Welcome to Represent More, brought to you by We Are Them Media. In Episode 6, Ryan and Shireen dig into two stories about what happens when companies make promises they never intend to keep — and then blame you for believing them.

This week:

• Panelli v. Target — A Ninth Circuit Win for Consumers: Target sold bedsheets labeled as "800 thread count." Testing revealed the actual count was 288. When the case was dismissed at the district court level using an "impossibility defense" — the idea that if a claim is factually impossible, consumers can't be deceived — Ryan and Shireen's appellate team took it to the Ninth Circuit and won. The ruling clarifies and narrows a defense that corporations had been weaponizing across false advertising cases involving food, cosmetics, supplements, and more. A big win for consumers, and for the litigation landscape.
• Kratom's Hidden Toll: Kratom is a plant-based supplement marketed as a natural, safe mood enhancer — and it's completely unregulated by the FDA. But people who use it as directed are becoming addicted, suffering seizures, and dying. With lawsuits now cropping up nationwide, kratom companies are responding to wrongful death cases by blaming the victims. Ryan and Shireen break down why the supplement industry's regulatory gap is so dangerous, what the litigation looks like, and why failure-to-warn cases like these matter beyond the courtroom.

Because bees be bees — and companies are counting on you not knowing the difference.

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Welcome to Represent More, produced by We Are Them Media. In Episode 5, Ryan and Shireen sit down with Glenn Danas, partner at Clarkson and chair of the firm's Appellate and Employment Litigation practice groups, for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to fight for everyday people from inside the legal system.

• Glenn's path from Big Law to public interest litigation — and why it felt like coming home
• The landmark Iskanian v. CLS Transportation decision and the ongoing battle over mandatory arbitration
• Clarkson's high-stakes cases against UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Cigna — and how health insurers are using AI algorithms to deny Medicare Advantage claims at scale
• The California Supreme Court's upcoming review of a major consumer privacy case against Twitter
• An amicus brief filed on behalf of Senator Cory Booker in the Monsanto/Roundup preemption case before the U.S. Supreme Court
• What 66 appellate arguments teaches you about the law — and about people

Corporations are finding new tools to avoid accountability — algorithms that deny care, preemption arguments that erase state protections, arbitration clauses that close courthouse doors. Glenn Danas has spent his career pushing those doors back open. This episode is about the cases, the strategy, and the underdog spirit that drives it all.

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Welcome to Represent More, brought to you by We Are Them Media.

In Episode 4, Ryan and Shireen dig into the wave of social media addiction lawsuits making their way through the courts — and what two landmark verdicts this week tell us about where this fight is headed.

• What a Los Angeles bellwether jury found when it ruled YouTube and Meta liable for negligence and failure to warn
• Why a $375 million verdict against Meta in New Mexico barely moved the company's stock — and what that may mean for punitive damages
• How mandatory arbitration provisions and Section 230 have kept courthouse doors shut for years, and how plaintiffs' lawyers finally found a way through
• Why minors can't be bound by arbitration agreements — and how that became the key to getting these cases in front of a jury
• The slot machine technology hidden inside your social media feed — and how Meta allegedly knew it was addictive long before anyone sued
• Clarkson's own lawsuit against Meta over its AI smart glasses, and how the case fits into a broader reckoning with big tech

Big Tech has spent years privatizing profits while the public absorbs the harm. Mandatory arbitration kept cases out of court. Section 230 provided cover. And the platforms allegedly kept designing products they knew were dangerous — because the money was too good to stop. These verdicts don't just matter for the plaintiffs. They're the first real signal that the legal system is catching up.

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