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August 20, 2025
Judge Grills Feds On Upending 30-Year Noncitizen Benefits
A Rhode Island federal judge seemed perplexed Wednesday by a government attorney's contention that for nearly 30 years, various administrations across the political spectrum have wrongly interpreted a law the Trump administration now says requires immigration status checks for additional federal benefits.
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August 20, 2025
Masimo Targets CBP Over Latest Apple Watch Import Ruling
Masimo sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection in D.C. federal court Wednesday, arguing the agency defied the law by issuing a ruling that found a newly redesigned version of Apple's smartwatches is not subject to an import ban in the companies' patent dispute.
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August 20, 2025
9th Circ. Blocks Alaska's Bid To Loosen Federal Fishing Regs
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday said Alaska state officials may not open part of the Kuskokwim River to gill net fishing by all residents of the state because that would violate a federal law that favors rural, subsistence fishers.
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August 20, 2025
Exec's Friends Made $1M On Insider Trades, SEC Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing the former head of a Kaman Corp. subsidiary and his friends in New York federal court, accusing him of insider trading ahead of the aircraft component maker's $1.8 billion sale to a private equity firm.
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August 20, 2025
Masimo's 'Empty Voting' Suit Against Founder Gets Green Light
A California federal judge has rejected a bid to dismiss Masimo Corp.'s suit alleging the medical technology company's founder and an investment firm manipulated a shareholder vote through an "empty voting" scheme, finding there is enough evidence at this point to show the pair formed an undisclosed insider group under federal securities laws.
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August 20, 2025
9th Circ. Told Apple, Google CEO Meeting Aids Antitrust Claim
A California crane operator training school's attorney told a Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday that a lower court erred in dismissing his client's suit alleging an antitrust conspiracy between Apple and Google because a meeting between the companies' CEOs should have been taken into consideration as supporting the claim.
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August 20, 2025
Envestnet Didn't Preserve Data In IP Suit, Special Master Says
A special master in Delaware federal court has recommended sanctioning Envestnet for failing to properly preserve data from a piece of log management software as part of a suit, accusing it of scheming to steal rival fintech software company FinApps' trade secrets.
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August 20, 2025
States Say Kidde-Fenwal Ch. 11 Disclosures Still Inadequate
Attorneys for seven states and Washington, D.C., have told a Delaware bankruptcy court that firefighting foam maker Kidde-Fenwal Inc. failed to meet court-directed disclosure statement requirements for its latest, fifth-amended Chapter 11 liquidation plan and called for rejection of the document.
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August 20, 2025
Supertramp Co-Founder Must 'Give A Little Bit' In Royalty Row
The Ninth Circuit said Wednesday that a California federal judge was wrong to rule that a 1977 royalties agreement between the members of rock group Supertramp could be terminated, overruling a jury verdict and ordering that the band's co-founder Roger Hodgson be held liable for discontinuing his royalty payments to three other band members.
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August 20, 2025
FTC Sues LA Fitness Over Difficult Gym Cancellation Policies
The Federal Trade Commission sued gym chain LA Fitness in California federal court Wednesday, alleging it employs burdensome cancellation practices, such as requiring customers to come to the gym in-person to cancel memberships or send cancellation forms through registered or certified mail.Â
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August 20, 2025
Tribes Say Calif. Cannabis Raids Violate Sovereignty
The Round Valley Indian Tribes are fighting a Mendocino County sheriff's attempt to toss their California federal court suit claiming law enforcement illegally raided cannabis growing operations on three tribal members' trust allotments, arguing that the raids are illegal and violate their sovereign rights.
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August 20, 2025
TikTok Can't Dodge NC Claims Over Addictive App Design
Chinese internet behemoth ByteDance Inc. and its social media subsidiary TikTok Inc. can be sued in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina's business court ruled Tuesday, preserving a lawsuit that accuses the companies of exploiting minors through addictive app design.
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August 20, 2025
Ouraring Maker Looks To Nix $16M Stymied Stock Option Suit
A U.S. subsidiary of the maker of the Ouraring health and fitness tracker is looking to escape an early investor's $16 million lawsuit accusing the company of refusing to honor a stock option deal, saying it should be dismissed or, alternatively, that the whole dispute must be arbitrated in Finland.
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August 20, 2025
Schools Say Fee Concerns Doom Financial Aid Fixing Class
Universities accused of conspiring to limit financial aid offerings told an Illinois federal court that concerns raised by an attorney for the students about potential ethical violations involving attorney fees should prevent the court from certifying the class.
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August 20, 2025
Split 9th Circ. Rejects Retrial Of SF Gang Members
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed the life sentences of two San Francisco gang members for committing a murder at a 2019 funeral, finding that the district court correctly refused to bifurcate their trial since legal precedent prohibited it.
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August 20, 2025
Palo Alto Networks Beats Suit Over Strategy For Good
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has secured permanent dismissal of a proposed class action alleging it overstated the success of its platform consolidation strategy, with a California federal court ruling the investors do not show the company's statements were misleading when made.
