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Washington - January, 2025

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• 9th Circ. Affirms Mormon Church's Win In Tithing Fraud Case
• Small Biz Attys Jump Into 4th Circ. Shell Co. Law Challenge
• Bank Wants Investment Co.'s $60M RICO Suit Tossed
• 9th Circ. Affirms Aerospace Co. Code Meets Fair Use Standard
• Amazon Must Give Up Docs In Consumer Class Antitrust Suits
• Titan Sub Death Suit Sent To Wash. State Court
• Bezos Satellite Co. Gets Reprieve In Docs Fight With His Paper
• Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case
• Judge Blocks Symetra Life Policyholders' $32.5M Deal
• DOI Wins Remand Request In Wash. Tribe's Recognition Bid
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
• Dem AGs Say Trump's DEI Attacks Undercut Anti-Bias Efforts
• NJ, 15 Other States Urge 5th Circ. To Revive ATF Trigger Ban
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards
• Trump Funding Freeze Blocked As Court Doubts Reversal
• Amazon 'Siphoned' App Users' Location Data, Suit Claims
• Calif. AG Asks 9th Circ. To Block Meta's MDL Discovery Win
• Insurer Says It Owes No Coverage For Boys Home Abuse
• FERC Says Pacific NW Pipeline Approval Was By The Book
• Wash. Court Rejects Palestinian Patient's Verdict Bias Appeal
• Patent Lawyer Moves From DLA Piper To Kilpatrick
• Symetra To Pay $2M To End Structured Settlement Suit
• Canadian Pot Equipment CEO Says CBP Illegally Booted Him
• Amazon Can't Lob 'Hail Mary' In Price-Gouging Suit, AG Says
• Wash. Justices Won't Apply SLAPP Law In Newspaper Case
• State AG Enforcement Is Poised For Another Pivot In 2025
• Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger
• Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Drivers' Collective Cert. In Amazon Suit Won't Go To 9th Circ.
• Dentons Partner Joins Mintz's Energy And Sustainability Team
• Cities Urge Judges To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ax Of Patent Atty's Allergan FCA Fight
• Amazon Says Docs FTC Wants For Prime Case Are Privileged
• Commercial Tree Thinning Should Be Part of Wildfire Control
• High Court Could Further Limit Deference With TCPA Fax Case
• 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
• CFPB Cheers On State Bids To Restrict Medical Debt Reporting
• 9th Circ. Halts Calif. Social Media Addiction Law For Appeal
• Shopper Says Costco Adds Hidden Fees To Online Deliveries
• India Asks High Court To Nix $1.3B Telecom Award
• White House Rescinds Trump's Spending Freeze
• Amazon Says Too Late For Mass. Court's Expense Suit Take
• 9th Circ. Backs Class Attys' $8M In Fees In Joint Juice Suit
• 19 Republican State AGs Press Costco To End DEI Policies
• Combat Vet Says Army Base Job Triggered PTSD In $25M Suit
• Wash. Judge Asks If Dr.'s Ivermectin Discipline Was Political
• Feds Say Health System Can't Ditch Fraud Suit Over Surgeries
• Legal Personhood Can Give Natural Entities Their Day In Court
• States Seek Injunction In Trump Birthright Citizenship Case
• Calif. Cannabis Decision Deepens Commerce Clause Divide
• Judge Temporarily Halts Trump's Funding Freeze
• Palo Alto Networks Inside-Trader Wins Resentencing At 9th Circ.
• Alaskan Co. Says Texas Firm Bungled Wash. Dam Scaffolding
• Judge Refuses To Stop Amazon Data Suit In Ill. State Court
• Justices Won't Review $90M Facebook Privacy Settlement
• Fed Fisheries Seek Win In Tide Gate Fight Over Salmon
• Musk Can't Yet Appeal Twitter Investors' Cert., 9th Circ. Says
• Justices To Clarify Article III Standing For Certified Classes
• Delivery Co. Flouted FLSA, Amazon Driver Claims
• EEOC Disability Bias Suit Tossed Following Nixed Evidence
• Chemical Co. Says Insurer Owed Defense For Birth Defect Suit
• 9th Circ. Renews Billing Co.'s Suit Against Texas Data Firm
• SAP Seeks Full 9th Circ. Rehearing Of Revived Tying Suit
• Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
• Immigrant Groups Seek Block Of Trump's Citizenship 'Assault'
• Hiring Freeze, Ending Telework Would Devastate USPTO
• Wash. Justices Back Workers' View On Moonlighting Law
• GOP Rep. Revives Bill To Break Up 9th Circ.
