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September 23, 2025
OTC Drug Co. Must Face Shampoo Cancer Risk Class Action
A Pennsylvania federal judge denied Lake Consumer Products Inc.'s request to toss a putative class action alleging it manufactures coal tar shampoo with known carcinogens, reasoning that most of the claims against the company were plausible enough to move forward.
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September 23, 2025
Experian Beats Credit Investigation Suit, For Now
Experian beat a proposed class action alleging it failed to timely reinvestigate disputed information in a plaintiff's file that kept him from securing a property mortgage loan, a North Carolina federal judge said Tuesday, finding that the plaintiff lacked standing and couldn't fairly trace his injury to the delay in reinvestigation.
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September 23, 2025
Google, Meta Beat BlueChew Users' Privacy Suit, For Now
A California federal judge Tuesday dismissed a proposed class action alleging Google and Meta illegally gathered information from website users buying erectile dysfunction medication on BlueChew's website, since BlueChew's revised policy makes clear their personal data consisting of health information would be shared with third parties for advertising purposes.
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September 23, 2025
Laser Co. Mynaric Investors Get Final OK For $300K Deal
Investors in laser communication company Mynaric AG have gotten a final nod for their $300,000 deal ending proposed class action claims the company covered up production delays despite allegedly knowing its revenue growth would later take a hit as a result.
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September 23, 2025
Feds Tell Justices GEO Can't Rush Detainee Work Row Appeal
The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court that immigrant detention contractor The GEO Group Inc. is wrong when it asserts that a federal judge's rejection of its immunity defense to a detainee class action could be appealed immediately.
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September 23, 2025
Stem Cell Co. Beats Investor Suit Over Failed Janssen Collab
Biopharmaceutical company Fate Therapeutics Inc. has shed a proposed investor class action alleging it concealed manufacturing challenges, precipitating the blowup of a potentially lucrative partnership, after a San Diego federal judge found its investors failed to show how their losses were caused by the company's alleged misstatements.
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September 23, 2025
Tether Objects To 'Unsound' Class Bid In Crypto Rigging Suit
Tether, Bitfinex and others have urged a New York federal judge not to grant certification to a class of investors accusing the digital asset companies of rigging the cryptocurrency market, arguing that the investors' expert presented an "unsound and unreliable" methodology for determining common impact, among other things.
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September 23, 2025
Jenzabar Investor Faces Multiple Suit Challenges In Del.
A Delaware vice chancellor pressed an attorney for a trust stockholder of educational software company Jenzabar Inc. Tuesday to explain how another state's court empowered it with standing to bring derivative claims against a Delaware chartered company.
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September 23, 2025
Cybersecurity Co.'s Projections Were Inflated, Investor Says
Cybersecurity company Fortinet was hit with a proposed securities class action accusing it of overstating an expected revenue boost related to customer software upgrades, saying its executives knew the projections were unrealistic.
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September 23, 2025
Professor Says New West Point Policy Stifles Free Speech
The longest-serving law professor at West Point has accused the school of violating the free speech rights of its civilian instructors with a new policy that requires professors to obtain permission before participating in or publishing papers tied to their position at the school.
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September 23, 2025
Axsome Settles Investors' Drug Approval Suit For $7.8M
Biopharmaceutical company Axsome Therapeutics Inc. and its shareholders have asked a New York federal court to approve a $7.75 million settlement to resolve investors' claims that Axsome hid issues related to gaining regulatory approval for its migraine drug.
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September 23, 2025
Amazon Workers Get Cert. In Wage Suit Over New Hire Events
A California federal judge certified a class of Amazon workers who allege the retail giant failed to pay them for time spent at mandatory new hire events, but she granted the company partial summary judgment on some of the wage allegations against it.
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September 23, 2025
Fed. Circ. Gives Bayer Chance To Save Xarelto Patent Claims
The Federal Circuit revived several claims of a patent underpinning Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft's blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto on Tuesday, sending the challenge brought by Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and a Cipla unit back to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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September 23, 2025
Feds Illegally Denying Immigrant Bond Hearings, Suit Says
The Trump administration is deliberately misclassifying immigrants marked for removal proceedings in an effort to illegally skirt their right to a bond hearing, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court.
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September 23, 2025
'Bridgegate' Drivers Drop Lawsuit Against State Of NJ
After more than a decade of litigation, George Washington Bridge travelers who claimed the "Bridgegate" traffic jam violated their constitutional rights notified the New Jersey federal court that they will not pursue their claims individually after the Third Circuit denied their petition for an interlocutory appeal of the denial of class certification.
