Split 4th Circ. Rejects GenBioPro Abortion Ban Challenge

By Gianna Ferrarin

A split Fourth Circuit panel on Tuesday rejected GenBioPro's challenge to a West Virginia law banning medication abortion with narrow exceptions, with the majority finding the ban does not conflict with federal regulators' statutory authority to impose safety requirements on drug manufacturers.

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Trump Admin Seeks Win In Harvard $2B Funding Freeze Case

By Dorothy Atkins

The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal judge Monday to grant it summary judgment in Harvard University's lawsuit challenging the government's effort to freeze $2.2 billion in funding, arguing the dispute is a contract fight that belongs in the Federal Claims Court and the allegations fail on the merits.

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Insurers Prevail In $59M Mishandled Remains Row At 9th Circ.

By Ganesh Setty

Two insurers for a provider of medical training have no duty to cover a $58.5 million civil judgment against a man found liable for mishandling donated bodily remains, the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday, though also allowing the underlying claimants to still pursue bad faith claims against the insurers.

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House Lawmakers OK Bill To Block DOJ Rescheduling Pot

By Sam Reisman

A Republican-led House subcommittee approved language Tuesday that would stop the U.S. Department of Justice from loosening federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process.

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Patent Fight Over Xtandi Erupts Anew Before RFK Jr.

By Adam Lidgett

A new dispute is playing out over the price of a prostate cancer drug that was developed at University of California, Los Angeles, and is being sold by Pfizer, with the federal government being pushed on the issue of using its authority to allow early entry of generics.

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9th Circ. Won't Revive SAG-AFTRA Vax Mandate Challenge

By Grace Elletson

The Ninth Circuit declined Tuesday to reinstate a suit claiming SAG-AFTRA shirked its duties to union members by greenlighting a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to get actors back to work during the pandemic, ruling their claims are either untimely or preempted by federal labor law.

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Wash. Court Doubts Hospitals' Bid To Nix $230M Judgment

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state appellate judge criticized a hospital system's attempt to undo a $230 million loss in a class wage and hour suit on Tuesday, suggesting the employer's arguments about meal break waivers and timekeeping practices are at odds with its own records.  

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UnitedHealth, Optum Accused Of Pregnancy Discrimination

By Irene Spezzamonte

Optum Care Inc. and parent company UnitedHealth Group fired a care team supervisor while she was on maternity leave without a tangible reason, according to a suit lodged in California state court.

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Wisconsin Health Co. Faces Trimmed 403(b) Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A federal judge agreed to trim a federal benefits lawsuit against a Wisconsin health system from a proposed class of employees who said their 403(b) retirement plan was mismanaged, refusing to dismiss recordkeeping fee claims but agreeing to toss allegations of excessive investment management fees.

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NC Docs Say Practice Duped Them Into Providing Free Labor

By Abigail Harrison

A trio of reproductive and women's health care physicians were enticed to sell their practice by promises of a brighter financial future, only to be forced into providing more than a year of free labor, the doctors say in a complaint designated to the North Carolina Business Court.

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Workers Seek Class Status In United Pricing Scheme Suit

By Grace Elletson

A group of workers urged a California federal judge to award them class certification in their suit alleging United Behavioral Health and a billing contractor shorted them on coverage for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments, arguing they put forward new detail that clears class status requirements.

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Harrah's Accused Of Firing Supervisor Over Health Issues

By Katherine Smith

A housekeeping supervisor said Harrah's Resort Atlantic City used flimsy reasoning to fire her after she sought time off for multiple health problems in a complaint filed in New Jersey federal court.

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Kirkland Tops M&A League Tables In First Half Of 2025

By Al Barbarino

Kirkland & Ellis LLP was the top mergers and acquisitions legal adviser both globally and in North America during the first half of 2025, as measured by both value and transaction numbers, league table data from GlobalData showed Tuesday. 

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Saudi Arabian Healthcare Co. Snags $124M In VC Funding

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Saudi Arabian long-term care, rehabilitation and home healthcare services provider Baraya Extended Care on Tuesday announced that it secured $124 million in Series B funding led by healthcare investor TVM Capital Healthcare.

