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• September 02, 2025

  Bernstein Litowitz To Lead Hasbro Investors' Post-COVID Suit

  Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP will represent a proposed class of investors in a suit alleging toy and games giant Hasbro Inc. and some of its current and former executives concealed certain inventory level issues following a pandemic-era spike in demand for games and global supply chain disruptions.

• September 02, 2025

  AT&T May Avoid Pension Risk Transfer Suit, Judge Says

  A Massachusetts federal judge recommended granting AT&T and State Street's motions to dismiss a proposed class action from AT&T retirees alleging the companies put their pensions at unnecessary risk through an $8 billion pension annuity deal, finding allegations failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law. 

• September 02, 2025

  Freddie Mac Beats Investor Suit Over Subprime Exposure

  An Ohio federal judge has tossed a nearly two-decade-old lawsuit accusing Freddie Mac of failing to warn investors about its exposure to the flagging subprime market, ruling that the lawsuit hadn't identified any material misleading statements made by the company in the lead-up to the housing crisis.

• September 02, 2025

  Ex-Education Exec's Pension Cut After Theft Conviction

  The former director of East Haven, Connecticut's before-and-after-school program will see a $500 monthly reduction in her pension for almost nine years after a state court judge docked the payments due to her 2021 conviction for stealing from the town's board of education.

• September 02, 2025

  Defunding Planned Parenthood Is Meant To Punish, Judge Says

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday refused to lift an order that keeps Medicaid reimbursements flowing to Planned Parenthood, ruling that legislation intended to halt the organization's federal funding appears to illegally target the group for punishment.

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