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  • July 08, 2026

    Boston TV Station Stiffed Storm Crew On Pay, Suit Says

    A Boston television station ordered employees to hotels ahead of severe weather, then refused to pay them for the travel, preparation and extended storm shifts that followed, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts federal court.

  • July 08, 2026

    Florida Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

    New lawsuits over ChatGPT's role in a mass shooting on a Florida campus and a U.S. Supreme Court case that could upend most criminal trials in Florida are some of the litigation that the state's attorneys will be watching in the second half of 2026. ​​​​​​​Here, Law360 takes a look.

  • July 07, 2026

    Veradigm Can't Shake Suit Over Patient Portal Data Tracking

    An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing health information technology services provider Veradigm LLC of illegally divulging patient portal visitors' protected health information to Google, finding that the plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that the company's conduct violated federal and state wiretap laws.

  • July 07, 2026

    Meta Pans States' Bid For $1.4T In Social Media Addiction MDL

    Meta said Monday that California and three other states are seeking more than a trillion dollars in penalties in their upcoming August trial in the multidistrict social-media-addiction litigation, based on sweeping, "unmoored" calculations.

  • July 07, 2026

    Trump Depo Needed In Fla. Merger Suit, Ex-SPAC CEO Says

    The former CEO of a special purpose acquisition company that helped take Truth Social public urged a Florida judge Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump's deposition, arguing it's necessary to defend against a claim that he was targeted in a conspiracy to sign a merger agreement without his knowledge. 

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