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  • May 12, 2025

    Will Justices Finally Rein In Universal Injunctions?

    The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to address for the first time Thursday the propriety of universal injunctions, a tool federal judges have increasingly used to broadly halt presidential orders and policy initiatives, and whose validity has haunted the high court's merits and emergency dockets for more than a decade.

  • May 12, 2025

    United Health Inks $9.3M Deal In Cancer Treatment Denial Suit

    United Healthcare has agreed to pay up to $9.3 million to end a proposed class action alleging it refused to cover a proton beam cancer radiation treatment by incorrectly deeming the therapy experimental, according to a Massachusetts federal court filing.

  • May 12, 2025

    Steel Co. To Pay $6M To End Underpayment Suit

    A steel products company will pay more than $6 million to resolve a class action accusing it of failing to pay employees for all their time spent working, according to a filing in Washington federal court.

  • May 12, 2025

    Chancery Delays $30M Deal In SPAC Suit For Review Of Class

    Citing no-longer-novel aspects of blank check company stock-drop suits, a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday trimmed a $7 million attorney fee proposal in a $29.75 million settlement to $5.5 million, but delayed approval pending clarification on post-closing stock buyer share eligibility.

  • May 12, 2025

    SC Condo Board Inks $1.2M Deal In Owners' Lawsuit

    A putative class of current and former South Carolina condominium unit owners is ready to settle its claims that the property's board hid the building's deteriorating conditions for years, saddling the residents with millions of dollars worth of repair assessments as a result.

  • May 12, 2025

    AI Training May Need Licensing, Copyright Office Says

    Using copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence systems may not always be excused by fair use, the U.S. Copyright Office said in a highly anticipated report addressing the issue, suggesting that licensing may be required in some instances.

  • May 12, 2025

    SharkNinja Hit With Post-Recall Suit Over Pressure Cookers

    SharkNinja knew about or failed to uncover a defect in a lid locking mechanism for more than 1 million pressure cookers, ultimately leading to a recall that was "grossly deficient" and left consumers with a "worthless" product, according to a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court.

  • May 12, 2025

    Homeowners, Title Co. Settle Excessive Notary Fees Suit

    Two homeowners and Equity National Title informed a Pennsylvania federal court that the parties have reached a settlement in the homeowners' proposed class action alleging the title company charged excessive notary fees.

  • May 12, 2025

    Red Cross Strikes Deal In Suit Over 401(k) Funds, Fees

    The American National Red Cross has agreed to pay $950,000 to resolve a suit claiming it cost workers millions in savings by keeping underperforming funds in its $1.2 billion retirement plan and allowing high fees, according to a D.C. federal court filing.

  • May 12, 2025

    NJ Judge Approves Bed Bath & Beyond's $1.95M ERISA Deal

    A New Jersey federal judge gave an initial nod to a $1.95 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing Bed Bath & Beyond's 401(k) committee of mismanaging 2,100 employees' retirement plan before ultimately scrapping that plan entirely and declaring bankruptcy.

  • May 09, 2025

    LNG Exporter's Brass Face Investor Suit Over IPO Risk Claims

    Officers and directors of liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global Inc. face shareholder derivative allegations after trading prices for its shares sunk twice on the heels of its January initial public offering following revelations about its pre-IPO business.

  • May 09, 2025

    Estate Fights Bid To End Fla. Nitrous Oxide Death Suit

    The estate of a woman who died after inhaling nitrous oxide as a recreational drug urged a Florida federal judge to dismiss bids to reject the proposed class action from several smoke shops, arguing that the case should instead be sent back to state court.

  • May 09, 2025

    Split 4th Circ. Revives Naval Engineers' No-Poach Case

    A split Fourth Circuit panel Friday revived a putative class action accusing major shipbuilders and naval engineering consultants of an illegal "no-poach" conspiracy, with the majority holding that just because the alleged conspirators never formalized their purported agreements in writing, it doesn't mean the conspiracy can't be unlawful.

  • May 09, 2025

    Calif. Bar Seeks Provisional Licenses And More For Exam Snafu

    California Bar trustees voted on Friday to ask the state Supreme Court to grant provisional licenses to the hundreds of applicants who did not pass the tumultuous February bar exam, which was rife with technical, proctoring and procedural issues.

  • May 09, 2025

    Treasury Pushes To Ax Shareholders' FHFA Director Suit

    The federal government has said a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholder complaint should be dismissed because it is "devoid of any allegations" that tenure protections for the Federal Housing Finance Agency's director affected their dividend payments. 

  • May 09, 2025

    Investor Claims PE Firm Filed False Financial Statements

    A private equity firm and several of its executives were hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Friday alleging the firm filed several false and misleading financial statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, causing the firm's stock price to drop when they could no longer be relied upon.

  • May 09, 2025

    Vanguard Shared Customer Data With Meta, Others, Suit Says

    Investment management company the Vanguard Group has been hit with a class action by users of its electronic services, claiming that the company allowed customers' personal information to be intercepted by LinkedIn, Meta and Google to build profiles based on their web habits.

