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  • April 24, 2026

    Alaska Airlines Escapes Suit Over Hawaiian Merger, For Now

    A Hawaiian federal judge on Friday dismissed a private antitrust lawsuit that challenged Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, rejecting the passengers' asserted geographic markets and their contention that the merger would lead to anticompetitive effects in the markets.

  • April 24, 2026

    Korean Search Giant, Others Escape App Data Privacy Suit

    A California federal judge has trimmed a putative class action accusing South Korean internet conglomerate and search giant Naver Corp. and several affiliates of illegally collecting biometric data from users of a pair of messaging and photo-editing apps, finding the court lacked jurisdiction over Naver and other foreign defendants while allowing some privacy claims to proceed against the remaining companies.

  • April 24, 2026

    Justices To Focus On Alien Tort Statute In Cisco Spying Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday with implications for U.S. companies doing business with foreign governments, and decide whether the Ninth Circuit was right to reinstate an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging that Cisco Systems Inc. helped the Chinese government's allegedly unlawful crackdown on the Falun Gong religious movement.

  • April 24, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Insurance Allure, People Pinch, Blackstone

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including an alluring source of capital for real estate investment trusts, how competition for skilled workers may hamper data center development, and Blackstone Inc.'s take on the first quarter of the year.

  • April 24, 2026

    Title IX Agreement Puts Colleges On Compliance Notice

    Colleges should feel more urgency to ensure athletes have equal opportunities after San Diego State University agreed in a proposed class action to fully comply with Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex, sports law experts say.

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