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Ninth Circuit Ruling Could Open New Legal Line of Attack on Drugmakers

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:04:52 EST

In a reversal, the appellate court allowed a hospital system to go forward with an unusual False Claims Act lawsuit accusing a group of drugmakers of overcharging a federal drug discount program.

Judge Advances $72.5M Deal Ending Epstein Survivor's Case Against Bank of America

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:19:12 EST

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff for the Southern District of New York tentatively approved the deal and set a final approval hearing for August 27.

Suits Against Tempus AI Test Legal Lines for Mining Genetic Data

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:37:17 EST

The legal pressure on Tempus—which uses its massive trove of genetic information to train AI algorithms used in patient care—comes amid growing national concern over the commoditization of DNA data.

Monetary Sanctions May Be on the Rise as 'Frustrated' Courts Grapple With AI Hallucinations

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:59:59 EST

"I would assume that they'll keep ramping up the sanctions until this gets resolved. Again, this is an error that there might have been an excuse for previously, but as we go further and further along, there'll be less and less of an excuse for," one litigator told Law.com.

Solicitor General, Lead MDL Counsel, Want Argument Time at Roundup Case Before SCOTUS

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:34:48 EST

The case, called Durnell v. Monsanto, could resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging the pesticide Roundup causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Abercrombie Fails to Route 'Deceptive Pricing' Class Action to Arbitration

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:31:13 EST

A California federal court has ruled that Abercrombie & Fitch Trading Co. must face a class action complaint that accuses the retail brand of implementing "deceptive pricing" tactics on its online store.

Social Media Helps Gibson Dunn Capsize Trump's EO Against NPR

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:05:51 EST

"We had some discovery and some really interesting evidence that showed that there was just a real bias against NPR by the government," Theodore "Ted" Boutrous Jr., a partner at Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles, said of the litigation strategy his team used to secure permanent injunctive relief on behalf of plaintiff National Public Radio. "It was really powerful evidence."

Twitter Investors Can Sue Elon Musk as a Class in NY Securities Fraud Case

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:52:48 EST

U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter Jr. of the Southern District of New York certified the class over arguments from Musk's Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan legal team that the investor class wasn't cohesive.

Sephora Files Flurry of Lawsuits Over Claims of Race and Age Bias by Cosmetic Selection Tool

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:28:15 EST

Sephora filed more than a dozen California lawsuits seeking to head off a wave of consumer arbitration demands claiming its opt-in “Chosen For You and “Your Picks recommendations, built using customers' self-reported “age range and “skin color, violate the Unruh Civil Rights Act. The company argues the tools do not limit access, pricing or terms of sale and therefore do not deny “full and equal accommodations.

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: After Two Verdicts, What's Next For Social Media? Federal Judge Removes Beasley Allen From Talc Plaintiffs Steering Committee

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:58:59 EST

After juries hit Meta Platforms with two verdicts in New Mexico and California, social media companies face similar trials this year involving a teenager, a school district and another state.

DOJ Rebukes State AGs' Improper Disclosure of Confidential HPE-Juniper Data

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:27:03 EST

"Although the harm caused by the States' improper disclosure is largely irreparable, the Court should enforce its Protective Order to show that the violation will not be tolerated and to mitigate further harm," U.S. Department of Justice attorneys wrote in a joint letter after state attorneys general mistakenly filed highly confidential materials on the public docket regarding Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.'s acquisition of Juniper Networks and HPE's nonpublic communications.

Mixed Verdict, Alleged Jury Bias Expected to Be Focus of Musk Securities Appeals, Experts Say

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:49:35 EST

Before Musk can appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, post-trial motion practice must be completed at the district court level.

Game Over for Investors Suing Warner Bros. Over Failed NBA Broadcast Talks

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:01:37 EST

U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla for the Southern District of New York found that Warner Bros. had disclosed "all material facts" for its negotiations over the rights to broadcast National Basketball Association games, rejecting claims of misleading investors on the chances of securing the rights.

Legal Impact of 2 Social Media Verdicts: 'A Road Map to Beating the Big Tech Companies'

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:00:50 EST

Last week's $375 million verdict against Meta Platforms in New Mexico, and $6 million jury award against Meta and YouTube, owned by Google, were the first to use new legal theories to blame social media on harm to children.

Makers of Children's Mouth Rinses Will Face Misleading Marketing Claims, Judge Rules

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:42:20 EST

Los Angeles-based attorneys from Siri & Glimstad and Kirkland & Ellis lead legal teams in the federal suit alleging Colgate%E2%80%91Palmolive and Tom's of Maine misled consumers into believing the products were formulated specifically for children.

