Johnson & Johnson Hit With $1.5B Talc Verdict In Baltimore

By Emily Field

A Baltimore jury late Monday returned a walloping verdict of more than $1.5 billion in favor of a woman who claimed that Johnson & Johnson talc products caused her mesothelioma, which her attorneys say is the largest verdict against the company for a single plaintiff.

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'Surprise' Expert Prompts Axing Of $14M Car Crash Verdict

By Y. Peter Kang

A California appellate court has vacated a $13.8 million jury verdict after finding that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing a "surprise" medical expert witness to testify at an auto collision trial, saying his testimony likely affected the jury's substantial award.

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Full 9th Circ. Won't Hear Ex-Theranos Exec Balwani's Appeal

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel rejected ex-Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani's en banc hearing request to reconsider his 12-count conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence, while also amending its opinion to clarify that there was "ample evidence" to convict Balwani, even if prosecutors failed to correct a witness's testimony.

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NJ Atty Disciplined For Leaving Client Claims In 'Limbo'

By Emily Sawicki

The New Jersey Supreme Court last week reprimanded an attorney who left clients in "limbo" for years over their potential environmental contamination claims against drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb.

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Patients Say Pa. Med Mal Firm Left Data Vulnerable To Hackers

By Dan McKay

A Pittsburgh law firm that handles medical malpractice and insurance litigation faces a proposed class action complaint alleging that it failed to protect the private health and personal data of patients whose information was stolen in a data breach.

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Top North Carolina Cases Of 2025

By Hayley Fowler

A sweep of settlements in major lawsuits punctuated the second half of the year in North Carolina, from a record-breaking wrongful death deal to an eleventh-hour resolution in a lending fight over a biogas development project. Here are some of the top North Carolina case outcomes in the second half of 2025.

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Notable North Carolina Laws Passed In 2025

By Abigail Harrison

In 2025, North Carolina state legislators reacted to the brutal death of a Ukrainian refugee that garnered national attention by quickly drafting and passing a bill that retooled criminal law and shifted how judicial officers do their jobs. Another headline-grabbing law siphoned $6 million from free civil legal aid following concerns from GOP lawmakers that grant money was spent on "leftist groups."

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Notable Pennsylvania Cases Of 2025

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Several closely watched cases in Pennsylvania came to a close in 2025, ending in sentencings for the founders of the $404 million Par Funding merchant cash-advance investment scheme, the final designation for the mysterious death of a Philadelphia teacher, and a U.S. Supreme Court rebuff in a battle over the state's $300 million medical malpractice insurance surplus.

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Top New Jersey Cases Of 2025

By George Woolston

New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney.

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Notable New Jersey Legislation In 2025

By Carla Baranauckas

New Jersey lawmakers delivered policy shifts in 2025, advancing measures in criminal justice, workplace regulation and emerging technology.

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'Gas Station Heroin' Cos. Sued Over User's Overdose

By Mike Curley

The estate of a woman who died of a tianeptine overdose is suing the makers and sellers of tianeptine products in Pennsylvania state court, saying while they market the products as safe diet supplements, they're actually highly addictive opioids.

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3 Key Trends For The Legal Industry In 2025

By Tracey Read

Executive orders, updated office attendance policies and private equity interests were three top issues that shaped the industry this year.

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ITC Atty's 1st Kids' Book Imagines A Santa-Less Christmas

By Dani Kass

Michelle Klancnik, assistant general counsel at the U.S. International Trade Commission, spends her days looking into when imports should be banned for violating intellectual property rights, but outside work, she​'s focused on one big question: What would happen if Santa took a year off?

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Ex-Oura CEO Pushes To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Firing Suit

By Emily Sawicki

The onetime CEO of fitness tracker company Oura Health is pushing to disqualify Quinn Emanuel from representing the smart ring maker in his compensation suit, telling a San Francisco federal judge that he shared confidential information when he consulted with the firm about his claims prior to filing suit.

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NYC Bar Issues Opinion On AI Use For Recording Client Calls

By Tracey Read

The New York City Bar Association's Professional Ethics Committee has issued an opinion addressing how the New York Rules of Professional Conduct impacts the use of artificial intelligence tools to record, transcribe and create summaries of conversations in audio and video calls between attorneys and their clients.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Fight Gov't Bid To Toss Their Firing Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump.

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Top Delaware Chancery Cases Of 2025: A Year-End Report

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court closed out 2025 amid a period of institutional uncertainty, as landmark cases addressing fiduciary duty, executive compensation, board oversight and the limits of equitable power unfolded against the backdrop of sweeping legislative changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

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Hub Hires: Cooley, Morgan Lewis, Nixon Peabody

By Chris Villani

The end of the year marked the beginning of new chapters for plenty of Boston attorneys, as Cooley added more than 30 professionals to its life sciences team, Morgan Lewis snagged an intellectual property partner, and Nixon Peabody beefed up its cybersecurity practice.

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