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Massachusetts Attorney General Settles with Student Loan Lender for Unlawful Practices Related to the Use of AI

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This Thursday, July 10, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $2.5 million settlement with a company that offers education financing products based in Delaware. ...more

Goldberg Segalla

Dupont Settlement Signals Upstream Accountability in PFAS Litigation

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In July 2025, just days before trial, plaintiffs in Baker et al. v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co. reached a $27 million settlement with Dupont, resolving claims related to the contamination of drinking water in Hoosick...more

A&O Shearman

Non-consensual releases in Boy Scouts chapter 11 plan survive despite Purdue Pharma ruling

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The Supreme Court’s landmark 2024 Purdue Pharma decision altered the landscape for bankruptcy releases and, in the process, put the resolutions of several other pending mass tort chapter 11 cases in question. A recent...more

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Investigations Newsletter: Federal Court Imposes Nearly $1 Billion in FCA Damages and Penalties Against Omnicare and CVS

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Federal Court Imposes Nearly $1 Billion in FCA Damages and Penalties Against Omnicare and CVS - On July 7, Southern District of New York District Judge Colleen McMahon increased a False Claims Act (FCA) judgment from $136...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Attorney General Enters $1.55 Million CCPA Settlement with Healthline Media

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has settled claims against Healthline Media (Healthline) for violations of the California Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) related to the company's sharing of personal information and...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Choose the Right Option: How Facilitative and Evaluative Approaches Can Both Have a Role in Mediation

There are various mediation styles or philosophies that parties to litigation encounter when mediating. Generally, they can be categorized as either facilitative or evaluative approaches. Some mediators feel that they should...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FDA Human Foods Program Details 2025 Guidance Agenda: Key Topics and Priorities

If you’ve been injured in an accident in Florida, should you hire a personal injury lawyer? This is a critical question, and you need to ensure that you make the right choice. Accidents can prove incredibly expensive, and if...more

Cozen O'Connor

Case Spotlight: Schrader v. Schrader and Setting Aside Separation Agreements

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In Schrader v. Schrader, 2025 BCCA 50 (Schrader v. Schrader), Mr. Schrader argued that his ex-spouse was bound to a previously agreed separation agreement. The BC Court of Appeal rejected Mr. Schrader's argument and upheld...more

King & Spalding

District Court Orders CVS Caremark to Pay U.S. Government $95 Million

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On June 25, 2025, Chief Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a ruling in the case of U.S. ex rel. Sarah Behnke v. CVS Caremark Corp. et al., ordering CVS...more

Epstein Becker & Green

FTC Challenges Merger Based on Potential Coordinated Effects Theory, Accepts Conduct Remedy

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A recent enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is particularly noteworthy because of the theory of potential harm and the accepted remedy....more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Why Private Equity Will Soon Be in College Sports

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The landscape of college athletics has experienced dramatic changes over the last four years, none more significant than the rise of private equity. Before diving into the new era of private equity in college athletics, it is...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

OSC Finalizes Rules for Distribution of Disgorged Funds to Harmed Investors

On June 12, 2025, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published its final rules to implement a new statutory framework that will facilitate distributing amounts collected by the OSC under disgorgement orders to harmed...more

McGlinchey Stafford

IRS Agrees That Political Speech Is Permitted in Houses of Worship

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The Internal Revenue Service has reached a settlement, subject to court approval, that would permit political speech in houses of worship. Background - Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code defines an organization...more

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Lessons from the First Four OFAC Sanctions Enforcement Actions under the Second Trump Administration

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Key Takeaways: - After a 5-month pause, OFAC recently announced four sanctions enforcement actions, making clear it is rigorously enforcing sanctions violations across a wide range of programs (including Russia, Iran,...more

JUSTICENTER

What Is the Difference Between a Commercial and Non-Commercial Driver’s License?

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The primary difference between a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and a non-commercial driver’s license is the type of vehicle you are authorized to operate. Commercial driver’s licenses are generally used for business...more

Vondran Legal

ASCAP Calls Out Alleged Infringers Publicly Citing Lawsuits Filed

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We have talked about this in other blogs; ASCAP is getting aggressive in enforcing their legal rights when restaurants, bars, fitness centers and other establishments play copyrighted music without having the proper BMI,...more

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California AG Reaches Landmark $1.55 Million CCPA Settlement with Healthline Over Alleged Privacy Violations

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On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General’s (AG) Office announced a record-setting $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media, a prominent provider of health and wellness information and operator of Healthline.com...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update - June 2025: Hot AG Summer kicks off with California's largest-ever CCPA...

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California Attorney General Bonta entered into the state's largest California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") settlement to date with a website publisher for $1.55 million....more

A&O Shearman

ESMA publishes technical advice on scope of CSDR settlement discipline regime

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report and press release, providing technical advice to the European Commission (EC) on narrowing the scope of the Central Securities Depositories...more

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Kim Taylor Speaks With ABC30 on Why More People in California Are Choosing Mediation Over Courtroom Battles

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Whether it’s neighbors in Napa arguing over a fence or a family in Fresno clashing over an inheritance, legal conflicts can quickly become expensive and emotionally draining. That’s why more people are turning to mediation, a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California attorney general’s $1.55 million Healthline CCPA settlement continues cookie focus and signals increasing enforcement

The California attorney general’s (AG) July 1, 2025, proposed settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) marks the third cookie-related California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement in as many months (alongside the...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employers Won’t Face Double Damages from DOL Wage and Hour Division’s Administrative Proceedings

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has issued new internal guidance that significantly changes its approach to administrative settlements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In Field Assistance...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Waves of Lawsuits Hit Businesses Over Website Tracking Pixels

Websites are ubiquitous, and so are cookies and tracking pixels (a/k/a web beacons). A web browser uses cookies to store login details and preferences; the cookies also track and profile user behavior. When visiting a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

What the Latest CCPA Settlement Means for Your Compliance Strategy

On July 1, 2025 the California Attorney General announced the largest CCPA settlement to date, totaling $1.55 million. The settlement, which is awaiting court approval, was the result of an investigation by the California...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

WHD Makes it Clear: Double Damages are (Liqui)Dated

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The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division just scrapped its policy of seeking liquidated damages (double damages) in FLSA investigations. Why? Because it probably didn’t have the statutory authority in the first place, and doing so...more

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