FTC Warns Google Over Alleged Partisan Gmail Spam Filters

By Rae Ann Varona

The Federal Trade Commission Thursday warned Google that it could face an investigation and potential enforcement action if Gmail blocks emails sent from Republican senders, citing recent reporting that Google flagged GOP fundraising emails as spam.

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'Still A Mess': Colo. Special Session Fails To Deliver AI Clarity

By Allison Grande

During its recently concluded special session, the Colorado Legislature extended the implementation deadline for the state's groundbreaking artificial intelligence law but failed to make any substantial changes to the legislation, leaving companies to face continued uncertainty on the scope of liability and other pressing issues.

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Mylan Must Face Generic Drug Price-Fixing Claims In MDL

By Jared Foretek

A Pennsylvania federal judge shot down most of Mylan's request for an early win in multidistrict litigation claiming price-fixing of the generic antidepressant clomipramine, finding sufficient evidence for the company to have to face direct buyers' claims at trial, but trimming claims that it inflated the drug's price at CVS.

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NSO's Bid To Slash Meta's $168M Win Faces Skeptical Judge

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday of NSO Group's bid to slash Meta's $168 million jury win in their spyware fight, saying she's having a "hard time" reconciling NSO's argument for $444,000 as a "substantial" award when its lawyer had called that sum "a mere pittance" at trial.

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FTC Unpauses Administrative Case Over Insulin Prices

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission has restarted its in-house case accusing Caremark Rx, Express Scripts and OptumRx of artificially inflating insulin prices, now that two commissioners are able to consider the claims.

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Judge Asks If Pension Swap Without Pay Loss Triggers ERISA

By Matthew Santoni

A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge questioned Thursday whether retirees from ATI Inc. had standing to sue over an allegedly risky switch from a defined-benefit pension plan to an insurance-backed annuity, when all of their monthly payments remained the same.

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Low Earth Co. Urges FCC To Open Spectrum For Satellite Use

By Tom Lotshaw

Logos Space, a new low Earth orbit network, urged the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with a proposal to open spectrum bands up for more extensive satellite usage.

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EPA Backs Truck-Makers' Bid To Block Calif. Emissions Regs

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday joined truck-makers in asking a California federal court to immediately block implementation of the state's emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks.

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CFTC Clears Registration Path For Offshore Crypto Cos.

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday made clear that certain offshore cryptocurrency entities can use its foreign board of trade registration framework to serve U.S. customers.

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4chan Says UK Online Censorship Law Is Powerless In US

By Nadia Dreid

Controversial online platforms Kiwi Farms and 4chan have slapped the United Kingdom's Office of Communications with a lawsuit in D.C. federal court, saying the foreign agency has no power to make them comply with a British privacy law that violates their rights under the U.S. Constitution.

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DOJ Right On Anti-Vax Group's AP Boycott Claims, Court Told

By Bryan Koenig

The anti-vaccine group founded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday latched onto the arguments raised by the Justice Department backing its lawsuit alleging The Associated Press, the Washington Post, Reuters and the BBC colluded with social media platforms to censor rivals.

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SK Telecom Gets Record Fine For Massive Data Breach

By Jared Foretek

SK Telecom, the largest wireless carrier in South Korea, was fined a record 134.8 billion won (about $97 million) by South Korean regulators Wednesday after a data breach leaked phone numbers and other identifiers of more than 23 million users.

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Black Owner Of Hemp Shop Accuses LA Police Of Illicit Raids

By Jonathan Capriel

A Black entrepreneur claims that the Los Angeles Police Department conducted multiple unlawful raids on his hemp shop that ultimately put him out of business, according to a lawsuit filed in California federal court that seeks $15 million in damages and suggests that the police's targeting was racially motivated.

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Roblox, Discord Accused Of Failing To Protect 11-Year-Old

By Emily Field

Roblox and Discord have been hit with yet another lawsuit alleging the online platforms aren't safe for children and that they allow predators to groom youth, with the latest complaint filed by a Michigan woman who claims she was only 11 years old when she was exploited by an adult predator.

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Ford Hit With Suit Over F-150 Oil Consumption Defect

By Danielle Ferguson

Ford Motor Co. was hit with a proposed class action Thursday alleging that the automaker marketed its top-selling F-150 pickup trucks as "durable" and "best in class," but they have a defect that causes them to consume oil "at an excessive rate" that affects the vehicle longevity.

