Texas Jury Returns $46 Million Verdict Against Stone Supplier

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas jury slapped a stone supplier with a $46 million verdict, finding that a truck driver who ran over and killed a man in DeWitt County in 2019 was driving on behalf of the company at the time of the accident. 

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Social Media Cos. Fight Uphill To End Schools' Addiction MDL

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge appeared skeptical Monday about dismissing school districts' claims that social media companies harmed them by getting their students addicted to their platforms, telling defense counsel that the case poses "classic" factual disputes for a jury, and setting the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation for June 15.

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Musk's AI Co. Sued Over Explicit, Nonconsensual Deepfakes

By Mike Curley

A woman is suing Elon Musk's xAI in California federal court, alleging that it not only failed to implement safeguards against users making sexually explicit deepfakes of women without their permission but has also openly advertised and monetized it as a feature.

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Texas Law Firm-Linked Plane Crashes In Maine With Fatalities

By Lynn LaRowe

A private plane connected to Texas-based litigation firm Arnold & Itkin LLP overturned and caught fire Sunday night as it attempted to take off from a Maine airport, killing at least six people on board, according to authorities and public records.

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3rd Circ. Finds NJ Officials Shielded From COVID Deaths Suit

By Carla Baranauckas

A proposed class action on behalf of the families of roughly 10,000 nursing home residents who died early in the COVID-19 pandemic cannot proceed against New Jersey officials over their response, the Third Circuit has ruled, finding the officials are protected through qualified immunity.

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Colo. High Court Says Xcel's Immunity Bid Went Too Far

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado regulatory agency lacked the authority to approve a tariff limiting Xcel Energy's liability from a man's personal injury claim, the Colorado Supreme Court held Monday in a ruling that also rejected an appellate court's finding that the tariff does not extend to non-Xcel customers.

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NJ Court Revives UAW's Casino Smoking Law Challenge

By Emily Brill

A New Jersey state appeals court revived a challenge to a state law allowing people to smoke in casinos Monday, giving the United Auto Workers another chance to argue that the law harms the casino employees it represents by exposing them to secondhand smoke.

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Kansas Refinery Pollutes, Violates EPA Decrees, Suit Says

By Mike Curley

A proposed class of Coffeyville, Kansas, residents on Monday sued the company behind an oil refinery and fertilizer facility, saying it has been in repeat violation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency consent decrees as it continues to pollute the environment and, thus, drive up environmental damage and cancer rates.

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Suit Over Fatal Fire Can Go To Philippines, Conn. Justices Say

By Brian Steele

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Monday that a trial court conducted the right assessment in deciding that a wrongful death suit over a devastating call center fire belonged in the Philippines, in a defeat for the estate administrator for 29 people who were killed.

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Amazon Accused Of Ignoring Nitrous Oxide Health Hazards

By Ben Adlin

Amazon and nitrous oxide manufacturer Miami Magic took advantage of a "legal loophole" by selling flavored laughing gas products they claimed were for culinary use rather than recreational inhalation, according to a Seattle federal lawsuit from a Georgia man who alleged that his daily use of nitrous oxide caused him serious harm.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court wrapped up the week with a slate of high-stakes deal challenges, governance rulings and oversight decisions, including an emergency bid to block a $10.9 billion bank merger, a state Supreme Court reversal reshaping stockholder agreement litigation and a major opinion allowing sexual misconduct oversight claims to proceed.

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RJR Owes Transplant Patient $14M Over Smoking, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A Florida jury heard in closing arguments Monday that R.J. Reynolds should pay $14 million for 14 years of pain and suffering endured by a lung transplant patient who was smoking heavily by the 1970s.

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Delta Customers Get Green Light For Tweaked IT Outage Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

A federal judge has ruled that Delta Air Lines customers alleging their travel was disrupted by the 2024 CrowdStrike outage can pursue some claims that were previously dismissed, but blocked them from reraising others.

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Chubb Policies May Provide Coverage In Kiwanis Abuse Fight

By Hope Patti

A Washington federal court has largely rejected efforts by child sex abuse survivors to broaden coverage for a $21 million settlement resolving claims against a Kiwanis International-affiliated boys foster home, but found that limited coverage may be available under a Chubb unit's policies.

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Helmet Co. Says AIG Unit Must Defend It From Defect Claims

By Gianna Ferrarin

Lexington Insurance Co. ignored a helmet designer's repeated requests for coverage in a lawsuit alleging that product defects caused a helmet to come off a motorcycle rider's head during a collision, the manufacturer told a California federal court.

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Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

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Minneapolis Law Firms Give Support To Staff And Community

By Aebra Coe

Minneapolis law firm leaders are looking to support their staffs, embrace their community and continue to offer pro bono legal aid to immigrants in the aftermath of federal agents killing an intensive care unit nurse this past weekend.

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2 Attys Sanctioned For AI Citations In Pa. Copyright Suit Filing

By Matt Perez

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has reprimanded two attorneys in a copyright infringement suit for filing a motion to dismiss that contained at least eight false case citations generated by artificial intelligence.

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Offit Kurman Beats Appeal In $40M Malpractice Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a lower court properly granted summary judgment in favor of Offit Kurman and two of its lawyers in a legal malpractice case.

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Judiciary Panel Gets Earful On Legal Financing, Subpoenas

By Jeff Overley

Plans to overhaul federal rules involving recusal and subpoenas fueled spirited debate Tuesday before a judiciary panel, as prominent lawyers outlined forceful views on transparency in third-party litigation funding as well as relaxed policies for serving court documents and obtaining trial testimony.

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Ill. Judge Removed For Column Stating Pro-Trump Opinions

By Ryan Boysen

A retired Illinois state judge's temporary reappointment to the bench has been canceled after he penned a MAGA-tinged column railing against "draconian Covid lockdowns," "Fauci lies" and "lawfare" against President Donald Trump, which a local bar association called "wildly inappropriate."

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TikTok Cuts Deal As 1st Social Media Bellwether Trial Begins

By Dorothy Atkins

TikTok reached an eleventh-hour settlement late Monday in the first bellwether trial over claims that social media harms young users' mental health, cutting the deal days after Snap settled and leaving Meta and YouTube as the sole defendants as jury selection began Tuesday.

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BigLaw Firms Seek Partial Exec Order Appeal Consolidation

By Emily Sawicki

The four BigLaw firms that sued the White House and Justice Department over executive orders against them related to the clients they represent have asked the D.C. Circuit that the cases be "partially consolidated" amid the government's appeals of its losses, while maintaining the ability to file individual response briefs.

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SEC Blunts Some Shareholder Activists With Policy Reversal

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reversed course on allowing shareholders with less than $5 million in holdings to publicize information about their proxy ballot proposals through the agency, saying it will object to such voluntary submissions going forward.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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