Monthly Archives: September, 2022

Morgan Stanley Settles with SEC on Customer Information Disclosure

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a press release today detailing charges that had been brought against Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Morgan Stanley)....

Court Dismisses Suit Claiming PTAB’s Structure was Unconstitutional

An order issued Monday in the Western District of Tennessee dismissed a challenge to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's (PTAB) structure. The original...

DocuSign Files Motion to Dismiss in Securities Fraud Class Action

On Friday, DocuSign, Inc. filed a motion to dismiss to the Northern District of California requesting that the court dismiss the plaintiffs’ class action...

Minor Appeals Decision in Salesforce-Backpage.com Sex Trafficking Suit

Late last week, a minor and her guardian appealed a decision in favor of Salesforce Inc. to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The...

FTC and California Agency Shut Down Fraudulent Mortgage Relief Operation

A press release issued this week announced a first-of-its-kind complaint brought jointly by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the California Department of Financial...

Safeway Settles with AGs Over Gasoline Storage Practices at Stations Across States

 California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office issued a press release on Friday detailing an $8 million settlement with supermarket chain Safeway. The settlement will...

Rapper 50 Cent Sues Florida Plastic Surgeon Over False Claims

A complaint was filed on Friday in the Southern District of Florida by plaintiff Curtis J. Jackson III, best known as 50 Cent, Angela...

Divided Fifth Circuit Upholds Texas Social Media Censorship Law as Constitutional

A split decision from the Fifth Circuit last Friday said that a Texas law, House Bill 20 (HB 20), which prohibits large social media...