Riley Brennan

June 05, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The court issued a very interesting and thoughtful decision. While we respectfully disagree with the conclusion, we look forward to next week's trial—as well as the likely appeal that we anticipate will come next, whatever the outcome next week," said plaintiff's counsel Shannon Liss-Riordan of the Boston firm Lichten & Liss-Riordan.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

June 03, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"The court found no source in this district or under this circuit to suggest that visitors to websites should justifiably expect to have all their actions recorded. On the contrary, courts have found that software like the Session Replay Code are not an expected component of internet activity," U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville said.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

May 31, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"It is counterintuitive to insist that eliminating the possibility of malpractice suits is the way to incentivize proper representation of a child."

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

May 31, 2024 | Law.com

In a dispute arising out of nonpayment for 1 million bottles of hand sanitizer to be delivered to Reach's customer, Five Below, the U.S. District Court of Minnesota granted summary judgment for brands in the amount of $89,072.64, and $185,000 for attorney fees for Felicia J. Boyd, a partner and head of IP brands, and Jaime Wing, a senior associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in Minneapolis. The Eighth Circuit reversed the attorney fee award.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

May 30, 2024 | The Recorder

The May 29 class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges Poppi claims to be a "Prebiotic Soda" made "For a Healthy Gut," despite not providing any meaningful prebiotic effects.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

May 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The firm that filed the suit is an active player in the consumer class action space. In this year alone the firm sued Kraft over alleged metal in Lunchables, AT&T over alleged data breach violations, Starbucks over its pricing of nondairy milk and Prime Hydration over its caffeine content.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

May 28, 2024 | Law.com

The court concluded that while the district court didn't err in dismissing the lawsuit over plaintiffs' nonappearance, as they believed they were to appear by telephone, the dismissal was too drastic given the circumstances.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

May 24, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Greenberg Traurig filed the action Thursday on behalf of Prime Hydration in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The firm is also defending the company in a class action accusing it of containing toxic chemicals, which Paul recently addressed in a TikTok video.

By Riley Brennan

3 minute read

May 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court has previously noted that the theory "has been characterized as one of the strongest presumptions known to the law," and was originally developed "to shield a child from the stigma attached in the past to illegitimacy, which subjected the child to significant legal and social discrimination."

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

May 23, 2024 | Law.com

"We conclude that the District Court judge erred in holding that G. L. c. 218, § 19A, constrains a court from looking beyond a plaintiff's initial statement of damages in assessing whether there is a reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will exceed $50,000. Rather, the statute requires the court to consider the nature of the action itself—and thus the complaint then before the court," Associate Justice Elizabeth N. Dewar wrote on behalf of the SJC.

By Riley Brennan

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