J&J Hit With $40M Verdict In Bellwether Talc Trial In LA

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles jury on Friday hit Johnson & Johnson with a $40 million verdict after a month-long bellwether trial, finding its talc products were a substantial factor in causing two women's ovarian cancer but declining to award punitive damages against J&J, which is facing thousands of talc claims nationwide.

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Feature

30 Years On, PSLRA Debates Still Rage In Securities Cases

By Jessica Corso

Thirty years ago this month, Congress overrode a presidential veto to enact a law that changed the landscape of shareholder class action lawsuits. How the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act will continue to change that landscape remains a live issue as courts continue to wrestle with the question of how investors can prove that they've been injured by alleged corporate malfeasance.

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Analysis

4 Big ERISA Litigation Developments From 2025's 2nd Half

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Eleventh Circuit signaled it may be willing to change its precedent to make it easier for federal benefits lawsuits to get to the courthouse door, while the Second Circuit shut down a challenge to a union pension plan's private equity investment emphasis. Here's a look back at these and two other significant Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation developments from the latter half of 2025 that benefits attorneys should have on their radar.

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DraftKings Defeats NY Products Liability Suit Over Betting Ads

By Gina Kim

DraftKings permanently beat a proposed class action alleging it negligently designed its platform to fuel gambling addiction which caused one bettor to develop suicidal ideation, after a New York federal judge said that mental distress, "although real and severe," isn't protected by products liability law absent physical injury.

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Live Nation Consumers Get Class Certified In Antitrust Case

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Friday certified a class of consumers accusing Live Nation of monopolizing the live entertainment industry, rejecting the company's argument that there aren't common issues that predominate over individual ones and adopting a tentative ruling he issued earlier this month.

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Lockheed Martin Must Face Parents' Suit Over Birth Defects

By Elaine Briseño

A Florida federal judge said Friday that Lockheed Martin Corp. must face claims from three families that allege chemicals produced at its weapons factory in the state contaminated the surrounding environment and caused birth defects in their children.

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Sherwin-Williams Flicks Tobacco Fee Suit To Arbitration

By Kellie Mejdrich

An Ohio federal judge refused Friday to toss a proposed class action from two Sherwin-Williams ex-workers who alleged an employee health plan tobacco surcharge violated nondiscrimination provisions in federal benefits law, finding while one claim could proceed in court, the dispute should first head to arbitration.

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Mich. Judge Won't Limit Evidence At Dam Collapse Trial

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

A Michigan state judge has rejected the state's and residents' attempts to limit what evidence a jury will hear in a January trial on Michigan's liability for the collapse of a privately owned dam that unleashed widespread flooding.

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Merchant Orgs. Fight Latest Visa, Mastercard Swipe-Fee Deal

By Katryna Perera

The National Association of College Stores, Energy Markets of America and other industry groups objected Friday to a proposed new settlement between Visa, Mastercard and a class of potentially millions of merchants to resolve two decades of antitrust litigation, claiming the deal "does not come close to fixing the swipe fee challenges" faced by merchants.

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Ex-Driver Says Ga. Delivery Co. Stiffs Workers

By Chart Riggall

A former driver for an Atlanta-area FedEx delivery contractor has hit the company with a proposed collective action in Georgia federal court, accusing the firm of paying its drivers what amounted to a flat wage when they were entitled to overtime.

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Shipbuilders, Naval Engineer Spar Over Witness Statements

By Tom Lotshaw

Shipbuilders and design consultants accused of illegally conspiring to suppress industry wages are clashing with a former naval engineer over what various witnesses told her in support of her proposed class action against the companies.

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Caterpillar Dealer Ex-Worker Files 401(k) Fee Suit In Fla.

By Kellie Mejdrich

An ex-worker for a dealer of Caterpillar construction equipment in Florida hit his former employer with a proposed class action in federal court alleging his employee 401(k) plan paid excessive fees, breaching fiduciary duties under federal benefits law.

