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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.
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July 13, 2026
Hemp product maker Urb Cannabis and its affiliates are urging the Seventh Circuit to leave intact the dismissal of a hemp seller's suit alleging that Urb's products were illegal and led to a police raid on his store, saying the racketeering claims are insufficient and fail to describe the conspiracy or identify its members.
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July 13, 2026
Certain double-weave fabric that contains both polyester and spandex will be added to the list of textiles that can enter the U.S. duty-free under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, the federal government said Monday.
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July 13, 2026
Customs and Border Protection finalized over $15 billion more worth of tariff refunds in just under two weeks, according to a Monday declaration filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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July 13, 2026
Employees at a Georgia Walmart falsely and publicly accused a Wisconsin attorney of theft and subjected her to verbal abuse and a lengthy search of her purchased items because she is Black, according to a discrimination suit filed in federal court on Friday.
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July 13, 2026
Loctite maker Henkel's planned $725 million acquisition of Liquid Nails would create a construction adhesives market behemoth with a "staggering" 80% retail share, the Federal Trade Commission told a Manhattan federal judge Monday as it challenges the deal.
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July 10, 2026
After defending six-figure sanctions of plaintiffs lawyers for "a reckless course of prolonging litigation," a Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorney is facing his own six-figure sanctions, with a California magistrate judge finding he "unnecessarily burdened" opposing counsel despite warnings dating back years about "improper litigation tactics."
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July 10, 2026
"Luxury lookalike" retailer Quince has asked a California federal judge to order Deckers Outdoor Corp. to pay $1.8 million in legal fees and costs in what it called an "exceptional" case after a jury found Deckers' design patent for its Ugg Classic Ultra Mini Boot was invalid.
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July 10, 2026
Amazon.com Inc. has reached a tentative deal in a proposed class action accusing the e-commerce giant of promoting "social casino" mobile apps that constitute illegal gambling, agreeing to pay $2.5 million upfront and leverage indemnity rights that would allow the putative class to recover money from the app developers.