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February 04, 2025
Insurer Points To Limits In McDonald's Franchisees' Policies
An insurer told a Washington federal court that it owes limited coverage to two McDonald's franchisees it insures in suits accusing them of illegally withholding specific pay figures in job postings.
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February 04, 2025
Meta Attacks Insurers' Bid To Remand Social Media MDL Row
Meta asked a Delaware federal court to postpone ruling on its insurers' request to remand a dispute over coverage for thousands of suits alleging harm from the company's social media platforms, saying the action will likely soon be transferred to multidistrict litigation in California alongside the underlying claims.
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February 04, 2025
Attys Seek $1.25M From Shuttered Nursing School Settlement
Attorneys with the Connecticut boutique firm Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff LLC are seeking a 25% cut of a $5 million class action settlement for students whose career paths were sent spiraling by for-profit nursing school Stone Academy's sudden shutdown in February 2023.
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February 03, 2025
Google Fights Uphill To Scrap Antitrust Verdict At 9th Circ.
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared skeptical on Monday of Google's bid to throw out Epic Games' antitrust trial win and injunction requiring Google to open its Play Store to rivals following Epic Games' partial antitrust loss against Apple, with each judge doubting that the Apple ruling is necessarily preclusive.
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February 03, 2025
Kochava Still Can't Get FTC Location Privacy Suit Thrown Out
An Idaho federal judge on Monday again refused to throw out the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing mobile app analytics provider Kochava Inc. of selling consumers' geolocation data without proper consent, ruling that nothing meaningful has changed since Kochava's previous dismissal bid.
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February 03, 2025
Maryland Kids' Privacy Law Latest To Face Legal Challenge
Tech industry group NetChoice on Monday added to its growing list of lawsuits contesting the constitutionality of kids' online safety laws around the country, filing an action against a recently enacted Maryland law that it claims would force online platforms to act as "a digital speech police."
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February 03, 2025
Boeing Slams Funds' Bid To Bump 737 Max Fraud Suit To Va.
Boeing has told an Illinois federal judge that equity funds suing the American aerospace giant for allegedly defrauding investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws following a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 shouldn't be allowed to forum-shop by moving their suit to Virginia.
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February 03, 2025
DOJ's LA Fitness ADA Suit May Be 'Inadequate,' Judge Says
A California federal judge expressed doubts Monday about the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit alleging that LA Fitness failed to accommodate patrons with disabilities and said the court so far finds the pleadings to be "inadequate" in arguing there is a "pattern and practice" of discrimination.
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February 03, 2025
DOJ Poised To Prosecute Threat-Makers Against DOGE
A federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump offered Elon Musk his office's support to "protect" the work of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency headed by the billionaire businessman, including "legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people."
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February 03, 2025
CFPB Small Biz Rules Outstrip Authority, 5th Circ. Hears
The Texas Bankers Association asked a Fifth Circuit panel on Monday to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new small business minority data rule during oral arguments, while the panel questioned what to do with the case given the agency's leadership change.
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February 03, 2025
Faulty LA County Wildfire Alerts Probed By Congress
A group of U.S. House of Representatives members from Los Angeles County launched an investigation Monday into false-alarm evacuation warnings accidentally sent to nearly 10 million people during last month's deadly wildfires, saying the incident "raises serious questions" about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's mobile alert system.
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February 03, 2025
PharmacyChecker's Legality Weighed In 9th Circ. Appeal
Judges on the Ninth Circuit went back and forth with lawyers on both sides of online drug comparison site PharmacyChecker's antitrust suit against LegitScript on Monday, questioning the latter's claims that PharmacyChecker's entire business is illegal because it facilitates the unsanctioned importation of foreign pharmaceuticals.
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February 03, 2025
Don't Give Tribes 'Veto Power' In Alaska Deployment, FCC Told
A group of Alaska rural carriers told the Federal Communications Commission on Monday it should not give Native American tribes "veto power" over federally funded broadband deployment projects, which they described as a "DEI approach" from the Biden era.
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February 03, 2025
DC Wants Pot Enforcement Suits To Stay In Federal Court
The District of Columbia is arguing that a group of suits by cannabis-related businesses and associations belong in federal court, saying it is "paradoxical" for them to want the cases removed to state-level court when they clearly involve federal law and constitutional questions.
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February 03, 2025
Trial Court Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal
A D.C. federal court refused on Sunday to pause the remedies phase of the landmark monopolization case targeting Google's search dominance while Apple appeals a decision refusing to allow it to participate.
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February 03, 2025
Miss. Republican Renews Push For Nat'l Broadband Strategy
A Republican senator concerned about possible overlap in federal deployment programs has re-upped a legislative effort that started three years ago to direct the U.S. Department of Commerce to develop a clear national broadband strategy.
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February 03, 2025
Loan Refinancing Co. Fined $2.1M For Deceptive Ads
Massachusetts' securities enforcer hit student loan refinancing company Yrefy with a $2.1 million penalty Monday for allegedly targeting Bay State investors with misleading ads.
