Welcome to the Trend Detection Weekly Scan from Law.com Radar. This weekly article highlights shifts and patterns in case filings that are surfaced by Law.com Radar’s award-winning Trend […]
Rapper Jay-Z Files Defamation Suit Against Attorney for Allegedly Fabricated Sexual Assault Claims
Rapper Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, filed a lawsuit against high profile attorney Tony Buzbee and his Houston-based law firm for claims of defamation, malicious prosecution, and […]
Latham Team Knocks Out Antitrust Claims and Wins Partial Motion to Dismiss for Apple in iCloud Case
A judge in California federal court has partially granted Apple’s motion to dismiss an antitrust complaint involving its cloud storage service, iCloud, ruling that Apple had not breached […]
9th Circuit Rejects Antitrust Claims in Case Alleging Real-Estate Listing Conspiracy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled a startup real estate broker failed to prove its anticompetitive conspiracy allegations in an antitrust lawsuit naming the […]
New Suits Center on ‘Made in USA’ Claims, Corporate Revenue Misses and Trump
Welcome to the Trend Detection Weekly Scan from Law.com Radar. This weekly article highlights shifts and patterns in case filings that are surfaced by Law.com Radar’s award-winning Trend […]
Former GC Claims Investment Advising Company ‘Substantially Underpaid’ Female Executives
A Florida woman filed an employment discrimination suit in Illinois federal court this week against her former employer and its CEO claiming the investment advising company paid its […]
Divided En Banc 8th Circuit Ditches ‘Clear Statement Rule’ Requirement for Civil Rights Claims
Tossing its “clear statement rule” requirement that a civil suit must specify an official’s capacity, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit joined its sister courts […]
Librarian’s Termination Violated First Amendment Protections, Lawsuit Claims
Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Little Rock-based law firm Kutak Rock filed suit in Arkansas federal court Monday alleging a former library […]
Crypto Entrepreneur Claims Justice Department’s Software Crackdown Violates US Constitution
Michael Lewellen, a Dallas-based blockchain and cryptocurrency entrepreneur, filed a constitutional challenge against the U.S. Department of Justice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of […]
Decongestant MDL on Death’s Door After Judge Strikes Key Claims
A federal judge in New York dismissed threshold consumer claims brought in a test complaint over decongestants, such as Sudafed PE and NyQuil Severe Cold & Flu, that […]