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September 22, 2025
T-Mobile, Sprint Push DC Circ. To Revisit $92M FCC Fines
T-Mobile and Sprint are asking the full D.C. Circuit to review a $92 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission over their sale of sensitive user location data with third-party companies, asking for an en banc rehearing of their challenge after a three-judge panel unanimously affirmed the penalty last month.Â
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September 22, 2025
Freight Broker, Widow Tell 4th Circ. To Note Preempted Claims
Echo Global Logistics Inc. and a widow suing the freight broker over a 2022 South Carolina trucking accident have called the Fourth Circuit's attention to recent appellate decisions that have further divided courts considering whether freight brokers can be held liable for allegedly negligently picking motor carriers.
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September 22, 2025
Family Sues For $100M In Child's Hyperbaric Chamber Death
The family of a 5-year-old boy who died in a hyperbaric chamber explosion in January sued the center that was treating the child and the manufacturer of the chamber for more than $100 million in damages Monday, alleging the Michigan clinic concealed the dangers of using the chamber.Â
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September 22, 2025
Judge Lets Suit Over Audible's Expiring Credits Move Forward
A Washington federal judge has declined to toss a consumer's proposed class action against Audible Inc. over the expiration dates on membership "credits," saying such vouchers don't have to be backed by a specific cash value to be covered by the Evergreen State's gift card law.
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September 22, 2025
Parents Want Roblox Grooming Suits Consolidated In Calif.
Parents who claim their children were groomed and exploited by sexual predators on Roblox's popular gaming platform say their cases should be consolidated and sent to the Northern District of California since their cases are almost identical, according to a recent petition.
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September 22, 2025
Amazon Suit Claims Prime Day Deals Based On Phony Prices
Amazon's deep Prime Day sales deals mislead consumers by calculating the advertised savings based on bogus list prices that customers don't actually pay, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in Washington federal court.
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September 22, 2025
Tech Groups Ask To Maintain Block On Fla. Social Media Law
Tech industry organizations and civil rights groups threw their support behind two groups challenging a Florida law banning children 13 and under from social media, telling the Eleventh Circuit the law is an unconstitutional regulation of speech.
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September 22, 2025
Developer Gets 8 Years For Fraud That Sunk Belize Project
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a California real estate developer with a previous fraud conviction Monday to eight years in prison, after a jury convicted him of defrauding investors who backed a big luxury development he controlled called Sanctuary Belize.
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September 22, 2025
Experian Asks 4th Circ. To Reverse Arb. Ruling In FCRA Suit
Consumer reporting agency Experian has asked the Fourth Circuit to overturn a lower court's decision concerning the arbitration of a lawsuit brought by a consumer falsely reported as dead, saying the judge was wrong not to enforce clauses in the consumer's agreement that delegated such decisions to an arbitrator.
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September 22, 2025
Trade Court Rejects Gov't Attempt To Redo Fish Oil Duty Ruling
A U.S. Court of International Trade judge's ruling that fish oil imported by chemical company BASF is subject to duty-free treatment properly considered whether the products should be characterized under other tariff classifications, according to an order issued Monday denying the government's request to reconsider the case.
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September 22, 2025
Cruz Urges Trump To Back Pilot Retirement Age Increase
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, urged the White House to support a proposal that would raise an international aviation agency's standard for pilot retirement age from 65 to 67, saying the arbitrary age limit makes flying more dangerous and expensive.
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September 22, 2025
Barclays Credit Card User Must Arbitrate Meta Privacy Suit
A Barclays customer must arbitrate his putative class action alleging it discloses his interactions on the bank's website with Meta Platforms Inc. while logged into his Barclays account, after a New York federal judge said Friday his subsequent use of his credit cards supports that he received cardholder agreements containing arbitration provisions.
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September 22, 2025
EPA Proposes Rolling Back TSCA Risk Evaluation Regs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed loosening regulations for chemical health risk evaluations, saying the existing set can unnecessarily prolong reviews and stifle new products, but green groups are criticizing the move as a giveaway to industry.
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September 22, 2025
Mich. Judge Won't Certify Class In Dental Insurer TCPA Suit
A Michigan federal judge won't certify a proposed class alleging Solstice Benefits sent unsolicited faxes to customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, finding that determining members of the class would require highly individualized inquiries that would essentially defeat the purpose of a class action.
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September 22, 2025
High Court Allows FTC Firing, Will Review Trump's Power
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump can fire Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter without cause, and it agreed to reconsider limits on the president's authority to remove members of the FTC.
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September 22, 2025
RealPage Settles Nevada's Rent Pricing Software Claims
RealPage has reached a settlement with the state of Nevada over concerns about the use of its revenue management software by rental housing owners, with the company admitting to no wrongdoing but agreeing to put limits on its use of nonpublic data in the state.
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September 22, 2025
Mayo Clinic Can't Fully Nix Suit Over Withheld Benefits Info
The Mayo Clinic and its benefits administrator can't entirely escape a worker's suit claiming they pushed her to work with pricey out-of-network providers and wouldn't provide reimbursement estimates, after a Minnesota federal judge said she supported some federal benefits law claims with enough detail to remain in court.
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September 22, 2025
Dorel Sued Over Fall From Recalled Kitchen Step Stool
A New York woman is suing Dorel Home Furnishings Inc. in a proposed class action in Missouri federal court, alleging she fell because of a defect in the company's step stool that caused its safety handle to break off while she was on it.
