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$2.4 Million Settlement Of Anesthesia Firms’ Data Breach Gets Final Approval

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The same day that a New York federal judge presided over a fairness hearing for a $2.4 million settlement of a data breach suit against an anesthesia provider management company, he granted final approval of the agreement, disposing of putative class negligence and consumer protection violation claims against the firm and its affiliates in an April 28 order.

3rd Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Online Gambler’s Fraud Suit Against BetMGM

PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 28 affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an online gambler’s New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) and negligence suit against BetMGM LLC and other online gaming owners and operators over their alleged breach of duty of care owed to him, finding that because the gambler failed to assert claims for CFA and negligence, the complaint was correctly dismissed.

Supreme Court To Hear Case Over Federal Jurisdiction In Tainted Baby Food Dispute

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 agreed to hear a case in which a baby food manufacturer says a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that a district court improperly denied remand to plaintiffs who had sued the company alleging that it contaminated its products with heavy metals “directly conflicts with decisions of other courts of appeals,” ignores Supreme Court precedent concerning federal jurisdiction and “egregiously wastes judicial and party resources with no apparent benefit.”

Alaska Federal Judge Grants Insurer’s Motion To Dismiss COVID-19 Coverage Suit

ANCHORAGE, Ala. — Following the Alaska Supreme Court’s answers to two certified questions in a coronavirus coverage dispute, a federal judge in Alaska on April 28 entered judgment in favor of an insurer after granting its motion to dismiss an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for loss of business income under the Communicable Disease Suspension of Operations provision in the insurance policy.

U.S. High Court Hears Arguments On Veterans’ Pay In Appeal Of Class Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 heard arguments from counsel representing veterans and the United States in a class dispute over the application of the Barring Act to settlements of combat-related special compensation (CRSC) requests.

Both Supreme Court And District Court Deny Bids To Stay Patent Suit Sanctions

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Both the U.S. Supreme Court and a California federal court blocked requests to stay the entry of sanctions against three lawyers from a law firm representing a patent holder on April 25; the federal magistrate judge presiding over the lower court case said the attorneys failed to show that their pending appeal before the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has a substantial likelihood of success.

9th Circuit Finds No Duty To Disclose Trace Metals In ‘Organic’ Baby Food

SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 25 affirmed a judge’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a baby food maker accused by putative class plaintiffs of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other consumer protection laws by concealing the presence of heavy metals in its “organic” baby food products and denied a request to certify a related issue to the California Supreme Court.

New York Panel Reverses Judgment For Allstate In Fraud Misrepresentation Dispute

ROCHESTER, N.Y.  — A New York state appellate panel on April 25 reversed a lower court order granting summary judgment to Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Co. in a breach of contract suit against it over its purported failure to cover its insured homeowners’ claim for fire-related damages, finding that the underwriting guidelines do not show that Allstate would have denied the insured’s application for insurance had it known of the alleged misrepresentations in the policy application.

Panel Says No Additional Coverage Owed For Underlying Carbon Monoxide Suit

SAN FRANCISCO — An insured landlord is not entitled to additional coverage for the settlement of a tenant’s underlying bodily injury suit arising out of carbon monoxide poisoning because the apartment insurance policy’s liability limit applies only to the year in which the occurrence took place, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 25 in affirming a district court’s finding that the stacking of annual policy limits is prohibited by the policy.

5th Circuit Gives DOL 30 Days To Reconsider Biden-Era ESG Rule

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 28 declined to “permit an open-ended abeyance” but gave the U.S. Department of Labor and its Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (together, the DOL) 30 days to reconsider a challenged 2022 investment rule concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

Panel: City Robocalls Announcing Virtual Town Halls During COVID-19 Not Illegal

DENVER — A 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the judgment of a New Mexico federal court, which granted a city’s motion to dismiss in a lawsuit alleging that robocalls made by the city to inform residents that town hall meetings would be held virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic were a violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), ruling that the calls fall within the emergency purposes exception of the act.

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