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February 20, 2025
Publix Accused Of Overcharging Discounted Items In Fla. Suit
A customer has brought a proposed federal class-action lawsuit in Florida federal court against Publix Super Markets Inc. over alleged deceptive trade practices, saying the grocery store's point-of-sale system intentionally charged more for discounted items sold by weight.
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February 20, 2025
Nootropics Co. Can't Push Nurse's Suit To Arbitration
Makers of the Thesis brand of supplements can't push into arbitration a former U.S. Army nurse's lawsuit claiming its nootropics, sometimes called "smart drugs," secretly contained amphetamines, which caused her to fail a drug test and be booted from the military, a Washington federal judge has ruled.
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February 20, 2025
Worker Says Wilson Sports Co. Firing Tied To Paternity Leave
A former Wilson Sporting Goods Co. employee has filed a Minnesota federal lawsuit accusing the company of firing him for taking parental leave in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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February 20, 2025
Kim Kardashian's Skims Hit With ADA Lawsuit
A proposed class action filed Thursday in Illinois federal court accuses Skims.com, a shapewear retailer founded by reality star Kim Kardashian, of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act with "significant access barriers" that make it "difficult if not impossible" for visually impaired customers to navigate the website.
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February 20, 2025
11th Circ. Asked To Reinstate FCC's One-To-One Consent Rule
A pro-consumer group urged the Eleventh Circuit to revisit a ruling last month that overturned the Federal Communications Commission's requirement that individual businesses obtain each consumer's consent to contact them through comparison shopping sites.
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February 20, 2025
Pot Co. Exec Says He Was Fired For Reporting Antisemitism
A Jewish former executive for Verano Holdings Corp. and Verano Arizona Inc. is suing the companies in federal court, alleging he was discriminated against and fired for reporting antisemitism and "flippant comments about Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust."
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February 20, 2025
Musk's X Seeks Cash At $44B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
Elon Musk is seeking to raise money for his social media platform X at a $44 billion valuation — the same price he paid to buy the site in 2022 — while BP is considering selling its Castrol lubricants unit for $10 billion and KKR could inject $5 billion into ailing British utility Thames Water. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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February 19, 2025
Walgreens Says $1B COVID Testing Award Must Be Nixed
Walgreens is urging a Delaware federal judge to rethink his decision enforcing a $987 million arbitral award to a lab testing and diagnostics company in a dispute over COVID-19 tests, arguing Tuesday that he ignored that the arbitrator "invented" language in the contract to arrive at his conclusion.
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February 19, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Amazon In Teri Woods Publishing Dispute
A unanimous Second Circuit panel backed a lower court's decision to dismiss Teri Woods Publishing's copyright and contract claims against Audible and other audiobook distributors on Wednesday, holding that the parties' licensing agreement allowed them to distribute the publisher's works through their subscription-based streaming services.
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February 19, 2025
Lululemon Gets 'Greenwashing' Ads Suit Tossed
Lululemon Athletica Inc. has escaped a proposed class action accusing it of misleading the public into thinking the company is environmentally friendly, after a Florida federal judge tossed the suit because the consumers couldn't make a price-premium connection.
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February 19, 2025
PVC Pipe Giant Atkore Discloses DOJ Grand Jury Probe
Atkore Inc.'s antitrust woes have grown from civil price-fixing litigation targeting the company's PVC pipe manufacturing, according to a new investor filing disclosing a U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigation.
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February 19, 2025
Full Fed. Circ. Stands By Reviving Crocs False Ad Case
The full Federal Circuit on Tuesday declined to revisit a panel decision reviving false advertising claims against Crocs Inc. over its statement that its shoes were made with "patented, proprietary, and exclusive" materials that were not, in fact, patented.
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February 19, 2025
Amazon Drivers Deny Discovery Lapses In Yearslong Pay Suit
Ten former Amazon Flex delivery drivers are pushing back against the e-commerce giant's bid to disqualify them as plaintiffs in an eight-year-old collective wage action, contending they have "gone above and beyond" in their efforts to comply with the company's document demands.
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February 19, 2025
Parents Fight Riddell's Bid To Move Defective Helmet Lawsuit
Parents of a high school football player who suffered severe brain injuries due to an allegedly faulty helmet are urging a Texas federal judge to reject sports equipment maker Riddell Inc.'s bid seeking to transfer the litigation to a different court, saying the current location is "far more convenient" for most witnesses.
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February 19, 2025
Hemp Cos. Drop Suit Challenging Va. THC Regulations
A hemp product maker and retailer on Wednesday dropped their suit in federal court challenging a Virginia law restricting the sale of hemp-derived intoxicants a month after the Fourth Circuit affirmed that the law was not preempted by the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized the sale of industrial hemp.
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February 19, 2025
Franchise Group Gets Tentative Deal On Ch. 11 Voting Process
Retail chain operator Franchise Group Inc. and a group of lenders told a Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday they were close to agreeing on a disclosure statement for Franchise Group's Chapter 11 plan that will let the debtor take votes on the proposed debt-for-equity and liquidation deal.
