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Class aims at T-Mobile, Sprint merger

CHICAGO — A federal court in Chicago granted T-Mobile’s motion to certify an interlocutory appeal over whether a putative consumer class has sufficiently alleged antitrust standing. The consumers oppose the now-closed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, and seek to unwind the merger to prevent an alleged monopoly over U.S. wireless services.

ConAgra fish trawling

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois allowed a class of seafood consumers’ fraud lawsuit continue against ConAgra, which advertises some of its fish products as “Certified Sustainably Sourced” even though they are fished with a “pelagic trawl” that indiscriminately captures everything in the path of a net the size of two football fields. The court does not issue an injunction to remove the advertising, however.

Trump beats election complaint

CHICAGO — An appeals court in Illinois vacated a lower court’s judgment in a lawsuit that challenged whether Donald Trump may appear on primary election ballots. In light of the Supreme Court’s Trump v. Anderson ruling in early March, the lower court lacks jurisdiction to consider the objection.

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