Class Action

  • January 14, 2025

    CDK Cuts Latest Deal In Auto Dealer Data Suit, With App Class

    CDK Global LLC inked a new settlement to resolve more claims of monopolizing the market for auto dealership management software, this time with a class of vendors who make apps for dealerships, in a case that had been set for trial Jan. 27 in Wisconsin federal court.

  • January 14, 2025

    TikTok Moderation Co.'s $5.5M Investor Deal Gets Initial OK

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday gave the first green light to a $5.5 million deal between TikTok content moderation company Teleperformance and a pension fund, resolving claims that investors were harmed after investigative reports were published claiming that Teleperformance was working its staff into the ground and forcing them to watch harmful content with no support.

  • January 14, 2025

    DOL Backs Uber Drivers' Bid To Revive Employment Case

    The Department of Labor threw its support behind Philadelphia Uber Black drivers in their employment classification case, telling the Third Circuit that the lower court misapplied agency guidance in its dismissal of the long-running lawsuit against the ride-sharing company.

  • January 14, 2025

    Cannabist Moves Illinois Oil Potency Case To Federal Court

    The Cannabist Co. Holdings and its affiliated companies have removed to federal court a suit alleging they make products using highly potent cannabis oils without warning consumers that the amounts of THC are illegal in Illinois.

  • January 14, 2025

    DXC Says Investor Suit Shows Integration Problems, Not Fraud

    DXC Technology has asked a Virginia federal court to toss a shareholder suit alleging the information technology giant overhyped efforts to reduce restructuring and integration costs after acquiring several companies, arguing hindsight critiques from the current CEO do not establish securities fraud.

  • January 14, 2025

    TripAdvisor, Class Flip Nevada Move Positions In Del. Appeal

    Attorneys for the boards and controller of TripAdvisor and Liberty TripAdvisor have asked Delaware's Supreme Court to keep alive their appeal from a lower court's refusal to toss a suit challenging their reincorporation in Nevada, despite a call for dismissal by class attorneys who had previously opposed both the deal and appeal.

  • January 14, 2025

    Airline Workers' Attys Get $4.2M From ESOP Deal

    A Delaware federal judge Tuesday awarded over $4.2 million in fees to class counsel in a suit over alleged mismanagement of the employee stock ownership plan at bankrupt cargo hauler Western Global Airlines that was settled in September for $14.5 million.

  • January 14, 2025

    Retroactive Foreclosure Rule Bars Suit, Mich. County Says

    A Michigan county has urged a federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging that it kept surplus proceeds from tax-foreclosed home sales, saying the homeowner bringing the claims hasn't yet used the state's process for securing the proceeds.

  • January 14, 2025

    Meta Atty Quits IP Case Over Zuckerberg's 'Toxic Masculinity'

    An attorney helping defend Meta Platforms in copyright litigation brought by artists who claim their content was used to train the large language model Llama has dropped the tech company as his client, citing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's "descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness" in a LinkedIn post.

  • January 14, 2025

    Police Commissioners Must Face Bulk Of Officers' OT Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to throw out the majority of a proposed class action from ranking officers accusing the Philadelphia Police Department of failing to alert them of their overtime eligibility, but determined that municipal policies providing for certain overtime pay do not constitute a contract.

  • January 14, 2025

    Pillsbury Wants Out Of Chancery Suit Against Auto Seller Biz

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP wants to escape or force arbitration of an aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty claim that was asserted in Delaware Chancery Court by a stockholder and former director of Quantum Automotive Intelligence Inc., saying a "broad arbitration provision" exists between the law firm and company.

  • January 13, 2025

    Robinhood Users Oppose Arbitration Of 'Meme Stock' Claims

    Stock trading platform Robinhood has failed to lay the groundwork for sending user disputes to arbitration, seven users of the platform claimed Monday in a bid to keep their claims in federal court over the company's 2021 suspension certain so-called meme stock trades.