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September 23, 2025
Gun Group Misused Buyers' Data For Political Ads, Suit Says
The National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc. unjustly enriched itself by secretly obtaining the personal data of millions of firearms buyers from warranty registration cards and creating a database it then used to spread tailored political messages, a proposed class action alleges.
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September 23, 2025
Dentists Denied Class Certification In $13B Delta Dental Suit
An Illinois federal court refused to certify a class of dentists in multidistrict litigation targeting an alleged $13 billion antitrust scheme by Delta Dental and its members, finding that dental insurance markets are local, not national in scope.
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September 23, 2025
Law Firms Sued Over La. Hurricane Claim Fee Scheme
Two law firms and certain attorneys engaged in a scheme to "grossly and blatantly" inflate damages estimates for hurricane-related property insurance claims in order to "collect an exorbitant fee which they would all share," a group of seven Louisiana residents told a Louisiana federal court.
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September 23, 2025
Tennis Players Want To Add Grand Slams To Antitrust Case
A group of professional tennis players has asked a New York federal judge, after possible settlement talks failed, for permission to add operators of the Grand Slam tournaments to its antitrust suit that accuses governing bodies of major tournaments of operating an illegal cartel.
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September 23, 2025
Ga. Atty Can't Block State Bar's Revived Bid To Toss Bias Suit
A Georgia federal court has rejected an attorney's bid to stop the state bar's request to expand its motion to dismiss her racial discrimination lawsuit to include information about her disciplinary proceedings being resolved with no discipline.
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September 23, 2025
1st Circ. Won't Let Citizens Bank Escape Escrow Interest Suit
The First Circuit has revived a proposed class action accusing Citizens Bank of violating Rhode Island law by not making interest payments for mortgage escrow accounts, ruling the action must be reinstated in part because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down after the case was dismissed.
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September 23, 2025
Pa. Health Network To Pay $1.15M In 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
A Pennsylvania health system agreed to pay workers $1.15 million to resolve a federal suit alleging it unlawfully used forfeited retirement plan funds to satisfy its contribution obligations and allowed workers to be overcharged for plan administrative fees.
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September 22, 2025
Hershey Defeats Reese's Halloween Candy Misbranding Suit
A Florida federal judge has thrown out a proposed class action claiming Hershey misled consumers by selling Halloween-themed Reese's products in packaging that made them think the pumpkin-shaped candy would feature carved, jack-o'-lantern designs.
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September 22, 2025
Meta Can't Ditch Revived Contract Fight Over Scam Ads
A California federal judge Monday trimmed a proposed consumer class action against Meta Platforms Inc. over Chinese vendors' scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that was recently revived by the Ninth Circuit, tossing for good a negligent failure-to-warn claim, but keeping intact the consumers' remaining contact claims.
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September 22, 2025
Judge Blocks New Claims In BNY Mellon Self-Dealing Suit
A pair of investors with the Bank of New York Mellon can't use an amended complaint to raise a relatively new theory of liability against the bank nearly five years after filing their original suit, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday.
Expert Analysis
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Addressing Antitrust Scrutiny Over AI-Powered Pricing Tools
Amid multiple recent civil complaints alleging antitrust violations by providers and users of algorithmic pricing tools, such as RealPage and Yardi, digital-era measures should feature prominently in corporate compliance programs, including documentation of pro-competitive benefits and when to use disclosures, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Lessons From Pa. Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal
A recent wiretapping class action in Pennsylvania federal court resulting in the dispositive dismissal of the action provides key insights on how online notice and consent can be leveraged to directly address and mitigate legal risks and class action liability exposure, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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Influencer Campaign Lawsuits Signal New Endorsement Risks
Recent class actions allege that companies' influencer campaigns violate the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and various state laws, but it's not clear whether the failure to comply can sustain these lawsuits, or whether the plaintiffs' creative theory of damages will hold up to scrutiny, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.
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Calif. Antitrust Laws May Turn More Zealous Than US Regs
California is poised in the next 18 months to significantly expand its antitrust laws, broadening the scope of liability and creating a premerger review process that could be more expansive than review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, say attorneys at Munger Tolles.
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Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration
The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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How Cos. Can Mitigate Increasing Microplastics Liability Risk
Amid rising scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe of microplastics' impact on health and the growing threat of litigation against consumer product and food and beverage manufacturers, companies can limit liability through compliance with labeling laws, careful contract management and other practices, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.
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Meta Case Brings Customer-Facing Statements Issue To Fore
Now that Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank has returned to California federal court after the U.S. Supreme Court in November found it improvidently granted certiorari, it will be worth watching whether customer-facing communications, such as Facebook's privacy policies, are found to be made in connection with the sale of a security, says Samuel Groner at Fried Frank.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.