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November 15, 2024
Investor Drops Stock Pumping Suit Against UPS
One of several investors suing shipping and logistics giant UPS in recent months over a share price tumble caused by disappointing earnings numbers this summer said Thursday that he plans to drop his claims against the company.
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November 15, 2024
Plaintiffs Ask To Seal $8.5M Data Breach Deal With Gunster
Plaintiffs in a proposed data breach class action asked a Florida federal court Thursday to let them file under seal an $8.5 million settlement agreement to resolve accusations that Florida corporate law firm Gunster failed to safeguard the personal information of nearly 10,000 clients, employees and other individuals from cybercriminals.
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November 15, 2024
Attys Get 'Final Warning' In Tepezza Hearing Loss MDL
A magistrate judge has chastised attorneys on both sides of multidistrict litigation involving claims that a thyroid eye disease treatment manufactured by Horizon Pharmaceuticals Inc. causes hearing loss, calling for an end to their "improper" conduct during depositions.
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November 15, 2024
Mercer University Reaches Deal To End Data Breach Claims
A group of former Mercer University students and a professor asked a Georgia federal judge to preliminarily approve a settlement that would end a class action accusing the college of not protecting the personal information of more than 93,000 people from hackers during a 2023 data breach.
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November 15, 2024
Hospital Workers' 2nd Circ. Appeal May Wait For Deloitte Case
Workers for Montefiore Medical Center seeking to revive retirement plan mismanagement allegations may see a delayed ruling in their case until another Second Circuit panel rules on similar claims against Deloitte, a panel judge said Friday during proceedings.
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November 14, 2024
7th Circ. Unsure Of Meta's Bid To Arbitrate Deceptive Ads Suit
The Seventh Circuit seemed unsure Thursday whether it should allow Meta to steer a media company's ad deception antitrust claims away from court and into arbitration, saying the case seems to fall outside the agreement Meta is trying to enforce.
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November 14, 2024
Pinterest Investor Attys Get $2.5M More After Deal Monitoring
A California federal judge on Thursday awarded an additional $2.5 million in fees to attorneys who've been monitoring Pinterest's compliance with a deal that ended investors' claims the company fostered a culture of race and sex discrimination, ruling that he's "satisfied" with both parties' efforts in the wake of the settlement.
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November 14, 2024
Judge Vows Atty Fee Trims For Handling Of $90M Google Deal
A California federal judge overseeing Google's $90 million antitrust deal with Play Store developers on Thursday blasted counsel representing smaller developer plaintiffs and the administration company handling the settlement, criticizing the administrator's work as "the worst performance I've seen" and vowing to trim the attorney fees "substantially."
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November 14, 2024
3M Earplug Attys Near OK Of Up To $540M MDL Payout
A Florida federal judge agreed Wednesday to hold back 9% — or up to $540 million — from 3M's landmark $6.01 billion deal for fees and costs in multidistrict litigation over allegedly faulty combat earplugs, agreeing with a finding that the request is fair given the "tremendous" work of 68 plaintiffs' firms.
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November 14, 2024
Kraft Mac & Cheese Artificial Ingredients Claims Survive
An Illinois federal judge said Wednesday that Kraft Heinz Co. can't escape a proposed class action alleging that its Kraft macaroni and cheese products, which are labeled as containing no artificial preservatives, actually do contain those artificial ingredients.
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November 14, 2024
'The World Has Changed': Google's $700M Deal Gets 2nd Look
The California federal judge considering Google's $700 million antitrust deal with states and consumers told plaintiffs' counsel Thursday to review the settlement terms to ensure that they comport with Google Play store changes he ordered in Epic Games' separate lawsuit, saying "the world has changed" since they struck the deal.
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November 14, 2024
Hasbro's Excess Toy Inventory Tanked Stock, Suit Says
Toy and entertainment company Hasbro Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it falsely portrayed high inventory levels as a protective measure against supply chain issues despite knowing its inventory far exceeded actual consumer demand.
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November 14, 2024
MDL Counsel Present Deal With FTX Estate To Fla. Court
Counsel for plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation over the collapse of cryptocurrency trading platform FTX Trading Ltd. told a Florida federal judge Thursday that they have reached a deal with the FTX estate in bankruptcy.
