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September 24, 2025
Crocs Kicks Rival's Defamation Suit To The Curb
A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday tossed a defamation suit brought against Crocs Inc. by its rival Double Diamond, finding the company failed to provide any evidence of damages or harm suffered from a press release it said twisted their legal settlement into an admission of wrongdoing.
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September 24, 2025
Robocall Recipients Get Class Cert. Against Ill. Bank
Consumers who allegedly received unwanted robocalls from Illinois-based Federal Savings Bank will secure certification of a nationwide class of nearly 2.3 million consumers in a proposed Telephone Consumer Protection Act class action, an Illinois federal judge has decided.
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September 24, 2025
Ticketmaster, LA Sued For Sabotaging Kingston Trio Concerts
A concert promoter for the current iteration of the Kingston Trio has filed suit in California federal court, accusing the city of Los Angeles, the Greek Theater and Ticketmaster of sabotaging the folk and pop group's concerts in late 2024, including by making it hard for its older fan base to buy tickets.
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September 24, 2025
Ex-Amazon Worker Said Docs Could Lose FTC Suit, Jury Told
An Amazon user experience researcher told a colleague in 2024 that documentation of consumers' frustration with the Prime sign-up process "will be the thing that loses the case" for the company if a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit were to reach trial, according to a message shown to a Seattle federal jury Wednesday.
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September 24, 2025
UnitedHealth Fights Investor Suit Over DOJ's Merger Probe
UnitedHealth and its executives have asked a Minnesota federal judge to toss a proposed securities class action accusing it of, among many things, not disclosing that the U.S. Department of Justice had reopened an antitrust investigation into the health insurer, saying the complaint consists of unsupported "scattershot allegations."
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September 24, 2025
Google, Flo To Pay Combined $56M To End Data Privacy Suit
Google LLC will shell out $48 million and app developer Flo Health Inc. will pay $8 million to resolve a class action over the popular menstrual tracking app's allegedly unlawful sharing of sensitive health data with Google and others through online tracking tools, according to documents filed by the app's users in California federal court.
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September 24, 2025
Coinbase Wants Out Of Terraform Token Conversion Loss Suit
Coinbase Inc. has urged a California federal court to toss a suit lodged by cryptocurrency buyers alleging the crypto exchange caused them to incur losses after Terraform's collapse three years ago, arguing the buyers' claims are both time-barred and fail to show that the crypto exchange intended to deceive.
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September 24, 2025
NY Appeals Court Backs Drug Co.'s $6.5M Contract Case Win
A New York state appeals court won't disturb a finding that a South Korean logistics firm owes $6.5 million for breaching a deal allowing it to license and sell a RedHill Biopharma Ltd. COVID-19 treatment in the country.
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September 24, 2025
Swimmers, Divers Rip School, NIL Deal After Team Dropped
Four former swimming and diving team members at California Polytechnic State University have filed objections in federal court to the NCAA's $2.78 billion name, image and likeness settlement, after university officials pointed to the financial consequences of the settlement as the reason the swimming and diving program was eliminated.
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September 24, 2025
Standard General Founder Taking FCC Bias Suit To DC Circ.
Hedge fund manager Soo Kim is taking his allegations that the Federal Communications Commission and a cadre of media players were part of a racist conspiracy to kill his $8.6 billion merger with broadcaster Tegna Inc. to the D.C. Circuit after a lower court kiboshed the claims last month.
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September 24, 2025
Greystar Resolves Wash. AG Action On Military Housing Fees
Greystar, the largest apartment management firm in the U.S., reached a deal Tuesday with Washington state over allegations that the company charged illegal housing fees to military service members, according to an announcement by the state's attorney general.
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September 24, 2025
Minn. Court Says Landlords Waive Evictions By Taking Rent
The Minnesota Supreme Court said Wednesday that landlords in the state can't evict public or private housing tenants for breaching their leases if the landlords knew about the specific lease violations when they accepted the tenants' rent payments, ruling against a Minneapolis property owner that had filed an eviction suit against a tenant.
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September 24, 2025
AGs Slam Capital One's $425M Deal As Unfair To Consumers
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 17 other attorneys general are opposing a proposed $425 million settlement between Capital One and a putative consumer class alleging the bank deceptively advertised its 360 Savings accounts, telling a Virginia federal court the deal "fails to adequately redress" the harms caused by the scheme.
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September 24, 2025
9th Circ. Allows One More Go-Round In Kleenex Ad Fight
The Ninth Circuit Wednesday determined it does not have jurisdictional authority to revive a proposed class action alleging Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s Kleenex Germ Removal Wet Wipes mislead consumers about the product's ability to kill germs, saying the consumers were not able to establish subject matter jurisdiction.
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September 24, 2025
FTC Merger Filing Overhaul Is Clear Overstep, Chamber Says
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups challenging the Federal Trade Commission's recent overhaul of its premerger reporting requirements told a Texas federal court the changes create an unnecessary burden for thousands of deals that raise no competition concerns.
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September 24, 2025
Keep Rules Against Phone 'Slamming,' NY Agency Says
New York state officials want the Federal Communications Commission to keep safeguards in place against phone service "slamming" even though the incidence of people's service being switched without their permission is fading as technology advances.
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September 24, 2025
NC Med. Provider Exposed 450K Peoples' Data, Patient Says
A healthcare provider with locations throughout eastern North Carolina failed to protect the private data of at least 450,000 of its patients, then dragged its feet in notifying them, according to a potential class action filed in North Carolina federal court Tuesday.
