Calif. Bans Some Ultraprocessed Foods In School Meals

By Gina Kim

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday signed a first-in-the-nation bipartisan law that will slowly phase out and eventually ban ultraprocessed foods from public school meals by 2032, marking one of the most significant changes in the state's efforts to reform nutritional standards for children in the Golden State. 

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General Mills Workers Must Redo 'Behemoth' Race Bias Suit

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal magistrate judge ordered a proposed class of General Mills employees alleging their plant is run by a white supremacist clique to rewrite their "behemoth" complaint, calling their claims "very troubling" but "nearly impossible" to follow and questioning if they could survive as a class action.

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Vestis Shareholder Alleges Deception Before Aramark Spinoff

By Sydney Price

Executives and directors of uniform supplier Vestis Corp. were hit this week with a shareholder's derivative suit accusing them of concealing Vestis was underfunded prior to being spun off by food services giant Aramark in 2023, leaving Vestis unable to grow its revenue and retain customers.

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Tivity Health Investors Seek Final OK Of $17M Settlement

By Emilie Ruscoe

An investor in fitness program administrator Tivity Health Inc. has asked a Nashville federal judge for a final nod for an over $17 million deal ending claims the company misled investors about its financial prospects after its $1.3 billion acquisition of troubled weight-loss meal delivery company Nutrisystem.

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9th Circ. Changes Stance On Appeals Of Anti-SLAPP Denials

By Hailey Konnath

The full Ninth Circuit on Thursday held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation, diverging from 22-year-old circuit precedent and finding that such orders aren't immediately appealable because they don't resolve issues "completely separate from the merits."

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Biotech Wins $367K From Ex-CEO In Conn. Conversion Suit

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut jury has ordered the fired CEO of a flavoring and aroma firm, who is also a tax attorney, to pay the company more than $367,000 plus punitive damages after agreeing that he improperly sent himself money around the time of his termination and breached his fiduciary duties.

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Deals Rumor Mill

Paramount Eyes $60B Warner Bid, And Other Rumors

By Al Barbarino

Paramount Skydance is in talks with private equity firms including Apollo Global Management as it mulls a potential $60 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Another mega-deal that's further along its path to closing — Mars' $36 billion bid to acquire Kellanova — is set to win European antitrust approval. And Armani has approached potential buyers to sell a minority stake in the first phase of late designer Giorgio Armani's wishes.

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Munck Wilson Taps Texas Atty To Lead Life Sciences Practice

By Lynn LaRowe

Munck Wilson Mandala LLP has chosen a Lone Star State lawyer who joined the firm earlier this year to lead the technology-focused firm's life sciences practice group.

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Series

Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.

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Up Next At High Court: Voting Rights & Warrantless Entries

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return Tuesday to hear oral arguments in four cases, including a dispute over the constitutionality of the last remaining provision of the Voting Right Act and whether federal prisoners seeking postconviction relief are subject to the same rules as state inmates.

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Atty's Due Process Claims Challenging Disbarments Trimmed

By Emily Sawicki

A former attorney has had most of a due process suit fighting his disbarment in Florida and reciprocal discipline in Massachusetts and New York thrown out, with a Manhattan federal judge finding that New York lacks personal jurisdiction over out-of-state disciplinary officials.

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CFTC Crypto Task Force Head Returns To Akin

By Aislinn Keely

The former head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Digital Asset Task Force has left the agency to return to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as senior counsel in its white collar defense and government investigations practice.

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9th Circ. Flouting 'Imperial Judiciary' Warning, Judges Assert

By Jeff Overley

A large contingent of Ninth Circuit judges accused colleagues Friday of ignoring recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions limiting legal remedies in politically charged disputes, adding fresh fuel to a heated debate over the judiciary's handling of suits against the Trump administration.

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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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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Ninth Circuit held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation.

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NJ Senate President Calls For Monitor Of State AG Unit

By Madison Arnold

New Jersey Senate President Nicholas Scutari on Friday called for the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the state's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, saying it has been troubled with failed prosecutions, botched investigations and misconduct.

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Ga. Judge Charged With DUI At Florida Strip Club

By Chart Riggall

The Georgia judge who heads up the state's council of superior court jurists was arrested for driving under the influence outside a Jacksonville, Florida, strip club this week after hitting another vehicle with his Mercedes, according to arrest records.

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Brief

Bill Would Let Judges, Prosecutors Carry Concealed Guns

By Courtney Bublé

Two Republicans have introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow current and retired federal judges and state, local and federal prosecutors to carry concealed firearms in response to increasing concerns about judicial security.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

It is of little solace to general counsel that most big law firms hiked their billing rates this year just slightly less than last year's increase. And it looks like Elon Musk is settling with the former chief legal officer and the general counsel of Twitter, along with two other executives, over their suit to obtain millions in promised severance pay. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Retribution, Intent Claims May Defuse Bombshell James Case

By Phillip Bantz

The Trump administration's indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is tightly crafted and offers a straightforward presentation of the government's case, but experts say James appears to have a strong argument that she did not intend to break the law and is being unfairly targeted for what amounts to a minor offense.

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