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April 17, 2025
Sacramento Says Dormant Commerce Doesn't Apply To Pot
The city of Sacramento told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that a federal district judge was correct to toss a constitutional challenge to the city's cannabis licensure program, saying the dormant commerce clause does not apply to a federally illegal industry.
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April 17, 2025
Judge Rules Google Monopolized Ad Tech In 2nd Win For DOJ
A Virginia federal judge on Thursday handed the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division its second seminal win against Google, ruling that the search giant has illegally monopolized markets for display advertising placement technology.
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April 17, 2025
Chinese Tea Chain Prices $411M US IPO Amid Trade Tension
Chinese teahouse company Chagee Holdings Ltd., represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Thursday priced a $411 million initial public offering at the top of its range despite U.S.-China trade tensions.
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April 16, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday on Federal Trade Commission efforts to cabin the company's allegedly monopolistic social media dominance into a market that excludes TikTok and YouTube, telling a D.C. federal judge video has become the new predominant form of social media interaction.
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April 16, 2025
AlmondNet Sues Amazon Again After $136M Ad IP Victory
AlmondNet Inc. is aiming to expand on the $136 million it already won against Amazon for patent infringement with a new suit in Texas federal court accusing the technology giant of infringing another patent tied to directing television advertisements.
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April 16, 2025
Carvana Stockholders Urge Revival Of Insider Trading Suit
Stockholder attorneys who saw unjust enrichment and fiduciary breach claims against Carvana Inc.'s directors, officers and controller scuttled in Delaware's Court of Chancery last year urged the state's justices Wednesday to revive claims against its controller, who allegedly relied on inside information while selling $3.7 billion of shares.
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April 16, 2025
Musk Rips Calif. AG Decision To Not Join Suit Against OpenAI
Elon Musk blasted a California attorney general's office decision declining to join his federal lawsuit against OpenAI, saying in a Tuesday filing the decision appears to "misapprehend" the complaint and its derivative claims and "mischaracterizes or misunderstands" the consortium of investors he's assembled to bid on OpenAI Inc.'s assets.
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April 16, 2025
Airport Shops' $6.9M Data Breach Deal Cleared For Landing
A Georgia federal judge has given preliminary approval to a nearly $6.9 million settlement that would end a suit between airport retailer Paradies Shops and a proposed class of employees who claim their data was compromised in a 2020 ransomware attack.
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April 16, 2025
Napster Owner Infinite Reality Adds AI Power With $500M Deal
Gibson Dunn-advised Infinite Reality said Wednesday it will acquire AI firm Touchcast for $500 million, as the company seeks more AI power to deepen user engagement across a growing digital platform portfolio that includes a rebooted Napster.
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April 16, 2025
Consumer-Focused SPAC Details $150M IPO Plans
Blank check company Vendome Acquisition Corp. I has filed plans to raise up to $150 million in an initial public offering with the goal of acquiring a business in the consumer sector.
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April 15, 2025
Shrinking Crocs Case 'Deja Vu' For Judge Asked Again To Ax
A California federal judge asked by Crocs to toss a proposed false advertising class action claiming the footwear maker's plastic shoes shrink after exposure to heat said at a Tuesday hearing it feels like "Groundhog Day," since she recently denied class certification in a related case making similar claims.
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April 15, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls Buying Rival, Building Co. Two Sides Of 1 Coin
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried Tuesday to distance himself from internal documents describing Instagram and WhatsApp as competitive threats, pushing back on Federal Trade Commission monopolization claims by arguing in D.C. federal court that the owner of Facebook was always focused on improvements to itself and the acquisitions.
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April 15, 2025
Chase Says Fla. Biz Playing Games With NY 'Debanking' Suit
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA wants a case accusing it of "debanking"Â a Florida company sent to the Sunshine State, arguing that it has already won at least one nearly identical suit there and that the company's attempt to bring the current action in New York is a transparent attempt at forum shopping.
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April 15, 2025
7th Circ. Judge Skeptical Amazon Violated Labor Law
A Seventh Circuit judge on Tuesday pushed a National Labor Relations Board attorney to address why it was a violation of federal labor law for Amazon to tell employees that it can make exceptions to a policy limiting their off-duty access to a Kentucky facility at any time, "when the legal right exists whether the workers are told or not."
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April 15, 2025
Ex-AutoZone CEO Beats Investor's 'Short Swing' Profits Suit
AutoZone's former CEO has beaten an investor's suit accusing him of making $1 million in short-swing profits trading in the company shares at the expense of the company, with the judge ruling the transactions were exempt from certain insider trading rules.
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April 15, 2025
Expeditors' IT Shutdown Suit Nudged Toward Mediation
A Washington federal judge said Tuesday a sporting gear company's cybersecurity claims against a logistics contractor will likely survive, but suggested the parties try mediation instead of going straight to trial because it will be "next to impossible" for jurors to set aside their preconceived notions about the internet.
