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January 02, 2026
There are several issues food and beverage attorneys will want to keep an eye on in 2026, from litigation challenging the marketing of ultra-processed foods, to false advertising claims over the presence of "forever chemicals" and microplastics, to the federal government's efforts to regulate additives. Here, Law360 has rounded up a number of matters that attorneys should be watching.
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January 01, 2026
In 2025, President Donald Trump put 20 district and six circuit judges on the federal bench. In the year ahead, a fight over home state senators' ability to block district court picks could make it more difficult for him to match that record.
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January 01, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle several constitutional disputes that range from who is entitled to birthright citizenship to whether transgender individuals are entitled to heightened levels of protection from discrimination.
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January 01, 2026
Rapid business growth, cultural changes caused by remote work and generative AI are creating challenges and opportunities for law firm leaders going into the New Year. Here, seven top firm leaders share what’s running through their minds as they lie awake at night.
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December 23, 2025
A California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action Monday against Arby's, Jimmy John's, Dunkin', Baskin-Robbins and their parent company alleging their websites contained cookie banners falsely promising to remove trackers, finding the plaintiffs failed to meet heightened pleading standards required when the claims are based in fraud allegations.
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December 23, 2025
The developers behind the former Hudson Hotel in Manhattan have asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to recharacterize a long-term "ground lease" tied to the property as a disguised financing arrangement, arguing the structure functions economically as a high-cost loan rather than a true lease and should not receive favorable treatment under the Bankruptcy Code.
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December 23, 2025
A Texas bankruptcy judge approved the $18 million sale of Cajun chain Razzoo's Inc.'s assets to a subsidiary of a Dallas-based restaurant developer, which plans to keep operating 11 of Razzoo's 20 remaining locations.
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December 23, 2025
Restaurant chain Red Robin required salaried managers to perform nonexempt work so it could save millions of dollars every year, eight workers said in a proposed class and collective action in Colorado federal court.
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December 22, 2025
A federal judge hit Tyson Foods, Cargill and other poultry companies with a permanent injunction nearly 16 years after trial for polluting Oklahoma waters with chicken waste, but imposed only a tiny fraction of the $100 million in penalties requested by the state.
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December 22, 2025
Red Lobster has been hit with proposed class wage claims in Illinois state court accusing the seafood restaurant chain of illegally failing to properly pay its tipped employees for non-tipped work they're also expected to complete while on the clock.
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December 22, 2025
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has escaped a proposed shareholder class action accusing it and its executives of downplaying concerns about meager portion sizes, an issue the company later acknowledged it would correct, with a California federal judge's ruling that the allegations are insufficient to establish that Chipotle's statements were false or misleading.
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December 22, 2025
Consumers looking to hold a resort company liable after its vendor placed more than 70,000 unwanted marketing calls to National Do Not Call registrants have asked an Illinois federal judge to enter a $35.7 million judgment reflecting their recent summary judgment win after their court-ordered settlement negotiations were unsuccessful.
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December 19, 2025
The escrow agent holding $1.6 million related to the developer of the former Hudson Hotel near Manhattan's Columbus Circle has sued the debtor in Delaware bankruptcy court in an effort to resolve conflicting instructions on what to do with the funds.
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December 19, 2025
From a Colorado appellate court upholding a tax on Netflix subscriptions to Pennsylvania's high court finding the Pittsburgh fee on nonresident pro athletes unconstitutional, 2025 was a busy year for state and local tax cases. Here, Law360 looks at the most influential cases of 2025 and their impact going into the new year.
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December 18, 2025
A proposed class action claims the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh surreptitiously recorded website visitors' browsing and shared it with third parties, including Facebook and Spotify, even if the users chose to "reject" tracking codes, according to the complaint filed in Pennsylvania state court Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
Drops in the tax valuations of a Hilton hotel and convention center in Minneapolis, including a $70 million cut during one year, were wrongly ordered by the Minnesota Tax Court, the local assessor said, urging the state Supreme Court to review the case.
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December 17, 2025
The Third Circuit has concluded that Avis did not waive its right to arbitrate a long-running class action over traffic fines incurred during a rental with certain members of the class by continuing to litigate the dispute years after incorporating an arbitration clause in its rental agreement.
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December 17, 2025
A former Louisiana councilperson filed a suit against two economic improvement districts associated with Louisiana State University on Wednesday, saying the jurisdictions failed to get taxpayer approval before raising sales taxes.
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December 17, 2025
Insurer Great American has gone to California federal court asserting that it doesn't owe coverage to a cryotherapy unit seller for an underlying lawsuit involving an alleged injury in a hyperbaric chamber at the company's subsidiary, arguing that the cryotherapy company never told the insurer it had a subsidiary.
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December 17, 2025
A judge in the Delaware Chancery Court on Wednesday approved a proposed settlement resolving two long-running shareholder derivative suits against Fat Brands Inc. and its controlling stockholder, finding that the deal delivers immediate cash, targeted governance reforms and a realistic recovery in light of substantial litigation and collectibility risks, while reserving judgment on a disputed request for attorney fees.
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December 16, 2025
A Washington state judge has slapped American Bridge Co. with $4.8 million in monetary sanctions and found the steel subcontractor and its counsel at Smith Currie Oles LLP on the hook for additional legal fees for "widespread discovery abuses" throughout a court battle with a general contractor over delays in a Seattle convention center project.
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December 16, 2025
A California federal judge has refused to release Six Flags Entertainment Corp. from a proposed class action accusing it of illegally allowing third parties to track the browsing activities of visitors to its Cedar Point amusement park website, finding that the plaintiff had sufficiently asserted an array of claims for invasion of privacy, wiretap, fraud and unjust enrichment.
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December 16, 2025
A home insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a man accused of injuring another man during an altercation at an Atlantic City casino, a New Jersey state appeals court affirmed Tuesday, finding that the incident did not constitute an occurrence.
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December 12, 2025
The National Trust for Historic Preservation asked a D.C. federal judge to stop construction on a White House ballroom until Trump administration officials complete mandatory review processes that they blew off before unilaterally razing the East Wing to make room for the structure.
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December 12, 2025
Two Massachusetts eateries have agreed to pay a total of $225,000 to resolve the government's allegations that they failed to pay workers for overtime hours and tried to prevent them from speaking with U.S. Department of Labor representatives investigating possible labor violations, according to a consent judgment entered Friday in federal court.