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Class Action

  • August 22, 2025

    Conn. Marketing Software Co. Hit With Data Breach Suit

    A Connecticut marketing software company failed to protect more than 232,000 customers' personal health information from hackers who potentially accessed it through a third-party tool in December and then didn't notify customers for months, a proposed class action claims.

  • August 22, 2025

    Marathon Petroleum Cos. Near Final OK On $7M Wage Deal

    A California federal judge on Friday said he'd grant final approval to a $7.2 million deal by Marathon Petroleum and two related companies to resolve a 2,200-member class action accusing the oil refiners of shorting unionized workers on rest breaks and pay.

  • August 22, 2025

    Coinbase Users' Biometric Privacy Suit Paused Amid Appeal

    Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase can pause claims it's facing under Illinois' Biometric Privacy Act as the Seventh Circuit weighs questions about the state law's financial institution exemption provision, a Chicago federal judge has decided.

  • August 22, 2025

    Shopify, Sales Workers End Commission, OT Suit

    A California federal judge agreed to conclude a suit accusing e-commerce company Shopify of a slew of California Labor Code violations, including misclassifying sales employees as overtime-exempt and having an illegal commissions plan.

  • August 22, 2025

    Ex-Morgan & Morgan Client Says Arbitration Ruling Was Error

    A former Morgan & Morgan client is pushing back on an order sending his proposed class action malpractice claims into arbitration and denying a motion to remand the suit to state court, arguing that a Savannah, Georgia, federal judge erred in her ruling by misapplying the law and failing to take all facts into account.

  • August 22, 2025

    Saladworks Operator Reaches Settlement In Workers' OT Suit

    A Pennsylvania-based franchisee of fast-casual salad eatery Saladworks reached a settlement with a former employee to end a proposed class action accusing it of misclassifying assistant managers as overtime-exempt, according to a signed order issued in federal court.

  • August 22, 2025

    Michigan Judge Gives Initial OK To Tax Foreclosure Deal

    A Michigan federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a settlement that would allow former property owners to receive the surplus profits they allege county treasurers made selling their tax-delinquent properties.

  • August 21, 2025

    Amazon Bags Toss Of Grocery Delivery Fee Disclosure Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Wednesday threw out a proposed class action that alleged the Amazon Fresh website waited too late in the checkout process to disclose delivery fees, saying the conditions of use on Amazon.com Inc.'s websites prevented a woman from lodging claims under California law.

  • August 21, 2025

    Google Got App Data Profits After Pledging Privacy, Jury Told

    A computer scientist testifying in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google LLC illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users who had opted out of tracking told a California federal jury Thursday that the tech giant stores information about their app use in a "shadow account" and uses it to sell ads.

  • August 21, 2025

    Kanner & Pintaluga Seeks Sanctions Over Accident Data Suit

    Kanner & Pintaluga PA asked a Texas federal court to sanction a Houston couple and their counsel in a proposed class action accusing the firm and since-dismissed Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. of conspiring to share auto crash victims' private information, saying the claims are based on unverified and inadmissible hearsay.

  • August 21, 2025

    Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.

    A multi-court string of settlements has produced a $33.75 million proposed payout for stockholders who alleged in direct and derivative state and federal actions that they were misled in deals that took electric vehicle maker Nikola Corp. public.

  • August 21, 2025

    BlockFi Judge Urged To OK $13M Deal As Objector Withdraws

    Investors who reached a $13.2 million settlement with the failed cryptocurrency lender BlockFi Inc. have urged a federal judge to move forward with the plan now that a class member has withdrawn his objections to the deal.

  • August 21, 2025

    Fertility Co. Says Deception Suit 'Mischaracterizes' Test

    A fertility clinic chain is urging a Colorado federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of deceptively marketing genetic tests of embryos, saying the claims are time-barred, lack required expert backing and specificity, and don't identify any actionable misstatements.

  • August 21, 2025

    Biz Groups Appeal Calif. Climate Reporting Ruling To 9th Circ.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have appealed a court order rejecting their bid to block new California state regulations requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks that they claim violate their First Amendment rights.

  • August 21, 2025

    Fintech Co. Ryvyl's $1M Investor Settlement Gets Initial OK

    A California federal court has granted preliminary approval to fintech company Ryvyl Inc.'s $1 million cash and stock class action settlement with investors who accused the company of concealing its accounting issues.

  • August 21, 2025

    UC Grant Cuts Over DEI Likely Stifle Speech, 9th Circ. Says

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to pause a preliminary injunction requiring three federal agencies to reinstate research grants terminated following two of President Donald Trump's executive orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion, saying the terminations likely aimed to suppress speech favorable of DEI and environmental justice.

  • August 21, 2025

    American Airlines Knocks Out Class Cert. In Military Leave Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted American Airlines' bid to revoke class certification in a suit alleging the airline unlawfully denied pilots pay and profit-sharing credit for time spent on military leave, agreeing the case raises too many individual questions.

  • August 21, 2025

    Snap Inc. Hit With Investor Suit Over Ad Platform Glitch

    Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc., was hit with a proposed shareholder class action Thursday in California federal court accusing it of concealing the effects of a glitch on its advertising auction system that caused it to lose revenue.

