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April 29, 2026
The Ninth Circuit has reversed its own order that stayed a ruling on an injunction barring Apple from charging developers high commissions on in-app purchases until a district court judge sets up narrower guardrails, saying Epic Games had persuaded it that Apple was unlikely to get the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal.
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April 29, 2026
A New York woman is suing Trader Joe's Co. in federal court, alleging that its "low acid" dark roast coffee is still nearly as acidic as regular coffee and has roughly half the caffeine despite not being labeled as decaffeinated or half-caff.
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April 29, 2026
Atkore Inc. has struck two deals to end claims against it in sprawling litigation accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe producers of conspiring to fix prices, agreeing to pay $72.5 million to a class of direct purchasers and another $64 million to another class of buyers.
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April 29, 2026
A stipulation between state attorneys general and private plaintiffs suing generic-drug makers for alleged price-fixing seems to reflect a change in the states' earlier deal to release claims against Bausch entities, the companies said in asking a Connecticut federal judge to maintain the status quo.
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April 29, 2026
Artificial intelligence builder and technology services company Cognizant said it will expand its AI infrastructure capabilities with the acquisition of San Jose, California-based Astreya for about $600 million, a deal guided by Mayer Brown LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
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April 28, 2026
A group of cannabis dispensaries operated by MMD Inc. has agreed to pay $375,000 to end a lawsuit by workers who accused them of cheating employees out of minimum wage, overtime, tips, meal and rest breaks, and expense reimbursements.
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April 28, 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk testified in a California federal jury trial Tuesday that OpenAI executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman illegally converted OpenAI into a for-profit company after he invested $38 million under the condition the ChatGPT-maker would remain a nonprofit, creating a potential precedent for "looting in every charity in America."
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April 28, 2026
The federal government on Tuesday sued data company Cloudera Inc. for allegedly discriminating against U.S.-based job candidates by earmarking specific positions for employees on temporary visas.
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April 28, 2026
The artist formerly known as Kanye West cannot delay next week's trial in a copyright lawsuit alleging he used a song by DJ Khalil and other artists on his album "Donda," a California federal judge ruled, saying concert schedules and attorney deadlines in other cases do not justify such a delay.
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April 28, 2026
Financial technology company Ryvyl Inc. and its founders have agreed to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that the company made disclosures falsely representing itself as selling blockchain-based payment solutions, according to an announcement.
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April 28, 2026
San Francisco has struck a deal with the Port of Oakland that ends a trademark infringement suit over Oakland's renaming of its airport that allows the East Bay city to use the name "Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport," the parties announced Tuesday.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal judge on Tuesday reinforced an injunction barring the Trump administration from imposing "impermissibly vague" conditions requiring cities and counties to comply with immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion policies in order to receive federal transportation and other grants.
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April 28, 2026
Financial technology company Mercury, with Skadden attorneys as its counsel, said Tuesday it received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to set up a national bank that will allow Mercury to expand the financial tools it provides to founders and their startups.
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April 28, 2026
Supporters of a referendum that calls for a 5% tax to be levied once on the wealth of California billionaires said they are closer to getting their measure on the November ballot as they are ready to turn in nearly twice the number of required signatures.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal judge largely refused to let telescope companies and current and former executives duck price-fixing claims from distributors and enthusiasts, letting just one former CEO out while concluding enough allegations remain for the certified class action to take the rest to trial.
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April 28, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday of Cisco Systems Inc.'s argument that the Alien Tort Statute categorically bars claims for aiding and abetting alleged human rights violations, with several justices suggesting the viability of such claims should turn on the facts of each specific case.
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April 28, 2026
A split Ninth Circuit panel granted the Trump administration's request to stay orders two Oregon federal judges issued to rein in federal agents' use of tear gas and other crowd-control munitions around a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland.
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April 28, 2026
Wells Fargo told a California federal court a former employee's suit alleging he was retaliated against for challenging what he described as the bank's fake commitment to diverse hiring should be tossed or transferred to Florida because it is "a plain and obvious case of disfavored forum shopping."
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April 28, 2026
The campaign arm of House Democrats has asked a California federal judge to toss a challenge to the state's new voter-backed congressional districts, saying state Republicans had failed to provide direct evidence that it benefits one race more.
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April 28, 2026
AARP and other retirement and investor advocates are supporting former Intel employees who allege their employee 401(k) savings were dragged down by underperforming investments, telling the U.S. Supreme Court the Ninth Circuit erred in requiring the plaintiffs to identify a "meaningful benchmark" for comparison to their lagging funds.
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April 28, 2026
Ligand Pharmaceuticals said it plans to purchase XOMA Royalty in a $739 million deal combining the two biotechnology royalty aggregator companies advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Paul Hastings LLP.
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April 28, 2026
A California federal judge tossed most of a proposed class action accusing Wells Fargo of saddling homeowners with unjustified fees by running an automated mortgage loan loss mitigation and remediation process, dismissing the suit's unjust enrichment and consumer protection claims.
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April 28, 2026
A Delaware judge Tuesday agreed to convert the bankruptcy of charity financial technology group Flipcause to a Chapter 7 liquidation after its Chapter 11 trustee sold its assets and reached a settlement with creditors.
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April 28, 2026
J.R. Simplot Co. is asking the Ninth Circuit to stay pending U.S. Supreme Court review of its decision to invalidate an Idaho land transfer by the U.S. Department of the Interior that would have allowed it to expand its phosphogypsum plant near tribal lands, saying the issue has already caused "robust debate" in the appellate court.
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April 28, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of claims by two women who allege that Facebook's algorithms contributed to their villages being attacked as part of the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, saying that under circuit precedent, those claims are blocked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.