Report Probes What Is Driving a Rapid Rise in Data Breach Suits and Web Tracking Settlements

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:04:15 EST

A new report by Baker & Hostetler records an increase in both data breach class actions and resolution of web tracking and pixel cases through settlement in 2025.

Nexstar-Tegna Merger Hangs in Balance as Judge Grants TRO Pausing Integration

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:23:24 EST

"The Court ultimately finds Plaintiff's arguments persuasive," U.S. District Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley of the Eastern District of California wrote in an order granting plaintiff DirecTV's motion for a temporary restraining order placing Nexstar's $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna on pause for at least 14 days, pending review of claims the broadcast merger would harm consumers and competition.

Bank of America Agrees To $72.5M Deal to End Epstein Survivor's Lawsuit

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:46:17 EST

Boies Schiller Flexner and Edwards Henderson stated that the deal provided a substantial recovery for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, while sparing them the risk of further litigation.

Pentagon Continues to Deem Anthropic 'Supply-Chain Risk' Even After Preliminary Injunction

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:45:16 EST

Social media comments from a Pentagon official suggest the U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review whether a San Francisco federal judge erred in her preliminary injunction order blocking the Trump administration from designating artificial intelligence developer Anthropic a "supply-chain risk to national security" while the litigation plays out.

Dutch Court Orders Musk's xAI and Grok to Stop Generating AI-Produced Nonconsensual Nude Images

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:01:42 EST

Dutch firm Houthoff represented the social media platform X and its AI chatbot in the loss, which could have broad implications for jurisdictions outside the Netherlands.

Wilmer, Jenner, Susman, Perkins Blast Trump EO Appeal

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:19:08 EST

Wilmer, Jenner, Susman and Perkins Coie are asking a federal appeals court panel to affirm a lower court's permanent injunction of four executive orders targeting law firms.

Judge Dismisses X Corp.'s Antitrust Claim Over Alleged Advertising Boycott

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:51:43 EST

The court found X did not prove international defendants Shell International, Lego A/S, Nestle S.A., and Orsted Services were involved in the alleged boycott and dismissed the claims against them without prejudice due to lack of personal jurisdiction.

Two Juries, Two Days, One Reality: The Social Media Cases Have Arrived

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:59:59 EST

What we are seeing is the beginning of a legal reckoning with a generation of technology that scaled faster than the legal frameworks designed to govern it.

Judge Blocks Pentagon From Branding Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:11:51 EST

“Nothing in the governing statute supports the Orwellian notion that an American company may be branded a potential adversary and saboteur of the U.S. for expressing disagreement with the government, federal Judge Rita Lin wrote in her ruling.

California Judge Certifies Investor Class in Nvidia Crypto-Mining Lawsuit

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:10:39 EST

The ruling allows the case to move forward on behalf of investors who purchased NVIDIA shares between August 2017 and November 2018, a period marked by surging and then collapsing cryptocurrency markets.

Big Law Partners File Amicus Briefs in Support of Anthropic in Row With Pentagon

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:35:47 EST

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Covington & Burling, Crowell & Moring, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Perkins Coie represent a diverse group of amici curiae who all want a San Francisco federal judge or the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule in favor of Anthropic as the AI developer challenges the Trump administration's "supply-chain risk" designation of Anthropic.

Kalshi Faces Legal Fire in NY Over Prediction Market for Death of Iranian Leader

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:55:54 EST

Kalshi refused to provide full payouts to users who predicted that Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, would be “out of leadership by April 1, 2026, citing a policy against letting users benefit from someone's death. But a lawsuit claims Kalshi misled users on the rules of the market.

White & Case Worker Alleges He Was Photographed Unconscious During Firm Retreat

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:47:45 EST

A suit claims that an unnamed manager and possibly other White & Case workers removed an employee's clothes and took unauthorized photos of his body.

Elon Musk Says LinkedIn Reactions Merit Chancellor's Recusal from Securities Case

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:19:43 EST

Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick wrote that she did not click the "support" icon at all or "did so accidentally." She said she has filed a report of "suspicious activity" with LinkedIn.

City Sues Elon Musk's Companies Over Grok's Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:02:54 EST

Baltimore has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against X Corp., xAI Corp., xAI LLC and SpaceX, alleging their Grok AI tool enabled the creation and dissemination of non%E2%80%91consensual sexualized deepfakes—including content involving minors—marking one of the first times a municipality has used its consumer-protection authority to confront AI%E2%80%91driven harms.