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September 24, 2025
Helicopter Cos. Say Aetna 'Grasping At Straws' In $20M Fight
Three Aetna entities have "trumped up" their counterclaims against six air ambulance operators that are suing insurers for $20 million in Connecticut federal court, according to a dismissal motion that says the allegations of dirty dealing are preempted.
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September 24, 2025
Mobile Cos. Claim Chilling Effect From Local Permitting
Wireless industry players are having problems with local permitting that would be fixed by the Federal Communications Commission's new proposal, which would use federal preemption to help companies clear permitting hurdles, according to a major trade group.
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September 24, 2025
Philly Alleges Companies Misled About Products' Recyclability
S.C. Johnson & Son and snack cake maker Bimbo Bakeries USA have been sued by the city of Philadelphia for allegedly misleading consumers about the recyclability of plastics they use in their products.
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September 24, 2025
Let States Use Leftover BEAD Funds, Sen. Wicker Says
States should be able to use money left over from federal grants aimed at broadband deployment for other projects to boost high-tech growth, a Republican senator said.
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September 24, 2025
Sen. Questions FAA's Proposed $3M Boeing Safety Fine
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is seeking answers from the Federal Aviation Administration on the calculations behind a proposed fine of $3.1 million against Boeing for safety violations that led to last year's Alaska Airlines door plug incident, and has told the agency the penalty would amount to a "rounding error" for the aerospace giant.
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September 24, 2025
Woman Must Arbitrate Suit Against Verizon Over Stalker
A North Carolina federal judge has sent to arbitration a woman's suit against Verizon Communications Inc. alleging it handed her personal information over to her stalker, saying her claims against the company are not subject to a federal law precluding arbitration for sexual harassment claims.
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September 24, 2025
ITC's IP Cases Mainly Target Computer And Telecom Products
New data from the U.S. International Trade Commission has shown that intellectual property activity at the agency in 2024 remained relatively the same, with investigations primarily looking into computer and telecommunications products.
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September 24, 2025
American Airlines, US Gov't Sued Over Potomac Crash
A new wrongful death complaint brought by the wife of an American Eagle Flight 5342 victim names both American Airlines and the United States government as liable in the "wholly avoidable tragedy" that killed 67 people on the Potomac River in January.
Expert Analysis
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NCAA Settlement Kicks Off New Era For Student-Athlete NIL
A landmark settlement stemming from 15 years of litigation between schools and the NCAA reflects a major development in college athletics by securing compensation for usage of student-athletes' names, images and likenesses, and schools hoping to take advantage of new opportunities should take proactive steps to comply with new rules, say attorneys at Manatt.
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9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard
District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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How Cos. Can Prep For Calif. Cybersecurity Audit Regulations
As the California Privacy Protection Agency Board finalizes cybersecurity audit requirements, companies should take six steps to prepare for the audit itself and to build a compliant cybersecurity program that can pass the audit, say attorneys at Covington.
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Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.
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Shifting DEI Expectations Put Banks In Legal Crosshairs
The Trump administration's rollbacks on DEI-friendly policies create something of a regulatory catch-22 for banks, wherein strict compliance would contradict established statutory and administrative mandates regarding access to credit for disadvantaged communities, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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When Rule 12 Motions Against Class Allegations Succeed
Companies facing class actions often attempt early motions to strike class allegations, and while some district courts have been reluctant to decide certification issues at the pleading stage, several recent decisions have shown that Rule 12 motions to dismiss or strike class allegations can be effective, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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Atkins' Crypto Remarks Show SEC Is Headed For A 'New Day'
A look at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins' recent speeches provides significant clues as to where the SEC is going next and how its regulatory approach to crypto will differ from that of the previous administration, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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DOJ Memo Lays Groundwork For Healthy Bank Sponsorships
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital asset policy shift offers potential clarity in the murky waters of sponsor bank relationships, presenting nontraditional financial companies with both a moment of opportunity and a test of maturity, say attorneys at Arnall Golden.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech
New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.
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Explicit Pic Takedown Law Casts A Wide Net
With a surprisingly broad range of online platforms potentially subject to the new Take It Down Act’s process for removing revenge porn or explicit deepfakes, all services that allow user interaction or content hosting should proactively evaluate their legal obligations and demonstrate compliance, say attorneys at Goodwin, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication
As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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When Legal Advocacy Crosses The Line Into Incivility
As judges issue sanctions for courtroom incivility, and state bars advance formal discipline rules, trial lawyers must understand that the difference between zealous advocacy and unprofessionalism is not just a matter of tone; it's a marker of skill, credibility and potentially disciplinary exposure, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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How Medical Practices Can Improve Privacy Compliance
In light of recent high-profile patient privacy violations, health practices — especially in California — should better position themselves to comply with medical privacy laws by shoring up strategies ranging from mapping electronic protected health information to building a better compliance culture, says Suzanne Natbony at Aliant Law.
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Despite Rule Delay, FTC Scrutiny Looms For Subscriptions
Even though the Federal Trade Commission has delayed its click-to-cancel rule that introduces strict protocols for auto-renewing subscriptions, businesses should expect active enforcement of the new requirements after July, and look to the FTC's recent lawsuits against Uber and Cleo AI as warnings, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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3 Corporate Deposition Prep Tips To Counter 'Reptile' Tactics
With plaintiffs counsel’s rising use of reptile strategies that seek to activate jurors' survival instincts, corporate deponents face an increased risk of being lulled into providing testimony that undercuts a key defense or sets up the plaintiff's case strategy at trial, making it important to consider factors like cross-examination and timing, say attorneys at Dentons.