Musk's Team Warned 'WWIII' Over Twitter Deal, Atty Testifies

By Bonnie Eslinger

After Twitter sued Elon Musk for terminating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, Musk's legal team said their client would launch "World War III" against the company's board if forced to go through with the transaction, a Wilson Sonsini lawyer who led the deal for Twitter told a California federal jury Monday.

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9th Circ. Doubts Trial Judge Properly Nixed $4.7B NFL Verdict

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel appeared open Monday to reversing at least portions of a lower court's ruling that scrapped a $4.7 billion class action antitrust jury verdict against the National Football League, with one judge saying the "fundamental problem" is the trial court took the verdict away from the jury.

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Musicians Claim Google Stole Songs For AI Music Tool

By Ivan Moreno

A group of independent musicians from around the U.S. have sued Google in Chicago federal court, accusing it of copying millions of copyrighted songs and lyrics from YouTube and across the internet to build its AI music generator Lyria 3 — a product the plaintiffs say directly competes with human artists.

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High Court Declines NFL Subscriber's Video Privacy Suit

By Allison Grande

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday again refused to take up the question of what type of personal information is shielded from unauthorized disclosure under federal video privacy law, in passing on an NFL digital content subscriber's challenge to the dismissal of his claims that the football league unlawfully shared video-viewing information with Meta.

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Bitcoin Classes Should Be Modified, Judge Says In Opinion

By Katryna Perera

A New York federal judge narrowed the class definitions in a suit accusing Tether and Bitfinex of rigging the cryptocurrency market and costing investors hundreds of billions of dollars, after finding that there is no "clear-cut" injury for some investors. 

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Kate Hudson's Activewear Co. Sued For Tariff Refunds

By Lauren Berg

Fabletics, the activewear company cofounded by actress Kate Hudson, faces a proposed class action from customers who say the company passed the cost of President Donald Trump's illegal 2025 tariffs onto customers and should be forced to refund those overages.

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5th Circ. Won't Unwind Class In United Airlines Vax Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Fifth Circuit said Monday that United Airlines can't roll back class certification for workers who brought religious bias claims after opposing the air carrier's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and getting placed on unpaid leave, rejecting concerns that the courts would have to probe the sincerity of each worker's convictions.

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Bus Contractor Can't Trim Lookback Period In Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

A bus attendant plausibly alleged that a school transportation company willfully violated federal wage law, an Ohio federal judge ruled, allowing her claims to reach back three years rather than two.

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Water Damage Co. Faces Class Action Over Wages

By Zach Dupont

A pair of former employees of a water damage repair company claim in a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court that the company is violating Colorado employment laws by not allowing employees to take state-mandated breaks and by paying on-call workers a flat rate for assignments regardless of the actual hours worked.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured disputes spanning alleged forged board approvals at a telecom startup, evidence-destruction claims tied to WWE's blockbuster merger with UFC and investor scrutiny of a multibillion-dollar deal between Intel and the U.S. government.

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Brookfield Strikes $83.75M TerraForm Merger Deal

By Jarek Rutz

A proposed $83.75 million settlement has been filed in the Delaware Chancery Court to resolve long-running shareholder litigation accusing Brookfield Asset Management of exploiting minority investors during its 2020 take-private merger with renewable energy company TerraForm Power Inc.

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Edison Dodges Investors' Wildfire Mitigation Suit, For Now

By Lauren Berg

A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action alleging the parent company of Southern California Edison misled investors about the effectiveness of the public utility company's wildfire-mitigation measures in the lead-up to last January's devastating fires north of Los Angeles, but allowed investors to rework part of the suit.

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Huggies Hit With NY Action Over 'Hypoallergenic' Diaper Label

By Jonathan Capriel

Consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp. is accused of falsely advertising its Huggies brand of diapers as hypoallergenic when in reality they contain skin-irritating ingredients, with a proposed class action filed Friday in New York federal court.

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Mercedes-Benz Beats Suit Over Recall Rental Cost Coverage

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge on Monday tossed a proposed class action accusing Mercedes-Benz of misleading consumers about rental car reimbursements available to drivers affected by a potential SUV brake defect, rejecting the plaintiff's argument that the automaker should've had a definitive recall plan in place when it notified the public about the issue.   

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Cannabis Cos. Get THC Potency False Ad Suit Tossed

By Mike Curley

An Illinois federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action claiming that a group of cannabis companies mislabel their products as vapable oils to get around state possession and THC limits, saying at most, they alleged misrepresentations of law, not facts.

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Sig Sauer Defends P320 Pistol Design In Wash. Class Action

By Ben Adlin

Sig Sauer Inc. urged a federal judge in Seattle to toss a proposed class action accusing the arms-maker of defectively designing its popular P320 pistol, claiming plaintiffs were wrong to say the gun lacks "any external safety features" because it features a trigger guard.

