Robinhood Sues Wash. To Protect Prediction Market Biz

By Rachel Riley

Robinhood has launched a federal lawsuit seeking to shield itself from potential Washington state enforcement action over its prediction market offerings in the wake of Attorney General Nick Brown's Friday announcement that he's going after Kalshi for allegedly breaking Evergreen State gambling laws.

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17 State AGs Challenge EPA's Repeal Of Coal Plant Air Regs

By Rachel Riley

Attorneys general from Illinois and 16 other states urged the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to undo the Trump administration's recent rollback of Biden-era caps on mercury and other toxins in air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants, warning the loosened standards threaten public health and the environment.   

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Ill. Judge Tosses 'Half-Baked' Nestle Chocolate Labeling Suit

By Lauraann Wood

A Nestle consumer cannot pursue false labeling accusations over the "100% real chocolate" claim on the company's chocolate chip bags because her complaint is "half-baked" and contradicts the widespread understanding that chocolate is made from more than cacao bean-based ingredients, an Illinois federal judge said Tuesday.

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Arbitration Association Must Face Suit Over Consumer Monopoly

By Caroline Simson

An Arizona federal judge ruled Tuesday that the American Arbitration Association must face a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the suit provided sufficient allegations to "plausibly infer" that the institution engages in anticompetitive conduct.

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Google Users Seek $147M In Atty Fees After $425M Trial Win

By Bonnie Eslinger

Counsel for Google users who won a $425 million class action trial over claims the company unlawfully collected their information have urged a California federal judge to give them nearly $147 million in legal fees, even as both sides filed motions seeking to unwind aspects of the verdict.

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US Bank Beats 'Highly Offensive' Meta Pixel Tracking Suit

By Sydney Price

U.S. Bancorp escaped a suit calling its use of Meta's Pixel a "highly offensive" intrusion that shares bank website user information with Meta without users' consent, with a Minnesota federal judge ruling the plaintiff does not specify what information he shared with the bank or how it was used.

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Texas Judge Dismisses Southwest Holiday Outage Claims

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge dismissed claims brought by Southwest Airlines investors that the airline caused a disastrous 2022 holiday travel season with outdated technology and a unique flight route structure, but left room for the investors to refile.

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7th Circ. Says Ill. BIPA Amendment Applies Retroactively

By Hailey Konnath

The Seventh Circuit held Wednesday that a liability-limiting amendment to Illinois' biometric privacy law applies to every lawsuit pending at the time the amendment took effect, ruling that the amendment is only a procedural change to the law and, therefore, must be applied retroactively.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: April's Most Notable Oral Arguments

By Jeff Overley

April is the coolest month, at least for appellate aficionados, featuring numerous important arguments with famous litigants, including U.S. senators, delivery apps Grubhub and Uber Eats, impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs, prediction platforms Kalshi and Robinhood, and a political giant known as the Velvet Hammer.

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CFPB Seeks Green Light To Shed Half Of Staff In New Plan

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the D.C. Circuit to let it proceed with a new plan to lay off roughly half of its remaining staff, arguing this latest downsizing proposal moots concerns that led to a lower-court injunction freezing efforts to slash its workforce.

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Mass. Cannabis Businesses Say Repeal Bid Misleads Voters

By Sam Reisman

A coalition of Massachusetts cannabis business owners Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of a proposal to repeal retail marijuana legalization at the ballot box this November.

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Group Warns ITC Against Tariffs After Vote On Quartz Imports

By Dylan Moroses

A coalition of small-business quartz fabricators claimed that the U.S. International Trade Commission vote Wednesday determining that recent quartz imports harm domestic producers may cost the industry jobs in a move that could lead to new tariffs, according to press releases.

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FCC Strives For 'Supremacy' In US Drone Manufacturing

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's leadership wants the public to weigh in on how regulators can help the U.S. private sector reach global dominance in drone manufacturing and operations.

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FDIC Reports Fewest Consumer Compliance Citations In Years

By Sarah Jarvis

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. examiners last year cited banks for the fewest number of federal consumer protection violations since at least 2018, while the agency initiated half as many consumer protection-related enforcement actions as it did the year prior.

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Brief

Stick With Lowest Ad Rates For Candidates, FCC Warns

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has reminded broadcasters they must charge the lowest rate available to legally qualified political candidates and their advisory committees.

