Monthly Archives: January, 2022

Head Start Grantees and Contractors Sue Over Vaccination Mandate

A set of plaintiffs filed suit in the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday against defendants Xavier Becerra, the Department of Health and Human...

Unilever Sued Over Undisclosed Benzene in Antiperspirants

A complaint lodged against Unilever United States Inc. accuses the company of deceptive and misleading business practices, with regard to  the marketing and sale...

State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Opposing SAFE Act

On Wednesday, a coalition of state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The...

Kansas City Southern: An M&A Love Triangle

The plot thickens in the battle to acquire Kansas City Southern. In what has become the M&A world’s equivalent of a love triangle, Canadian...

District Court Stays Consumers’ Ancestry.com Case in Face of Two Appeals

On Wednesday, the judge overseeing the right to publicity suit against Ancestry.com paused proceedings until the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issues a decision...

Microsoft Balks at MSJ Deferral Request in BIPA Suit

Tech giant Microsoft filed an opposition to the plaintiff's bid for more time for discovery in a privacy case Tuesday. They argue that the...

Smart Home Energy Management Company Accuses Amazon of Patent Infringement

On Wednesday, EcoFactor Inc. took Amazon.com Inc. to court over the alleged infringement of two of its patents relating to energy management technology. In...

Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC sued by Multiple States Over Management of Hazardous Waste

On Wednesday, the United States of America, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the State of Indiana filed a complaint in the Northern District...