Nuture Can't Escape Parents' Heavy Metal Baby Food Case

By Lauren Berg

Nurture Inc. cannot escape consolidated class claims brought by parents who allege the baby food manufacturer hid the presence of toxic heavy metals in its Happy Family Organics products, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Brief

Costco Settles Listeria-Contaminated Chicken Wrap Claims

By Ryan Harroff

Costco Wholesale Corp. has settled a putative class action brought by a Florida man who claimed he ate a chicken wrap contaminated with listeria from one of its stores and had to be hospitalized.

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DC Judge Seems Open To Fired Inspectors' Reinstatement Bid

By Ali Sullivan

A D.C. federal judge on Thursday questioned whether it would make practical sense to reinstate eight inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump while signaling openness to the federal watchdogs' argument that the president must follow the legally mandated process before they can be terminated.

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Gastropub Chain Bar Louie Hits Second Chapter 11 In 5 Years

By Ben Zigterman

Texas-based gastropub chain Bar Louie filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, listing nearly $70 million of debt, about five years after the chain sold itself to creditors in a previous bankruptcy.

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Trade Court Skewers ITC Over Secretive Redaction Policy

By Dorothy Atkins

The U.S. Court of International Trade issued a stinging rebuke of the U.S. International Trade Commission Thursday, clarifying disclosure laws and accusing the quasi-judicial agency of being too protective of information it deems "confidential" in violation of basic transparency rules.

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DOJ's Antitrust Unit Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force on Thursday aimed at eliminating state and federal laws and regulations that are hindering competition, with an initial focus on key sectors including housing, food and transportation.

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McCarter & English Faces DQ Bid In NJ Food Biz Dispute

By Jake Maher

A food industry executive has asked a New Jersey federal court to remove McCarter & English LLP as counsel for his opponents in a business dispute, arguing that the firm previously represented him in negotiating the contract at issue.

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3rd Circ. Says Pension Law OKs Suits To Enforce Settlements

By Emily Brill

A Teamsters pension fund can go after a bankrupt dairy business's affiliates for the $39 million that the business owes the fund under the terms of a settlement, the Third Circuit ruled Thursday, saying the fund has a viable cause of action under the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act.

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Panera Franchisee Blames Insurer For Slip-And-Fall Payout

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts Panera franchisee said Travelers and its counsel botched a minor slip-and-fall claim, eventually leaving it on the hook for its full $250,000 deductible to cover an "inflated" settlement and legal fees in the case.

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NC Biz Court Limits Testimony In Smithfield Coverage Trial

By Ryan Harroff

A North Carolina business court judge refused to exclude expert witnesses from either side of an insurance coverage dispute between Smithfield Foods Inc. and a Chubb subsidiary, but did limit their testimony for the firms' upcoming April trial on how much the insurer owes for breaching its duty to defend.

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Curaleaf Units Slam Pot Farm's Sanctions Bid In $32M Suit

By Mike Curley

Two Curaleaf units are pushing back on a Michigan farm's bid for sanctions following a $32 million verdict in its favor, saying the farm is the party dragging proceedings out by seeking sanctions over a disagreement on the law.

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Deals Rumor Mill

Meta Gets Stiff-Armed On FuriosaAI Offer, And More Rumors

By Al Barbarino

In a bold move that underscores the growing confidence and independence of artificial intelligence startups, FuriosaAI reportedly rejected an $800 million acquisition offer from Meta. Nvidia is also on the verge of acquiring Lepton AI, and Apollo is mulling a sale of Cox Media. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

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Series

Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

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Judges Block Trump's Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Orders

By Lauren Berg, Ali Sullivan and Alison Knezevich

Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale both won temporary restraining orders late Friday blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, with two Washington, D.C., federal judges determining the firms have shown the orders are likely retaliation for their representation of certain clients.

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Skadden Offers $100M In Pro Bono Work To Avoid Trump Order

By Aebra Coe

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to avert an impending executive order that could have prevented it from taking on work connected to the federal government and its contractors, according to an announcement by the president Friday on social media platform Truth Social.

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Up Next At High Court: Terror Liability, Health Provider Choice

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench this week to consider whether a federal law subjecting Palestinian government organizations to federal jurisdiction violates due process principles and if the Medicaid Act's provider choice provision allows individual benefit recipients to sue states over the disqualification of healthcare providers. 

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Trump Grants Clemency To Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson, who was facing nearly a decade in prison for lying to banks and investors to secure funding for his now-shuttered multimedia company, the White House confirmed Friday.

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Trump Pardons BitMEX Crypto Co., Four Ex-Executives

By Aislinn Keely

President Donald Trump has pardoned the business entity behind cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and four of the firm's former executives years after they copped to Bank Secrecy Act violations and lax anti-money laundering controls, the White House confirmed Friday.

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Tubi Says Keller Postman Breached Deal In Arbitration Fight

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. federal judge overseeing video streaming service Tubi Inc.'s tortious interference suit against Keller Postman LLC over mass arbitration claims ordered the parties on Friday to schedule a status conference for next month, in light of Tubi's claims that the firm violated an agreement.

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Ex-Paralegal Sues Ga. Personal Injury Firm Over 658 OT Hours

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Atlanta-based personal injury law firm didn't pay a former paralegal for 658 hours of overtime, and it erroneously considered her a salaried-exempt employee, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

As a growing number of companies and their general counsel consider moving their incorporation out of Delaware, the state's governor has quickly signed into law a measure revising its corporation statutes, though there are still critics. And 98% of legal leaders in a recent survey said their budgets are increasing in 2025 to handle the extra work stemming from new diversity risks, tech changes and cybersecurity threats.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

UCLA School of Law's Supreme Court Clinic and Gair Gallo Eberhard LLP head this week's list of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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