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October 21, 2025
Fla. Investor Sues NY Atty Over Litigation Funding 'Scheme'
A New York lawyer is facing state court claims alleging he scammed a Florida investor out of more than $2.5 million by "effectively running a Ponzi scheme" under the guise of a litigation finance investment.
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October 21, 2025
J&J Appeals $25M Loss In Conn. Builder's Asbestos Case
Johnson & Johnson has appealed its losses in a Connecticut real estate developer's asbestos lawsuit, telling state trial and appellate courts that it plans to challenge denials of multiple bids to reverse a $15 million jury verdict plus an additional $10 million in punitive damages awarded by a judge.
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October 21, 2025
Novartis Says Alexion's 'Block The Cause' Ads Are False
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. is suing rival Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Delaware federal court, alleging that Alexion's "Block the Cause" ad campaign for its Ultomiris product falsely implies that Novartis' own treatment is less effective or even dangerous.
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October 20, 2025
TikTok Must Produce Docs On Anorexic Influencer
A California federal judge on Monday ordered TikTok to produce documents related to Eugenia Cooney, an influencer with anorexia and 2.8 million followers, in litigation over claims social media hurts youth mental health, and also instructed YouTube to yield documents on two of its witnesses.
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October 20, 2025
Zuckerberg Ordered To Testify At 1st Social Media Harm Trial
A Los Angeles judge on Monday ordered Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at an upcoming bellwether trial over major social media technology companies allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health, but put off deciding whether he must testify at future bellwether trials.
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October 20, 2025
DOJ Says Shutdown Slowing Flint Water Case Progress
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys told a Michigan federal judge on Monday that the government shutdown is "straining" resources and restricting their ability to timely produce requested information in litigation over the response to the Flint water crisis.
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October 20, 2025
Sterigenics Nears Win In Georgia Ethylene Oxide Litigation
Sterigenics Inc. notched two significant wins in sprawling litigation over its alleged emissions of carcinogenic ethylene oxide at an Atlanta-area plant, as a Georgia state court judge tossed residents' specific causation claims and allegations that the plant's activities constituted a private nuisance.
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October 20, 2025
US Steel Asbestos Caused Woman's Cancer, Philly Jury Told
The estate of a woman who died from mesothelioma urged a Philadelphia jury on Monday to hold the United States Steel Corporation liable for her exposure to asbestos, which she alleged came from her steelworker father's dust-coated work clothes.
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October 20, 2025
Funds Rip Boeing's 4th Circ. Bid To Decertify Max Fraud Class
Institutional investors have told the Fourth Circuit that they've sufficiently laid out their damages theories to advance certified class claims alleging Boeing kept its stock price trading at inflated levels by repeatedly misrepresenting the safety of its 737 Max fleet after two crashes and a door-plug blowout.
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October 20, 2025
Tylenol Maker Tells FDA Not To Add Autism Warning
Tylenol maker Kenvue on Friday told the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reject a call to add warnings about the risk of using acetaminophen during pregnancy, saying that "expansive" scientific evidence shows there is no proven link between the over-the-counter drug and autism.
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October 20, 2025
Exxon Fights 2nd Circ.'s Atty Fees Ruling In NYC Climate Case
Exxon, BP, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute are asking the Second Circuit for en banc review of a panel's decision to award attorney fees to New York City, which is suing them for deceptive practices around climate change.
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October 20, 2025
Samsung Must Face Vape Battery Injury Suit, Minn. Court Says
A Minnesota state appeals court has ruled that a subsidiary of Samsung must face a lawsuit regarding a vape pen battery that exploded in a man's pocket, saying the company was likely aware that some of the nearly 3 million batteries it shipped to the state were being used in e-cigarettes.
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October 20, 2025
Pot Cos. Say THC Potency Suit Can't Hold Up To Scrutiny
A group of cannabis companies is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims that they sold edible oils as concentrates to get around THC limits, saying the plaintiff can't pivot to base his claims on injuries he hasn't suffered.
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October 20, 2025
Tire-Maker Can't Thwart Asbestos Suits, NC Justices Are Told
More than a dozen plaintiffs locked in a long-running battle for workers' compensation tied to alleged asbestos exposure at a Continental Tire factory are urging North Carolina's top court to let stand a lower appeals court decision reviving their cases.
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October 20, 2025
Tristar Can't Escape Exploding Pressure Cooker Injury Suit
A Nebraska federal judge won't let Tristar Products Inc. out of a suit alleging it sold a defective pressure cooker that burned a user, finding the company can't compel arbitration or exclude her expert.
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October 20, 2025
Justices Reject Pollution Case In La.'s Black Communities
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the Fifth Circuit's decision to revive a lawsuit accusing a Louisiana local government of steering hazardous industrial facilities into Black communities.
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October 17, 2025
'Small Tobacco' Cos. Challenge Va. Ban On Flavored Vapes
Virginia vape companies are looking to stop the state from enforcing a ban on flavored e-cigarettes endorsed by "Big Tobacco," calling the law unconstitutional because it runs afoul of the supremacy clause by having state officials enforce federal tobacco law, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.
