SF Archdiocese Reaches $395M Settlement Of Abuse Claims

By Alex Wittenberg

The Archdiocese of San Francisco and survivors of clergy sexual abuse have reached a $395 million settlement in principle that would resolve more than 500 lawsuits facing the bankrupt organization, the archdiocese said Monday.

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Calif. Firm Can't Arbitrate Ex-Clients' Sex-Abuse Deal Claims

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California appellate court Monday said McGrath Kavinoky LLP can't arbitrate allegations it "bullied" two women into accepting a $374 million settlement for hundreds of clients claiming sexual abuse by a UCLA Health gynecologist, saying the firm's failure to obtain consent to the foreseeable conflicts made its engagement agreements unenforceable.

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Ore. Top Court Takes PacifiCorp Case As Judge Won't Recuse

By Cara Salvatore

The Oregon Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a decision overturning PacifiCorp's classwide liability for wildfire damages affecting about 2,000 property owners, days after an appeals judge who did work for the utility in private practice declined to recuse herself.

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Supreme Court To Review Wash. Youth Gender Care Law

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Washington state's law permitting shelters not to notify the parents of runaway teens who seek gender-affirming treatment, reviving a lawsuit that a Ninth Circuit panel unanimously shot down after a district judge found the plaintiffs could only show speculative injury.

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Nebraska Social Media Age Verification Law Partially Blocked

By Jonathan Capriel

Tech trade group NetChoice LLC has won a partial victory in its legal war against age verification laws, persuading a Nebraska federal court to block a state statute that would have required social media companies to obtain parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts.

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Illinois Panel Says $2M Med Mal Deal Bars Hospital Liability

By Y. Peter Kang

A split Illinois appellate panel ruled Monday that a $2 million medical malpractice settlement between a patient and an emergency room doctor barred claims against a hospital, saying a clause in the settlement agreement didn't trump Illinois legal precedent.

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Top Court Won't Hear Trump Appeal Of $5M Carroll Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll.

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Wash. Panel Revives Claims Over Fertility Operation Injury

By Ben Adlin

A Washington appeals panel revived two claims against healthcare providers lodged by the family of a woman who suffered permanent brain damage as the result of an allergic reaction during an egg-retrieval procedure, ruling Monday that a lower court was wrong to toss the claims.

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House Sends Kids Online Safety Bill To Skeptical Senate

By Allison Grande

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation to boost online data privacy and safety protections for children and teens, moving the measure along to the U.S. Senate, where key lawmakers have already come out against the proposal for what they say are insufficient mechanisms for holding major technology companies accountable. 

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Former NJ AG Pushes To End Suit Over Tossed RICO Case

By George Woolston

Former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin asserts that a lawsuit from a former CEO indicted in New Jersey's now-dismissed criminal racketeering case against South Jersey power broker George E. Norcross III squarely implicates the protections afforded to prosecutors.

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Amazon Buy Might Tie Instant Pot Maker To Burn Suit In Wash.

By Jonathan Capriel

The Chinese manufacturer of Instant Pot can't escape claims that one of its pressure cookers malfunctioned and ejected scalding food on two people, a Washington state judge ruled, giving the plaintiffs a chance to show the company's relationship with Seattle-based online retailer Amazon is enough to establish jurisdiction.

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Justices Pass On Samsung's Texas Battery Jurisdiction Fight

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review litigation regarding a Samsung SDI Co. battery that exploded in a man's pocket, leaving unanswered a multi-appellate court split over whether a company that sells products into a state can avoid jurisdiction by claiming it intended the goods to be sold to corporate clients and not general consumers.

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Justices Deny Samsung's Bid To Toss Minn. Battery Suit

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from Samsung SDI Co. seeking to overturn a Minnesota appeals court ruling finding it must face a suit over an exploding vape pen battery.

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3rd Circ. Won't Hear Appeal In Fatal Osprey Crash Suit

By Mike Curley

The Third Circuit on Monday denied a petition from the families of eight U.S. service members killed in a V-22 Osprey crash in November 2023 who sought to appeal the dismissal of their state court claims against The Boeing Co., Bell Textron Inc. and Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. over the crash.

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Juvederm Users Say AbbVie Hid Risks Of Filler

By Celeste Bott

A putative class action filed in Illinois federal court claims AbbVie failed to adequately warn consumers that its Juvederm hyaluronic acid dermal fillers carry a significant risk of delayed-onset granulomas that can cause painful facial lumps, scarring and disfigurement.

