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February 14, 2025
4th Circ. To Hear Deloitte Appeal Of SCANA Class Cert. Ruling
The Fourth Circuit has agreed to hear a case that could overturn the class status of SCANA Corp. investors accusing Deloitte of issuing misleading audit reports about the progress being made on a failed $9 billion nuclear energy project, saying it would hear arguments over whether a U.S. Supreme Court model on damages was properly applied to the class certification order.
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February 14, 2025
Chemical Co.'s Inventory Issues Led To Losses, Investor Says
Agricultural sciences company FMC Corp. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action in Pennsylvania federal court alleging it misled investors about its high inventory levels across its global channels, causing significant losses when its issues were revealed earlier this month.
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February 14, 2025
Digital Health Co. Beats Some Claims In SPAC Investor Suit
A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed, with leave to amend, claims in an investor suit against a blank check company that took digital health equipment venture Butterfly Network Inc. public, finding that some of the shares the plaintiffs purchased are not traceable to the registration statement at issue in the suit.
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February 14, 2025
'Not For Sale': OpenAI Rebuffs Musk's $97.4B Takeover Bid
The board of directors for OpenAI voted unanimously on Friday to reject a $97.4 billion offer from Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to buy the artificial intelligence platform, with the board chair saying in a statement, "OpenAI is not for sale."
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February 14, 2025
HuffPost Sends User Data To Microsoft For Ads, Reader Says
Huffington Post flouts privacy laws by selling and sharing its readers' personal information without prior consent through trackers made by Microsoft, OpenX and Connatix that are installed on their web browsers for targeted advertising and real-time digital ad auctions, alleges a proposed class action filed Thursday in California federal court.
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February 14, 2025
Judge Partly Certifies Ex-Detainee Class In Debit Card Fee Suit
A Washington federal judge has partially certified a class of former detainees suing the Central Bank of Kansas City, alleging the bank charged them debit card fees to regain access to their money after they were released.
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February 14, 2025
Solar Tech Co. SunPower Beats Investor Suit Over Defects
A California federal court has permanently dismissed an investor's suit alleging solar power equipment company SunPower concealed product defects in order to maintain artificially high share prices, saying the investor has not established SunPower knew or could have known its statements were false when made.
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February 14, 2025
CVS Wins Arbitration In Medicare Fee Antitrust Suit
An Arizona federal judge ordered four independent pharmacies to arbitrate their claims accusing CVS of exploiting a Medicare loophole to charge them exorbitant fees, saying several unconscionable provisions in an underlying arbitration clause could be severed.
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February 14, 2025
NHL, CHL Ask Court to Toss Junior Players' Antitrust Lawsuit
The National Hockey League has asked a Washington federal court to toss an antitrust lawsuit challenging a rule that dictates where junior athletes can play, arguing that most enforcement of the rule took place in Canada.
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February 14, 2025
Judge Says Class Waited Too Long For Home Depot Fee Suit
A Georgia federal judge has granted Home Depot an early win over a proposed class action alleging overcharges on tool rentals, ruling that the plaintiffs waived their claims by failing to provide written notice of disputed charges within the contract's 25-day deadline.
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February 14, 2025
Some Discovery On Hold In Abbott Infant Formula Case
An Illinois federal judge granted in part a request by Abbott Laboratories to pause a shareholder derivative suit over how it managed the 2022 infant formula crisis, allowing written discovery to go on while staying depositions until May.
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February 14, 2025
Conn. Diocese Reaches $31M Deal With Abuse Claimants
The bankrupt Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, has struck a deal to pay $31 million to sexual abuse survivors, the diocese and its unsecured creditors' committee jointly announced Friday.
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February 14, 2025
Defunct Media Co. Agrees To Resolve WARN Act Class Action
Former digital media startup The Messenger has struck a deal to end a class action alleging it failed to give hundreds of workers enough notice about its impending layoffs and shutdown, the company told a New York federal court.
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February 14, 2025
Nonprofit Not Covered For Palestine Protest Suit, Insurer Says
An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a social justice organization against a proposed class action concerning a Chicago protest in support of Palestine, telling a New York federal court the allegations against the Westchester County foundation don't fall within its policies' scopes of coverage.
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February 14, 2025
DOJ Takes Military Bias Dispute With Nev. To 9th Circ.
The U.S. Department of Justice said it will appeal to the Ninth Circuit after a federal judge tossed its suit accusing the state of Nevada and its public employees retirement system of overcharging service members for pension credits.
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February 13, 2025
Kimberly-Clark, P&G Dodge Tampon Fraud Claims, For Now
A California federal judge on Thursday dismissed a woman's fraud claims accusing Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble of touting their Tampax and Kotex tampons as safe despite containing toxic levels of lead, saying that the putative class actions she filed lacked details on tests she asserted discovered the lead.
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February 13, 2025
9th Circ. Panel Doubts SEC's 'Gag Rule' Violates Free Speech
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday appeared to doubt a First Amendment challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "gag rule" that settling parties cannot deny allegations against them, as each judge noted that the agreements are voluntary.
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February 13, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Undo Meta's $725M Privacy Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed Meta Platforms Inc.'s $725 million settlement resolving privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, finding that the California district court conducted a full review of the deal's terms before approving it.
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February 13, 2025
UnitedHealth Can't Escape All Claims In AI Denial Suit
A Minnesota federal judge Thursday allowed Medicare Advantage patients and the estates of deceased enrollees to pursue breach of contract claims against UnitedHealth over its alleged use of AI to override physician recommendations, finding they are not preempted by the Medicare Act, but tossed others by holding they are preempted.
