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  • May 13, 2026

    Denny's Franchisees Say Insurers Shirked Wage Suit Defense

    A group of Washington-based Denny's franchise operators said their Liberty Mutual insurers wrongfully refused coverage for a wage and hour class action, telling a federal court that they are entitled to recoup nearly $700,000 in costs they incurred to defend and settle the underlying suit.

  • May 13, 2026

    How 'Bundling' Enforcement Is Parsing Efficiency, Access

    Recent antitrust enforcement actions have taken a selective view of companies' bundling of products or services — challenging it when it shuts out rivals, but tolerating it when it creates efficient scale — making the real test now less about lower prices than about whether competition is being blocked, says attorney Alan Kusinitz.

  • May 13, 2026

    Key Tronic Case Shows SEC Isn't Ignoring Controls Violations

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's first nonfraud enforcement action against a public company during Chairman Paul Atkins' tenure reflects the commission’s willingness to bring enforcement actions that charge books and records and internal controls violations, despite deviating from policing technical violations, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • May 12, 2026

    Homeaglow To Pay $2.3M In Wash. AG's Deceptive Ad Suit

    Cleaning service Homeaglow Inc. agreed Monday to pay $2.25 million to resolve claims by the Washington State Office of the Attorney General that the company tricked customers into joining a $59-per-month recurring membership plan that carried "exorbitant" cancellation fees.

  • May 12, 2026

    ​​​​​​​Amazon Beats Sanctions Bid Over Supplement Product Pages

    A Washington federal judge declined to sanction Amazon for allegedly failing to preserve product pages for dietary supplements that shoppers claim were improperly labeled, ruling that the retail giant fulfilled its duty to retain the information despite storing it as lines of code instead of viewable documents.

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