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  • September 26, 2025

    Facial Machine Maker Can't Slough Off Investor Suit

    Salon treatment equipment maker the Beauty Health Company can't shed claims it hurt investors by hiding critical design issues affecting its Syndeo hydrodermabrasion facial machine detailed in an "exhaustive" complaint, a California federal judge has determined.

  • September 26, 2025

    Crash Survivor Says Hyundai SUV's Seats Were Defective

    The survivor of a "catastrophic" rear end collision, which killed his wife and left him paraplegic, is suing the driver who hit him and the Hyundai Motor Co., claiming it designed and manufactured an SUV unable to keep occupants safe when struck from behind.

  • September 26, 2025

    Google Asks High Court To Pause Epic Play Store Order

    Google has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause parts of the order won by Epic Games in its antitrust case targeting the tech giant's app store policies, saying the sweeping injunction threatens to create security and privacy concerns for millions of users.

  • September 26, 2025

    Skechers Emails Are Misleading Spam, Customers Say

    Footwear brand Skechers is blasting shoppers with spam emails that clog their inboxes with false and misleading statements about urgent deals, according to a new proposed class action in Washington federal court seeking more than $6 million for the alleged violations.

  • September 26, 2025

    Judge Says Illinois Liquor Delivery Limits Are Justified

    An Illinois federal judge ruled Thursday that Illinois liquor laws barring out-of-state retailers from delivering alcohol to in-state consumers are constitutional, saying that while they do discriminate against out-of-state sellers, it's "justifiable on public health and regulatory efficiency grounds."

  • September 26, 2025

    FCC Rejects More Equipment Labs Tied To Adversaries

    The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it had blocked more labs tied to foreign adversaries from its equipment authorization program.

  • September 26, 2025

    Advertisers, Publishers Can Expand Google Ad MDL Markets

    A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed publishers and advertisers in multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising placement technology to expand their claims to cover a worldwide scope, like the U.S. Department of Justice's successful similar case, finding it would not prejudice the tech giant.

  • September 26, 2025

    Insurer Cites Contractor Fraud In Nixing Bridal Shop Fire Duty

    A contractor's insurer said it does not owe coverage to a bridal shop that won a $38 million judgment against its policyholder following a fire, telling a New York federal court that the policy was declared void in a separate suit because of the contractor's fraud and forgery.

  • September 26, 2025

    Chervon, Lowe's Battery Recall Doesn't End Suit, Court Told

    Consumers in a proposed class action told an Illinois federal court that a voluntary recall by Chervon North America Inc. and Lowe's Home Centers LLC of lithium-ion batteries allegedly prone to overheating and combusting doesn't extinguish their claims since the recall falls short of addressing their injuries.

  • September 26, 2025

    4th Circ. Says NC Man's Abuse Of Trust Justifies Sentence

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday affirmed a North Carolina man's 33-month sentence for engineering an investment fraud scheme in which he pretended to be a successful day trader, finding he had abused his position of trust sufficient to support a sentencing enhancement.

  • September 26, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: De Brauw, Hengeler Mueller

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, power grid operator TenneT Holding sells a stake in its German transmission business to institutional investors, Pfizer Inc. acquires biotechnology company Metsera Inc., and Dutch brewer Heineken NV buys most of Costa Rica's FIFCO beverage and retail operations.

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 25, 2025

    Trump Blesses Deal To Transfer TikTok To $14B US Co.

    President Donald Trump Thursday signed an executive order greenlighting a proposed deal that transfers the majority of TikTok's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture, saying that the divestiture adequately addresses national security concerns.

  • September 25, 2025

    NJ Fed Courts Tighten Rules On Anti-Counterfeiting Suits

    Citing an "uptick" in intellectual property theft suits against online counterfeiters, New Jersey's chief district judge issued a new standing order Thursday tightening rules on infringement suits that often name numerous defendants. 

  • September 25, 2025

    Google VP Says Ad Tech Breakup Is 'Possible'

    The Google executive responsible for its advertising placement technology business told a Virginia federal judge Thursday that the company previously determined that a breakup was doable, even as he argued that the U.S. Department of Justice is mischaracterizing recent considerations of what that would look like.

  • September 25, 2025

    Wash. Pot Board Seek Toss Of Discrimination Suit

    The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is urging a federal court to drop a discrimination lawsuit by a Black-owned nonprofit which claims it was unjustly denied a retail cannabis license, arguing that the claims were too old when filed.

