Boeing Must Face Trimmed 737 Max Securities Fraud Suit

By Linda Chiem

An Illinois federal judge said equity funds alleging Boeing defrauded investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws can pursue claims related to certain statements made after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, but not claims tied to a separate door-plug blowout in 2024.

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Texas Judge Dismisses Southwest Holiday Outage Claims

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge dismissed claims brought by Southwest Airlines investors that the airline caused a disastrous 2022 holiday travel season with outdated technology and a unique flight route structure, but left room for the investors to refile.

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Twitter Investors Win Class Cert. In Elon Musk Fraud Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

Investors in X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, have been granted class certification in litigation alleging tech billionaire Elon Musk secretly amassed a significant stake in the company while its stock traded at artificially depressed prices.

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SpaceX Confidentially Files Plans For Blockbuster IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Elon Musk's SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a blockbuster initial public offering that could value the private space exploration company at up to $1.75 trillion, setting up the highly anticipated IPO to be one of the largest ever.

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Ex-Chick-Fil-A Workers Say Taco Eatery Owes Them Jobs

By Matthew Santoni

Three former Chick-fil-A employees at Philadelphia International Airport say in a proposed class action in Pennsylvania state court that the airport's food services operator and the restaurant that replaced theirs failed to follow a local ordinance requiring that they be offered employment at the new establishment.

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VIN Etching Class Bid Fails For Now In Suit Against Dealer

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge has denied a car buyer's attempt to certify a class of more than 3,100 customers who were allegedly overcharged for a theft-deterrent service known as VIN etching, but left open the possibility that he could partly change his mind.

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Defunct Pizza Shop Beats Driver's OT Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

A Connecticut federal judge has tossed a former pizza delivery driver's suit claiming he worked 100-hour workweeks without overtime, saying the worker didn't show that the now-defunct pizzeria he worked for was a covered enterprise under federal law or that he regularly made interstate deliveries.

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Texas Panel Agrees Atty Misused Client List, Cuts $6M Award

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas appeals panel upheld a jury's finding that a Houston attorney misappropriated another Houston lawyer's client materials, but reduced a $6 million judgment by more than $4.7 million and ordered the lower court to determine how to deal with the remaining award, if any.

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7th Circ. Says Ill. BIPA Amendment Applies Retroactively

By Hailey Konnath

The Seventh Circuit held Wednesday that a liability-limiting amendment to Illinois' biometric privacy law applies to every lawsuit pending at the time the amendment took effect, ruling that the amendment is only a procedural change to the law and, therefore, must be applied retroactively.

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DHL Axed Worker Over Sickle Cell Disease, EEOC Says

By Patrick Hoff

DHL violated federal disability bias law by firing an employee who asked for a work assignment that wouldn't exacerbate her sickle cell disease, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Georgia federal court.

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Harvard Researcher Can Get Docs On Prosecution Motives

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national charged with smuggling frog embryo specimens can see emails and other documents regarding the government's decision to prosecute her, citing evidence the case was "vindictive."

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US Shipowner Says Boat Was Sunk As Part Of Iran-China Scheme

By Jack McLoone

The Texas owner of a shipping company accused the government of Iran and Chinese state-owned entities of running a conspiracy to control commercial shipping in the Red Sea, saying Houthi rebels sank his vessel as part of the scheme.

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Travelers Unit Hit With Bad Faith Suit Over $241M Jury Verdict

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Travelers unit recklessly disregarded its insured's interests in litigation that resulted in a $241 million verdict in favor of the family of a man who died while transporting dry ice for a Prairie Farms subsidiary, according to a complaint filed in Illinois federal court.

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Offit Kurman Adds 5 Attys From Now-Shuttered Taylor Duma

By Christine DeRosa

Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law announced Wednesday it has expanded its presence in Atlanta with the addition of five Taylor Duma LLP attorneys following the firm's closure Tuesday.

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Proactive Risk Allocation Reduces Infrastructure Disputes

Recent wrangling between federal and state officials over the Gateway Program illustrates how quickly funding and project governance disputes can disrupt significant public infrastructure initiatives — and highlights that the way risks are contractually allocated can determine whether disagreements are resolved efficiently or lead to costly delays, says Thibaut Giret at Alstef Group.

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Pa. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

The first quarter of 2026 brought several consequential developments for Pennsylvania financial institutions, including the state banking department's first assessment overhaul in 10 years, a bill prohibiting interchange fees on card transaction sales taxes and a federal appeals court's upholding of a $52 million enforcement action, say attorneys at Gross McGinley.

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ABA Suit Over Trump's Crackdown On Firms Moves Forward

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge has ruled the American Bar Association may pursue a challenge to the Trump administration's series of executive orders targeting law firms, finding the organization plausibly alleged the orders posed a "realistic threat" to its members.

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Khalil Seeks Bove's 3rd Circ. Recusal Over Ex-DOJ Roles

By Lauren Berg

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation, asked a Third Circuit judge, U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, to recuse himself from en banc review of a decision allowing for Khalil's detention, saying Wednesday the judge was likely involved in decisions related to the case while at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Arbitration Association Must Face Suit Over Consumer Monopoly

By Caroline Simson

An Arizona federal judge ruled Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association must face a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the suit provided sufficient allegations to "plausibly infer" that the institution engages in anticompetitive conduct.

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Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Sidley Austin LLP defeated a suit from a family of business magnates who said they were duped into a tax sheltering scheme by an ex-attorney, after a Georgia federal judge ruled the family should have suspected they were in legal trouble long before they filed their suit.

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Why Trump's Pursuit Of NY AG Is More Than Just 'Awkward'

By Phillip Bantz

Through its relentless pursuit of criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump administration has further opened itself up to allegations of vindictive and selective prosecution — with potentially far-reaching implications for a grand jury system that has traditionally given the government the benefit of the doubt, experts say.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: April's Most Notable Oral Arguments

By Jeff Overley

April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.

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Judiciary Seeks More Security Funding Amid Threat Surge

By Courtney Bublé

Court security is a top concern for the federal judiciary in its recently released budget request for fiscal 2027.

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Trump Announces Texas, Ohio, Florida Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced four judicial nominees for Texas, Ohio and Florida. 

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of March

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the third month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at the NAACP, Walmart and Marriott Vacations. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.

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Hub Hires: Reed Smith, Manatt, MoFo, Foley Hoag

By Chris Villani

March provided some madness in the Boston legal scene. Reed Smith launched its first-ever office in the Hub, Manatt hired a former Microsoft executive and Federal Trade Commission member, and Foley Hoag snagged a longtime K&L Gates insurance attorney.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department allowed Live Nation to keep Ticketmaster while state attorneys general continue to sue, a $14 billion Boston Scientific deal drew Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, state enforcers challenged Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, and a threatened FTC challenge forced the abandonment of a laser eye surgery deal.

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