House GOP Pushing 'Suite' Of Bills To Protect Kids Online

By Allison Grande

Several House Republicans on Tuesday threw their support behind nearly 20 legislative proposals that they argued are critical for tackling the myriad of harms facing children online while avoiding First Amendment issues that have derailed similar state efforts, drawing a rebuke from Democrats who questioned how the bills would be enforced given recent cuts at the Federal Trade Commission. 

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Justices Skeptical Of NJ Subpoena For Anti-Abortion Donors

By Carla Baranauckas

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic Tuesday to an anti-abortion pregnancy-center network's bid to challenge a subpoena from the New Jersey attorney general, pressing the state on whether its demand for donor identities and internal documents risked unconstitutionally chilling First Amendment associational rights.

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Canadian Court Blocks Binance's Hong Kong Arbitration Bid

By Joyce Hanson

A Canadian court has ordered Binance to stop pursuing arbitration in Hong Kong against two class representatives in litigation accusing the cryptocurrency exchange of illegally trading securities, pointing to an appeals court decision finding the arbitration agreement is unenforceable.

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'Eating Ourselves To Death': SF Sues Processed Food Giants

By Lauren Berg

The Kraft Heinz Co., General Mills, Nestle USA and other food industry giants aggressively market their ultra-processed products as staples of the American diet, despite knowing about the items' slew of dangerous health consequences, San Francisco's city attorney alleged Tuesday in a California state court lawsuit.

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9th Circ. Judges Doubt EPA's Pesticide Ban Review Timeline

By Dorothy Atkins

Ninth Circuit judges suggested during a hearing Tuesday that a petition by green groups to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action on banning organophosphate pesticides may be premature, but each panel judge also expressed concerns the EPA lacks a clear timeline on banning pesticides found harmful.

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PennyMac Can't Shed 'Pay-To-Pay' Borrower Class Action

By Emilie Ruscoe

Residential mortgage servicer PennyMac Loan Services LLC can't shed a proposed class action alleging it unfairly charged borrowers "pay-to-pay" fees, a North Carolina federal judge has said, saying the servicer's assertion that it doesn't collect or receive the relevant fees is an issue for a later stage in the proceedings.

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9th Circ. Tosses Tesla Investor Suit Over Self-Driving Tech

By Katryna Perera

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of a suit against Tesla Inc. and its CEO Elon Musk claiming they deceived investors about the capabilities and safety record of the company's self-driving technology, finding the investors failed to plead any actionable false statements, among other issues.

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NTIA Chief Says Broadband Program Reforms Save $21B

By Christopher Cole

The federal government has shaved $21 billion off the cost of a broadband deployment program through recent reforms and will unveil policies soon on how those savings will be used, the head of the agency leading the effort said Tuesday.

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Under New Chair, Fed. Vax Panel To Redo Hep B Vote

By Yeji Jesse Lee

The new chair of an influential federal vaccine advisory panel is set to lead a vote this week on whether to roll back federal recommendations that newborns get vaccinated against hepatitis B.

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NTIA Signals Interest In Reducing Students' Screen Time

By Christopher Cole

A branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce will lead a new federal effort to cut down on "excessive" use of devices by students, the agency's administrator said Tuesday.

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Wash. AI Task Force Proposes Guardrails And Disclosures

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state task force Monday unveiled a set of proposed guardrails and disclosure requirements for the responsible use of artificial intelligence, including mandating that developers publicly share details about data used to train their models and requiring law enforcement to disclose the use of AI tools.

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FCC Says Telecom Must Block Walmart Impersonation Scam

By Nadia Dreid

The telecom that has been transmitting scam calls from bad actors claiming to be Walmart employees will be cut off from U.S. networks if it doesn't cut it out, the Federal Communications Commission has announced.

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FDIC Secures Dismissal Of SVB Cayman Deposit Suit

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has permanently tossed a suit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. brought by liquidators of the Cayman Islands branch of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, finding they lack standing to sue the agency and are barred from relitigating issues already decided in bankruptcy court.

