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August 21, 2026
A Virginia federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining a database containing information on 17 million commercial driver's license holders, ruling in favor of 21 states that allege it unlawfully demanded the records for immigration enforcement.
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August 24, 2026
In a precedential ruling Friday, the Third Circuit reversed an order granting a man a new trial on drug charges, ruling that while the trial judge should not have told a deadlocked jury that jurors "have to" come up with a verdict, which eventually resulted in the defendant being found guilty, the instruction wasn't "unduly coercive."
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August 21, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Santander SA completes its acquisition of U.S. regional lender Webster Financial Corp., financial services company Stripe buys artificial intelligence routing platform OpenRouter and Madison Air Solutions Corp. acquires German airflow technology maker ebm-papst.
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August 21, 2026
In our latest Law360 Transportation Tracker, an Illinois jury awarded $29 million to the family of a U.N. worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8, while freight broker C.H. Robinson was hit with a blockbuster $604 million verdict in Texas over a fatal 2021 trucking accident.
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August 21, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge tossed legal malpractice claims against attorney Natalie Khawam Case and the law firm she founded, finding that a group of Gold Star families could not show that their underlying allegations against the U.S. Army would have survived the Federal Tort Claims Act's limits on suing the government.
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August 20, 2026
With trial dark Thursday due to juror illness, a California judge overseeing states' claims that Meta Platforms Inc. hid social media's harms heard arguments over evidence, at one point criticizing Meta's efforts to assert attorney-client privilege and calling the company's in-house lawyer "absolutely wrong" about the appropriate standard.
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August 20, 2026
A federal judge in New York sentenced the founder of bankrupt apparel company CaaStle to five years in prison on Thursday after she admitted to deceiving investors about the prospects of her supposed $1.4 billion business to fraudulently raise nearly $300 million.
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August 20, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has issued a brief bulk order instituting a pair of America Invents Act petitions, including a Google challenge to a Valtrus Innovations patent, and saying he would assess the merits of four other patent challenges.
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August 20, 2026
A $9.5 million settlement resolving claims that Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its former executives carried out a fraudulent "channel stuffing" scheme to inflate the revenue of one of the company's brand-name medications has received the final stamp of approval from a New Jersey federal magistrate judge.
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August 20, 2026
The chief financial officer for a Garden State municipality alleged in New Jersey state court that her job duties were diminished in retaliation for her reporting improper cash handling and requesting time off to undergo cancer treatment.
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August 20, 2026
The Third Circuit has refused to revive a disbarred attorney's suit against two New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics lawyers, finding a district judge who recused herself from the case did not enter any substantive orders after granting the motion to recuse.
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August 20, 2026
The Second Circuit rejected a Chinese citizen's bid to avoid removal after he pleaded guilty to theft by deception under New Jersey law and forgery under New York law, analyzing what "conviction" means after the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the case.
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August 19, 2026
A Meta whistleblower testified Wednesday in a California federal jury trial over states' claims Meta hid social media's harms that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ignored calls for Meta to prioritize kids' safety while publicly touting Meta's safety practices, saying "I feel that you just cannot trust Mark Zuckerberg with kids."
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August 19, 2026
An asset management firm required to pay about $11 million in administrative fees and interest has asked the Third Circuit to reconsider its opinion upholding a doctrine under which arbitrators are barred from revisiting their prior decisions, saying it conflicts with binding Third Circuit precedent.
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August 19, 2026
Zurich American Insurance Co. asked a New Jersey magistrate judge on Wednesday to order Exxon Mobil Corp. to turn over unredacted defense invoices, payment records and counsel evaluations in relation to benzene suits, arguing that the oil giant's redactions and refusals have stalled court‑ordered settlement discovery and could derail a scheduled settlement conference.
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August 19, 2026
The New Jersey Supreme Court held Wednesday that the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America can't face litigation in the state over decades‑old abuse allegations at a Jersey City affiliate, finding the claims do not stem from the national organization's ties to the state.
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August 19, 2026
A former Rutgers University resident assistant sued the school in New Jersey federal court Wednesday, alleging the university treats dormitory supervisors as free labor, compensating them primarily with housing and meal benefits while failing to pay minimum wages or overtime for hours worked.
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August 19, 2026
Three Burlington Coat Factory current and former employees hit the off-price retailer with proposed nationwide collective and class claims alleging workers were routinely required to perform unpaid work on purported meal breaks.
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August 19, 2026
A California federal judge overseeing the challenge to Paramount Skydance's $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition brought by the Writers Guild of America and state attorneys general urged the parties Wednesday to be "much more reasonable" with discovery disputes, warning that if they aren't, "you will find yourself asked to engage a special master."
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August 19, 2026
A suspended Pennsylvania attorney's attempt to expose an alleged conspiracy against him by Philadelphia public officials and private corporations has been stymied, with the Third Circuit upholding the dismissal of his complaint against dozens of defendants.
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August 19, 2026
A former Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP client suing the firm for malpractice asked a New Jersey state court this week to limit the firm to just one expert witness rather than the two it has proposed.
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August 18, 2026
An attorney for more than two dozen states told a California federal jury during opening statements Tuesday that Meta hid what it knew about social media's mental health harms and prioritized profits over safety in a yearslong effort to hook kids on its platforms, while Meta defended its safety practices as best-in-class.
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August 18, 2026
A former Meta Platforms Inc. product design manager sued the social media giant and his former supervisor in New Jersey federal court, claiming that he was fired after refusing to sign an immigration support letter for a colleague because he believed it contained inaccurate or unsupported facts.
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August 18, 2026
The Third Circuit has ruled that the government was not required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the chain of custody for narcotics shown to a jury in a drug conspiracy and distribution case.
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August 18, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday denied Coinbase's latest bid to escape a proposed class action accusing it of misleading investors about risks tied to regulatory action and potential bankruptcy, ruling that it is "not difficult to infer" that the company and its leadership were financially motivated to deceive shareholders.