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February 13, 2025
Wash. Justices Wary Of Pay Transparency Law Stances
Washington's highest court grilled attorneys on both sides of a debate over state pay transparency law on Thursday, with some justices suggesting the employer's stance put too much onus on workers while another expressed doubt the protections should extend to people who apply for jobs they have no chance to get.
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February 13, 2025
Tesla, Objector Appeal $730M Chancery Board Pay Deal
Tesla Inc. and a stockholder objector have appealed a Delaware Court of Chancery approval of the return of more than $730 million in director stock, option and grant awards to the company that would resolve a suit accusing the electric-car maker's board of raking in "outrageous" compensation packages that cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.
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February 13, 2025
Arrow Financial Investors Get Final OK For $850K Deal
Investors suing multibank holding company Arrow Financial Corp. received final approval from a New York federal judge Thursday for an $850,000 deal settling claims the company concealed defective internal controls that led to missed financial filings.
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February 13, 2025
Chancery OKs Appraisal Suit Fix For Sears Damage Ruling
A Sears Hometown Stores investor that saw its Delaware Court of Chancery share appraisal suit tanked by the company's bankruptcy in 2019 won a $4.06 per share payout ruling Thursday in a Court of Chancery decision focused on fair price and full and incremental damage claims.
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February 13, 2025
Ohio Ordered To Get Rescinded Unemployment From DOL
An Ohio court on Wednesday ordered the state government to "take all action necessary" to get its share of a COVID-19 pandemic unemployment relief program that Gov. Mike DeWine pulled it out of in 2021 and to distribute that money to qualified residents who missed out.
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February 13, 2025
Profs Back Hotel Guests In 3rd Circ. Algorithmic Pricing Case
A group of academics has joined antimonopoly groups to support hotel guests accusing several Atlantic City casino hotels of using shared software to fix room rates in their Third Circuit fight to revive their suit.
Expert Analysis
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Proposed NIL Deal Leaves NCAA Antitrust Liability Door Open
The proposed House v. NCAA settlement filed in California federal court creates the possibility of significant direct payments to student-athletes for the first time, but the resulting framework is unlikely to withstand future antitrust scrutiny because it still represents an agreement among competitors to limit labor cost, says Yaman Desai at Lynn Pinker.
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Opinion
Expert Witness Standards Must Consider Peer Review Crisis
For nearly two decades, the so-called replication crisis has upended how the scientific community views the reliability of peer-reviewed studies, and it’s time for courts to reevaluate whether peer review is a trustworthy proxy for expert witness reliability, say Jeffrey Gross and Robert LaCroix at Reid Collins.
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Drip Pricing Exemption Isn't A Free Pass For Calif. Eateries
A new exemption relieves California bars and restaurants from the recently effective law banning prices that don't reflect mandatory fees and charges — but such establishments aren't entirely off the hook for drip pricing, due to uncertainty over disclosure requirements and pending federal junk fee regulations, say Alexandria Ruiz and Amy Lally at Sidley.
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How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market
Faced with fierce competition and rising operating costs, firms are feeling the pressure to build a well-oiled marketing and business development team that supports strategic priorities, but they’ll need to be flexible and creative given a tight talent market, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Considerations For Federal Right Of Publicity As AI Advances
Amid rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence technology, Congress should consider how a federal right of publicity would interact with the existing patchwork of state name, image and likeness laws, as well as other issues like scope, harm recognized and available relief, says Ross Bagley at Pryor Cashman.
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Why Calif. Courts Are Split On ERISA Forfeited Contributions
A split between two California federal courts, in deciding whether an employer’s use of forfeited retirement plan contributions to offset future costs violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, suggests employers should soon expect more ERISA cases to advance this novel legal theory when making anti-inurement and breach of fiduciary duty claims, says Blake Crohan at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Rock climbing requires problem-solving, focus, risk management and resilience, skills that are also invaluable assets in my role as a finance lawyer, says Mei Zhang at Haynes and Boone.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step
From rookie brief writers to Chief Justice John Roberts, lawyers should master the legal standard two-step — framing the governing standard at the outset, and clarifying why they meet that standard — which has benefits for both the drafter and reader, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Takeaways From Tossed Deal In Visa, Mastercard Class Action
Given the rejection of a proposed deal in the long-running merchant antitrust class action against Visa and Mastercard in New York federal court, sweetening the proposed settlement pot likely will not be an option, leaving few possible outcomes including splitting the class and allowing opt-outs, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Weight-Loss Drugs May Spur Next Major Mass Tort
With lawsuits concerning Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs potentially becoming the next major mass tort in the U.S., companies should consider key defense strategies ranging from alternate dispute resolution to enhanced drug safety, say Dino Haloulos and Jarif Khan at Foley & Mansfield.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: Rare MDL Moments
Following a recent trend of rare moments in baseball, there are a few rarities this year in multidistrict litigation panel practice, including an unusually high rate of petition grants, and, in one session, a two-week delay from hearing session day to the first decision, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.
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Series
Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
When I’m not working as an appellate lawyer, I spend my spare time building guitars — a craft known as luthiery — which has helped to enhance the discipline, patience and resilience needed to write better briefs, says Rob Carty at Nichols Brar.
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Half-Truths Vs. Omissions: Slicing Justices' Macquarie Cake
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Macquarie v. Moab provides a road map for determining whether corporate reports that omit information should be considered misleading — and the court baked it into a dessert analogy that is key to understanding the guidelines, say Daniel Levy and Pavithra Kumar at Advanced Analytical Consulting Group.
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Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity
The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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2 Lessons From Calif. Overtime Wages Ruling
A California federal court's recent decision finding that Home Depot did not purposely dodge overtime laws sheds light on what constitutes a good faith dispute, and the extent to which employers have discretion to define employees' workdays, says Michael Luchsinger at Segal McCambridge.