Bayer asked a Missouri federal judge to dismiss a sweeping antitrust proposed class action, arguing that the independent seed company suing it, in a complaint that also includes breach of contract allegations, is contesting perfectly legal licensing fees charged for corn technology, even after the last patents expired.
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Bayer Defends Fees For Seed Tech With Expired Patents

By Bryan Koenig

Bayer asked a Missouri federal judge to dismiss a sweeping antitrust proposed class action, arguing that the independent seed company suing it, in a complaint that also includes breach of contract allegations, is contesting perfectly legal licensing fees charged for corn technology, even after the last patents expired.

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Albertsons Probed On Pharmacy Compliance Staffing At Trial

By Ben Adlin

Two former Albertsons pharmacy compliance executives testified in video depositions played Tuesday before a Washington judge considering whether Albertsons failed to prevent the diversion of opioids in the state, acknowledging the nationwide compliance team consisted of just six staffers between 2015 and 2020 despite heightened scrutiny amid the opioid epidemic.

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Nespresso Can't Ditch Most Bias Claims By Ex-Employee

By Celeste Bott

A former Nespresso employee has plausibly alleged that race was a motivating factor in decisions denying her promotions and pay raises that were instead granted to less-qualified white employees, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, denying most of the company's motion to dismiss while also tossing claims against individual defendants.

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Kellogg Sues Apparel Co. In Delaware Over General Mills Deal

By Jarek Rutz

WK Kellogg North America LLC has sued apparel company Odd Sox LLC in the Delaware Chancery Court, accusing the licensee of violating a licensing agreement by launching a branded apparel collaboration with rival General Mills and heavily discounting Kellogg-themed merchandise without authorization.

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ENFORCEMENT

US Trade Fraud Task Force Recovers Over $1B In 10 Months

By Dylan Moroses

In just under a year, the U.S. has recovered over $1 billion as a result of enforcement efforts led by the cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force, and the U.S. Department of Justice will establish a new legal section to prosecute trade crimes, a department official said Tuesday. 

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LITIGATION

Iowa Lacks Ties To Starbucks IP Fight, Workers United Says

By Katherine Smith

Starbucks Workers United has asked an Iowa federal judge to dismiss claims accusing the union of infringing the coffee chain's trademarks through its name and logo, arguing the dispute does not belong in Iowa federal court.

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Kroger Says Flimsy Claims Doom Tobacco Fee Suit

By Grace Elletson

Grocery giant Kroger urged an Ohio federal judge to toss a suit challenging the legality of an extra health plan fee it charged tobacco users, stating it complied with federal benefits law by giving workers a 90-day window each year to dodge the fee by enrolling in a wellness program.

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Feds Say Fishing, Research Can Coexist In Marine Monument

By Elaine Briseño

The Trump administration has urged a D.C. federal court to toss a lawsuit lodged by environmental groups over allowing commercial fishing in a protected marine area off the coast of Massachusetts, arguing the interests of both groups can coexist.

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No Block On NZ Fish Imports, But Trade Court Case Continues

By Jack McLoone

While the U.S. Court of International Trade refused to preliminarily block imports of New Zealand fish that are caught in a manner that a conservation group said harms dolphins, the court also refused to dismiss the case altogether because the group has standing to bring the suit.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Justices' TPS Ruling Affects Workforce Planning

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding in Mullin v. Doe that courts lack jurisdiction to review temporary protected status determinations greenlights the end of TPS for thousands of Syrian and Haitian nationals, and means employers must reevaluate TPS-designees' employability while avoiding discriminatory document practices, says attorney Richard Herman.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Albertsons Cos. Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Bayer AG

Bayer CropScience Ltd.

Brennan Center for Justice

Brooklyn Defender Services

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Center for Family Representation Inc.

Chevron Corp.

CoStar Group Inc.

Conservation Law Foundation Inc.

Corteva Inc.

Earthjustice

General Mills Inc.

IMS Health Inc.

Iqvia Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Monsanto Co.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Nespresso USA Inc.

Nestle SA

Rite Aid Corp.

Safeway Inc.

Service Employees International Union

Starbucks Corp.

State Bar of California

The Bronx Defenders

The Kroger Co.

WK Kellogg Co

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Baron & Budd

Bayard PA

Chestnut Cambronne

Childers & Baxter

Cravath Swaine

Esbrook PC

Gray Ritter

Greenberg Traurig

Hedberg & Boulton

Hueston Hennigan

James & Hoffman

Kapitan Gomaa

Latham & Watkins

Levin Papantonio

Mayer Brown

McHugh Fuller

Miller Johnson Snell

Morgan Lewis

Nyemaster Goode

Ogden Murphy

Potomac Law Group

Powell & Majestro

Quinn Emanuel

Siri & Glimstad

Stueve Siegel

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Coburn

Trade Pacific PLLC

Williams & Connolly

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Congressional Research Service

Delaware Court of Chancery

Homeland Security Investigations

Internal Revenue Service

National Marine Fisheries Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Washington Attorney General's Office