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April 10, 2026
The Trump administration is urging a Massachusetts federal judge not to expand his order blocking the U.S. Department of Education's collection of detailed college admissions data for several states' public institutions to cover additional schools, including private colleges.
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April 10, 2026
Uber wants to be able to bring up a passenger's mental health history during a sexual assault trial to discredit her damages theory, saying the jury should be able to evaluate her alleged emotional distress in the context of her preexisting conditions.
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April 10, 2026
The Fourth Circuit has declined to reinstate a suit from a minor student against the assistant principal at his school and a school resource officer alleging they violated his constitutional rights by investigating whether he had nude photos of another student, finding that the evidence doesn't show that his confession was coerced or that the search of his phone was unreasonable.
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April 09, 2026
Counsel for 33 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday urged a Manhattan federal jury to show the world that even "a $36 billion behemoth" like Live Nation isn't above antitrust laws and find it liable for flagrantly monopolizing the U.S. live entertainment market, to the detriment of artists, venue operators and fans.
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April 09, 2026
An Irish entity of drugmaker Mallinckrodt waited too long to seek dismissal of a price-fixing lawsuit brought by states based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or proper service, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, finding that the company first raised that argument more than five years after the complaint was filed.
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April 09, 2026
The Chinese manufacturer of Geekvape is asking to limit discovery in a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for burns a man suffered when the battery for his vape exploded while in his pocket, arguing that what the plaintiff asked for was too broad.
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April 09, 2026
The plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing data brokers of violating a West Virginia state law barring the dissemination of public officials' addresses and phone numbers defended the law's constitutionality Wednesday, arguing to the Fourth Circuit that it regulates speech "integral" to criminal conduct and shouldn't be subjected to strict scrutiny.
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April 09, 2026
A split Fourth Circuit panel struck down an order barring West Virginia from applying a compulsory vaccination law to a student whose parents alleged the law violates her religious rights, ruling the law serves the state's interest in reducing the spread of infectious diseases.
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April 09, 2026
Joe Gibbs Racing LLC's efforts to subpoena cellphone providers for deleted text messages is a "desperate" ploy to dig up proof its trade secrets were stolen when there is no evidence to suggest that is the case, the NASCAR team's former competition director said.
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April 09, 2026
A former college football player is urging North Carolina justices to take up his appeal and rule that a lower court was wrong to hand a pretrial win to Gardner-Webb University, arguing a jury should decide if the school took reasonable care to protect him from "attempted murder."
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April 09, 2026
Auto services holding company Driven Brands is facing a proposed class action from a shareholder accusing it of misleading the public about the firm's internal controls over financial reporting, leading to a 30% single-day share price drop when investors learned that results of several quarters were inaccurately reported.
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April 09, 2026
Ecolab and its self-funded employee benefit plan have accused a North Carolina personal injury firm of withholding around $148,000 in settlement funds the food safety company says it's owed for covering a worker's medical bills after a car accident.
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April 09, 2026
North Carolina prison officials defended their bid for an immediate appeal of a ruling finding correctional officers may be entitled to pay for all time spent inside prison facilities, rejecting the guards' argument that the court's reliance on a "robust" factual record precludes such an appeal.
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April 09, 2026
Uber should not be allowed to introduce evidence that a rider in North Carolina saw attorney advertisements before she sued the ride-hailing giant claiming she was sexually harassed by her driver, the passenger said, arguing it has "no relevance to any issue" in her upcoming trial.
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April 09, 2026
A class and collective action accusing insurer Elevance Health of misclassifying its nurses as overtime-exempt has been transferred from North Carolina to Virginia federal court, where the company faces related claims.
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April 08, 2026
Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap star Drake, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case said rival company AEG Worldwide and a Hogan Lovells lawyer may face sanctions for revealing confidential information about a witness.
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April 08, 2026
The states suing generic-drug manufacturers in one of three sprawling antitrust cases want a Connecticut federal judge to pause all deadlines for three months so they can focus on settling with the remaining defendants, according to a joint filing.
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April 08, 2026
A split Fourth Circuit panel Wednesday revived a widow's suit alleging she was coerced into giving up her claims against the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, after her home was flooded with raw sewage, finding she had enough evidence to take the case to trial.
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April 08, 2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration scored a big win in its bid to permanently block a North Carolina vape distributor from importing and selling illicit flavored e-cigarettes from China, with a federal judge giving the government a default win.
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April 08, 2026
A group of service members urged a North Carolina federal court to keep in its sights claims that Citibank NA proffered misleading information about credit card account interest and fees, arguing a recent arbitration order erodes safeguards baked into the Military Lending Act.
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April 08, 2026
A North Carolina man who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter following a dispute with a friend on his property has asked the state's highest court to review his case, claiming that recently decided precedent about how to instruct juries in castle doctrine cases would have changed the outcome of his trial.
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April 08, 2026
JPMorgan Chase & Co. narrowed but couldn't escape a suit from workers who said their health plan paid too much for prescription drugs, Genworth Financial Inc. unwound a class at the Fourth Circuit, and the Sixth Circuit breathed new life into proposed class actions against FedEx and Kellogg. Here, Law360 looks at these and three other notable decisions from March in ERISA cases.
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April 08, 2026
Lawsuits across the country challenging the constitutionality of state and local cannabis licensure programs continue to move through the federal appellate courts, with judges reaching different conclusions on a topic with broad implications for marijuana regulation.
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April 08, 2026
Law firm Narron and Holdford PA isn't owed close to $130,000 in coverage for a forged cashier's check and wire transfer because the incident doesn't trigger coverage under the insurance policy it has with a pair of insurance companies, the insurers have told a North Carolina federal court.
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April 08, 2026
The American Bar Association and a chorus of state and local bar groups have come out against a proposed rule that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys, calling the proposal "unlawful and unconstitutional."