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March 28, 2025
Kroger, Albertsons Appeal Block Of $24.6B Merger
Kroger and Albertsons say they plan to appeal a Washington state judge's ruling that blocked the $24.6 billion merger of the grocery chains and determined the state could collect legal costs for prevailing in its Consumer Protection Act suit opposing the deal.
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March 28, 2025
Protego Says Texas Firm Broke $200M Crypto Bank Promise
Protego Holdings Corp. said a Texas-based firm promised to invest $200 million in its launch of a cryptocurrency bank but delivered only excuses as the funding failed to materialize and a rare conditional approval from the U.S. government lapsed when financing wasn't in place.
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March 27, 2025
FTC Seeks Amazon Execs' Financials For Prime Renewal Suit
The Federal Trade Commission urged a Washington federal court to make several Amazon executives hand over an accounting of their assets and liabilities, saying the financial information was essential for determining civil penalties in its lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of trapping consumers into renewing Prime subscriptions.
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March 27, 2025
Video Privacy Law Doesn't Hit Movie Theaters, 9th Circ. Says
The federal Video Privacy Protection Act doesn't cover companies that offer "a classic in-theater moviegoing experience," the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday in affirming the dismissal of a putative class action accusing Landmark Theatres of violating the law by sharing ticket buyers' information with Facebook.
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March 27, 2025
'Success By Health' Execs Fight $7.3M FTC Win At 9th Circ.
Executives behind the alleged "Success By Health" pyramid scheme urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to reverse a $7.3 million compensatory sanction and asset-freeze injunction, arguing the sanction wasn't tied to actual loss and the lower court shouldn't have frozen assets following the high court's 2021 AMG v. FTC ruling.
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March 27, 2025
9th Circ. Revives Monsanto Roundup Expiration Label Fight
Consumers can pursue their proposed class claims against Monsanto that ingredients in its Roundup herbicides could form a dangerous cancer-causing substance, but not against a distributor, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
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March 27, 2025
Shade Store Customers Seek Class Cert. In Deceptive Ad Suit
A pair of Washington residents are seeking to certify a class of thousands of consumers in a case alleging The Shade Store violated Washington's consumer protection law with fake buy-now ads.
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March 27, 2025
Chamber Asks Justices To Review Duke Energy Monopoly Suit
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to review a decision that revived a case accusing Duke Energy of squeezing a rival out of the market in North Carolina, saying the appeals court was wrong to recognize a "Frankenstein's monster" theory of harm.
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March 27, 2025
WordPerfect Software Co. Settles 'Alludo' TM Suit In Wash.
The company behind the 1990s word-processing application WordPerfect has settled a Washington-based education technology firm's lawsuit accusing it of stealing a trademarked name for a 2022 revamp, ending the case ahead of an early April trial date in Seattle federal court.
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March 27, 2025
Nu Skin Can't Avoid Distributor Dispute In Wash. Court
The Washington Supreme Court said Thursday that Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. can't jettison a case in Washington state court and force product distributors to go to Utah to settle claims that the multilevel marketing company violated a Washington law against pyramid schemes, in a question that had split lower appellate courts.
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March 27, 2025
Ex-Netflix Exec Urges 9th Circ. To Wipe Bribery Conviction
Counsel for Netflix's former vice president of information technology urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday to undo his conviction for taking bribes from vendors, saying prosecutors tainted the verdict by improperly intertwining two different fraud theories.
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March 27, 2025
UPS, Workers To Take Military Leave Suit To Mediation
United Parcel Service and a class of employees alerted a Washington federal court that they intend to mediate the workers' lawsuit accusing the company of failing to pay drivers on short-term military leave while paying those who take time off for jury duty and other short-term absences.
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March 27, 2025
FCA Suit Alleging Unnecessary Spinal Surgeries Avoids Dismissal
A Washington federal judge declined Wednesday to toss the state and federal government's suit alleging a hospital operator made millions of dollars by submitting false claims to Medicaid and Medicare for medically unnecessary surgical procedures.
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March 27, 2025
DOJ's Antitrust Unit Targeting Anticompetitive Regulations
The U.S. Department of Justice launched a task force on Thursday aimed at eliminating state and federal laws and regulations that are hindering competition, with an initial focus on key sectors including housing, food and transportation.
