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August 04, 2026
In a split vote, American Bar Association House of Delegates members on Tuesday elected to uphold a rule requiring law schools to demonstrate DEI standards, but then followed up with a vote allowing another path to removing the standards, in an effort to avoid the Trump administration's threat to strip the ABA of accreditation authority.
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August 03, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday that the U.S. government has jurisdiction to prosecute a Colombian cocaine trafficker whose semisubmersible was intercepted in international waters because the U.S. Constitution allows Congress to write laws "reasonably adapted" to a constitutionally permitted end, like ending drug trafficking on the high seas.
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August 03, 2026
An insurer said a sexual abuse exclusion bars coverage for its insured private security firm against an underlying lawsuit accusing the company of failing to adequately monitor a mall parking lot where two women say they were abducted and forced to drive to a nearby field, where they were raped.
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August 03, 2026
A former teacher has filed suit against a Georgia-based private special education school, its chief executive officer, its assistant director and two supervisors, alleging she was explicitly told her contract would not be renewed because she reported the supervisors for sexual harassment.
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August 03, 2026
Sweeping changes to the federal sentencing guidelines are slated to take effect in the fall, but some white collar criminal defense attorneys are successfully arguing in court that defendants can benefit now from potential sentence reductions under the upcoming revisions.
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August 03, 2026
Sandoz reached a settlement with a coalition of state enforcers on Monday, agreeing to pay $450 million to end claims against it in several cases targeting alleged price-fixing in the generic-drug industry.
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August 03, 2026
The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday approved a resolution sponsored by law students seeking reprieve from increasingly early BigLaw recruitment drives and clarified rules regarding client confidentiality and prosecutorial responsibility, some of the first votes taken on day one of its annual meeting.
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August 03, 2026
A Georgia federal judge agreed to stay a former Emory University program coordinator's suit alleging that a director position she was promised was eliminated and she was fired after she requested maternity leave, citing upcoming mediation.
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July 31, 2026
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 31, 2026
Questo Inc. was hit with a proposed negligence class action in Georgia federal court Thursday alleging the publishing company failed to adequately protect people's personal data, including Social Security numbers and credit card information, from an October cybersecurity breach and waited nine months to notify affected individuals.
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July 31, 2026
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney reactions to the Fed's decision to hold interest rates steady, the latest round of tariffs and San Francisco's attempt to reboot housing development.
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July 31, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday agreed with a nurse practitioner that a trial court erred in giving prosecutors more time in closing arguments at her $111 million Medicare fraud trial, but upheld her conviction and 20-year sentence after finding the evidence against her was "overwhelming."
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July 31, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel has reinstated claims from fishermen against the Tennessee Valley Authority alleging the TVA negligently failed to mark or remove a duck blind they collided with in their boat, finding that the agency is not immune under its governing statute.
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July 31, 2026
The $5.5 billion global deal over talc ovarian cancer allows women to move past recent court setbacks requiring them to provide experts who can show a causal link between their disease and use of talc, and for defendant J&J to close a decade of litigation that included judicially criticized gambits to spin off liability through bankruptcy maneuvers.
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July 31, 2026
President Donald Trump will ask the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a Florida federal judge's order blocking a settlement deal that would have given him and others broad protection from federal tax audits and investigations, according to a notice filed Friday.
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July 31, 2026
A federal court correctly ruled that Alabama localities could not impose sales taxes on rail carriers' diesel fuel purchases, because a corresponding state-level tax was found to be discriminatory and the authority to tax at the local level is granted by the state, the Eleventh Circuit said Friday.
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July 31, 2026
Florida urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to reverse an injunction blocking a state law that criminalizes the transportation of immigrants living in the country illegally, arguing that the law's challengers are reading the state law too broadly.
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July 31, 2026
The string of lawsuits Buc-ee's Ltd. has filed against businesses it says mimic its popular beaver branding has caught the attention of comedian John Oliver, who unveiled a bucktoothed "Buc-Off" mascot and dared the travel center chain to sue him — spotlighting the delicate balance trademark owners face between protecting a valuable brand and provoking backlash.
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July 31, 2026
Delta Air Lines Inc. has agreed to settle a proposed 3,000-member class action alleging that the business shorted married retirees on their lump sum retirement benefits by miscalculating the payouts, according to a Nevada federal court filing.
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July 30, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday revived part of a Florida nonprofit's suit challenging the denial of two COVID-19 relief grants, finding that the group had sufficiently alleged it was discriminated against because of racial bias and its association with a pan-African movement.
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July 30, 2026
Reports of potential multibillion-dollar deals were plentiful this week, with U.S. alcohol producer Sazerac steadfast in its $15 billion pursuit of the maker of Jack Daniel's; Curium reportedly in advanced talks to acquire fellow radiopharmaceutical firm Lantheus Holdings Inc. for up to $8 billion; and Nvidia, Stripe and Devon Energy all linked to sizable strategic bets of their own.
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July 30, 2026
An Eleventh Circuit panel said a judge should have let 3M Co. fight an Alabama town's lawsuit over forever chemical contamination in federal court based on its defense that some pollution may stem from firefighting foams made for the U.S. military.
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July 30, 2026
An Atlanta investment company asked a Georgia federal court to order Bank of America and Merrill Lynch to explain why they have not credited what the investment company said is a $7.5 billion wire transfer to its account, saying it needs details about where the money is.
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July 30, 2026
A legal advocacy group said Thursday it had lodged U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges against a nonprofit and law firms including Jones Day, White & Case and Morgan Lewis, claiming Muslim and Middle Eastern students were getting unlawful preference in a fellowship program.
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July 29, 2026
A California federal judge narrowed a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines of overstating its emissions progress and falsely touting itself as the first carbon-neutral airline, denying a bid for injunctive relief but refusing to toss California law claims.