Analysis

Drugmakers Fight Multifront Legal Battles Over GLP-1s

By Hannah Albarazi

In the wake of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, surging public demand and massive profits have inspired a broad range of drugmaker litigation against competitors, alleged counterfeits and telehealth providers.

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1st Circ. Questions Feds' Mootness Claim In NIH Grant Suits

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit appeared to push back Tuesday on assertions by the government that new guidance for terminating medical research grants over supposed links to issues like DEI, gender identity and vaccines — along with a partial settlement last week — moot a pair of lawsuits challenging the directives.

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7th Circ. Blocks Satanic Temple's Ind. Abortion Law Challenge

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday the Satanic Temple doesn't have standing to challenge Indiana's abortion ban, saying it has no ties to an in-person abortion clinic in the state and that its argument it could be prosecuted for providing telehealth appointments to those seeking the procedure isn't enough to show injury.

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8th Circ. Revives Jail Suicide Suit Against Mental Health Org.

By Hannah Albarazi

An Eighth Circuit panel unanimously revived a lawsuit Tuesday by the family of an Iowa jail inmate who died by suicide, holding that a jury could find that a mental health provider's alleged incomplete report to jail staff put the inmate at greater risk.  

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5th Circ. Mulls If ERISA Claims Are Subject To Arbitration Clause

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel wanted a former employee at International Bancshares Corp. to explain how his benefits class action could evade an arbitration clause adopted by the plan that he never consented to, saying Tuesday that other courts seemingly have not adopted a theory that would allow that.

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Trump Announces First Judicial Picks Of 2026

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening his first judicial nominees of 2026, a slate of four district court picks for Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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Girardi Keese CFO Must Use His Own Atty For Chicago Appeal

By Lauraann Wood

Girardi Keese's former financial chief cannot have counsel appointed to help him challenge the Illinois sentence he is serving alongside his 10-year California sentence for helping Tom Girardi steal millions from clients because he isn't pursuing the appeal in good faith, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

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'Get Over' Yourself, Ho Says To Judges' Independence Worry

By Lauren Berg

U.S. Circuit Judge James C. Ho snapped back at colleagues on the bench who have raised the alarm over threats to judicial independence, writing in an article that those complaining judges "need to get over themselves" and stop bowing to the "cultural elites" who oppose the Trump administration.

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Judiciary Advisers Predict Clashes Over AI, Remote Testimony

By Jeff Overley

The federal judiciary's policy advisers appeared divided Tuesday over efforts to align procedural rules with digital age technology and preferences, and they predicted a torrent of impassioned input if they open up their delicate internal debates to the entire public.

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Top Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice Cases Of 2025

By Y. Peter Kang

A headline-grabbing $329 million wrongful death verdict against Tesla and a landmark $2.5 billion deal between DuPont and New Jersey over PFAS "forever chemicals" are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from 2025.

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Cracker Barrel Asks Justices To Avoid Collective Opt-Ins Fight

By Benjamin Morse

Cracker Barrel urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up an appeal of a Ninth Circuit decision that only Arizona employees could opt in to a collective suit over tipped wages, arguing that there isn't a wide enough circuit split to merit review.

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Russian Asks Supreme Court To Reverse Fugitive Label

By Jack McLoone

A Russian woman accused of helping an oligarch evade sanctions imposed by former President Barack Obama against people who contributed to the 2014 national emergency in Ukraine told the U.S. Supreme Court she is wrongly being labeled a fugitive and denied the ability to contest her indictment.

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Ciminelli Walks As 10-Year Buffalo Billion Fraud Case Ends

By Stewart Bishop

The long and contentious corruption case against New York developer Louis Ciminelli and others that led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on fraud came to a close Tuesday, after he pled guilty and was sentenced to no time in prison.

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Wilcox Asks DC Circ. To Protect NLRB's Independence

By Emily Brill

The D.C. Circuit should reverse a decision by two of its judges that would end the National Labor Relations Board's independence if allowed to stand, former board member Gwynne Wilcox argued, seeking to nix a ruling that lets President Donald Trump remove and replace NLRB members at will.