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March 27, 2025
Payroll Co. Hid IRS Interest Money From Clients, Court Told
A payroll provider for a maintenance company never passed along interest payments from the Internal Revenue Service related to its clients' pandemic-era relief claims, the company alleged in a proposed class action filed in Washington federal court.
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March 27, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Stay Injunction Compelling Fed. Worker Rehire
A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to block an injunction compelling the Trump administration to reinstate about 16,000 probationary employees to six federal agencies, saying the administration will likely lose its argument that the agencies weren't acting on an order from above when they fired the workers.
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March 27, 2025
1st Circ. Denies Gov't Bid To Enforce Funding Freeze
The First Circuit has declined to interfere with a Rhode Island federal judge's order that the government continue releasing federal funds while the Trump administration appeals a ruling blocking its efforts to enforce the freeze.
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March 26, 2025
Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.
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March 26, 2025
Apple Cites Amazon Ruling To Toss Web App Antitrust Suit
Apple is hoping the Ninth Circuit will allow it to wash its hands of a proposed antitrust class action accusing it of preventing iPhones from running web-based apps for the same reason the court just refused to revive a consumer antitrust action over Amazon's fulfillment service, according to a recent filing.
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March 26, 2025
Judge Knocks Amazon For Mislabeled Docs In Antitrust Suits
Amazon.com Inc. must hand over dozens of records previously flagged as confidential to the consumers in a series of class actions alleging antitrust violations, a Washington federal judge has ruled, concluding that the e-commerce giant wrongly marked the documents as "attorney-client communications or attorney-work product."
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March 26, 2025
Big Oil Cos. Must Face Tribal Climate Suits In State Court
A pair of lawsuits by Washington tribes alleging Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66 deceived consumers about the climate impacts of burning fossil fuels belong in state court, a federal judge said Wednesday, handing the tribes a win in their venue dispute with the Big Oil companies.
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March 26, 2025
AGs Seek 1st OK For $39M Apotex Deal In Price-Fixing Case
A coalition of 50 state attorneys general on Wednesday asked a Connecticut federal judge to accept a $39.1 million deal settling claims that pharmaceutical company Apotex Corp. schemed with others to fix generic-drug prices, with 70% earmarked for a restitution fund and 30% for consumer notices and attorney fees.
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March 26, 2025
DOJ Can't DQ Judge In Perkins Coie Suit Over Trump Order
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday shot down a demand from the U.S. Department of Justice that she step aside from Perkins Coie LLP's lawsuit against the federal government over President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm.
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March 26, 2025
Ore. Lawyer Challenges Forced Bar Membership At High Court
An Oregon attorney is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case after the Ninth Circuit found that the state bar violated his First Amendment right to freedom of association by publishing political statements — which included criticism of President Donald Trump — but also said a disclaimer that the bar doesn't speak for all its members could be enough to fix it.
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March 25, 2025
Coupang Must Face Ex-In-House Atty's Whistleblower Suit
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday said e-commerce retailer Coupang can't escape a whistleblower complaint brought by a former in-house attorney who alleges he was fired after bringing attention to alleged unlawful transactions with Iran in 2021.
Expert Analysis
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Notable Q3 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Total loss valuation cases and labor depreciation cases dominated the past quarter of insurance class actions, with courts continuing to reject challenges to condition adjustments in the former, and a pro-insured trend persisting in the latter, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Series
Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron.
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Considering Chevron's End Through A State Tax Lens
States took the lead in encouraging Chevron's demise, turning away from Chevron-type deference in state tax administration ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision, a trend likely to accelerate as courts take a more active role in interpreting tax laws, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Comparing Antitrust Outlooks Amid Google Remedy Review
As the U.S. Justice Department mulls potential structural remedies after winning its recent case against Google, increased global scrutiny of Big Tech leaves ex post and ex ante antitrust approaches ripe for evaluation, say Nishant Chadha at the Indian School of Business and Manisha Goel at Pomona College.
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Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
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A Novel Expansion Of Alien Tort Statute In 9th Circ.
The Ninth Circuit's Doe v. Cisco rehearing denial allows a new invocation of the Alien Tort Statute to proceed, which could capture the U.S. Supreme Court's attention, and has potentially dramatic consequences for U.S. companies doing business with foreign governments, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?
Website owners need to understand wiretapping laws to understand whether they may be sued for activity tracking in California or Pennsylvania courts, where the statutory damages for violations of half-century-old laws can be substantial — and a recent Third Circuit decision suggests establishing specific jurisdiction is not as easy as 1-2-3, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.