  • May 09, 2025

    Terraform Labs Backer Can't Ship Fraud Suit To Arbitration

    An early backer of failed crypto platform Terraform Labs cannot escape a lawsuit accusing it of propping up the company's fraud by sending the case to arbitration, with an Illinois federal judge ruling that the investor was not a signatory to a contract signed by users of the platform.

  • May 09, 2025

    Wells Fargo Execs Sued In Del. Over 'Sham' Diversity Efforts

    A Wells Fargo stockholder launched a derivative suit on Friday in Delaware's Court of Chancery seeking damages from 17 of the banking giant's directors and officers for potentially billions in costs tied to alleged "sham" diversity-focused recruitment and hiring initiatives.

  • May 09, 2025

    Coinbase Accused Of Charging Hidden Crypto Trading Fees

    Crypto traders have accused Coinbase of charging them hidden "spread fees" by deceptively inflating cryptocurrency prices and hiding the fees in the price quotes, in violation of California and New York's consumer protection laws.

  • May 09, 2025

    Funds Fight GM Push For 2nd Look At Bid To Toss Cruise Suit

    Investor plaintiffs have told a Michigan federal judge that General Motors shouldn't get a second chance to avoid proposed class claims alleging its self-driving car unit Cruise LLC misrepresented the technological capabilities and commercial readiness of its autonomous vehicles.

  • May 09, 2025

    Working While Caged: The Fight To End Forced Prison Labor

    Inmates battling wildfires are just the tip of the iceberg in a largely invisible workforce of more than 800,000 people who work for meager pay while incarcerated. Civil rights lawyers, advocates and some elected officials are pushing to change the legal framework that enables prison labor practices, which many trace back to American slavery and the 13th Amendment.

  • May 09, 2025

    Musk Accused Of Underpaying Petition Bounties

    Elon Musk and his political action committee America PAC got hit with another proposed class action by swing-state voters who say they were not fully paid for putting their names to the petition that he and his PAC promised up to $100 for signing before the 2024 election.

  • May 09, 2025

    SoCal Edison Sued Over Eaton Fire Toxins That Harm Kids

    Los Angeles Eaton Fire victims have hit Southern California Edison with another proposed class action in California state court, seeking to hold the utility liable for "an environmental catastrophe" caused by the fire, which allegedly continues to expose locals and their children to lead, asbestos and other highly toxic substances.

  • May 09, 2025

    6th Circ. Ruling Shows Toughening On ERISA Fiduciary Suits

    A recent Sixth Circuit decision that backed the dismissal of a proposed class action against an auto parts maker demonstrates how appellate courts are raising the bar for cases alleging breaches of fiduciary duty under federal benefits law, experts say.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.

  • Navigating The Complexities Of Cyber Incident Reporting

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    When it comes to cybersecurity incident response plans, the uptick in the number and targets of legal and regulatory actions emphasizes the necessity for businesses to document the facts underlying the assumptions, complexities and obstacles of their decisions during the incident response, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • Aviation Watch: Boeing Plea Agreement May Not Serve Public

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    The proposed plea agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Boeing — the latest outgrowth of the company's 737 Max travails — is opposed by crash victims' families, faces an uncertain fate in court, and may ultimately serve no beneficial purpose, even if approved, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Opinion

    AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • A Class Action Trend Tests Limit Of Courts' Equity Powers

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    A troubling trend has developed in federal class action litigation as some counsel and judges attempt to push injunctive relief classes under Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure beyond the traditional limits of federal courts' equitable powers, say attorneys at Jones Day.

  • What To Know About Latest Calif. Auto-Renewal Law Update

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    While businesses have about nine months to prepare before the recently passed amendment to California's automatic renewal law takes effect, it’s not too early to begin working on compliance efforts, including sign-up flow reviews, record retention updates and marketing language revisions, say Gonzalo Mon and Beth Chun at Kelley Drye.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: September Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy identifies practice tips from four recent class certification rulings involving denial of Medicare reimbursements, automobile insurance disputes, veterans' rights and automobile defects.

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    Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: The MDL Map

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    An intriguing yet unpredictable facet of multidistrict litigation practice is venue selection for new MDL proceedings, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation considers many factors when it assigns an MDL venue, says Alan Rothman at Sidley Austin.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • What 7th Circ. Collective Actions Ruling Means For Employers

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    With the Seventh Circuit’s recent Fair Labor Standards Act ruling in Vanegas v. Signet Builders, a majority of federal appellate courts that have addressed the jurisdictional scope of employee collective actions now follow the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting precedent, bolstering an employer defense in circuits that have yet to weigh in, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • How Labeling And Testing May Help Reduce PFAS Litigation

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    As regulators take steps to reduce consumers’ exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as forever chemicals, companies can take a proactive approach to mitigating litigation risks not only by labeling their products transparently, but also by complying with testing and marketing standards, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.

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