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June 26, 2026
A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.
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June 26, 2026
A Florida federal judge declined a request to lift a freeze on two siblings' assets after the Federal Trade Commission accused them of orchestrating a $91 million fraudulent health benefits scheme, ruling they need to find other ways to pay their attorneys.
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June 26, 2026
An imprisoned foreign currency trader urged an Eleventh Circuit panel Friday to undo a $62 million fraud-related judgment in the Commodities Futures Trading Commission's lawsuit accusing him of misappropriating investor cash, arguing the money was lent to him and he wasn't pooling funds.
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June 26, 2026
Roku Inc. has reached an agreement resolving Florida's lawsuit accusing the streaming platform of illegally collecting and selling children's personal data, with Roku agreeing to spend an estimated $25 million to enhance parental controls and child privacy protections.
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June 26, 2026
A California federal judge declared a mistrial Friday morning in the government's arson case against Palisades Fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht, a day after the deadlocked jury told the judge that divided jurors were "dead set, unwavering and unwilling" to change their opinions.
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June 25, 2026
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has objected to a special master's recommendation on the allocation of common benefit fees in the $6 billion settlement that ended multidistrict litigation against 3M over allegedly faulty combat earplugs, saying the amount doesn't value the "length, extent and impact" of the firm's work.
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June 25, 2026
Federal jurors in Los Angeles were at a standstill Thursday on whether Florida resident Jonathan Rinderknecht is guilty of setting what would later become the deadly Palisades Fire in January 2025, clarifying they "cannot reach a unanimous verdict" when asked if the court could give them any assistance.
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June 25, 2026
Judges for the Eleventh Circuit probed attorneys for Coca-Cola and the government Thursday about whether the IRS was arbitrary in abandoning its position in a closing agreement the beverage company had relied on for decades to calculate its transfer prices with related foreign suppliers.
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June 25, 2026
A Florida appellate court affirmed a final judgment finding Walmart negligent for a service technician's shock-induced injury during the installation of an automatic door, ruling that an exception barred the retailer from asserting an independent contractor defense to avoid a duty owed to the worker.
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June 25, 2026
A company that specializes in call center sales is using wrong phone numbers to trick home security customers into switching providers, ADT Security Corp. says in a North Carolina federal lawsuit claiming the company has intentionally registered phone numbers one digit off from ADT's customer service line to engage in a predatory telemarketing scheme.
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June 25, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel appeared skeptical of a property insurer's argument that an exclusion for a failure to maintain an apartment complex freed it from defending the owner in a wrongful death suit stemming from arson.
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June 25, 2026
The attorney representing OpenAI Global LLC and its CEO in the lawsuit brought by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier earlier this month over artificial intelligence concerns has deep ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration.
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June 25, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday he will confirm Spanish-language radio station operator Spanish Broadcasting System's Chapter 11 plan once he gets the final draft of its plan documents, largely overruling an outstanding objection.
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June 25, 2026
An Illinois federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a $30 million deal Otter Tail has inked to resolve certain plaintiffs' claims in litigation alleging that two of its subsidiaries conspired with other polyvinyl chloride pipe producers to fix prices.
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June 25, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit has revived U.S. All Star Federation's lawsuit alleging a rival ripped off the competitive cheerleading organizational body's signature event's name, saying there were factual issues over the nature of the trademarks at issue.
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June 24, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed settled actions against sales agents connected to a real estate fraud scheme in Florida, alleging in court filings that they worked as unregistered dealer-brokers to raise $56 million from investors through the sales of promissory notes.
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June 24, 2026
The Council for American-Islamic Relations has told a federal court that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cannot use the deliberative process privilege to prevent disclosure of documents showing why the Muslim civil rights nonprofit was designated as a "terrorist organization."
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June 24, 2026
A Florida federal judge ruled against a homeowner who alleged a town wrongfully took a portion of his beachfront real estate for public access after finding it had long been used by the public, but said he's allowed to place signs warning against trespassing on the portion not in question.
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June 24, 2026
A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday affirmed the award of $389,362 in attorney fees for a firm that represented a homeowner in a Hurricane Irma coverage dispute, but found that a lower court unjustifiably multiplied the award to bring it up to roughly $1 million.
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June 24, 2026
Florida state enforcers are investigating CVS Corp. over concerns that its ownership of the pharmacy benefits manager Caremark allows it to steer patients to its own retail pharmacies while taking steps to hinder independent rivals.
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June 24, 2026
A Connecticut federal court tossed the claims against Pfizer Inc. in one of three cases by state enforcers accusing dozens of generic-drug makers of price-fixing, finding Pfizer was not responsible for the alleged price increases on several drugs.
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June 24, 2026
An insurance call-center operator and its president have reached an agreement in principle to settle a proposed collective action alleging the company misclassified sales representatives as independent contractors, paid them through Cash App and denied them overtime wages, according to a notice filed Wednesday in Florida federal court.
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June 24, 2026
Two brothers convicted in a $1.4 billion scheme to bill insurers inflated rates for drug tests told the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence to support their convictions and that they should have been allowed an evidentiary hearing after potential juror misconduct emerged following the trial.
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June 24, 2026
A Florida federal judge has paused a proposed broker fees antitrust class action that was filed against Douglas Elliman Inc. and HomeServices of America Inc. due to the pending final settlement approval for a separate but similar case.
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June 24, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit backed benefits administrator Sedgwick's win on Wednesday in a former worker's age bias suit alleging the company unfairly criticized her performance and fired her, ruling her case fell flat because she filed her presuit bias charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission too late.