A federal judge in Arizona granted the government's motion to intervene and stay civil proceedings involving Ignite International Limited, ruling that the government's interest in protecting parallel criminal proceedings outweighs the plaintiff's interest...
A federal magistrate judge in the Southern District of California ordered CMC Steel Fabricators to pay attorneys’ fees and cease wiping devices of departing employees, ruling the company failed to preserve text messages and laptop data relevant to an...
A federal judge in Seattle remanded a putative class action under the Washington Equal Pay and Opportunities Act, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked Article III standing and the defendant’s removal to federal court was untimely.
A federal judge in Seattle granted a motion to remand a pay transparency lawsuit against Chipotle, ruling that a job applicant who never intended to work for the fast-food chain suffered no concrete injury from a missing salary range in a job posting.
A Delaware federal court denied a motion to dismiss, ruling that Intellectual Ventures I LLC’s targeted licensing demands and pattern of litigation against financial institutions sufficiently alleged a justiciable controversy with insurance provider...
A federal judge in Arizona denied Exocel Bio’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling the skincare company’s sales and shipping activities in the state were sufficient to subject it to suit by a former Arizona-based executive.
A federal judge in Tampa denied Aerosonic LLC’s bid to add a new trade secret to its lawsuit against Joby Aviation, ruling the drone startup’s late discovery of a CT scan did not justify expanding its intellectual property claims six months into litigation.
A federal judge transferred an ERISA class action against Labcorp to North Carolina, ruling that the convenience of witnesses and the location of key records outweigh the plaintiffs' choice of forum in Illinois.
A federal judge in the Eastern District of California has narrowed a defendant’s attempt to depose a plaintiff environmental organization under Rule 30(b)(6), ruling that several topics sought premature expert testimony or improperly probed the group’s...
A federal judge in Tennessee granted adult film producer Strike 3 Holdings' motion for early discovery against an anonymous defendant, but imposed strict protective conditions to curb the company's "suggestive" pattern of coercive settlement practices and...
A federal magistrate judge in New York ordered OpenAI to log clawed-back data and evaluations withheld because they post-date the litigation, and to meet and confer with plaintiffs on raw evaluation data in the consolidated copyright infringement litigation.
A federal judge in Houston has limited discovery to qualified immunity issues and quashed a plaintiff's subpoena to the Houston Police Department, ruling the requests were so overbroad they could not be reformed.
The Ninth Circuit ruled that California’s ongoing foster care dependency proceedings do not qualify as civil enforcement actions akin to criminal prosecutions, allowing a class action lawsuit by transition-age youth to proceed in federal court.
A federal magistrate judge in San Jose allowed core excessive force and failure-to-intervene claims to proceed against four officers and the city in a civil rights lawsuit, but dismissed a California Bane Act claim against three of those officers for...
A federal judge in Chicago rejected a healthcare employer's attempt to dismiss a putative class action alleging automatic pay deductions and improper overtime calculations, ruling the complaint states a plausible claim under federal and state wage laws.
A federal judge in Chicago rejected a skilled nursing operator’s attempt to throw out a putative class action alleging automatic pay deductions and improper overtime calculations.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour strikes named plaintiff with prejudice for refusing to appear for discovery.
U.S. District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo denied a motion to dismiss by 14 defendants in Laika LLC’s copyright infringement lawsuit, ruling that common questions of law and fact justify keeping the group in a single suit under Federal Rule 20.
A federal judge in Maine ruled that FedEx must bear the burden of proving vehicle weights in an overtime lawsuit and extended the statute of limitations for willful violations, denying the company’s motion for summary judgment on key claims.
A federal magistrate judge in Utah has ordered Davis County to produce the underlying investigation files for employee sexual harassment complaints, ruling that summary charts and witness testimony are insufficient substitutes for document discovery.