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RealPage, Landlords Partially Duck NJ Antitrust Suit

By Grace Dixon

A New Jersey federal court partially dismissed the state attorney general's antitrust suit against RealPage Inc. and 10 of the state's largest landlords, which alleges the parties colluded to raise rents and force residents to overpay for housing.

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2nd Circ. Says No Atty Conflict For Convicted Payday Lender

By Emily Sawicki

The Second Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court's conviction of a payday lender on racketeering, money laundering and fraud claims, rejecting the lender's argument that his conviction must be vacated because, while his trial was underway, his court-appointed counsel cooperated with the same prosecutors' office in an unrelated case.

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AGs Put $10M Price Tag On Beating Kroger-Albertsons Merger

By Jared Foretek

The nine attorneys general who successfully sued to block Kroger's failed $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons requested over $10 million in attorney fees and litigation expenses Tuesday, arguing that the scale of the litigation and the more than $1 billion the grocery chains spent fighting it justified the amount.

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Roku Defeats Some Of Mich. AG's Data Privacy Claims

By Carolyn Muyskens

A federal judge has narrowed a lawsuit over Roku's handling of children's data, finding Michigan lacked standing to litigate several of the claims on behalf of users while allowing others to proceed. 

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Investment Adviser Firm To Pay Alleged Ponzi Victims $6.7M

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia investment adviser firm will pay $6.7 million to what federal and state securities regulators allege are victims of a $140 million Ponzi scheme that preyed on elderly and right-leaning investors, Georgia's secretary of state said Wednesday, adding that a former employee used his position to recruit marks.

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Perplexity AI Hands User Info To Google And Meta, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Perplexity shares users of its AI machine's most personal questions and conversational dialogues — which could include mental and physical health issues and legal advice — with Meta and Google, which exploit the information for profit and targeted advertising purposes, alleges a proposed class action filed Monday in California federal court. 

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Ill. Judge Clears Card Shuffler Antitrust Claims For Trial

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge largely denied cross motions for summary judgment in a suit alleging a gambling product company used sham patent litigation to shove competitors out of the automatic card shuffler market, and certified a class of casinos and other buyers claiming they suffered antitrust injuries as a result.

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Amazon Shakes Bulk Of Alexa Users' Secret Recordings Suit

By Allison Grande

A Washington federal judge significantly narrowed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of surreptitiously recording Alexa device users' personal conversations, finding that the company had clearly disclosed the possibility of accidental device activations and that only some unregistered users had adequately asserted individual wiretap claims. 

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PBM Opioid Crisis Suit Stays In Federal Court, Judge Says

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday denied a request from the state attorney general to remand to state court a suit accusing two pharmacy benefit managers of fueling the opioid crisis, saying the case will remain in federal court because work performed for federal and nonfederal clients cannot be separated.

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Rocket Mortgage Seeks Toss Of Homebuyers' Antitrust Case

By Isaac Monterose

Rocket Companies Inc., subsidiary Rocket Mortgage LLC and other Rocket subsidiaries are urging a Michigan federal court to toss a proposed antitrust class action from homebuyers who claim the Rocket companies illegally provide business leads to real estate agents who tell homebuyers to pick Rocket to finance home purchases despite competing services that are better.

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Home Depot Narrows, But Can't Sink, Deceptive Pricing Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Home Depot knocked a Georgia law claim out of a proposed class action accusing the retailer of tricking buyers into purchasing items online by advertising false original prices and discounts that created the illusion of short-lived bargains, but a federal judge ruled the bulk of the suit could proceed. 

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Peloton Escapes Investors' Suit Over Recalled Bikes

By Katryna Perera

Peloton has extinguished a second attempt by investors to hold the company and its top brass liable for how Peloton handled a recall of its defective bicycle seats, with a New York federal judge finding that the company did not make any material misstatements or omissions to investors.

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Law Firm Not Insured By Cyber Policy After $158K Email Scam

By Mark Payne

Two cyber insurers don't owe coverage to a Mississippi law firm after a fraudster used a false identity to hoodwink the firm out of more than $158,000 by procuring legal services to secure an owed debt that turned out to be fake, a federal court has ruled. 

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Rutgers University Sued Over Big Ten Taxpayer Squeeze

By Alex Lawson

A Rutgers University graduate has filed a class action against the school, alleging that the athletic department has left New Jersey taxpayers out to dry by accumulating a half-billion-dollar deficit since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2014.

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Veterans Say Synchrony Arbitration Order Defies MLA

By Sydney Price

Synchrony Bank customers said a North Carolina federal judge erred when directing them to arbitrate claims accusing the bank of promoting a misleading 0% interest rate for veterans, arguing the order contains several misinterpretations of the Military Lending Act.

