Monthly Archives: December, 2020

New Republican Commissioner Set to Join FCC Following Senate Confirmation

On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed the appointment of a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner. Current leader Ajit Pai gave notice of his resignation...

Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Bayer Birth Control Device Suit

In a per curiam opinion, an appellate panel has confirmed the findings of a federal trial court that oversaw a personal injury multidistrict suit...

Conservationists Seek to Compel FWS Action on Northern Spotted Owl Protection Status

A group of conservation organizations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in the Northern District of California seeking to compel the United States Fish and...

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in TCPA Case Arising From Account Verification Text

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid in which the Court considered the constitutionality of the...

Environmental Orgs Fight Decision to Allow WATVs on Roads in Washington Forest

Conservation Northwest and WildEarth Guardians claimed in an Eastern District of Washington complaint filed on Monday that a U.S. Forest Service decision to open...

Chicken Companies Say Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Claims Are Barred

On Friday, defendants in the consolidated broiler chicken antitrust lawsuit filed an answer to the seventh amended class action complaint for the institutional indirect...

Judge Denies FTC Injunction Enjoining Merger of Two Hospitals Pending Agency Approval

Today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge Gerald J. Pappert denied the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a preliminary injunction that would block...

Cheddar & Sour Cream Pop Ridges Accused of Misleading Consumers

John Salony filed a class-action complaint in the Southern District of New York on Sunday alleging that VMG Partners, LLC, the producers of Pop...