Bath Product Maker Vi-Jon Hits Ch. 11 With $25M Talc Deal

By Vince Sullivan

Private-label dry bath product maker Vi-Jon LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware with a proposed plan to channel talc injury claims into a trust to be funded by $25 million of cash and the contribution of certain insurance rights.

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Tenn. Official Tells Meta Jury Teen Sadness Rates Rising

By Cara Salvatore

The executive director of Tennessee's Commission on Children and Youth testified Monday in the state's mental health trial against Meta that the percentage of high school students in the state who report feeling sad or hopeless has been trending upward in the last decade.

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Pfizer COVID Vaccine Suit Needs 3-Judge Court, Panel Finds

By Mike Curley

The D.C. Circuit has revived a couple's suit against Pfizer Inc., federal officials and a pediatrician's office alleging their child died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, saying federal law required a three-judge court to decide motions to dismiss, not the single judge who tossed the case.

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Albertsons Says Wash. Slow To Warn Of Bad Drug Prescribers

By Ben Adlin

Washington regulators didn't notify pharmacies or patients about doctors' potentially improper opioid prescribing until months after receiving complaints, Albertsons' counsel told a Seattle judge Monday, as the bench trial over Washington's claims the pharmacy chain helped fuel the state's overdose crisis entered its fourth week.

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Legal Questions Michigan Is Still Facing In 2026

By Melanie Dorsey and Susan Smiley

Michigan's legal sector can expect answers on several burning legal questions in the remainder of 2026, with major litigation over the Flint water crisis nearing an end, and the state's enforcement push against prediction market purveyors just getting started. Some of the biggest questions, however, will be answered not in court, but at the ballot box, where Michigan Supreme Court justices are up for election and a potential constitutional convention will be put to voters.

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Pa. Judge Says Vape Cos. Must Rebut Courts Backing Bans

By Jonathan Capriel

Vape companies challenging a Pennsylvania law that would make it illegal to sell most e-cigarettes are going to have to address rulings by the Fourth and Eighth Circuits, which largely upheld nearly identical state bans in North Carolina and Iowa, according to a federal judge.

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Fla. Stalking Victim Sues Apple Over AirTags

By Emily Field

A Florida stalking victim hit Apple Inc. with a suit in federal court over its AirTag products, which the tech giant has promoted as "stalker-proof," alleging her former abusive partner used the devices to track her and their young daughter, whom her ex took at one point in violation of a custody order.

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Nvidia Brass Face Suit Over AI Training Using Pirated Works

By Katryna Perera

Nvidia's leadership faces a shareholder suit in Illinois federal court alleging they oversaw the development and training of the company's artificial intelligence models using pirated works, including copyrighted books, videos and human speech recordings.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving merger litigation, insider trading allegations, books and records demands, advancement proceedings, fiduciary duties, public benefit corporations and more.

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Shipbuilder Ditches Pa. Suit Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit alleging South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. designed and built a "fatally flawed" container ship that subsequently slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. 

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Boeing, UN Worker's Family Set For 3rd Ethiopian Air Trial

By Lauraann Wood

Boeing is set to face its most evidence-packed trial yet as the family of a former United Nations executive prepares to ask a third Illinois federal jury for damages for a 737 Max 8 jet that crashed within minutes of takeoff.

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Boeing Mechanic Says Chemicals At Plants Gave Him Cancer

By Jonathan Capriel

A mechanic claims his decades of employment at Boeing's Seattle-area manufacturing facilities caused him to develop cancer due to toxic chemical exposures, according to a lawsuit removed by the company to federal court.

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Hemp Cos. Seek To Block New Virginia THC Cap

By Sam Reisman

A group of Virginia hemp businesses have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state's new THC potency caps, which were enacted as part of the budget bill paving the way for a regulated marijuana industry and are due to take effect later this month.

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5th Circ. Blocks Challenge To Gun Prohibition Signage Rules

By Mike Curley

The Fifth Circuit has thrown out a suit from a Unitarian church and a coffee shop challenging Texas law that requires specific signage to bar licensed gun owners from bringing their firearms inside, saying they've failed to show any injury, or how the court could redress an injury.

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Calif. Recycle Label Order Imperils Product Responsibility Law

A California federal court's injunction blocking enforcement of the state's truth-in-recycling law gives companies racing to remove chasing arrows and other recyclability labels from their packaging a reprieve — and the court's action may also hobble implementation of the state's extended producer responsibility law, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

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House-Passed KIDS Act Spurs Child Data Practices Audit

Graham Dean, Brian Roper-Nelson and Will Quick at Brooks Pierce discuss the noteworthy sections of the U.S. House of Representatives' recently passed Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, the potential revisions as the law moves through the U.S. Senate and the significant business changes that the House law would require.

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DOJ Renews Bid To Oust Susman From ABA Trump EO Case

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Department of Justice renewed its call for a D.C. federal judge to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's law firm executive orders, saying Susman Godfrey's attorneys could potentially have to serve as fact witnesses in the case.

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Jackson Walker, Trustee Agree On $15M Romance Settlement

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP has agreed to pay $15 million and reform its conflicts and disclosure practices to resolve claims brought by the regional U.S. trustee regarding bankruptcy fees approved by a bankruptcy judge who was at the time concealing a relationship with a Jackson Walker partner.

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ABA To Assess Aggressive BigLaw Campus Recruitment

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday approved a resolution sponsored by law students seeking reprieve from increasingly early BigLaw recruitment drives and clarified rules regarding client confidentiality and prosecutorial responsibility, some of the first votes taken on day one of its annual meeting.

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Simpson Thacher's PIPE Work Was 'Dogged,' Jury Told

By Jake Maher

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP did all it could to help Patriot National Inc. and the company's owner and warn them about risks as they pursued a financing deal, a former capital markets attorney told a Florida state jury Monday in the insurance services company's malpractice case against the firm.

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Analysis

How State SG Offices Became A Judicial Pipeline

By Cara Bayles

The rapid growth of Missouri's solicitor general's office illustrates the import of top state appellate roles, which offer young lawyers a chance to gain courtroom experience they might never acquire in BigLaw. The gig is also, for young conservatives especially, one of the fastest paths to the federal bench.

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Blanche's Nix Of Trump's $1.8B Fund Wins Over GOP Sens.

By Asha Glover

Two holdout GOP senators said Monday that they would support confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the permanent role after he gave assurances that President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, created as part of a settlement with the IRS, would not move forward.

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Conn. Justices Order Education For Atty Who Missed AI Flubs

By Christine DeRosa

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ordered a GLG Law LLC attorney to complete continuing education after finding that seven errors in filings caused by ChatGPT stemmed from negligence in the use of new technology, not from an intentional attempt to deceive or mislead the court.

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Brief

Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud

By Ivan Moreno

A California federal judge has denied a healthcare software company's attempt to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP from representing Commure Inc. in a trade secret lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove that information it disclosed during a prospective client consultation was materially harmful enough to warrant disqualification.

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Disputes Continue, 1 Week Into NY Public Defender Strikes

By Andrea Keckley

Two unions representing hundreds of New York public defenders remain on strike Monday, with managers from the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem requesting third-party mediation during their most recent negotiations on Sunday.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of July

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Goldman Sachs, Coinbase and Sanofi. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from July.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

A group of state enforcers challenged Paramount's planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, as a separate group of states and DirecTV accused Nexstar of violating an order preventing it from integrating with Tegna and the Federal Trade Commission faced a bench trial seeking to block a constructive adhesive deal.

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