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June 17, 2025
Comerica Says Cardholders Get No Interest On Benefit Cards
Comerica Bank is not permitted to pay interest to recipients of a federal assistance program it helps administer, the bank argued in a bid to toss class claims from enrollees of the benefits card program who allege that the bank improperly kept interest earned on their accounts. 聽
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June 17, 2025
BowFlex Recall Burdens Buyers Of 3.7M Dumbbells, Suit Says
A BowFlex buyer is suing the brand's new owner in California federal court, alleging that a recall of defective adjustable dumbbells wrongly leaves out the vast majority of the product's buyers, covering only about 100,000 of the 3.8 million products sold.
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June 17, 2025
PepsiCo Makes Workers Undercount Hours, PAGA Suit Says
PepsiCo instructs hourly paid employees to only document their scheduled hours and not the time they actually spend working, causing workers to lose out on overtime wages and not receive pay for skipped meal breaks, a Private Attorneys General Act suit filed in California state court said.
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June 17, 2025
Former Antitrust Enforcers Launching New Firm
Former enforcers from the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice launched a new law firm on Tuesday, Simonsen Sussman LLP, to bring cases on behalf of entrepreneurs, small businesses, workers and other victims of anticompetitive practices.
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June 16, 2025
DVD Buyers Must Arbitrate Video Privacy Claims, Judge Says
A California federal judge has found that a putative class action accusing a pair of DVD and video game sellers of unlawfully disclosing online buyers' personal information to Meta belongs in arbitration, finding that while the dispute presents a "close call," the defendants haven't waived their right to compel arbitration.聽
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June 16, 2025
Krispy Kreme Brass Face Investor Suit Over McDonald's Deal
Officers and directors of doughnut chain Krispy Kreme Inc. are facing shareholder derivative claims that they concealed that a partnership with burger chain McDonald's was yielding disappointing results, hurting investors when the company finally conceded that it was facing financial uncertainty in connection with the deal.
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June 16, 2025
Consolidated SVB Class Action Survives 3 Dismissal Bids
A California federal judge has rejected three bids to dismiss a proposed shareholder class action against Silicon Valley Bank's brass, underwriters and auditor stemming from the bank's 2023 failure, finding the plaintiffs' "well-pleaded" allegations can continue.
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June 16, 2025
4th Circ. Upholds Revival Of Naval Engineers' No-Poach Case
The Fourth Circuit has kept its revival of a no-poach wage-fixing case against some of the nation's biggest warship makers intact, rejecting a petition to rehear the case en banc after a three-judge panel kicked it back to district court last month.
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June 16, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery this past week sought answers in the high-stakes battle over the constitutionality of newly enacted Delaware corporation law amendments, which will hitch a ride to the state's Supreme Court via a suit contesting a $117 million acquisition of Clearway Energy Inc. by its majority shareholder.
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June 16, 2025
Monsanto Ends Roundup Cancer Case With Midtrial Settlement
Monsanto confirmed Monday that it has settled a Texas man's Roundup cancer lawsuit shortly before closing arguments in the trial were set to begin.
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June 16, 2025
VPN Co. Charges Monthly Fee Without Consent, Suit Says
A company that sells virtual private networks and is owned by an Israeli billionaire has been slapped with a lawsuit accusing it of enrolling customers in automatic subscriptions without their permission.
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June 16, 2025
Chancery Taps Lead Counsel For Chemours Disclosures Suit
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe and The Brown 麻豆传媒 Firm PC got the nod in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday to lead a consolidated stockholder derivative suit seeking damages on behalf of Chemours Inc. arising from an alleged $575 million manipulation of company reports over two years.
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June 16, 2025
Apple Can't Duck Renewed ICloud Monopoly Suit
A California federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Apple of maintaining a monopoly by keeping "full-service" cloud storage functionality limited to its own iCloud service while barring third-party cloud storage from accessing all files on iPhones and iPads.
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June 16, 2025
Lowe's Faces Worker Class Claims Over Tobacco Surcharge
Lowe's overcharges its employees for health insurance if they are tobacco users in violation of federal benefits law, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in North Carolina federal court.
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June 16, 2025
Steakhouse Wants Class Unraveled In Tip Credit Suit
A class of tipped servers should be broken up, a steakhouse at the Foxwoods Resort Casino told a Connecticut state court, saying the workers cannot show that they all performed untipped side work that caused them to lose out on wages.
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June 16, 2025
Opendoor Investors Score $39M Deal In Hyped Algorithm Suit
Real estate firm Opendoor Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $39 million as part of an investor settlement presented to an Arizona federal court for preliminary approval to resolve litigation accusing the company of overhyping its pricing algorithm software.
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June 16, 2025
Live Nation Arbitration Firm Defends Its 'Flexible' Approach
Live Nation's chosen arbitration firm is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the concert giant's bid to force concertgoers into arbitration, arguing its procedures are fair, and it was wrongly dinged for what the Ninth Circuit called "internally inconsistent, poorly drafted" arbitration rules.
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June 16, 2025
Energy Transfer Agrees To $15M Settlement In Pipelines Suit
Energy Transfer and a group of investors have reached a $15 million settlement to resolve a class action claiming the company misled them about its $3 billion Mariner East 2 and Revolution pipeline projects, after a trial date for the case was scratched last month.
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June 16, 2025
HIV, AIDS Patients Denied Class Cert. In CVS Bias Fight
A California federal judge has refused to certify a proposed class of HIV and AIDS patients alleging CVS Pharmacy Inc. violated federal disability bias protections by making their medication harder to access, finding the proposed group failed to meet the commonality standards under federal law.聽
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June 16, 2025
Real Estate Co. Hit With Unwanted-Text Class Action In Ga.
