Washington

  • August 06, 2026

    Judge Sets Feb. Trial In States' Generics Price-Fixing Suit

    A Connecticut federal judge has set a February trial date on claims from dozens of state attorneys general that generic-drug makers conspired to artificially inflate the prices of generic topical drugs.

  • August 06, 2026

    Judge Certifies Disney 'Toy Story 3' TM Fight For Appeal

    A California federal judge has certified for interlocutory appeal a ruling refusing to dismiss trademark claims over the "Toy Story 3" character Lotso, saying the long-running case raises an unresolved question about whether corporate affiliates' merchandising can deprive movie distributors of First Amendment protection for a character name used onscreen.

  • August 05, 2026

    Wash. Landlords' COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Suit Tossed

    A Seattle federal judge has thrown out a group of landlords' proposed class action challenging COVID-19-era eviction bans imposed by Washington cities and the state, saying Wednesday that appellate courts have recognized that landlord-tenant regulations generally do not qualify as physical takings of private property.

  • August 05, 2026

    Unread Arbitration Emails Are Unenforceable, 9th Circ. Rules

    Arbitration agreements sent to workers aren't arbitration agreements assented to by workers, the Ninth Circuit held Wednesday, rejecting assertions from medical supplies giant Thermo Fisher Scientific that its arbitration-related emails — even if never read — sufficed to keep an ex-employee's proposed class action out of court.

  • August 05, 2026

    Canadian Man Cops To Extensive Hacking, Extortion Scheme

    A Canadian man pled guilty Wednesday in Washington federal court over his involvement in a widespread fraud scheme where he and other co-conspirators hacked into computer networks belonging to more than 165 organizations before threatening to leak stolen information unless they made ransom payments.

  • August 05, 2026

    Incumbent Wash. Justices On Top In Early Primary Results

    Three incumbent Washington State Supreme Court justices — including two governor appointees — led their respective primary races Wednesday, as a state trial judge edged ahead in the race for another open seat on the high court, according to preliminary election results.

  • August 05, 2026

    Starbucks Ditched Irish Vodka Without Notice, Producer Says

    An Irish vodka producer sued Starbucks Corp. in Washington state court over accusations the coffee giant broke a contract that required it to give six months' notice before discontinuing its use of the vodka at Starbucks Reserve and Roastery locations in the United States.

  • August 05, 2026

    Kalshi To Block Wash. Betting But Said Pause Is Overbroad

    Kalshi agreed to implement geofencing restrictions by Aug. 26 to prevent people in Washington from making bets on the platform in accordance with a state judge's preliminary injunction, but the prediction market is still at odds with state officials over the scope of the court order.

  • August 05, 2026

    9th Circ. Urged To Revisit Klamath Project ESA Ruling

    A water association is asking the Ninth Circuit to rethink a ruling that held the Endangered Species Act applies to the operation and management of an Oregon irrigation project, arguing that the appellate court left "an unworkable" framework to determine a threshold question over nondiscretionary federal agency actions.

  • August 05, 2026

    Glenmark Pharma Hit With Safety Suit After Carvedilol Recalls

    Glenmark Pharmaceuticals' generic drug carvedilol, used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, was misrepresented as therapeutically equivalent to the brand-name drug Coreg but contained undisclosed nitrosamine impurities that changed its strength, quality and safety profile, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Washington federal court.

  • August 05, 2026

    High Court To Hear Intel 401(k) Suit Arguments In October

    The U.S. Supreme Court has set an October date for oral arguments in an appeal from Intel workers who argued the Ninth Circuit imposed too strict a standard when it upheld the dismissal of their lawsuit alleging their retirement savings were dragged down by underperforming investment options.

  • August 05, 2026

    T-Mobile Asks Judge To Reconsider Data Breach Ruling

    T-Mobile has asked a Washington judge to address issues that the company says were overlooked in his June ruling finding that T-Mobile committed more than 722,000 violations of a state data breach notification law.

  • August 05, 2026

    Revive Rx Can't End Eli Lilly's Suit Over Tirzepatide Drugs

    A Texas federal judge has denied Revive Rx's bid to end Eli Lilly and Co.'s remaining unfair competition claims over the compounding pharmacy's sales of allegedly unapproved tirzepatide weight loss drugs that Eli Lilly says compete with Mounjaro and Zepbound, rejecting Revive's argument that compounded drugs fall outside state "new drug" laws.

  • August 05, 2026

    New Mexico Joins States With Alternative Atty License Paths

    Law school graduates will soon be able to earn their license to practice in New Mexico by working under an attorney's supervision and demonstrating their legal skills rather than by taking the bar exam, the state's Supreme Court chief justice told Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

  • August 04, 2026

    Ashurst Perkins, Nail Co. Lose Doc Bids In Malpractice Suit

    Ashurst Perkins Coie won't have to turn over documents related to its predecessor firm's work for an Omani screw and nail manufacturer in international trade proceedings that are now the subject of a legal malpractice case, a Washington court has ruled, while also denying a discovery request from the firm. 

  • August 04, 2026

    AGs Can't Yet Get Discovery Into Live Nation's DOJ Deal

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by some state attorneys general for discovery into the Justice Department's antitrust settlement reached midtrial with Live Nation, ruling that the scope of the request is "unclear" but the AGs can try again with "narrow and targeted requests."

