up Names And Sue,' 7th Circ. Judge Says

By Anne Cullen

A Seventh Circuit judge rebuked a lawyer Friday for naming a "made up" entity, rather than the correct institution, in a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit against the Wisconsin Court System and a former judge, demanding the error be corrected immediately.

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UC Berkeley Law Adopts Sweeping Restrictions On AI Use

By Lynn LaRowe

The University of California, Berkeley School of Law has adopted a sweeping new policy that restricts the use of artificial intelligence by students, saying the measure aims to ensure "our courses focus on requisite cognitive skills by default."

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Attys Hijacked 1,000 Storm Cases In 'Shakedown,' Suit Says

By Emily Sawicki

Two Louisiana law firms and a group of politically connected attorneys engaged in a "shakedown" to steal about 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, alleged a RICO suit filed Thursday in Houston federal court.

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Exclusive

Fed. Judiciary Urged To Drop Unified Atty Admission Effort

By Jack Karp

The federal judiciary should scrap any proposal to do away with state bar admission requirements for U.S. district courts and create a national district court bar, according to a recent report finding it would undercut those courts' control over bar membership and that it lacks the necessary support.

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Analysis

Some Attys Say Remote Hearing Expansion Comes At A Cost

By Julie Manganis

A push in Massachusetts to expand the number of proceedings held via videoconference is raising concerns among some attorneys, who question if the time savings of remote hearings is outweighed by the hidden costs of lawyers and judges staring into a screen.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Morrison Foerster LLP, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Dechert LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury cleared OpenAI and executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of allegations that they breached the nonprofit's charitable trust by converting to a for-profit.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Napster sued by a music royalties company, White & Case LLP and Laytons LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer, a short-term lender pursue legal action against law firm Rainer Hughes and its former founding partner following his strike-off for money laundering offenses, and the administrators of London Bridging sue the founder of collapsed Market Financial Solutions. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

The role of artificial intelligence in law weaves in and out of this week's stories, with the most recent compelling action coming from California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued an executive order to mobilize state agencies as AI layoffs begin to hit thousands of workers in his state.

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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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