Jurors awarded home sellers almost $1.8 billion in damages this week in a lawsuit accusing the National Association of Realtors of conspiring with residential brokers to inflate broker commissions for buyer brokers.


Posted in: Antitrust, US Courts

The Georgia Supreme Court reversed a decision by a lower court striking down the state's "heartbeat ban," but the lower court now will consider further arguments against the law.


On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 42 attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Meta in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, alleging that Facebook and Instagram are designed to exploit and manipulate youth and teens in harmful ways.


Posted in: Consumer Law, Privacy

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Nasdaq rule requiring companies listed on its exchange to have women and minority directors on their boards or provide an explanation as to why they do not.


Google assured its customers that it will take responsibility for IP litigation over the training data for its generative AI products, as well as the generated output that its customers create by using these products.


On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, the United States Supreme Court denied review in Blankenship v. NBCUniversal, a lawsuit seeking to challenge the actual malice rule for defamation cases


A state judge in Montana temporarily blocked the enforcement of a ban on certain types of gender-affirming care, while the federal Sixth Circuit found that similar bans were likely constitutional.


On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, Inc. in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington.


Posted in: Antitrust

An AstraZeneca employee sued the company in South Carolina state court after it refused to pay her her full bonus for failing to come into the office three days a week.


The Center for Reproductive Rights has taken legal action in an effort to clarify and expand patient rights in states with strict abortion bans.