Texas AG: Roblox Not Protecting Kids From 'Pixel Pedophiles'

By Rae Ann Varona

Texas has sued Roblox Corp. in state court, accusing the multibillion-dollar company of deceiving parents about the safety of its popular online gaming platform and allowing children to wander in what the state called an "unregulated universe" shared with predators.

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Firm Accused Of Abusive Fee Bid In Texas Mass Shooting Suit

By Lynn LaRowe

A law firm's request for $1.7 million in legal fees related to a 2017 mass shooting in a Texas church has been slammed as "morally wrong and abusive" in a sanctions motion alleging another court has already decided the firm is only entitled to a fraction of that amount.

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Texas AG Accuses School Districts Of Electioneering

By Jonathan Capriel

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton chastised several school districts he claims asked voters to support funding increases via ballot measures, saying their actions amounted to "illegal electioneering" and violated state law, according to an announcement issued Friday.

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Justices Won't Hear Ex-Energy Exec's Insider Trading Appeal

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider arguments from a former executive of a Texas energy company that his insider-trading and fraud convictions were based on unconstitutionally vague statutes and violate the separation-of-powers doctrine.

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Justices Won't Wade Into Jurisdiction Question In Fee Dispute

By Carolina Bolado

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday opted against taking up a dispute over an $829,000 award in favor of a satellite technology company that tested how far federal court jurisdiction extends to state law causes of action.

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Analysis

How One Law Firm Got Two Big White-Collar Wins In 48 Hours

By Phillip Bantz

The white-collar team at Dykema Gossett PLLC secured back-to-back dismissals of two criminal cases in as many days last month by challenging the government's experts, flagging discovery issues and hammering on other perceived weaknesses in the prosecutions.

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Supreme Court Temporarily Pauses Full SNAP Payments

By Rae Ann Varona and Rachel Riley

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday evening temporarily paused a Rhode Island federal judge's orders compelling the Trump administration to fully fund November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and transfer roughly $4 billion by the end of the day, hours after the First Circuit denied the administration's emergency request.

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Roundup

Real Estate Recap: Mamdani, Immigration, Q3 Debrief

By Real Estate Authority Staff

Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including real estate reactions to the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, how condo attorneys are bracing for a surge in immigration enforcement and third-quarter takeaways across asset classes.

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Texas AG Defends App Store Law Against Free Speech Claims

By MJ Koo

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has pushed back on efforts to block the state's new App Store Accountability Act, telling a federal court that the measure's parental-consent and age-verification rules don't restrict speech but simply help parents oversee what apps their kids can download.

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Couple Says Pilot's Reckless Flying Caused Helicopter Crash

By Hayley Fowler

An operator of air ambulance helicopters allowed one of its pilots to make "dangerous, careless, and reckless" flight decisions that resulted in a 2023 crash in the mountains of North Carolina during a patient transport, a couple has alleged in a new lawsuit.

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Eli Lilly Rep Says Off-Label Sales Protest Got Her Fired

By George Woolston

A former Eli Lilly and Co. sales manager said she was fired for objecting to how she and other sales personnel were required to present the diabetes drug Mounjaro to physicians as a weight loss drug when it was not approved for such use, according to a complaint filed in New Jersey federal court Friday.

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Brief

Radian, Samsung Resolve Solid-State Drive IP Feud

By Elliot Weld

Radian Memory Systems LLC has settled patent infringement claims it had asserted against Samsung related to solid-state drives with zoned namespace capabilities, ending a case in which the federal government had at one point taken an interest.

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Judge Fears FTX-Size Probe In First Brands Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

A Texas bankruptcy judge signaled Friday that the investigation required in the bankruptcy case of auto parts maker First Brands might be as complex as that of FTX Trading Ltd. as he fielded calls for a Chapter 11 examiner.

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Solar Co. Pine Gate Hits Ch. 11 With $1B+ Debt, Sale Plan

By Alex Wittenberg

Solar energy developer Pine Gate Renewables has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $1 billion in debt and a plan to sell its business during the case.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cravath, Paul Weiss

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark acquires Tylenol maker Kenvue, shale producers SM Energy and Civitas Resources announce a merger, and power management company Eaton buys Boyd Corp.'s thermal business.

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State Child Privacy Laws May Put More Cos. In FTC's Reach

Starting with Texas in January, several new state laws requiring app stores to share user age-related information with developers will likely subject significantly more companies to the Federal Trade Commission’s child privacy rules, altering their compliance obligations, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

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Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

The third quarter of 2025 was another eventful quarter for total loss valuation class actions, with a new circuit split developing courtesy of the Sixth Circuit, while insurers continued to see negative results in cost-of-insurance class actions, says Kevin Zimmerman at BakerHostetler.

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Why Appellees Should Write Their Answering Brief First

Though counterintuitive, appellees should consider writing their answering briefs before they’ve ever seen their opponent’s opening brief, as this practice confers numerous benefits related to argument structure, time pressures and workflow, says Joshua Sohn at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Senate Committee To Investigate Impeachment Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee will have a hearing next week to consider impeachment of "rogue" federal judges, according to an announcement on Monday.

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After Exit, Judge Cites White House 'Assault On Rule Of Law'

By Emily Sawicki

A Boston federal judge who recently announced his resignation has penned a public letter describing why he stepped down after four decades on the federal bench, saying he could no longer "bear to be restrained" from speaking out against the Trump administration.

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Shutdown Deal Funds Justices' Security, Public Defender Pay

By Courtney Bublé

The government funding agreement reached in the Senate on Sunday includes funding for public defenders, some of whom haven't been paid since July, and security for U.S. Supreme Court justices.

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Judge To Review Grand Jury Materials In Comey Indictment

By Jared Foretek

A Virginia federal judge said he would review grand jury materials in camera to see if any privileged information was used to secure the indictment of ex-FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress.

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Ex-Judges, US Attys Urge Axing 'Political' Indictment Of NY AG

By Lauren Berg

A bipartisan group of former federal judges and U.S. attorneys on Monday threw their weight behind New York Attorney General Letitia James' bid to dismiss the indictment accusing her of mortgage fraud, rebuking the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan and slamming the prosecution's apparent political motivations.

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Fitch Even, Ex-Client Settle $1.2M Fee Fight

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge suspended all briefing deadlines Monday in Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP's $1.2 million fee dispute with a former client and a litigation funder's CEO, following the parties' signal that they've resolved their legal issues in principle.

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Trump Pardons Giuliani, Others Accused Of Election Crimes

By Emily Sawicki

President Donald Trump has reportedly pardoned scores of lawyers accused of attempting to interfere in the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Sidney Powell, according to a social media post created by the president's pardon attorney, Ed Martin.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Delaware's top court issued a flurry of rulings last week and heard arguments on recently passed legislation that expanded liability shields for some corporate acts while the Court of Chancery passed on another round of arguments over control of Caribbean broadcaster Caribevision.

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