Bloomberg Law “Companies hunting for avenues to soften the blow of threatened higher tariffs next month don’t have great options. Some are ordering inventory early and trying to time shipments. Others are finessing how they classify products based on where they’re made, what they are and what they’re worth. And Read more
Bloomberg Law “The California Department of Insurance wants to create one of the nation’s most stringent data privacy frameworks for the more than 1,600 carriers it regulates. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is backing legislation (SB 354) that would strengthen the state’s insurance privacy law and in some areas exceed the Read more
Bloomberg Law “Robinhood Markets Inc. shares fell after OpenAI advised caution to customers taking advantage of the brokerage’s offer for access to equity “tokens” for the closely held company led by Sam Altman. The artificial-intelligence firm said the tokens offered by Robinhood aren’t company equity, and that OpenAI neither collaborated on nor endorsed the Read more
Reuters “Microsoft (MSFT.O, opens new tab has been hit with a lawsuit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission to train its Megatron artificial intelligence model. Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent and several others alleged that Microsoft used pirated digital versions of their books Read more
Bloomberg Law ” Retirees lack the basis to sue their former employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act for unlawful denial of post-employment benefits after leaving their jobs, the US Supreme Court ruled. The high court upheld a US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit order that Karyn Stanley lacked standing to sue Read more
Bloomberg Law “Breach of contract and consumer protection claims against Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., by a customer who was given insufficient change by the restaurant during the pandemic’s coin shortage, were revived Friday by the Third Circuit. Chipotle said that James Rice modified the contract when he accepted the food Read more
Bloomberg Law “Education Corporation of America negligently failed to protect the personal information of people affiliated with its for-profit colleges in a data breach that hit the Thompson Coburn LLP law firm, a proposed federal class action said. Lead plaintiff Jonathan Burdette alleged in his complaint that ECA breached its Read more
Bloomberg Law “Peet’s Coffee Inc. convinced a federal judge to dismiss allegations that the company discriminates against the lactose intolerant by charging extra for non-dairy alternative milks. “Peet’s pricing policy is facially neutral and applies equally to customers who are not lactose intolerant but prefer non-dairy alternatives in their drinks,” Read more
Bloomberg Law “Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster LLC unit got a ruling that would toss most antitrust claims brought by a group of consumers alleging the companies colluded to inflate ticket prices. Judge George H. Wu of the US District Court for the Central District of California adopted a decision Thursday Read more
Bloomberg Law “Companies spend billions of dollars every year to ensure their advertisements are shown to the right types of users at the right time. With that amount of investment, it was only a matter of time before the consumer class actions were filed. At least eight class actions have Read more