Tesla Driver In Crash Says He Was 'Too Comfortable' With Car

By Carolina Bolado

The Tesla driver who killed a woman in a crash in the Florida Keys told jurors Monday that he had been "potentially too comfortable" with the vehicle's autopilot software that he regularly engaged on his 100-mile commute.

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Avon, Insurers Spar At Ch. 11 Plan Hearing Over Talc Trust

By Rick Archer

Avon made its case Monday to a Delaware bankruptcy judge for its Chapter 11 liquidation plan, while insurers that issued policies to the cosmetics company alleged its proposal to pay talc injury claims through a trust funded by insurance coverage was unfair to them.

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EPA Asks 9th Circ. To Reverse Calif. Judge In Fluoride Suit

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking the Ninth Circuit to reverse a California federal judge who ruled that the EPA's current "optimal" level of fluoride in drinking water poses an unreasonable risk of lowering children's IQ.

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Analysis

Energy Litigation To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2025

By Keith Goldberg

Courtroom showdowns between the Trump administration and blue states over U.S. energy and climate change policy will dominate the energy litigation landscape for the rest of 2025. Here is what the energy industry will be watching closely in the second half of the year.

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Ruger Says Colo. Shooting Suits Can't Lean On Conn. Ruling 

By Aaron Keller

Sturm Ruger & Co. on Monday asked a Connecticut state judge to strike lawsuits by the families of the victims of a Colorado mass shooting, saying litigation from the Sandy Hook massacre does not open the Constitution State's unfair trade practices statute to all advertising-based claims against gunmakers.

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Man Tweaks Suit Over Gun Purchase Ban Tied To Pot Conviction

By Jonathan Capriel

A man who claims he was wrongly denied the right to buy a gun despite his four-decades-old marijuana felony being expunged has tweaked his legal efforts, dropping the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as defendants in his lawsuit in Kansas federal court.

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Erie Insurance Blames BMW For $2M Mini Cooper Fire Loss

By Ganesh Setty

An insurer for a Pittsburgh car dealership and car owner told a Pennsylvania state court that BMW's North American division owes nearly $2 million in coverage reimbursement for a Mini Cooper vehicle fire because of a faulty battery housing or related components.

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Judge Allows Calif. Tribe In Casino Suit, Denies Dismissal Bid

By Crystal Owens

A California tribe at the center of a dispute over a decision to take 70 acres into trust for its proposed Sonoma County hotel and casino project can intervene in the litigation, a federal judge said, while finding that the Indigenous nation cannot dismiss the case based on sovereign immunity.

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Enterprise Need Only Check License, Conn. Panel Rules

By Jonathan Capriel

Enterprise Rent-A-Car can not be held liable for renting a vehicle to a man who became intoxicated and struck a jogger and his dog later that day, a Connecticut appeals court ruled, saying the company was only required to inspect the driver's physical license and not to find out if the state had limited him to vehicles equipped with car breathalyzers.

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Faegre Drinker Adds Another Greenberg Product Liability Atty

By Andrea Keckley

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has added another former Greenberg Traurig LLP attorney to its product liability and mass torts team, this time a New York-based counsel who focuses on medical device litigation.

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FDA's Hasty Policymaking Approach Faces APA Challenges

Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has abandoned its usual notice-and-comment process for implementing new regulatory initiatives, two recent district court decisions make clear that these programs are still susceptible to Administrative Procedure Act challenges, says Rachel Turow at Skadden.

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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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Trump DOJ To Appeal Axing Of Order Targeting Jenner & Block

By Alison Knezevich

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to fight a federal judge's ruling that struck down President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Jenner & Block LLP, as it filed a notice of appeal Monday in D.C. federal court.

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NJ US Atty Accused Of Ethics Violations Amid Possible Exit

By Jake Maher

A group of ethics experts and former presidential advisors requested an ethics investigation into interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba on Monday, as she reportedly approaches the end of her run as the top federal prosecutor in the Garden State.