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FTC Urges DC Circ. To Unblock Media Matters Probe

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission told the D.C. Circuit the agency's investigation into left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America is about potential collusion in the advertising industry, not retaliation for reporting on Nazi content, and said a lower court was wrong to block the probe.

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WH Says Judge Can't Pursue Immigration Contempt Probe

By Jared Foretek

The Trump administration has once again told the D.C. Circuit that U.S. District Judge James Boasberg lacks the constitutional authority to open a contempt probe into the government's removal of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants against his emergency order in March, calling the investigation an "unprecedented criminal fact-finding inquisition."

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Fed. Circ. Backs Ax Of Transmission Signal Patent

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive a suit accusing gaming hardware maker Razer of infringing a transmission signal decoding patent, agreeing with a California federal court that claims in the patent were invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice standard.

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Fed. Circ. Asks If Wrong Autel Was Sued In Nixed $6.6M IP Row

By Theresa Schliep

A Federal Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with a Texas federal judge's disposing of a $6.6 million infringement verdict against Autel over Orange Electronic Co.'s tire pressure monitoring patent, with one judge questioning Orange's choice of defendant in the case.

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Ramey Blocked As Atty In Image Patent Fight In NY

By Adam Lidgett

Intellectual property attorney William Ramey was prevented from representing the owner of image processing and modifying patents used in special eyeglasses in an infringement suit in New York federal court, leading the company to abandon the case.

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Realtek Seeks $1.5M In Fees In Semiconductor Patent Feud

By Adam Lidgett

Realtek Semiconductor Corp. says it is owed nearly $1.5 million in legal fees and costs for defending a patent infringement lawsuit in a Texas federal court, a move that follows the Federal Circuit's finding that the semiconductor company was the prevailing party.

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Groups Again Push Fed. Circ. To Eye 'Settled Expectations'

By Ryan Davis

The latest petition challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's use of "settled expectations" based on a patent's age to deny reviews has gotten support from several industry groups, which told the Federal Circuit the policy will cause "severe damage" to the patent system.

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German Waived Challenge To $4.6M SEC Tab, 1st Circ. Hints

By Julie Manganis

A German national's failure to formally respond to discovery requests probing whether he is subject to personal jurisdiction in the United States may have undermined his challenge to a $4.6 million default judgment in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud case, a First Circuit panel suggested Tuesday.

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3rd Circ. Backs DOL In Home Healthcare Wage Case

By Matthew Santoni

The Third Circuit upheld a $1 million judgment against home health company WiCare Home Care Agency LLC Tuesday, finding it was within the secretary of labor's power to write regulations keeping "third-party employers" subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act and not exempt under a provision for "companionship services."

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4th Circ. Revives Black Ex-Baltimore Cop's Race Bias Suit

By Vin Gurrieri

A divided Fourth Circuit on Tuesday revived a Black former Baltimore police officer's suit alleging she was treated less favorably than non-Black officers by being pushed out, saying she offered adequate examples of other officers who received more leniency than she did for alleged misconduct for her race discrimination claim to survive.

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4th Circ. Asked To Revive Experian Credit Investigation Suit

By Abigail Harrison

Experian Information Solutions Inc. violated its statutory duty by failing to reinvestigate and later approving a clearly erroneous credit report that resulted in a refused mortgage application, the report's subject told the Fourth Circuit in an attempt to revive his class action lawsuit.

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DOJ Wants Time During Door Maker Divestiture Argument

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking to appear at an upcoming Fourth Circuit argument to support a door manufacturer defending the first court-ordered divestiture in a private merger challenge.

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5th Circ. Pushes FDA On 'De Facto' Vape Marketing Ban

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed leery of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's claim that it had no de facto ban in place for flavored refillable e-cigarette products, saying Tuesday that denying hundreds of thousands of applications seemed an awful lot like a ban.

