The U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated ruling this week in favor of Monsanto over its blockbuster pesticide Roundup established that a pesticide's labeling must meet federal standards, ensuring that businesses don't have to comply with a variety of potentially conflicting state laws.
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4 Takeaways From The High Court's Monsanto Ruling

By Emily Field

The U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated ruling this week in favor of Monsanto over its blockbuster pesticide Roundup established that a pesticide's labeling must meet federal standards, ensuring that businesses don't have to comply with a variety of potentially conflicting state laws.

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American Airlines Passenger Says Employee Broke Her Arm

By Y. Peter Kang

An American Airlines employee repeatedly ignored warnings about a passenger's medical condition while rendering assistance which resulted in a severe arm fracture, according to a suit filed Friday in Texas federal court.

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Meta, State AGs Criticized As Social Media MDL Trial Nears

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge overseeing an upcoming trial over states' claims against Meta in the social media addiction multidistrict litigation said Friday she will likely deny most requests from both sides to limit trial evidence, calling the requests overbroad and criticizing Meta's "shocking" and "ridiculous" number of sealing requests.

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Palisades Fire Arson Trial Ends In Mistrial After Jury Deadlock

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge declared a mistrial Friday morning in the government's arson case against Palisades Fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht, a day after the deadlocked jury told the judge that divided jurors were "dead set, unwavering and unwilling" to change their opinions.

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Coercion Or Consent? A View From Inside The OneTaste Trial

By Stewart Bishop

Coming in as lead counsel for OneTaste's former sales director four months ahead of ​the high-profile trial after previous lawyers were conflicted out, Celia Cohen and her Ballard Spahr LLP team were tasked with building a defense against a first-of-its-kind forced labor conspiracy case against top leaders ​of the "orgasmic meditation" organization​.

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IP & TECHNOLOGY

Analysis

Georgia Cases To Watch In The Last Half Of 2026

By Kelcey Caulder

Georgia faces major litigation in the second half of 2026, including disputes over data center growth, PFAS contamination and whether companies can be forced to fund medical monitoring for people alleging no current injuries. Here, Law360 highlights some of the biggest cases to keep an eye on in the Peach State.

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HEALTHCARE

Texas Justices Revive Woman's Detransition Malpractice Suit

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Supreme Court revived a young woman's claims against a counselor for negligently recommending gender-affirming care, saying Friday that the clock started ticking on the woman's medical malpractice claims after the completion of treatment with her counselor.

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POLICY & REGULATION

PACER Fees Will Rise To Fund Cyber Defense Upgrades

By Bonnie Eslinger

The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.

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LITIGATION

Conn. Provider Must Share Takeover Data After $49M Verdict

By Gianna Ferrarin

A Connecticut state court has ordered Westchester Medical Group PC to produce corporate takeover documents and leadership information as the court contemplates the provider's bid to set aside a $49 million jury verdict over claims its staff failed to diagnose a woman with cervical cancer.

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NJ Panel Vacates $1M In Damages Awarded For Boating Injury

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel Friday vacated a jury's award of nearly $1 million to a woman who broke her back on her longtime friend's boat, ruling that the trial court should have granted the defense's bid to extend discovery in order to respond to medical evidence presented on the eve of trial.

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Colgate Escapes Omission Claims In Lead Toothpaste Action

By Jonathan Capriel

Several consumers saw their claims trimmed or were booted entirely from a proposed class action accusing Colgate-Palmolive Co. of allowing their toothpastes to become tainted with lead and mercury, with a Manhattan federal judge suggesting a third-party study and other testing that all buyers relied on proved very little.

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TRANSPORTATION

Norfolk Southern's Post-Mallory Arguments Fail, Justices Told

By Linda Chiem

A rail worker's estate told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that Norfolk Southern cannot keep trying to evade a Federal Employers' Liability Act lawsuit by refashioning its constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania's business-registration statute asserting jurisdiction over the rail giant.

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INSURANCE

Insurer Says NJ Atty Sank Coverage By Not Cooperating

By Christine DeRosa

Hanover Insurance Co. has asked a New Jersey federal court for a declaratory judgment finding that it doesn't have to defend an attorney and his firm in a suit over a real estate deal gone wrong, telling the court that the attorney refuses to cooperate with the firm it hired to defend him in the underlying suit.

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Red Bull Not Covered In Promotion Injury Suit, Court Told

By Hope Patti

Red Bull isn't entitled to coverage for fraud claims brought by a Pittsburgh TV reporter who was injured while participating in a promotional event staged by the energy drink company, a capital provider for a Lloyd's of London underwriter told a Pennsylvania federal court.

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PEOPLE

Chicago IP Duo Leave Winston For King & Spalding

By Tracey Read

King & Spalding LLP has added two more ex-Winston & Strawn LLP partners who will reunite with 15 former colleagues who joined the firm earlier this year.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Justices' Montgomery Ruling Doesn't Expand Shipper Liability

Whether negligent hiring liability claims against shippers will increase after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II is anyone's guess, but the ruling itself will have no impact on shippers' actual liability in personal injury claims relating to trucking accidents, says Ronald Leibman at McCarter & English.

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Opinion

State Courts Must Be Gatekeepers Of Expert Testimony

Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days

By Katie Buehler

As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules. 

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Q&A

This Pride Month, LGBTQ+ Bar Leader Talks Community, Hope

By Emma Cueto

In 2026, the LGBTQ+ Bar is focused on expanding programs, especially those focused on law students and younger attorneys, and building up community ties at a time of growing legal threats to LGBTQ people.

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Scientologists Want 'Ignored' Boies Schiller AI Errors Review

By Emily Sawicki

The Church of Scientology has asked the California Supreme Court to review an appellate order that didn't impose sanctions on Boies Schiller Flexner LLP for filing a brief containing artificial intelligence-generated citation errors in a harassment and retaliation suit pending against the church.