  • January 13, 2025

    4th Circ. Backs Arbitration In BoFA's PPP Loan Suits

    The Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed a decision ordering small businesses to arbitrate their proposed class action alleging Bank of America misled them on how to use the Paycheck Protection Program, noting the deposit agreements say an arbitrator will decide all disputes, including the scope of the arbitration provision.

  • January 13, 2025

    Fla. Court OKs $6B Settlement Data Release In 3M's UK Case

    A Florida federal court has authorized the release of certain information related to 3M's $6 billion multidistrict litigation settlement ending claims over allegedly faulty combat earplugs to a London arbitral tribunal, which was convened to determine if insurer AIG Europe Ltd. is refusing to pay its share of the deal.

  • January 13, 2025

    Binance Can't Get High Court To Review Class Cert. Decision

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on a petition from crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. and its former CEO to consider whether transactions on its platform were beyond the reach of U.S. securities laws after a Second Circuit decision found enough stateside ties to revive a suit from the exchange's users.

  • January 13, 2025

    Fintech Partner Banks Face Suit Over Synapse Financial Collapse

    Banks that partnered with financial technology companies face mounting proposed class action allegations over the "inexplicable" loss of $85 million on the heels of the bankruptcy of intermediary software company Synapse Financial Technologies Inc.

  • January 13, 2025

    Judge In John Deere Antitrust Case Flags Potential Conflict

    The Illinois federal judge overseeing a proposed right-to-repair class action against John Deere told the parties on Monday that he is facing a potential conflict of interest after finding the name of a "good friend" in documents connected to the case.

  • January 13, 2025

    State Farm, Insurance Association Escape Data-Sharing Suit

    An Illinois federal judge dismissed a proposed class action complaint Monday accusing State Farm of improperly sharing personal health information with a consortium of other insurers that allowed them to raise premiums and deny coverage industrywide, finding the conduct wasn't prohibited under the Illinois Insurance Code.

  • January 13, 2025

    TDK, NHK Face Certified Classes In Price-Fixing MDL

    A California federal judge has certified classes of resellers and end users who allege that electronics manufacturers TDK Corp. and NHK International Corp. fixed prices of certain hard-drive components, rejecting the companies' challenges to the plaintiffs' overcharge damages theories and finding that the claims can be resolved on a classwide basis.

  • January 13, 2025

    Attys Seek $4.4M In Fees For Gas Well Plugging Settlement

    Attorneys from Bailey & Glasser LLP and Appalachian Mountain Advocates asked a West Virginia federal court for $4.4 million in fees, in a settlement that will require Diversified Energy Co. to more than quadruple its plans for plugging inactive oil and gas wells it had obtained from EQT in six states.

  • January 13, 2025

    NJ Firm Agrees To Settle Client's Suit Over Ransomware Attack

    New Jersey law firm The Wacks Law Group LLC has reached a settlement agreement with a former client to end a proposed class action claiming that the firm's negligence in properly securing its data led to the theft of hundreds of clients' personal information in a March cyberattack.

  • January 13, 2025

    FedEx Drivers Rip Company's 'Desperate' Bid To Duck OT Suit

    FedEx drivers working for intermediate employers have pressed a Massachusetts federal judge to keep alive one of a handful of overtime lawsuits against the shipping giant, blasting the company's "desperate" bid to have the case kicked as a sanction to the drivers' lawyers.

  • January 13, 2025

    Pa. AG Urges 3rd Circ. To Revive Uber Drivers' Wage Suit

    Pennsylvania's attorney general urged the Third Circuit to revive a class action accusing Uber of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors, saying the worker-friendly Pennsylvania wage and hour law claims should not have been thrown out.

  • January 13, 2025

    Bechtel Escapes 401(k) Suit Alleging Shoddy Default Fund

    A Virginia federal judge dismissed a retiree's suit claiming Bechtel Global Corp. tapped a pricey and underperforming fund for its retirement plan's default investment option, tossing the suit a second time for failing to show that a comparable fund was a better option.

