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November 03, 2026
Birth Control Clip Maker Must Face Injury Case Trial

Medical device importer and distributor CooperSurgical Inc. failed to secure quick wins on several claims in a bellwether product liability case alleging injuries from Filshie Clip birth control devices, with a Connecticut state judge finding that federal law does not preempt six women's failure-to-warn allegations.
November 03, 2026
Lagunitas Sells Beer With Risky PFAS Levels, Suit Alleges

The Lagunitas Brewing Co. has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court that accuses the Heineken-owned brewery of failing to disclose that its beer contains forever chemicals at levels far beyond those the Environmental Protection Agency has found to pose risks to human health.
November 03, 2026
Dems Interrogate McDonald's CEO On AI-Driven Pricing

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Becca Balint and other Democrats sent a letter to McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski, pressing him on the company's use of artificial intelligence-driven pricing recommendations and how it assesses potential harm to consumers and competition.
November 03, 2026
Justin Sun Says Trump-Tied Crypto Firm Deserves Sanctions

Billionaire Justin Sun urged a California federal judge to sanction World Liberty Financial in litigation over his $45 million investment in the Trump-tied crypto firm, saying the company cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars when it "violated one of the most basic requirements" of the court.
November 03, 2026
Calif. OK With Broadband Rules, But Not Net Neutrality Limits

California has told the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that it will accept the $1.8 billion it has been allocated under the federal broadband access program, but it doesn't believe that it has to stop enforcing its state consumer protection laws, including the ones related to net neutrality.
November 03, 2026
BofA's $1.2B AML Fine Shows Perils Of Tech Overreliance

Bank of America's $1.2 billion deal with the U.S. Treasury Department over anti-money-laundering failures has put compliance officers at financial institutions on alert about the perils they could face if they don't have empowered in-house investigators and proper oversight of technological systems for transaction monitoring.
November 03, 2026
2nd Circ. Denies Kalshi, Coinbase Enforcement Shields

A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday rebuffed separate bids by Kalshi and Coinbase to temporarily shield their sports contracts from New York and Connecticut gambling regulators after the judges appeared unconvinced by the platforms' attempts to draw lines between sports event contracts and sports bets.
November 03, 2026
Apple Gets Sync Streaming App's Antitrust Suit Sent To Calif.

A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday granted Apple Inc.'s bid to transfer a communal streaming app developer's antitrust lawsuit against it to California, saying "court congestion" and "local interest" weigh in favor of moving the case to the Golden State.
November 03, 2026
OppFi Pulls $130M BNC Bank Bid, Citing Review Uncertainty

Online lender Opportunity Financial said Tuesday it was withdrawing its applications for a planned $130 million purchase of BNC National Bank, calling off its bid to become a bank amid what it described as unclear regulatory standards and other obstacles to approval.
November 03, 2026
Colo. Company Accused Of Improperly Collecting Legal Fees

A Colorado company that purports to get customer disputes expunged from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority unlawfully collects legal fees for its services while claiming not to be a law firm, an Illinois financial adviser said in Colorado state court Friday.
November 03, 2026
PBM Says Fla. Collusion Suit Belongs In Federal Court

A pharmacy benefit manager accused by Florida's attorney general of colluding with a competitor to fix prescription drug reimbursement rates for pharmacies removed the state's suit to federal court, citing its work for federal and military employees.
November 03, 2026
Challengers Urge FCC To Zero Out Subsidy Fund Fees

A conservative litigation group challenging the Universal Service Fund asked the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday to zero out the fees supporting the fund next quarter.
November 03, 2026
Low-Power Stations Resist Sinclair Call For ATSC Mandate

Low-power stations told the Federal Communications Commission they would stand behind a decision by full-power broadcasters to adopt the next-generation TV transmission standard, but urged the agency not to apply a federal sunset of the older standard to LPTV.
November 03, 2026
10M Walmart, EBay Users Included In Certified Amazon Class

An order unsealed Monday gives a number and lays out criteria for the class of millions of consumers certified last month in a Washington federal court lawsuit accusing Amazon of creating an artificial, anticompetitive pricing floor for goods sold on other platforms and not just on its own.
November 03, 2026
FCC Evaluating Plan To Boost Drones In 3 Spectrum Bands

