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July 27, 2026
In the first half of 2026, lawsuits taking aim at recent federal shifts in cannabis policy, a federal ban on marijuana users owning firearms and purported residency criteria in state cannabis licensure programs were argued in multiple courts across the country.
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July 27, 2026
A Florida federal magistrate judge has recommended that a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney be tossed, saying an inventor hasn't shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter at issue in the case were defamatory.
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July 27, 2026
A Washington man who owns a solar component contractor is suing Canadian Solar Inc. and its affiliates in federal court, alleging poor packaging caused 1,800 pounds of solar panels to fall over and crush him.
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July 24, 2026
Federal and state lawmakers are expected in the coming months to keep pressing efforts for companies to do more to keep children safe online and rein in potentially harmful uses of emerging artificial intelligence systems, while the California Legislature ponders a measure that's aimed at easing the explosion of wiretap litigation under a decades-old state law.
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July 24, 2026
The Seventh Circuit on Friday refused to revive a woman's claims that Abbott Laboratories failed to warn about the dangers of a Similac-brand infant formula her baby drank before dying of a serious gastrointestinal disease, saying she failed to show that her suggested alternative warning would have saved her baby.
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July 24, 2026
A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."
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July 24, 2026
Two landlords are demanding their insurance company pay for needed repairs to their Los Angeles area property after a renter's illegal cannabis growing setup sparked a fire, according to a lawsuit filed in California state court, accusing the provider of wrongfully denying coverage for fire-related repairs by reclassifying them as tenant damage.
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July 24, 2026
The family of a shopper who was fatally shot in a Costco parking lot in 2024 during an alleged purse-snatching attempt has launched a lawsuit in Washington state court, accusing the warehouse retailer of failing to address a history of criminal activity on store property leading up to her death.
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July 24, 2026
A Washington federal judge on Friday sanctioned a plaintiff's attorney $3,000 after finding that she submitted multiple court filings containing dozens of fake citations and quotations generated by artificial intelligence platforms and didn't fix the mistakes, calling the conduct "tantamount to bad faith."
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July 24, 2026
The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to revive an antitrust lawsuit that accuses Apple of unlawfully tying its iPhone to its App Store and monopolizing access to COVID-19 tracing apps, saying an app developer that sued the tech giant failed to plausibly allege relevant product markets for its claims.
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July 24, 2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the investigation into the ongoing cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has now expanded into four more states, bringing the total to nine.
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July 24, 2026
The city manager of a Detroit suburb did not violate Michigan's Open Meetings Act by privately evaluating and ranking applicants for the city's limited recreational marijuana licenses, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled, reversing an appellate decision.
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July 24, 2026
Rohit Chopra, the first secretary of California's new Business and Consumer Services Agency, on Thursday asked consumers in the Golden State to send in tips about businesses that engage in dishonest pricing schemes, inflated fees and other "harmful and corrupt practices."
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July 24, 2026
Cogent Communications has been hit with a stock drop suit accusing it of misleading investors about the viability of its wavelength business, which the company had billed as the solution to financial issues that arose after purchasing Sprint's wireline business for $1.
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July 24, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has concluded a federal ban on handgun sales to individuals under 21 and state laws that more broadly bar the carrying and possession of handguns by people under that age, do not violate the Second Amendment because they are consistent with historical traditions.
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July 24, 2026
President Donald Trump's proposed 50% tariffs on select Canadian imports could be a negotiation tactic, but given the ongoing tension between the U.S. and Canada, trade lawyers are bracing for the possibility those measures will be implemented and lead to further escalation.
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July 24, 2026
President Donald Trump's latest tariff covering most imports to the U.S. is yet another instance of the president attempting to establish an illegal global tariff regime, a pair of companies told the U.S. Court of International Trade on Friday.
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July 24, 2026
Live Nation is pushing back after state enforcers told a New York federal court that a recent Second Circuit ruling in a case against Nielsen supports their antitrust claims, saying the ruling instead supports its bid to undo the jury verdict.
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July 24, 2026
In one of the most-watched cases for product liability so far this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that failure-to-warn claims about the alleged cancer risks of Monsanto's widely used pesticide Roundup are barred by federal law. Social media titans were also rocked by the first verdicts delivered in cases alleging mental health harms to youth.
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July 24, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh a trademark dispute that asks whether juries or judges should decide if a mark is inherently strong, while courts will continue testing the impact of the justices' Jack Daniel's decision over a key test in trademark infringement cases. Here are Law360's picks for trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.
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July 23, 2026
A Nordstrom Inc. worker has hit the Seattle-based retailer with a proposed wage-and-hour class action in Washington state court, accusing the company of failing to provide employees with legally mandated meal and rest breaks, then further failing to compensate them for the missed breaks.
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July 23, 2026
A court order blocking Rhode Island's social equity and adult-use cannabis licensing program will likely come to an end after a federal judge indicated that she would undo her prior ruling, if given the opportunity, since lawmakers have removed the challenged residency requirements.
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July 23, 2026
Laura Ganoza's representation of her client in an infringement suit over a resort's trademarks was notable for being particularly vigorous, according to opposing counsel Sarah Ring of Porter Hedges LLP, who said the Foley & Lardner LLP partner "was a strong advocate" in the case.
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July 23, 2026
A New York exterminator has prevailed in a settled dispute with a competitor over which party is allowed to use the phrase "black widow" to advertise pest control services, according to a consent judgment filed in Connecticut federal court.
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July 23, 2026
Seagate Technology LLC is urging the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a Ninth Circuit decision reviving portions of its price-fixing suit against NHK Spring Co. Ltd., arguing that NHK's petition mischaracterizes how the Ninth Circuit applied the Foreign Trade and Antitrust Improvements Act.