The family of a woman killed in a Florida Keys crash told jurors Monday that Tesla Inc. "set the stage" for a reckless driver to plow into the woman's vehicle by overhyping its autopilot software's capabilities despite knowing of vulnerabilities in the program.
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Victim's Family Says Tesla 'Set Stage' For Fatal Fla. Crash

By Carolina Bolado

The family of a woman killed in a Florida Keys crash told jurors Monday that Tesla Inc. "set the stage" for a reckless driver to plow into the woman's vehicle by overhyping its autopilot software's capabilities despite knowing of vulnerabilities in the program.

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Top Data Privacy & AI Developments Of 2025: Midyear Report

By Allison Grande

The rise and rapid fall of a federal proposal to ban states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade and an uptick in activity from data privacy enforcers in states across the country dominated headlines in the first half of 2025, and attorneys are expecting these areas to continue to grab attention in the coming months. 

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Fans Settle With NFL's Commanders In Railing Collapse Suit

By Elaine BriseƱo

NFL fans suing the Washington Commanders for negligence over injuries they sustained from a collapsing stadium rail have reached a settlement with the team following a Fourth Circuit ruling that could have landed the plaintiffs in arbitration.

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Girardi Keese CFO Gets 5 Concurrent Years For Aiding Theft

By Lauraann Wood

Girardi Keese's former accounting head should serve more than five years alongside the 10 he's already logging for his role in helping Tom Girardi steal millions from plane crash clients who'd settled their cases in Chicago, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

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ENFORCEMENT

11th. Circ. Rules Ga. Strip Search Was Illegal, Nixes Immunity

By David Minsky

A full Eleventh Circuit ruled that Georgia Department of Corrections officers are not entitled to immunity in the case of a woman who was strip-searched while visiting her husband in prison, saying the search was unreasonable and violated her Fourth Amendment rights.

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LITIGATION

Law Student Burned At Mass. Frat Party Sues Everclear Maker

By Gina Kim

A Boston University exchange student who suffered third degree burns after 190-proof Everclear was poured near open fire at a fraternity party that created an explosive fireball sued the product's manufacturer in Massachusetts federal court Sunday, arguing it dangerously markets the product for wide range of uses near flammable sources.

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Airbnb Wants Out Of Pittsburgh House Party Shooting Suit

By Matthew Santoni

Airbnb said it has resolved all but one of a group of lawsuits brought against it after a 2022 mass shooting at a party at a Pittsburgh house rented through the app, and has renewed its objections to the last remaining claims from the family of a shooting victim.

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TRANSPORTATION

Group Urges 11th Circ. To Ditch 'Radioactive' Mosaic Road

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not have approved The Mosaic Co.'s request to use radioactive phosphogypsum in road construction at a Florida fertilizer facility, the Center for Biological Diversity told the Eleventh Circuit.

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INSURANCE

Insurer Needn't Defend Texas Ranch In Horse Abuse Suit

By Hope Patti

An insurer has no duty to defend an equestrian facility against claims that its negligence contributed to the injury, neglect, and even death, of horses that were kept on its property, a Texas federal court ruled, reserving any ruling on the insurer's duty to indemnify for a later date.

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Assault Exclusion Bars Drywall Co.'s Murder Coverage Bid

By Ganesh Setty

A drywall company's insurer has no duty to cover the business in a pending wrongful death lawsuit over a woman's murder, a Texas federal court ruled Monday, saying that both "common sense" and a "plethora of caselaw" support its finding that an assault and battery exclusion applies.

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Insurer Seeks $1M Coverage Cap Over 175 Silica Suits

By Ganesh Setty

An insurer for a manufacturer of countertops told a New York federal court that only one primary environmental liability policy it issued applies to roughly 175 lawsuits seeking damages for exposure to silica, pointing to "deemer provisions" relating to coverage for "progressive or indivisible" bodily injury.

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

TV Reporter Fights Town's Appeal After Broken Leg Trial Win

By Hayley Fowler

A television reporter whose leg was broken when he was allegedly hit by a public power employee's truck in the parking lot of a town hall has urged North Carolina's highest court to uphold a jury verdict finding that his injury was a result of the town worker's negligence.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

State Law Challenges In Enforcing Arbitration Clauses

In recent cases, state courts in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New Jersey have considered or endorsed heightened standards for arbitration agreements, which can mean the difference between a bilateral arbitration and a full-blown class action in court, says Fabien Thayamballi at Shapiro Arato.

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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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 BublƩ

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 BublƩ

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 BublƩ

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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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Baker McKenzie

Bowman & Brooke

Brown Sims

Crowell & Moring

DeForest Koscelnik

Dilworth Paxson

Eaton & Wolk

Edelson PC

Fenwick & West

Freeman Mathis

Garrett & Tully

Gibbons PC

Gimbel Reilly

Girardi & Keese

Goodrich & Geist

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Hangley Aronchick

Hedrick Gardner

Hilgers Graben

Hollingsworth LLP

Jackson Walker LLP

Jones Day

Kearney McWilliams

Keesal Young

Kirsch & Niehaus

Kreindler & Kreindler

Lewis Brisbois

Maginnis Howard

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McAngus Goudelock

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

O'Melveny & Myers

Patterson Harkavy

Perkins Coie

Pessin Katz

Postiglione Law

Reed Smith

Robbins Geller

Rousso Boumel

Rusty Hardin & Associates

Saul Ewing

Seeger Weiss

Shapiro Arato

Singleton Schreiber

Skadden Arps

Stinson LLP

Stradley Ronon

Strang Bradley

Tanenbaum Keale

Waldron & Schneider

Walters Balido

Weir Greenblatt

White & Case

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Airbnb Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Arity LLC

Best Egg

Boston University

Caesarstone Ltd.

Cato Institute

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

Drummond

FedEx Corp.

Gruma SAB de CV

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Ironshore Inc.

KB Home

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mosaic

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

New York Legal Assistance Group Inc.

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Ohio State University

Pfizer Inc.

Philadelphia Eagles

Relativity ODA LLC

Service Employees International Union

Temple University

Tesla Inc.

The Allstate Corp.

The Florida Bar

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Mosaic Co.

The Walt Disney Co.

The Whitlock Co.

TicketNetwork Inc.

Todd Snyder

Uber Technologies Inc.

University of Toledo

University of Virginia

Upgrade Inc.

Washington Football Team

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

California Privacy Protection Agency

European Commission

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Florida Supreme Court

Georgia Attorney General's Office

Library of Congress

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Supreme Court

Oklahoma Attorney General's Office

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

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

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 Massachusetts

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Sentencing Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia