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  • September 23, 2025

    Experian Beats Credit Investigation Suit, For Now

    Experian beat a proposed class action alleging it failed to timely reinvestigate disputed information in a plaintiff's file that kept him from securing a property mortgage loan, a North Carolina federal judge said Tuesday, finding that the plaintiff lacked standing and couldn't fairly trace his injury to the delay in reinvestigation.

  • September 23, 2025

    Uber Asks Judge To Look Into Leak Of Sealed Records To NYT

    Uber has asked a San Francisco judge to order the lawyers in coordinated sexual assault litigation in California state court involving hundreds of accusers to officially state they have no knowledge about how sealed, confidential information protected under the court's order was handed over to The New York Times.

  • September 23, 2025

    CBP Says It Didn't Coordinate With Apple In Import Ban Case

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a D.C. federal court Monday that contrary to claims by Masimo Corp., emails between the agency and Apple Inc. do not show the two worked together to evade an import ban on the Apple Watch in a patent dispute with Masimo.

  • September 23, 2025

    Ad Groups Urge Newsom To Veto Calif. Opt-Out Tool Bill

    Four major ad industry groups are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that would require browser developers to offer a digital tool enabling consumers to more easily opt out of online behavioral advertising throughout the web.

  • September 23, 2025

    Amazon Prime Trapped Consumers, FTC Tells Seattle Jury

    Amazon knew for years that millions of people were inadvertently enrolling in its Prime subscription program because of its design choices but prioritized boosting membership counts over fixing the problem, the Federal Trade Commission told a Seattle federal jury on Tuesday, kicking off a long-awaited consumer protection trial against the e-commerce giant.

  • September 23, 2025

    Google, Meta Beat BlueChew Users' Privacy Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge Tuesday dismissed a proposed class action alleging Google and Meta illegally gathered information from website users buying erectile dysfunction medication on BlueChew's website, since BlueChew's revised policy makes clear their personal data consisting of health information would be shared with third parties for advertising purposes.

  • September 23, 2025

    RadioShack Reboot Plan Morphed Into $112M Scam, SEC Says

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued three former Retail Ecommerce Ventures LLC executives in Florida federal court Tuesday, alleging they raised $112 million through fraudulent securities offerings that operated as a Ponzi-like scheme that promised bogus 25% annual returns to revitalize popular REV brands including RadioShack and Pier 1 Imports.

  • September 23, 2025

    Ex-Discover Financial Exec Can Pursue Equity Clawback Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has rejected a bid to toss a retired Discover Financial Services executive's age and gender discrimination lawsuit, finding she has sufficiently alleged at this point that she faced disparate treatment tied to her sex and that Discover's arguments against her age discrimination claim don't hold weight.

  • September 23, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Frees Apple, US Bank From Biden-Era Consent Orders

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has lifted two more enforcement orders issued during the Biden administration, this time granting both Apple Inc. and U.S. Bank NA an early release from ongoing monitoring years ahead of schedule.

  • September 23, 2025

    NY Feds Say Ex-Finance Exec Stole $8M From Brand Co.

    The former finance director of Area 17 was arrested Tuesday and accused of pilfering $8.2 million from the multinational brand management and media company by using his extensive control over its financial systems to embezzle funds from the firm over a 10-year period.

  • September 23, 2025

    Jenzabar Investor Faces Multiple Suit Challenges In Del.

    A Delaware vice chancellor pressed an attorney for a trust stockholder of educational software company Jenzabar Inc. Tuesday to explain how another state's court empowered it with standing to bring derivative claims against a Delaware chartered company.

  • September 23, 2025

    New Illinois Law Opens The Door To More Toxic Tort Litigation

    A new Illinois law expanding the state's jurisdictional reach in toxic tort cases has drawn mixed reactions from attorneys, with some praising the law as an added accountability measure for toxic exposure and others decrying it as an open invitation for forum shopping that could clog the state's dockets.

  • September 23, 2025

    Amazon Workers Get Cert. In Wage Suit Over New Hire Events

    A California federal judge certified a class of Amazon workers who allege the retail giant failed to pay them for time spent at mandatory new hire events, but she granted the company partial summary judgment on some of the wage allegations against it.

  • September 23, 2025

    DHS Floats H-1B Rule To Prioritize Higher-Paid Workers

    The Trump administration proposed a rule on Tuesday to change the H-1B lottery process to one that gives priority to higher-skilled workers at companies offering better pay, according to a Federal Register notice.

  • September 23, 2025

    Trump Tariffs Are Constitutional, President's Allies Tell Justices

    Two Republican lawmakers and two allied nonprofit groups told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that it should allow President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs authorized under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

  • September 23, 2025

    Chair Of Puerto Rican Bank Pleads Guilty To $13.6M Fraud

    The chairman of the board of Puerto Rico-based Nodus International Bank has pled guilty to leading a scheme through which he and the bank's former CEO stole more than $13.6 million from Nodus and used it for their own benefit.

  • September 23, 2025

    $6.6M IRS Civil Fraud Penalty Ruled Constitutional

    A Pennsylvania federal judge upheld a $6.6 million civil fraud tax penalty against an insurance broker over its captive deductions, ruling Tuesday that the Internal Revenue Service's assessment of the penalty without a jury trial was constitutional.

  • September 23, 2025

    How Attys Are Riding The Mass. Biotech 'Roller Coaster'

    The first half of 2025 saw the Massachusetts biotech industry post bleak numbers, including a dip in venture capital funding and merger activity, leaving attorneys looking for creative ways to help companies with fewer public and private dollars.