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NJ Borough Sues American Dream Mall Over Sunday Sales

By Isaac Monterose

A New Jersey borough sued a major East Rutherford mall owner, its main tenant and other parties in state court over the mall allegedly violating the state's ban on selling certain items on Sundays, urging the court to block the main tenant's retail operations and to declare the mall's premises and the sale of the banned products to be public nuisances.

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Cincoro Tequila Falls Short Of 'Gold Standard,' Suit Says

By Rae Ann Varona

Cincoro tequila isn't truly 100% agave under authenticity and quality regulatory standards, but instead contains significant amounts of ethanol "not derived from agave plants," a proposed class action filed in Florida federal court alleges.

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Accounting Firm Sued Over Breach Of Easterseals Data

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A North Carolina-based accounting firm was hit with a class action on Thursday alleging it failed to protect personal information and health data of children, veterans and disabled people entrusted to it by Easterseals Inc.

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Salesforce Hit With Suit Over Alleged Breach Affecting 1M

By Zak Kostro

The personal information of more than 1 million Farmers Insurance customers was accessed by hackers who breached cloud-based software company Salesforce's databases, according to a proposed class action in California federal court.

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Ohio Co. Says Kalshi Gambling Suit Belongs In State Court

By Sydney Price

An Ohio-based company suing several financial firms, including Kalshi and Robinhood, over their allegedly unregulated sports betting said its suit should be moved back to a state court because its claim regarding the legality of the companies' operations does not raise a federal question.

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Common Alcohol Monitor Braces Cause Injury, Suit Says

By Zach Dupont

An Ohio man filed a lawsuit in Colorado federal court on Thursday alleging an alcohol monitoring ankle brace made by Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. led to him needing to go to the emergency room and ultimately missing a week of work.

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SC Ends Sandoz, Novartis Price-Fixing Claims For $2.4M

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge on Thursday approved South Carolina's request to dismiss its generic drug price-fixing claims from three multistate lawsuits against Sandoz Inc., Sandoz AG, Novartis AG and Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc., four months after the parties filed a notice of settlement.

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Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer

At first glance, cheerleading and litigation may seem like worlds apart, but both require precision, adaptability, leadership and the ability to stay composed under pressure — all of which have sharpened how I approach my work in the emotionally complex world of mass torts and personal injury, says Rashanda Bruce at Robins Kaplan.

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Chancery Says Docket For 'Routine' Matters Shows Success

By Rose Krebs

As it continues to pursue ways to streamline its docket and ease burnout concerns for its judges, Delaware's Chancery Court announced this week that a new procedure for handling "routine matters" is already showing success.

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First Chief PTAB Judge Remembered As Industrious Leader

By Theresa Schliep

Colleagues and loved ones of James Donald Smith — the first chief judge of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board who died this spring — remembered him as a superb leader, talented violist and dear friend at a memorial service on Saturday that featured a reading of a letter from former President Barack Obama.

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Wash. Sen. Opposes Full-Term Role For State's New US Atty

By Courtney Bublé

The newly installed interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Washington at this juncture has not been nominated for the full-term role, but one of the state's Democratic senators is already vowing to prevent his confirmation.

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Ex-Katten Partner's $67M Age Bias Suit Stayed For Arbitration

By Lauren Berg

A Manhattan federal judge stayed a $67 million discrimination lawsuit brought by a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP partner alleging the firm pushed him out of the aircraft-finance practice group, pressured him to resign and then fired him because of his age, saying there is an arbitration agreement at play.

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Healthcare Cos. Want Akerman's 'Indefensible' Fee Suit Nixed

By Madison Arnold

Rennova Health Inc. and others asked a Florida state judge to dismiss Akerman LLP's unpaid fees case against the company, calling it "facially time-barred, factually flawed and legally indefensible."

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LA Atty Convicted Of Laundering $2.1M From Swiss Oil Co.

By Craig Clough

A Los Angeles federal jury on Thursday found a divorce and immigration attorney guilty of money laundering, tax evasion and obstruction of justice related to a $2.1 million payment he received from a Swiss oil company while working in a government position in Nigeria that prosecutors allege was a bribe.

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Email Excluded From Harassment Suit Against Paxton Deputies

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge on Thursday struck an email from a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against the founders of a law firm founded by former top attorneys in the Texas attorney general's office, but said the plaintiff could conduct discovery regarding the email.

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Ga. Atty Sues Former Firm For Failing To Pay Final Wages

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia attorney has filed suit against her former employer, John Foy and Associates PC, over "threatening emails" she said she received after she was fired and a final paycheck that she reportedly never got.

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