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VIN Etching Class Bid Fails For Now In Suit Against Dealer

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge has denied a car buyer's attempt to certify a class of more than 3,100 customers who were allegedly overcharged for a theft-deterrent service known as VIN etching, but left open the possibility that he could partly change his mind.

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Sunbeam, Newell Can't Get Redo Of $9M Multicooker Verdict

By Mike Curley

A Colorado federal judge denied a bid by Sunbeam Products Inc. and Newell Brands Inc. to upend an almost $9 million verdict in favor of a woman injured by one of their multicookers, saying none of their arguments show that the jury was wrong to side with her.

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Facebook Users Lose Cert. Bid In Tax-Data Collection Fight

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has refused to certify proposed classes of consumers accusing Meta Platforms Inc. of illegally collecting sensitive financial data from tax preparation websites, finding that the currently proposed classes are "significantly" broad and would likely invite statute-of-limitations defenses that would require "extensive individual inquiries" into each class member.

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NAR Ducks Another Membership Rules Antitrust Suit

By Matthew Perlman

A Michigan federal court tossed a case challenging rules requiring brokers to be members of the National Association of Realtors and its local affiliates in order to access multiple listing services, saying courts have been reaching the same result in similar cases for over 40 years.

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Split Pa. Justices Rule No Deception In Ricoh's 'Silence'

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Vendors in Pennsylvania are liable for "deception by omission" only if they had a duty to alert consumers about a potential product defect, a split Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in a suit against the maker of Pentax cameras alleging that it should have disclosed a shorter product lifespan than customers might have expected.

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Akin Boosts FCA Bench In DC With DOJ Civil Fraud Hire

By Alison Knezevich

A former U.S. Department of Justice official who led False Claims Act enforcement efforts has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, the firm's latest addition from the agency as growing FCA scrutiny fuels work for law firms, the firm said Wednesday.

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Pa. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

The first quarter of 2026 brought several consequential developments for Pennsylvania financial institutions, including the state banking department's first assessment overhaul in 10 years, a bill prohibiting interchange fees on card transaction sales taxes and a federal appeals court's upholding of a $52 million enforcement action, say attorneys at Gross McGinley.

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ABA Suit Over Trump's Crackdown On Firms Moves Forward

By Emily Sawicki

A D.C. federal judge has ruled the American Bar Association may pursue a challenge to the Trump administration's series of executive orders targeting law firms, finding the organization plausibly alleged the orders posed a "realistic threat" to its members.

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Khalil Seeks Bove's 3rd Circ. Recusal Over Ex-DOJ Roles

By Lauren Berg

Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation, asked a Third Circuit judge, U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, to recuse himself from en banc review of a decision allowing for Khalil's detention, saying Wednesday the judge was likely involved in decisions related to the case while at the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Sidley Austin LLP defeated a suit from a family of business magnates who said they were duped into a tax sheltering scheme by an ex-attorney, after a Georgia federal judge ruled the family should have suspected they were in legal trouble long before they filed their suit.

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Why Trump's Pursuit Of NY AG Is More Than Just 'Awkward'

By Phillip Bantz

Through its relentless pursuit of criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Trump administration has further opened itself up to allegations of vindictive and selective prosecution — with potentially far-reaching implications for a grand jury system that has traditionally given the government the benefit of the doubt, experts say.

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Judiciary Seeks More Security Funding Amid Threat Surge

By Courtney Bublé

Court security is a top concern for the federal judiciary in its recently released budget request for fiscal 2027.

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Trump Announces Texas, Ohio, Florida Judicial Picks

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced four judicial nominees for Texas, Ohio and Florida. 

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of March

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the third month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at the NAACP, Walmart and Marriott Vacations. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.

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Hub Hires: Reed Smith, Manatt, MoFo, Foley Hoag

By Chris Villani

March provided some madness in the Boston legal scene. Reed Smith launched its first-ever office in the Hub, Manatt hired a former Microsoft executive and Federal Trade Commission member, and Foley Hoag snagged a longtime K&L Gates insurance attorney.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Bryan Koenig

The Justice Department allowed Live Nation to keep Ticketmaster while state attorneys general continue to sue, a $14 billion Boston Scientific deal drew Federal Trade Commission scrutiny, state enforcers challenged Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, and a threatened FTC challenge forced the abandonment of a laser eye surgery deal.

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