  • August 04, 2026

    US Beekeepers Say USDA Mislabels 'Organic' Foreign Honey

    Federal regulations wrongly allow foreign honey producers to describe their products as "organic" while at the same time barring large-scale production of organic honey domestically, a group of commercial beekeepers claimed Monday in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  • August 04, 2026

    States Warn SEC Against 'Unlawful' Climate Rule Withdrawal

    A coalition of Democratic attorneys general are warning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that its plan to discard a corporate climate disclosure regulation is "unlawful," adding their voices to a chorus of state and local pension funds urging the agency to abandon the planned regulatory withdrawal.

  • August 04, 2026

    OpenAI To Pay $3.2M In DOJ Visa Worker Bias Settlement

    OpenAI and its subsidiary will pay $3.2 million to settle allegations from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division that the technology giant discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of workers with temporary employment visas in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the DOJ announced Tuesday.

  • August 04, 2026

    Paramount-Warner Merger Challenges Get March 2027 Trial

    The California federal judge overseeing challenges of Paramount Skydance Corp.'s planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery set a trial date for March 2027.

  • August 04, 2026

    9th Circ. Upholds Jurisdiction In $22M Chinese Debtor Case

    The Ninth Circuit ruled in a published opinion Monday that a physically present defendant need not be personally served in order for a court to have personal jurisdiction, affirming the enforcement of a $22.2 million Chinese arbitral award in a case centering on a defaulted loan.

  • August 04, 2026

    Workers Should Get Back Pay In RLA Dispute, 9th Circ. Says

    A California federal judge erred by refusing to order an airline caterer to provide its workers with back pay after a healthcare dispute with a union, a split Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday, saying the Railway Labor Act violation committed by the caterer occasioned a back pay award.

  • August 04, 2026

    States Sue Trump Admin Over Aid Recipients' Data Disclosure

    New York, Illinois and 20 other states sued the Trump administration Monday to block a new policy that would authorize the disclosure of sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers and immigration status, of their residents receiving temporary financial assistance.

  • August 04, 2026

    9th Circ. Vacates Amazon's Block On Perplexity AI Bot

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a lower court's preliminary injunction preventing Perplexity's artificial intelligence tool from purchasing items for users on Amazon's platform, saying the online retailer is unlikely to prevail on its claim that the AI tool "accessed" its servers in violation of computer hacking laws.

  • August 04, 2026

    Climate Crisis Costs Top $8B In Indian Country, Justices Told

    More than a dozen Indigenous nations, federal Indian law professors and tribal organizations are backing Boulder County, Colorado, in the Supreme Court, telling the justices that climate change has already caused roughly $8 billion in disruptions across Indian Country, yet the federal government provides only $400 million to mitigate them.

Expert Analysis

  • 2026 State AI Bills That Could Expand Liability, Insurance Risk

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    State bills legislating artificial intelligence that are expected to pass in 2026 will reshape the liability landscape for all companies incorporating AI solutions into their business operations, as any novel private rights of action authorized under AI-related statutes signal expanding exposures, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • What's On Deck In Tribal Nations' Prediction Markets Litigation

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    Native American tribes' response to the expansion of sports-based prediction markets enters a decisive phase this year, with appellate courts positioned to address whether federal commodities law permits nationwide offering of sports-based event contracts free from state and tribal gaming regulation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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    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.

  • Examining Privilege In Dual-Purpose Workplace Investigations

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    The Sixth Circuit's recent holding in FirstEnergy's bribery probe ruling that attorney-client privilege applied to a dual-purpose workplace investigation because its primary purpose was obtaining legal advice highlights the uncertainty companies face as federal circuit courts remain split on the appropriate test, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Opinion

    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.

  • ERISA Litigation Trends To Watch With 2025 In The Rearview

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    There were significant developments in Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation in 2025, including plaintiffs pushing the bounds of sponsor and fiduciary liability and defendants scoring district court wins, and although the types of claims might change, ERISA litigation will likely be just as active in 2026, say attorneys at Groom Law.

  • 2025's Defining AI Securities Litigation

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    Three securities litigation decisions from 2025 — involving General Motors, GitLab and Tesla — offer a preview of how courts will assess artificial intelligence-related disclosures, as themes such as heightened regulatory scrutiny and risk surrounding technical claims are already taking shape for the coming year, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Series

    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

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    Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • Top 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel To Watch In 2026

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    With Trump administration enforcement policy having largely taken shape last year, antitrust issues that in-house counsel should have on the radar range from scrutiny of technology-assisted pricing to the return of merger remedies, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2026

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    Heightened regulatory attention, shifting enforcement priorities and increased litigation risk mean that routine workplace decisions in 2026 will require greater discipline and foresight, including in relation to bias and inclusion training, employee resource groups, employee speech, immigration compliance, workplace accommodations, and shadow artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Krevolin & Horst.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • The Major Securities Litigation Rulings And Trends Of 2025

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    The past 12 months saw increased regulator focus on disclosures concerning artificial intelligence, signs of growing judicial scrutiny at the class certification stage, and shifting regulatory priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — all major developments that may significantly affect securities litigation strategy in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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