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Democratic Sens. Press 21 Credit Unions On Overdraft Fees

By Sarah Jarvis

A trio of Democratic U.S. senators are pressing various credit unions for data and information on their policies concerning fees charged to customers who overdraft or have insufficient funds, in light of the National Credit Union Administration's decision to stop publishing overdraft data, among other things.

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DOJ Tells Justices Duke Must Face 'Holistic' Antitrust Case

By Bryan Koenig

The Trump administration weighed in Monday on Duke Energy's bid to duck a rival's claims accusing the power giant of squeezing it out of the North Carolina market, telling the U.S. Supreme Court that the Fourth Circuit rightly revived the allegations by refusing to view them only "in isolation."

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NY AG Claims Peak Capital Illegally Deregulated Apartments

By Isaac Monterose

A New York City developer wrongfully took advantage of a rent-stabilization exemption for building renovations to profit from illegally deregulating rent-stabilized apartments, New York State and its Division of Housing and Community Renewal alleged in state court.

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Vapor Evidence Tossed From Causation In Camp Lejeune Suit

By Mike Curley

A panel of federal judges has excluded evidence of water vapor intrusion from the analysis of causation in the Camp Lejeune water contamination suit in North Carolina federal court, siding with the government in its argument that water vapor is not included in "the water" named in the Camp Lejeune Justice Act.

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5th Circ. Wary Of FDA Process Behind Rule For New Vapes

By Sam Reisman

A Fifth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration properly accounted for how a new rule for premarket authorization of new tobacco products would affect small businesses in the industry.

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Boeing Faces New Passenger Suits Over 737 Blowout

By Rachel Riley

The Boeing Co. has been hit with a pair of fresh lawsuits in Washington state court by two California couples who say they were traumatized when a panel blew off a 737 Max jet during a January 2024 Alaska Airlines flight over the West Coast, which triggered an "explosive and violent decompression of the aircraft cabin."

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Fiat Chrysler Seeks Pause Of EV Suit For Arbitration Decision

By Jonathan Capriel

Fiat Chrysler wants to hit pause on a proposed class action alleging the batteries in its plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokees are at risk of spontaneously catching fire, saying the litigation should wait for the Michigan federal court to determine if most of the drivers suing should be pushed into arbitration.

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3rd Circ. Weighs 'Information' Meaning In Credit Report Rift

By George Woolston

A panel of the Third Circuit on Tuesday considered whether Experian acted reasonably when it reported that a New Jersey consumer was behind on child support payments despite the consumer's efforts to dispute that report's accuracy, questioning whether the purported delinquency had to be reported in the first place.

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Utah Youth Bring Renewed Challenge To Fossil Fuel Permits

By Ganesh Setty

A group of 10 young Utah residents have urged a state court to declare that more than 300 of Utah's fossil fuel development permits violate their right under Utah's constitution to enjoy life.

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CR Bard's Faulty Blood Filter Killed Wash. Woman, Suit Says

By Ben Adlin

The family of a woman allegedly killed by a faulty blood filter implant accused device maker C.R. Bard Inc. in Washington federal court Monday of taking dangerous shortcuts as it rushed its line of products to market.

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Wells Fargo Beneficiary's Hidden Trust Claims Are Too Late

By Emilie Ruscoe

Wells Fargo has beaten claims that it intentionally concealed a Massachusetts man's trust fund and drove him to financial instability, after a federal judge found the man didn't take appropriate steps to find his trust decades earlier.

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Walmart Stabbing Victim Says Mich. Store Ignored Red Flags

By Danielle Ferguson

A man who was one of 11 people stabbed at a Traverse City Walmart this summer sued the retail giant in Michigan state court on Tuesday, alleging the company flouted its own safety policies when employees didn't flag the attacker's suspicious behavior and call police.

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States Hit Abbott With FCA Suit Over Infant Formula Recall

By Emily Field

Seven states, including California, Michigan and New York, on Monday intervened in a False Claims Act suit brought by the federal government against Abbott Laboratories over the 2022 infant formula crisis seeking to recoup funds spent on the tainted baby food.

