Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

By Jared Foretek

Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.

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5th Circ. Partly Upholds Block On Texas Content Filtering Law

By Hailey Konnath

A Fifth Circuit panel on Friday affirmed in part a lower court's injunction blocking Texas' new law forcing companies to filter content for underage users, though it said other portions of the law, including an age-verification requirement, were permissible.

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HSF Kramer Hires Haynes Boone's Supreme Court Chair

By Jack Rodgers

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP announced Friday that it had added the leader of Haynes Boone's U.S. Supreme Court practice, who joins the firm as co-lead focused on appellate work and the nation's highest court.

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'False Innuendo': Sanctioned Davis Wright Atty Rips Fee Bid

By Jeff Overley

A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Geofence Clarity, Post-Hunter Scrutiny

By Orlando Lorenzo

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed geofence warrants as searches under the Fourth Amendment, and the justices’ ruling in Hunter spurs a conversation of what the bar should be for criminal appeal waivers. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Analysis

Top Product Liability Cases Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Emily Field

In one of the most-watched cases for product liability so far this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that failure-to-warn claims about the alleged cancer risks of Monsanto's widely used pesticide Roundup are barred by federal law. Social media titans were also rocked by the first verdicts delivered in cases alleging mental health harms to youth.

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Analysis

5 TM Cases & 1 Strategy To Watch In 2026's Second Half

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh a trademark dispute that asks whether juries or judges should decide if a mark is inherently strong, while courts will continue testing the impact of the justices' Jack Daniel's decision over a key test in trademark infringement cases. Here are Law360's picks for trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.

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'Irreparable': The Lasting Harm Of Justices' Temporary Orders

By Cara Bayles

The U.S. Supreme Court has considered dozens of emergency petitions involving executive policies since President Donald Trump's return to office. While justices often defend their emergency rulings as stop-gap measures, people at the center of those cases — who've lost their legal status, jobs, or federal funding — say that even interim decisions have had lasting effects on their lives.

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Brief

High Court Grants Trump More Time In CNN Defamation Case

By David Minsky

The U.S. Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump another extension to file a petition to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit alleging CNN damaged his reputation by referring to claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election as a "Big Lie." 

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Fannie, Freddie Investors' $612M Trial Win Affirmed

By Katryna Perera

The D.C. Circuit on Friday affirmed a $612 million jury verdict against the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, agreeing with a lower court's finding that the jury was provided with "ample evidence" reasonably leading to its conclusion that FHFA improperly amended stock purchase agreements related to the companies.

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Apple Beats Bid To Revive COVID App Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to revive an antitrust lawsuit that accuses Apple of unlawfully tying its iPhone to its App Store and monopolizing access to COVID-19 tracing apps, saying an app developer that sued the tech giant failed to plausibly allege relevant product markets for its claims.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Invalidating More PTAB Railcar Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Friday backed another Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that claims in an Amsted Rail Co. Inc. patent on monitoring trains were invalid, less than two months after affirming similar board decisions on two other patents.

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Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Reconsider Pfizer's Paxlovid IP Win

By Adam Lidgett

Enanta Pharmaceuticals is asking the Federal Circuit to rethink its June refusal to revive a patent it had asserted against Pfizer over its COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid, saying the court acted beyond its authority.

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1st Circ. Won't Stay Decision Blocking $100K H-1B Visa Fee

By Lauren Berg

The First Circuit on Friday refused to stay a Massachusetts federal court's order throwing out President Donald Trump's $100,000 fee for certain skilled-worker visas while the administration appeals the ruling.

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2nd Circ. Partly Revives NYC Employee's Disability Case

By Hailey Konnath

The Second Circuit Friday vacated a lower court's dismissal of a New York City employee's suit claiming the city failed to accommodate his disability, although it said the trial court was correct in tossing the employee's discrimination and retaliation claims.

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Kalshi Wants NY Sports Wagers Shielded As Deadline Nears

By Alex Lawson

Kalshi is asking the Second Circuit for an emergency order to safeguard its sports-related contracts from New York regulators, which have promised to hold off on any enforcement actions against the company only through July 30.

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4th Circ. Backs Parental Limits Under Juvenile Visa Program

By Hayley Fowler

The Fourth Circuit affirmed Friday that the parents of immigrant children who receive visas through a special classification for kids who have been abused, neglected or abandoned cannot seek a path to legal residency through their children.

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5th Circ. Affirms Defeat Of French Co.'s Bid For Exxon Docs

By Jack McLoone

A Texas federal court provided sufficient reasoning for its decision to quash a request to subpoena Exxon Mobil Corp.'s records for use in a French derivative suit alleging mismanagement of a former affiliate, a Fifth Circuit panel affirmed.

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Abbott Wins 7th Circ. Fight Over Baby Formula Warning

By Rae Ann Varona

The Seventh Circuit on Friday refused to revive a woman's claims that Abbott Laboratories failed to warn about the dangers of a Similac-brand infant formula her baby drank before dying of a serious gastrointestinal disease, saying she failed to show that her suggested alternative warning would have saved her baby.

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7th Circ. Says Jurors Should Weigh HR Manager's Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Seventh Circuit reopened a human resources manager's lawsuit accusing a metal castings company of firing her for investigating and documenting workplace harassment, ruling a jury should have a chance to determine whether her termination was connected to her reports.

