Four Brazilian plywood manufacturers and a certification body filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that a coalition of U.S. producers orchestrated a group boycott and false advertising campaign to...
A federal magistrate in Manhattan denied a request for pre-trial discovery in a constitutional challenge to city and state cannabis enforcement laws, citing unresolved standing questions and the breadth of the requests.
A federal judge in Manhattan granted Bonchon Franchise LLC a preliminary injunction Thursday, barring a former franchisee and his associates from operating a competing Korean fried chicken restaurant New Haven, Connecticut address where the Bonchon location...
A discovery order from Judge Barbara Moses criticizes the tech giant’s “aggressive redaction campaign” and refuses to blanket-seal employee names docket.
King Spider LLC obtained a default judgment and permanent injunction against eight defendants accused of selling counterfeit apparel online, with U.S. District Judge Jeanette A. Vargas awarding $75,000 in statutory damages per defendant under the Lanham Act.
A federal complaint filed in Manhattan alleges the New York Police Department engaged in unconstitutional practices.
A federal judge in Manhattan denied both sides’ motions to preclude expert testimony in the government’s fraud case against former Western Asset Management trader S. Kenneth Leech II, allowing sophisticated statistical analyses of his Treasury futures and...
Plaintiffs allege they were recruited as children to endure brutal conditions and forced labor at Shen Yun’s New York estate.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that sophisticated statistical analyses of a former Western Asset Management trader’s allocation decisions are admissible, rejecting defense arguments that the methods were unreliable or invaded the jury’s role.
A federal magistrate judge in Manhattan ordered petitioner's counsel to explain why sanctions should not be imposed after discovering that opposition memoranda relied on cases generated by artificial intelligence.
A federal magistrate judge in New York ordered OpenAI to log clawed-back data and evaluations withheld because they post-date the litigation, and to meet and confer with plaintiffs on raw evaluation data in the consolidated copyright infringement litigation.
A federal judge in Manhattan denied Maxim Inc.’s motion for a preliminary injunction against Playboy Inc., ruling that the plaintiff’s five-month delay in seeking relief and its failure to protect contest mechanics as trade secrets or copyrightable...
A federal judge in Manhattan entered a default judgment against dozens of defendants operating 52 counterfeit networks that sold fake footwear and apparel bearing Nike and Converse trademarks, imposing joint and several liability for statutory damages and...
A Southern District of New York judge issued a preliminary injunction against Chinese defendants selling infringing artificial lash extensions on TikTok Shop, restraining their sales and freezing assets held by major payment processors.
A Southern District of New York judge has granted final approval of a settlement in a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action against Acacia Network, Inc., resolving wage-and-hour claims for non-exempt employees in New York state.
U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl ordered 60 days of expedited discovery to resolve a dispute over whether plaintiff Bravia Capital Hong Kong Limited is a New York or Hong Kong citizen, a threshold issue for diversity jurisdiction in a $13 million judgment...
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer scheduled oral argument for July 15 on pending summary judgment motions action against Coinbase Global Inc.
Senior Judge Paul G. Castel denied Gannett and Daily Mail’s request to keep their economic and technical expert reports entirely under seal, ruling that the presumption of public access outweighs the parties’ claims of inefficiency in redacting sensitive data.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that an individual artist’s third-party claims against Universal Music Group were not frivolous, denying the company’s request for legal fees after the claims were dismissed as time-barred.
A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a derivative lawsuit accusing Morgan Stanley Smith Barney of manipulating an Israeli tech company’s stock price through a temporary trading ban, ruling the claims were meritless and time-barred.