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September 26, 2025
Philly PD Fights Cops' OT Class Certification Bid
The city of Philadelphia and several officials said that they followed the collective bargaining agreement to compensate ranking officers, telling a federal court that a proposed class in an overtime suit would require individualized inquiries that clash with certification.
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September 26, 2025
Athletes Want Judge In Pavia Case For NCAA 'Redshirt' Suit
The federal judge whose 2024 injunction allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play an extra season of football should oversee a proposed antitrust class action seeking to upend the NCAA's eligibility rules, the athletes behind the suit told a Tennessee federal court.
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September 26, 2025
Advertisers, Publishers Can Expand Google Ad MDL Markets
A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed publishers and advertisers in multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising placement technology to expand their claims to cover a worldwide scope, like the U.S. Department of Justice's successful similar case, finding it would not prejudice the tech giant.
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September 26, 2025
Wells Fargo Nears Deal With Investors In 'Sham' Hiring Suit
Wells Fargo and investors who said they lost money after allegations surfaced that the bank conducted fake interviews to show it met diversity goals have told a California federal court they've reached a settlement in principle, less than two weeks after the company announced a deal in a derivative lawsuit over similar claims.
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September 26, 2025
Chervon, Lowe's Battery Recall Doesn't End Suit, Court Told
Consumers in a proposed class action told an Illinois federal court that a voluntary recall by Chervon North America Inc. and Lowe's Home Centers LLC of lithium-ion batteries allegedly prone to overheating and combusting doesn't extinguish their claims since the recall falls short of addressing their injuries.
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September 26, 2025
Southwest Airlines Inks $18.5M Deal In Military Leave Suit
Southwest Airlines Co. will fork over $18.5 million to end a proposed class action from workers who alleged the company's handling of short-term military leave violated a federal military nondiscrimination law, according to filings in California federal court.
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September 25, 2025
NJ Fed Courts Tighten Rules On Anti-Counterfeiting Suits
Citing an "uptick" in intellectual property theft suits against online counterfeiters, New Jersey's chief district judge issued a new standing order Thursday tightening rules on infringement suits that often name numerous defendants.
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September 25, 2025
Textron Shakes Privacy Suit Over Data Sharing With Google
A California federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing Textron Inc. of illegally sharing information about website visitors' search activities with Google LLC, finding that the plaintiff failed to allege that the aviation and defense products manufacturer had expressly targeted residents of the Golden State.
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September 25, 2025
Wash. Judge Weighs Audible Bid To Toss Privacy Class Action
A Seattle federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a proposed class action accusing Amazon-owned Audible of violating customers' privacy should proceed under California law, as the plaintiffs argue, or Washington law, as Audible insists — a decision that could determine the lawsuit's fate.
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September 25, 2025
Internet Co. To Face Trimmed Claims In Investor Fraud Suit
A California federal judge has trimmed claims from a proposed class action against internet company Fastly Inc. and several of its executives, alleging they misled investors about the "customer pullback and macroeconomic impacts" the company was experiencing, finding several challenged statements in the suit were not misleading when made.
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September 25, 2025
$8.9B Deal For Health Tech R1 RCM Draws Del. Chancery Suit
Four stockholders of healthcare revenue management venture R1 RCM Inc. challenged the company's take-private deal in Delaware's Court of Chancery Thursday, alleging that the private equity and allies who won the $8.9 billion, November transaction lined up an unfairly low, $14.30 per share price.
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September 25, 2025
Big Banks Beat Yearslong Libor-Rigging Claims In NY
A New York federal judge Thursday disposed of the remaining claims in long-running multidistrict litigation accusing Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and more than a dozen other large banks of Libor manipulation.
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September 25, 2025
Hagens Berman Not Very Contrite About AI Errors, Judge Says
A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.
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September 25, 2025
Judge Seeks More Info Before Splitting Corrections OT Trial
A Colorado federal judge said she wouldn't make a determination on whether a proposed collective action against the state Department of Corrections, alleging the agency didn't pay its criminal investigators while on call, should be split into different trials until she has more information on each side's expectations for the case.
