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April 20, 2026
Utah officials have urged a federal judge not to halt enforcement of a new state law reining in psychoactive products derived from the kratom leaf, saying the policy is necessary for consumer safety and public health and is not preempted by federal law.
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April 20, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge has sent a suit against Kimberly-Clark Corp. and the town of New Milford back to state court, saying Kimberly-Clark didn't clear the high bar necessary to show that the town and its wetlands commission were fraudulently included as defendants in a suit over PFAS contamination.
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April 20, 2026
A Vermont school district's lawsuit seeking roughly $135 million in damages against Monsanto entities over toxic chemicals at its now-shuttered high school campus must go to trial, a Vermont federal court ruled, denying the Monsanto defendants a quick win.
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April 20, 2026
A federal jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, found Monday an Uber driver committed battery against a passenger who accused him of grabbing her leg in 2019, and it awarded her $5,000 in damages, capping off a four-day bellwether trial against the ride-hailing giant.
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April 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid from a Kenvue Inc. unit to review class certification in a suit alleging it falsely advertised its products as being "oil-free."
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April 20, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it won't review a class certification challenge in a securities class action over Johnson & Johnson's cancer-related talc products in the latest development in a closely watched dispute over how courts evaluate class certification in shareholder suits.
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April 17, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge Friday refused to block Johnson & Johnson from advertising its prostate cancer drug as having a lower risk of death compared with Bayer's medication, saying Bayer has not shown it is likely to succeed on its claims that its rival's advertising campaign is false or misleading.
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April 17, 2026
The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that a surgery patient's missed expert disclosure deadline rightfully ended his case seeking to hold Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLC liable for allegedly faulty staples used in his procedure.
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April 17, 2026
A South Carolina court has again refused to approve a $50,000 settlement in a lawsuit accusing Boeing of instigating a "campaign of harassment" against a whistleblower that led to his suicide, saying it can't know whether the deal is fair until it has seen the details of a related settlement.
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April 17, 2026
An allegedly dangerous and untrained capybara bit a child's hand at a Pittsburgh "pet expo" and left a deep wound, according to a lawsuit filed by the child's parent, who is seeking compensation for medical bills, the permanent damage to the child's hand and humiliation suffered by the child.
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April 17, 2026
A psychiatrist testified Friday that a North Carolina woman who has accused an Uber driver of sexually assaulting her in 2019 has "pervasive" memory issues due to her history of substance abuse, telling a Charlotte federal jury she is a "pretty poor historian of her own history."
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April 17, 2026
A pair of dueling California ballot initiatives both purport to increase consumers' access to justice — a righteous cause, most would say. If only the initiatives' backers agreed on what that means.
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April 17, 2026
Kenvue urged a New Jersey federal court to nix a proposed class action alleging its shea and cocoa butter oil is deceptively advertised, as it's primarily made with a petroleum byproduct, arguing Thursday the front label truthfully identifies it as an oil enriched with shea and cocoa butter.
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April 17, 2026
Texas Supreme Court justices declined an appeal brought after a lower court did not consider proof of asbestos dosage in its decision, but on Friday, Justice Evan Young wrote that the lower court's failure to do so was "troubling" even if the case wasn't a good fit for high court review.
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April 17, 2026
New lawsuits and a tricky compliance landscape have besieged a trucking industry navigating the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement of restrictions on immigrant commercial truck drivers, as motor carriers, freight brokers and other ground-based shippers worry about escalating rates, driver turnover and service disruptions.
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April 17, 2026
Norfolk Southern opposed a class certification bid in Georgia federal court Thursday by investors alleging it misrepresented safety practices up until the fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing the lead plaintiffs' claims are atypical and, accordingly, are inadequate representatives for those who bought company stock after the derailment.
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April 17, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Friday found that a lower court erred in dismissing a proposed class action alleging that Target Corp. sold bedsheets claiming to be 100% cotton with a thread count of 600 or more, which can't be achieved with purely cotton fabric, saying that a reasonable consumer can still be deceived by a physically impossible claim.
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April 17, 2026
A California magistrate judge has recommended summary judgment in favor of the state in its suit against an electronic cigarette seller, saying the undisputed facts of the case say the business violated the law by selling e-cigarettes without a license and unlawfully shipped them through the U.S. Postal Service.
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April 17, 2026
A Connecticut man suing a group of kratom companies over the death of his son filed his suit too late and in the wrong venue, and the decedent who suffered an overdose in 2024 "knowingly" assumed the risk of any injury, two of the defendants said in new state court filings.
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April 17, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said that pollution lawsuits against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron in Louisiana belong in federal court, agreeing with the companies that their World War II-era oil production in the state was federal in nature.
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April 16, 2026
Twenty-five U.S. states are looking at passing laws to make artificial intelligence companies face liability claims in civil suits if they fail to protect consumers who interact with chatbots, while another three states have already enacted protections, according to a citizens group's new legislative tracker.
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April 16, 2026
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a verdict in favor of the estate of a steamfitter exposed to asbestos through his work at a Pabst Brewing Co. brewery, saying Wednesday that the company still owed a duty of care to employees of independent contractors, but capped punitive damages to about $4.65 million.
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April 16, 2026
This year has brought major courtroom setbacks for tech platforms and app companies. Juries issued headline-making verdicts against Meta and Google over claims their platforms harm young users, while Uber lost its first federal bellwether trial over driver assaults and now faces a second sexual assault case.
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April 16, 2026
Lemonade will pay $10.5 million to settle with a proposed class of over 190,000 individuals who said the tech-forward insurer's online quote platform negligently disclosed their drivers' license numbers to cybercriminals, according to a preliminary approval motion filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
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April 16, 2026
A reasonable consumer would not expect a low-cost Brita filter to remove or reduce all common tap water contaminants to below lab detectable limits, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, affirming the dismissal of a consumer's proposed false advertising class action against the manufacturer.