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• DraftKings' Move for Early Appeal Fails in Class Action Over App Liability February 27, 2026
  The sports-betting company requested to certify an interlocutory appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, asking if a mobile app or its specific features can qualify as a "product" under Illinois' products liability law.      
• Poultry Plant Workers' Class Action to Continue Despite Arbitration Demand, Fed Judge Rules February 26, 2026
  The plaintiffs claimed they and other workers were required to complete multiple work-related tasks without compensation, including arriving early to pass through security, obtaining and putting on mandatory protective gear, and waiting in line to clock in.      
• UGG Competitor Alleges 'Schedule A'-Style Claims Are Creating a Monopoly in Casual Footwear Market February 25, 2026
  "What the complaint clearly shows is that UGG routinely has made proven statements of the law to a number of courts," Harvard trademark professor Rebecca Tushnet, who is not affiliated with the case, told Law.com in a phone interview. "That's not enough to win the case, but it clearly highlights some bad behavior that they […]
• 'A Meritless Bullying Tactic': Fed. Judge Dismisses Fitch Even's Action Against Former Client February 25, 2026
  Fitch Even claimed it filed the declaratory action so the court could “declare the rights and other legal relations under federal patent law, but the defendants alleged the firm was attempting to litigate the same issues currently pending in a separate suit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County.