Highlights from this issue include Rule 23(b)(3) Damages…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Health
In a controversial decision, the American Law Institute (ALI) approved a novel “Special Rule on Vicarious Liability for Sexual Assault” that endorses a new strict liability tort claim against employers for certain sexual…
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/ Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law, Personal Injury
The New Jersey Pay and Benefit Transparency Act (NJPBTA), effective June 1, 2025, requires employers to disclose salary information and benefit details in job postings, both internal and external job postings. NJBPTA follows…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
In February, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced that it would withdraw its lawsuit against the Manhattan District Attorney (DANY) for declaratory judgment that the museum was the rightful owner of a Greco-Roman bronze…
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/ Administrative Law, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, International Law & Trade
Montana’s governor signed Senate Bill 297 to overhaul key portions of the state’s Consumer Data Privacy Act and bring new protections for minors. The changes bring lower thresholds, updated exemptions, expanded notice…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
Mootness and the Inherently Transitory Exception. The Sixth Circuit held that when analyzing a putative class action, the “inherently transitory” exception to the mootness doctrine applies when (1) the injury is so transitory…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced actions to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from foods in the U.S. food supply. In a news release, FDA said it…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Health
On March 25, 2025, Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), introducing notable changes to Sections 144 and 220 of the DGCL. These amendments took immediate effect and may impact…
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/ Business Organizations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities Law
The Georgia General Assembly has passed comprehensive tort reform legislation, S.B. 68, that should interest any company operating or litigating in Georgia. In addition, the General Assembly passed S.B. 69, which regulates and…
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/ Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Personal Injury
Much like Blockbuster Video rental stores (of which you might be surprised to learn there is still one remaining), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was quietly slipping into obsolescence with the advent of the Internet…
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/ Communications & Media Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
Recently, in a case of first impression, Judge Angel Kelley of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts confronted a “seemingly simple” question on a motion to dismiss: does a difference of one day…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Labor & Employment Law
A highlight from this issue includes Class Definitions…
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/ Civil Procedure
Arecent report put the odds of an asteroid hitting the earth in December 2032 at 3.1%—which is 3,100 times more likely than an organization resolving an enforcement action with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
Déjà vu all over again: after Colorado and Virginia established competing standards for comprehensive privacy laws in 2021, history appears to be repeating itself in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. Virginia’s legislature…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Highlights from this issue include cases such as Pro Se Civil Rights Class Actions. The Seventh Circuit affirmed that a pro se prisoner cannot adequately represent a class, and more…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy
