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May 19, 2026
Audi drivers hit the automotive giant with a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court Tuesday over what they describe as a defectively designed water pump in some vehicles that causes coolant loss and possible engine failure, which the company refuses to cover repairs by denying warranty coverage.
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May 19, 2026
A Chinese equipment testing lab says the Federal Communications Commission needs to tread carefully in crafting new rules demanding "reciprocal" agreements to test communications gear, or risk disrupting U.S. supply chains.
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May 19, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission asked the Fifth Circuit to put its appeal on hold in a case challenging the agency's effort to overhaul its premerger filing requirements, to give enforcers time to consider developing a new revision.
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May 19, 2026
Georgia became one of the latest states this year to put up new guardrails on AI-powered chatbots, implementing stricter regulations than some of its peers while shutting the door on private litigation arising from practices that violate the new statute.
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May 19, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge signed off on the U.S. Department of Justice's settlement with RealPage, the latest development in a suit alleging landlords coordinated to inflate rental prices via the company's algorithmic pricing software.
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May 19, 2026
Verizon has sought the FCC's blessing to retire older voice and data transmission services in eight different states, but New York state officials want the agency to hold off, arguing the suspension would put "essential public services and critical community functions" at risk.
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May 19, 2026
A Pennsylvania federal judge won't let GM escape a proposed class action accusing the automaker of knowingly selling vehicles with defective brakes, finding the plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged their defect claims and cannot be pulled into arbitration.
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May 19, 2026
New Jersey is fighting multifamily landlord AvalonBay Communities Inc.'s attempt to escape the state's consumer fraud claim in its rent price-fixing suit against property management software company RealPage Inc. and multiple landlords.
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May 19, 2026
Cooley LLP announced on Tuesday that it has welcomed two attorneys to its cyber, data and privacy practice from Perkins Coie LLP, one of whom had co-chaired that firm's privacy and security practice.
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May 19, 2026
Rocket Mortgage's parent company is arguing in Michigan federal court that a proposed class failed to show direct injury from an alleged scheme by the company to funnel homebuyers to brokers promoting costlier Rocket-affiliated mortgage services, in a brief supporting its bid to escape the case.
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May 18, 2026
A Florida federal court rejected a roofer's claims that the state's Department of Financial Services caused him to be charged three times with insurance fraud, ruling the agency's job at large is to investigate alleged criminal misconduct.
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May 18, 2026
A North Carolina plaintiffs firm facing a proposed class action over unwanted robocalls related to Camp Lejeune water contamination litigation is now suing its marketing company, telling a Charlotte federal court the company should cover any potential damages and legal fees.
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May 18, 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking public comment on a new set of proposed regulations for complying with the age determination and parental consent aspects of a looming law that restricts social media platforms from using algorithms to deliver addictive feeds to children.
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May 18, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched his own investigation into potential anticompetitive conduct among the country's meatpackers, a probe that will take place alongside the U.S. Department of Justice's ongoing investigation into the same allegations.
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May 18, 2026
A Florida jury heard opening arguments Monday in a trial over the lung cancer death of a woman who started smoking at a time when Philip Morris was "wallpapering" the nation with pro-smoking messages, her family's lawyer said.
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May 18, 2026
The D.C. Circuit recently said that the Federal Communications Commission has a "non-discretionary obligation" to respond to applications for review, and an advocacy group that's spent almost three years pushing to strip a Fox affiliate station of its license on allegations it aired election conspiracy theories says that obligation applies to it as well.
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May 18, 2026
Apartments.com illegally inflated tenants' housing costs by charging them hidden "junk transaction fees" on rent payments, according to a Washington woman's proposed nationwide class action removed to a federal court in Tacoma on Friday.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent holding that freight brokers can be held liable under state law for the negligent hiring of motor carriers that cause auto collisions is a "monumental" win for highway safety, plaintiffs attorneys said, as dangerous "fly-by-night" trucking companies could be put out of business.
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May 18, 2026
Zillow asked an Illinois federal court on Monday to stop real estate brokerage Compass from working with a Chicago-area multiple listing service to block access to home listings after Zillow established new rules around private listings on its site.
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May 18, 2026
Bank of America can arbitrate proposed class action claims over overdraft fees it charges its business checking account customers instead of fighting the allegations before a judicial referee, the Ninth Circuit has determined.
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May 18, 2026
A comedian who testified Monday at a California bellwether trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused three women's deadly ovarian cancer wiped away tears as he talked about his late mother, saying his emotions are "a little unusual" because he spends most of his time trying not to be serious.
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May 18, 2026
Recent federal criminal charges over Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster have created new risks for operators of the cargo ship at the center of the wreck, potentially upending a civil trial that's set to start next month to determine the scope of damages for victims' families and other injured claimants.
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May 18, 2026
Two Pennsylvania consumers targeted Amazon's Subscribe & Save feature in a proposed class action filed in Seattle federal court Monday, claiming the e-commerce giant tricks shoppers into registering by pricing eligible items lower than other sellers, then jacks up those prices once customers are committed to automatic future purchases.
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May 18, 2026
Northwest Multiple Listing Service has urged a Washington federal court to order real estate brokerage Compass to turn over "critical" discovery needed to defend against Compass' antitrust suit challenging its property listing policies.
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May 18, 2026
Community hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corp. sought $10.5 million in fees they said were warranted in their successful Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act case against hospital ratings nonprofit Leapfrog, while the nonprofit called the request "grotesquely inflated" and premature.