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  • October 30, 2026

    Amazon Aims For Quick Appeal Of Partial Antitrust Class Cert.

    Amazon is seeking permission from the Ninth Circuit to immediately appeal a Seattle federal judge's decision partly granting a group of online shoppers' class certification bid in an antitrust lawsuit alleging its vendor pricing policies inflated prices on Walmart and eBay's online marketplaces, according to a recent docket entry. 

  • October 30, 2026

    BNSF, Amtrak Defeat Lawsuit Over Train Track Crossing Death

    A Seattle federal judge sided with BNSF and Amtrak on Thursday in a wrongful death suit brought by the estate of a woman who was hit by a passenger train while leaving a Washington beach, finding she voluntarily took on risk when trying to cross the tracks.

  • October 30, 2026

    Underdog Seeks To Halt Wash. Prediction Market Enforcement

    Prediction market Underdog urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to stop state authorities from enforcing gambling laws against the company until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on whether prediction markets are subject to state regulation or fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

  • October 30, 2026

    Ashley Furniture Hid Noncompete Terms, Wash. Worker Says

    Ashley Furniture unlawfully concealed the terms of noncompetition agreements from workers in Washington state until after they accepted the company's employment offers, alleges a proposed class action the company removed to federal court in Seattle on Thursday.

  • October 30, 2026

    States Say Trump Can't Limit Funding Freeze Injunction

    A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia urged a Rhode Island federal court Friday to let them continue challenging a now-rescinded Trump administration directive to "temporarily" withhold their federal funding, arguing a permanent injunction should still be on the table.

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