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October 17, 2025
California AG Sues Plastic Bag Makers Over Recycling Claims
California's attorney general on Friday sued three plastic bag manufacturers in state court for allegedly selling nonrecyclable plastic bags despite claiming to meet the Golden State's recyclability standards, but said four other producers agreed to stop sales in the state as part of a settlement resolving similar allegations.
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October 17, 2025
Injury Law Roundup: Uber Wins Bellwether Sex Assault Trial
In our inaugural Injury Law Roundup, juries in the Golden State were busy as Uber won a closely watched sexual assault trial and Johnson & Johnson got crushed with a near $1 billion verdict in a talc case, while Boies Schiller Flexner LLP admitted to an artificial intelligence gaffe in a sex-assault-related case. Here, we put Law360 readers on notice of what's been recently trending in personal injury and medical malpractice news.
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October 17, 2025
CVS Can't Dodge Tobacco Surcharge Suit, Employee Says
CVS shouldn't be allowed to escape a proposed class action claiming it illegally charged higher fees to health plan participants and their spouses due to their use of tobacco, an employee argued Friday, urging a California federal court to reject the company's assertion that he didn't have standing.
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October 17, 2025
Boeing Sued Over 737 Crash In South Korea That Killed 179
The Boeing Co. has been hit with a negligence suit in Washington state court by the families of 14 people killed in the December crash of a 737 at a South Korean airport, facing accusations that the "antiquated" 1960s-era electrical and hydraulic systems resulted in a "massive failure" of the plane and the deaths of 179 people.
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October 17, 2025
Fla. College Students And Staff Sue Over PFAS Exposure
Floridians who attend, work at or live near the College of Central Florida say that their drinking water has been contaminated with so-called forever chemicals leached from firefighting foam used on campus, according to a suit against 3M and others recently removed to federal court.
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October 17, 2025
Cessna Maker Blames Pilots For Fatal Crash Into Factory
The pilot and co-pilot of a Cessna involved in a Connecticut crash that killed four people did not follow the takeoff checklist or disengage the parking brake, then failed to respond correctly to the plane's "reduced performance," the manufacturer has told a state court.
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October 17, 2025
Federal Courts To Scale Back Operations Amid Shutdown
The federal court system has run out of money and will scale back operations beginning Monday as a result of the ongoing government shutdown, possibly leading to case delays.
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October 17, 2025
Judge Ends $4.6M Goodyear, Michelin Rubber Damage Suit
A Louisiana federal court officially dismissed a $4.6 million dispute involving Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Michelin North America Inc. and the companies' insurers over water damage to bales of rubber, saying the parties have fully settled their claims against CEVA Logistics companies and a New Orleans port operator.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.
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9th Circ. Ruling May Help Pharma Cos. Avert Investor Claims
The Ninth Circuit's recent decision affirming the dismissal of a securities fraud class action alleging that Talphera deceived investors by marketing a drug with a misleading slogan should give plaintiffs pause before filing similar complaints where snappy slogans are accompanied by copious clarifying information, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech
Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.
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Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.
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Opinion
State AGs, Not Local Officials, Should Lead Public Litigation
Local governments’ public nuisance lawsuits can raise constitutional and jurisdictional challenges, reinforcing the principle that state attorneys general — not municipalities — are best positioned to litigate on behalf of citizens when it is warranted, says former Utah Attorney General John Swallow.
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Keys To Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance
As states' extended producer responsibility laws come into effect, reshaping packaging obligations for businesses, regulated entities should ensure they register with a producer responsibility organization, understand state-specific deadlines and obligations, and review packaging to improve recyclability and reduce compliance costs, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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Demystifying Generative AI For The Modern Juror
In cases alleging that the training of artificial intelligence tools violated copyright laws, successful outcomes may hinge in part on the litigator's ability to clearly present AI concepts through a persuasive narrative that connects with ordinary jurors, say Liz Babbitt at IMS Legal Strategies and Devon Madon at GlobalLogic.
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3rd Circ. Clarifies Ch. 11 3rd-Party Liability Scope Post-Purdue
A recent Third Circuit decision that tort claims against the purchaser of a debtor's business belong to the debtor's bankruptcy estate reinvigorates the use of Chapter 11 for the resolution of nondebtor liability in mass tort bankruptcies following last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Purdue Pharma, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.
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Series
Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve
Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.
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Series
Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Choosing MDL Venues
One of the most interesting yet least predictable facets of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice is venue — namely where the panel decides to place a new MDL proceeding — and its choices reflect the tension between neutrality and case-specific factors, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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How New Rule On Illustrative Aids Is Faring In Federal Courts
In the 10 months since new standards were codified for illustrative aids in federal trials, courts have already begun to clarify the rule's application in different contexts and the rule's boundaries, say attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz.
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Analyzing AI's Evolving Role In Class Action Claims Admin
Artificial intelligence is becoming a strategic asset in the hands of skilled litigators, reshaping everything from class certification strategy to claims analysis — and now, the nuts and bolts of settlement administration, with synthetic fraud, algorithmic review and ethical tension emerging as central concerns, says Dominique Fite at CPT Group.
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Vanda Ruling Opens Door For Contesting FDA Drug Denials
The D.C. Circuit's recent decision in Vanda Pharmaceuticals v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration creates new opportunities and considerations for drug companies navigating the FDA approval process, establishing that litigation is an option when the FDA refuses to hold a hearing, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.