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Brief

Delta Retirees' Pension Dispute Paused For Mediation Efforts

By Kelcey Caulder

A Nevada federal judge Thursday froze a proposed class action accusing Delta Air Lines Inc. of shorting married pensioners on retirement benefits by miscalculating lump-sum payouts, giving the airline and the former workers behind the suit a chance to try and reach a deal. 

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Chancery Lets Nextdoor Argue De-SPAC Suit Filed Too Late

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court on Friday let Nextdoor Inc. and related defendants argue that investors waited too long to sue over the company's de-SPAC merger, while pausing discovery as the court considers motions that could end the case.

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Printing Co. Defends Trial Win In $265M ESOP Sale Dispute

By Lauraann Wood

A printing company's directors and employee stock ownership plan trustee say the Seventh Circuit should back their win over accusations they illegally undersold the company into private equity for $265 million, arguing the trial court correctly decided their interests were "perfectly aligned" with plan participants' interests.

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Ex-Fiserv CEO Accused Of Insider Trading In New Suit

By Emilie Ruscoe

The top brass of payments company Fiserv Inc., including ex-CEO and Social Security Administration head Frank Bisignano, face shareholder derivative claims that they misled investors about a flagship product's declining sales and used the resulting inflated share prices to justify $7.9 billion in stock buybacks as Bisignano and another officer made proceeds of over $600 million selling off their Fiserv shares.

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Fla. Judge Allows Deceptive Trade Claim In Zyn Suit

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected Philip Morris International Inc.'s attempt to toss a deceptive business practices count in a lawsuit accusing the company of mislabeling Zyn nicotine pouches as "tobacco-free," disagreeing that the allegation is a relabeled fraud claim. 

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Tool Co. Misclassifies Calif. Workers As Contractors, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

An Ohio-based tool company stiffs its California dealers on pay by misclassifying them as independent contractors and is threatening to force workers to arbitrate their claims in Ohio, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

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Google Drive Subscribers Sue Over Sudden File Deletions

By Gina Kim

Google hawks storage Drive subscriptions to consumers while creating a misleading impression their data will be secure and hiding the risk that their files can be automatically deleted without warning, alleges a proposed class action lodged Thursday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.  

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Brief

Starbucks Defends Ex-CFO In Investors' 'Triple Shot' Suit

By Sydney Price

Starbucks Corp. is fighting shareholders' effort to reinstate claims against its former chief financial officer in a lawsuit they brought over the company's "Triple Shot" reinvention plan, arguing that a judge in Seattle correctly dismissed claims against the onetime executive. 

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Buyers Fight To Save Potency Suit Against Pot Co. Cresco

By Jonathan Capriel

A proposed class of consumers urged an Illinois federal judge to reject cannabis giant Cresco Labs' bid to end a lawsuit accusing it and its subsidiaries of mislabeling their products to get around state-mandated THC potency limits, arguing that their claims are not preempted by state law but "reinforce it."

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UPPAbaby Moves To Toss Suit Claiming Car Seat Defects

By Emily Field

The maker of UPPAbaby infant products urged a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday to toss a grandmother's proposed class action alleging that three of its infant car seat models are defective, saying the suit "piggybacks" on some parents' grievances about their children's discomfort.

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Roblox Child Abuse Cases Sent To Calif.

By Emily Field

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Friday sent cases alleging that children were groomed and exploited by sexual predators on Roblox's popular gaming platform to federal court in California, given the likelihood more claims will be brought.

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Zappos Hit With Wiretapping Suit Over Meta Info Disclosure

By Elliot Weld

A customer of online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos.com sued the company claiming it allowed Meta to eavesdrop on customer activity despite representing that their information was being safeguarded.

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Anthropic Judge Rebuffs Bid For 'Sweeter' Part Of $1.5B Deal

By Bonnie Eslinger

The California federal judge overseeing Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors gave a terse response to notice that a Canadian publisher's counsel contacted the AI company looking for a better deal, saying the publisher could opt out but couldn't "seek a sweeter deal than other class members."