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Shampoo-Maker Inks $1.2M Deal In Cancer Risk Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has preliminarily approved a $1.2 million settlement resolving class claims against Lake Consumer Products alleging it sold shampoo with known carcinogens and failed to disclose the cancer risks to consumers.

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Gaiman Assault Suit Belongs In New Zealand, 7th Circ. Says

By Craig Clough

A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a former nanny's suit accusing "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while in New Zealand, finding the dispute should be heard in that country rather than Wisconsin where he currently lives as a lawful permanent resident.

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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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Circle Faces $232M Suit From N. Korea Victim's Family

By Aislinn Keely

The family of a missionary who was kidnapped and murdered by North Korean agents is seeking to collect over $232 million from blockchain company Circle after the stablecoin issuer allegedly failed to freeze funds linked to North Korean hackers amid the April Fools' Day exploit of crypto project Drift Protocol.

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Colo. Justices Say Dad Missed Deadline In Fatal Crossing Suit

By MJ Koo

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a father cannot proceed with his lawsuit against a city and utility over his daughter's death after being struck by a car, finding that the one-year deadline to bring survival claims applies even when no legal representative was appointed before the victim's death.

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Fla. Says Fear Of ICE Doesn't Justify Anonymous CDL Suit

By David Minsky

Florida's motor vehicle agency asked a federal court to deny foreign truckers' motion for anonymity in their lawsuit challenging the agency's decision to stop issuing commercial driver's licenses to certain noncitizens, arguing their fear of reprisal by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't justify that request.

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High Court Blocks Roy Moore's Bid To Preserve $8.2M Win

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an emergency stay request from former Alabama Supreme Court justice Roy Moore, shooting down his attempt to save an $8.2 million defamation verdict he was awarded for his claims that a Democratic PAC ad suggested he solicited a minor for sex.

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High Court Rejects Dershowitz's Appeal To Revive CNN Suit

By Carolina Bolado

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz's invitation to revisit its seminal 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan, rejecting Dershowitz's petition to revive his $300 million defamation suit against CNN.

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Roblox Says Fla. Addiction Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Mike Curley

Roblox Corp. is asking a Florida federal court to stay and send to arbitration a suit alleging that its online platform exacerbates video game addiction in its users, saying the family behind the suit agreed to its arbitration clause dozens of times.

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ChatGPT Helped FSU Shooter Plan Attack, Survivor Says

By Carolina Bolado

A survivor of the deadly April 2025 shooting at Florida State University alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT program helped the shooter plan the details of his attack on the school's campus and failed to alert anyone to his mental health issues.

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Personal Injury Firm Adds Brodhead Atty To Lead In Atlanta

By Emily Johnson

The Champion Firm Personal Injury Attorneys PC has named its first litigation managing attorney in its Atlanta-area office, bringing on a trial attorney from Brodhead Law LLC.

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Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs New Rules To Tackle AI Misuse

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has proposed rule changes intended to address the misuse of artificial intelligence, including outlining possible sanctions and requiring signatories to attest to a filing's accuracy, just as a recent state bar survey showed AI use among Lone Star State lawyers more than doubling since 2024.

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Volatility May Follow As Justices Make Agency Firings Easier​​​​​​​

By Sarah Jarvis

The policies and enforcement priorities of federal agencies may fluctuate more rapidly based on who is president, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision finding that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, experts told Law360.

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The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.

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High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank control may not be finished — just moving to a new phase.

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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.

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McCarter & English Missed Key Docs In $20M Loans, Court Told

By Brian Steele

A McCarter & English LLP attorney botched two multimillion-dollar loan deals by failing to secure an ironclad repayment obligation from a New York town or include mandatory documents in the closing packages, a Connecticut state court heard Monday as a long-awaited malpractice trial got underway.

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Sotomayor Says 7th Circ. 'Clearly Wrong' In Immunity Ruling

By Parker Quinlan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case over whether qualified immunity was correctly granted to two Wisconsin prison guards who left a naked man in an often freezing cold cell for 23 hours, drawing a dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Justices Look To Shed Light On Jury Role In Pepsi TM Battle

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a trademark fight over PepsiCo's "Mtn Dew Rise Energy" drink gives the justices a chance to clarify when juries, rather than judges, should decide whether a mark is inherently strong — a narrow question that attorneys say could affect how often infringement cases survive summary judgment.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving controlling stockholders, executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands and board governance, while the Delaware Supreme Court issued decisions in two corporate records cases previously decided in the Chancery.

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