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August 20, 2025
State AGs Sidelined From Sandoz Price-Fixing Deal
A group of over 40 states and territories cannot intervene in a $275 million settlement resolving generic-drug price-fixing claims against Sandoz because they only have a nominal interest in the suit that fails to confer standing, a Pennsylvania federal judge said.
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August 20, 2025
Loeb & Loeb Adds Allen Matkins Employment Atty In SF
Loeb & Loeb LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in an Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP employment litigator as a partner in its San Francisco office.
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August 20, 2025
Buchalter Lands Procopio IP Ace To Lead Medical Tech Group
Buchalter PC has added a veteran intellectual property attorney from Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP to serve as chair of its medical technology practice group, the firm announced on Wednesday.
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August 20, 2025
9th Circ. Axes Navajo Man's Confession Over Missing Woman
A split Ninth Circuit panel has ruled that a Navajo man in Arizona can suppress a statement he made to law enforcement about assaulting a missing woman after ruling that officers violated his right to remain silent by luring him back into questioning.
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August 19, 2025
Another Suit Says Roblox Didn't Protect Child From Predator
The mother of a 10-year-old girl has hit Roblox Corp. with a lawsuit joining the many that accuse the popular gaming platform of putting children in danger, claiming that a man the girl met on the company's app groomed her until she shared sexually explicit images of herself with him.
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August 19, 2025
9th Circ. Revives App's Arbitration Bid In Video Privacy Row
The Ninth Circuit has given Christian-based streaming service Yippee Entertainment Inc. another chance to force arbitration of claims that it illegally shared subscribers' video viewing information, after finding that the lower court erred in concluding that consumers weren't given adequate notice of the arbitration agreement.
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August 19, 2025
Google Should Pay Billions To App Users For Data, Jury Told
Google made billions of dollars collecting data from the cellphones of tens of millions of Americans despite their opting out of tracking, a lawyer for consumers in a class action told a California federal jury Tuesday, while Google countered that the data collected after the privacy setting was activated isn't tied to users' identity.
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August 19, 2025
USDOT Flags States' Lapses In Deadly Fla. Truck Crash Probe
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday called out three states' apparent failures in enforcing licensing standards for commercial truck drivers following last week's deadly highway crash in Florida that left three people dead and instantly became a flash point for the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies.
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August 19, 2025
Las Vegas Sun Asks 9th Circ. To Revisit Order Voiding Deal
The Las Vegas Sun has urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision finding that its joint operating arrangement with the Las Vegas Review-Journal was illegal for lacking U.S. attorney general approval, arguing the Sun could collapse while its competitor maintains a monopoly in the daily newspaper market for a Nevada county.
Expert Analysis
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7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI
As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Trump Air Emissions Carveouts Cloud The Regulatory Picture
President Donald Trump's new proclamations temporarily exempting key U.S. industries from air toxics standards, issued under a narrow, rarely-used provision of the Clean Air Act, will likely lead to legal challenges and tighter standards in some states, contributing to further regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at GableGotwals.
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Opinion
DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Will Help US Compete
The U.S. Department of Justice settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise clears the purchase of Juniper Networks in a deal that positions the U.S. as a leader in secure, scalable networking and critical digital infrastructure by requiring the divestiture of a WiFi network business geared toward small firms, says John Shu at Taipei Medical University.
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Anthropic Ruling Creates Fair Use Framework For AI Training
A California federal court’s recent ruling that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its large language model qualified as fair use provides important guidance for both artificial intelligence developers and copyright holders because it distinguishes between transformative uses and unauthorized uses involving pirated or format-shifted works, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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How Property Insurers Serve As Climate Change Harbingers
Thomas Dawson at McDermott discusses the role that U.S. property insurers may play in identifying and assessing climate risk, as well as in financing climate change adaptation projects, in light of global warming and shifting geopolitical realities.
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Series
Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
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APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling
The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.
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Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap
Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ
New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.
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What Calif. Insurance Ruling Means For Smoke Damage Limits
As California continues to grapple with an increasing number of wildfire claims, a state court's recent Aliff v. California FAIR Plan decision serves as a clear directive to insurers that policy language that narrows the scope of fire coverage below the California Insurance Code's minimum standards is impermissible, say attorneys at Wood Smith.
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How NJ's Proposed Privacy Rules Could Reshape AI Data Use
Although not revolutionary, New Jersey's proposed privacy rules would create obligations around the management and processing of consumer personal data that will require careful planning before they can be successfully implemented, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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What 9th Circ. Ruling Shows About Rebutting SEC Comments
The Ninth Circuit's June opinion in Pino v. Cardone Capital suggests that a company's lack of pushback to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission comment may be evidence of its state of mind for evaluating potential liability, meaning companies should consider including additional disclosure in SEC response letters, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.