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July 15, 2026
A Washington appeals panel handed a win again to the state Department of Revenue, reversing a lower court order that the department owed an $11 million tax refund to a title insurance and settlement services company.
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July 15, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel gave short shrift to Tevra Brand LLC's bid to revive an antitrust suit alleging Bayer HealthCare LLC used exclusive contracts to lock up the market for a flea and tick treatment for dogs and cats, preserving Bayer's jury win.
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July 15, 2026
A California federal judge has allowed Apple to impose conditions on the withdrawal of a Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP client as a named plaintiff from an iCloud antitrust case, concluding that the consumer's information could be "relevant to spoliation sanctions" or Hagens Berman's adequacy as class counsel.
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July 14, 2026
Two former Albertsons pharmacy compliance executives testified in video depositions played Tuesday before a Washington judge considering whether Albertsons failed to prevent the diversion of opioids in the state, acknowledging the nationwide compliance team consisted of just six staffers between 2015 and 2020 despite heightened scrutiny amid the opioid epidemic.
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July 14, 2026
A retired New Jersey federal judge Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to quash subpoenas Apple is seeking in the government's smartphone monopolization lawsuit against the tech giant, finding the government's justifications for withholding the discovery unpersuasive.
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July 14, 2026
Pediatricians, public health groups and parents sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Maryland federal court Tuesday over its new enforcement policy permitting e-cigarette products to enter the market without abiding by the statutory premarket review requirements, which they allege would harm the nation's youth.
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July 14, 2026
Capital One NA has asked a Virginia federal court to free it from a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully canceling billions of dollars in earned credit card rewards by unilaterally closing customers' accounts, saying that all of its cardholders were informed that it could close their accounts at any time.
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July 14, 2026
A former Massachusetts resident granted a retail cannabis license under the state's social equity licensing program said two brothers he brought in as investors are trying to freeze him and another investor out of the business, according to a lawsuit filed in state court Tuesday.
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July 14, 2026
Software company VirtaMove has argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should ignore Google's challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of using the age of patents as a reason to not review them, saying Google's fight is based on a false foundation.
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July 14, 2026
Starbucks Workers United has asked an Iowa federal judge to dismiss claims accusing the union of infringing the coffee chain's trademarks through its name and logo, arguing the dispute does not belong in Iowa federal court.
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July 14, 2026
A former Nespresso employee has plausibly alleged that race was a motivating factor in decisions denying her promotions and pay raises that were instead granted to less-qualified white employees, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, denying most of the company's motion to dismiss while also tossing claims against individual defendants.
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July 14, 2026
The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday revived part of a proposed class action accusing a pet food maker of falsely claiming a link between grain-free dog food and canine heart disease, holding that some of its webpages and veterinary education materials could be viewed as promoting its grain-based products through unsupported scientific claims.
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July 14, 2026
The Illinois-based owner of the Urb vape brand is asking a federal court to issue a $314,000 default judgment against a California company that ordered tens of thousands of empty vape devices but allegedly never paid for them, saying the company "refused to defend itself" in the case.
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July 14, 2026
In just under a year, the U.S. has recovered over $1 billion as a result of enforcement efforts led by the cross-agency Trade Fraud Task Force, and the U.S. Department of Justice will establish a new legal section to prosecute trade crimes, a department official said Tuesday.
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July 14, 2026
WK Kellogg North America LLC has sued apparel company Odd Sox LLC in the Delaware Chancery Court, accusing the licensee of violating a licensing agreement by launching a branded apparel collaboration with rival General Mills and heavily discounting Kellogg-themed merchandise without authorization.
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July 14, 2026
A Florida company that sells "emotional support animal" identification cards and certificates to pet owners was hit with a proposed class action Monday by a woman who claims she bought a badge thinking it would let her keep her dog despite her landlord's pet restrictions.
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July 14, 2026
Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds is looking to duck a proposed class action accusing it of sending unsolicited text messages, saying a North Carolina federal judge should apply recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on judicial deference to find the Telephone Consumer Protection Act doesn't apply to cellphones or texts.
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July 14, 2026
Four former pet care employees have sued PetSmart in Colorado state court alleging the company denied them meal breaks and rest periods, failed to pay them for off-the-clock work and improperly calculated their overtime pay.
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July 13, 2026
Albertsons and Safeway ignored signs of problematic opioid prescriptions in Washington for years, an attorney for the state told a Seattle judge Monday during opening statements in a bench trial over allegations that the pharmacy chains failed to prevent the diversion of opioids that fueled the state's long-running overdose crisis.
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July 13, 2026
U.S. District Judge James Donato has already told Epic and Google that he's "not going to keep" going back and forth with them about changes they want to an injunction he has to issue following Epic's antitrust trial win against Google, and now a court-appointed expert has informed him she has issues with the proposed changes as well.
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July 13, 2026
A chain of marijuana dispensaries operating under the Catalyst brand has agreed to pay $300,000 in order to end claims it denied overtime pay, meal breaks and cellphone reimbursements to thousands of workers, with a Los Angeles County court giving its blessing to the settlement Friday.
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July 13, 2026
Athletic apparel company Under Armour dodged claims that its marketing of bioceramic powder products as FDA-approved cost its former business partner money, with a Pennsylvania federal judge ruling Monday that there was no obvious link between the statements and the plaintiffs' losses.
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July 13, 2026
An Ohio federal judge on Monday ordered state officials to stop enforcing a new law that reclassified hemp products as marijuana, although the order's scope is limited to the products manufactured and sold by the hemp interests that challenged the policy.
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July 13, 2026
CVS customers hit the pharmacy retail giant with a proposed false advertising class action in California federal court alleging that its "Ultra-Soft Toddler Cleansing Wipes" are deceptively labeled as being hypoallergenic, since they are formulated with added fragrance, a cosmetic allergen that serves no functional skin care purpose.
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July 13, 2026
A Kentucky federal magistrate judge on Monday ordered Prime Hydration LLC to search the personal devices of part-owners Logan Paul and Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, also known as KSI, as part of discovery in a false advertising suit based on their public and vocal links to the company.