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Vape Interests Look To 5th Circ. To Halt Miss. E-Cig Law

By Jonathan Capriel

A coalition of vaping interests is asking the Fifth Circuit to revive its lawsuit seeking to end a Mississippi law that blocks the sale of synthetic nicotine products, the same parties that are also moving forward with similar efforts at the Sixth Circuit.

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6th Circ. Backs Nuclear Plant In Fired Worker's ADA Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a suit from a former nuclear power plant worker who claimed he was fired for seeking fewer night shifts to manage his diabetes, saying he failed to discredit the company's position that he was fired for falsifying his time sheets.

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9th Circ. Says Christian Ministry Can Reject Gay Applicants

By Anne Cullen

The Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Christian ministry is constitutionally clear to refuse employment to people based on their sexual orientation, explaining that the First Amendment allows religious ministries to prefer candidates who share their beliefs about marriage and sexuality.

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'Jersey Boys' Producer Slips $1M Pension Tab At 9th Circ.

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday reversed a win for a stagehands union pension plan in a dispute with a producer for the jukebox musical "Jersey Boys," saying an entertainment industry exemption to federal benefits law shielded the production company from approximately $1 million in withdrawal liability. 

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Section 230 Knocks Down Addiction MDL, Meta Tells 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

Meta Platforms Inc. urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday to find that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields it from sprawling social-media-addiction multidistrict litigation, arguing that the claims go to "the heart of what the statute intends to protect."

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Meta Downplayed $10B Ad Changes 'Tsunami,' 9th Circ. Told

By Dorothy Atkins

Meta Platforms Inc. investors urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday to revive a proposed securities class action alleging the social media giant hid the financial effects of privacy changes by Apple Inc., arguing that Meta executives publicly assured investors while knowing the company would be hit with a "$10 billion tsunami."

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Kalshi Seeks To Keep Status Quo Amid Sports Contract Fight

By Alex Lawson

Kalshi is urging the Ninth Circuit to allow it to continue offering sports event contracts as it litigates a patchwork of cases from state gaming regulators arguing that the trading platform is using the contracts to violate sports betting laws.

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Live Nation Settles Workers' Claims Of Excessive 401(k) Fees

By Craig Clough

Live Nation has agreed to a settlement of a proposed class action from former employees who alleged their 401(k) plan was saddled with excessive fees, after a California federal judge said in December he would reconsider his earlier decision requiring arbitration of some claims in the dispute. 

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10th Circ. Denies Immunity For Colo. Search Before Pat-Down

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado police officer who reached inside a man's pockets before conducting a pat-down search at a Walmart store is not entitled to qualified immunity, the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday, finding the officer's actions violated the Fourth Amendment.

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Creek Nation Fights Okla. Over Tribal Hunting Rights

By Crystal Owens

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has joined three fellow Oklahoma tribes in asking a federal court to block state wildlife officials from requiring tribal citizens to obtain state licenses to hunt and fish on their reservation lands, arguing that the practice violates its sovereignty and right to self-govern.

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11th Circ. Backs FTC Win In False Ad Suit Against Corpay

By Rae Ann Varona

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's win in its lawsuit against Corpay Inc., saying in a published opinion that "overwhelming" evidence backed a lower court's finding that the company engaged in deceptive advertising and unfair billing practices when marketing and selling fuel cards.

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11th Circ. Backs Deportation Of Armenian Murder Witness

By Chart Riggall

The Eleventh Circuit declined Tuesday to halt deportation proceedings against an Armenian man who fled the country after witnessing a "brutal" murder, ruling he couldn't show he was likely to face state-sanctioned reprisals back home.

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Judge Hints Conn. Dentist's Press Release Claims Lack Teeth

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut appellate judge seemed to doubt Tuesday that a dentist had asserted clear constitutional claims against state officials who issued a press release about his $300,000 False Claims Act settlement, suggesting the case might actually sound in defamation.