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November 14, 2024
Judge Slams Gov't For Resisting LA Campus Housing Orders
A California federal judge has told the federal government that it can't "resist accountability," rejecting a bid to stay court-ordered construction of housing for military veterans on a Los Angeles campus.
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November 14, 2024
Capital One Must Face Savers' Suit Over 'High-Interest' Claims
A Virginia federal judge has slightly trimmed a consolidated litigation accusing Capital One NA of deceptively advertising its 360 Savings accounts as high-interest savings products and separately denied the bank its bid for a bench trial instead of a jury trial on the remaining claims.
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November 14, 2024
XL Fleet SPAC Suit Tentatively Settled For $4.75M In Del.
Investors in a December 2020 blank-check company merger that took hybrid-car retrofit venture XL Fleet public have preliminarily settled a four-count fiduciary duty breach suit in Delaware's Court of Chancery for $4.75 million.
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November 14, 2024
Emergency Medical Providers Oppose $2.8B BCBS Deal
A group of emergency clinic medical providers objected to the $2.8 billion settlement a broader class of medical providers reached with the Blue Cross Blue Shield network of insurers last month, as attorneys for the overall class boasted that the settlement would transform the insurers and bring historic payouts.
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November 14, 2024
Takeda Rips Cert. Order's 'Whale Of Assumption' At 9th Circ.
Takeda Pharmaceutical urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to reverse a ruling certifying a class of third-party payors who allege Takeda and Eli Lilly & Co. hid their anti-diabetes drug's bladder-cancer risks, arguing the lower court erroneously made a "whale of an assumption" that 56.7% of prescriptions wouldn't have been written with disclosures.
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November 14, 2024
UPS Driver's Class Claims Can Stay In Court, Judge Says
UPS can't make a driver arbitrate his sick leave and wage class claims against the company, a Colorado federal judge ruled, finding the plaintiff is part of a group of workers who are exempt under federal arbitration law because their jobs are linked to interstate commerce.
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November 14, 2024
Boehringer Says Inhaler Antitrust Suit 'Fails On Its Face'
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim International GMBH have urged a Connecticut federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action brought by health funds accusing it of monopolizing the inhaler market with improper patent listings, arguing the suit fails to allege any competitors were actually hindered by those patents.
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November 14, 2024
Whole Foods Workers Seek Massive Class In 401(k) Fee Suit
Former Whole Foods employees have asked a Texas federal judge to turn their suit against the company into a class action, saying they'd like to represent nearly 100,000 current and former employees in litigation accusing the grocery chain of mismanaging its 401(k) plan.
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November 14, 2024
Robbins Geller Tapped To Lead Software Co. Investor Suit
A pair of pension funds represented by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has beaten out individual investors vying to lead a shareholder class action against MongoDB Inc. over the software company's growth projections.
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November 14, 2024
South Dakota Slams NCAA Over NIL Settlement 'Notice'
South Dakota's attorney general has continued lodging criticism at the NCAA over its handling of a massive lawsuit related to the way student-athletes are compensated, telling a California federal judge the organization has failed to properly notify the state and others of a preliminary $2.78 billion settlement.
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November 14, 2024
Settlement Reached In Ga. Data Breach Class Action
The companies behind high-interest loan products TitleMax, TitleBucks and InstaLoan have reached a tentative settlement with customers who alleged the companies failed to protect their personal information, leading to a data breach that affected an estimated 4.8 million people.
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November 14, 2024
UPS Execs Swept Growth Issues Under Rug, Investor Says
UPS has been hit with a second lawsuit in as many months from an investor who says the company inflated its 2024 earning projections before rolling out disappointing numbers this summer that sent the company's value plummeting.
Expert Analysis
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Parsing NJ Court's Rationale For Denying Lipitor Class Cert.
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.
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Illinois BIPA Reform Offers Welcome Relief To Businesses
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.
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Gilead Drug Ruling Creates Corporate Governance Dilemma
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.
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Class Action Law Makes An LLC A 'Jurisdictional Platypus'
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.
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3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture
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.
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How Courts' Differing Views On Standing Affect PFAS Claims
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.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents
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.
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Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
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.
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Addressing The Growing Hazards Of Mass Arbitration
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.
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Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act
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.
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How 3rd Circ. Raised Bar For Constitutional Case Injunctions
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.
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Proposed NIL Deal Leaves NCAA Antitrust Liability Door Open
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.