Monthly Archives: December, 2020

FTC, 48 Attorneys-General File Antitrust Suit Seeking to Break Up Facebook

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it filed an antitrust suit against Facebook Wednesday afternoon, claiming that Facebook, “the world’s dominant online social...

Ninth Circuit Revives Antitrust Case Alleging Health Insurance Monopolization in California

On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit reversed a dismissal by the Northern District of California of an appeal in a case alleging that Kaiser...

New EPA Rule Will Require Cost Analysis for Clean Air Act Rulemaking

At a virtual event on Wednesday, Andrew Wheeler, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced that a rule designed to improve...

Amicus Brief Says Proposition to Regulate Hog Housing Protects Californians

Animal rights organizations filed an amicus curiae brief in a lawsuit against California’s Proposition 12 in favor of the defendants, including the Humane Society...

Federal Judge Rules Certain Gender Dysphoric Prisoners Have Constitutional Right to Sex Reassignment Surgery

On Tuesday, in the Western District of Wisconsin, Judge James D. Peterson granted a prisoner with severe gender dysphoria an injunction mandating the Wisconsin...

Apple Sued For Patent Infringement Over ECG Feature on Apple Watch

AliveCor, Inc., a medical device and artificial intelligence company, has alleged that the electrocardiogram (ECG) feature of the Apple Watch smartwatch infringes upon its...

Ohio Health Professionals Allege Facilities Failed to Pay Overtime

A proposed class of health professionals alleged Tuesday that Evolution Health, Care Connection of Cincinnati, Guardian Healthcare, and Gem City Home Care all failed...

Court Denies Reconsideration of Court-Ordered Arbitration In DoorDash FLSA Suit

On Tuesday, Judge Edward M. Chen of the Northern District of California denied a push to reconsider compelled arbitration, which was filed by a...