The Federal Communications Commission is evaluating a draft plan to update rules for three spectrum bands to make it easier to deploy drones as well as expand broadband connectivity in aviation.
November 03, 2026
Justices To Hear Apple App Store Contempt Case In January

The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled an argument on Jan. 11 for Apple's challenge to a contempt order issued for allegedly trying to use high commissions to prevent app developers from steering users to outside payment methods in a case brought by Epic Games.
November 03, 2026
Trade Court Finds US Solar Coalition's Duty Challenge Moot

The U.S. Court of International Trade dismissed as moot a suit brought by U.S. solar manufacturers challenging U.S. International Trade Commission determinations regarding harm caused by Cambodian and Thai solar cell imports because the at-issue entries have already been processed.
November 03, 2026
Online Casino Cos. Look To Duck Mass Arbitration Claims

A trio of offshore entities linked to the WOW Vegas online "social gaming" site sued the American Arbitration Association on Monday, seeking an injunction barring them from being targeted in an ongoing illegal gambling mass arbitration because they never signed an underlying arbitration agreement.
November 03, 2026
Texas Residents Say SpaceX Knew Launches Were Too Loud

A group of Texas homeowners is pushing back against SpaceX's bid to throw out their noneconomic damages in a suit alleging that its space launches were loud enough to damage their homes, saying the Elon Musk-owned company knew about the dangers but pressed on anyway.
November 02, 2026
Honda Keyless Entry Opens Door To Thieves, Driver Says

The design of Honda's keyless entry system makes its vehicles "prime targets for theft," but instead of disclosing the issue to consumers and implementing simple, cost-effective anti-theft features, the automaker for years has focused on its bottom line, according to a new proposed class action filed in California federal court.
November 02, 2026
Toyota Says Farmers' Policy Shift Flouts 2021 Insurance Deal

Toyota Insurance filed a lawsuit on Monday in Delaware state court against Farmers Insurance Exchange and several affiliates, accusing them of breaching an agreement inked in 2021 for Toyota-branded auto insurance policies.
November 02, 2026
'Honest' Shampoo Co. Accused Of Lying About Allergens

The Honest Co. wasn't so honest on its labels marketing certain hypoallergenic conditioner, shampoo and body wash products, according to a proposed class action filed Monday by a California woman who says the products actually contain skin irritants.
November 02, 2026
Coinbase Says NJ Dropped $5M Staking Securities Action

Coinbase said Monday that New Jersey has dropped a lawsuit accusing the crypto exchange of offering unregistered securities through its staking services and rescinded a 2023 cease-and-desist order that barred it from offering the rewards-generating product in the state.
November 02, 2026
Calif. AG Hits Lyft With $1.8M Fine For Opt-Out 'Barrier'

Lyft has agreed to pay $1.8 million and overhaul its mechanism for consumers to stop the sale of their data through its mobile app in order to resolve the California attorney general's claims that the company's existing opt-out process was too "cumbersome" and created a "barrier" to consumers exercising their privacy rights.
November 02, 2026
FTC Inks $600K Redress Deal With Wash. Payment Cos.

Riverside Payments Inc. and affiliate Cascade Equipment Leasing LLC agreed to pay $600,000 and let clients exit contracts to resolve federal and state allegations that the companies lied to small businesses about cost savings and falsely advertised risk-free service cancellations, according to authorities' filings in Washington federal court Monday.

Editor's Picks

Fed. Circ. Panel Backs Invalidation Of OxyContin Patent

The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a Delaware federal court's decision that deemed invalid a Purdue Pharma patent covering an abuse-deterrent version of the opioid OxyContin, rebuffing the company's arguments that the lower court got its obviousness analysis wrong.
Fed. Circ. Questions Specificity Needed In Oxy IP Invalidation

A Federal Circuit panel expressed frustration with attorneys from both Purdue Pharma LP and generic-drug maker Accord Healthcare Inc. Wednesday as it tried to navigate whether the Delaware district court order invalidating Purdue's abuse-deterrence patent was explicit enough.