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Md. Judges Slam 'Unprecedented' Suit Over Habeas Orders

By Hailey Konnath

Maryland federal judges on Monday pressed a Virginia federal judge to throw out the Trump administration's "unprecedented" suit challenging their standing order that temporarily blocks deportation of detained noncitizens who file habeas petitions, warning that if the suit succeeds, "it will not be the last."

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Analysis

How GOP Judges Teed Up 4th Circ.'s Supreme Court Shutout

By Jeff Overley

No appeals court found the U.S. Supreme Court's latest term less endearing than the Fourth Circuit, where a supersize shutout accentuated a multiyear slump for the once-favored circuit and repeatedly vindicated conservative dissenters on the left-leaning bench.

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Fla. Judge Pick Probed On Trump Case, Nomination Timing

By Courtney Bublé

A judicial nominee for the Southern District of Florida has fielded more questions from Democrats who have suggested that he ruled in favor of President Donald Trump and repeated the president's "partisan talking points" while simultaneously being vetted for a federal judgeship.

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Revived Effort To Break Up 9th Circ. Makes Its Way To Senate

By Hailey Konnath

Idaho Republicans have reintroduced a U.S. Senate bill that looks to split up the Ninth Circuit and create a new Twelfth Circuit, according to an announcement made Monday, roughly nearly seven months after a similar bill was introduced in the House.

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Sens. Float Bill To Protect Against AI Data Piracy

By Adam Lidgett

Federal lawmakers said Monday that they are floating a measure that would give creators the right to sue companies that use their work to train artificial intelligence models without their permission, a move that comes amid concerns over AI and intellectual property.

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NY Judge Wants Atty To Explain Bogus AI Citations

By Jack Karp

A federal judge wants a New York attorney to explain himself after he potentially used artificial intelligence to write his response to an order she issued concerning his use of AI to write an earlier brief that cited nonexistent cases.

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Trump Admin's Harvard Cuts Vex Judge: 'Staggering To Me'

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge said Monday that the Trump administration has not presented evidence that Harvard has failed to address antisemitism on its campus and expressed bewilderment at the government's legal justifications for cutting $2.2 billion in funding.

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Robinson & Cole Ducks Recruiter's Contract Breach Suit

By Adrian Cruz

A Connecticut federal judge has granted summary judgment to Robinson & Cole LLP in a legal recruiter's contract breach suit, determining that under its terms with the recruiter, none of the information disclosed to a second company violated the original agreement between the two sides. 

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Bronx Defenders Reaches Tentative Deal To End Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The union representing staff attorneys for the Bronx Defenders — one of several member shops of the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys that went on strike last week — has reached a tentative contract agreement with their managers.

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Senate Panel To Revote On US Atty Noms After Dem Walkout

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee is poised to revote on five U.S. attorney nominees on Thursday, including Jeanine Pirro, former Fox News host and New York state judge, after Democrats walked out of last week's meeting over objections to how the consideration of controversial Third Circuit nominee Emil Bove was being handled.

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SEC Lifts FINRA Ban For Atty Accused Of Cheating On Exam

By Katryna Perera

A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted an industry ban placed on a former SEC enforcement attorney who was deemed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to have cheated on a securities exam, finding there was no conclusive evidence of cheating.

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Pot Drink Co.'s Case Belongs In Arbitration, Stoel Rives Says

By Mike Curley

Stoel Rives LLP and a group of its clients are urging a California federal court to send a fraud suit brought by a maker of nonalcoholic cannabis drinks back to arbitration, arguing all the claims are subject to a valid arbitration agreement.

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States Embrace Second Look Laws To Reward Rehabilitation

By Brian Steele

Criminal justice reform advocates have in recent years found an effective weapon against the effects of lengthy mandatory minimum sentences, convincing states to enact "Second Look" laws that enable judges to reward people in prison who show rehabilitation by shortening their original sentence.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Sydney Price and Jeff Montgomery

Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, a major settlement between Meta Platforms Inc. and its investors reached on the proverbial courthouse steps during day two of a trial ended an $8 billion-plus suit accusing the company's directors and officers of breaching privacy regulations and corporate fiduciary duties tied to allegations dating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal more than a decade ago.

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