  • September 25, 2025

    Walmart Settles With Illinois Man In Slip-And-Fall Case

    A shopper who sued Walmart after slipping on a puddle of cooking oil has agreed to end his lawsuit against the retail giant after beating back a summary judgment bid and ahead of a coming trial in the Northern District of Illinois.

  • September 25, 2025

    Wash. Judge Weighs Audible Bid To Toss Privacy Class Action

    A Seattle federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a proposed class action accusing Amazon-owned Audible of violating customers' privacy should proceed under California law, as the plaintiffs argue, or Washington law, as Audible insists — a decision that could determine the lawsuit's fate.

  • September 25, 2025

    Hagens Berman Not Very Contrite About AI Errors, Judge Says

    A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.

  • September 25, 2025

    Amazon Denied Quick Appeal Of Massive Antitrust Class Cert.

    The Ninth Circuit has rejected a petition from Amazon seeking permission to immediately appeal an order certifying a class of roughly 300 million consumers in a sweeping antitrust case accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating prices through its merchant policies.

  • September 25, 2025

    Sunbeam Sued Over Alleged Crock-Pot Burn Injury

    Sunbeam Products Inc. and its parent Newell Brands Inc. were hit with a lawsuit in Georgia federal court on Wednesday brought by a woman who alleges she was able to remove the lid from a Sunbeam pressure cooker while it was still under pressure, causing her to be seriously burned.

  • September 25, 2025

    Perrigo Mostly Beats US In $163M Tax Refund Dispute

    A Michigan federal court largely sided Thursday with pharmaceutical company Perrigo in a $163 million tax refund case, rejecting the government's claim that the company's transactions with a foreign entity lacked economic substance and were meant only to avoid taxes.

  • September 25, 2025

    FTC, 19 States Halt Cancer Charity Scheme

    A car donation charity that raised more than $45 million meant for breast cancer screenings agreed Thursday to an injunction barring future charity fundraising to end an enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of 19 states over misappropriated donation funds.

  • September 25, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Snubs Patent Atty's Bid To Join Toddler Mat IP Case

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday denied an attorney's bid to appear in a patent infringement case over toddler dining mats, in which the lower court found that his misrepresentation of prior art during prosecution was "purposeful, deliberate, and egregious."

  • September 25, 2025

    NY Judge Approves Hold On Cannabis Store Proximity Rule

    A New York state judge has signed off on an agreement between marijuana stores and cannabis regulators to temporarily halt enforcement of a recent regulatory reinterpretation of store location requirements that threatened to upend more than a hundred cannabis businesses.

Expert Analysis

  • Keys To Extended Producer Responsibility Compliance

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    As states' extended producer responsibility laws come into effect, reshaping packaging obligations for businesses, regulated entities should ensure they register with a producer responsibility organization, understand state-specific deadlines and obligations, and review packaging to improve recyclability and reduce compliance costs, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

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    Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve

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    Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.

  • Evaluating The Current State Of Trump's Tariff Deals

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    As the Trump administration's ambitious tariff effort rolls into its ninth month, and many deals lack the details necessary to provide trade market certainty, attorneys at Adams & Reese examine where things stand.

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    Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: Choosing MDL Venues

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    One of the most interesting yet least predictable facets of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice is venue — namely where the panel decides to place a new MDL proceeding — and its choices reflect the tension between neutrality and case-specific factors, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

  • IPO Suit Reinforces Strict Section 11 Tracing Requirement

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    A California federal court's recent dismissal of an investor class action against Allbirds in connection with the company's initial public offering cites the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Slack v. Pirani decision, reinforcing the firm tracing requirement for Section 11 plaintiffs — even at the pleading stage, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management

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    Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Recent Precedent May Aid In Defending Ad Tech Class Actions

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    An emergent line of appellate court precedent regarding the indecipherability of anonymized advertising technology transmissions can be used as a powerful tool to counteract the explosion of advertising technology class actions under myriad statutory theories, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

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    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.

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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.

  • 2 Fed. Circ. Rulings Underscore Patent Prosecution Pitfalls

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    Two recent patent decisions from the Federal Circuit, overturning significant judgments, serve as reminders that claim modifications and cancellations may have substantive effects on the scope of other claims, and that arguments distinguishing prior art and characterizing claims may also limit claim scope, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • 7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know

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    For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.

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