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July 06, 2026
Original Appalachian Artworks Inc. and Xavier Roberts, widely credited with creating the Cabbage Patch Kids, have been sued for copyright infringement by a man who claims he named the Cabbage Patch Kids brand and created the visual identity that turned the business into a "$4.5 billion global phenomenon."
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July 06, 2026
The U.S. Department of Education can rely on private educational accreditors when allocating federal education dollars, the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Monday, rejecting the state of Florida's assertion that the process unconstitutionally gives these accreditors governmental power to determine funding eligibility.
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July 06, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.
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July 06, 2026
Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.
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July 06, 2026
When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's golden opportunity to avoid a grilling.
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July 06, 2026
Approximately 189 former NCR Corp. executives received a Georgia federal court's preliminary approval to their $47.7 million class action settlement resolving allegations the software company broke its commitment to periodically make annuity payments for life post-retirement, bringing the decade-long litigation closer to its end.
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July 06, 2026
Ballard Spahr LLP has elevated an Atlanta-based intellectual property partner to lead its intellectual property department, according to a Monday announcement.
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July 06, 2026
A firearms training provider unlawfully fired an executive because he opposed the CEO's disparagement of military veteran employees as "lazy and unmotivated," according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.
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July 06, 2026
Atlanta History Center's former director of children's experience alleged in a new federal lawsuit that she was put on unpaid administrative leave and ultimately fired after a surgical procedure required her to request light or remote work accommodations.
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July 02, 2026
This U.S. Supreme Court term featured high-stakes oral arguments on issues including presidential power, immigration and voting regulations. Here's a look at the law firms that argued the most cases and how they fared.
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July 02, 2026
The sharpest dissents this term often involved the president, and pitted conservative and liberal justices against each other on core constitutional issues and questions about the limits to executive power, with nearly a quarter of cases being decided squarely along ideological lines.
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July 02, 2026
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority and President Donald Trump largely aligned this year on issues of executive power, resulting in a series of decisions that significantly expanded presidential authority.
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July 02, 2026
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into recently enacted housing laws in California and Florida, as well as the latest multibillion-dollar data center deals and the law firms guiding them.
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July 02, 2026
A Georgia appeals court on Thursday revived a lineman's electrocution injury suit against Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., finding the engineering firm owed him a duty of care over its role coordinating power outage planning at a Georgia Power substation.
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July 02, 2026
A Georgia appellate panel sided with media conglomerate Sinclair Broadcast Group and a nurse who was interviewed about alleged forced sterilizations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees, saying a trial court erred by letting a doctor's defamation suit proceed.
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July 02, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's stark ideological divisions were on full display this term, particularly as it issued long-awaited rulings in the last few days of June. Here, Law360 dives into the numbers behind this court term.
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July 02, 2026
The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a Georgia attorney's defamation suit against two people involved in an unsuccessful disciplinary action against her, saying her rambling appeal failed to prove that the trial court erred in dismissing her claims.
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July 02, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday upheld a win for Miami in a Black police officer's race discrimination lawsuit, finding no evidence her skin color played a role in the city's decision to demote, transfer and suspend her due to problems in her internal investigatory work.
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July 01, 2026
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear a construction company's challenge to an appellate ruling that revived a lawsuit from two former human resources directors who claimed they were fired for raising concerns about fraudulent work authorization records.
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July 01, 2026
A California federal jury found Wednesday that MGA Entertainment owes no punitive damages for misappropriating looks from the OMG Girlz singing group created by rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka Harris, wrapping another chapter in a six-year legal battle in which the couple sought up to $125 million in punitive damages.
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July 01, 2026
A Georgia school district and a teacher told a federal court Wednesday that they have resolved the teacher's suit alleging she was suspended for calling conservative activist Charlie Kirk a "fascist" on her private Facebook page after he was killed.
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July 01, 2026
A federal jury in Tennessee returned a 19-count indictment against four contractors for their alleged role in allowing the U.S. military to believe unapproved, aftermarket fuel injector, turbocharger and generator parts were from the original equipment manufacturer.
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July 01, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor is gearing up to repeal a Biden-era rule allowing retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, sending the proposed repeal to the White House for review.
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July 01, 2026
Auto glass repair company Safelite violated federal law by refusing to hire women as technicians even when they scored higher than their male counterparts on required job assessments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit.
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June 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 holding Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional did more than invalidate the policy, it effectively foreclosed Congress from trying to implement the executive order through legislation, experts told Law360.