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February 19, 2025
No Coverage For Seller In NY Ghost Gun Suits, Insurer Says
The insurer for a company suspected of selling components used to make illegal "ghost guns" told a New York federal court that it owed no coverage for three underlying government suits alleging that the company contributed to the sale of weapons that are harder for law enforcement to trace.
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February 19, 2025
Pa. Justices Say Sales Tax Isn't Commerce Under State Law
Collecting sales tax is not part of a commercial transaction even if it occurs at the same time as that transaction, according to a Wednesday ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a suit accusing American Eagle and other retailers of charging wrongful taxes on face masks.
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February 19, 2025
Calif. Bill Aims To Ban Sale Of Anti-Aging Products To Minors
A San Francisco Bay Area legislator has introduced a new bill that bans the sale of anti-aging products "that contain potent and harsh ingredients" to people under the age of 18 in the Golden State.
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February 19, 2025
Calif. Smoking Gear Co. Says Rival Ripped Off Cones Design
A California-based smoking accessory maker is suing a Washington competitor in federal court, alleging that the other company's "Crush Cones" infringe a patent for prerolled smoking cones.
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February 19, 2025
Wrangler Jeans Owner Paying $900M For Helly Hansen
Kontoor Brands Inc., the owner of the Wrangler and Lee apparel brands, said Wednesday it will buy the Norwegian outdoor clothing brand Helly Hansen from Canadian Tire Corp. for $900 million.
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February 19, 2025
Amazon, Supermarket Latest Targets Of Lie Detector Litigation
Amazon and New England supermarket chain Market Basket are the latest two companies to face accusations of flouting a nearly 40-year-old Massachusetts law that requires notice to jobseekers that the use of lie detectors in employment decisions is illegal in the Bay State.
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February 18, 2025
CFPB Should Beat Suit Over Small Biz Loan Rule, Judge Says
A Florida federal magistrate judge has recommended rejecting a trade group's challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small business lending data rule, finding that merchant cash advances are lawfully included within the scope of the rule, as the agency faces uncertainty under the Trump administration.
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February 18, 2025
Amazon Says Stalking Happened Before It Linked With Tile
Amazon has asked a California federal court to throw out a proposed class action alleging that Bluetooth tracking devices sold via a partnership with Tile Inc. are dangerous because they empower stalkers, saying Amazon "played no role whatsoever" in the alleged conduct, which happened before Tile started working with it.
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February 18, 2025
Pandemic No Excuse To Alter $150M Notes, Alter Domus Says
An auto parts magnate and his manufacturing company should not get away with using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for changing promissory notes worth $150 million in ways that deflated their value, lending agent Alter Domus LLC asserted in Michigan federal court Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Planning For Cyber Incident Reporting Requirements In Sports
Attorneys at Wiley discuss the proposed rules under the Cybersecurity Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act that would impose extensive reporting requirements on professional and collegiate athletic organizations, universities and sports venues, including defining a covered entity and analyzing the types of events that would trigger reporting.
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Fed. Circ. Ruling May Signal Software Patent Landscape Shift
The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Broadband iTV, despite similarities to past decisions, chose to rely on prior cases finding patent-ineligible claims directed to receiving and displaying information, which may undermine one of the few areas of perceived predictability in the patent eligibility landscape, say attorneys at King & Wood.
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FDIC Guidance Puts Next-Gen ATMs In Regulatory Spotlight
The boring existence of ATMs is changing thanks to the emergence of new-age interactive teller machines, prompting the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to sound off in a potentially influential August letter to branches on which services might need regulatory approval, says Thomas Walker at Jones Walker.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Amazon Holiday Pay Case Underscores Overtime Challenges
The recent Hamilton v. Amazon.com Services LLC decision in the Colorado Supreme Court underscores why employers must always consult applicable state law and regulations — in addition to federal law — when determining how to properly pay employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek, says James Looby at Vedder Price.
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Understanding New ACH Network Anti-Fraud Rules
Many of the National Automated Clearing House Association’s recent amendments to ACH network risk management rules went into effect this month, so financial institutions and corporations must review and update their internal policies as needed, says Aisha Hall at Taft.
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Opinion
It's Time To Sound The Alarm About Lost Labor Rights
In the Fifth Circuit, recent rulings from judges appointed by former President Donald Trump have dismantled workers’ core labor rights, a troubling trend that we cannot risk extending under another Trump administration, say Sharon Block and Raj Nayak at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
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Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus
Although the outcome of the presidential election may alter the course of antitrust enforcement in certain areas of the economy, scrutiny of labor markets by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to remain largely unaffected — with one notable exception, say Jared Nagley and Joy Siu at Sheppard Mullin.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.
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Navigating FEMA Grant Program For Slope Fixes After Storms
In the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, it is critical for governments, businesses and individuals to understand the legal requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's grant programs to obtain funding for crucial repairs — including restoration of damaged infrastructure caused by landslides and slope failures, says Charles Schexnaildre at Baker Donelson.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.