• California legislative attempt to overturn Supreme Court’s AT&T v. Concepcion ruling thwarted (law.com)
  • In other California news, state Senates passes moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (Los Angeles Times); meanwhile, North Carolina legislature overrides governor’s veto of reasonable rules for fracturing (SNL Financial)
  • Study argues that patent troll litigation costs companies nearly $30 billion a year (Ars Technica)
  • Private securities fraud class actions on the rise, especially against mining and natural resources companies (D&O Diary)
  • In FDA’s world grocery store = restaurant for imposing menu labeling rule (The Foundry)
  • Seven months and counting: still waiting for DOJ’s promised Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidance document (FCPA Professor)
  • First Circuit ruling could shift liability for data breaches from commercial customers to banks (Volokh Conspiracy)