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September 19, 2025
EU-US Data Transfer Ruling Delivers Relief But Not Finality
A recent court decision backing a revamped framework for transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States provided companies with some much-needed comfort after nearly a decade of setbacks although that reprieve might be short-lived as opponents eye a broader challenge to the critical arrangement.
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September 19, 2025
Uber Expert Testifies Most Sex-Incident Claims Aren't Assault
Uber's statistics expert Friday told jurors considering a California bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against the ride-hailing giant that about 70% of the tens of thousands of sexual misconduct incidents that plaintiffs have claimed Uber doesn't report are allegations short of assault, like offensive comments, gestures, leering and staring.
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September 19, 2025
Fla. Court OKs $20M Settlement In Fortra Data Breach MDL
A Florida federal judge gave final approval to a $20 million class action settlement as part of multidistrict litigation over theft of personal information from millions of U.S. citizens in a health data breach tied to a Russian ransomware group.
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September 19, 2025
MLB App Breaches Led To Lost, Stolen Tickets, Fan Claims
Major League Baseball's mobile ticketing app has had systemic security breaches resulting in the disappearance or theft of game tickets throughout the season, with MLB failing to fully acknowledge the problem and leaving fans "in the lurch,'' according to a proposed class action in New York federal court.
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September 19, 2025
Treasury Launches Stablecoin Rule Push With Call For Input
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday asked for public input on key regulatory considerations for stablecoins as it begins crafting rules to govern the stable-value crypto tokens under the recently signed Genius Act.
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September 19, 2025
NC Atty Charged With Embezzlement, Elder Fund Exploitation
A North Carolina attorney is facing 14 charges of embezzlement related to funds he allegedly rerouted to personal accounts that belonged to both his former law firm Walker Kiger PLLC and former clients.
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September 19, 2025
Agri Stats Looks To Nix DOJ Antitrust Case Ahead Of Trial
Agri Stats is asking a Minnesota federal court to toss the government's antitrust case ahead of trial, arguing that enforcers still lack evidence to support their information-sharing claims despite scrutinizing the agricultural data firm's industry reports for more than a decade.
Expert Analysis
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Georgia Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
The second quarter brought a number of significant legislative and regulatory changes for Georgia banking, including an extension of the intangibles tax exemption for short-term notes, modernization of routine regulatory practices, and new guardrails against mortgage trigger leads, says Walter Jones at Balch & Bingham.
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Capital One Deal Approval Lights Up Path For Bank M&A
The federal banking regulators' recent approval of Capital One's acquisition of Discover signals the agencies' willingness to approve large transactions and a more favorable environment generally for bank mergers under the Trump administration, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Examining TCPA Jurisprudence A Year After Loper Bright
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, lower court decisions demonstrate that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will continue to evolve as long-standing interpretations of the act are analyzed with a fresh lens, says Aaron Gallardo at Kilpatrick.
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Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures
With the recent rise of securities fraud actions based on external events — like a data breach or environmental disaster — that drive down stock prices, risk disclosures have become more of a sword for the plaintiffs bar than a shield for public companies, now the subject of a growing circuit split, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
In the second quarter of the year, New York utilized every available tool to fill gaps left by federal retrenchment from consumer finance issues, including sweeping updates to its consumer protection framework and notable amendments to cybersecurity rules, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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State, Fed Junk Fee Enforcement Shows No Signs Of Slowing
The Federal Trade Commission’s potent new rule targeting drip pricing, in addition to the growing patchwork of state consumer protection laws, suggest that enforcement and litigation targeting junk fees will likely continue to expand, says Etia Rottman Frand at Darrow AI.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.
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New Laws Show How States Are Checking AI Developers
Recent state consumer protection legislation shows Utah, Colorado and Texas are primed to impose controls on artificial intelligence, and exemplifies the states' unwillingness to accord strong deference to developers and deployers of AI tools, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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What Expanding Merchant Code Regs Mean For Processors
Arkansas and South Dakota recently joined a host of other states that restrict payment processors' usage of merchant category codes with laws that include noteworthy prohibitions against maintaining registries of firearms owners, with ramifications for multistate payment systems, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Latest Influencer Marketing Class Actions Pinpoint 5 Themes
Several recent deceptive marketing class actions against both brands and influencers attempt to transform arguably routine business practices into a new focus area for consumer complaints, suggesting a coordinated approach to test what could become an increasingly popular area of litigation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Dupes Boom Spurs IP Risks, Opportunities For Investors
The rising popularity of dupe products has created a dynamic marketplace where both dupes-based businesses and established branded companies can thrive, but investors must consider a host of legal implications, especially when the dupes straddle a fine line between imitation and intellectual property infringement, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Canadian Suit Offers Disclosure Lesson For US Cannabis Cos.
A Canadian class action asserting that Aurora Cannabis failed to warn consumers about the risk of developing cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome may spawn copycat filings in the U.S., and is a cautionary tale for cannabis and hemp industries to prioritize risk disclosure, says Ian Stewart at Wilson Elser.
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A Look At Trump Admin's Shifting Strategies To Curtail sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
The Trump administration has so far carried out its goal of minimizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority and footprint via an individualized approach comprising rule rollbacks, litigation moves and administrative tools, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.