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February 03, 2025
Treasury's Bessent Takes CFPB Reins, Halts Agency Actions
President Donald Trump has handed the reins of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who moved Monday to halt rulemaking and other activities at the agency after the ouster of its director, Rohit Chopra.
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February 01, 2025
Trump Fires CFPB Director Chopra, Eliciting Praise, Lament
President Donald Trump has fired Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a widely expected move to purge another holdover of the Biden administration, drawing cheers from Republicans as Democrats warn of danger for the agency's future.
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January 31, 2025
Pause UScellular Deal During False Claims Case, Attys Say
Two communications attorneys have urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject the $4.4 billion transfer of UScellular spectrum licenses to T-Mobile, at least until their False Claims Act dispute with the company can be resolved in the D.C. Circuit.
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January 31, 2025
LinkedIn Member Scraps Claims Over Use Of Data To Train AI
A LinkedIn subscriber has dropped his recently filed proposed class action accusing the company of unlawfully sharing the sensitive contents of paid users' private messages with third parties to train generative artificial intelligence models, a practice that the company has asserted it "never did."
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January 31, 2025
Pharmacy Escapes Novo Nordisk's Suit Over Ozempic
A Florida federal judge has tossed a lawsuit by Novo Nordisk trying to stop a compounding pharmacy from dispensing drugs with the same active ingredient as Nordisk weight loss and diabetes drugs, finding that the drugmaker's claims are preempted by federal law.
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January 31, 2025
FDIC Fines Fintech Bank Over Fee, Disclosure Issues
Fintech bank Wex Bank has agreed to pay a $650,000 fine to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to settle claims it allegedly failed to disclose certain fees and charged some customers higher fees than they agreed to pay, among other things.
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January 31, 2025
Ohio Businesses Hit Norfolk Southern With Derailment Suits
Norfolk Southern was hit with a slew of new lawsuits over the February 2023 train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio, including by two landlords who claim they lost tenants because of the environmental contamination.
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January 31, 2025
Uber Loses Bid To Block Colo. Rideshare Pay Disclosure Law
Uber Technology Inc. came up short in its effort to bar a Colorado law requiring the company to disclose driver pay to riders after a federal judge ruled Friday that the company hurt its own cause by waiting so long to raise the issue.
Expert Analysis
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Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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What Broker-Dealers Must Know Before Selling Bitcoin ETPs
Interest in bitcoin exchange-traded products is already high, and only expected to grow in light of the incoming Trump administration's pro-crypto stance, but broker-dealers must still consider numerous regulatory requirements before recommending a bitcoin ETP to a client, say Frank Weigand and Justine Woods at Cahill Gordon.
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Texas Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
The fourth quarter of 2024 brought noteworthy developments to the Texas financial services sector, particularly a new state artificial intelligence bill and a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that will affect an outsize number of Texas community banks, says Tyler George at Naman Howell.
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
Douglas Thompson at Snell & Wilmer highlights a number of recent and pending issues, actions and potentially pivotal federal regulatory and legislative developments on deck that will affect California banks and financial institutions.
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5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2025
Although advertisers are encouraged by the incoming Trump administration's focus on deregulation, this year could feel like wading through uncharted waters, and decreased federal government regulation may mean increased state regulation, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.
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NY Plastic Pollution Verdict May Not Bode Well For Other Suits
The dismissal of New York state's public nuisance complaint against PepsiCo over pollution of the Buffalo River with the company's single use plastic bottles may not augur well for similar lawsuits filed by Baltimore and Los Angeles County, although tort law varies from state to state, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.
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Where Payments Law And Regulation Are Headed In 2025
The Trump administration will likely bring significant changes to payments regulations in 2025, but maintaining internal compliance efforts in the absence of robust federal oversight will remain key as state authorities and private plaintiffs step into the breach, say attorneys at Stinson.
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What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025
There are 12 cyber policy questions to keep an eye on as the new administration and Republican control of Congress present an opportunity to advance less regulatory approaches and revisit some choices from the prior administration, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
While the last quarter of 2024 didn't bring any notable state financial legislation, Illinois banks did see developments in the challenge to the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, and received some awaited guidance on credit line disclosures and bank-fintech relationships, say attorneys at Dykema.
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Defense Strategies For Addressing Conspiracy-Minded Jurors
As conspiracy theories continue to proliferate and gain traction in the U.S., defense attorneys will need to consider ways to keep conspiracy-minded jurors from sitting on the jury, and to persuade them when this isn’t possible, say consultants at IMS Legal Strategies.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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Trump, Tariffs And Tech: The Right To Repair In 2025
The "right-to-repair" movement has helped make it easier for independent repair shops and consumers to repair their devices and vehicles — but President-elect Donald Trump's complicated relationship with Big Tech, and his advocacy for increased tariffs, make the immediate future of the movement uncertain, say attorneys at Carter Ledyard.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.