The hospice parties advocated for a fee haircut to account for time spent on unsuccessful claims, but the court held “substantial relief” was what mattered, and the government had settled for $9.2 million in restitution. The federal district court in Atlanta, Georgia, awarded more than $1.9 million in attorneys’ fees to relators’ attorneys in a decade-old qui tam action against a hospice provider after the government only recently intervened and settled a ...
A limited exception for the musician was made for claims arising from royalty statements due on or after September 30, 2023. A musician who produced an album by contracting with a producer who alone c...
Among other things, the employee allegedly overheard trainers say that “white people are cannibals,” that “racism is in white people’s DNA,” and that “white people are like the devil.” Reversing in part a district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Seattle against the racial discrimination claims asserted by a former city employee, the Ninth Circuit determined that the evidence presented by the employee, accepted as true, would show that he was subjected to racially…
The ruling deepens a federal appellate split over whether states can regulate prediction markets trading. The Sixth Circuit resolved appeals arising in Ohio and Tennessee by ruling that sports-related event contracts on the Kalshi predictions market are not “swaps” and do not fall within the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction. A three-judge panel decided that even if the contracts are swaps, the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) neither expressly nor impliedly preempts Ohio’s or Tennessee’s gambling…
A hearing to examine cyber attacks by “rogue” AI (artificial intelligence) agents has been set for Wednesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s disaster management subcommittee. The subcommittee is chaired by Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.), who recently indicated that he would open a congressional inquiry into the misbehavior of OpenAI’s AI agents (CPR , Sept. 10 ). The hearing , titled “Rogue AI: Securing the Homeland Against AI Agent Attacks,” is scheduled for…
The court permanently enjoined the company from receiving or shipping FDA-regulated products until they eliminate pests and filth, repair the facility, and obtain written FDA approval to resume operations. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Gold Star Distribution, Inc. (Gold Star), a Minnesota-based multi-commodity warehouse operator, and its owner, Bassam Abu Samrah, after the FDA observed persistent insanitary…
The court held that Vought’s refusal to request Federal Reserve funding violated federal law and the constitutional separation of powers. A federal district court in Oregon granted partial summary judgment to 22 states and the District of Columbia, vacating decisions by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Russell Vought not to request bureau funding from the Federal Reserve (Fed). The court declared that the decisions were contrary to law, constituted unlawfully…
Common evidence could determine whether making individuals’ names searchable within an online yearbook database commercially exploited their identities without consent under California’s right-of-publicity statute. A class action challenging an online yearbook service’s alleged use of individuals’ names to promote paid subscriptions can proceed, the Ninth Circuit has found. Affirming certification of damages and injunctive classes, the court rejected the website operator’s arguments that…
The court certified a class of U.S. financial institutions that issued an Apple Pay-enabled card and paid Apple a transaction fee. The federal district court in Oakland, California certified a class of U.S. financial institutions that issued an Apple Pay-enabled card and paid Apple a transaction fee in a class action suit brought by payment card issuers alleging that Apple Inc. violated the Sherman Act by unlawfully tying together its mobile devices and its mobile wallet and by unlawfully…
The manufacturer established that the issue was reviewable, but CPSC’s basis for its decision was not clear enough to support a ruling. In a lawsuit filed by a manufacturer of weighted baby blankets and swaddles against the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for publishing a statement that the products were dangerous, the federal district court for the District of Columbia determined that there was not adequate evidence in the record to support the statement and ordered the matter be…
Under the agreement, litigation is paused and guidance directing agencies to fire employees during shutdowns has been abandoned. A settlement agreement has been announced in a lawsuit brought by labor unions that challenged the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful mass firing of federal employees during the 2025 government shutdown. In the lawsuit, initially filed just as the shutdown was about to commence and later amended, the labor unions alleged that OMB and OPM exceeded statutory…
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In the past few years, labor-friendly state legislatures have passed first-of-their-kind laws to help unions organize and represent private sector employees. Legal challenges to these laws claim they unconstitutionally encroach up...
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Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has approved a much-needed dose of revisions to California's workplace first aid requirements for construction and general industries. For general in...
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The program is similar to Exxon’s controversial retail voting program that allows shareholders to choose to have their shares voted according to management’s recommendations rather than go unvoted. Like Exxon Mobil before it, Gold...
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Private credit investment within registered fund portfolios has grown nearly 60 percent in the past five years—from $170 billion in December 2020 to $270 billion in December 2025. Amid the growing accessibility of private assets, ...
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The federal government would be prohibited from using facial recognition and other biometric technologies under legislation introduced Friday in the House and Senate. The Senate version of the Facial Recognition and Biometric Tech...
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Members of the U.S. Senate are continuing to offer legislation to address AI security, with one bipartisan bill introduced late last week and a second that will be introduced soon. Sens. Chris Coons (D., Del.), Katie Britt (R., Al...
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A federal judge adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation finding the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act preempts claims about the product’s labeling. A federal judge adopted the recommendation of a magistrate judge in dismiss...
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FDA permanently barred a Michigan oncologist from working with companies holding approved or pending drug applications after a felony conviction stemming from the unlawful resale of prescription cancer drugs. The FDA issued a fina...
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The U.S. and China also agreed to operationalize a process for considering cuts to tariffs on low-tech Chinese imports and U.S. energy and agricultural exports, according to a recent statement from U.S. Trade Representative Jamies...
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Approximately 95% of Mission Lane’s customers fall within the VantageScore range of 550 to 700, which the application identifies as the Bank’s target market. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted prelimin...
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The artist who created and adorned a leather jacket for NetFlix's Queer Eye sued LEGO over inclusion of a rendition of that jacket on a minifigure in LEGO’s Queer Eye construction playset. A jacket included as a torso element for ...
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District court found the former band member’s ownership claims for all songs except the studio recording of Concrete (Fish Out of Water) were time-barred. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana partly grante...
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Ambulance operator alleged that permit renewal application was timely submitted in person after rejection; city contended that there was no permit to renew because it had expired. The federal district court in Galveston, Texas has...
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Franchisee argued that alleged disclosure failures, disputed fees, property-improvement demands, and suspension from La Quinta’s reservation system excused its debranding and nonpayment of termination damages. La Quinta Franchisin...
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Consumers could not pursue state-law claims alleging that acne products were mislabeled or adulterated because federal law imposed no benzene warning or binding 2-parts-per-million limit. A federal district court dismissed with pr...
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Genuine issues existed as to whether the manufacturer’s existing warnings were inadequate and whether additional warnings would have prevented the injuries. In an action arising from a flight attendant’s exposure to fumes after an...