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• April 20, 2026

  Northwestern Escapes Event-Photos Biometric Suit, For Now

  An Illinois federal judge tossed a proposed class action alleging Northwestern University's photographers capture and collect without permission the biometrics of people attending its events and then share the sensitive data with the SpotMyPhotos platform, but will allow the plaintiff to rework his complaint to provide more detailed allegations.

• April 20, 2026

  Calif. AG Says Amazon Pressured Major Brands To Fix Prices

  Amazon bullied major brands like Levi Strauss & Co. and Hanesbrands Inc. to pressure Walmart, Target Corp. and other competing retailers to increase their prices on certain products to match Amazon's prices and ensure it can maintain its profit margins, according to new details unsealed Monday in California's price-fixing suit against the e-commerce giant.

• April 20, 2026

  Video Privacy Law Covers All Consumers, Supreme Court Told

  A Paramount Global newsletter subscriber is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to refrain from limiting the reach of the Video Privacy Protection Act to only consumers that directly subscribe to audiovisual goods and services, arguing that such a narrow application would require a rewrite of the decades-old statute. 

• April 20, 2026

  Wash. Justices Won't Be Asked About Reed Hein Insurer Fight

  A Washington federal judge on Monday denied two consumers' bid to certify insurance coverage questions to the Evergreen State's highest court in a lawsuit accusing insurers of failing to defend a now-defunct timeshare exit company from an unfair business practices class action that resulted in a $630 million deal. 

• April 20, 2026

  11th Circ. Revives RV Defect Claims, Clarifies Fla. Lemon Law

  Florida's Lemon Law does not require drivers to prove a specific number of repair attempts or days in the shop to seek a refund for an allegedly faulty vehicle, the Eleventh Circuit ruled in a published opinion, requiring recreational vehicle manufacturer Forest River Inc. to face a buyer's lawsuit.

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