Coca-Cola Secretly Let Tech Giants Track Data, Suit Says

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Coca-Cola Co. has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging it violated the privacy of visitors to its websites by allowing tech giants like Meta, Google, TikTok, and Microsoft to track and collect the users' data even if they'd opted out of nonessential cookies.

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Celestial Seasonings Can't Beat Tea Buyers' 'All Natural' Suit

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado federal judge won't dismiss a proposed class action accusing Celestial Seasonings Inc. of falsely advertising its teas as having "all natural" flavors after determining that the role of citric acid in its teas is a factual dispute to be resolved later.

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Comedians Drop Suit Over Sam Adams 'Toast Someone' Ad

By Carolyn Muyskens

Comedians featured in a Sam Adams ad campaign have resolved a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court alleging the company continued to use their images long after its right to do so had ended.

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USTR Keeps China Import Relief As Trade Talks Continue

By Dylan Moroses

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative took steps Monday to extend the product exclusions for certain Chinese imports from tariffs installed during President Donald Trump's first term, and to delay another two months port fees and tariffs on cranes associated with China's shipbuilding sector, according to published notices.

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Aramark Says Conflict Policy Doesn't Bar Wash. Moonlighting

By Ben Adlin

Food service and facilities management provider Aramark urged a Washington federal court to toss a proposed class action over alleged limits on moonlighting by workers, contending the claims "fail out of the gate because the policy alleged in the complaint does not actually prohibit moonlighting in the first place."

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Wash. Judge Faults DOL's Approval Of Farm Wage Survey

By MJ Koo

The U.S. Department of Labor acted unlawfully in approving a state wage survey that split farmworkers' piece-rate pay into separate categories, a Washington federal judge ruled, but he rejected a farmworkers union's other challenges to the agency's wage rules.

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Fla. Judge Finds H-2A Wage Rule Suit Moot After Replacement

By Tom Lotshaw

A Florida federal judge granted the Trump administration's push to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a Biden-era rule that increased wages for foreign farmworkers in light of a new interim rule that has been issued.

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Coors' Supplier Appeals Colo. Court's Block Of Contract Exit

By Rachel Konieczny

Beer brand supplier Constellation Brands Inc. has asked the Colorado Court of Appeals to decide whether a Denver judge improperly blocked it from terminating its 18-year-long distribution contract with Coors Distributing Co. LLC.

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Calif. Sex Harassment Cases Clarify Limits On EFAA Waivers

Two recent rulings in California confirm that the plaintiff's knowledge drives waiver analysis under the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, underscoring that employers should build a strong evidentiary record and pick their battles, says Ellen Connelly Cohen at Call & Jensen.

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High Court's H-2A Case Could Reshape Agency Adjudication

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that concerns whether the U.S. Department of Labor may fine an employer for violating employment conditions in the H-2A visa program, but its eventual decision could chart the course for in-house adjudication across a broad swath of the federal government, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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Ark. Senators Accused Of Blocking Trump's 8th Circ. Pick

By Courtney Bublé

With time waning for a Republican-controlled Senate, President Donald Trump might lose an opportunity to fill a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Simpson Thacher Hires Energy Regulatory Atty In DC

By Christine DeRosa

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has grown its energy regulatory capabilities in the nation's capital with the addition of a longtime Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP attorney.

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Kirkland Hires Weil DC Leader For Antitrust Team

By Alison Knezevich

A Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP antitrust partner who has led the dissolving firm's Washington, D.C., office is headed to Kirkland LLP.

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How A Child Of Immigrants Defends Abrego Garcia

By Corey Rothauser

Hecker Fink attorney Jeffrey Then grew up translating English-language letters for customers at his Dominican immigrant family’s Bronx business. Decades later, he drew on that experience while defending Kilmar Abrego Garcia from federal human smuggling charges, becoming a lifeline for Abrego Garcia during his detention.

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Milbank Moves To Newly Redone Century City Office In LA

By Nate Beck

Milbank LLP has taken space in a newly renovated office in Los Angeles, remaining in Century City.

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John Morgan On Why Luck Matters More Than Most Admit

By Y. Peter Kang

John Morgan, founder of personal injury giant Morgan & Morgan PA, built the largest personal injury firm in the U.S., with 1,110 attorneys in 140 locations. In his new memoir, "Life Is Luck," the attorney who Forbes estimates has a net worth of $1.5 billion argues that success is about more than talent, intelligence or determination. It is also about recognizing opportunities, taking risks and capitalizing on fortunate breaks when they appear.

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Wachtell To Probe Nvidia CEO's Affair With Alleged China Spy

By Anna Scott Farrell and Sue Reisinger

Nvidia has hired Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz to lead an investigation into allegations that its founder and CEO had an affair with a business executive who U.S. intelligence believes is a Chinese spy, the artificial intelligence chipmaker said Tuesday.

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Grassley Defends Rush To Confirm Trump Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday defended how quickly the committee is moving to confirm President Donald Trump's judicial picks before Democrats control the Senate.

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Mass. Auditor Says Lawmakers Must Comply With Demands

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' state auditor asked a judge to force lawmakers to comply with demands for documents for her long-sought — and voter-endorsed — audit of the legislature.

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