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King & Spalding Insists On Fraud Suit Pause Amid 'Conflicts'

By Brian Steele

King & Spalding LLP has urged a Connecticut state court to keep its involvement in a $300 million fraud lawsuit on hold while it challenges the denial of its attorneys' withdrawal from representing several individual defendants, citing "serious, nonwaivable conflicts of interest" that will prevent the firm from proceeding.

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Analysis

Bosch DOJ Declination Shows Benefits Of Early Self-Reporting

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision not to prosecute German technology company Bosch for exporting products to a sanctioned Chinese company signals to businesses that prompt self-reporting to the government can help them secure a declination even for serious national security offenses.

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Trump Reportedly Mulls FCC Attorney For DOJ Antitrust Chief

By Matthew Perlman

President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to nominate the Federal Communications Commission's general counsel to serve as the top antitrust official in the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Judge Stays Jackson Walker RICO Suit Over Sorrento Ch. 11

By Clara Geoghegan

A California federal judge has paused Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders' litigation after a Texas bankruptcy court ruled they lacked standing to pursue racketeering claims over a former Jackson Walker attorney's relationship with the judge who initially oversaw the biotech company's Chapter 11.

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Messner Reeves Says $8.3M Fraud Suit Repeats Utah Case

By Zach Dupont

Colorado law firm Messner Reeves LLP has claimed in federal court that a lawsuit accusing it of stealing more than $8 million as part of a fraudulent loan scheme should be dismissed because the plaintiffs' Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims were dismissed by another court with prejudice.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A Connecticut federal judge told attorneys to challenge clients who demand use of generative artificial intelligence tools to conduct legal research, and a Kansas federal judge blocked a state law imposing requirements on proxy advisers' voting recommendations. These were among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Michelle Mone sued by PPE Medpro, Broadfield Law sued by the founders of an international aid company, and litigation funder Fortress bring a claim against Edwin Coe and businesses the law firm represented in a cartel claim.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Clement & Murphy PLLC, Covington & Burling LLP and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court handed Monsanto a win in its long-running battle over the labeling of alleged cancer risks of its bestselling weedkiller Roundup.

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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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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Aidala Bertuna

Allegaert Berger

Baker Botts

Ballard Spahr

Barletta Law

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brach Eichler

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Burns Charest

Burns White

Carlton Fields

Chamblee Ryan

Chase Law & Associates

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cohen & Wolf

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cowdery Murphy

DWF LLP

Davis Polk

Edwin Coe

Eversheds Sutherland

Fenwick & West

Fields Howell

Fladgate LLP

Freedman Firm PC

Gateley PLC

George Feldman

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Hagens Berman

Haynes Boone

Healy LLC

Heidell Pittoni

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holtzman Vogel

Horvitz & Levy

Janove PLLC

Jones Day

Kane Russell

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kline & Specter

Kreindler & Kreindler

Kutak Rock

Latham & Watkins

Lennon Murphy

Levin Sedran

Lewis Brisbois

McCarter & English

Messner Reeves

Milbank LLP

Milberg PLLC

Mishcon de Reya

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

O'Toole Scrivo

Pillsbury Winthrop

Pribanic & Pribanic

Quinn Emanuel

Rahman Ravelli

Reed Smith

Reynolds Porter

Riley Safer

Shakespeare Martineau

Shook Hardy

Shoosmiths LLP

Sidley Austin

Silver Golub

Simmons & Simmons

Sokolove Law

Spencer Fane

Stephens Scown

Stephenson Harwood

Steptoe LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Venable LLP

Wexler Boley

Wiggin & Dana

Winston Taylor

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3M Co.

AT&T Inc.

AirAsia Bhd.

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Arbitration Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

Anthropic PBC

Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Atlantic Legal Foundation Inc.

Aviva Investors Holdings Ltd.

Bayer AG

Bio-Techne Corp.

Bloomberg LP

Boyer Co.

British Broadcasting Corp.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

Cisco Systems Inc.

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Costco Wholesale Corp.

DAF Trucks NV

Daimler AG

DuPont de Nemours Inc.

Dubai International Financial Centre

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

Exxon Mobil Corp.

FTI Consulting Inc.

First Liberty Institute

Georgia Power Co.

Gerald Holdings LLC

Glass Lewis & Co. LLC

Google LLC

Haleon PLC

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kobalt Music Group Ltd.

Laing O'Rourke

Lawyers for Civil Justice

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Lloyd's America Inc.

Medtronic PLC

Merck & Co. Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michigan State University

Mohawk Industries Inc.

Monsanto Co.

Netflix Inc.

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Red Bull GmbH

Rhapsody International Inc.

Robert Bosch GmbH

SEI Investments Co.

Scania

Shaw Industries Group Inc.

Sierra Club

Smith & Nephew plc

Snap Inc.

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

Sorrento Therapeutics Inc.

Southern Environmental Law Center

StoneX Group Inc.

Summit Health

Techne Corp.

The Andersons Inc.

The Council of State Governments

The District of Columbia Bar

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Home Depot Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Trilogy

Uber Technologies Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Washington Legal Foundation

Wayfair LLC

WestMed Medical Group PC

YouTube Inc.

Zillow Group Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Supreme Court

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

Bureau of Industry and Security

California Department of Justice

California Supreme Court

Colorado Supreme Court

Competition Appeal Tribunal

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

European Commission

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Superior Court Gwinnett County

Georgia Supreme Court

House of Lords of the United Kingdom

Kansas Attorney General's Office

Mississippi Secretary of State

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Superior Court of Fulton County

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Wisconsin Legislature

World Health Organization