Walmart Shorts Customers On Shrimp Weight, Ill. Suit Says

By Lauraann Wood

Walmart has been accused in Illinois state court of illegally shorting its customers by including the ice "glaze" in the weight advertised on its Great Value shrimp packaging, which a customer says can lead to substantial differences in the product's true weight once thawed and drained.

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Biotech Co.'s Egg Protein Patent Case Flops In Del. Court

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal judge found cracks in a biotechnology company's jurisdictional arguments in a case it brought seeking a declaration that it wasn't infringing a rival's patent covering animal-free egg protein, ruling Friday there was no imminent controversy between the companies when the lawsuit was filed.

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Snack Co. Health Plan Levied Unlawful Tobacco Fee, Suit Says

By Patrick Hoff

Snack food company Mondelez Global LLC unlawfully charged employees who used tobacco an additional $1,200 per year to obtain health benefits without adequately explaining how workers could avoid the fee, according to a proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court.

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Chicagoans Sue Over Delivery Robots' Biometric Scans

By Celeste Bott

Two California-based robot delivery companies have been hit with biometric privacy suits in Illinois state court alleging that the robots they deploy in Chicago unlawfully scan identifying information from people in their range and stream that data in real time to human operators, using it to train both their own and third parties' artificial intelligence models.

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NYC Pushes Back On Bid To Block Municipal Grocery Stores

By Matthew Perlman

The New York City government urged a federal court not to block plans to open city-owned grocery stores in each of the five boroughs, saying the program is needed to combat hunger as New Yorkers face high inflation and cuts to federal nutrition assistance.

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Justices Won't Review Ohio's Out-Of-State Wine Sales Law

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to review a Sixth Circuit ruling that found Ohio's law banning the shipment of wine to consumers in the state by out-of-state retailers is unconstitutional.

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2nd Circ. Revives Lidl Worker's Unpaid Waiting Time Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Waiting time is compensable under federal wage law when employees are required to report to work but cannot begin their duties for reasons beyond their control, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday in reviving a Lidl grocery store worker's unpaid wage claims.

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Justices Turn Away Ex-Ruby Tuesday Execs' Benefits Case

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected former Ruby Tuesday executives' bid for review of their claims that Regions Bank underpaid them after their deferred compensation benefits were liquidated in bankruptcy, turning away a case the ex-executives said presented a circuit split.

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Justices Won't Review 9th Circ. Revival Of Trafficking Case

By Y. Peter Kang

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review the full Ninth Circuit's February ruling that Congress' 2023 bill clarifying civil liability for companies that "attempt to benefit" from human trafficking of Cambodian workers can apply retroactively.

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11th Circ. Lowers Bar For Getting ERISA Claims Into Court

By Kellie Mejdrich

The full Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday overturned decades-old precedent that took a strict view of when federal benefits law claims could be brought in court, reviving a proposed class action alleging mismanagement of a seafood company's employee stock ownership plan.

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Texas County Says Hemp Rule Not Preempted By Federal Law

By Sam Reisman

Officials in a South Texas county are urging a federal judge to dismiss claims brought against them by a trio of hemp interests challenging a state policy that redesignated intoxicating hemp products as Schedule I substances.

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1st Circ. Nixes Lobster Fishers' Libel Suit Against Aquarium

By Carolyn Muyskens

The First Circuit has ordered the dismissal of a defamation suit that lobster fishers brought against an aquarium that urged consumers to avoid buying lobster, finding the claims are barred because the report did not single out any of the plaintiffs.

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Colo. Panel Probes Challenge To Large-Scale Feedlot Permit

By Rachel Konieczny

The Colorado Court of Appeals challenged environmental groups' opposition to a permit allowing large-scale animal feeding facilities to operate without certain monitoring requirements, but pressed counsel for both parties on Tuesday on the permit's purpose amid potential pollution to the state's waterways.

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Restaurant-Focused PE Firm Wraps $201.5M 3rd Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Restaurant-focused private equity firm Savory Fund on Tuesday revealed that it closed its third fund slightly above target after securing $201.5 million of investor commitments.

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Sidley Taps Kirkland Atty As Private Equity Funds Co-Leader

By Tracey Read

A Kirkland & Ellis LLP investment funds partner has moved to Sidley Austin LLP to become a co-leader of its private equity funds group.

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Fox Rothschild Beats Daycare's Malicious Prosecution Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.

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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Another Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty

By James Boyle

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has grown its public finance team with the addition of a former Ballard Spahr LLP attorney who specializes in real estate financing, bringing its total lateral hires from Ballard Spahr to 40 since February.

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Baker Botts Atty Seeks $3.4M In Fees After Defamation Suit

By Madison Arnold

A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Wants Firm Docs For Insider Trading Defense

By Carolyn Muyskens

A former BigLaw associate accused of insider trading is seeking records from ex-employers Sidley Austin LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP to help fight charges that he tipped others about nonpublic deals the firms were working on.

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Haynes Boone Adds Ex-Loeb & Loeb Real Estate Atty In NY

By Nate Beck

Haynes Boone announced it has hired a transactional attorney from Loeb & Loeb LLP as a partner in its New York office to bolster its real estate practice.

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Quinn Emanuel Seeks Arbitration Of $1.7M Fee Dispute

By Caroline Simson

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is urging a California federal court to order an entrepreneur to arbitrate malpractice claims stemming from the firm's representation of her in a sexual harassment claim against a technology investor as it seeks to collect more than $1.7 million in unpaid fees.

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