Tort Report: Mass. Jury Delivers Record Amazon Crash Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

A record personal injury verdict against Amazon in a crash case and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler's upcoming sex abuse trial lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

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Okla. Judge Keeps Malpractice Suit Over $92M Verdict Alive

By Emily Sawicki

An Oklahoma federal judge has refused to toss an insurer's malpractice suit against a law firm over a $92 million judgment in a dispute over apartment fire coverage.

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'News To Me': Instagram CEO Unaware Its Attys Deleted Data

By Dorothy Atkins

Instagram's CEO appeared to be taken by surprise Tuesday during a California federal jury trial over claims Meta hid social media's harms, after the states revealed that Instagram's in-house counsel removed data from a teen-safety presentation before presenting it to minimize his "litigation exposure risk," saying "this is all news to me."

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Meta Should Keep Research Internal, Data Whiz Tells Jury

By Cara Salvatore

A high-ranking Meta data analyst told a Tennessee jury Tuesday that the social media giant shouldn't release its user research publicly because he saw during a famous leak the danger that such research will be "misinterpreted and misrepresented."

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Pa. AG Says Snapchat Hooks Kids With 'Ephemeral' Posts

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Tuesday that Pennsylvania is suing Snapchat for allegedly harming kids by turning them into compulsive users afraid to miss "ephemeral" posts on the popular app that disappear in time.

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Tesla Can't Avoid Revival Of Home Fire Suit, Calif. Panel Says

By Y. Peter Kang

A California appeals panel has ruled that a Los Angeles judge properly revived a suit accusing a Tesla employee of causing a house fire during an equipment installation, saying plaintiff's counsel's trial tardiness was caused by "excusable neglect."

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Md. Judge Trims Baltimore Bridge Wreck Damages Claims

By Linda Chiem

A Maryland federal judge has slashed claims from Baltimore, businesses and dockworkers seeking to recover millions in economic losses from the owner and operator of the container ship that slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, saying the nearly century-old Robins Dry Dock rule bars many of their claims.

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Asbestos Firm Objects To Connecticut's New Suit Filing Plan

By James Boyle

A Connecticut plaintiffs firm specializing in mesothelioma litigation has asked a Superior Court administrative panel to reconsider a decision to move all asbestos cases to the Complex Litigation Docket in Hartford.

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Albertsons Witness Says Co.'s Opioid Policies Beat Standards

By Ben Adlin

Albertsons' pharmacy policies for reviewing potentially suspicious opioid prescriptions "met or exceeded" the standard of care, an expert witness for the company testified Tuesday, on the 26th day of a bench trial in Washington's case accusing the pharmacy chain of fueling the state's opioid epidemic.

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DUI Suit Against Bar Wrongly Tossed, Ind. Panel Finds

By Mike Curley

An Indiana appeals panel has revived claims against a tavern over a wrong-way crash involving one of its patrons, finding that there is a genuine dispute of fact over whether the tavern was aware the man was visibly intoxicated before he left.

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Canadian Insurer Escapes Subpoena In NJ Malpractice Row

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state judge nixed a subpoena served on a Canadian insurer, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction to compel a foreign nonparty to produce documents or testimony in Canada in a legal malpractice suit stemming from an $18 million judgment against a trucking company.

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Geico Says NJ Top Court Upends 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling

By Danielle Ferguson

Geico urged a New Jersey federal court to reject medical clinics' bid to dismiss remaining claims in a lawsuit alleging they fraudulently billed no-fault patients, saying that a recent state supreme court ruling bolsters the insurer's argument that complex insurance fraud claims do not belong in arbitration.

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Gun Safety Attorney To Lead NJ Firearms Enforcement Office

By Matt Perez

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport has appointed a former senior director of affirmative litigation at the nonprofit Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence to serve as the next director of the Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement Office.

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What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape

While the U.K. Jurisdiction Taskforce’s recent statement on liability for artificial intelligence harms is nonbinding for both U.K. and U.S. lawyers, it highlights the importance of being able to distinguish between the availability of a tool and a professional obligation to use it, say Jonny Frank and Michael Costa at StoneTurn.

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Firm Revenue Climbs 12.4% In First Half Of 2026

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Record billing rate gains, strong demand and increased productivity fueled a successful start to the year for the legal industry, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Florida AG Slams Bar Complaint Against DHS Counsel

By Madison Arnold

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote to the executive director of the Florida Bar to criticize a recent complaint made to the bar against James Percival, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, for attacking judges.

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Legal Watchdog Lodges Bar Complaint Against Jeanine Pirro

By Hailey Konnath

The Legal Accountability Center said Tuesday that it filed a bar complaint against U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, claiming that she abused her position to unjustifiably target Democratic lawmakers after they released a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community that it's their duty to refuse unlawful orders.

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6th Circ. Says Judge Can't Escape Teen Mock Arrest Suit

By Susan Smiley

A Sixth Circuit panel on Monday allowed to proceed a Michigan federal lawsuit filed against a Detroit judge who handcuffed a 15-year-old student and subjected her to a mock trial after she fell asleep in his courtroom, ruling that judicial immunity does not protect him.

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Watchdog Wants NY Judge Ousted Over Retaliatory Suit

By Rose Krebs

The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined a state judge should be removed from office for filing a retaliatory defamation suit against an eye-care worker who had lodged an ethics complaint over the judge refusing to wear a mask in an office in 2021.

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NY Times Says EEOC Dragging Feet On Anti-White Bias Info

By Grace Elletson

The New York Times Company has sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the anti-discrimination watchdog flouted federal law by failing to respond to requests for records of communications with conservative legal groups and agency efforts to investigate claims of bias against white workers.

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Colo. Judge Ships $8.3M Messner Reeves Fraud Suit To Utah

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge granted a motion Monday from law firm Messner Reeves LLP to move a lawsuit accusing the firm of stealing more than $8 million as part of a fraudulent loan scheme to Utah after finding the venue was the proper forum to litigate the claims.

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