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Meta Seeks A Rally As Instagram Addiction Suit Losses Mount

By Chris Villani

After a run of litigation losses, Meta Platforms Inc. will have to rethink its strategy in and out of court in an effort to beat back suits from coast to coast claiming that it is illegally hooking kids on Instagram, experts said, with everything from aggressive litigation to a global settlement on the table.

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3rd Circ. Panel Once Again Backs Talc Co. Whittaker's Ch. 11

By Clara Geoghegan

The Third Circuit on Monday upheld its decision that Whittaker Clark & Daniels was authorized to file for Chapter 11 and certain claims against the defunct talc supplier's corporate successor belong to the debtor, not personal injury claimants.

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Altria, Juul Can Appeal Class Cert. Decision In Antitrust Suit

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Monday granted Altria and Juul's request to appeal a ruling certifying several classes of e-cigarette buyers in an antitrust case alleging the companies schemed to have Altria exit the e-cigarette market.

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Judge Flags Lead Plaintiff Issues In McDermott Merger Suit

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas federal judge Monday questioned whether a shareholder group is too large and whether a late-buying individual investor could represent a subclass of investors in a suit accusing energy industry engineering giant McDermott International Inc. of misleading investors during its $6 billion merger with Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV in 2018.

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Conn. Sushi Restaurant Says Chef Can't Certify OT Class

By MJ Koo

A Connecticut sushi restaurant urged a federal judge Monday to reject class certification in a wage lawsuit brought by a former chef, arguing the case lacks evidence and the only other worker to join the suit was a delivery driver with different job duties.

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Nursing Home Hit With Wage Suit Over Meal, OT Pay

By Melanie Dorsey

Two former caregivers have hit a Michigan assisted living and memory care facility with a proposed collective action, alleging the facility failed to properly pay overtime by requiring hourly employees to work through unpaid meal breaks and excluding bonuses from overtime calculations. 

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Casino Dealer Sues Atlantic City Resort Over Tip Pool Policy

By MJ Koo

A table game dealer has sued Ocean Casino Resort in New Jersey federal court, claiming the Atlantic City casino illegally underpaid tipped workers by applying a tip credit to time when dealers were barred from earning tips and by using tip pool funds to cover its own administrative costs.

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Did Hedge Fund 'Greed' Hurt Vaxart Investors? Jury To Decide

By Bonnie Eslinger

Armistice Capital and two of its executives used misleading press releases to pump and dump $250 million in Vaxart stock during the pandemic through misleading press releases in an act of pandemic-era "greed," investors' counsel told a California federal jury during closing arguments Monday, while the hedge fund defendants' lawyer countered Vaxart's announcements were "true and accurate."

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Exxon Investors Seek Class Cert. On Permian Basin Claims

By Katryna Perera

Exxon investors accusing the oil and gas company of overvaluing its Permian Basin holdings by billions of dollars have asked a Texas federal judge to grant them class certification, arguing that doing so "will provide a critical step to ensuring the ability of investors to recover their losses."

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Bioscience Co. Allegedly Hid Volatility Risks From Investors

By Emilie Ruscoe

A company purportedly focused on using traditional Chinese medicine to treat conditions including autism spectrum disorder faces a proposed investor class action alleging it downplayed the risk it would be probed in connection with unusual volatility affecting the market for its shares.

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Battery Co. Hit With Investor Action Over 'Phantom Deals'

By Katryna Perera

Investors in a company that develops artificial intelligence-enhanced rechargeable batteries filed suit on Monday, claiming the company made misleading statements about its partnerships with other companies and its growth prospects, seeking damages for falling stock prices after the truth came to light.

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Meta, Food Banks Beat Pixel Privacy Suit For Now

By Joyce Hanson

A California federal judge delivered on her earlier indication at a hearing that she would dismiss a proposed privacy class action against Meta Platforms Inc. and several food banks, saying visitors to food assistance websites failed to show their privacy rights were violated.

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Canada Provinces Back Hockey League's Antitrust Dismissal

By Matthew Perlman

The governments of four Canadian provinces have urged the Ninth Circuit to reject an appeal from junior hockey players accusing the National Hockey League and its developmental organizations of suppressing compensation.

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Firms Seek $1.65M Fee In Interactive Brokers Settlement

By Tom Lotshaw

Counsel in a class action against Interactive Brokers LLC over allegedly faulty algorithms asked a federal judge to award about $1.65 million in attorney fees and $1.63 million in litigation expenses and approve a settlement worth $6.8 million.

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ER Docs Urge Justices To Back 5th Circ. Revival Of BCBS Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Emergency room doctors urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to disturb a Fifth Circuit decision reviving their insurance reimbursement dispute against Blue Cross Blue Shield involving out-of-network claims from employee benefit plans, arguing the appellate court correctly restarted proceedings in the case.

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New Wave Of Migrant Parole Cancellations To Go On, For Now

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday declined to stop the Trump administration from issuing new notices ending parole for noncitizens who used a government app to enter the U.S., despite claims that the government is circumventing an earlier court order that reinstated their parole.

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Kitchen Design Co. Abruptly Hits Ch. 7 With $100M+ Liabilities

By Emily Lever

Wren US Holdings Inc., a kitchen design firm based in the northeastern United States, has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in Delaware, citing between $100 million and $500 million each of assets and liabilities.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week tackled a fresh mix of deal litigation, procedural disputes and fiduciary duty claims, with several rulings and filings underscoring the court's continued focus on contractual precision, forum enforcement and the limits of stockholder challenges.

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How Food, Beverage Claims May Preview Cosmetic Litigation

Class action litigation targeting cosmetics and personal care products is accelerating, with a playbook that comes from the food and beverage industry — and the defenses that succeeded, and failed, in past class actions offer a critical road map for beauty and personal care brands, say attorneys at Crowell.

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GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

By Adrian Cruz

GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

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Judge Publicly Scolds 'Disgraced' Ex-Prosecutor For AI Errors

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina federal judge has eviscerated a former federal prosecutor in a public reprimand for his use of artificial intelligence to draft a response brief that was riddled with hallucinations, calling out the prosecutor's "lack of candor" and saying he "disgraced not only himself, but also the entire office he formerly served."

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Comey Indicted Again As Feds Call Seashell Message 'Threat'

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI director James Comey was again indicted Tuesday by the Trump administration, this time over a social media post last year of an image of seashells arranged on a North Carolina beach to form the message "86 47," which prosecutors characterized as a threat of violence against the president.

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Maurene Comey Can Sue DOJ Over Firing, Judge Rules

By Phillip Bantz

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey can move forward with her lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's administration fired her because she is the daughter of ex-FBI director and Trump's perceived enemy James B. Comey, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

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ADT Blasts 'Speculative' Bid To DQ Ogletree From Bias Case

By Gina Kim

ADT LLC urged a Georgia federal judge on Monday to reject an attorney's motion to disqualify Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC from defending it against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit, arguing the two matters are wholly separate and unrelated so there's no conflict. 

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Nadine Menendez Says Feds Need To 'Look Into The Mirror'

By George Woolston

Nadine Menendez dug into her bid for bail while she appeals her conviction on a bribery scheme carried out with her ex-politician husband, telling a New York federal court that prosecutors refuse to own up to their handling of the "forced withdrawal" of her counsel.

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Teleflex Settles Catheter Patent Case Against Medtronic

By Elliot Weld

Medical device company Teleflex and Medtronic have reached a settlement to end a catheter patent dispute from which a judge recused himself after explaining he was "at a loss" on how to proceed.

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