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Judge Combines Antitrust Suits Against Zillow, Redfin

By Isaac Monterose

A Virginia federal judge has consolidated two separate antitrust suits filed by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states against property listing companies Zillow Group Inc., Zillow Inc. and Redfin Corp.

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DeFi Treasury Co. Faces Investors' Crypto Competition Suit

By Aislinn Keely

An investment firm is bringing a proposed securities class action accusing DeFi Technologies Inc. of misleading them and others about the extent of competition the crypto treasury company faced and other factors that allegedly negatively impacted its stock price.

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9th Circ. Robinhood Ruling May Alter Intraquarter Disclosures

By aligning with the Second Circuit and rejecting the First Circuit's extreme-departure standard, the Ninth Circuit recently signaled in its decision to revive a putative securities class action against Robinhood a renewed emphasis on transparency when known trends that can be considered material arise between quarterly reports, say attorneys at MoFo.

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Meta Monopoly Ruling Highlights Limits Of Market Definition

A D.C. federal court's recent ruling that Meta is not monopolizing social media raises questions, such as why market definition matters and whether we have the correct model of competition, which can aid in making a stronger case against tech companies, says Shubha Ghosh at the Syracuse University College of Law.

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Bonus Spotlight

High Billers At McKool Smith To Pocket Extra Bonus Money

By Tracey Read

McKool Smith is the latest BigLaw firm to announce extra cash for attorneys who went above and beyond with billable hours in 2025, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360 Pulse.

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Wilson Sonsini To Switch Leaders For 1st Time Since 2012

By Andrea Keckley

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced plans for its first top leadership transition in more than a decade on Wednesday, tapping a Palo Alto, California-based litigator and a New York-based corporate lawyer to begin co-leading the firm at the start of next August.

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Ex-Bernstein Litowitz Atty Starts Firm After Contentious Exit

By Adrian Cruz

A former Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP partner known for handling high-profile stockholder cases has led the launch of a boutique focused on corporate disputes and securities litigation after the firm says he was fired for misconduct.

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LA Atty Accused Of Using AI 'Hallucinations' Sanctioned

By Rae Ann Varona

A California state appeals court has ordered an attorney accused of including artificial intelligence "hallucinations" in a client's opening brief to pay $7,500 to the court, saying in a published opinion that the attorney is subject to sanctions for inaccuracies, regardless of whether they were the result of AI.

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FTC Backs Nixing ABA Role As 'Gatekeeper' For Texas Bar

By Lynn LaRowe

The Federal Trade Commission has endorsed a proposal from the Texas Supreme Court to abandon a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the state bar, saying the organization's "accreditation monopoly" hurts competition and consumers.

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Virginia Bar Declines To Investigate Interim US Atty Halligan

By Ryan Boysen

The Virginia State Bar has declined to investigate whether Lindsey Halligan should face discipline over her scandal-plagued tenure as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, just days after a federal judge ruled she was not properly appointed to that post.

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Trump Would Prefer Jack Smith Testify In Public

By Courtney Bublé

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, subpoenaed former counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday for a closed-door deposition, to which President Donald Trump said he would rather see a public testimony.

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1st Circ. Doubts Ex-BigLaw Atty's Campaign Finance Appeal

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit on Wednesday expressed misgivings about a former BigLaw attorney's argument that a jury that convicted him of a campaign finance scheme during a failed run for Congress should have been required to unanimously find that each specific transaction was illegal.

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Archegos Founder Says Davis Polk Job Offer Taints Restitution

By Lauren Berg

Archegos founder Bill Hwang, who is serving an 18-year sentence for defrauding banks out of billions of dollars in loans used to manipulate the market, asked to vacate his restitution order because the presiding judge's clerk accepted a job with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, which represents victim-bank Morgan Stanley.

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Troutman Atty Is 3rd NC Federal Judge Confirmed This Week

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 57-41 on Wednesday to confirm Matthew Orso, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, to the Western District of North Carolina as a federal district judge.

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Fed. Circ. Pushes DC Circ. Not To Rethink Newman Decision

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit has urged the D.C. Circuit to ignore Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's request to rehear a decision upholding the dismissal of her suit against the colleagues who suspended her, saying the judiciary has the right to police its own internal matters.

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