  • September 23, 2025

    EU Eyeing Country-Level Min. Tax Exemption For US Cos.

    The European Union's preferred method for accommodating the U.S. proposal to exempt American companies from the 15% global minimum tax's international provisions would be to allow a conditional safe harbor that member countries would need to enact individually, a top EU tax official told lawmakers Tuesday.

  • September 23, 2025

    LPL Financial Nabs Ex-AUSA, Eversheds Investigations Head

    LPL Financial has hired a former Manhattan federal prosecutor as head of litigation and arbitration following her time as co-leader of Eversheds Sutherland's corporate crime and investigations practice.

  • September 23, 2025

    Social Media Giants Must Face Expert Testimony On Harm

    A California state judge ruled Monday that jurors set to consider claims against major social media technology companies for allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health will be allowed to hear expert testimony about potential injuries inflicted by the design and operation of the platforms.

  • September 23, 2025

    Two Longtime HHS Attys Depart Posts For Crowell & Moring

    Two prominent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services attorneys have left their posts for Crowell & Moring LLP after more than two decades in the federal government.

  • September 23, 2025

    Minnesota's Deepfake Crackdown Foreshadows Legal Clashes

    Minnesota's law cracking down on deepfake videos aimed at influencing elections has drawn separate court challenges to stop its enforcement, including one by X Corp., offering a glimpse into the hurdles other states and Congress may face as they address the proliferation of digital replicas created with artificial intelligence.

  • September 23, 2025

    Bipartisan House Reps Float Bill Protecting Older Job Seekers

    House lawmakers from both sides of the aisle said they have introduced legislation that would amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to state explicitly that it shields job applicants as well as employees.

  • September 23, 2025

    DOL Greenlights Guaranteed Income Investments In 401(k)s

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm issued guidance Tuesday making clear that employers can offer lifetime income insurance products as a default investment in 401(k) plans, responding to an executive order by President Donald Trump calling for expanded access to nontraditional retirement plan assets.

Expert Analysis

  • Privacy Policy Lessons After Google App Data Verdict

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    In Rodriguez v. Google, a California federal jury recently found that Google unlawfully invaded app users' privacy by collecting, using and disclosing pseudonymized data, highlighting the complex interplay between nonpersonalized data and customers' understanding of privacy policy choices, says Beth Waller at Woods Rogers.

  • Rare Del. Oversight Ruling Sends Governance Wake-Up Call

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    An unusual ruling from the Delaware Court of Chancery recently allowed Caremark oversight claims to proceed against former executives of a company previously known as Teligent, sending a clear reminder that boards and officers must actively monitor and document oversight efforts when addressing mission-critical risks, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities

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    A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.

  • More NJ Case Law On LLCs Would Aid Attys, Litigants, Biz

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    More New Jersey court opinions would facilitate the understanding of the nuances of the state's Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, including on breach of the duty of loyalty, oppression, piercing the corporate veil and derivative actions, says Gianfranco Pietrafesa at Archer & Greiner.

  • State False Claims Acts Can Help Curb Opioid Fund Fraud

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    State versions of the federal False Claims Act can play an important role in policing the misuse of opioid settlement funds, taking a cue from the U.S. Department of Justice’s handling of federal fraud cases involving pandemic relief funds, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • Pemex Bribery Charges Provide Glimpse Into FCPA Evolution

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    A recently unsealed indictment against two Mexican nationals for allegedly bribing officials at Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, reveals that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement is adapting to new priorities, but still remains active, and compliance programs should continue apace, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Proposal Defining Consumer Risk May Add Uncertainty

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    Though a recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal would codify when risks to consumers justify supervisory intervention against nonbanks, furthering Trump administration plans to curtail ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ authority, firms may still struggle to identify what could attract supervisory designation under the new rule, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Targeting Execs Could Hurt SEC's Probusiness Goals

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    While many enforcement changes under the Trump administration’s U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have been touted by commission leadership as proinnovation and probusiness, a planned focus on holding individual directors and officers responsible for wrongdoing may have the opposite effect, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • Preserving Refunds As Tariffs Await Supreme Court Weigh-In

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    In the event that the U.S. Supreme Court decides in V.O.S. Selections v. Trump that the president doesn't have authority to levy tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, importers should keep records of imports on which they have paid such tariffs and carefully monitor the liquidation dates, say attorneys at Butzel.

  • Atkins-Led SEC Continues Focus On Private Funds

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    Since the change in administration, there has overall been a more accommodative regulatory stance toward private funds, but a recent enforcement action suggests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is not backing off from enforcement in the space completely, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Leaves SEC Gag Rule Open To Future Attacks

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    Though the Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Powell v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leaves the SEC's no-admit, no-deny rule intact, it could provide some fodder for litigants who wish to criticize the commission's activities either before or after settling with the commission, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • Series

    Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.

  • How Fashion, Tech Can Maximize New Small Biz Tax Breaks

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    Fashion and technology companies, which invest heavily in innovation, should consider taking advantage of provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that favor small businesses, restructuing if necessary to become eligible for expanded research and experimental expenditure credits and qualified small business stock incentives, says Aime Salazar at Olshan Frome.

  • Steps To Take As States Expand Foreign-Influence Bans

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    As efforts to curb foreign-influenced corporate political spending continue, companies should be aware of the nuances of related laws and layer an additional analysis when assessing legality of foreign engagement, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law

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    Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.

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