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September 24, 2025
AGs Slam Capital One's $425M Deal As Unfair To Consumers
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 17 other attorneys general are opposing a proposed $425 million settlement between Capital One and a putative consumer class alleging the bank deceptively advertised its 360 Savings accounts, telling a Virginia federal court the deal "fails to adequately redress" the harms caused by the scheme.
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September 24, 2025
Del. Justices Uphold $10.5B Zendesk Take-Private Deal
Delaware's Supreme Court early Wednesday upheld the Court of Chancery's Sept. 10 dismissal of a stockholder challenge to the $10.5 billion take-private deal for software as a service business Zendesk Inc., closing the book on the case in two sentences issued two weeks after appeal arguments.
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September 24, 2025
Athletes Say NCAA's Dismissal Bid Rehashes Old Arguments
A group of Division I athletes looking to be classified as employees filed a succinct reply chiding the NCAA and several prestigious universities for their "hundreds of pages" of "repetitive, overlapping" arguments that rehash points already made in Pennsylvania federal court.
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September 24, 2025
Data Storage Provider Reaches Deal To End 401(k) Suit
An information storage and management provider and 401(k) plan participants who claimed the company mismanaged their retirement savings have agreed to end their court battle, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.
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September 24, 2025
PeopleFacts To Pay $2.4M In Background Check Settlement
PeopleFacts has agreed to pay $2.4 million to job seekers whose criminal history was shared with employers without a notice required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, according to a motion filed in Michigan federal court.
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September 24, 2025
Rikers Detainees File Class Action Over Solitary Confinement
A group of detainees are accusing the New York City Department of Correction of systematically violating the state's landmark law restricting solitary confinement, saying in a state court in a proposed class complaint they have been locked in their cells for up to 24 hours a day at Rikers Island despite the ban, a lawyer told Law360 on Wednesday.
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September 24, 2025
PNC Failed To Protect 740K Users' Data In Breach, Suit Claims
A proposed class action filed in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday claims PNC Financial Services suffered a data breach affecting 740,000 customers and should be held liable for not protecting their personal information.
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September 24, 2025
Lender Must Face Class Claims It Ignored 'Do Not Call' Asks
A mortgage lender must face class allegations that it called people without their consent to market its loan products and continued to call people who asked it to stop, a Michigan federal judge has ruled, rejecting the lender's arguments that the proposed class is too vague.
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September 24, 2025
Judge Preserves H-2A Worker Claims Against NC Farm
A North Carolina federal judge said the owners of Lee and Sons Farms must face a collective action brought by migrant farmworkers and certified several classes of workers alleging breach of contract and wage law violations.
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September 23, 2025
UC Researchers Win Expanded Injunction Against Grant Cuts
A California federal judge Monday issued another preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to reinstate grants awarded to University of California researchers, this time resurrecting grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Institutes of Health.
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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.
Expert Analysis
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And Now A Word From The Panel: MDL Hubs
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation showed a willingness in 2024 to establish new multidistrict litigation proceedings in cities with both less MDL and air traffic, including states that had no other pending MDL proceedings, but the overall number of pending MDL proceedings has dwindled down, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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How Del. Supreme Court, Legislature Have Clarified 'Control'
The Delaware Supreme Court's January decision in In re: Oracle and the General Assembly's passage of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law this week, when taken together, help make the controlling-stockholder analysis clearer and more predictable for companies with large stockholders, say attorneys at Baker Botts.
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Rebuttal
6 Reasons Why Arbitration Offers Equitable Resolutions
Contrary to a recent Law360 guest article, arbitration provides numerous benefits to employees, consumers and businesses alike, ensuring fair and efficient dispute resolution without the excessive fees, costs and delays associated with traditional litigation, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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Retirement Plan Suits Show Value Of Cybersecurity Policies
Several data breach class actions that were recently filed against retirement plan administrator The Pension Specialists in Illinois federal court are a reminder that developing and following a good written cybersecurity policy provides a blueprint for compliance and may prevent lawsuits, says Carol Buckmann at Cohen & Buckmann.
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Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist
Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Recent Cases Highlight Latest AI-Related Civil Litigation Risks
Ongoing lawsuits in federal district courts reveal potential risks that companies using artificial intelligence may face from civil litigants, including health insurance coverage cases involving contractual and equitable claims, and myriad cases concerning securities disclosure claims, say attorneys at Katten.
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Opinion
We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment
As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: March Lessons
In this month's review of class actions appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses three federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving antitrust allegations against coupon processing services, consumer fraud and class action settlements.
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The PFAS Causation Question Is Far From Settled
In litigation over per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the general causation question — whether the type of PFAS concerned is actually capable of causing disease — often receives little attention, but the scientific evidence around this issue is far from conclusive, and is a point worth raising by defense counsel, says John Gardella at CMBG3 Law.
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Series
Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.
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Unpacking The Illicit E-Cigarette Crackdown By State AGs
A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general for nine states and the District of Columbia announced a coordinated effort to curb illicit electronic cigarette sales, illustrating the rising prominence of state attorneys general using consumer protection laws to address issues of national scope, especially when federal efforts prove ineffective, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw
As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.
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The Revival Of Badie Arbitration Suits In Consumer Finance
Plaintiffs have recently revived a California appellate court's almost 30-year-old decision in Badie v. Bank of America to challenge arbitration requirements under the Federal Arbitration Act, raising issues banks and credit unions in particular should address when amending arbitration provisions, say attorneys at Orrick.
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Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession
For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.
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4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy
This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.