Dallas Jury Hits C.H. Robinson With $600M Verdict For Crash

By Spencer Brewer and Linda Chiem

A Dallas County jury hit C.H. Robinson with a $604 million verdict Thursday after finding the freight broker and logistics company partially responsible for a 2021 crash that killed three people and injured two others in Mississippi.

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Analysis

Top Product Liability Cases Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Emily Field

In one of the most-watched cases for product liability so far this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that failure-to-warn claims about the alleged cancer risks of Monsanto's widely used pesticide Roundup are barred by federal law. Social media titans were also rocked by the first verdicts delivered in cases alleging mental health harms to youth.

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American Airlines Sex Assault Suit Gets Claims Trimmed

By Y. Peter Kang

An Illinois federal judge has trimmed a suit accusing American Airlines of failing to prevent an intoxicated passenger from sexually assaulting a woman during a flight, holding that a federal law preempts two of the passenger's state-based consumer protection claims.

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Abbott Wins 7th Circ. Fight Over Baby Formula Warning

By Rae Ann Varona

The Seventh Circuit on Friday refused to revive a woman's claims that Abbott Laboratories failed to warn about the dangers of a Similac-brand infant formula her baby drank before dying of a serious gastrointestinal disease, saying she failed to show that her suggested alternative warning would have saved her baby.

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Insulin Pen Lawsuit Against Novo Nordisk Headed For Trial

By Carla Baranauckas

A Connecticut federal judge refused on Friday to give Griffin Health Services Corp. a loss in its lawsuit over allegedly inadequate warnings on Novo Nordisk insulin pens, finding the hospital raised triable questions about whether the company failed to alert nurses to contamination risks and criticizing Novo for filing multiple summary judgment motions.

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Meta Says AGs' Suit Can't Proceed As 9th Circ. Reviews CDA

By Mike Curley

Meta Platforms Inc. is asking the Ninth Circuit to order a stay on its upcoming trial on allegations from 29 states that Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive to the detriment of youths' mental health, saying the case can't go forward while the circuit court reviews whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act blocks the claims.

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Discord To Adopt UK Age Standards In Texas After AG's Suit

By Spencer Brewer

Discord Inc. and the Texas attorney general agreed to a court order that will see the messaging platform adopt the same age-assurance and default safety protections it provides in the United Kingdom.

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FDA, CDC Broaden Cyclospora Outbreak To 9 States

By Emily Field

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the investigation into the ongoing cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has now expanded into four more states, bringing the total to nine.

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AI-Hallucinated Citations Result In $3K Sanction For Lawyer

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Washington federal judge on Friday sanctioned a plaintiff's attorney $3,000 after finding that she submitted multiple court filings containing dozens of fake citations and quotations generated by artificial intelligence platforms  and didn't fix the mistakes, calling the conduct "tantamount to bad faith."

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Walmart Can't Avoid Suit Over Fatal Road Rage Shooting

By Mike Curley

A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to throw out a father's suit against Walmart over the shooting death of his son, saying the complaint is enough at this point to allege the shooter was an employee of the store acting within the scope of his employment.

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9th Circ. Agrees That Assault Triggers Immigration Removal

By Parker Quinlan

The Ninth Circuit has refused to review an immigration court's finding that a Mexican national living in Oregon was not unfairly charged by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as being removable after his arrest for abusing his wife in front of his children.

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Roundup

Yale Age Test, Allergy Death, Wine Royalties: A Midyear Report

By Aaron Keller

In the second half of 2026, Connecticut courts are being called upon to decide closely watched issues such as whether the state's largest hospital group violated federal disability and age discrimination laws when requiring providers over age 70 to undergo mandatory cognitive tests.

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Pet Medical Co. Sheds Dog Arthritis Drug Suit For Good

By Mike Curley

A New Jersey federal judge has thrown out for good a proposed nationwide class action alleging Zoetis Inc. hid the dangerous side effects of its canine osteoarthritis drug, finding the complaint failed to plead the plaintiffs relied on any misrepresentations to their dogs' detriment.

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LA Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Sparks Negligence Suit

By Gina Kim

Owners and lessees of the large cold-storage warehouse with a flammable, anhydrous ammonia refrigeration system that caught fire last month in Boyle Heights were hit with a proposed negligence class action Friday in California state court by a plaintiff who lives about a mile and a half from the facility.

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Colo. Doctor Says Billing Co. Skimmed Pay, Mishandled Data

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado doctor has sued a medical billing company in state court, saying it mishandled patients' protected health information, skimmed her earnings and tried to pressure her into signing a new agreement allowing it to keep more collections after she left.

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Costco Hit With Negligence Suit Over Parking Lot Shooting

By Rachel Riley

The family of a shopper who was fatally shot in a Costco parking lot in 2024 during an alleged purse-snatching attempt has launched a lawsuit in Washington state court, accusing the warehouse retailer of failing to address a history of criminal activity on store property leading up to her death.    

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NJ Panel Says Lyft Insurer Must Cover Pedestrian's Injury

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey state appeals court ruled Friday in a matter of first impression that Liberty Mutual must provide personal injury protection to an uninsured pedestrian struck by a Lyft driver, holding that state statutes require motor vehicle liability policies for ride-hailing companies to cover pedestrians even though the applicable law does not specifically mention that.

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Club Not Covered In Drunk Driving Injury Row, Insurer Says

By Hope Patti

An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify the operator of a Massachusetts country club that is accused of overserving an intoxicated patron who was later injured in a crash, telling a Virginia federal court Friday that its policy's liquor liability exclusion eliminates any possibility of coverage.

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4 Cert. Denials Keep Personal Jurisdiction Issues Percolating

After the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in Ford Motor v. Montana and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway expanded limits on personal jurisdiction, the justices' denials this term of four certiorari petitions suggest they are content to let jurisdiction questions brew in lower courts before weighing in, say attorneys at Hunton.

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Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

By Jared Foretek

Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.

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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight

By James Boyle

A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."

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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Geofence Clarity, Post-Hunter Scrutiny

By Orlando Lorenzo

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed geofence warrants as searches under the Fourth Amendment, and the justices’ ruling in Hunter spurs a conversation of what the bar should be for criminal appeal waivers. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Feature

The White Collar Boutique 'Renaissance' Is Here

By Phillip Bantz

Unprecedented political pressure on BigLaw, dwindling opportunities at elite firms, powerful legal tech tools and broad slowdowns in white collar enforcement are fueling a remarkable boom in boutique law firm growth, experts say.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

By Bonnie Eslinger

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

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Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

By Emily Sawicki

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI to avoid unethically inflated billing while encouraging attorneys to utilize the evolving technology.

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'False Innuendo': Sanctioned Davis Wright Atty Rips Fee Bid

By Jeff Overley

A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.

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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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