NextEra Investors Ink 'Record-Breaking' $150M Settlement

By Jessica Corso

NextEra investors say they have secured a "record-breaking" $150 million settlement with the utility company to resolve a lawsuit accusing NextEra of involvement in a scheme to place "ghost candidates" on Florida ballots.

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J&J Fails To Undo $65.5M Verdict In Minn. Talc Cancer Case

By Emily Field

A Minnesota state judge on Monday upheld a $65.5 million verdict awarded to a mother of three children who had claimed that Johnson & Johnson's talc products exposed her to asbestos and contributed to her cancer, saying that the jury's decision was supported by the evidence at trial.

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J&J Talc Trial In LA Ends With Deadlocked Jury

By Craig Clough

A mistrial was declared Monday by a Los Angeles state judge in a two-month trial over allegations Johnson & Johnson's talc products caused a woman's deadly mesothelioma after the jury deadlocked during deliberations, according to counsel for the plaintiff.

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Pfizer Agrees To Deal To End Depo-Provera MDL

By Carolina Bolado

The plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation accusing Pfizer of failing to warn consumers of a link between brain tumors and the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera have reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical giant, according to an order filed Monday.

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Nationwide Aims To Decertify 50K ERISA Class Ahead Of Trial

By Grace Elletson

Nationwide urged an Ohio federal judge to cut down a class of 50,000 401(k) plan participants who claimed the company mismanaged a fund in its retirement plan, pointing to a recent Fourth Circuit ruling that said defined contribution plans require too many individual assessments to earn class certification.

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Remote Workers Tell 6th Circ. Boot-Up Time Compensable

By MJ Koo

Remote call center workers handling inbound patient calls from home have argued before a Sixth Circuit panel that their employer failed to pay them in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act for pre-shift computer startup work integral to their jobs.

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Colo. Judge Moots Casino's Bid To Toss Wage Suit

By MJ Koo

A Colorado federal judge shelved a casino operator's bid to dismiss a wage and hour suit after the worker who brought the case filed an updated complaint.

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Serv-U-Success Hit With FLSA Overtime Pay Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

A former assistant manager at a retail company filed a proposed collective action in Michigan federal court accusing Thrifty Retail Services Logistics LLC, doing business as Serv-U-Success, of failing to properly calculate overtime pay by excluding bonuses and other nondiscretionary compensation from workers' regular rates of pay.

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US Bank Tells 8th Circ. Flawed Expert Doomed Retirees' Suit

By Patrick Hoff

U.S. Bancorp urged the Eighth Circuit to back its win over a lawsuit alleging it shortchanged workers who opted to retire early, asserting Tuesday that the trial court got it right when it nixed the retirees' expert opinion for utilizing abnormal actuarial methods.

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Trade Desk Brass Face Derivative Suit Over New Ad Platform

By Katryna Perera

A Trade Desk shareholder has launched a derivative suit against the company's top brass, claiming they misled investors about the adoption and performance of the company's Kokai advertising platform and knew customers were slow to adopt the product and were encountering significant usability and functionality problems, but represented otherwise. 

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2 Firms To Lead Target Investor Suit Over Pride Month Merch

By Sydney Price

Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Boyden Gray PLLC will lead a group of shareholders suing Target Corp. over its Pride-themed merchandise that they claim was "exceptionally offensive" and "betrayed" investors.

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GameStop Investor Fights $35B CEO Pay Vote In Chancery

By Jarek Rutz

A GameStop stockholder has filed a class action in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to block shareholder votes tied to CEO Ryan Cohen's potential $35 billion compensation package and a plan to more than double the company's authorized shares, alleging GameStop unlawfully changed voting rules to secure approval.

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Consumers Call Google Search Damages 'Palpably Obvious'

By Bryan Koenig

Consumers want a California federal judge to preserve their antitrust claims accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they don't yet need to articulate damages each has borne because it's "impossible" for them not to have been harmed.

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AGs Face Opposition To RealPage Intervention Bid

By Matthew Perlman

Renters and building owners in multidistrict litigation alleging landlords used RealPage's software to inflate rental rates have told a Tennessee federal court the deals they reached cover any damages that attorneys general for four states and the District of Columbia might seek on behalf of their citizens.

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Boat Listing Service Escapes Antitrust Claims For Now

By Matthew Perlman

A Florida federal court on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust case accusing Boats Group LLC of monopolizing the market for online platforms used to buy and sell boats, finding the conduct being attacked is not anticompetitive.

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7th Circ. Scraps American Airlines Toxic Uniforms Suit

By Linda Chiem

The Seventh Circuit said Tuesday that American Airlines employees suing over allegedly toxic uniforms didn't have sufficient expert evidence suggesting the uniforms triggered their allergic reactions and other health symptoms, rejecting their bid to invoke the legal doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to infer a defect or negligence.

