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3 weeks ago | 
natlawreview.com | Hillary Chinigo Campbell |Eric Troutman |Tammana Malik |Whitt Steineker
. But what if they’re not? Psilocybin continues to be in the limelight for its potential medicinal uses, including most particularly its potential to combat the nation’s growing mental health crisis. Last week, we reported on the fact that President Trump’s surgeon general nominee was a potential proponent of the use of psychedelics like psilocybin. Now, another member of Trump’s administration has chimed in, and this time it’s someone from the Food and Drug Administration.
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2 months ago | 
natlawreview.com | Alejandro Moreno |Tammana Malik |Deanna Tanner Okun |Lydia Pardini
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently joined a growing consensus among federal appellate courts: short-seller reports, without more, rarely suffice to plead loss causation under the federal securities laws. In Defeo v. IonQ, Inc., 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 8216, ___ F.4th ___ (4th Cir. Apr.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tammana Malik
In a big win for serial plaintiff Anton Ewing, a district court in California entered default judgement against DME Capital, LLC. (“DME”), awarding Ewing $68,480 in damages. The Complaint in Ewing v. DME Capital, LLC., 2024 WL 4983150 (S.D. Ca. Apr. 17, 2024) sets forth allegations that DME called Ewing’s cell phone 11 times from August 2022 to April 2024 and texted him twice in January 2024.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tammana Malik
Hi TCPAWorld!Some of you may recall the DoorDash lawsuit from a few months ago that called into question the company’s internal DNC policies: HUNGRY FOR MORE: DoorDash Faces TCPA Class Action With Potentially Far Reaching Implications – TCPAWorld. Well, DoorDash has been sued again. And while this one is an individual suit, Plaintiff Jasson Wallace alleges that he has received more than 500 robocalls in violation of the TCPA, resulting in potential damages of over $500,000.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tammana Malik
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in Kathleen Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, has sparked significant debate by ruling that the state’s Wiretap Act (G. L. c. 272, § 99) does not apply to website tracking software.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tammana Malik
Digital marketers in California can breathe a sigh of relief in light of the dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit against The Gap, Inc (“Gap”). The case, Ramos v. The Gap, Inc., Case No. 23-CV-04715-HSG (N.D. Cal. Oct. 09, 2024), centered around alleged privacy violations stemming from the retailer’s use of a marketing optimization software provided by third-party vendor, Bluecore, Inc (“Bluecore”).
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Whitney Campbell Christensen |Tammana Malik |Victoria Lin |Naomi Friedman
Thank you for reading the National Law Review’s legal news roundup, highlighting the latest law firm news! As October comes to an end, legal industry news continues to be a hot topic. Please read below for the latest in law firm news and industry expansion, legal industry awards and recognition, and DEI in the legal field. Caleb Griscom joined Varnum's Birmingham office's Corporate Practice Team as counsel.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tammana Malik
A while ago, Blake wrote an incisive post on the outcome of a discovery dispute with critical insights into the evolving landscape of electronic discovery: DECODING DISCOVERY: Cracking the Code on 30(b)(6) Depositions and Data Disputes – TCPAWorldI’m back with an update. But first, a little background. David Elliot v. Humana, Inc., No. 3:22-CV-00329-RGJ-CHL, 2024 WL 4545985 is a putative class action filed against Humana for allegedly violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Tammana Malik
In a discovery dispute arising out of a TCPA case in the Eastern District of Michigan, the Court denied the Plaintiff’s motion to compel production of third-party declarations in the possession the Defendant, and motion for leave to take additional third-party depositions after the discovery cutoff date. The Court found that, as Plaintiff was on notice of the declarations, it had the burden to serve proper discovery requests.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Will Wagner |Madeline Orlando |Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff |Tammana Malik
On September 28, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a pair of bills (A.B. 1008 and S.B. 1223) that amend the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) by adding a “consumer’s neural data” to the definition of “sensitive personal information” and specifying that “personal information” can exist in various formats, such as “abstract digital” formats.
