Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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Fla. Panel Affirms $103M Award Over Ford Mustang Explosion

By David Minsky

A Florida appellate court on Friday upheld a $103 million award against Ford Motor Co. in a lawsuit alleging responsibility for a Mustang explosion that severely injured its driver, saying the automaker couldn't sufficiently explain why the case should not have gone to a jury. 

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Delta Strikes Deal To End Pension Miscalculation Fight

By Grace Elletson

Delta Air Lines Inc. has agreed to settle a proposed 3,000-member class action alleging that the business shorted married retirees on their lump sum retirement benefits by miscalculating the payouts, according to a Nevada federal court filing.

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Toyota Dealer Says Body Shop's Bogus Claims Cost It $2M

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts Toyota dealership claims in a lawsuit filed in state court on Friday that it was forced to pay back more than $2.1 million in fraudulent claims made under a program for vehicles with a paint defect, as a result of collusion between two employees and an auto body shop it had long worked with.

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AV Operator Says Mapping Co. Didn't Pay For Meetings, Travel

By MJ Koo

A former autonomous vehicle operator has sued a New Jersey mapping and technology company in federal court, alleging the company failed to pay workers for mandatory post-shift meetings, excluded the first hour of workday travel from compensation and delayed overtime premium payments.

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Goodyear Denied Breaks, OT Pay, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

A Goodyear worker hit the tire-maker with a proposed class action in Washington state court, alleging it denied employees required meal and rest breaks, failed to pay for off-the-clock work and used time-rounding practices that left workers underpaid.

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Ala. Localities Can't Tax Only Railroads, 11th Circ. Says

By Jaqueline McCool

A federal court correctly ruled that Alabama localities could not impose sales taxes on rail carriers' diesel fuel purchases, because a corresponding state-level tax was found to be discriminatory and the authority to tax at the local level is granted by the state, the Eleventh Circuit said Friday.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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11th Circ. Revives TVA Claims In Alabama Boat Collision Suit

By Mike Curley

An Eleventh Circuit panel has reinstated claims from fishermen against the Tennessee Valley Authority alleging the TVA negligently failed to mark or remove a duck blind they collided with in their boat, finding that the agency is not immune under its governing statute.

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Uniroyal Legacy Unit Files Ch. 11 To Handle Asbestos Claims

By Vince Sullivan

A legacy unit of defunct tire maker Uniroyal filed for Chapter 11 protection on Friday in New Jersey to address 35,000 asbestos injury claims and hand over administration of ongoing retiree benefit programs.

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Oil Cos. Say Estate Can't Expand Heat Wave Death Theory

By Rachel Riley

Exxon, Chevron and other oil conglomerates have accused a Washington woman suing over a 2021 heat wave death of seeking to retroactively push the boundaries of the legal theory she's posited to the court, while she fired back on Friday that the petroleum companies continue to mischaracterize her claims.

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What NYC Bridge Crash Signals About Micromobility Liability

A recent fatal crash between a cyclist and a man riding a high-powered electric scooter on New York City's Queensboro Bridge highlights how litigation over accidents involving micromobility devices may increasingly shift away from ordinary negligence and toward product liability, says Jeff Korek at Gersowitz Libo.

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State Of Insurance: Q2 Notes From Illinois

The second quarter of 2026 featured a trio of auto insurance opinions from Illinois' appellate courts, addressing a notice requirement, narrowing insurers' exposure for delayed payment of underinsured motorist claims, and creating a district split on coverage for employee-drivers under employers' policies, says Matthew Fortin at BatesCarey.

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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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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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