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June 25, 2026
A crash where a Tesla Model 3 plowed through a Texas family's home, fatally wounding a 76-year-old grandmother, is currently the subject of a federal probe and a wrongful death lawsuit, the latter of which claims the automaker knowingly sold dangerously defective self-driving systems.
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June 25, 2026
A Texas appellate court seemed skeptical Thursday of an argument that the parent entities of the company that sells Tylenol should have to defend claims that the pain reliever causes autism, suggesting that the companies don't have enough ties to Texas.
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June 25, 2026
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has objected to a special master's recommendation on the allocation of common benefit fees in the $6 billion settlement that ended multidistrict litigation against 3M over allegedly faulty combat earplugs, saying the amount doesn't value the "length, extent and impact" of the firm's work.
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June 25, 2026
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday proposed eliminating brake pedal requirements for cars equipped with higher levels of automated driving systems as the Trump administration presses ahead with efforts to ease regulations and accelerate U.S. development of self-driving vehicles.
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June 25, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice says it has issued settlement payments totaling roughly $17 million to more than 600 plaintiffs who asserted tort claims against the government over jet fuel spills from a since-shuttered U.S. Navy storage facility in Hawaii.
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June 25, 2026
A California federal judge has dismissed with prejudice cross-claims from the city of Pasadena against the U.S. government in a suit by the California Institute of Technology over groundwater contamination from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, finding the federal government has immunity.
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June 25, 2026
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to block two vape companies from marketing their menthol-flavored e-cigarette products after finding the benefits to adult smokers didn't outweigh the risk to minors.
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June 25, 2026
A proposed class of farmers is suing the makers of the EAVision J100 agricultural spray drones in Arkansas federal court, saying despite being advertised as having lidar and collision-avoidance technology, the drones have been known to crash and catch fire, endangering farmworkers, crops and livestock.
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June 25, 2026
The attorney representing OpenAI Global LLC and its CEO in the lawsuit brought by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier earlier this month over artificial intelligence concerns has deep ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration.
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June 25, 2026
A Louisiana law firm and lawyer found guilty of criminal conspiracy and wire fraud for staging vehicle crashes as part of a scheme to defraud insurance carriers and trucking companies are seeking acquittal or a new trial, arguing that federal prosecutors failed to support their claims with evidence.
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June 25, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed Monsanto a win in its long-running litigation battle over the labeling of alleged cancer risks of its bestselling weedkiller Roundup, clearing the path for a $7.25 billion settlement to end thousands of suits facing the Bayer AG unit by finding that the state law claims underlying a $1.25 million jury verdict are barred.
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June 24, 2026
Costco deceptively advertises its Nature's Domain grain-free dog food as a healthy and safe option despite a growing body of research showing that grain-free diets heighten the risk of canine heart disease, a California consumer alleged in a new proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court Tuesday.
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June 24, 2026
A Garden State federal judge on Wednesday signaled that she would sign off on proposed deals worth a combined $3 billion between New Jersey, 3M Co. and various DuPont entities to resolve the state's claims over contamination caused by the manufacture and discharge of forever chemicals.
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June 24, 2026
Healthcare data firm Claritev and a group of major insurers can't assert an unclean hands defense in multidistrict litigation accusing payors of scheming to fix reimbursement rates through the data firm's pricing tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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June 24, 2026
The makers of Breeze Canna and Cheetah vape pens have beaten claims they intentionally mislabeled their products to sidestep Illinois THC potency limits, with a Chicago federal judge putting a permanent end to the proposed class action after it failed to identify any actual misrepresentations.
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June 24, 2026
A woman on Wednesday sued Starbucks Corp. in California state court, alleging she suffered severe and permanent burns when she spilled "scalding" coffee onto her lap because of a structurally defective cup.
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June 24, 2026
Chemours has agreed to a settlement totaling more than $450 million over its release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, across West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
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June 23, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday clearing Cisco in an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging it helped the Chinese government violate international law is a win for companies that do business in regions with possible human rights issues, experts tell Law360.
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June 23, 2026
Henkel Corp. urged a Washington state judge to excuse the chemical company from a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit over the 2023 implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible, arguing its Loctite adhesive played no role in alleged design and manufacturing flaws that caused the sub's catastrophic failure.
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June 23, 2026
An environmental organization on Monday sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture in D.C. federal court, seeking records behind President Donald Trump's executive order to hike the production of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, an allegedly carcinogenic pesticide at the center of an imminent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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June 23, 2026
Drivers and passengers injured in the 2022 collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh have reached a settlement with the city and the engineering firms who were allegedly responsible for inspecting the bridge, and the suits were officially dismissed on Tuesday, according to court documents.
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June 23, 2026
Fourteen states are backing challenges to the Trump administration's decision to open up oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, telling the court that the seismic exploration will harm migratory birds and increase greenhouse gas emissions that already contribute to climate change.
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June 23, 2026
Healthcare data firm Claritev said the U.S. Department of Justice is ending a grand jury investigation of potential antitrust violations in the health insurance space and is not targeting the company with a criminal probe.
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June 23, 2026
Mars Inc. can't escape a woman's lawsuit claiming the candy company sold unreasonably dangerous peanut butter M&M's Minis that caused her to suffer a life-threatening allergic reaction, a Connecticut state judge ruled in a Monday order, saying her allegations are legally sufficient to survive in this stage.
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June 23, 2026
A proposed class of consumers is urging a California federal court not to throw out their claims that Costco Wholesale Corp. falsely advertised its rotisserie chickens as having no preservatives, saying consumer expectation, not federal regulations, is what matters in the case.