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July 08, 2025
Alphabet's $500M Investor Deal Over Compliance Gets 1st OK
A California federal judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to Google parent Alphabet's Inc.'s settlement with investors alleging that executives engaged in anticompetitive and monopolistic practices, saying she wants to hear shareholders' reactions to Alphabet's agreement to spend $500 million over the next decade building a global regulatory compliance program before she grants final approval.
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July 08, 2025
Puerto Rico Bond Suit Doesn't Belong In Conn., Insurers Say
The insurers of billions in bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. say a Connecticut federal judge can't hear a proposed class action accusing them of failing to pay bondholders the full value of their investments after a 2016 bankruptcy default.
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July 08, 2025
CME Says Investors Shouldn't Get $2B Over Trading Changes
A class of CME Group members seeking more than $2 billion over allegedly broken promises to preserve their exclusive floor trading rights following a demutualization should lose their case because they're not entitled to something their decades-old contracts never contemplated, counsel for the exchange operator told an Illinois jury Tuesday.
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July 08, 2025
Chancery OKs Spike Of Bumble Committee Stock Suit
A Delaware vice chancellor cleared the way late Tuesday for termination of a suit seeking derivative damages for Bumble Inc. arising from a $1.1 billion sale of shares by the dating app giant's private equity controller ahead of a stock drop allegedly fueled by bad news in late 2021.
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July 08, 2025
Chicago Nabs Early Win In City Workers' Genetic Bias Suit
The city of Chicago defeated allegations that the genetic information of two employees was taken when their spouses took part in a wellness program, with an Illinois federal judge finding that evidence does not back the claims that detailed information was disclosed in violation of federal law.
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July 08, 2025
Mich. Judge Certifies Edenville Dam Flood Victim Classes
A Michigan claims court judge has certified classes of businesses and residents affected by flooding from the collapse of a hydroelectric dam, ahead of a January trial to determine if state agencies are liable for the disaster.Â
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July 08, 2025
States Back Enviro Orgs. Bid To Block EPA's Halt Of $3B Grant
A group of Democratic attorneys general on Monday told a D.C. federal district court that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to terminate environmental justice grants deprives vulnerable communities of funding "necessary to achieve a healthy environment."
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July 08, 2025
Mylan Securities Class Action Over W.Va. Plant Will Proceed
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied a win for former pharmaceutical company Mylan NV in a proposed shareholder class action accusing the company of manipulating quality control tests at a West Virginia plant, saying the plaintiff has met the burden of showing a link between misrepresentations and financial losses.
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July 08, 2025
Feds Fight Class Injunction Bid In Birthright Citizenship Row
The Trump administration Monday opposed two immigration advocacy groups' bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order for a proposed nationwide class, saying the groups were essentially seeking a universal injunction that the U.S. Supreme Court had recently rejected.
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July 08, 2025
Wells Fargo Seeks Dismissal Of COVID-19 Mortgage Suit
Wells Fargo said a North Carolina woman's claims that the bank forced the short sale of her home by denying her forbearance on her mortgage as mandated under federal law at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic should be dismissed for several reasons, including that the short sale never actually occurred.
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July 08, 2025
Former Homeowners Land Cert. In Ill. Property Tax Sale Suit
An Illinois federal court has certified a class of Cook County residents who were stripped of excess equity when their residential properties were sold to recoup property taxes, overriding county objections that homeowners should have to litigate cases individually.
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July 08, 2025
4th Circ. Revives Medical Device Co.'s Claim In Contract Suit
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday revived a medical device maker's breach of contract claim alleging a company it hired to manage its patents globally overcharged for services, sending the case back to a Virginia federal court.
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July 08, 2025
4th Circ. Won't Pause Ex-Naval Engineers' No-Poach Ruling
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a revived class action alleging that shipbuilding military contractors used no-poach agreements to suppress wages back to district court, rejecting the contractors' motion for a stay while they prepare to send a certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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July 08, 2025
BCBS Of Mich. Wants Yacht Company's ERISA Fight Tossed
A Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate urged a federal court to toss a yacht company's suit alleging mismanagement of its employee health plan, arguing its allegations that out-of-network claims were mishandled were time-barred and failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law.
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July 08, 2025
Wells Fargo Wants Investors' 'Sham' Hiring Suit Tossed
Wells Fargo & Co. is once again looking to rid itself of a California-based class action accusing it of deceiving investors about its hiring practices, arguing that suing shareholders have not found any evidence that so-called sham job interviews were widespread at the bank.
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July 08, 2025
Del. Suit Accuses Auto Biz CEO Of Using Co. As 'Piggy Bank'
Four stockholders of a former Florida-headquartered auto sales and leasing venture once valued above $40 per share have aimed a Delaware Court of Chancery derivative suit at its current CEO and sole board member, alleging that he looted the car company and drove it into delisting.
