A Washington state judge considering Albertsons' mid-trial motion to dismiss allegations it fueled the state's opioid epidemic told lawyers for the state Monday that while they might have shown the pharmacy chain failed to implement an adequate monitoring system, she's still skeptical the company's conduct actually caused the overdose crisis.
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'So What?': Albertsons Judge Skeptical Of Wash. Opioid Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state judge considering Albertsons' mid-trial motion to dismiss allegations it fueled the state's opioid epidemic told lawyers for the state Monday that while they might have shown the pharmacy chain failed to implement an adequate monitoring system, she's still skeptical the company's conduct actually caused the overdose crisis.

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Sony Sues Kroger Over Influencer Ads With Copyrighted Music

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Sony Music has filed a copyright suit against grocery chain Kroger, saying influencer ad videos promoting its brands, stores, products and latest sales have been using copyrighted sound bites without permission.

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Ben & Jerry's Suit Against Magnum Trimmed, But Not Tossed

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge has largely trimmed a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit accusing its former parent company, Unilever, and its current parent, Magnum, of failing to respect the ice cream company's social mission, tossing seven out of 10 claims in the breach of contract suit.

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LITIGATION

Taylor Farms Sued Over Tainted Lettuce At Chicago Taco Bell

By Celeste Bott

Taylor Farms failed to adequately test, inspect and safeguard iceberg lettuce later linked to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak, alleges a Chicago man who says he became seriously ill after eating the company's lettuce at Taco Bell.

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Wis. Grocery Chain Settles Manager OT Suit For $7.5M

By Benjamin Morse

A Wisconsin grocery chain and a group of department managers have asked a federal court to preliminarily approve a $7.5 million settlement resolving claims that the workers were misclassified as overtime-exempt, a deal expected to cover roughly 1,000 current and former employees.

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Seattle Hookah Lounge Sued Over Fatal Shooting

By Jonathan Capriel

The family of a woman shot and killed at a hookah lounge in Seattle are suing several companies connected to the establishment in Washington state court, claiming they negligently allowed violence to occur and failed to provide adequate security despite a known "history of criminal activity" at the location.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

AGs Want Meta's Privilege Claims Reviewed In Bellwether Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

During a break in a jury trial Monday over states' claims Meta hid social media's harm, states' counsel urged a California federal judge to require Meta to re-review all of its attorney-client privilege designations, arguing that "it seems actually logically impossible" that Meta described the wrong standard in only a single document.  

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Legal Center Says DOJ Is Stonewalling Fund Records Request

By Jared Foretek

A voting rights nonprofit is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of stonewalling a request for records on the Trump administration's attempted "anti-weaponization fund," claiming that the agency has spent the summer unlawfully ducking a Freedom of Information Act submission.

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Galindo Law Files For Ch. 11 After Camp Lejeune Fee Fight

By Ben Zigterman

A Houston-based personal injury law firm sought bankruptcy relief on Monday with more than $50 million in liabilities after a mass tort litigation marketing company sued for over $9 million in fees related to finding potential victims of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

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Attys Ask Court To Toss Suit Alleging They Stole 1,000 Cases

By Spencer Brewer

Multiple attorneys asked a Texas federal court to toss claims that they conspired to hijack 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, claiming the firm that brought the suit failed to plead a viable RICO claim.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw a wave of lawsuits involving corporate oversight, take-private deals, financing transactions, bankruptcy fallout, stockholder voting rights and disputes over control.

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Apple Inc.

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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.

Campaign Legal Center

Capital One Financial Corp.

Chicago Public Library

Deer Finance LLC

Discover Financial Services Inc.

Enviva LP

Festival Foods Inc.

Fort Point Capital

Gemspring Capital

Instagram Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Novo Nordisk A S

RWE AG

Rite Aid Corp.

Snap Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Taylor Fresh Foods Inc.

The Kroger Co.

TikTok Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

Unilever PLC

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Andrus Boudreaux

Baron & Budd

Covington & Burling

Dykema Gossett

Greenberg Traurig

Head Murphy

Jackson Lewis PC

Jason J. Joy & Associates

Jordan Lynch & Cancienne

Levin Papantonio

McHugh Fuller

Newland & Newland

Ogden Murphy

Powell & Majestro

Proskauer Rose

Stris & Maher

Thompson Coe

Weil Gotshal

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Justice

Delaware Court of Chancery

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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 Northern District of California

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Washington Attorney General's Office