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The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more
Teslas are everywhere these days, including for a while longer at the courthouse defending a class action lawsuit that will proceed for now. Plaintiffs' allegations that Tesla misled consumers about the self-driving features...more
On May 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan appeared before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government to discuss the agency’s FY 2025 budget request and ongoing...more
On November 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has approved an omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process in non-public investigations involving products and services that use or claim...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of an unjust enrichment claim, finding that unjust enrichment claims do not necessarily rise or fall with trade secret misappropriation...more
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
In a rarely seen “unfavorable” advisory opinion, the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently warned that an entity’s (“Requestor”) proposal to assist surgeons in...more
Alliance for Shared Health, Inc. and an affiliated company and affiliated individuals (collectively, “ASH”) settled with California AG Rob Bonta for $2.1 million to resolve allegations that thousands of Californians purchased...more
Privacy In Focus®- On December 10, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its Annual Regulatory Plan for 2022 – the first under FTC Chair Lina Khan – noting that it “will consider developing both...more
Key Takeaway: As consumer demand for “sustainable” products grows, so does the risk of litigation challenging sustainability claims on advertising and packaging. As one recent case shows, failure to plead actual reliance can...more
The Fourth Circuit recently held that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia erred in its analysis of a defendant’s laches defense against an unfair competition claim under Section 43(a) of the Lanham...more
A commercial real estate relocation and consulting business franchisor (Relo) succeeded in getting a preliminary injunction to enforce a non-compete covenant against a former franchisee....more
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer last week announced the filing of four lawsuits against some of the largest retailers in the United States, accusing them of misleading customers by advertising a “sales price” alongside...more
A judge in the Eastern District of California recently dismissed a class action filed against LogMeIn based on the company’s decision to terminate its free app, which allowed users to access a remote desktop computer via a...more
A new putative consumer class action claiming damages in excess of $5,000,000 was filed earlier this month in the Northern District of California against Goya Foods, Inc. (“Goya”). The plaintiff, a purchaser of Goya octopus...more
In recent years, courts have been more carefully scrutinizing class action settlements. A recent example is Hendricks v. Starkist Co., Case No. 3:13-cv-00729 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 19, 2016), where the U.S. District Court for the...more
The Southern District of California recently certified California and multistate classes of annuities purchasers in a case challenging the allegedly abusive design, execution, and pricing of fixed index annuities (FIA). The...more
The Honorable John A. Kronstadt for United States Federal District for the Central District of California, denied a Defendant’s motion to reconsider his previous ruling on a motion to dismiss based upon a subsequent Fourth...more
On March 24, 2014, T-12 Entertainment, LLC and Kareem Hawthorne, both of Georgia (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), filed a complaint against Young Kings Enterprises, Inc., Ego Entertainment, LLC., Troy Williams, Anthony Adighibe,...more
This is the third edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings...more
Hospitals, laboratories, and other health care providers that rely on referrals from other health professionals may encounter situations where competitors have entered into arrangements with physicians or other referral...more
On August 1, 2013, the California Supreme Court ruled in Zhang v. The Superior Court of San Bernardino County, No. S178542 (Cal. Aug. 1, 2013) that insurance practices violating the state’s Unfair Insurance Practices Act...more
In a number of recent district court decisions from across the country, courts have denied requests to certify nationwide or statewide classes in cases involving consumer products. These decisions could prove helpful in...more