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July 08, 2025
Academic Researchers Defend Publisher Antitrust Claims
Academic researchers are defending a proposed class action in New York federal court accusing six of the largest academic journal publishers of colluding to block compensation for peer review services while suppressing competition for scholarly manuscripts.
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July 08, 2025
Amazon Wants To Challenge Class Cert. Bid On The Stand
Amazon has asked a Washington state federal judge to let it interrogate the expert witness backing a bid for class action status covering tens of millions of consumers, arguing that an evidentiary hearing, with cross-examination, is needed in the antitrust litigation accusing it of keeping online retail prices artificially high.
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July 08, 2025
Vaxart Investors Can Pursue Suit Over COVID Vax Claims
A California federal judge declined to grant an early win to the onetime controlling shareholder of Vaxart in an investor suit alleging it dumped stock at inflated prices following deceptive headlines about the biotechnology company's ability to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.
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July 08, 2025
The Biggest Copyright Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report
Two California judges were the first to deliver crucial rulings about what constitutes fair use in training generative artificial intelligence models — a question expected to test the boundaries of the copyright doctrine amid the emergence of the groundbreaking technology. Here is Law360's list of the biggest copyright decisions so far this year.
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July 08, 2025
Merits Not At Issue For Health Co. Wage Collective, Court Told
A healthcare facility operator is focusing too much on the merits of unpaid wages claims rather than whether it had common policies that detracted from employees' pay, a respiratory therapist told a North Carolina federal court, saying collective status is appropriate.
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July 07, 2025
Credit Suisse Can't Ditch Bondholder's UBS Merger Suit
A New York federal judge Monday rejected Credit Suisse's bid to escape investor litigation alleging it concealed the impact of quarterly losses and the bank's inability to retain clients leading up to its takeover by UBS AG while certifying a class of investors and consolidating two cases for pretrial proceedings.
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July 07, 2025
Tennis Players Argue For Wide Class At NCAA Cert. Hearing
College tennis players told a North Carolina federal judge Monday that common questions abound for members of a proposed class claiming that NCAA rules governing prize money violate antitrust law.
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July 07, 2025
Burford Entities Can't Opt Out Of $32M Cargill Price-Fix Deal
An Illinois federal judge Monday denied two Burford Capital entities' day-late bid to opt out of a $32 million price-fixing settlement between Cargill and a direct turkey purchasers class, rejecting their contention that their attorneys' busy schedule and separate actions they filed against the turkey producer warranted their exclusion.
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July 07, 2025
Meta Seeks Exhibit Protections As Del. Privacy Trial Looms
An attorney for social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. sought Delaware Court of Chancery approval Monday for document and exhibit public display protections during an eight-day trial set to start July 16 on stockholder claims alleging more than $8 billion in settlement and litigation cost damages dating to 2012.
Expert Analysis
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Why Class Cert. Is Unlikely In Cases Like Mattel 'Wicked' Suit
A proposed class action recently filed in California federal court against Mattel over the company's "Wicked" doll boxes accidentally listing a pornographic website illustrates the uphill battle plaintiffs face in certifying a class when many consumers never saw or relied on the representation at issue, says Alex Smith at Jenner & Block.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Cos. Must Brace For New PFAS Regulations And Litigation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed adding over 100 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the Toxic Release Inventory — and with increasing scrutiny of PFAS from the states and the plaintiffs bar as well, companies should take steps to reduce risks in this area, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Using Data To Inform Corporate Disclosure Decisions
With today’s market volatility and regulatory factors requiring public companies to confront competing transparency and protection demands, incorporating stock price reaction analysis of company-specific news into the controller's role could be beneficial for disclosure determinations, say Liz Dunshee at Fredrikson & Byron and Nessim Mezrahi at SAR.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Risk Disclosure Issue Remains After Justices Nix Meta Case
After full briefing and argument, the U.S. Supreme Court recently dismissed Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank as improvidently granted, leaving courts with the tricky endeavor of determining when the failure to disclose a past event in an Item 105 risk disclosure is materially misleading, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Ballpark Lessons For MDLs
The baseball offseason has provided some time to ponder how multidistrict litigation life resembles the national pastime, including with respect to home-field advantage, major television markets and setting records, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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Takeaways From DOJ's Intervention On Pricing Algorithm Use
A recent U.S. Justice Department amicus brief arguing that a Nevada federal judge wrongly focused on the nonbinding aspect of software company Cendyn Group's pricing algorithm underscores the growing challenge of determining when, if ever, pricing algorithms are legal, say attorneys at Rule Garza.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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7th Circ. Travel Time Ruling Has Far-Reaching Implications
In a case of first impression, the Seventh Circuit’s recent holding in Walters v. Professional Labor Group will have significant implications for employers that must now provide travel time compensation for employees on overnight assignments away from home, says Anthony Sbardellati at Akerman.