5th Circ. To Rehear No Surprises Act Ruling En Banc

By Catherine Marfin

The full Fifth Circuit agreed Friday to reconsider a dispute over provisions for calculating qualifying payments under the 2020 No Surprises Act.

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Generic-Drug Makers Near Exit From Depo-Provera MDL

By Carolina Bolado

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation claiming Pfizer Inc. failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the risk of brain tumors associated with the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera told a Florida federal judge that they are close to dismissing claims against three manufacturers of generic versions of the drug.

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Wash. High Court Relaxes Standard For Worker Illness Suits

By Rachel Riley

Washington's highest court has lowered the bar for employees to sue over work-related illnesses, finding that in cases of latent diseases such as mesothelioma, a worker has a valid claim if they show their employer was "virtually certain" that the malady would develop.

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Fed Circ. Weighs In On Veterans Court Review Standard

By Lauren Berg

The Federal Circuit on Friday issued a precedential opinion backing the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims' use of a questions of law analysis, rather than a standard requiring its own review of the facts in a disability evaluation case.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic — but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance — as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures.

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Temple U., Cancer Center Can't Dodge Prof's Sex Bias Claims

By Patrick Hoff

Temple University and its cancer research center can't shut down the bulk of a researcher's suit claiming her supervisor refused to support her after she complained about his unwanted advances, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, finding she plausibly alleged harassment interfered with her job.

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Iowa Supreme Court Reinstates $3.2M Med Mal Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday reinstated a jury's $3.25 million verdict in a suit accusing a physician of failing to properly repair an incision made to assist a patient's childbirth that caused injuries, saying a lower court wrongly deemed certain expert testimony deficient.

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Pa. Justices Back Hospital Tax Break Despite High Salaries

By Matthew Santoni

The corporate structure and high executive pay at a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, hospital were not reason enough to take away its nonprofit, tax-exempt status, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

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Bird Marella's Sanctions Win Upheld In $2.25M Fraud Dispute

By Craig Clough

A California appellate panel has affirmed Bird Marella's terminating sanctions win against Frontline Medical Associates, holding that a state judge did not abuse her discretion by finding Frontline committed fraud on the court in its suit alleging the firm tricked it into paying $2.25 million for legal services for one of the firm's clients.

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$5.2M Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL Deal Gets Final OK

By Nadia Dreid

Apotex Corp. will be paying $5.2 million to settle claims from a class of indirect purchasers alleging the drugmaker was working with other pharmaceutical companies to hike up the price of certain generic medications.

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Pharma Co. Hid Cancer Study Method Problems, Investor Claims

By Emilie Ruscoe

Biotechnology company UroGen Pharma Ltd. and three current and former executives are facing a proposed investor class action in New Jersey federal court alleging the company failed to disclose methodology flaws affecting a study of its lead drug candidate that ultimately doomed its bid for U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

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Brief

Mich. Workers Get Final OK For Boot-Up Suit Settlement

By Emmy Freedman

A Michigan federal court greenlighted an $86,000 settlement resolving an insurance specialist's collective action accusing a home healthcare company of failing to pay employees for the time they spent booting up their computers.

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Judge OKs Steward Lender Deal, Ch. 11 Plan Vote

By Rick Archer

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday sent Steward Health Care's Chapter 11 plan out for a creditor vote and approved a settlement between the hospital chain and its secured lenders, saying the deal is the only way any other creditors will see a dime.

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Brief

Ex-Tilton Portfolio Co. Files Ch. 7 With $88M Debt

By Rick Archer

Intrepid USA Inc., a home health and hospice service provider that was part of Lynn Tilton's turnaround empire, has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $88 million in debt, nearly all stemming from its 2024 sale.

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Former Pfizer Atty, Motley Rice Adviser Joins DiCello Levitt

By Jack Rodgers

A former Pfizer vice president and assistant general counsel, who last June entered into a consulting agreement with Motley Rice LLC, is joining DiCello Levitt as a partner as part of the firm's Washington, D.C., public client practice group, the firm recently announced.

