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  • September 16, 2026

    Nike Worker Seeks Pay Records In Proposed Class Wage Suit

    A Nike retail worker has asked a Washington federal court to order the company to produce pay and scheduling records for its entire workforce before a class certification fight, arguing Nike has no basis to withhold the data and that a court-filed privacy agreement adequately protects workers' personal information.

  • September 16, 2026

    1st Circ. Hints Trump Admin Sought To Skirt Review Of Cuts

    The First Circuit on Wednesday repeatedly suggested that the Trump administration had sought to evade court review by intentionally failing to issue written guidance before it began shuttering federal programs targeted by the president in an executive order last year.

  • September 16, 2026

    9th Circ. Revives Bad Faith Claim In Title Insurance Row

    A split Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday partially reinstated Washington state property owners' suit accusing an insurer of bad faith by refusing to defend them and representing their opposing neighbors in an easement dispute, saying the lower court improperly relied on a case that didn't address bad faith.

  • September 16, 2026

    Consumer Groups Urge States To Probe Zillow, Housing Market

    More than a dozen consumer advocacy groups urged state authorities Wednesday to work together to probe Zillow and Redfin's compliance with an August deal to end a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit, and to investigate other practices blamed for driving up housing costs such as private "pocket" listings by broker Compass Inc.

  • September 16, 2026

    9th Circ. Backs OpenAI, Microsoft Win Over Source Code Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a case brought by a group of anonymous programmers who accused OpenAI and Microsoft of taking source code from public repositories on GitHub, ruling that the programmers had not sufficiently put the court on notice that they wished to pursue a theory related to artificial intelligence inputs.

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