Amazon.com Inc. and Starbucks Corp., represented by Hueston Hennigan, achieved the full dismissal of a proposed biometric data privacy class action in Washington federal court on Monday. Both […]
Federal Judge Restricts ‘Continuous’ Employment Harassment Claims to 300-Day Window
A department director for the University of Illinois Chicago can continue with her hostile work environment and retaliation claim against her employer, but can only cite the university’s […]
Federal Judge Limits Pricing Discrepancies to State Law Claims
A lawsuit against Stop & Shop alleging the grocer improperly enriched itself by having different prices online and in-store can only continue on statutory claims that the store […]
Apple, Google Dismissed From Suit Over Child’s Gaming Addiction, Federal Judge Says
Apple and Google have been let off the hook, for now, in a products liability suit stemming from a child’s alleged gaming addiction for offering the games in […]
Wisconsin Judge Faces Federal Charges Involving ICE Operation — Justia News — April 28, 2025
Judges don’t usually become defendants in criminal court, but that’s what happened recently to a Milwaukee County judge. Hannah Dugan presided over a domestic violence case involving Eduardo […]
Seventh, Ninth Court Rulings Tighten Reach of Federal Video Privacy Protection Act
The Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (VPPA), 18 U.S.C. §2710, was aimed at preventing the “wrongful disclosure” of personal information about “consumers” — also labeled in the […]
School Employee’s Gun Raffle Ad Cleared for First Amendment Claims, Federal Judge Says
An Illinois school employee’s First Amendment claim against her former school district for her termination can proceed to trial over a gun raffle advertisement in support of her […]
Federal Judge Sides with Boston College, Blocking University’s Attempt to Sell Church
A federal judge in Missouri granted Boston College’s motion to block a Christian college in Missouri from selling a chapel on its campus grounds, as a contractual dispute […]
Supreme Court Lifts Order to Reinstate 16,000 Federal Workers Fired by Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that the Trump administration is not required to begin reinstating 16,000 fired probationary workers across six federal agencies, granting the government’s request […]
Trump Administration Free to Fire Federal Employees — Justia News — April 9, 2025
On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a lower-court judge likely lacked jurisdiction to order probationary federal employees be […]