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Latest News in Class Action

  • October 30, 2026

    EssilorLuxottica Keeps Eyewear Antitrust Win At 2nd Circ.

    The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revive a proposed class action in consolidated litigation accusing French-Italian firm EssilorLuxottica SA of monopolizing the U.S. consumer eyewear market, agreeing with the trial court that the indirect purchasers have not plausibly alleged a "premium eyewear market."

  • October 30, 2026

    Teva, AbbVie To Face Trial Over Niaspan Pay-For-Delay Claims

    Long-running multidistrict litigation over AbbVie and Teva Pharmaceuticals' agreement to delay generic forms of cholesterol drug Niaspan is headed toward trial, after a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday found a genuine dispute over whether their agreement was a pay-to-delay settlement that violated antitrust laws.

  • October 30, 2026

    McDonald's Must Keep Fighting McRib Proposed Class Action

    An Illinois federal judge Friday trimmed but ultimately refused to toss the bulk of a proposed class action claiming McDonald's deceives consumers because its McRib doesn't contain any rib meat, ruling that the consumers have plausibly alleged that McDonald's tricked them into thinking the sandwich contained rib.

  • October 30, 2026

    Amazon Aims For Quick Appeal Of Partial Antitrust Class Cert.

    Amazon is seeking permission from the Ninth Circuit to immediately appeal a Washington federal judge's decision partly granting a group of online shoppers' class certification bid in an antitrust lawsuit alleging its vendor pricing policies inflated prices on Walmart and eBay's online marketplaces, according to a recent docket entry. 

  • October 30, 2026

    'I Can't Get An Answer': Fair Use Fight Irks Anthropic Judge

    A California federal judge overseeing music publishers' high-stakes copyright fight with Anthropic over song lyrics expressed frustration during a hearing Friday, calling Anthropic's fair use arguments "slippery" and citing an "overarching concern" that she can't get clear answers about the categories of AI outputs at issue.

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