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Class Action

  • April 25, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Class Cert., Religious Charter Schools

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in five cases this coming week, including in disputes over whether courts can certify classes of plaintiffs when some members haven't suffered an injury and whether students alleging disability discrimination in public schools must meet a higher standard of proof to bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  • April 25, 2025

    Calif. Judge Rips Trump Admin's 'Whack-A-Mole' ICE Policies

    A California federal judge deciding whether to issue a nationwide injunction in multiple cases challenging the government's termination of foreign students' F-1 visa records expressed frustration with the Trump administration's abrupt policy changes Friday, saying "it's a new world order every day — it's like whack-a-mole."

  • April 25, 2025

    Live Nation Investors Get 1st OK For $20M Eras Tour-Tied Deal

    Event ticketing giant Live Nation and its shareholders on Friday secured a California federal judge's initial green light for their proposed $20 million deal to end proposed class action claims alleging the company misled shareholders in the face of anticompetitive allegations involving its Ticketmaster subsidiary following its missteps selling tickets for pop star Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

  • April 25, 2025

    Tesla, Allies Urge Reversal Of Musk's $56B Pay Veto

    Pointing to solid Tesla stockholder approval of Elon Musk's $56 billion, multiyear compensation plan, the Chamber of Commerce's national office has urged Delaware's Supreme Court to reverse a Chancery Court strikedown of the plan and reconsider a $345 million winning-side class attorney fee.

  • April 25, 2025

    Off The Bench: NIL Deal Drama, Oakley v. MSG, Transfer Rules

    In this week's Off The Bench, the landmark $2.78 billion settlement to compensate college athletes hits a snag, a former New York Knick's assault case against Madison Square Garden may be on shaky ground, and Vanderbilt University's quarterback fights to protect his successful challenge against the NCAA's eligibility rules.

  • April 25, 2025

    Defunct Media Co. To Pay $4.5M In NY WARN Act Case

    Former digital media startup The Messenger has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a class of 275 workers who claimed in New York federal court that the company didn't give them enough notice about its layoffs and shutdown, the parties said on Friday.

  • April 25, 2025

    NY Settles Class Action Over Delays In Special Ed Hearings

    New York City and state officials agreed to overhaul how special education complaints are handled, settling a 2020 class action brought by students with disabilities who waited months for crucial services.

  • April 25, 2025

    AAA Club To Pay $1M To Settle COBRA Notice Suit

    An American Automobile Association club agreed to pay $1 million to resolve a proposed class action in Michigan federal court claiming that it failed to give workers notices for health insurance continuation coverage in a timely manner.

  • April 25, 2025

    Barnes & Thornburg Adds Lewis Brisbois SEC Practice Leader

    The chair of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement and litigation practice recently jumped to Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Washington to help lead a practice group there.

  • April 25, 2025

    Manufactured Home Finance Biz Faces New 'Risky Loan' Suit

    After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau walked away from a similar case earlier this year, a proposed class action in Tennessee federal court accuses a Berkshire Hathaway-owned company of signing up customers for loans they couldn't afford for manufactured homes typically built and sold by an affiliate.

  • April 25, 2025

    2nd Circ. Rejects Tesla Buyer's Deceptive-Ad Case

    The Second Circuit on Friday rejected an appeal from a Tesla buyer who claimed he was misled about his car's self-driving capabilities, ruling that he'd waited too long to bring the proposed class action.

  • April 25, 2025

    World Cup Workers Sue PR Firms For Hiding Labor Abuses

    Two public relations giants helped the Qatari government hide human trafficking and other labor abuses in the construction of venues for the 2022 men's World Cup, more than 100 Filipino migrant workers claim in a suit in New York federal court.

  • April 25, 2025

    Calif. High Court Wants Answers On Bar Exam AI Use

    Days after the State Bar of California revealed it utilized artificial intelligence to develop some questions included in its embattled February 2025 exam, the state's Supreme Court released a statement demanding the bar association provide additional details.

  • April 25, 2025

    Benefits Co. Failed To Protect Personal Info, Suit Says

    An employee benefits administrator failed to properly secure and safeguard private information of benefits recipients, including their names and Social Security numbers, that was later compromised in a data breach, according to a proposed class action in Maryland federal court.

  • April 25, 2025

    Health Insurance Cos. Deny Agents OT Pay, Suit Says

    A group of health insurance companies failed to pay agents at a time-and-a-half rate for their hours worked over 40 per week and improperly calculated workers' pay rates, according to a proposed collective action filed in Florida federal court.

  • April 25, 2025

    Mass. Data Broker Accused Of Flouting Colo. Privacy Law

    A Massachusetts data broker is violating a Colorado law barring the inclusion of personal cellphone numbers in online directories without permission, a proposed class action alleges.

  • April 24, 2025

    Circuit-By-Circuit Guide As Justices Confront Class Cert. Split

    The U.S. Supreme Court is set for climactic arguments over class certification standards that have cleaved circuits from coast to coast for much of the past two decades, teeing up a make-or-break ruling for many class actions and a transformative event for legal practice in the swelling litigation realm.