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April 15, 2025
Apple Sued By Wash. IPhone Buyers Over Missing Repair Info
Apple Inc. "deceptively" omits information on its iPhone packaging that's required under Washington state law, including warranty terms and the costs to repair the phone, according to a proposed consumer class action filed in California federal court.
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April 15, 2025
Paul Weiss To Narrow Forever 21 Work Amid Conflict Claims
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday that it would be willing to reduce its proposed work for liquidating retailer Forever 21 in response to an objection by the U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog, which argued the firm is conflicted in the Chapter 11 case and shouldn't be hired by the debtor.
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April 15, 2025
Pot Shop Challenges NY Cannabis Labor Peace Law
A New York cannabis company on Monday launched a federal lawsuit challenging a provision of the state's marijuana legalization law that requires licensed businesses to maintain labor peace agreements with their workers, saying it is preempted by federal law.
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April 15, 2025
Meta Accused Of Turning Smart Devices Into Useless 'Bricks'
Consumers hit Meta Platforms Inc. with a proposed class action in California federal court Monday, accusing the social media giant of a deceptive "bait-and-switch" scheme by advertising Meta's Portal video-calling smart devices with wide-ranging features only to later discontinue key software functionality rendering its hardware "largely obsolete," useless "bricks."
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April 15, 2025
Deodorant Maker Hit With Class Claims Over Skin Burns
Edgewell Personal Care Co. is liable for chemical burns and other "painful and irritating skin issues" that users of its Billie brand All Day Deodorant have experienced, a proposed federal class action alleges.
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April 15, 2025
DC Maintains, Expands Tax Exemptions For NBA, NHL Arena
The District of Columbia maintained and expanded tax breaks for the property and airspace of Capital One Arena, home to the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals, as part of legislation that became law, according to a notice published in the district's register.
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April 15, 2025
McDonald's, Dunkin' Franchisees Resolve Child Labor Claims
The owners of Dunkin' and McDonald's franchises in Massachusetts have reached settlements over allegations they violated the state's child labor laws, while a Subway franchise operator has been fined, according to a Tuesday press release.
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April 14, 2025
Covington, Latham Guide In Lowe's $1.3B Artisan Design Buy
Lowe's, advised by Covington & Burling LLP, has entered a definitive agreement to buy Dallas-based interior finishing company Artisan Design Group for more than $1.3 billion, expanding the reach of the American home improvement retail giant's professional services, dubbed Lowe's Pro, Lowe's announced Monday.
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April 14, 2025
Herbalife Wins $1.55M For Unauthorized $20M Computer Deal
A California federal jury on Friday awarded Herbalife International of America Inc. $1.55 million in damages from Eastern Computer Exchange after finding the computer equipment reseller deceptively concealed an order for millions of dollars in Dell computers that the dietary supplement company claims it never ordered.
Expert Analysis
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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False Patent Marking Claims Find New Home In Lanham Act
While the Patent Act may have closed the courthouse doors for many false patent marking claims, the Federal Circuit, in its recent decision in Crocs v. Effervescent, may be opening a window to these types of claims under the Lanham Act, says John Cordani at Robinson & Cole.
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A Look At Calif. Biz Code And The Fight Over Customer Lists
To ensure Uniform Trade Secret Act security, California staffing agencies and their attorneys should review Section 16607 of the state Business Code, which prohibits contracts that restrain employees from engaging in other lawful types of business, to understand the process for determining whether a customer list constitutes a trade secret, says Skye Daley at Buchalter.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?
Website owners need to understand wiretapping laws to understand whether they may be sued for activity tracking in California or Pennsylvania courts, where the statutory damages for violations of half-century-old laws can be substantial — and a recent Third Circuit decision suggests establishing specific jurisdiction is not as easy as 1-2-3, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Planning For Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements In Sports
Attorneys at Wiley discuss the proposed rules under the Cybersecurity Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act that would impose extensive reporting requirements on professional and collegiate athletic organizations, universities and sports venues, including defining a covered entity and analyzing the types of events that would trigger reporting.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling May Signal Software Patent Landscape Shift
The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Broadband iTV, despite similarities to past decisions, chose to rely on prior cases finding patent-ineligible claims directed to receiving and displaying information, which may undermine one of the few areas of perceived predictability in the patent eligibility landscape, say attorneys at King & Wood.
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FDIC Guidance Puts Next-Gen ATMs In Regulatory Spotlight
The boring existence of ATMs is changing thanks to the emergence of new-age interactive teller machines, prompting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to sound off in a potentially influential August letter to branches on which services might need regulatory approval, says Thomas Walker at Jones Walker.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Amazon Holiday Pay Case Underscores Overtime Challenges
The recent Hamilton v. Amazon.com Services LLC decision in the Colorado Supreme Court underscores why employers must always consult applicable state law and regulations — in addition to federal law — when determining how to properly pay employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek, says James Looby at Vedder Price.
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Understanding New ACH Network Anti-Fraud Rules
Many of the National Automated Clearing House Association’s recent amendments to ACH network risk management rules went into effect this month, so financial institutions and corporations must review and update their internal policies as needed, says Aisha Hall at Taft.