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• July 02, 2024

  6th Circ. Takes Up Fuel Pump Appeal GM Pledged To Drop

  The Sixth Circuit has agreed to hear General Motors' bid to undo certification of seven state classes of drivers who say GM sold diesel-powered trucks with faulty fuel pumps, although the automaker recently agreed to a $50 million settlement that includes a promise to abandon the appeal.

• July 02, 2024

  Samsung Doesn't Owe $4M In Arbitration Fees, 7th Circ. Says

  The Seventh Circuit has ruled that Samsung need not pay $4M in individual arbitration fees for 35,000 consumers claiming the electronics giant illegally collected their biometric data, saying Monday that under their purchase agreement terms the consumers could have advanced the fees if they wanted their claims arbitrated.

• July 02, 2024

  Hytera Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Motorola Radio IP Suit

  An Illinois federal judge imposed sanctions against China's Hytera Communications on Monday for flouting three court orders to produce source code for review in Motorola's patent dispute claiming the radio manufacturer unlawfully copied its digital two-way radio technology and infringed seven patents.

• July 02, 2024

  Enbridge, Tribes Spar Over Payout In Pipeline Trespass Row

  Enbridge Energy told the Seventh Circuit a recent ruling that resulted in a tribe receiving a nearly $400 million payout for trespassing does not apply to the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe's current trespass challenge, arguing the district court recognized that this case presents a different set of facts.

• July 02, 2024

  Justices' Bribery Ruling: A Corrupt Act Isn't Necessarily Illegal

  In its Snyder v. U.S. decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a bribery law does not criminalize gratuities, continuing a trend of narrowing federal anti-corruption laws and scrutinizing public corruption prosecutions that go beyond obvious quid pro quo schemes, say Carrie Cohen and Christine Wong at MoFo.

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