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WestRock Must Face Class Claims Over Wash. Paper Mill Odor

By Ben Adlin

A group of Washington and Oregon residents can proceed with a proposed class action accusing paper mill operator WestRock Longview LLC of negligently releasing noxious gases that sickened neighbors and hurt property values, a Washington federal judge ruled Monday.

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9th Circ. Rejects FCA Bid To Pause Headrest Class Trial

By Joyce Hanson

The Ninth Circuit has rejected outright Fiat Chrysler's bid to pause class action proceedings over supposedly defective Jeep and Dodge headrests during the automaker's preparation of a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court as it pushes for arbitration in the case.

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GM Says Cadillac EV Owners' Design Defect Suit Falls Flat

By Susan Smiley

General Motors has asked a Washington federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing the automaker of false advertising and concealing design defects in its Cadillac Lyriq electric vehicle, saying the complaint fails to make any specific claims or show how the plaintiffs were harmed by the alleged electrical malfunctions.

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Orange County Residents Sue GKN Over Toxic Emergency

By Mike Curley

A proposed class of Orange County residents is suing GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. in California state court, alleging GKN's negligence led to the overheating and near-explosion of a 34,000 gallon tank of methyl methacrylate in May.

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Capital One Clients Denied Class Cert. In Data Sharing Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Tuesday refused to certify a class of Capital One customers claiming their personal financial information was illegally disclosed to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC and others, ruling that there are too many individualized factors at play.

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2nd Circ. Judge Blasts 'Wrong' Video Privacy Test In NBA Suit

By Allison Grande

The Second Circuit appeared poised Tuesday to uphold the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing the NBA of illegally sharing newsletter subscribers' video-viewing habits with Meta although one judge said prior rulings set the "wrong" circuit precedent for what data disclosures are prohibited by the Video Privacy Protection Act.

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Restaurants Accused Of Flouting Credit Card Privacy Rule

By Julie Manganis

The operator of a group of upscale restaurants, including Abe & Louie's in Boston, violated a federal law by leaving 10 digits of customer credit card numbers visible on receipts, a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts state court alleges.

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Kalshi Shared Private User Data With Third Parties, Suit Says

By David Steele

A California man has hit Kalshi Inc. with a proposed class action in federal court, accusing the prediction market of illegally sharing its users' personal information through LinkedIn and Google website tracking codes.

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Del Monte Sets Up For Tariff Refund Windfall, Suit Says

By Jack McLoone

Canned fruits and vegetables giant Del Monte Foods Inc. stands to make a "windfall" through refunds of President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, according to a proposed class action filed in New York federal court seeking refunds for customers.

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Sanofi Sued Over Qunol CoQ10 'Superior Absorption' Claims

By Gina Kim

Sanofi-Aventis US deceives customers into believing its Qunol liquid CoQ10 supplements have "superior absorption" advantages compared to regular CoQ10 products despite scientific testing that shows otherwise and prior legal action that barred it from making similar efficacy claims, alleges a proposed class action filed Monday in New Jersey federal court.

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U Of Colo. Regents Sued Over End To 'Email For Life'

By Rachel Konieczny

An alumnus of the University of Colorado Boulder urged a Colorado state judge to stop the university's board of regents from cutting off graduates' access to their university email addresses, saying the planned cutoff violates a contract between the university and its alumni.

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Amazon Says YouTubers' DMCA Suit Rests On 'Guesswork'

By Rae Ann Varona

Amazon has urged a Seattle federal court to toss three YouTube creators' proposed Digital Millennium Copyright Act class action that accuses the e-commerce giant of scraping millions of copyright-protected videos to train its generative artificial intelligence model Nova Reel, saying the YouTubers' failure to link it to certain datasets makes their allegations "entirely speculative."

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How Boards Can Shrink The AI Governance Gap

While companies have overwhelmingly embraced artificial intelligence, most lack corresponding governance structures and director-level fluency to oversee these programs, highlighting the importance of board and executive supervision to keep pace with growing litigation risk, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

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No Discipline For DOJ Atty's 'Lapse Of Judgment' In ICE Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.

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Trump Halts Clayton Director Hearing Over Blue-Slip Dispute

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, not to appear for his confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, in part over a blue-slip issue.

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Maya Kowalski Sues Ex-Atty Over Fees, Funding Loan

By Carolina Bolado

Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," filed a malpractice suit against her former attorney on Wednesday, accusing him of charging excessive fees and improperly orchestrating an advance funding loan after winning a $213 million judgment.

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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line

By Elliot Weld

An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."

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Bosch Receives First DOJ Declination Under New Policy

By Sarah Jarvis

German technology company Bosch on Wednesday became the first company to avoid criminal prosecution under a new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy after it cooperated with the federal government and agreed to pay $36 million to settle allegations it improperly exported technology products to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.

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DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

By Sam Reisman

The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

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