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May 20, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday questioned whether Jack Daniel's proved that any mark beyond its name was famous enough to support a tarnishment ruling against VIP Products' poop-themed "Bad Spaniels" dog toy, while pressing both sides on whether courts should compare the parties' marks alone or also consider the toy's bottle-like design and crude humor.
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May 20, 2026
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP urged a California federal judge to allow one of its named plaintiffs to withdraw from an Apple iCloud antitrust case, saying Apple Inc.'s filed opposition is rife with "misdirection and ad hominem" attacks and not about the merits of the dispute but "smearing opposing counsel."
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May 20, 2026
Colorado Natural Gas Inc. urged a Colorado state judge to review a state agency's decision that the company says improperly expanded a 2023 statute intended to eliminate incentives for establishing gas service.
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May 20, 2026
A Seventh Circuit judge on Wednesday pushed counsel for a mother asking to revive her lawsuit claiming Abbott Laboratories' infant formula caused her premature daughter to develop a fatal gut disease to address whether the mother had a burden to identify a more adequate warning that would have prompted her baby's treating physicians to act differently.
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May 20, 2026
The U.S. Trustee's Office asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to withhold approval of home shopping company QVC's Chapter 11 plan, saying its method for establishing creditor buy-in for releases is inappropriate.
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May 20, 2026
Target urged a California federal judge to nix a proposed class action alleging its Good & Gather tuna products are deceptively labeled as "sustainably caught," arguing Tuesday the plaintiff takes issue with the global commercial tuna fishing industry, which "may reflect some bad actors, but none by Target's suppliers."
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May 20, 2026
A home delivery company used a shifting piece-rate and hourly pay system and denied workers required breaks, leaving employees uncompensated for travel time, standby work, overtime and interrupted meal periods, according to a proposed class action filed in Colorado state court.
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May 20, 2026
Nokia will still be able to import some of its foreign made routers after receiving the Federal Communications Commission's blessing and conditional approval and exemption from the agency's covered list of equipment the agency has deemed a national security risk.
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May 20, 2026
A careful reading of the law shows marijuana is not, as the IRS argues, a controlled substance under federal law, a New Mexico cannabis dispensary operator told the U.S. Tax Court in support of its business expense deductions claimed during 2017 through 2019.
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May 20, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's veto of legislation to tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis will keep the commonwealth in a state of cannabis legal limbo for the foreseeable future.
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May 20, 2026
A proposed class of budtenders for dispensaries run by GL Partners Inc. is suing in Missouri federal court, alleging the dispensaries are violating federal labor laws by sharing tips with managerial staff and otherwise mishandling them to use as petty cash or to balance cash registers.
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May 19, 2026
Counsel for grocery store consumers urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to find they substantially prevailed in their proposed class action challenging Kroger's since-abandoned $24.6 billion bid for Albertsons and are entitled to attorney fees, arguing that the lower court wrongly concluded the case was mooted by other federal actions blocking the merger.
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May 19, 2026
The federal government's arguments to stay a permanent injunction against the collection of President Donald Trump's temporary global duties for two small businesses and the state of Washington while it appeals the ruling are overblown, a coalition of states told the U.S. Court of International Trade on Tuesday.
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May 19, 2026
A Tennessee shopper's proposed class action accusing Amazon of collecting excessive sales tax will remain in Washington federal court, a Seattle judge ruled Monday, concluding that the case's value "more likely than not" exceeds a $5 million threshold under the federal Class Action Fairness Act.
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May 19, 2026
A former Johnson & Johnson toxicologist denied the company controlled a 1970s study of talc miners by insisting "you do not control" people like the professor behind the study, in a video deposition shown Tuesday to a California jury considering bellwether claims the company's talc products caused deadly ovarian cancer in three women.
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May 19, 2026
A Washington federal judge rejected Skechers USA Inc.'s effort to throw out a proposed class action accusing the footwear giant of blasting state residents with unsolicited and misleading spam emails, ruling Tuesday that Washington's antispam law is consistent with federal law.
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May 19, 2026
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board will no longer conduct an inter partes review into the validity of an Omni MedSci wearable device patent, now that there will be a separate post-grant review.
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May 19, 2026
A Washington federal judge Tuesday appeared conflicted over Valve Corp.'s bid for a court order to block hundreds of gamers from arbitrating consumer protection claims, pressing the game developer on its evolving arbitration stance while suggesting users agreed to updated terms requiring such disputes to be resolved in court.
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May 19, 2026
Two mothers have hit baby product company Root Technology Ltd. with a proposed class action in New York federal court alleging that the Momcozy brand countertop washer for bottles is defective since the necessary high sterilization temperatures cause plastic parts to break off, creating a choking hazard for infants.
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May 19, 2026
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice Tuesday warned that cutting off workers' compensation benefits for disregarding a doctor's general health advice, such as not smoking, could be a "slippery slope" that leads to the end of coverage for many across the state.
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May 19, 2026
Costco urged an Illinois federal court to toss a putative consumer class action seeking to recoup the higher costs that shoppers paid under President Donald Trump's global tariffs, contending that the case is premature in the wake of uncertain corporate refunds.
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May 19, 2026
Google's former global sales manager was targeted for taking protected medical leave and baby bonding leave and "treated with a lack of empathy and understanding for needing time off as a single father," he alleged in a discrimination lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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May 19, 2026
A Chinese equipment testing lab says the Federal Communications Commission needs to tread carefully in crafting new rules demanding "reciprocal" agreements to test communications gear, or risk disrupting U.S. supply chains.
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May 19, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday agreed to confirm the Chapter 11 liquidation plan for e-commerce group Food52, trimming a few features of the plan including releases for the debtor and the creditors committee.
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May 19, 2026
The owner of a luxury fashion design firm in Seattle told a federal court that its insurer owed coverage for burglaries that occurred amid protests after the 2020 murder of George Floyd, saying the insurer acted in bad faith by denying coverage without providing a reasonable explanation.