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Duane Morris LLP
A recent class action filed against popular cannabis brand Stiiizy Inc. in Illinois federal court is the second lawsuit involving Delta-8 THC and THC potency, and should put D-8 product manufacturers on alert for similar lawsuits. See Byron, et al. v. Stiiizy, Inc., Case No. 3:24-cv-1082.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
On April 9, 2024, Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed with prejudice a putative class action asserting claims ...
K&L Gates
Food manufacturers should pay close attention to the recent developments surrounding chlormequat chloride (chlormequat), a chemical that plaintiffs claim has been detected...
Klein Moynihan Turco LLP
Readers of our blog may recall a recent article in which we discussed two Florida class action lawsuits that significantly limited telemarketing companies' exposure in cases alleging violations...
Romano Law
Temu is suddenly all-over social media. Within just a year of its launch in 2022, the online marketplace amassed a whopping 100 million users looking for low-cost goods...
Holland & Knight
In December 2022, Consumer Reports published a study on lead and cadmium in dark chocolate. Dark chocolate came into vogue when studies showed antioxidants in it may have health benefits.
McLane Middleton, Professional Association
In late 2023, class action certification was granted to former and current collegiate student-athletes suing the NCAA over (i) rules restricting the compensation that the student-athletes...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
It has been nearly a decade since some states began enacting changes to their equal pay statutes that appeared to some to differentiate those statues from the federal Equal Pay Act in significant ways.
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits covered entities from discriminating on the basis of disability.
Littler Mendelson
On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed whether the Federal Arbitration Act's (FAA) transportation exemption—meaning the FAA would not apply ...
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Federal courts and NAD are coming to different conclusions on whether disclosures on the back of packages can effectively qualify claims that appear on the fronts...
Plunkett & Cooney
After months of hard work, you've finally arrived at the end of an employment dispute.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
On April 5, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the dismissal of a putative class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Welcome to the first 2024 edition of Shearman & Sterling's Fifth Circuit Securities Litigation Quarterly. As public companies and financial institutions continue to migrate to Texas...
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
There has been a wave of "wiretap" litigation involving session replay software—i.e., a tool that provides companies with anonymous, video-like reconstructions of an individual user's interactions with their websites.
Hall Benefits Law
Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc., a Georgia company, and a class of some 6,800 retirement plan participants, recently advised a federal district...
Shearman & Sterling LLP
The Company, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, allegedly announced on May 15, 2020, that it had identified an antibody that demonstrated "100% inhibition" against the COVID-19 virus ...
Shearman & Sterling LLP
On March 30, 2024, Judge Victoria Marie Calvert of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted a motion to dismiss a putative securities class action against an optical retail company and certain of its executive officers.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
On March 30, 2024, Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California granted a motion to dismiss a putative class action against a biotechnology company that develops and sells skin treatment drugs and certain of its officers.
Venable LLP
It's that time of year again—hiring season! And right on cue, your director of human resources has scheduled a meeting to pitch you a quick fix: artificial intelligence (AI).
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