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September 25, 2025
NCAA, Ga. Colleges Win Trim Of Trans Athlete Eligibility Suit
A federal judge Thursday largely dismissed a lawsuit against the NCAA and several Georgia public universities challenging their eligibility rules for transgender athletes, ruling that the athletic association is not a state actor subject to civil rights claims while recent legislation mooted claims against the state schools.
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September 25, 2025
Manhattan Associates Brass Face Suit Over Biz Strategy Shift
Directors and officers of enterprise software firm Manhattan Associates were hit with a shareholder derivative suit in Georgia federal court from an investor who claimed that the company's shift from onsite technology services to cloud-based offerings was a business disaster, wiping out billions in market value in late 2024 and early 2025.
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September 25, 2025
UFCW Faces Negligence Suit Over Data Breach Affecting 55K
A United Food and Commercial Workers local was hit with a putative class action in Colorado federal court Thursday looking to hold it liable for allegedly failing to protect more than 55,000 individuals' personal information from a cybersecurity attack and waiting more than nine months to inform the victims.
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September 25, 2025
Anthropic Judge Greenlights 'Historic' $1.5B Copyright Deal
A California federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a $1.5 billion deal Anthropic PBC struck with authors to end their copyright class action against the artificial intelligence developer, with counsel for the plaintiffs calling it a "historic settlement" that will result in the "largest copyright recovery of all time."
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September 25, 2025
Amazon Denied Quick Appeal Of Massive Antitrust Class Cert.
The Ninth Circuit has rejected a petition from Amazon seeking permission to immediately appeal an order certifying a class of roughly 300 million consumers in a sweeping antitrust case accusing the e-commerce giant of inflating prices through its merchant policies.
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September 25, 2025
Property Manager Didn't Pay For Meal Break Work, Suit Claims
Leasing agents and maintenance technicians, in a proposed collective and class action filed on Thursday, have accused a property management company of making them work during unpaid meal breaks, while not keeping track of this time and refusing to pay overtime.
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September 25, 2025
Cleo AI Military Lending Suit Paused Amid 9th Circ. Appeal
A Washington federal judge has halted proceedings in an Army staff sergeant's proposed class action alleging Cleo AI Inc. violates the Military Lending Act by employing predatory lending practices through its cash advances.
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September 25, 2025
Boeing Asks Chancery To Ground 737 Max Derivative Suit
Boeing Co. wants the Delaware Chancery Court to throw out a derivative lawsuit that accuses the company's leadership of ignoring safety risks in the wake of a January 2024 incident in which a door plug flew off one of its 737 Max planes.
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September 25, 2025
Bitcoin Miner Investors Win Class Cert. In Suit Over Acquisition
Investors in energy company-turned-bitcoin miner CleanSpark Inc. have gotten certification for a class of those allegedly harmed by the company's concealment of unfavorable details about a mining company it acquired and misrepresentations about the timeline for expanding the acquisition's power capacity.
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September 25, 2025
PepsiCo, Frito-Lay Sued Over 'No Artificial Flavors' Poppables
PepsiCo and Frito-Lay deceptively label their Poppables puffy potato snacks with a "categorically false" claim that they contain no artificial flavors despite that citric acid is an ingredient, which induced customers into paying a price premium for them, alleges a proposed class action filed Thursday in New York federal court.
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September 25, 2025
Feds Hit With Suit Over Warrantless Immigration Arrests In DC
A group of D.C. residents and an immigrant rights organization sued the Trump administration Thursday over mass warrantless immigration arrests in the city, alleging they were carried out without probable cause, including individualized assessments of immigration status or flight risk.
Expert Analysis
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Alien Enemies Act Case Could Reshape Executive Power
President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan nationals raises fundamental questions about statutory interpretation, executive power and constitutional structure, which now lay on the U.S. Supreme Court's doorstep, says Mauni Jalali at Quinn Emanuel.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.
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Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.
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Series
Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer
With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.
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2 Recent Federal Decisions Affecting State CIPA Cases
Two recent cases may help stem the tide of the ever-increasing number of California Invasion of Privacy Act complaints filed in federal court, but won't prevent plaintiffs from filing in state courts, so companies need to shift their focus from Article III standing to statutory standing, says Matthew Pearson at Womble Bond.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw
Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.