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• August 13, 2025

  Dick's Sporting Goods Suit Should Be Trimmed, Judge Says

  A Pennsylvania federal judge has recommended trimming a shareholder class action that claims Dick's Sporting Goods misled investors about inventory levels and losses because of theft after the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that some of the suit's challenged statements are forward-looking and inactionable, among other things.

• August 13, 2025

  Labcorp Wins ERISA Trial As Judge Cites Stronger Witnesses

  Medical testing chain Labcorp did not breach its duty of prudence to its multibillion-dollar employee retirement investment fund, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Tuesday after a trial, saying two plaintiffs' experts earned little credibility.

• August 13, 2025

  9th Circ. Greenlights Expansive Use Of Discovery Statute

  The Ninth Circuit ruled for the first time that documents produced under a foreign discovery statute may be used in proceedings other than those identified in a petition, affirming an Oregon federal court decision in an acrimonious dispute over control of a Luxembourg-based investment fund.

• August 13, 2025

  High Court's Trans Ruling Doesn't Change Insurer's ACA Loss

  A Washington federal judge has reaffirmed his finding that Premera Blue Cross' coverage policy for gender-affirming chest surgery violates the Affordable Care Act, rejecting the insurer's bid for a redo following the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti.

• August 13, 2025

  8th Circ. Revives Ark. Ban On Youth Gender-Affirming Care

  A split Eighth Circuit en banc panel revived an Arkansas state law banning gender-affirming care for minors, finding that a district court erred in blocking the law because it does not discriminate based on sex but instead classifies based only on age and medical procedure.

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