Fannie, Freddie Investors' $612M Trial Win Affirmed

By Katryna Perera

The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed a $612 million jury verdict against the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, agreeing with a lower court's finding that the jury was provided with "ample evidence" reasonably leading to its conclusion that FHFA improperly amended stock purchase agreements related to the companies.

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Abbott Beats 'Supersized' Investor Suit Over Formula Recall

By Dorothy Atkins

An Illinois federal judge tossed a proposed securities class action accusing Abbott Laboratories of misleading shareholders about its safety practices ahead of the 2022 recall at its Sturgis, Michigan, infant formula plant, saying Friday that "despite its girth," the "supersized" complaint says "too much and too little," and still needs more information to be viable.

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Analysis

Top Product Liability Cases Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Emily Field

In one of the most-watched cases for product liability so far this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that failure-to-warn claims about the alleged cancer risks of Monsanto's widely used pesticide Roundup are barred by federal law. Social media titans were also rocked by the first verdicts delivered in cases alleging mental health harms to youth.

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Analysis

Data Privacy & AI Issues To Watch For The Rest Of 2026

By Allison Grande

Federal and state lawmakers are expected in the coming months to keep pressing efforts for companies to do more to keep children safe online and rein in potentially harmful uses of emerging artificial intelligence systems, while the California Legislature ponders a measure that's aimed at easing the explosion of wiretap litigation under a decades-old state law.

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'False Innuendo': Sanctioned Davis Wright Atty Rips Fee Bid

By Jeff Overley

A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."

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Cushman & Wakefield 401(k) Climate Risk Suit Shipped To Ill.

By Isaac Monterose

A proposed class action accusing commercial real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield of mismanaging its 401(k) plan by including a fund that ignores climate change-related financial risks has been transferred to Illinois federal court by a Washington federal judge, according to a recently filed order.

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Surgical Co. Trims Tobacco Fee Suit In Texas

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Texas federal judge pared some claims from a proposed class action alleging that a surgical company wrongly imposed a surcharge on the health plans of workers who used tobacco, while opening discovery on other allegations she found had stated a claim for violating federal benefits law.

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9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor Suit Against SunPower

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a proposed securities class action accusing solar power equipment company SunPower and some of its leaders of concealing a product defect, finding the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege the company had advance knowledge of the issue.

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Cogent Investors Say ISP Misled Them About Wavelength Biz

By Nadia Dreid

Cogent Communications has been hit with a stock drop suit accusing it of misleading investors about the viability of its wavelength business, which the company had billed as the solution to financial issues that arose after purchasing Sprint's wireline business for $1.

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Onsemi Beats Securities Suit Over Supply Deal Statements

By Sydney Price

Semiconductor manufacturing company Onsemi has beaten a shareholder's suit accusing it of misleading investors about the value of its long-term customer contracts, with an Arizona federal court ruling that the third version of the complaint suffers from the same pleading defects as its predecessors.

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Microsoft Seeks To Pause Or Exit Teams BIPA 'Voiceprint' Suit

By Rachel Riley

Microsoft urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to pause a proposed class action alleging its Teams software illegally intercepts meeting participants' "voiceprints" and force several of the Illinois residents to arbitrate their claims individually, or else dispose of the revised complaint entirely on the grounds that the plaintiffs still haven't detailed their interactions with the challenged feature.

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Paramount Promises Not To Close Merger During Challenge

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance Corp. took a fight over a preliminary injunction off the table Friday with a promise not to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. until June 2027 or when a California federal judge rules on the merits of challenges to the deal.

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Apple Beats Bid To Revive COVID App Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to revive an antitrust lawsuit that accuses Apple of unlawfully tying its iPhone to its App Store and monopolizing access to COVID-19 tracing apps, saying an app developer that sued the tech giant failed to plausibly allege relevant product markets for its claims.

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NCAA Urges Judge To Not Let Athletes 'Rewrite' NIL Deal

By Alex Lawson

The NCAA has opposed an effort to relax the oversight of college athletes' third-party branding deals, telling a California federal judge that the players are looking to "rewrite" a historic antitrust settlement. 

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Lowe's Halogen Work Lights Pose Severe Burn Risk, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Lowe's was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Friday alleging halogen stand work lights sold under the brand name Utilitech are falsely marketed as being safe to use while hiding the light's exterior surfaces can grow dangerously hot, posing severe burn risks to users.

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NCAA Says Colo. Athletes Agreed To 4-Year Eligibility

By Zach Dupont

The NCAA fired back on a dozen college athletes seeking a preliminary injunction to compete next season and class certification, arguing to a Colorado federal judge Thursday that the NCAA does not have to retroactively enforce its new five-season eligibility rule.

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Abbott Wins 7th Circ. Fight Over Baby Formula Warning

By Rae Ann Varona

The Seventh Circuit on Friday refused to revive a woman's claims that Abbott Laboratories failed to warn about the dangers of a Similac-brand infant formula her baby drank before dying of a serious gastrointestinal disease, saying she failed to show that her suggested alternative warning would have saved her baby.

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Pet Medical Co. Sheds Dog Arthritis Drug Suit For Good

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out for good a proposed nationwide class action alleging Zoetis Inc. hid the dangerous side effects of its canine osteoarthritis drug, finding the complaint failed to plead the plaintiffs relied on any misrepresentations to their dogs' detriment.

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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 financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Brief

Wellstar To Pay $4.25M To End Patient Data-Sharing Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Wellstar Health System Inc. will pay $4.25 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it used tracking and collection tools to share confidential health information with Meta Platforms and Google without patients' consent, according to a federal court filing.

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WhatsApp Privacy Fight Tossed, But Meta Loses Sanctions Bid

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has dismissed with leave to amend a putative class action alleging Meta Platforms Inc. employees access WhatsApp users' encrypted messages despite Meta's privacy promises, finding the WhatsApp users need to beef up their whistleblower allegations, while also denying Meta's request for sanctions.

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Illinois Judge Tosses Suit Aimed At High School Speed Zone

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge has tossed a Chicago driver's proposed class lawsuit challenging two speeding tickets she received in a high school safety zone, adding that one claim requires administrative adjudication before it returns to court.

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Traders Say Louis Dreyfus Can't Decert, Arbitrate Cotton Suit

By Bryan Koenig

Cotton futures traders want a New York federal judge to keep their certified class action moving toward trial, arguing that Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV has no basis to force some class members into arbitration or to disqualify the named plaintiff and undo certification.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings involving wage and hour allegations, medical care for incarcerated individuals, oil and gas royalty payments, and nuisance claims.

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Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

By Jared Foretek

Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.

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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight

By James Boyle

A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."

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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Geofence Clarity, Post-Hunter Scrutiny

By Orlando Lorenzo

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed geofence warrants as searches under the Fourth Amendment, and the justices’ ruling in Hunter spurs a conversation of what the bar should be for criminal appeal waivers. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Feature

The White Collar Boutique 'Renaissance' Is Here

By Phillip Bantz

Unprecedented political pressure on BigLaw, dwindling opportunities at elite firms, powerful legal tech tools and broad slowdowns in white collar enforcement are fueling a remarkable boom in boutique law firm growth, experts say.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

By Bonnie Eslinger

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

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Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

By Emily Sawicki

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI to avoid unethically inflated billing while encouraging attorneys to utilize the evolving technology.

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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