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Authors Suing Meta Seek New Copyright Claim For Torrenting

By Ivan Moreno

A group of bestselling authors has asked a California federal judge for a chance to update its copyright complaint against Meta Platforms, saying it wants to add a contributory infringement claim based on Meta's alleged use of peer-to-peer file-sharing to download material for artificial intelligence training.

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Molina Investor Sues Board Over Insurer's Guidance Cuts

By Sydney Price

Executives and directors of health insurance provider Molina Healthcare were hit with a shareholder's derivative suit Friday accusing them of misleading investors about medical cost trends and internal controls before repeatedly slashing the company's 2025 earnings guidance.

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7th Circ. Halts Release For Hundreds Of Ill. ICE Detainees

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit on Thursday halted a Chicago federal judge's order requiring the release of hundreds of immigrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the Trump administration was likely to succeed in arguing he should have conducted individual determinations about whether their arrest violated a consent decree it had previously entered in the case.

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Opinion

Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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Bonus Spotlight

Axinn Veltrop's Bonuses Reach Up To $240K

By Andrea Keckley

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP is giving out bonuses of up to $240,000 for its associates, according to an in-house memo seen by Law360 Pulse.

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Watchdog Sues White House For Records On Law Firm Deals

By Emily Sawicki

A Washington-based nonprofit watchdog has sued the Trump administration, seeking records related to deals BigLaw firms struck to provide an estimated nearly $1 billion worth of pro bono legal services to further the administration's priorities, following the president's executive orders to withhold security clearances and investigate the firms.

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Analysis

2025 Sees State Courts Diverge From Federal Criminal Norms

By Brandon Lowrey

Some of this year's most notable criminal appellate rulings homed in on differences between state and federal constitutional protections against the most serious punishments, with movement in Michigan, bucking the trend in Wyoming, and an ambiguous but potentially earthshaking decision out of Texas.

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US Atty Nominee For Wyo. Was Outside Capitol On Jan. 6

By Courtney Bublé

One of President Donald Trump's U.S. attorney nominees, who was on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, and recently told senators he still thinks "there were imperfections" in the 2020 election process, has been advanced toward Senate confirmation.

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Del. US Atty Resigns Citing 'Politics,' Successor Appointed

By Rose Krebs

The acting U.S. Attorney for Delaware said Friday that she is resigning, citing "a highly politicized, flawed blue-slip tradition" for nominees and saying she "fully" supports her first assistant, who has been appointed by a federal judge to succeed her.

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Dems Demand Release Of 2nd Jack Smith Report

By Courtney Bublé

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday demanding she release the second volume of former special counsel Jack Smith's report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office the first time.

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Alex Jones Atty's Pared-Down Suspension Upheld On Appeal

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld the two-week suspension of former Alex Jones lawyer Norm Pattis, agreeing that a trial court judge was within her discretion to bench the attorney over his law firm's handling of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims' medical records.

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DOJ Shake-Up Keeps Criminal Tax Meetings, Ex-Official Says

By Kat Lucero

The U.S. Department of Justice — despite recently eliminating its Tax Division as part of a broad restructuring — continues to meet with practitioners representing clients who may face federal criminal tax charges, the former division chief said Friday.

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Wash. Justices Retroactively Lower Bar Exam's Passing Score

By Ben Adlin

As Washington state is preparing to transition to a new bar exam, its Supreme Court has ordered a retroactive adjustment to the current exam's minimum passing score, making an estimated hundred-plus law school graduates who narrowly failed in recent years newly eligible for admission to practice law.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Shell hit with a climate change claim from 100 survivors of a typhoon in the Philippines, London Stock Exchange-listed Oxford Nanopore bring legal action against its co-founder, and the editors of Pink News sue the BBC for defamation following its investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the news site.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

President Donald Trump issued an executive order to review the influence that proxy adviser firms have, and law firms saw a 9.8% increase in compensation expenses along with a similar increase in billable rates. ​These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit handed Epic Games Inc. a partial win by mostly affirming an injunction blocking Apple Inc. from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems.

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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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