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August 07, 2026
A New York intermediate appellate court has found that the state's marijuana law preempts localities from enforcing more stringent location policies for marijuana stores than what is found in state law.
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August 07, 2026
The Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act only applies to trade and commerce conducted in the state, and not to entities operating websites that are merely accessible in Connecticut, a state court judge has ruled in declining to impose a $7.7 million civil penalty against a Florida-based company that sells ghost gun parts online.
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August 07, 2026
An excess insurer told a California federal court it owed no part of a $5 million policy for suits claiming a software company unlawfully tracked customers' web activity, while the software company told an Illinois federal court that its primary policy is exhausted and the insurer's refusal to pay is improper.
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August 07, 2026
Distribution center workers who accused Crocs Inc. of miscalculating overtime pay by excluding shift differentials and bonuses from their regular rate have moved to settle their Fair Labor Standards Act claims for $300,000 in Colorado federal court.
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August 07, 2026
The Ninth Circuit rejected a fund manager's bid to force a 401(k) suit into arbitration, a district court tossed a pension de-risking suit, and the D.C. Circuit unraveled a union pension fund's $13 million withdrawal liability win.
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August 06, 2026
A pair of Mercedes drivers says the seats in some vehicles have raised metallic AMG logo badges that heat up in the sun and then burn unwitting drivers and passengers, sometimes leaving them with painful second-degree burns that visibly bear the logo, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday.
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August 06, 2026
A Florida federal judge on Thursday struck a woman's lawsuit alleging a former romantic partner tracked her with Apple Inc.'s "stalker proof" AirTags, saying she must file a more specific complaint or else her claims will be dismissed.
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August 06, 2026
In answering two certified questions from the Third Circuit, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday said a worker injured while driving a company vehicle is not entitled to his employer's full general liability limit under a state law that requires employers to give workers the same underinsured motorist coverage.
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August 06, 2026
Sherwin-Williams must face claims it falsely advertised its Firetex coating as being able to achieve substantial fire resistance in fewer coats than rival brands' products, causing a competitor's sales to slump, a Missouri federal judge ruled, saying the paint giant's marketing was not mere puffery.
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August 06, 2026
Georgia's tax agency and Uber have settled their dispute over whether the ride-hailing company was required to collect and remit millions in sales taxes on behalf of drivers and customers who used its app before the Wayfair decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals said in an order Thursday.
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August 06, 2026
A California federal judge has refused to toss out a proposed class action accusing Safeway of falsely advertising wine discounts after finding that customers could reasonably understand the price cuts were temporary, even though the grocer allegedly never reverted to the advertised non-sale price.
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August 06, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court has stayed a lawsuit over the authority of an interim chief financial officer at Iridium Industries Inc., ruling that a nearly three-decade-old stockholder agreement requires arbitrators, not the court, to decide whether the dispute belongs in arbitration.
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August 06, 2026
A California federal judge has certified for interlocutory appeal a ruling refusing to dismiss trademark claims over the "Toy Story 3" character Lotso, saying the long-running case raises an unresolved question about whether corporate affiliates' merchandising can deprive movie distributors of First Amendment protection for a character name used onscreen.
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August 06, 2026
An Ohio federal judge has tossed shoe retailer DSW's suit seeking an order that it doesn't infringe Sony Music Entertainment's copyrights, finding it was an anticipatory filing that has to yield to Sony's own infringement suit in California.
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August 06, 2026
Fast-fashion company Shein is seeking a $40 billion valuation through its Hong Kong initial public offering, betting platform Polymarket is eyeing a new funding round that could value it at $20 billion and Cencora's MWI Animal Health merger with Covetrus faces regulatory scrutiny.
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August 06, 2026
China's government will strengthen export controls on drones and their components as well as suspend coordinated inspections with U.S. officials and start new investigations into American businesses as countermeasures in response to recent U.S. actions implicating Chinese companies.
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August 06, 2026
Missouri officials asked a federal judge to throw out a suit challenging new regulations on intoxicating cannabinoid products, saying the hemp coalition and other companies that sued to block the law haven't shown they have standing.
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August 05, 2026
Several grocery chains, including Albertsons and Kroger, have accused a group of refined sugar companies including Domino Sugar of conspiring to artificially raise the cost of refined sugar through a "give to get" arrangement.
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August 05, 2026
Social media companies are headed back to court over allegations that their platforms are designed to hook young people, while OpenAI faces claims that ChatGPT has meted out harmful health advice and helped users plan mass shootings. Here's what's on the radar for product liability for the rest of 2026.
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August 05, 2026
An Irish vodka producer sued Starbucks Corp. in Washington state court over accusations the coffee giant broke a contract that required it to give six months' notice before discontinuing its use of the vodka at Starbucks Reserve and Roastery locations in the United States.
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August 05, 2026
A New York City law that would require DoorDash, GrubHub and other delivery apps to share customer data with the restaurants fulfilling food orders violates the First Amendment, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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August 05, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive claims in a Nike fitness tracker patent challenged by Lululemon, affirming a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that the claims were invalid.
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August 05, 2026
A D.C. federal judge blasted a Wi-Fi-calling patent holder's antitrust and RICO suit against the major telecom carriers in court Wednesday, dismissing claims that the carriers misled consumers about their Wi-Fi calling offerings, but he did give the plaintiff a chance to refile its antitrust complaint.
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August 05, 2026
A long-running dispute over the ownership of Atlanta-based SweetWater Brewing's leaping trout logo came to an end Wednesday, with the logo's creator agreeing to drop his suit alleging the brewery continued using it without permission after a $366 million acquisition by Aphria Inc. in 2020.
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August 05, 2026
A Texas federal court ruled Wednesday that the National Firearms Act and its enforcement of registration and transfer requirements are unconstitutional in light of the 2025 federal budget bill's elimination of taxes on certain firearms, handing a win to several gun rights advocacy groups.