  • January 13, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Auto Parts Co.'s ERISA Arbitration Push

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review the Sixth Circuit's refusal to force arbitration of a suit accusing an auto parts company of packing its employee retirement plan with subpar investment options.

Expert Analysis

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.

  • Parsing NJ Court's Rationale For Denying Lipitor Class Cert.

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    A New Jersey federal court's recent Lipitor rulings granting summary judgment and denying motions for class certification for two plaintiff classes offer insight into the level of rigorous analysis required by both parties and their experts to satisfy the requirements of class certification, says Catia Twal at Edgeworth Economics.

  • Illinois BIPA Reform Offers Welcome Relief To Businesses

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    Illinois' recent amendment to its Biometric Information Privacy Act limits the number of violations and damages a plaintiff can claim — a crucial step in shielding businesses from unintended legal consequences, including litigation risk and compliance costs, say attorneys at Taft.

  • Gilead Drug Ruling Creates Corporate Governance Dilemma

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    If upheld, a California state appellate court's decision — finding that Gilead is liable for delaying commercialization of a safer HIV drug to maximize profits on another drug — threatens to undermine long-standing rules of corporate law and exposes companies to liability for decisions based on sound business judgment, says Shireen Barday at Pallas.

  • Class Action Law Makes An LLC A 'Jurisdictional Platypus'

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    The applicability of Section 1332(d)(10) of the Class Action Fairness Act is still widely misunderstood — and given the ambiguous nature of limited liability companies, the law will likely continue to confound courts and litigants — so parties should be prepared for a range of outcomes, says Andrew Gunem at Strauss Borrelli.

  • 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture

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    Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.

  • How Courts' Differing Views On Standing Affect PFAS Claims

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    Two recent opinions from New York federal courts — in Lurenz v. Coca-Cola, and Winans v. Ornua Foods North America — illustrate how pivotal the differing views on standing held by different courts will be for product liability litigation involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, particularly consumer claims, say attorneys at Hollingsworth.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents

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    Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

  • Addressing The Growing Hazards Of Mass Arbitration

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    Though retail companies typically include arbitration provisions in their terms of service, the recent trend of costly mass arbitrations filed by plaintiffs may cause businesses to rethink this conventional wisdom, say attorneys at BCLP.

  • Series

    Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    As a master scuba instructor, I’ve learned how to prepare for the unexpected, overcome fears and practice patience, and each of these skills – among the many others I’ve developed – has profoundly enhanced my work as a lawyer, says Ron Raether at Troutman Pepper.

  • Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act

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    As the Voting Rights Act reaches its 59th anniversary Tuesday, it must urgently be reinforced against recent efforts to dismantle voter protections, and lawyers can pitch in immediately by volunteering and taking on pro bono work to directly help safeguard the right to vote, says Anna Chu at We The Action.

  • How 3rd Circ. Raised Bar For Constitutional Case Injunctions

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    The Third Circuit's decision in Delaware State Sportsmen's Association v. Delaware Department of Safety & Homeland Security, rejecting the relaxed preliminary injunction standards many courts have used when plaintiffs allege constitutional harms, could portend a shift in such cases in at least four ways, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Proposed NIL Deal Leaves NCAA Antitrust Liability Door Open

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    The proposed House v. NCAA settlement filed in California federal court creates the possibility of significant direct payments to student-athletes for the first time, but the resulting framework is unlikely to withstand future antitrust scrutiny because it still represents an agreement among competitors to limit labor cost, says Yaman Desai at Lynn Pinker.

  • Opinion

    Expert Witness Standards Must Consider Peer Review Crisis

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    For nearly two decades, the so-called replication crisis has upended how the scientific community views the reliability of peer-reviewed studies, and it’s time for courts to reevaluate whether peer review is a trustworthy proxy for expert witness reliability, say Jeffrey Gross and Robert LaCroix at Reid Collins.

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