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February 11, 2025
Orion Telescope Partly Revives $4M Fraudulent Transfer Suit
A California appellate court on Monday partially revived Orion Telescope's suit accusing rival Celestron Acquisition of orchestrating a fraudulent $4.2 million transfer to help another company avoid paying a judgment owed to Orion, ruling that Orion indeed adequately alleged conspiracy or aiding and abetting a fraudulent transfer.
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February 11, 2025
Logan Paul Co. Won't Fight Messi's Absence In Drink IP Suit
Logan Paul's company told a New York federal judge it won't object to Lionel Messi's absence in an upcoming settlement conference in a trademark dispute due to the soccer legend's unavailability, after Messi's counsel claimed Monday the demand for the athlete's attendance appears to be designed "solely to harass" him.
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February 11, 2025
Patent Attys Can Be Liable For Fees Too, Justices Told
The tech and retail industries are endorsing an effort by Dish Network aiming to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to potentially expand the personal liability of lawyers who file failed patent cases that are found to be "exceptional" by the courts.
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February 11, 2025
PFAS Litigation Finds A New Frontier: Consumer Products
Smartwatch wristbands, adhesive bandages, tampons and juice containers — what do they all have in common? In a growing trend, plaintiffs attorneys allege the products contain toxic forever chemicals and that manufacturers misled consumers about it.
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February 11, 2025
FTC Says Small Stores Pay Southern Glazer's Up To 67% More
The Federal Trade Commission's price discrimination case against Southern Glazer's accuses the wine and spirits distributor of routinely charging small retailers up to 67% more for the same products as large chain stores, according to newly unsealed redactions.
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February 11, 2025
Conn. High Court Won't OK Claims Of Relational Loss Of Child
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state law does not recognize a cause of action for loss of filial consortium, answering a question from a federal judge who was overseeing a product liability case against Target Stores Inc. and the maker of an infant car seat that caught fire, severely injuring a baby.
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February 11, 2025
Olaplex Can't Escape IPO Investors' Formula Change Suit
Olaplex and some of its executives must face investor claims that the company's initial public offering documents did not disclose the European Union had banned a controversial ingredient known as lilial, which would impact Olaplex's main product offering, but the IPO underwriters and selling stockholders were allowed to escape the suit.
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February 11, 2025
Former Marvel Exec Sues Disney For 'Old White Guy' Bias
The former co-president of Marvel Entertainment has filed a discrimination lawsuit in California state court alleging he was passed over for a promotion to lead the consumer products division of parent company Disney because he is an "old white guy."
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February 11, 2025
DC Circ. Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal
The D.C. Circuit refused to pause the government's search monopolization case against Google while Apple appeals a ruling that denied its bid to participate in a coming April trial meant to determine what remedies to impose on Google for violating antitrust law.
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February 11, 2025
Fed. Circ. Revives Patent Suit Against Groupon
A Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling that invalidates some claims of a patent does not prevent the patent owner from asserting different claims in court, the Federal Circuit has ruled, finding that a lower court wrongly dismissed a patent suit against Groupon Inc.
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February 11, 2025
Plaintiff Firm Sues More THC Makers In Potency Class Action
A pair of attorneys has hit another set of cannabis companies with a proposed class action in Illinois federal court, alleging they are selling goods that go beyond state limits on THC in cannabis-infused products.
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February 11, 2025
Starbucks Fights Fla. Defamation Suit Over Atty's Statements
Coffee giant Starbucks Corp. wants out of a lawsuit brought by a patent-licensing company executive's defamation lawsuit, arguing its attorney was not speaking for the company when she made allegedly defamatory statements in an October news article.
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February 11, 2025
Jones Day Gets Amazon Atty For Energy Practice In Houston
Jones Day has hired an attorney who previously worked as senior corporate counsel at Amazon and as an in-house lawyer for Chevron Phillips Chemical to strengthen its energy practice group.
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February 11, 2025
Lane Bryant Worker Can't Get $1.15M Wage Deal OK'd
A California federal judge refused to greenlight a $1.15 million deal that would have resolved a stylist's Private Attorneys General Act suit against fashion company Lane Bryant, saying the settlement does not disincentivize the company from acting illegally and devalues the wage and hour claims.
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February 10, 2025
Judge Refuses To Certify '70s Rockers' Royalty Class Action
A Tennessee federal judge on Monday denied class certification in a breach of contract lawsuit by two members of the 1970s pop-rock band Orleans, John Hall and Lance Hoppen, who accused Warner Music Group Corp. and subsidiary Elektra Entertainment of underpaying foreign digital streaming royalties.
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February 10, 2025
Apple Urges 9th Circ. Not To Revive Web App Antitrust Suit
Apple asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to affirm a lower court's dismissal of a case from iPhone buyers accusing it of violating antitrust law by preventing iPhones from running web-based apps, saying the suit alleges a "highly indirect and speculative" harm that's not even an antitrust injury.
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February 10, 2025
FTC Can't Get Cap On Meta's Up To 86 Antitrust Trial Witnesses
A D.C. federal judge refused Monday to limit the number of witnesses in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit against Meta Platforms, rejecting agency assertions that plans by the Facebook parent company for up to 86 witnesses are "unreasonable."