• 9th Circ. Nixes Attys' Challenge To Arizona Victim Contact Law
• Walmart Strikes Deal To End Delivery Driver's Wage Suit
• Algorithm Price-Fixing Ruling May Lower Antitrust Claims Bar
• Starbucks Claims Ex-Exec Owes Company $830K
• What Insurers Should Know About AI Use In Litigation
• Judge Puts 'Unconstitutional' Trump Citizenship Order On Ice
• Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Boeing Rips Investors' Class Cert Bid In 737 Max Blowout Suit
• $1.3B India Telecom Award Can't Be Enforced, Justices Told
• Equity Initiatives Strengthen Wash. Courts, Chief Justice Says
• Judge Won't Toss Bulk Of Chrysler Minivan MDL Claims
• Wash. City Beats Fired Workers' Suit Targeting Vax Mandate
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Express Scripts Generics Dispute
• Amazon Drivers Want Class Cert. In Suit Alleging Unpaid Tips
• Wyden Urges National Standard For Hemp Regulation
• 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
• Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025
• Microsoft Copyright Discovery Fight Ends With Mixed Ruling
• Stanley Tumbler Lead Contamination Suit Gets Shelved
• Amazon Settles Consumer Suit Over Exploding Batteries
• Wash. Panel Suspends Judge, Recommends Removal
• Lyft Driver Says Carjacking Suit Should've Settled Sooner
• US Told To Justify Citizenship Screening Program And Delays
• Amazon Says New Ruling Can't Save Price-Gouging Suit
• A Look At Sweepstakes Casinos' Legal Issues In Fla., Beyond
• Split 9th Circ. Backs Enhanced NLRB Remedy Against Macy's
• Dem States Challenge Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• Real Estate Recap: Trump Policy Priorities, Natural Disasters
• 9th Circ. Revisits Board Members' Blocks On Social Media
• 9th Circ. Backs Vacating Some Trump-Era Oil And Gas Leases
• Red States And Oil Groups Attack Biden's Coastal Drilling Ban
• Instacart, Uber Team Up Against Driver Job Security Law
• P&G Accused Of 'Greenwashing' And Making 'Frankenforests'
• Junior Players Claim Hockey Leagues Violate Antitrust Laws
• Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Restore Threatened Seals' Habitat
• Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
• Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling
• Vanguard To Pay SEC, States $106M Over Surprise Tax Bills
• Teradyne Tells 9th Circ. Jury Should Weigh Copyright Row
• 3M Hit With PFAS Suit Over Wash. Resident's Cancer Diagnosis
• Gov't Wants Time During Epic, Google's 9th Circ. Face-Off
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Undoing Microsoft Win In Wiretap Case
• PE Exec Nominated To Lead Fannie, Freddie Regulator
• Initial Green Light Given to UnitedHealth's Deal In TCPA Suit
• 9th Circ. Affirms $23.2M Judgment In ICE Detainee Wage Trial
• Amazon BIPA Suit Over Alleged NBA 2K Face Scans Settled
• Colo. AG Wants Ruling In Case Grocers' Merger Is Resurrected
• Amazon Shoppers' 'Buy Box' Suit Tossed For Good
• Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
• Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Microsoft Accused Of Stealing Online Marketer Commissions
• 9th Circ. Revives H-1B Fraud Charges Against CEO, HR Head
• CFPB Serves Up Consumer Protection Roadmap For States
• Wash. City, Tribe Look To Settle 24-Hour ER Shelter Dispute
• FTC Defends Authority To Bring Amazon Antitrust Case
• Davis Wright Atty Says Firm Is Trying To Push Him Out
• Block Pays Regulators $80M Over Cash App AML Compliance
• 9th Circ. Eyes Undoing Trans Patients' Win In ACA Bias Suit
• Symetra Life Policyholders Seek $32.5M Settlement Approval
• More IRS Partnership 'Soft Letters' Coming, Official Says
• Tenants Want Yardi Rent-Fixing Suits Combined
• Boeing Vexes Judge In 737 Max Records Flap With Airline
• Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Nixed Deductions For Disbarred Atty
• No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
• 9th Circ. OK's Deportation Over Threatening A Witness
• Wash. Co. Says Titan Sub Implosion Claims Should Be Tossed
• Wash. Justice Asks If Gun Law Impedes Self-Defense Right
• 9th Circ. Says Moveable Sculptures Protected By Copyright
• Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024
• 5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2025
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
• Monsanto Hit With $100M Jury Verdict In 10th Seattle PCB Trial
• Lincare Pays $1.15M To End Wash. Medicaid Fraud Probe
• Dissuading A Witness Is Grounds For Removal, 9th Circ. Says
• Uber Says Colo. Pay Disclosure Law Infringes Free Speech
• Interior Department Approves Ore. Tribal Casino Amid Lawsuit
• RFK Jr.'s Wash. Anti-Vax Suit Can't Get High Court Save
• High Court Skips 9th Circ. Sesame Oil TM Decision
• Justices Wants DOJ's Input In Wash. Port Water Permit Row
• Real Estate Recap: REIT Activism, Enviro Policy, Power Woes
• Excess Insurers Freed From Kiwanis Sex Abuse Case
• 9th Circ. Affirms Hearing Aid Co.'s Win Over Investor Suit
• Loggers, Landowners Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Antitrust Suit
• Kiewit's Seattle Marine Yard Runoff Violates CWA, Suit Says
• US Trustee Balks At Ch. 11 Bid Protections In First Mode Case
• Alaska Airlines May Be Liable For Agent's Fall, Panel Says
• 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
• X Asks 9th Circ. To Back Dismissal Of $500M Severance Suit
• Amazon HR App Puts Workers In 'Disability Limbo,' Suit Says
• Activision Brands $75B Del. Merger Suit 'Scattershot'
• Wash. Seeks To Ease Legal Practice Path For Military Spouses
• Zillow Brings 'Goldman' Debate Over Class Cert. To 9th Circ.