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Opinion

4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

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Keesal Young Accuses Stradley Ronon Of Unfair Poaching

By Emma Cueto

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has been hit with allegations from California firm Keesal Young & Logan that it unfairly poached both shareholders and associates from the firm, allegedly conspiring with the departing attorneys to violate their agreements with the firm and costing Keesal Young $2.5 million in annual profits.

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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Tell Court 'There's No Deal'

By Lauren Berg

Jackson Walker LLP and the federal government's bankruptcy watchdog told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that they have not reached an agreement to resolve a fee dispute stemming from a former bankruptcy judge's previously undisclosed romantic relationship with a onetime partner of the firm.

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Trump Admin Fires 17 More Immigration Judges, Union Says

By Hailey Konnath

The Trump administration has fired 17 more immigration judges, bringing the total of immigration judges that have either been terminated, transferred or accepted retirement offers since January to 103, according to an announcement made Tuesday by the union that represents them.

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Wisconsin Judge Says Actions Were Part Of Judicial Duties

By Adrian Cruz

The Wisconsin state judge accused of helping an immigrant living in the country illegally avoid arrest objected to a federal judge's recommendation not to have her indictment dismissed, arguing Tuesday that her actions were lawful and that accepting the recommendation would set a dangerous precedent.

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Advocates Turn To Florida High Court For Bondi Ethics Probe

By Madison Arnold

A group of attorneys, law professors and former judges asked the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to order the Florida Bar to investigate U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct.

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Grassley Rejects Dems' Push For 2nd Hearing On Emil Bove

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday rebuffed the request from Democrats on his committee for the whistleblower who made claims regarding Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove to testify and said the committee will proceed with the vote on Bove's nomination Thursday.

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SEC Drops Bribery Suit Against Ex-Cognizant Execs

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New Jersey federal court Tuesday that it will drop its lawsuit against the former president and chief legal officer of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. over an alleged bribery scheme, after the U.S. Department of Justice dropped a related criminal case.

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Analysis

High Court Term Yields Gains For Criminal Defendants

By Marco Poggio

The U.S. Supreme Court addressed several contentious issues this term, with the conservative majority prevailing in numerous high-profile cases. Yet, in a notable trend, the court also issued multiple rulings favorable to criminal defendants, including expanding prisoners' rights in civil lawsuits and reinforcing due process protections in capital cases.

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Funding 'Crisis' Jeopardizes Indigent Defense, Judiciary Says

By Courtney Bublé

The judiciary rang the alarm on Tuesday that funding has been exhausted for the private attorneys who represent indigent federal criminal defendants, and this predicament is expected to last for three months.

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2 NY Legal Services Shops Go On Strike, More Could Follow

By Andrea Keckley

Two member shops of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys — a union that represents thousands of public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City metro area — commenced strikes Tuesday, with deadlines for others looming later this week as the ALAA hopes its sectoral bargaining strategy will lead to better contracts.

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Jeanine Pirro's $11M Net Worth Revealed In Disclosure

By Courtney Bublé

Former judge and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has a net worth of over $11 million, according to a financial disclosure obtained by Law360 on Monday.

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Judge Denies Early Win For Family Of Atty Seeking 9/11 Fees

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge denied an early win for the estate of a 9/11 families attorney suing the firm that contracted him over fees Tuesday, lambasting the contracts at the center of the litigation for their lack of clarity and suggesting that a trial might be the only way to discern their meaning.

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Analysis

The Biggest IP Agency Developments Of 2025: Midyear Report

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office have not been spared from the Trump administration's shake-ups and changes across the federal government in the first half of the year.

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Court Reporters Defend Suit Saying Group Coerces Dues

By Bryan Koenig

A pair of court reporters defended their New Jersey federal court proposed class action accusing the National Court Reporters Association of anticompetitively conditioning needed certification on expensive membership with the group, arguing the NCRA can't try to argue that membership and certification are one and the same.

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