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Mammogram Provider To Pay $2.5M Over Data Breach

By Julie Manganis

A mobile mammogram provider has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a proposed class action on behalf of more than 357,000 patients whose personal information was leaked in a 2024 data breach, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

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NC Providers Sue UnitedHealth Over 'Devastating' Cyberattack

By Hayley Fowler

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and several of its subsidiaries are facing a proposed class action in North Carolina state court over a 2024 data breach that took its claims processing platform offline and allegedly delayed billions of dollars in reimbursements to providers.

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Cold Storage Co. Strikes Deal To End Data Breach Suits

By Kelcey Caulder

Americold Logistics LLC has agreed to settle a pair of lawsuits that claimed lax cybersecurity at the cold storage giant led to two separate data breaches that allegedly impacted droves of employees and customers, according to a filing in Atlanta federal court.

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Verano Receipts Out Medical Pot Users, Suit Claims

By Mike Curley

An Illinois man is suing cannabis giant Verano Holdings LLC in state court, alleging that it is in violation of state and federal privacy laws because it includes the buyer's name and date of birth on receipts for purchases at its dispensaries.

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Meta's AI Smart Glasses Snoop On Users, Consumers Say

By Joyce Hanson

A California resident has brought a proposed class action accusing Meta and an eyewear company of misleading buyers by advertising the companies' artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses as "designed for privacy," saying personal video footage can be reviewed by human contractors overseas.

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Hertz Reaches Deal To Expand Hand Control Rental Access

By Zak Kostro

A proposed class action settlement with Hertz would expand the availability of rental cars with hand controls and require improvements to the company's reservation system to make it easier for people with disabilities to reserve vehicles equipped with the devices.

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Vehicle Manufacturer Strikes Deal In Tobacco Surcharge Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Commercial vehicle manufacturer International Motors LLC has agreed to end a proposed class action claiming it unlawfully charges employees who use tobacco products an additional $600 per year for health insurance without providing an alternative to the fee, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

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Meta Integrity Head Tells NM Jury Proactivity Is Key

By Cara Salvatore

Meta's longtime head of integrity testified Monday in New Mexico's social media mental health trial that the company is always building new safety tools and that he led a shift to make it more proactive in detecting policy violations.

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Social Media Plaintiff Not Diagnosed With Addiction, Jury Told

By Craig Clough

A therapist who treated a bellwether plaintiff alleging Instagram and YouTube are harmful to children testified she never diagnosed the plaintiff with any social media addiction during five years of treatment but believed social media contributed to her mental health struggles, according to a video deposition a California jury watched Monday.

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Judge Won't Certify Class In Antero Gas Royalty Suit

By Keith Goldberg

An Ohio federal magistrate has refused to certify a class of oil and gas royalty owners accusing Antero Resources Corp. of underpaying natural gas royalties, saying individual reviews of the lease agreements are clearly required.

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JPMorgan Trims But Can't Escape ERISA Drug Costs Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A New York federal judge pared claims Monday against JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a suit from workers who alleged they paid too much for prescription drugs, but opened discovery on allegations that the bank's contract with its pharmacy benefit manager caused transactions prohibited by federal benefits law.

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BBQ Co. Execs, Trust Co. Settle Workers' ESOP Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

A New York-based barbecue chain's executives and the caretaker of the company's employee stock ownership plan have agreed to settle a class action from workers alleging ESOP mismanagement, the parties told a New York federal court Monday.

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Biopharma Brass Hid Drug Trial Risks, Derivative Suit Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

Brass of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. are facing shareholder derivative claims they caused the company to overstate prospects for a drug to treat a bone disease, hurting investors and opening the company up to liability when its share prices fell following disappointing clinical trial news.

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Intuit Faces MLA Suit Over 'Refund Advance' Loans

By Sydney Price

TurboTax distributor Intuit Inc. and several of its partners were hit with a proposed class action alleging their process for distributing tax refund advance loans comes with high costs and arbitration clauses that are prohibited by the Military Lending Act.

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Md. Judge Orders ICE To Improve Detention Conditions

By Tom Lotshaw

A Maryland federal judge has ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to limit the number of people being detained in short-term holding facilities in Baltimore and provide better care due to "deplorable" and likely unconstitutional conditions.

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Feds Must Respond To Immigrant Detention Suit, Court Told

By Ganesh Setty

A Salvadoran national who won release after being detained without a bond hearing told a Colorado federal court that the Trump administration shouldn't delay responding to his latest lawsuit, noting it has elsewhere sought expedited review of the same legal issues.