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How Focus On Menopause Care Is Fueling Innovation, Access

Recent legislative developments concerning the growing field of menopause care are creating opportunities for increased investment and innovation in the space as they increase access to education and coverage, say attorneys at Kirkland.

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Neb.'s Cannabis Regulatory Void Poses Operational Risks

With the Nebraska Legislature recently declining to advance any cannabis legislation, leaving the state without a regulatory framework for voter-passed initiatives, the risks of operating without clear rules will likely affect patients, providers and caregivers, says John Cartier at Omnus Law.

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Del. Dispatch: A Look At Indemnification Notice Provisions

The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in Thompson Street Capital Partners v. Sonova U.S. Hearing Instruments serves as a reminder that noncompliance with contractual requirements for an indemnification claim notice may result in forfeiture of the indemnification right, depending on both the agreement language and the circumstances, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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Opinion

The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.

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AI Video Pushes Boundaries Of Victim Impact Statements

By Sarah Martinson

At the beginning of May, an Arizona state court judge permitted an artificial intelligence-generated victim impact statement of a deceased victim at a sentencing hearing, leaving some attorneys concerned about how admitting these types of videos might affect sentencing in other cases.

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Trump Blames Federalist Society For Trade Court Loss

By Cara Bayles

President Donald Trump blamed his recent, short-lived loss in the U.S. Court of International Trade both on judges he accused of hating him as well as on the Federalist Society — the conservative legal group that helped him with judicial selection during his first term — in a Truth Social post highlighting tensions within the conservative legal and political movements.

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Jenner & Block Fights DOJ Motion Over Exec Order

By Jake Maher

Jenner & Block LLP on Friday fought a bid from the U.S. Department of Justice to carve out part of a March executive order targeting the firm after the bulk of the order was tossed last week, in a dispute that could relate to future actions against the firm.

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Workplace Bullying Can't Be A Rite Of Passage For Attys

By Andrea Keckley

As more than half of young lawyers cite workplace toxicity as the reason they left their jobs, a panel of attorneys said Friday that many of the professionals they've listened to aren't willing to dismiss bullying as a rite of passage.

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Trump Taps Paul Ingrassia To Lead Special Counsel's Office

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has nominated Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer and former right-wing writer, to lead the Office of Special Counsel after firing the previous one.

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Analysis

Kousisis May Boost Fraud Cases, But Questions Remain

By Stewart Bishop and Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Supreme Court's finding that inducing a transaction through lies, even with no intent of economic loss, is a valid basis for a wire fraud conviction opens the door for a wave of aggressive fraud prosecutions, but unanswered questions on issues like materiality may lead the court to again consider reining in the government's power.

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More Californians Face Legal Issues, But Get Less Help

By Jack Karp

The gap between the need for civil legal services for Californians and the help that is actually available has grown over the past five years, as has the income level of those affected by that gap, according to a new study from the State Bar of California.

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AI Not Slowing Down Despite Ethical Risks, Experts Say

By Andrea Keckley

Following its rapid evolution in the past half-year alone, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Chief Information Officer Michael Shea predicted during a panel conversation Friday that artificial intelligence tools would see "pretty significant changes" over the next 12 months despite the challenges of putting guardrails around them.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. federal judge struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting WilmerHale.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

An investor is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of a new state law that broadens the protection of corporations in shareholder suits. And hundreds of general counsel are joining an online forum to stand up for the rule of law after President Donald Trump's executive orders against several corporate law firms.

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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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Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Philippe & Jennifer Selendy

By Yun Park

Philippe and Jennifer Selendy, who met as associates at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and married in 1997, each spent nearly three decades building distinguished legal careers. They now continue their partnership at Selendy Gay PLLC, founded in 2018, which has quickly grown into one of the nation's leading litigation firms, recovering more than $47 billion for their clients.

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