Expert Analysis

How Cos. Using AI Agents Can Avoid Protected Data Incidents

For businesses whose deployed artificial intelligence agents could enter other companies' systems and steal protected data, deployers can take several steps before an incident to test the configured agent, such as limiting it to approved systems and destinations and requiring human escalation when tasks stall, says Steven Carlson at von Briesen & Roper.
Courts Signal Higher FCRA Bar For Identity Theft Claims

Recent rulings adopting a heightened, "objectively and readily verifiable" inaccuracy standard may give credit furnishers stronger defenses to identity theft-related Fair Credit Reporting Act claims in the Ninth Circuit, while requiring them to continue documenting thorough dispute investigations, says Brian Kiolbasa at Ballard Spahr.
10 Ways AI Labs Can Limit Antitrust Risks Of Safety Pacts

The OpenAI CEO’s recent call for artificial intelligence laboratories to collectively slow development to allow safety research to catch up invites antitrust scrutiny, but the risks to coordinating competitors can be managed by carefully structuring pacing agreements and layering their approach to compliance, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
How Banks Can Better Prepare For Wire Fraud Risks

Recent schemes serve as a reminder that banks can better limit liability for fraudulent wire transfers by documenting commercially reasonable security procedures, following them consistently, and addressing beneficiary name and account number discrepancies, says Shelli Clarkston at Spencer Fane.
Lessons For Cannabis Dispensaries From Web Tracking Suits

The trajectory of health-tracking litigation in Florida and elsewhere suggests that patient privacy claims will not disappear quickly, so dispensaries should audit their sites, tighten consent and align their disclosures with their actual practices, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.
FTC Highlights Path To Preserve Board Rights In A Rival Co.

The Federal Trade Commission's move to add key guardrails permitting firearms manufacturer Beretta to retain two directors as it takes a 25% stake in competitor Ruger illustrates how parties may maintain board rights in certain circumstances without running afoul of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, say attorneys at Davis Polk.
A Defense Attorney Playbook For Challenging Flock Evidence

As law enforcement continues to bring charges based on evidence from Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers, defense counsel should consider four key categories for discovery requests and motions to compel such evidence, says Tamar Lerer at the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender.
FinCEN Scam Alerts Push Banks To Rethink AML Monitoring

Recent Financial Crimes Enforcement Network guidance on digital asset scams suggests that future anti-money laundering examinations may focus less on whether institutions detect the movement of criminal proceeds and more on whether they can identify fraud schemes before victims suffer catastrophic losses, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
Washington Email Law Still Puts Marketers At Litigation Risk

Despite legislative efforts to curtail abusive litigation after the 2025 Brown v. Old Navy decision extending Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act to misleading email subject lines, CEMA can still trigger class actions with statutory damages, even for national campaigns run by companies with no physical presence in Washington, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.
How AI Could Help Judges Spot Their Own Biases

In close cases where there’s room for discretion, artificial intelligence could challenge judges’ implicit biases by running counterfactual tests at scale — but any judicial use of such tools would need guardrails, say Arnold Peter at Peter Law and Nancy Rapoport at University of Nevada.
Compete Act Reinforces Calif.'s Antitrust Leadership Role

California's recent passage of the Compete Act, which expands the state's principal antitrust statute's focus on concerted multifirm conduct to business dealings between two or more firms, underscores California's leadership in state antitrust enforcement as attorneys general move to fill perceived gaps left by reduced federal oversight, say attorneys at Skadden.
Parsing The Lowest SEC Enforcement Stats In Over A Decade

Statistics show that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought a historically low number of enforcement actions during Paul Atkins' first full fiscal year as chairman, delivering on his promise to reduce enforcement in program areas focused on recordkeeping and other technical violations, say attorneys at Covington.
How To ID And Respond To 5 Types Of Misleading Witnesses

Witnesses can mislead fact-finders using a variety of tactics — from strategic amnesia to manufactured ignorance — but lawyers can learn how to identify and expose this testimony to come out on top, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.
Midterm Elections Outlook For Financial Services

A change in congressional control after the upcoming midterm elections could bring about slower regulatory approvals, intensified oversight and shifting enforcement priorities for the financial services industry, say attorneys at Covington.
New Manhattan DA Task Force Puts Antitrust In Its Crosshairs

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office's new corporate crime and antitrust task force is adding local criminal enforcement to a field long led by federal authorities, meaning companies need to account for potential parallel federal and state antitrust investigations when responding to misconduct, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.