Tesla Driver 'Overrode' Autopilot In Fatal Crash, NTSB Says

By Y. Peter Kang

The Tesla Model 3 driver who plowed into a Texas family's home, killing a 76-year-old grandmother, fully pressed down on the accelerator, which "overrode" the electric vehicle's so-called Autopilot feature, the National Transportation Safety Board has found.

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Judge Says OMB Can't Change Grant Terms After Award

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge said Friday the Trump administration cannot rely on a shift in policy to retroactively change the terms of already awarded grants in order to justify canceling them.

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Rakoff Tells Investors Big Banks Were Tricolor Fraud Victims

By Sydney Price

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff has entered an opinion explaining why he tossed an investor suit last month accusing JPMorgan, Barclays and Fifth Third of facilitating a fraudulent scheme by bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings, saying the suit does not establish the banks' motivations.

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Analysis

Top Transportation Rulings: Midyear 2026 Report

By Linda Chiem

U.S. Supreme Court rulings determining that freight brokers can face state-based negligence lawsuits and that last-mile drivers can also be exempt from arbitration are among the biggest court decisions of the first half of 2026 affecting the transportation industry. Here, Law360 highlights a few of the biggest transportation-related rulings of 2026 so far.

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Flyers Seek Class Cert. In JetBlue-American Pact Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Consumers accusing American Airlines and JetBlue of entering into a pact to allegedly increase fares and reduce flight choices have asked a New York federal judge to certify their narrowed class definition.

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Contractor Says USPS Shorted Her $1.8M For Backlog Runs

By Zach Dupont

The United States Postal Service conducted a "bait and switch" on one of its contractors by refusing to pay her nearly $1.8 million in fees after the contractor's crew logged more than 400,000 miles delivering packages for USPS during a backlog, according to a complaint filed in Colorado federal court.

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Mich. Auto Supplier Says Defective Coating Parts Cost It $4.2M

By Susan Smiley

Constellium Automotive USA, a Michigan-based Tier 1 automotive supplier, on Friday formally denied the allegations in a countersuit brought by its own supplier, Aalberts Surface Technologies, and asserted Aalberts caused over $4.2 million in damages by delivering defective engine carriers for a BMW program.

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Rivian Hit With Chancery Derivative Suit Over EV Demand

By Jarek Rutz

A Rivian Automotive Inc. stockholder has filed a derivative lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing the electric-vehicle maker's current and former directors and officers of misleading investors about customer demand, production growth and the company's path to profitability, allegedly exposing Rivian to significant legal costs and potential liability.

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UPS Pushes Back On Drivers' Sick Leave Class Bid

By MJ Koo

UPS has urged a Colorado federal court to deny class certification in a sick leave suit brought by a package driver, arguing the claims turn on too many individual questions to proceed as a class action and that the court should first resolve the company's pending motion for summary judgment.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Slaughter And May

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Uber Technologies Inc. buys food delivery company Delivery Hero SE, engineering group ABB Ltd. acquires flow technology company Rotork PLC, and Eli Lilly and Co. buys drug developer AtaiBeckley Inc.

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Reexams Reach Record High As PTAB Reviews Hit Low

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's second quarter saw the agency receiving more requests for ex parte reexamination and fewer petitions for America Invents Act reviews than any quarter before, according to a new Unified Patents report.

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Analysis

The Biggest Trade Secret Rulings Of 2026: A Midyear Report

By Ivan Moreno

The Federal Circuit issued two of the year's most consequential trade secret rulings within days of each other, wiping out Insulet's victory in a wearable insulin patch pump case while reopening a software company's path to potentially larger damages in a dispute with Ford Motor Co. Here, Law360 highlights the biggest trade secret decisions so far this year.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Snapchat and Dolby press on with a fresh infringement claim in their ongoing patent battle, The Telegraph face an intellectual property claim by a photo archive, a group of international human rights barristers and chambers sued, and oil business Equinor embroiled in a contract dispute with BP after recently acquiring full ownership in their offshore project. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Judge Denies Bid To Fast-Track Alaska Refuge Road Ruling

By Crystal Owens

An Alaskan district judge is asking the federal government, the state of Alaska and an Indigenous corporation to provide an anticipated construction timeline for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

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How Competitive Is Your Compensation? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Trump Admin Wants Susman Godfrey DQ In ABA's EO Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Over a year into a suit by the American Bar Association challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, the Trump administration is looking to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, alleging the firm can't act as counsel in a case where it's also a key witness.

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Simpson Thacher Points To Audit Issues In Malpractice Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A corporate founder seeking more than $100 million in a malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP endured a withering cross-examination in Florida state court Monday over his companies' money flows and an auditor's refusal to certify their financial statements two years after the fundraising transaction he believes the firm botched.

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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Denied Delay In Romance Dispute

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office, grappling with the aftermath of a romantic relationship between one of the firm's former partners and a then-bankruptcy judge, will not be able to delay pretrial proceedings to continue negotiating a possible settlement, a judge ruled Monday.

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AGs Say DOJ Suit Would 'Upend' Atty Discipline System

By Phillip Bantz

Attorneys general in 20 states have raised alarms over the U.S. Department of Justice's "unprecedented effort" to halt a disciplinary case in D.C. against former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Clark, warning the Trump administration is trying to "upend a centuries-old system of attorney discipline" and put federal government lawyers beyond the reach of local disciplinary authorities.

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Tennessee Lawyer Disbarred For Doxxing Judge, Hiding Client

By Rachel Rippetoe

The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Monday upheld a decision to permanently disbar a family law attorney for harassing a juvenile court judge online and illegally hiding a client and their child from police officers in her home.

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Trump Demands Review Of Judges' Science Manual

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has escalated a recent controversy over a scientific manual for federal judges that has been around for over three decades. 

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Another NYC Public Defense Union Sets Strike Deadline

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union became the latest New York City-area legal aid union to set a strike deadline this week, announcing Monday that its over 230 members will walk off the job if they don't reach a deal with their managers by Friday at 8 a.m.

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Atty Says Firm Used Info From Merger Talks Against Him

By Christine DeRosa

A Florida-based attorney and accountant has accused DeWitt LLP of retaliating against him after he declined to merge his estate practice with the firm by representing a woman he sued for defamation in a separate case after he had shared confidential information with DeWitt.

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NYC Judiciary Advisory Committee Executive Steps Down

By Andrea Keckley

The executive director of New York City's Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary has resigned, a City Hall spokesperson confirmed Monday, as the committee's near-total vacancy continues.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving intellectual property, corporate control, fiduciary duties, artificial intelligence, trust administration and cryptocurrency litigation.

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