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6 Key Rulings From Outgoing Del. Justice Karen L. Valihura

By Jeff Montgomery

Soon-to-be-retiring Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen L. Valihura carved her name deeply into First State corporate law jurisprudence over her dozen years on the bench, at a time of surging caseloads and intensifying political scrutiny of the business court where many of the country's largest corporate battles are waged.

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Fla. 'Grim Reaper' Atty Facing Bar Admonishment Over Appeal

By David Minsky

A referee with the Florida state bar recommended that an attorney who appeared on state beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper early in the COVID-19 pandemic face admonishment for listing co-counsel on an appeal in a case against Gov. Ron DeSantis without consent.

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Fla. Court Won't Rehear Reversal Of $213M 'Maya' Award

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida appeals court said Monday it will not reconsider its decision that reversed a $213 million judgment against a Florida hospital in favor of Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya."

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NJ Justices Reinstate Conviction For Drug Dealer Killing

By Parker Quinlan

The New Jersey Supreme Court reinstated a man's murder conviction Tuesday, finding he was not entitled to a special jury instruction about crimes of passion at his trial over charges that he shot and killed a man who sold drugs to his girlfriend.

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NC Top Court May Hear Case In Murder Of NBA Star's Grandpa

By Marco Poggio

North Carolina prosecutors have asked the state's top court to review a trial court order vacating the convictions of two men found guilty of murdering NBA star Chris Paul's grandfather in 2002, before the state appeals court rules on the order, court documents show.

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Georgia Justices Uphold Murder Verdict, Merge Assault Count

By Parker Quinlan

The Georgia Supreme Court has largely upheld the murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing his mother in 2018, finding that his attorney didn't need to assert an insanity defense and that the man cannot also face a separate aggravated assault charge.

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Mass. Justices Won't Shield Health Records In Med Mal Suit

By Carolyn Muyskens

Massachusetts' highest court on Tuesday declined to rule that medical records filed with a court should be automatically hidden from public view in a medical malpractice suit, finding no reason to undo a judge's decision in favor of a hospital and several doctors.

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Wyo. High Court Strikes Down 2 Laws Restricting Abortion

By Mark Payne

The Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's near-total abortion ban and a first-of-its-kind prohibition on abortion pills on Tuesday, saying the laws violated the state constitution.

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Justices' Separation-Of-Powers Revamp May Hit States Next

The U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy quietly laid the groundwork for an expansion of the court's separation-of-powers agenda beyond the federal level, but regulated parties and state and local governments alike can act now to anticipate Jarkesy's eventual wider application, say attorneys at Troutman.

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2nd Circ. Ruling Shows Procedural Perils Of Civil Forfeiture

The Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Ross decision, partially denying the return of an attorney's seized funds based on rigid standing requirements, underscores the unforgiving technical complexities of civil asset forfeiture law, and provides several lessons for practitioners, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard Mullin.

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Halligan Ordered To Explain Why She's Still Listed As US Atty

By Hailey Konnath

A Virginia federal judge Tuesday ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain why she was still identifying herself as a U.S. attorney despite another judge's order finding that the former insurance lawyer hadn't been properly appointed and was serving illegally on an interim basis.

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Judgeship Nomination Not Renewed Amid Fla. Charity Probe

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of John Guard, senior counselor to the attorney general of Florida, for a Middle District of Florida federal judgeship, has not been renewed for the new session of Congress after he came under scrutiny in a criminal probe regarding a charity connected to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Atty Apologizes For ChatGPT-Hallucinated Citations In Briefs

By Elliot Weld

A patent attorney has apologized to a Kansas federal judge for submitting a court filing with case citations hallucinated by ChatGPT, calling the experience "shameful and embarrassing" and saying he was in a poor mental state at the time due to his mother and aunt being hospitalized and dying shortly after.

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Texas Justices Erase ABA Approval In Bar Admissions

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order ending a longstanding rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the state bar, with the court giving itself the authority for accreditation.

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National Judicial College Names Idaho Law Dean As President

By Jake Maher

The National Judicial College has named a new president and chief executive officer, selecting the dean of the University of Idaho College of Law to become the first woman to hold the position.

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