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July 17, 2026
A California state court judge denied a request Friday by Conagra Brands to reverse a jury's first-of-its-kind $25 million verdict finding it liable for causing a man's debilitating and rare lung disease known as bronchiolitis obliterans through his use of Pam butter-flavored cooking spray, but said it was a "close call."
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July 17, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court rulings determining that freight brokers can face state-based negligence lawsuits and that last-mile drivers can also be exempt from arbitration are among the biggest court decisions of the first half of 2026 affecting the transportation industry. Here, Law360 highlights a few of the biggest transportation-related rulings of 2026 so far.
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July 17, 2026
In the second of a two-part series on the Virginia Revival Courtroom in the Charlotte federal courthouse, judges, architects and a trial consultant explain the strategy behind designing a space they see as more conducive to justice.
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July 16, 2026
A California federal judge Thursday preliminarily approved a $75 million class deal struck mid-trial by Northrop Grumman and residents of a Los Angeles suburb who accused the aerospace company of contaminating their properties, a day after hundreds of the neighborhood's residents filed a similar lawsuit in state court.
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July 16, 2026
Washington, D.C.'s highest court refused to make a trial court vacate discovery orders requiring Meta to disclose certain communications concerning internal research related to the well-being of young social media users, saying Thursday that Meta failed to show it had a "clear and indisputable" right to such relief.
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July 16, 2026
Michigan environmental regulators reissued key state permits for Enbridge Energy's proposed Great Lakes Tunnel project, allowing the company to continue pursuing approvals needed to replace the aging Line 5 pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac, while tribal leaders and environmental groups vowed to challenge the decision.
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July 16, 2026
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Travis Allen and his wife are suing companies that provide privatized housing to military service members in Texas federal court, saying that despite being assured the housing was safe and properly maintained, their home had a host of problems that harmed Allen and his daughter's health.
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July 16, 2026
The Fifth Circuit ruled that a man convicted of domestic violence cannot have his right to own a firearm restored despite the U.S. Supreme Court's expansion of gun rights in recent years, and that Congress did not exceed its constitutional authority by limiting his Second Amendment rights.
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July 16, 2026
Lowe's sold gardening power tools without disclosing a defect in their lithium-ion batteries that have been short-circuiting or catching fire, ultimately leading to a "dangerously deficient" recall that unnecessarily has burdened customers with a tedious process to get battery replacements, according to a proposed class action in California federal court.
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July 16, 2026
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday threw out the bulk of a proposed class action alleging that Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. sold unsafe child car seats, saying most of the claims fail because the parents leading the suit didn't show Dorel was aware of the defect prior to their purchase.
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July 16, 2026
This is the first in a two-part series about the Virginia Revival Model courtroom in the Charles R. Jonas federal courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here, judges and attorneys recall how a sexual assault trial against Uber unfolded in a space designed to place focus on the witnesses.
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July 16, 2026
The family of a 16-year-old Indiana student is suing Amazon and its courier subcontractor in state court, alleging that Amazon is responsible for one of its drivers working while under the influence of fentanyl and crashing into a school bus.
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July 16, 2026
A Washington federal judge signed off on a $2.6 million settlement between Geico and a class of hundreds of drivers resolving a dispute over whether the insurer improperly withheld drivers' personal injury protection coverage by asserting they reached "maximum medical improvement."
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July 15, 2026
Albertsons conducted few reviews of opioid dispensing by its Washington pharmacies for years after establishing a controlled substances compliance team, according to testimony played on Day 3 of a bench trial in the state's lawsuit accusing the company and its Safeway subsidiary of exacerbating Washington's opioid epidemic.
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July 15, 2026
Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu after recently starting to find favor with the justices; and one saw its reputation for independence occupy a rare role in the Supreme Court spotlight.
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July 15, 2026
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday kept the city of Chicago's climate deception suit against BP, Shell and other oil giants in Illinois state court, saying the oil companies could not lean on their fuel production for the federal government to remove the case to federal court.
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July 15, 2026
Unilever's personal care unit was hit with a products liability lawsuit in New Jersey federal court Tuesday by customers who say the company's TRESemme shampoo products caused them to suffer scalp irritation, bald spots or their hair to fall out in clumps.
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July 15, 2026
Meta on Wednesday took a second stab at nixing an amended consolidated litigation alleging it matched users' browsing activities to their Facebook accounts for targeted advertising purposes and personalizing content, telling a California federal judge the plaintiffs consented to the conduct, which was disclosed in Meta's privacy policy.
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July 15, 2026
Qatar Airways negligently served a teen passenger a sandwich that triggered a severe allergic reaction despite being informed of his numerous food allergies, which caused his in-flight death while traveling with his family, according to a suit filed in Pennsylvania federal court.
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July 15, 2026
A man who claimed a safety defect in a pistol led to him being shot in the leg while the safety was on asked a Colorado federal judge Tuesday to deny Umarex USA Inc.'s bid to dismiss his complaint because admissions made by its codefendant in its answer to the complaint implicate potential liability.
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July 15, 2026
A California appeals court has sent a man's injury suit against General Motors' autonomous vehicle subsidiary to arbitration, saying the "sign-in wrap" agreement he assented to as a customer to Cruise LLC's service was sufficiently conspicuous and would give a reasonable consumer notice of the arbitration clause.
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July 15, 2026
A trial in a suit brought by 29 states accusing Meta's Facebook and Instagram of causing young people to become addicted and a third bellwether trial in the Uber sexual assault multidistrict litigation are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2026.
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July 15, 2026
Affiliates of the former operator of a U.S. Virgin Islands oil refinery have reached a $35 million settlement of proposed class action claims from local residents concerning water contamination from oil releases five years ago.
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July 15, 2026
A Massachusetts federal jury in the first bellwether trial over Covidien LP's hernia mesh products was told Wednesday that doctors were not warned about how quickly a safety feature could dissolve after the mesh is implanted in a patient's body.
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July 15, 2026
In a bid to stop the flow of untraceable firearms into the Garden State, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced Wednesday that her office sued a Pennsylvania man alleged to be one of the largest suppliers of products used to make ghost guns.