Monthly Archives: August, 2021

New Jersey Municipalities Latest to Take on Streaming Platforms Over Local Fees

According to a District of New Jersey lawsuit filed last Friday, the Borough of Longport and Township of Irvington have accused Netflix Inc. and...

D.C. Circuit Remands Radiofrequency Radiation Order to FCC

A divided opinion issued last Friday by an appellate panel ordered the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to explain why its current guidelines adequately protect...

Publisher Settles SEC Cyber Breach Charges for $1M

On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported that London-based educational publisher Pearson plc agreed to resolve charges relating to the disclosure of...

Defendants in FTC Mobile Cramming Case Accused of Contempt

Two individuals allegedly involved in an online scam are accused of violating the terms of a 2014 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over...

Eighth Circuit Revives Surgical Heater MDL Case

In an opinion issued Monday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the court below in a multidistrict case brought by patients suffering from...

Legislators Seek Investigation Into Corruption at JBS Before it Acquires More U.S. Companies

Members of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations asked the Department of the Treasury in a letter to closely review U.S. acquisitions of...

BASF Seeks to Intervene In Lawsuit Against EPA’s Herbicide Registration

On Friday, BASF asked the Ninth Circuit to allow it to intervene in a pesticide lawsuit seeking to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s...

Clinics, Doctors Sued by Liberty Mutual Over Insurance Fraud Scheme

Liberty Insurance Corp., along with affiliated entities, accused an array of clinics and other healthcare-adjacent businesses of operating a referral scheme to direct insureds...