A real estate marketing company and a lead generation business were hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court by a woman who alleges they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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June 16, 2025
JPMorgan Chase Beats ERISA 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
A California federal judge has tossed a proposed class action claiming JPMorgan Chase & Co. misused 401(k) plan forfeitures to cover its contributions, noting dismissals from other federal courts on similar claims challenging how employers have used the unvested funds.
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June 16, 2025
Feds Say U-Visa Seekers' Class Action Is Moot
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services urged a judge not to certify a class claiming unreasonable delays in processing visas for immigrant victims of crime, saying the named plaintiffs' applications for work authorization have already been resolved.
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June 16, 2025
AI Legal Tool Co. Allegedly Misuses Litigants' Names For Ads
A group of litigants from California and Washington has filed a suit against legal technology firm UniCourt Research Inc. in federal court, alleging the company used details about their disparate case to promote its software subscription.
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June 16, 2025
Justices Turn Away Merck's Bone Drug Warning Label Row
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.'s request to review a Third Circuit decision that more than 1,000 failure-to-warn claims over its osteoporosis drug Fosamax can continue despite the company's assertion that the litigation is barred by federal law.
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June 13, 2025
Social Media Addiction MDL Judge Picks Bellwether Trial Pool
A California federal judge on Friday narrowed the pool of cases set for the first bellwether trials in sprawling multidistrict litigation by school districts and personal injury plaintiffs over claims social media is addictive, choosing six bellwether school districts in Maryland, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, South Carolina and Arizona.
Editor's Picks
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NFL Seeks To End Race-Based Concussion Tests After Outcry
The NFL said Wednesday it will push to end the use of "race-norming," which assumes Black former players start with lower baseline cognitive test scores, in assessing claims for payouts from the more than $1 billion concussion settlement amid allegations that it is discriminatory.
Expert Analysis
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5 Insurance Claims That Could Emerge After NCAA Settlement
Following the recent NCAA class action settlement that will allow revenue sharing with college athletes, there may be potential management liability for universities, their executive leadership and boards that could expose insurers to tax, regulatory, breach of contract and other claims, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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When Legal Advocacy Crosses The Line Into Incivility
As judges issue sanctions for courtroom incivility, and state bars advance formal discipline rules, trial lawyers must understand that the difference between zealous advocacy and unprofessionalism is not just a matter of tone; it's a marker of skill, credibility and potentially disciplinary exposure, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Class Standing Issues Still Murky After Justices Punt LabCorp
While litigants and district courts had hoped the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in LabCorp v. Davis would provide much-needed clarity on the interplay between Article III standing and class certification, the court's failure to rule on the issue leaves disagreement, confusion and uncertainty for stakeholders, says Erica Rutner at Cozen O'Connor.
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Series
Volunteering At Schools Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school 鈥 especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives 鈥 not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at聽Constangy.
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GM Case Highlights New Trends In AI-Related Securities Suits
Bold company statements about artificial intelligence have resulted in a rise in AI-related securities litigation, and a recent Michigan federal court decision in In Re: General Motors Co. Securities Litigation illustrates how courts are analyzing these AI-based claims and applying traditional securities concepts to new technologies, say attorneys at Cooley.
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Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways
Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University.
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Compliance Refresher For 'Made In USA' Labeling Claims
As tariffs reshape the trade landscape, companies hoping to invoke the powerful consumer appeal of 鈥淢ade in USA鈥 labels must understand the strict rules for making acceptable claims so they avoid the costly legal ramifications and brand damage possible from misrepresenting products as 100% American, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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麻豆传媒 School's Missed Lessons: Appreciating Civil Procedure
If you鈥檙e like me, law school鈥檚 often complex and theoretical approach to teaching civil procedure may have contributed to an early struggle with the topic, but when seen from a practical perspective, new lawyers may find they enjoy mastering these rules, says Chloe Villagomez at Foster Garvey.
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Appellate Guidance Needed On California Chatbot Litigation
There is wide variation in how courts are applying the California Invasion of Privacy Act against website owners that allegedly help third parties spy on visitors via chatbots 鈥 and the lack of appellate rulings creates uncertainty, especially as these cases move toward the summary judgment stage, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use
The recent revelation that a handful of questions from the controversial California bar exam administered in February were drafted using generative artificial intelligence demonstrates the continued importance of disclosure for attorneys who use AI tools, say attorneys at Troutman.
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In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was again one of the fastest civil trial courts in the nation last year, and an interview with the court鈥檚 newest judge provides insights into why it continues to soar, says Robert Tata at Hunton.
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Parsing A Lack Of Antitrust Info-Sharing Enforcement Clarity
Information sharing among competing firms has recently faced dramatic changes in antitrust agency guidance, while courts grapple with the permissible scope of pricing algorithms, leaving companies in limbo, but potential Trump administration changes could offer some reprieve, say attorneys at Axinn.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia 麻豆传媒 School.
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Opinion
9th Circ. Shopify Decision Gets Personal Jurisdiction Wrong
The Ninth Circuit's recent opinion in Briskin v. Shopify, rejecting the differential targeting requirement for personal jurisdiction, not only deviates from long-standing jurisprudence, but it also significantly expands the reach of internet-based claims under California law, says Matthew Pearson at Womble Bond.
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Running Marathons Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
After almost five years of running marathons, I鈥檝e learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.