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  • July 02, 2026

    The Year Donald Trump Won Big At The High Court

    The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority and President Donald Trump largely aligned this year on issues of executive power, resulting in a series of decisions that significantly expanded presidential authority.

  • July 02, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Won't Restore Doctor's Intubation Patent Suit

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday declined to give a doctor another chance to pursue a suit against medical supplies company Teleflex Medical Inc. alleging infringement of a patent covering a laryngoscope used to intubate a patient, affirming the claim construction of a lower court.

  • July 02, 2026

    Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

    The U.S. Supreme Court's stark ideological divisions were on full display this term, particularly as it issued long-awaited rulings in the last few days of June. Here, Law360 dives into the numbers behind this court term.

  • July 01, 2026

    Gilead Owed $68M In Counterfeit Case, Magistrate Judge Says

    A New York federal magistrate judge has recommended awarding $68 million to biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. from a group of companies it accused of producing counterfeit HIV drugs that never answered the allegations.

  • July 01, 2026

    8th Circ. Keeps Missouri's 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Alive

    The Eighth Circuit declined Wednesday to temporarily block a Missouri law that bars drugmakers from imposing restrictions on federally funded providers that contract with pharmacies to distribute discount drugs in the 340B drug discount program.

  • July 01, 2026

    4 Big Colorado Rulings So Far In 2026

    Insurance law took center stage in Colorado's appellate courts during the first half of 2026, but civil rights litigation produced its own notable mark on the landscape. Here, Law360 breaks down four major rulings in Colorado courts from the first half of 2026.

  • July 02, 2026

    CORRECTED: NJ Judge Keeps Ex-Executive's Bias Suit Alive

    A New Jersey state judge denied without prejudice the State Ethics Commission's bid to dismiss a former University Hospital executive's discrimination suit and rejected her cross‑motion for partial summary judgment, but reserved decision on the hospital's motion to toss portions of the case.

  • July 01, 2026

    Federal Judge Narrows Ex-DaVita Worker's Retaliation Suit

    A former dialysis worker lost her whistleblower claim against a DaVita Inc. unit on Wednesday, yet a Michigan federal judge allowed part of her wrongful discharge case to proceed, finding a jury could weigh whether she was fired after refusing to take part in conduct she believed was illegal. 

  • June 30, 2026

    Defamation Litigation Roundup: Tyra Banks, Carroll, ERISA

    In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights Tyra Banks' suit over a Netflix docuseries about her long-running modeling competition show, as well as a late-night television host's defeat of a case taking issue with a segment on Medicaid coverage in Iowa.

  • June 29, 2026

    Wash. Panel Revives Claims Over Fertility Operation Injury

    A Washington appeals panel revived two claims against healthcare providers lodged by the family of a woman who suffered permanent brain damage as the result of an allergic reaction during an egg-retrieval procedure, ruling Monday that a lower court was wrong to toss the claims.

  • June 29, 2026

    Ex-Sales Director Says Fortive Unit Used RIF To Mask Firing

    A former employee of a Fortive medical equipment subsidiary urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the unit and its parent's bid for an early win in her retaliation suit, saying evidence shows a restructuring masked her firing after she challenged government pricing violations.

  • June 29, 2026

    Justices Turn Away NY Healthcare Workers' Vax Bias Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a lawsuit accusing a New York healthcare system of unlawfully firing dozens of employees who requested religious exemptions from its COVID-19 vaccination policy, despite the workers' argument that the Second Circuit gave more credence to state law than their religious rights.

  • June 26, 2026

    Endoscopy Device Maker's Trade Secret Suit Trimmed In Ohio

    An Ohio federal judge has kept alive most of medical equipment supplier Steris' lawsuit claim that a former research and development director stole its intellectual property to form a competitor, but agreed to trim some claims in the case.

  • June 26, 2026

    Wash. Healthcare Firm's Ex-CEO Admits To Embezzling $24M

    A former chief executive officer of Washington-based Community Clinic Network has pled guilty to wire fraud in Washington federal court, admitting he drained almost $24.4 million from the healthcare company's coffers, most of which he lost in a series of poor investment decisions.

  • June 24, 2026

    Claritev Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' Defense In Antitrust MDL

    Healthcare data firm Claritev and a group of major insurers can't assert an unclean hands defense in multidistrict litigation accusing payors of scheming to fix reimbursement rates through the data firm's pricing tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  • June 24, 2026

    Cancer Center Beats Bias Suit Over Denied Remote Work

    A New York federal judge tossed a Black former executive secretary's suit claiming a cancer institute denied her request to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic out of racial bias, ruling she couldn't overcome evidence that her job required an in-office presence.

  • June 23, 2026

    Claritev Says It Wasn't Target Of Criminal Antitrust Probe

    Healthcare data firm Claritev said the U.S. Department of Justice is ending a grand jury investigation of potential antitrust violations in the health insurance space and is not targeting the company with a criminal probe.

