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  • January 30, 2026

    Google Can't Ditch $425M Privacy Verdict, But Won't Owe $2B

    A California federal judge on Friday refused to decertify a class of Google users who scored a $425 million jury verdict in their privacy suit; however, he also shot down the consumers' request that Google shell out an additional $2.36 billion in disgorgement of profits.

  • January 30, 2026

    11th Circ. Urged To Undo $38M Chiquita Verdict, $229K Fee

    The Eleventh Circuit heard arguments Friday in two cases stemming from claims that Chiquita funded a right-wing paramilitary group, with Chiquita urging the court to vacate a $38 million verdict finding it caused eight deaths, while an attorney for the plaintiffs asked to reverse a firm's $229,000 fee award.

  • January 30, 2026

    Kroger, Albertsons Look To Block FTC Testimony Handover

    Grocery giants Albertsons and Kroger asked a California federal judge to protect sensitive expert testimony that helped the Federal Trade Commission torpedo their planned merger in 2024, which a new FTC target said is urgently needed to show that the regulator is creating contradictory market analyses.

  • January 30, 2026

    3rd Circ. Backs ​​​​​​​'Modern Icarus' Conviction, Cuts Restitution

    The Third Circuit affirmed Friday the fraud and identify theft conviction of a former clean-energy company CEO who characterized himself as a "modern Icarus" in his appeal, but held that the lower court wrongly ordered him to pay $100,000 in victims' attorney fees in addition to $1.1 million in restitution.

  • January 30, 2026

    Defamation Litigation Roundup: Grok, Drummond, Bravo Star

    In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights a suit against Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company over reported sexualized deepfakes of women generated by its flagship model, as well as a verdict in favor of a coal company in its defamation and racketeering case against a former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner.

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