• AT&T Settles Suit Over Faux Pine Tree Antennas
• Wash. Justices Won't Review $160M Seattle Property Tax Win
• Amazon Can't Cancel Audible Auto-Enrollment Suit
• Kroger Drops FTC Constitutionality Fight After Nixed Merger
• Airlines Say 9th Circ. Should Mull Seattle Airport Pollution Suit
• DOJ Wants Time At 9th Circ. In Zillow, NAR Antitrust Case
• Grocers Say Nothing Left To Fight In Colo. Merger Challenge
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
• 9th Circ. To Vote On Rehearing Asylum 'Metering' Case
• Wash. Official Presses Hospital On Filing Delay In Death Suit
• UPS Can't Erase $40M Race Bias Verdict, Ex-Employee Says
• Judge Says DOI Can't Get New Ageism Trial After Worker Win
• Wash. Justices To Review Airline Worker's COVID Comp. Case
• Edward Jones Fined $17M Over Customer Transition Fees
• Insurer Can't Duck Covering Wash. Developer In Flooding Suit
• Epic Gets Backing For Google App Store Changes
• When Judging Product Label Claims, Follow The Asterisk
• Shoppers Say Kroger Merger Suit Still Alive After Nixed Deal
• Mortgage Cos. Fined $20M Over Cybersecurity Breach
• Wilson Sonsini, Cooley Lead $621M Take-Private Of Accolade
• Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Starbucks' Former IP Head Joins Davis Wright In Seattle
• 9th Circ. Upholds Ore. Ban On Secret Audio Recordings
• Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Uphold Ringed Seal Protections
• 9th Circ. To Let Feds Argue In Wash. ICE Inspection Law Fight
• Khan Says FTC Approach A Bulwark To Trump 'Backsliding'
• Aviation Watch: How Court Nixed Boeing Plea Deal Over DEI
• Amazon Accused Of Secretly Slowing Delivery In Poorer Areas
• US Foods Slapped With Class Wage Suit By Ex-Seattle Worker
• DOJ Ropes Landlords Into RealPage Antitrust Case
• University Wins Out In Fired Football Coach's Vax Bias Suit
• Amazon Says Worker's $1.6M Atty Fees Are Excessive
• Wash. Panel Won't Boot Subway Wage Dispute To Arbitration
• Athira Inks $4M FCA Deal Over Ex-CEO's Research Fraud
• 9th Circ. Urged To Extend Freeze On Calif. Social Media Law
• Wash. Labor Dept. Escapes Union's Farm Wage Challenge
• Boeing, DOJ Given More Time To Rework 737 Max Plea Deal
• Amazon, Black & Decker Win $13M Default In Fake Battery Suit
• Judge Rejects Rape Kit Seller's 2nd Bid To Pause Wash. Ban
• T-Mobile's Lax Policies Led To 2021 Data Hack, Wash. AG Says
• Staffing Co. Strikes $4.4M Deal To End Nurses' Wage Suit
• Biden Closes Off Coastal Areas To Offshore Drilling
• Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
• Boeing, DOJ Say No Agreement Yet For Revised 737 Max Plea
• Alaska Air Passengers Refile New Suit Over Boeing Blowout
• Real Estate Recap: All Eyes On '25
• CashCall Still On Hook For $134M To CFPB, 9th Circ. Rules
• Fund Manager Says Broker-Dealer's Retaliation Led To Losses
• Apple Affiliate Operators Accused Of Evading Wage Judgment
• 9th Circ. Judge Says Asylum Seekers Can Use Appeals To Stall
• Victims Say Crypto Isn't Money, Safeco Must Cover Hack
• Wash. City Fights Order To Keep ER Tribal Shelter Open
• 9th Circ. Partly Revives Casino ATM Contract Dispute, Again
• Stanley Cup Maker Sued Over Alleged Lid Hazard
• 9th Circ. Revives Cos.' Suit Over Unions' SeaWorld Lobbying
• Epic Tells 9th Circ. Google's Legal 'Reckoning Long Overdue'
• 9th Circ. Revives Pot Fines Suit Against Calif. County
• Uber Can't Hold Off Seattle Driver Deactivation Law
• Amazon Gets Zulily's Antitrust Suit Trimmed, For Now
• Amazon Says FTC Stalling Discovery In Prime Sign-Up Suit
• Amazon Used Forfeited 401(k) Cash For Self Gain, Suit Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Nonprofit's Union Dues Deduction Fight
• 9th Circ. Says Religious Carveout Sinks Kosher Worker's Suit
• Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Things To Know About 9th Circ. Ruling In $56M Beer Battle
• 9th Circ. Dismisses LegalForce Trademark Appeal
• Health Tech Regulatory Trends To Watch In 2025
• An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
• Transportation Cases To Watch In 2025
• Washington Cases To Watch In 2025
• Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2025