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July 15, 2026
Ten years after leading an effort that secured a historic win for the Philippines in a highly contentious dispute with China over maritime rights and entitlements in the South China Sea, 11 King's Bench Walk attorney Paul Reichler told Law360 that he believes international law remains as important as ever.
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July 15, 2026
The U.S. Court of International Trade judge overseeing U.S. Customs and Border Protection's development of a duty refund system for tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court forecast new directions for the government as it prepares another phase of its tariff refund system, according to an order published Wednesday.
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July 15, 2026
The D.C. Circuit reversed a 2020 summary judgment win for Democratic-led states and cities that required the Postal Service to increase services at its election mail processing centers in more than 20 districts across the country, so millions of ballots could be delivered before that year's general election.
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July 15, 2026
A Washington appellate panel has held that a trial court judge erred in disqualifying a county prosecutor's office from handling charges against a driver who crashed into one of its attorneys during a police pursuit.
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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
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires turned away 14 Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions on Tuesday, while instituting another 10.
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July 15, 2026
Frontier Airlines' negligence led to a preventable cyber intrusion carried out by a notorious ransomware gang, which was able to secure a "treasure trove" of personal information of current and former employees and customers, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Colorado federal court.
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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
A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a proposed class action against Maersk Inc. and its retirement plan service providers from participants in the logistics and shipping company's employee 401(k) plan who allege that underperforming investments breached fiduciary duties, but gave the participants another chance to amend their claims.
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July 15, 2026
Car parts giant First Brands Group told a Texas bankruptcy judge that it can't keep paying retired employee benefits past the end of July under its Chapter 11 budget, and asked for authority to stop covering life insurance, health insurance and other benefits.
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July 15, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge has tossed New York state Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz's lawsuit seeking to derail congestion pricing, saying the lawmaker lacks standing to sue, and his claims are moot anyway since the judge voided the U.S. Department of Transportation's attempt to purportedly terminate the program.
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July 15, 2026
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has rehired a former Republican chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, who started her career with the firm as an environmental law associate before its 2018 merger.
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July 15, 2026
A United Airlines Inc. subsidiary and a class of airport cleaning workers have reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit alleging the company failed to properly pay overtime for voluntary shift trades, a Colorado federal court filing shows.
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July 14, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $709,000 settlement with an Ohio-based electric- and gas-powered vehicle manufacturer and its CEO to resolve claims that they made misleading statements portraying the company as being more successful than it actually was in connection with a $112 million convertible debt offering.
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July 14, 2026
A California federal judge said environmental groups have prematurely challenged a U.S. Coast Guard vessel route study they said fails to protect species from shipping traffic along the Pacific Coast, noting the Coast Guard hasn't adopted its recommendations.
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July 14, 2026
The city of Pittsburgh has filed antitrust claims against multiple fire equipment companies, alleging municipalities are paying more as a result of mergers and acquisitions that have concentrated most of the market under just two corporate umbrellas.
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July 14, 2026
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday trimmed two claims brought by a proposed class against Porsche Cars NA Inc. over its alleged failure to disclose or adequately repair a defect in its Taycan electric vehicles, but refused to dismiss or send the case to arbitration.
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July 14, 2026
Software company VirtaMove has argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should ignore Google's challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of using the age of patents as a reason to not review them, saying Google's fight is based on a false foundation.
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July 14, 2026
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked a federal judge for permission to respond to the U.S. Department of Justice's statement of interest supporting dismissal of key portions of the state's antitrust lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil companies, arguing the federal government's filing mischaracterizes the case and conflicts with its own public statements on antitrust enforcement.
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July 14, 2026
A Southwest Airlines Co. shareholder told the Fifth Circuit that Texas' new corporate reform law cannot bar federal lawsuits just because a shareholder owns less than a certain amount of stock, saying the appellate court should revive his lawsuit.
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July 14, 2026
The first half of 2026 saw the repeal of a key rule underlying federal climate regulation, the rollback of pollution limits on industrial chemicals like ethylene oxide, and a blanket exemption from species protections for Gulf oil drillers. Here, Law360 takes a look at the top five developments in environmental policy and regulation so far this year.
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July 14, 2026
A Baltimore-area marine terminal sued its bulk material handling system provider Monday in Maryland federal court, claiming that the system failed after processing less than 26,000 tons — a fraction of the 5-million-ton capacity Bruks claimed the system could handle — and seeking more than $2 million in damages.
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July 14, 2026
Norfolk Southern said Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Mallory ruling invited plaintiffs lawyers to wield state business-registration laws to sue out-of-state companies, and the dispute urgently needs to be revisited to stop litigants from unconstitutionally interfering with interstate commerce.
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July 14, 2026
Jaguar Land Rover North America LLC agreed to provide reimbursement for up to $3,500 for any past repairs made to resolve claims that it sold vehicles with a defective diesel filter, according to a motion that included a $1.4 million cut for attorney fees.
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July 14, 2026
Mercedes-Benz permanently beat a proposed class action alleging it sold vehicles with defective panoramic sunroofs that spontaneously shatter, with a Georgia federal judge saying Tuesday the plaintiffs bring no evidence that the automotive giant caused the purported manufacturing defect.