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NetChoice alleges Arkansas' social media age verification law violates First Amendment
EL DORADO, Ark. (Legal Newsline) — NetChoice alleges Arkansas' Social Media Safety Act requiring age verification for social media use violates First Amendment rights.
PetLab faces class action over auto renewal purchases
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) — A California woman alleges PetLab automatically renews consumers' purchases in violation of state law.
Binance taps Eleanor Hughes as General Counsel amid crypto industry’s ‘pivotal time’
Binance, a global leader in blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure, has announced Eleanor Hughes as its General Counsel.
Kristen Larson Named to Minnesota Women Lawyers Board of Directors
Kristen Larson, a Consumer Financial Services attorney in Ballard Spahr’s Minneapolis office, has been elected to a two-year term on the Minnesota Women Lawyers Board of Directors.
Report: Paxton impeachment investigators looking at dash cam contract
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Trouble may be compounding for embattled Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who's facing an impeachment trial Sept. 5 in the state Senate on corruption charges.
DeSantis asks federal court to dismiss Disney retaliation complaint
Counsel for Gov. Ron DeSantis claims he has immunity as an elected official
Dogs are property, Wyoming court rules after St. Bernards die in trapper's snares
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Legal Newsline) - A Wyoming family can’t win emotional damages from watching their pet St. Bernard dogs die in snares set by a trapper, the state’s Supreme Court ruled, because state law doesn’t allow emotional damages over the loss of property.
Judge in Altoids class action urged to revisit ruling, now that Ninth Circuit requires more from consumers
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - The maker of Altoids says a recent pro-defendant ruling in consumer deception class actions should push a federal judge to throw out the case against it.
Association of American Railroads claims Ohio crew size law is unconstitutional
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) — The Association of American Railroads is claiming Ohio's newly enacted law requiring at least two crew members for freight railroads is unconstitutional.
Class action: Pop Secret microwave popcorn contains high levels of PFAS
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — A class action alleges Pop Secret microwave popcorn contains high levels of chemicals known as PFAS.
Dechert Adds Leading Hedge Fund Team of Robert Leonard and Michael Mavrides
Dechert LLP announced the additions of Robert Leonard and Michael Mavrides as partners in the financial services and investment management practice in New York.
Gov. Abbott's former chief of staff accused of planting whistleblower in AG Paxton's office
Paxton's Senate impeachment trial is set for Sept. 5
As court losses mount, Khan remakes FTC with like-minded hires
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will face a hostile audience tomorrow morning when she appears before the Republican-run House Judiciary Committee to explain, as the committee puts it, her “record of enforcement actions and politicized rulemakings.”
TikTok moves to block Montana ban
MISSOULA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - TikTok is asking a federal judge to impose an injunction against Montana's Senate Bill 419, which would ban use of the social media platform in the state.
Fatal wheelchair accident involved health care, Texas Supreme Court says
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit over the death of a woman who hit her head in the parking lot after her wheelchair tipped over is subject to a Texas law governing malpractice suits, the state’s highest court ruled, reversing an appeals court that held the accident lacked a “substantial nexus” to health care.
ChatGPT users' lawsuit warns of AI's 'catastrophic risk to humanity'
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) — Microsoft and others are facing a class action from ChatGPT users alleging illegal use of private information for their AI technology.
Class action alleges Frontier Airlines fraudulently adds on baggage fees
ORLANDO, Fla. (Legal Newsline) — A class action alleges Frontier Airlines uses fraudulent tactics to add on baggage fees to passengers' ticket price.
PFAS, the Forever Chemical on July 13, 2023
Blank Rome partner Deborah Greenspan, co-chair of the firm’s Energy, Environment, and Mass Torts practice group, will serve as a panelist at “PFAS, the Forever Chemical: An Interdisciplinary Review of Current Environmental Regulations, Availability of Insurance Coverage, Potential Bankruptcy Issues, and ADR,” being presented by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (“CPR”) on Thursday, July 13, 2023
Busching Law PLC launches new law firm website
Busching Law PLC is pleased to announce the publication of its new, modern website
Troutman Pepper’s Kayla Watkins Selected for National Bar Association’s Associate Advancement Academy for Excellence
Kayla Watkins, an associate in Troutman Pepper’s Real Estate Practice Group, is among a group of attorneys who have been selected to participate in the National Bar Association’s Associate Advancement Academy for Excellence as a fellow for 2023-2024.