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Latest News in Class Action

  • May 21, 2026

    Meta Defeats App Users' Location Data Privacy Suit For Good

    A California federal judge Thursday shut down for good a proposed class action accusing Meta Platforms of illegally collecting location data from users of third-party apps that installed the company's tracking software, again finding the complaint doesn't plausibly allege that Meta knew it didn't have permission to access this data.

  • May 21, 2026

    Meta Expert Says $27M Is Better Number For Abatement

    An economics expert for Meta testified Thursday against New Mexico's desired $3.7 billion plan to abate social media's harm to mental health, calling it more "a spending plan" than one for abatement and claiming $27 million will do the job.

  • May 21, 2026

    Aveeno Allergen Suit Tossed Over Thin Financial Injury Claims

    The company behind the Aveeno brand has, for now, defeated a proposed class action claiming it misled parents when labeling its child skin care products as hypoallergenic, with a New Jersey federal judge saying the buyers failed to show they suffered any concrete financial injury.

  • May 21, 2026

    Discover Card 'Misclassification' Deal Worth Up To $1.2B OK'd

    An Illinois federal judge Wednesday gave the final green light to a settlement under which Discover Financial Services will pay between $540 million and $1.2 billion to resolve class action allegations it misclassified certain credit card accounts.

  • May 21, 2026

    J&J Used Ellipsis To Nix Asbestos In Report To FDA, Jury Told

    Johnson & Johnson used an ellipsis to eliminate a professor's finding of asbestos in its talc in a report submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a video deposition shown Thursday to a California jury considering bellwether claims over three women's deadly ovarian cancer.

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