  • August 21, 2025

    Tire Cos. Resist Bid To Add EU Probe Info to Price-Hike Suit

    Tire manufacturers including Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin are urging an Ohio federal court not to let buyers update their antitrust case accusing the companies of fixing prices to include additional allegations stemming from a European Commission investigation.

  • August 21, 2025

    Digital Ad Co. Misled Investors About Client Loss, Suit Says

    Digital advertising firm PubMatic Inc. and two of its executives have been hit with a proposed shareholder class action in California federal court alleging they failed to inform investors about the loss of a key customer for its digital marketing business, which led to a stock price decline when the truth came to light.

  • August 21, 2025

    Workers Snag Deal In $500M Twitter Severance Suit

    Social media platform X has agreed to settle a suit accusing it of owing workers $500 million in severance after Elon Musk took the reins of the company while it was still named Twitter, the two workers suing and the entity told the Ninth Circuit.

  • August 21, 2025

    Minor Leaguers Ask Justices To Kill MLB Antitrust Exemption

    Former players accusing Major League Baseball and its teams of colluding to pay minor leaguers "poverty level" wages are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case and overturn baseball's century-old exemption from antitrust law.

  • August 21, 2025

    Steakhouse Again Asks To Decertify Class In Conn. Wage Suit

    A Connecticut state court's findings that a steakhouse at the Foxwoods Resort Casino was not liable for untipped work should have dismantled a class of tipped servers claiming unpaid wages, the steakhouse argued.

  • August 21, 2025

    Judge OKs Deal To End Misrepresented Pickleball Paddle Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday approved a settlement resolving a class action accusing a pickleball paddle manufacturer of deceptively marketing its products as certified by the sport's governing body that will pay out up to $300 to each class member.

  • August 21, 2025

    Guards Say DHS Contractor Can't Escape Wage Suit

    Employees of a contractor providing security at a U.S. Department of Homeland Security campus told a D.C. federal judge the company can't use a union agreement to escape allegations it's violating the district's wage and overtime laws.

Expert Analysis

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw

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    When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.

  • 11th Circ. Ruling Warns Parties To Follow Arbitral Rules

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    The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Merritt Island Woodwerx v. Space Coast is important for companies utilizing arbitration clauses because it clearly demonstrates the court's intent to hold noncompliant parties responsible in federal court — regardless of subsequent efforts to cure, says Ed Mullins at Reed Smith.

  • 2nd Circ. Limits VPPA Liability, But Caveats Remain

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    The Second Circuit's narrowed scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act in Solomon v. Flipps Media, in which the court adopted the ordinary person standard, will help shield businesses from VPPA liability, but the decision hardly provides a free pass to streamers and digital media companies utilizing website pixels, say attorneys at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References

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    As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

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    The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.

  • Opinion

    Courts Must Revitalize Robust Claim Construction

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    Two Federal Circuit decisions from earlier this year illustrate the rarity of robust claim construction and the underused reverse doctrine of equivalents — a dual problem that prevents courts from clearly delineating and correctly cabining the scope of rights conferred by patent claims, say attorneys at Klarquist Sparkman.

  • What Gene Findings Mean For Asbestos Mesothelioma Claims

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    Recent advances in genetic research have provided substantial evidence that significant numbers of malignant mesothelioma cases may be caused by inherited mutations rather than asbestos exposure — a finding that could fundamentally change how defendants approach personal injury litigation over mesothelioma, say David Schwartz at Lumanity and Kirk Hartley at LSP Group.

  • ESOP Ruling Clarifies Trustees' Role In 3rd-Party Sales

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    An Illinois federal court's dismissal of a class action related to an employee stock ownership plan in Rush v. GreatBanc demystifies the trustee's role in a sale transaction to a third party by providing commentary on the prudent process and considerations for trustees to weigh before approving a sale, says Katelyn Harrell at BCLP.

  • Series

    Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.

  • And Now A Word From The Panel: A Rare MDL Petition Off-Day

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    In an unusual occurrence in the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's history, there are zero new MDL petitions scheduled for Thursday's hearing session, but the panel will be busy considering a host of motions regarding whether to transfer cases to eight existing MDL proceedings, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.

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    Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles

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    Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Collective Cert. In Age Bias Suit Shows AI Hiring Tool Scrutiny

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    Following a California federal court's ruling in Mobley v. Workday, which appears to be the first in the country to preliminarily certify a collective action based on alleged age discrimination from artificial intelligence tools used for hiring, employers should move quickly to audit these technologies, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Using Federal Forum Provisions To Nix State Securities Cases

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    A California appeals court's recent decision in Bullock v. Rivian clarifies that underwriters may enforce federal forum provisions to escape state court Securities Act claims, marking progress in restoring such lawsuits to federal court and reducing the litigation costs arising from duplicative state court litigation, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

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    Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.

  • Does R-Squared Have A Role In Event Study Analysis?

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    With 2024 marking the second consecutive year to experience an increase in securities class action filings, determining the reliability of event study models is of utmost importance, but it's time to reconsider the traditional method of doing so, say analysts at StoneTurn Group.

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