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Class Action

  • June 02, 2025

    Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Labaton Keller's Ned Weinberger

    Ned Weinberger, a partner at Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, said he never expected that his clients' suit challenging a $23.9 billion Dell Technologies Inc. stock swap would reach a whopping $1 billion settlement, let alone result in the largest prejudgment recovery ever achieved in a fiduciary duty action in the Delaware Chancery Court.

  • June 02, 2025

    No Class Cert. For Recipients Of Debt Collection Letter

    Consumers who received letters threatening legal action if they did not pay debt collector IC System Inc. can't get class certification from a Pennsylvania federal judge, who ruled that she would need individual assessments to determine if hundreds, if not thousands of recipients suffered harm from getting the letter.

  • June 02, 2025

    Class Action Seeks Compensation For High School Athletes

    The yearslong battle for college athletes to earn compensation for their labor and likeness rights has trickled down to the high school ranks, with a new proposed class action targeting a slew of monetary restrictions imposed by California's high school sports governing body.

  • June 02, 2025

    Defamation Litigation Roundup: Cheetos, NASCAR, OpenAI

    In this month's review of ongoing defamation fights, Law360 looks back on developments in a man's case against Frito-Lay Inc. over what he called the company's defamatory statements disputing his role in the invention of a flavor of Cheetos.

  • June 02, 2025

    Justices To Probe GEO's Immunity Claim In Forced Labor Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up GEO Group Inc.'s bid for review of a Tenth Circuit decision dismissing the private prison company's immediate appeal of an adverse immunity determination in a forced labor class action.

  • May 30, 2025

    Plaintiffs Appeal AI Sales Platform's Win In Identity Misuse Suit

    A group claiming to be part of a database maintained by 6Sense, which uses artificial intelligence to help businesses with sales and marketing, are appealing to the Ninth Circuit the dismissal of their proposed class action accusing the company of unlawfully using their identities to promote its products and services.

  • May 30, 2025

    Rocket Mortgage Class Asks Justices To Scope Decertification

    Rocket Mortgage borrowers who saw their class action against the lender decertified have told the U.S. Supreme Court that another pending case before it will resolve the question that undid their own class standing, and their litigation should be put on hold until that case is resolved.

  • May 30, 2025

    $5.2M Generic Drug Price-Fixing MDL Deal Gets Final OK

    Apotex Corp. will be paying $5.2 million to settle claims from a class of indirect purchasers alleging the drugmaker was working with other pharmaceutical companies to hike up the price of certain generic medications.

  • May 30, 2025

    'Humongous' Apple Must Face Boosted 186M Antitrust Class

    A California federal judge on Friday granted App Store users' request to amend their class definition in a yearslong antitrust fight against Apple, rejecting Apple's argument that the changes unfairly add millions of new members and noting that the 185.9 million-member class stems from the fact Apple is "humongous."

  • May 30, 2025

    Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

    Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic — but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance — as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures.

  • May 30, 2025

    Shopper Wants Class Cert. In Mistranslated Cookie Label Suit

    A shopper has urged a California federal court to certify three classes of consumers accusing a Japanese convenience store chain of selling snacks with dangerously mistranslated English labels that failed to disclose nut allergens, arguing common legal issues predominate because the company used "uniformly mistranslated" labeling across thousands of products.

  • May 30, 2025

    Plumbing Supply Co. Gets 401(k) Forfeiture Claims Cut

    A California federal judge tossed two workers' claims that a plumbing supply company illegally used abandoned funds in its retirement plan to pay down its own contributions instead of offsetting expenses for plan members, ruling they couldn't slip the new allegations into an amended complaint.

  • May 30, 2025

    Banks, Class Action Admins Ran Kickback Scheme, Suit Says

    A group of class action settlement administrators and banks conspired to rip off settlement class members by offering lower bank interest rates in exchange for kickbacks, according to three identical lawsuits filed in three states.

  • May 30, 2025

    Missouri Judge Rejects Berkshire Unit's Transfer Appeal Cert. Bid

    A Missouri federal judge on Friday denied a Berkshire Hathaway unit's motion to certify the company's denied transfer bid for a consolidated antitrust broker fees class action.

  • May 30, 2025

    TopCo Settles Suit Over Cough Syrup Billed As 'Non-Drowsy'

    The parties in a lawsuit alleging Tussin cough syrup's "non-drowsy" label is deceptive because the syrup makes users sleepy told an Illinois federal judge that they've reached a binding settlement that would end the case.

  • May 30, 2025

    Wash. Judge Doubts Valve's Suit Alleging Arbitration Scheme

    A Washington state appellate judge pushed back Friday against Valve Corp.'s stance that it could sue an attorney over an alleged scheme to manipulate arbitration pacts between the gaming giant and its customers, suggesting the company opened the door for such conduct by previously forcing gamers to arbitrate antitrust claims individually.