  • April 24, 2025

    Target Hit With False Ad Suit Over Citric Acid In Pasta Sauce

    Target falsely marketed its store brand pasta sauces as having no "artificial" preservatives despite containing synthetic manufactured citric acid, according to a proposed class action removed to California federal court Wednesday.

  • April 24, 2025

    Starbucks Sued Over Human Rights Abuses On Coffee Farms

    The supply chain for Starbucks' Brazilian coffee is rife with slavery-like conditions and child labor, coffee plantation workers have said in a lawsuit, alleging they were forced to work for suppliers of the global coffee chain under "debt bondage" and threats of violence.

  • April 24, 2025

    Ex-OpenAI Workers, Nobel Laureates Back Musk OpenAI Fight

    A group of former OpenAI employees and artificial intelligence experts, including some Nobel laureates, have urged the California and Delaware attorneys general to block OpenAI's move to take the company private, arguing that the attorneys general "have both the authority and duty to protect OpenAI's charitable trust and purpose."

  • April 24, 2025

    Ill. Judge Won't Reduce Claims In Defective Smoker Suit

    Grill manufacturer Char-Broil LLC can't escape claims it sold an electric smoker that shocked its users and didn't work correctly even after a recall, a Chicago federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting arguments that the buyers' fight is actually with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

  • April 24, 2025

    GE Investors' $362.5M Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Get $70M

    A New York federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $362.5 million deal and awarded attorneys from Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer PA nearly $70 million in attorney fees for their work in a class action that accused General Electric Co. of fraudulently concealing cash flow problems.

  • April 24, 2025

    10th Circ. Says City's COVID-19 Town Hall Calls Weren't Illegal

    Albuquerque didn't break federal robocall laws when it sent residents automated calls to inform them that it would be hosting virtual public meetings during the early years of the coronavirus pandemic, the Tenth Circuit has ruled.

  • April 24, 2025

    Fallout From Ex-Football Coach's Alleged Hacking Spreads

    Three more universities were hit with lawsuits this week by students who say they were targets of a former University of Michigan and Baltimore Ravens coach accused of hacking accounts to steal intimate photos, as the number of suits stemming from the scandal continues to grow.

  • April 24, 2025

    Apple, Google, Roblox Duck Game Addiction Suit, For Now

    An Illinois federal judge Wednesday dismissed Apple, Google and Roblox from a parent's proposed class action accusing multiple video game developers and platforms of peddling their addictive wares to children, saying the allegations lack specificity, but left open the possibility of amending the complaint.

Expert Analysis

  • Court Denial Of $335M UFC Deal Sets Bold Antitrust Precedent

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    A Nevada federal court’s recent refusal to accept a $335 million deal between Ultimate Fighting Championship and a group of former fighters to settle claims of anticompetitive conduct was a rare decision that risks the floodgates opening on established antitrust case law, says Mohit Pasricha at Lawrence Stephens.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Finding Coverage For Online Retail Privacy Class Actions

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    Following recent court rulings interpreting state invasion of privacy and electronic surveillance statutes triggering a surge in the filing of privacy class actions against online retailers, companies should examine their various insurance policies, including E&O and D&O, for defense coverage of these claims, says Alison Gaske at Gilbert LLP.

  • Employers Should Not Neglect Paid Military Leave Compliance

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    An August decision from the Ninth Circuit and the settlement of a long-running class action, both examining paid leave requirements under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, are part of a nationwide trend that should prompt employers to review their military leave policies to avoid potential litigation and reputational damage, says Bradford Kelley at Littler.

  • Unpacking Jurisdiction Issues In 3rd Circ. Arbitration Ruling

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    The Third Circuit's recent ruling in George v. Rushmore Service Center could be interpreted to establish three principles regarding district courts' jurisdiction to enter arbitration-related orders under the Federal Arbitration Act, two of which may lead to confusion, says David Cinotti at Pashman Stein.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • What We Know From Early Cyberinsurance Rulings

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    Recent cyber disruption incidents, like the Crowdstrike outage and the CDK Global cyberattack this summer, highlight the necessity of understanding legal interpretations of cyberinsurance coverage — an area in which there has been little litigation thus far, say Peter Halprin and Rebecca Schwarz at Haynes Boone.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • What BIPA Reform Law Means For Biometrics Litigation

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    A recently signed Illinois law amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act limits defendants' liability exposure on a per-scan basis and clarifies that electronic signatures constitute a valid written release, establishing additional issues that courts will need to address in future BIPA litigation, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • RealPage Suit Shows Growing Algorithm, AI Pricing Scrutiny

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's suit against RealPage for helping fix rental rates, filed last week, demonstrates how the use of algorithmic and artificial intelligence tools to assist with pricing decisions is drawing increasing scrutiny and action across government agencies, and specifically at the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ, say Andre Geverola and Leah Harrell at Arnold & Porter.

  • Comparing 5 Administrators' Mass Arbitration Procedures

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    Attorneys at DLA Piper compare the rules for mass arbitrations at five different arbitration providers — Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, American Arbitration Association, National Arbitration and Mediation, FedArb and New Era ADR — including their triggers, claim screening procedures, how and when they assess fees, and more.

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