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Smith & Wesson Sales Co. Inc. cannot block a subpoena from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs seeking information on its marketing materials, a state appellate panel ruled Thursday in another loss for the gunmaker related to the Garden State's probe.

The American Immigration Lawyers Association's New Jersey chapter asked a federal judge to enforce a stipulation requiring immigration judges to allow remote hearings by request in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, writing Thursday that the government's proposed settlement is not enough.

An Ohio restaurateur cannot claim that a trio of joke articles accusing him and his food hall of racism were defamatory when the articles and the website they can be found on are obviously satirical, a state appeals panel said.

Packaging powerhouse WestRock Co. accused a competitor of targeting its employees and hiring them away to get access to confidential materials, some of which were allegedly misappropriated by those employees just before they officially left WestRock.

The Pittsburgh Steelers' stadium operator doesn't have to worry about the bite-sized Ohio federal court docket in a meat provider's claims that it violated the provider's exclusivity deal, but will have to face the lawsuit in a larger form later in Pennsylvania.

Grillo's Pickles Inc. has accused actor Mark Walburg's restaurant company and its grocery distributors of ripping off its preservative-free recipes and falsely touting their own briny cucumbers as all-natural, leading consumers to confuse the products.

The Third Circuit on Wednesday backed the tossing of a former Citigroup executive's whistleblower claims under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, writing in a precedential opinion that "untimeliness dooms his case" even though the court has jurisdiction.

Kean University and Montclair State University, public schools in New Jersey, are immune from a pair of proposed class actions seeking tuition reimbursement for remote learning during the pandemic, according to a state appellate court's precedential opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers fought back against a special master's refusal to recommend tossing a securities fraud claim brought by investors of the former Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., arguing it is a victim of the fraud, too.

Walgreens and CVS have nailed down the final details of their $10.7 billion deal with 18 states to end claims that they contributed to the national opioid crisis, according to statements Monday from multiple state attorneys general.