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Steve Aoki, DraftKings Founder Seek Exit From NFT Fraud Suit

By David Minsky

DraftKings co-founder Matthew Kalish and electronic music artist Steve Aoki told a Florida federal court Friday that a proposed class action accusing them of promoting "worthless" nonfungible tokens without disclosing they were getting paid for it does not allege any wrongdoing, and asked the court to toss the suit.

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Paul Hastings Adds A&O Shearman Securities Litigator Duo

By Tracey Read

Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that it has hired two San Francisco-based securities litigation attorneys from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling as partners, including A&O Shearman's former managing partner of the California offices.

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4th Circ. Navy Federal Decision Illustrates Nuances Of Rule 23

The Fourth Circuit's recent decision in Oliver v. Navy Federal Credit Union helpfully clarified how class action defendants can use Rule 23(c)(1)(A) to eliminate exposure early, along with the limitations of such an approach, attorneys at Duane Morris.

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When MDLs Drag, State Courts Can Speed Mass Tort Results

Understanding the structural dynamics that can delay resolution in multidistrict litigation is essential to understanding why a state court strategy is sometimes not merely attractive, but necessary for plaintiffs seeking timely and just outcomes, say attorneys at DiCello Levitt.

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Military Attys In DOJ 'Erodes Democratic Norms,' Ex-JAGs Say

By Lauren Berg

Nearly a dozen former military lawyers raised the alarm about the Trump administration appointing judge advocate officers to U.S. attorneys' offices, urging a Minnesota federal judge Tuesday to bar an Army lawyer from prosecuting a case that accuses a civilian of assaulting federal immigration enforcement agents.

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DOJ Official Faces Ethics Case Over Georgetown DEI Letters

By Alison Knezevich

U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin has been hit with disciplinary charges in the nation's capital over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University Law Center last year while he was interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

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Dems Confront Roberts At Wide-Ranging Judiciary Gathering

By Jeff Overley

The federal judiciary's top administrator voiced "serious and urgent concerns" Tuesday regarding threats of retribution against judges, a warning that coincided with a judicial gathering where Democrats discussed security fears and controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

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Prosecutor Resigns, Judge Shows Slide Deck On AI Errors

By Abigail Harrison

A federal prosecutor told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday that he was separating from the office after admitting in open court to using artificial intelligence to help draft a response brief, what he called "the worst decision I've ever made in my 30-year career."

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Calif. Atty Gets Over 11 Years For Solar $1B Ponzi Scheme

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has sentenced a corporate attorney to 11 years and five months behind bars after he pled guilty to nearly two dozen charges for his role in DC Solar's $912 million Ponzi scheme, which duped major investors including Berkshire Hathaway, Progressive and SunTrust Equipment Finance & Leasing.

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Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Admits Tax Crimes, Will Pay $2.8M

By Aaron Keller

A former Moses & Singer LLP partner admitted to practice in New York and North Carolina courts has pled guilty to three counts of failing to file personal income tax returns and will pay $2.8 million in restitution, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced Monday.

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Judiciary Approves Supreme Court Public Defender Office

By Katie Buehler

The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

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Judge Fumes As Live Nation Antitrust Trial Remains In Limbo

By Stewart Bishop

The status of Live Nation Entertainment's antitrust trial and proposed settlement over federal and state government claims of anticompetitive conduct remained up in the air Tuesday amid pushback by several states, while the Manhattan federal judge overseeing the case upbraided the parties for keeping him out of the loop about negotiations.

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DOJ Unveils Superseding Policy For Corporate Criminal Cases

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released its first-ever, department-wide, corporate enforcement policy for criminal matters, outlining how it will decline to prosecute companies that voluntarily disclose misconduct, cooperate with investigators and remediate wrongdoing.

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DLA Piper Can't Rep Itself At Bias Trial, Fired Atty Says

By Pete Brush

DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.

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Judge Nixed Over MAGA Op-Ed Seeks Reinstatement

By Emily Sawicki

A retired Illinois state trial court judge pursuing First Amendment claims against the state Supreme Court after his right-wing opinion column resulted in his removal from a temporary judgeship has moved for immediate reinstatement to the Cook County Circuit Court.

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Wisconsin Judges Decline To Extend Interim US Atty's Term

By Courtney Bublé

A majority of judges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin have declined to extend the tenure of interim U.S. Attorney Brad Schimel, according to an announcement Tuesday.

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J&J Opposes Beasley Allen Reinstatement Bid In NJ Talc Fight

By Emily Sawicki

Johnson & Johnson is urging the New Jersey Supreme Court to not take the "extraordinary step" of intervening in an appellate panel ruling that disqualified Beasley Allen from representing hundreds of women in product liability litigation against the pharmaceutical giant after the Georgia-based firm "knowingly collaborated" with a former Johnson & Johnson outside counsel.

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