  • May 30, 2025

    Recruiter Let Client Data Fall Into Hackers' Hands, Suit Says

    A Georgia-based professional recruiting firm has been hit with a proposed class action from a man who says the company's lax cybersecurity standards led to a February data breach that compromised the personal information of thousands of current and former clients.

  • May 30, 2025

    Nationstar Sued After Data Exposure Of Loan Applicants

    Nationstar Mortgage, doing business as Mr. Cooper, has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court over its "widespread practice of disclosing" customers' private information to Meta, Google, Microsoft and other third parties without approval.

  • May 30, 2025

    Peet's Coffee, AddShoppers Beat Cert. Bid In Privacy Suit

    A California federal judge refused to certify a proposed class action alleging AddShoppers and Peet's Coffee illegally tracked visitors' browsing activities to send targeted advertising emails, ruling Thursday that the named plaintiffs' claims are not typical of the groups they want to represent, since they did not receive emails about any products.

  • May 30, 2025

    Generic-Drug Makers Near Exit From Depo-Provera MDL

    Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation claiming Pfizer Inc. failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the risk of brain tumors associated with the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera told a Florida federal judge that they are close to dismissing claims against three manufacturers of generic versions of the drug.

  • May 30, 2025

    Google Nears Class Deal In Privacy Suit Over Recording Users

    Google and a 30 million-strong consumer class have told a California federal judge they've made "substantial progress" in reaching a potential settlement that would "fully and finally" resolve a years-old action alleging Google Assistant-enabled devices surreptitiously recorded conversations to fuel its advertisement business and train machine-learning models.

  • May 30, 2025

    $2M Settlement Between Patriots, App Users Gets Approval

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday gave preliminary approval to a settlement of more than $2 million between the New England Patriots and fans who claimed the NFL team's app collected and shared their personal information.

  • May 30, 2025

    Coal Miners Re-Up Bid For $15.2M Wage Deal Approval

    Coal miners again asked a Kentucky federal judge Friday to greenlight a $15.2 million deal resolving their unpaid wage suit against several mining companies, presenting a restructured agreement that eliminates collective claims and discusses the degree of similarity among workers in a proposed, nearly 7,000-member settlement class.

  • May 30, 2025

    REIT Investors' $12M Deal Over NexPoint Merger Get Final OK

    A New York federal judge granted final approval to a $12 million securities class action settlement reached with Jernigan Capital investors who alleged the defendants omitted material information amid a 2020 sale to NexPoint Advisors, and awarded $3.9 million in fees Thursday to lead counsel for prosecuting the case.

  • May 30, 2025

    Former Pfizer Atty, Motley Rice Adviser Joins DiCello Levitt

    A former Pfizer vice president and assistant general counsel, who last June entered into a consulting agreement with Motley Rice LLC, is joining DiCello Levitt as a partner as part of the firm's Washington, D.C., public client practice group, the firm recently announced.

Expert Analysis

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.

  • Rebuttal

    Mass Arbitration Reform Must Focus On Justice

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    A recent Law360 guest article argued that mass arbitration reform is needed to alleviate companies’ financial and administrative burdens, but any such reform must deliver real justice, not just cost savings for the powerful, says Eduard Korsinsky at Levi & Korsinsky.

  • 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims

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    Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.

  • ERISA Forecast After Diverging Pension Risk Transfer Rulings

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    Two district courts' split decisions on whether plaintiffs had standing in class actions challenging pension risk transfer transactions, amid a swath of similar suits, provide an early indication of how courts might rule in this new wave of Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Series

    Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

  • Maximizing Employer Defenses After Calif. Meal Waiver Ruling

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    A California state appeals court's recent decision in Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, finding that revocable meal period waivers prospectively signed by employees are enforceable, offers employers four steps to proactively reduce their exposure to meal period claims and bolster their defenses in a potential lawsuit, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

  • Charging A Separate Tariff Fee May Backfire For Retailers

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    In the wake of the Trump administration's newly imposed tariffs, retailers facing significant supply chain cost increases may be considering adding a tariff fee to offset these costs, but doing so risks violating state drip pricing bans, say attorneys at Benesch.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

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    Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • A Look At Probabilistic Tracing After High Court's Slack Ruling

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    Recent decisions following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Slack v. Pirani have increased the difficulty of pleading Securities Act claims for securities issued in direct listings by rejecting the use of statistical probabilities to establish that share purchases were traceable to a challenged registration statement, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving pretrial detainee bail funds, employment law, product defect allegations and claims of not providing proper pain medication at a jail.

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.

  • Series

    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Reform Mass Arbitration

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    A number of recent lawsuits demonstrate how problematic practices in mass arbitration can undermine its ability to function as a tool for fair and efficient dispute resolution — so reforms including early case filtering, stronger verification requirements and new fee structures are needed to restore the arbitration system's integrity, says Kennen Hagen at FedArb.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

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