Amanda Bronstad

This week: At least five lawsuits have been filed against Taylor Farms over its lettuce contaminated with cyclospora, and Taco Bell is an additional defendant in most of the cases. More than $700 million of a massive settlement with Los Angeles County is being sent out to sex abuse claimants, even as fraud claims continue. Find out who represents Best Buy in the latest consumer class action over allegedly deceptive price discounting.

At a Tuesday hearing, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, in the Northern District of California, said the first sexual assault trials haven't provided clear answers on Uber's alleged negligence.

In Wednesday's order, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rukhsanah Singh, in the District of New Jersey, raised "deep skepticism" about the plaintiffs' specific causation experts and sought to re-evaluate how to manage the "aged and complex mass tort MDL."

W. Crawford Appleby, a Wisner Baum partner in Los Angeles who is on the firm's AI committee, talked to Law.com about the best way to use artificial intelligence tools and how to avoid costly mistakes.

The settlement, which resolves 99.75% of the talcum powder litigation in federal and state courts, comes 15 years after the first suits alleged Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused ovarian cancer.

The trial, which accuses Meta of violating the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, is similar to a case New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez brought against Meta, in which a jury this year awarded $375 million in civil penalties to the state.

The trial, which accuses Meta of violating the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, is similar to a case earlier this year in which a jury awarded $375 million in civil penalties to New Mexico.

Ashley Keller, of Keller Postman, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse U.S. Senior District Judge Denise Cote's May 8 sanctions against him, then assign the multidistrict litigation alleging prenatal use of acetaminophen causes autism or ADHD to another judge.

This week: Johnson & Johnson on Monday agreed to settle 76,000 talcum powder lawsuits, potentially ending 15 years of litigation. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skremetti opened trial this week, alleging Meta made false statements about child safety on Instagram. Wisner Baum's W. Crawford Appleby says firms should take a “slow and steady” approach to using artificial intelligence tools.

This week: Johnson & Johnson on Monday agreed to settle 76,000 talcum powder lawsuits, potentially ending 15 years of litigation. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skremetti opened trial this week, alleging Meta made false statements about child safety on Instagram. Wisner Baum’s W. Crawford Appleby says firms should take a “slow and steady” approach to using artificial intelligence tools.