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9th Circ. Agrees That Assault Triggers Immigration Removal

By Parker Quinlan

The Ninth Circuit has refused to review an immigration court's finding that a Mexican national living in Oregon was not unfairly charged by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as being removable after his arrest for abusing his wife in front of his children.

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9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor Suit Against SunPower

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a proposed securities class action accusing solar power equipment company SunPower and some of its leaders of concealing a product defect, finding the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege the company had advance knowledge of the issue.

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9th Circ. Revives Ex-Kaiser Worker's Vaccine Bias Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Ninth Circuit panel Friday revived a former Kaiser Permanente employee's discrimination suit accusing The Permanente Medical Group Inc. of unlawfully firing her for refusing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine, ruling that the worker adequately informed the company of the vaccine's conflict with her sincerely held religious beliefs.

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Meta Says AGs' Suit Can't Proceed As 9th Circ. Reviews CDA

By Mike Curley

Meta Platforms Inc. is asking the Ninth Circuit to order a stay on its upcoming trial on allegations from 29 states that Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive to the detriment of youths' mental health, saying the case can't go forward while the circuit court reviews whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act blocks the claims.

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11th Circ. Revives Challenge To Ga. Gun Carry Age Limits

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit revived a challenge to a Georgia statute that prohibits adults under the age of 21 from obtaining weapons carry licenses and carrying handguns in public on Friday, sending the case back to a lower court to consider it in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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Ala. Ruling Leaves Executions In Uncharted Waters

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Last month, a federal district judge ruled that Alabama's nitrogen hypoxia execution protocol violated the Eighth Amendment, an unprecedented decision that upended the state's death penalty process. Now, death row prisoners who chose nitrogen execution face uncertainty as Alabama seeks to execute them instead by lethal injection.

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Fla. Panel To Prosecutors: 'Double-Check' Charging Docs

By Gina Kim

Florida appellate judges reversed a man's fentanyl trafficking conviction Friday after finding the substance found on him during a traffic stop was not fentanyl, but a fentanyl derivative, remarking, "'issues like this should be avoided by the state taking a moment to double-check its charging documents.'"

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Panel Asks Fla. Justices To Clarify Right-To-Counsel Rule

By Parker Quinlan

A Florida appeals court has concluded that while a man's sexual battery conviction should remain in place, the state's highest court should determine whether the Florida Constitution allows attorney-client conversations during a recess when barred by a trial judge.

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Ex-Fla. State Atty Candidate Seeks Anti-SLAPP Fees From Bar

By Emily Sawicki

A former candidate for Florida's Twentieth Judicial Circuit state attorney is seeking attorney fees, damages and costs from the Florida Bar under the state's anti-SLAPP statute after the state Supreme Court cleared him of wrongdoing in a bar complaint.

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NJ Panel Says Lyft Insurer Must Cover Pedestrian's Injury

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state appeals court ruled Friday in a matter of first impression that Liberty Mutual must provide personal injury protection to an uninsured pedestrian struck by a Lyft driver, holding that state statutes require motor vehicle liability policies for ride-hailing companies to cover pedestrians even though the applicable law does not specifically mention that.

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Mich. Justices Say Open Meeting Not Needed For Pot Permit

By Melanie Dorsey

The city manager of a Detroit suburb did not violate Michigan's Open Meetings Act by privately evaluating and ranking applicants for the city's limited recreational marijuana licenses, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled, reversing an appellate decision.

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Mich. Panel Allows School Shooting Threat Case To Proceed

By Brandon Lowrey

A former high school senior accused of threatening to shoot his principal and teachers failed to escape criminal charges by claiming First Amendment protection, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel has ruled, saying the teen went beyond mere talk when he bought a shotgun and tried to buy two pistols.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings involving wage and hour allegations, medical care for incarcerated individuals, oil and gas royalty payments, and nuisance claims.

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4 Cert. Denials Keep Personal Jurisdiction Issues Percolating

After the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in Ford Motor v. Montana and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway expanded limits on personal jurisdiction, the justices' denials this term of four certiorari petitions suggest they are content to let jurisdiction questions brew in lower courts before weighing in, say attorneys at Hunton.

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How 9th Circ. 'Shadow Trading' Case May Affect Private Credit

Private credit firms should not wait for a result in the Ninth Circuit appeal in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Panuwat to address material nonpublic information exposure under existing statutes and take steps to ensure their internal policies and surveillance are ready for increased regulatory scrutiny, says Steve Brown at StarCompliance.

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USPTO-Fed. Circ. Split Complicates Machine Learning Patents

The wide chasm between the USPTO's and the Federal Circuit's approach to eligibility for machine learning patents means that patent drafters must avoid functional claiming and specifications if they hope to avoid invalidation of a machine learning patent at the appellate court, says attorney Michael Kiklis.

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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight

By James Boyle

A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."

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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Feature

The White Collar Boutique 'Renaissance' Is Here

By Phillip Bantz

Unprecedented political pressure on BigLaw, dwindling opportunities at elite firms, powerful legal tech tools and broad slowdowns in white collar enforcement are fueling a remarkable boom in boutique law firm growth, experts say.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

By Bonnie Eslinger

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

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Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

By Emily Sawicki

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI to avoid unethically inflated billing while encouraging attorneys to utilize the evolving technology.

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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