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February 10, 2025
Amazon Used App Toolkit To Harvest User Data, Suit Says
Amazon has used Candy Crush Saga, Subway Surfers and other mobile apps as a "Trojan Horse" to ingrain secret tracking mechanisms in hundreds of millions of consumers' smartphones through a software development kit for developers, according to a new proposed class action in Seattle federal court.
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February 10, 2025
Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case
Apple told the D.C. Circuit on Monday it did not become clear that it needs to intervene in the government's search monopolization case against Google until enforcers proposed remedies that affected Apple's conduct too.
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February 10, 2025
Insurer Says No Coverage Owed For Toxic Hair Product Suit
The makers of a hair straightening treatment do not have coverage for a lawsuit alleging the product is carcinogenic because the claims against them came after the treatment was known to be hazardous, and after the policy had ended, an insurer told a California federal court.
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February 10, 2025
Fighting Cancer Has Impaired Life, Zantac Plaintiff Testifies
One of the men retrying his Zantac cancer claims in Illinois testified Monday that fighting his illness has meant navigating negative side effects and missing the full family life he previously enjoyed.
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February 10, 2025
BCLP Received Improper OK To Challenge Ga. Fee Ruling
A Georgia state appeals court said Monday that it improperly gave Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP the green light to appeal a trial court ruling ordering the firm to return more than $125,000 in connection to a dispute between an Atlanta attorney and an airport travel spa operator.
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February 10, 2025
DC Judge Won't Stop Shein's Copyright Takedowns On Temu
A D.C. federal judge declined to block fast fashion giant Shein from inundating rival online retailer Temu with copyright takedown requests, finding Temu's claimed injury was economic and thus not irreparable.
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February 07, 2025
NC Judge Knocked By Fed. Circ. For Rushing Patent Trial
A Federal Circuit panel on Friday stripped a patent case over respiratory treatment devices away from a North Carolina federal judge, with the appeals court reversing a noninfringement verdict that came out of a jury trial he oversaw and finding that it was at least the second time the judge "did not intend to manage a fair trial."
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February 07, 2025
Chancery Tosses $3.4B Hertz Stock Warrant Redemption Suit
Delaware's Court of Chancery dismissed a suit Friday filed by two Hertz institutional investors accusing the company of relying on an impermissible reinterpretation of a warrant agreement to reject a redemption demand purportedly triggered by the company's post-Chapter 11 recapitalization, finding the plaintiffs' interpretation of the agreement leads to "absurd results."
Expert Analysis
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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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What Vinyl Acetate's Prop 65 Listing Means For Cos.
California's recent move to add vinyl acetate to the Proposition 65 list of carcinogens, with enforcement starting later this year, will have sweeping compliance and risk implications for businesses in the retail, food and beverage, paint, adhesive, industrial manufacturing, and personal care product industries, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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More Environmental Claims, More Greenwashing Challenges
As companies prepare for the 2025 greenwashing landscape, they should take heed of a D.C. appellate decision that shows that environmental claims are increasingly subject to attack and provides plaintiffs with a playbook for challenging corporate claims of sustainability, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Overseas Investment Rule Calls For Compliance Caution
Investors should be leery of who and what they are investing in now that the federal outbound investment regime, effective Jan. 2, has extended the governement's regulatory reach to businesses and parties not previously subject to trade restrictions, says Thaddeus McBride at Bass Berry.
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Calif. Cannabis Decision Deepens Commerce Clause Divide
In Peridot Tree v. Sacramento, the Eastern District of California joined a growing minority of courts that have found the dormant commerce clause inapplicable to state-regulated marijuana, and the Ninth Circuit will soon provide important guidance on this issue, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024
Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2025
The critical policy milestones for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances expected in 2025 will not only shape the trajectory of PFAS regulation, but also set key precedents for environmental accountability, potentially reshaping the corporate approach to these "forever chemicals" for decades to come, say attorneys at MG+M.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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Influencer IP Case Risks Judges Becoming Arbiters Of 'Vibes'
The case of Gifford v. Sheil, pending in Texas federal court, involves an influencer alleging that distinctive social media aesthetics constitute protectable property, and reflects a troubling trend: the overreach of intellectual property law in areas better left for creative freedom, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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For Accounting Integrity, Start With The Rank-And-File
Macy's acknowledgment of an employee's accounting mistake underscores a valuable lesson for company leaders in fostering compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by cultivating a culture committed to strong accounting integrity and robust oversight, say Keerthika Subramanian and Jon Mantis at Winston & Strawn.
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A Look At FDA's Plans To Establish New OTC Drug Category
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recently finalized rule, creating a new over-the-counter pathway for drugs when patients satisfy certain conditions, may be useful for off-patent drugs with established safety records, though switching to OTC comes with additional costs and considerations, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Chancery May Have Raised Bar For Books, Records Requests
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently approved the denial of a books and records demand against Amazon, raising important questions about what evidence and purpose a stockholder is required to show to succeed on such a request, say attorneys at Selendy Gay.