  • June 23, 2026

    Insurer Says Late Notice Bars Wrongful Death Suit Coverage

    An insurer for a New Jersey facility for people with disabilities told a federal court Monday that it does not owe coverage in an underlying wrongful death suit because the group home did not inform the insurer of the claim until two years after the suit was filed.

  • June 23, 2026

    Doctor's Equal Pay Claim Against Cancer Center Gets Tossed

    A federal judge has tossed a former cancer physician's federal equal pay claim against a cancer center in Buffalo, New York, accepting a magistrate judge's recommendation that she failed to show male comparators performed substantially equal work.

  • June 22, 2026

    NJ Medical Center Sued Over Alleged Patient Data Tracking

    A New Jersey medical center deployed third-party tracking tools on its website to collect sensitive information about users' searches for doctors and medical conditions, appointment requests and patient portal activity without users' knowledge or consent, two patients claimed in a proposed federal class action.

  • June 22, 2026

    Gov't Says It Should Face Vax IP Claims, Not Moderna

    The U.S. Department of Justice has told the Federal Circuit that multibillion-dollar patent infringement litigation should be directed at the government, instead of Moderna, for the drugmaker's development and supply of COVID vaccines during the pandemic.

  • June 18, 2026

    Fertility Chain Beats Suit Alleging Bogus Embryo Test Claims

    A fertility clinic chain has defeated a proposed class action accusing it of deceptively marketing its preimplantation genetic testing, after a Colorado federal judge found none of the patients claimed their own tests were inaccurate or caused a miscarriage or failed pregnancy.

  • June 18, 2026

    Mich. Panel Sanctions Atty Over AI-Hallucinated Cases

    A medical malpractice suit in the Michigan Court of Appeals led to financial sanctions against an attorney who the court said during litigation repeatedly cited nonexistent cases that were generated by artificial intelligence.

  • June 17, 2026

    Eli Lilly Urges Full Fed. Circ. To Scrap Teva's $177M IP Win

    Eli Lilly & Co. urged the full Federal Circuit Wednesday to review a panel ruling that upheld Teva's $177 million jury verdict on headache drug patents, arguing that the panel's decision runs afoul of the justices' Amgen holding and "opens a truck-sized hole in enablement and written description law."

  • June 17, 2026

    Maya Kowalski Sues Ex-Atty Over Fees, Funding Loan

    Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," filed a malpractice suit against her former attorney on Wednesday, accusing him of charging excessive fees and improperly orchestrating an advance funding loan after winning a $213 million judgment.

Expert Analysis

  • Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails

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    U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado discusses why having a sense of how generative AI tools behave, where they add value, where they introduce risk and how they are reshaping the practice of law is key for today's judges.

  • Key Sectors, Antitrust Risks In Pricing Algorithm Litigation

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    Algorithmic pricing lawsuits have proliferated in rental housing, hotels, health insurance and equipment rental industries, and companies should consider emerging risk factors when implementing business strategies this year, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm

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    Launching and sustaining a law firm requires skills most law schools don't teach, but every lawyer should understand a few core principles that can make the leap calculated rather than reckless, says Sam Katz at Athlaw.

  • How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era

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    Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence test work-product principles first articulated in the U.S. Supreme Court’s nearly 80-year-old Hickman v. Taylor decision, as courts and ethics bodies confront whether disclosure of attorneys’ AI prompts and outputs would reveal their thought processes, say Larry Silver and Sasha Burton at Langsam Stevens.

  • Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

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    Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume

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    As automation and arbitration increase the volume of legal filings, in-house counsel must build scalable service of process systems that strengthen corporate governance and manage risk in real time, says Paul Mathews at Corporation Service Co.

  • The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties

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    Relationship-building should begin as early as possible in a law firm merger, as intentional pathways to bringing people together drive collaboration, positive client response, engagements and growth, says Amie Colby at Troutman.

  • US Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Immigration Reform

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    Cyberthreats are escalating while the cybersecurity workforce remains constrained due to a lack of clear standards for national-interest determinations, processing backlogs affecting professionals who protect critical public systems and visa allocations that do not reflect real-world demands, says Rusten Hurd at Colombo & Hurd.

  • Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

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    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

  • DHS' Parole Termination Violates APA And Due Process

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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s abrupt termination of family reunification parole programs violates both the Administrative Procedure Act and the due process rights of vetted beneficiaries who relied on the government's explicit invitation to wait in the U.S. for an immigrant visa to become available, says Abdoul Konare at Konare Law.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

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    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit

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    Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.

  • How 11th Circ.'s Zafirov Decision Could Upend Qui Tam Cases

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    Oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit last month in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates suggests that the court may affirm a lower court's opinion that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act are unconstitutional — which could wreak havoc on pending and future qui tam cases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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