-
July 17, 2026
A former Walmart employee has sued the retail giant in Georgia federal court, alleging the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to accommodate his request for a temporary modified work assignment and firing him just hours after he requested one following two hospital visits for a painful leg condition.
-
July 17, 2026
A Missouri hemp coalition is suing the state's governor, attorney general and head of its Department of Health and Senior Services in federal court, saying a newly signed law regulating hemp effectively eliminates the state's hemp product industry and contradicts both federal law and itself.
-
July 17, 2026
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general asked a New York federal judge Thursday for a peek into the negotiations behind the Justice Department's controversial midtrial settlement with Live Nation, voicing concerns the deal isn't in the public interest and saying they need details as they seek a breakup.
-
July 17, 2026
A Florida federal judge has ordered 73 online sellers accused of selling counterfeit Trump-branded merchandise to pay a combined $14.6 million, largely adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation to enter default judgments and permanently bar the sellers from unauthorized use of the "Make America Great Again" and "Trump" trademarks.
-
July 17, 2026
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged the Tenth Circuit to reverse a Kansas federal judge's refusal to enter a $300,000 consent decree resolving claims that Walmart failed to accommodate two deaf workers, arguing he relied on personal views instead of governing approval factors.
-
July 17, 2026
U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing dominant search engines such as Google from engaging in anticompetitive tactics to monopolize the online search market.
-
July 17, 2026
The U.S. Department of Commerce is investigating whether certain dietary supplements imported from China are being sold at unfair prices and should be subject to antidumping and countervailing duties, it said Friday.
-
July 16, 2026
Plaintiffs' counsel urged a Seattle federal judge Thursday to rethink dismissal of a proposed antitrust class action accusing Apple and Amazon of illegally restricting sales of iPhones and iPads, contending that attorneys at Hagens Berman couldn't have concluded from their client's "ambiguous" message that he wanted to get out of the case.
-
July 16, 2026
Edible Arrangements' former chief operating officer and his company must pay nearly $14 million after defaulting in a case that accused him of regularly stealing from the fruit-basket company by intercepting vendor rebate checks and diverting millions of dollars in media-contract payments, a Georgia federal judge said Thursday.
-
July 16, 2026
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration administrative law judge has laid out upcoming deadlines following the conclusion of hearings on a proposal to move marijuana to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.
-
July 16, 2026
A California federal judge said Thursday there's "no time to waste" to begin monitoring a three-year injunction against Google in Epic's antitrust battle over Google's Android app store policies, saying he wants monthly reports now that the parties have agreed to accept the injunction terms he laid out.
-
July 16, 2026
The U.S. Department of Commerce can adjust its countervailable duty rate for a South Korean steel manufacturer by reconsidering earlier determinations, a Federal Circuit panel said Thursday, reversing a trade court ruling that made the department stick with its older findings.
-
July 16, 2026
Bankrupt furniture retailer American Signature Inc. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to sell its potential antitrust claims against Google for about $5.76 million, arguing that converting an uncertain litigation asset into immediate cash is the best way to maximize value for creditors while avoiding the costs and risks of pursuing the claims itself.
-
July 16, 2026
Senate Democrats on Thursday once again reintroduced a cannabis legalization bill that would remove the drug entirely from the ambit of the Controlled Substances Act and impose a tax-and-regulate scheme akin to what is currently in place for alcohol and tobacco.
-
July 16, 2026
Walgreens says administrators of the Massachusetts Medicaid program cannot rely on drug prices negotiated with pharmacy benefit managers to determine reimbursement rates, in a challenge to the state's effort to claw back $242,000 in alleged overpayments.
-
July 16, 2026
Merchants who secured a $200 billion settlement over Visa and Mastercard swipe fees asked a New York federal court Wednesday to approve $206 million in attorney fees and costs, saying: "The result achieved here did not come easily and was far from certain."
-
July 16, 2026
Lowe's sold gardening power tools without disclosing a defect in their lithium-ion batteries that have been short-circuiting or catching fire, ultimately leading to a "dangerously deficient" recall that unnecessarily has burdened customers with a tedious process to get battery replacements, according to a proposed class action in California federal court.
-
July 16, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge has given the green light to home shopping company QVC Group's Chapter 11 plan to eliminate most of its $6.5 billion in debt, rejecting objections to the proposal, including a challenge from shareholders who sought to file a competing plan.
-
July 16, 2026
A North Carolina federal judge has transferred a former Ashley Furniture marketing specialist's age and sex discrimination lawsuit to federal court in Florida, ruling that an independent contractor agreement requiring disputes to be litigated in the Tampa area is enforceable despite the employee's objections.
-
July 16, 2026
Cal-Maine told an Illinois federal court that Kraft, Kellogg and other food companies are mischaracterizing a recent settlement egg companies reached with federal and state enforcers, as the court continues to mull a $53 million jury verdict in a long-running price-fixing case.
-
July 16, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decisions to invalidate all claims Canon had challenged in three Slingshot Printing patents covering chips and temperature sensors in inkjet printers.
-
July 16, 2026
A 25% tariff on Brazilian goods will begin next week with an expanded exemption list following public comments on the action, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.
-
July 16, 2026
Kroger was hit with a proposed class and collective action in Georgia federal court alleging the company automatically deducted 30-minute meal breaks from delivery drivers' hours and failed to pay Illinois workers for mandatory security screenings.
-
July 15, 2026
Albertsons conducted few reviews of opioid dispensing by its Washington pharmacies for years after establishing a controlled substances compliance team, according to testimony played on Day 3 of a bench trial in the state's lawsuit accusing the company and its Safeway subsidiary of exacerbating Washington's opioid epidemic.
-
July 15, 2026
Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu after recently starting to find favor with the justices; and one saw its reputation for independence occupy a rare role in the Supreme Court spotlight.