/classaction?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Class Action Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:25:07 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362304 A California federal judge gave preliminary approval Tuesday to Google parent Alphabet's Inc.'s settlement with investors alleging that executives engaged in anticompetitive and monopolistic practices, saying she wants to hear shareholders' reactions to Alphabet's agreement to spend $500 million over the next decade building a global regulatory compliance program before she grants final approval. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:07:10 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362313?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362313 The insurers of billions in bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. say a Connecticut federal judge can't hear a proposed class action accusing them of failing to pay bondholders the full value of their investments after a 2016 bankruptcy default. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:23:16 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362386 A class of CME Group members seeking more than $2 billion over allegedly broken promises to preserve their exclusive floor trading rights following a demutualization should lose their case because they're not entitled to something their decades-old contracts never contemplated, counsel for the exchange operator told an Illinois jury Tuesday. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:19:50 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362126?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362126 A Delaware vice chancellor cleared the way late Tuesday for termination of a suit seeking derivative damages for Bumble Inc. arising from a $1.1 billion sale of shares by the dating app giant's private equity controller ahead of a stock drop allegedly fueled by bad news in late 2021. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 21:00:20 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362118?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362118 The city of Chicago defeated allegations that the genetic information of two employees was taken when their spouses took part in a wellness program, with an Illinois federal judge finding that evidence does not back the claims that detailed information was disclosed in violation of federal law. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:33:21 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362362?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362362 A Michigan claims court judge has certified classes of businesses and residents affected by flooding from the collapse of a hydroelectric dam, ahead of a January trial to determine if state agencies are liable for the disaster.  Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:25:13 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362023?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362023 A group of Democratic attorneys general on Monday told a D.C. federal district court that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision to terminate environmental justice grants deprives vulnerable communities of funding "necessary to achieve a healthy environment." Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:07:19 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362400?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362400 A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday denied a win for former pharmaceutical company Mylan N.V. in a proposed shareholder class action accusing the company of manipulating quality control tests at a West Virginia plant, saying the plaintiff has met the burden of showing a link between misrepresentations and financial losses. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:01:26 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362263?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362263 The Trump administration Monday opposed two immigration advocacy groups' bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order for a proposed nationwide class, saying the groups were essentially seeking a universal injunction that the U.S. Supreme Court had recently rejected. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:19:33 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362028 Wells Fargo said a North Carolina woman's claims that the bank forced the short sale of her home by denying her forbearance on her mortgage as mandated under federal law at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic should be dismissed for several reasons, including that the short sale never actually occurred. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:17:44 +0000 /classaction/articles/2361852?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2361852 An Illinois federal court has certified a class of Cook County residents who were stripped of excess equity when their residential properties were sold to recoup property taxes, overriding county objections that homeowners should have to litigate cases individually. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:14:37 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362268?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362268 The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday revived a medical device maker's breach of contract claim alleging a company it hired to manage its patents globally overcharged for services, sending the case back to a Virginia federal court. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:47:29 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362205 The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a revived class action alleging that shipbuilding military contractors used no-poach agreements to suppress wages back to district court, rejecting the contractors' motion for a stay while they prepare to send a certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:15:46 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362300?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362300 A Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate urged a federal court to toss a yacht company's suit alleging mismanagement of its employee health plan, arguing its allegations that out-of-network claims were mishandled were time-barred and failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:41:04 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362223 Wells Fargo & Co. is once again looking to rid itself of a California-based class action accusing it of deceiving investors about its hiring practices, arguing that suing shareholders have not found any evidence that so-called sham job interviews were widespread at the bank. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:25:28 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362229?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362229 Four stockholders of a former Florida-headquartered auto sales and leasing venture once valued above $40 per share have aimed a Delaware Court of Chancery derivative suit at its current CEO and sole board member, alleging that he looted the car company and drove it into delisting. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:21:55 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362225 Academic researchers are defending a proposed class action in New York federal court accusing six of the largest academic journal publishers of colluding to block compensation for peer review services while suppressing competition for scholarly manuscripts. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:14:33 +0000 /classaction/articles/2361625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2361625 The justices' multiple opinions in the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 27 decision in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. CASA, shed light on whether Rule 23(b)(2) could fill the void created by the court's decision to restrict nationwide injunctions, says Benjamin Johns at Shub Johns. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:13:06 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362213?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362213 Amazon has asked a Washington state federal judge to let it interrogate the expert witness backing a bid for class action status covering tens of millions of consumers, arguing that an evidentiary hearing, with cross-examination, is needed in the antitrust litigation accusing it of keeping online retail prices artificially high. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:11:58 +0000 /classaction/articles/2362256?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /classaction/articles/2362256 A California federal judge declined to grant an early win to the onetime controlling shareholder of Vaxart in an investor suit alleging it dumped stock at inflated prices following deceptive headlines about the biotechnology company's ability to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.