Class Action

  • May 11, 2026

    Grubhub Drivers Allege Wage Theft, Illegal Face Scans

    Grubhub has misclassified its delivery drivers as independent contractors and unlawfully collected their biometric data without consent, according to a proposed class action filed in Illinois state court.

  • May 11, 2026

    NYC Sanctioned For Sluggish Discovery In IVF Sex Bias Suit

    A federal judge sanctioned New York City on Monday for its lethargic discovery responses in a proposed class action claiming a municipal health plan unlawfully blocked gay men from receiving in vitro fertilization coverage, ordering the city to reimburse the couple leading the suit for their efforts to obtain documents.

  • May 11, 2026

    Nats Ask DC Circ. To Toss Fee Class Action To Arbitration

    The Washington Nationals are looking to arbitrate a suit filed by a fan accusing them of charging hidden "junk fees" on tickets, asking the D.C. Circuit to overturn a district judge's ruling that kept the case in court.

  • May 11, 2026

    Farmworkers Say Atty Absence Won't Justify Sanctions Relief

    Farmworkers accusing a harvesting company of luring them to the U.S. under false promises urged a Colorado federal court Monday to reject the company's attempt to undo sanctions, arguing its attorney's prolonged absence from the case did not constitute excusable neglect.

  • May 11, 2026

    Cushman & Wakefield Failed To Protect Clients' Info, Suit Says

    A proposed class has accused global commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield Inc. in New York federal court of not doing enough to protect current and former clients' confidential information from hackers, who ultimately breached the company's systems.

  • May 11, 2026

    DHS Says Latinos' Citizenship Proof Suit Too Speculative

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged a Texas federal court Monday to toss a lawsuit from Latino U.S. citizens accusing it of unlawfully requiring citizens to carry proof of citizenship, arguing they haven't identified any specific policy.

  • May 11, 2026

    Volvo Says Recalls For Faulty Backup Camera Moot Suit

    Volvo has urged a New York federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action alleging it sold cars with defective rear cameras that don't operate properly when in reverse, arguing the claims aren't ripe since the plaintiff didn't say he took advantage of remedies offered through the automaker's nationwide voluntary recalls.

  • May 11, 2026

    3rd Circ. Revives Privacy Claims Over Bass Pro Tracking

    The Third Circuit on Monday partly revived multidistrict litigation over the use of "session replay" software by Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops to allegedly record visitors' activity on their websites, with a three-judge panel finding two of the eight tossed lawsuits had pled harm from the recording of plaintiffs' financial information.

  • May 11, 2026

    Binance Takes Investor Suit Arbitration Bid To 11th Circ.

    Binance and former CEO Changpeng Zhao are asking the Eleventh Circuit to review a Florida federal judge's decision denying their bid to compel arbitration of a proposed class action alleging that the crypto trading platform knowingly violated U.S. regulatory requirements.

  • May 11, 2026

    FTC Says BOTS Act Case Judge Overlooked Its Dismissal Arg

    The Federal Trade Commission has asked a Maryland federal judge to rethink his decision refusing to end a constitutional challenge to one of its first online ticketing cases, contending the court never dealt with its primary argument for dismissal.

  • May 08, 2026

    EdTech Platform Canvas Accused Of Lax Security After Breach

    The operator of Canvas, a popular educational software tool used by thousands of schools and universities, is facing more than a half-dozen proposed class actions filed in Utah and New York federal courts following its disclosure of a cyberattack tied to a hacking group that's claimed to have gained access to personal data belonging to more than 275 million students and teachers.

  • May 08, 2026

    Ex-FDA Chief Says J&J Atty 'Spinning' Asbestos Definition

    A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner told an attorney for Johnson & Johnson she was "spinning" the definition of asbestos in an attempt to confuse a jury in a bellwether trial over claims the company's talc products caused three women's deaths from ovarian cancer.

  • May 08, 2026

    Franchisees Say Jack In The Box Trying To 'Avoid' Calif. Law

    Two Jack in the Box Inc. franchisees have answered the fast-food giant's bid to avoid contributing to a legal settlement over allegedly noncompliant job postings by saying Jack in the Box is attempting to "avoid" a California law that could work against it.

  • May 08, 2026

    Boeing Can Appeal Class Cert. In 737 Max Investor Suit

    The Seventh Circuit is permitting Boeing to immediately challenge an Illinois federal judge's certification of a class of investors accusing it of misrepresenting the 737 Max 8 jets' safety after a pair of deadly crashes, according to an order filed Thursday.

  • May 08, 2026

    Social Media Litigation Gains Reveal Potential Regulatory Path

    Recent suits by a social media user and two state attorneys general in their bids to hold Meta and other tech giants accountable for the allegedly addictive nature of their platforms have brought to the forefront a potentially lucrative strategy for more broadly regulating online harms, as the First Amendment and other roadblocks continue to stymie legislative efforts.

  • May 08, 2026

    Social Media Harm To Teens Can Be Pinpointed, Judge Told

    Social media's degree of blame for New Mexico teens' mental health challenges can be statistically isolated and quantified, a health computational scientist testified Friday in the state's $3.7 billion bench trial against Meta.

  • May 08, 2026

    Former H-2A Workers, Turf Farm Ink $850K Overtime Deal

    Former H-2A workers alleging a turf farm avoided paying them overtime by misidentifying their roles while having them do substantial, non-agriculture-related landscaping work told a Missouri federal judge Friday they've reached an $850,000 settlement to resolve the yearslong Fair Labor Standards Act litigation. 

  • May 08, 2026

    Exxon Asks For Midtrial Judgment In Investor Class Action

    Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a motion midtrial claiming that no reasonable jury could find that the energy giant breached securities laws with its representations of how much money some of its operations were making, saying that investors' class action claims failed as a matter of law.

  • May 08, 2026

    Payment Processing Co. Sued Over Data Collection, Breach

    Payment processing company Total System Services LLC has been hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court accusing it of failing to protect consumers' personal information from hackers, resulting in a well-established cybercriminal group stealing the data over a six-month period and likely leaking it earlier this month.

  • May 08, 2026

    Judge Probes Cert. For Diverse Worker Class In No-Poach Suit

    An Illinois federal judge considering whether to certify a class of former health care employees claiming their wages were suppressed by alleged no-poach agreements between DaVita, UnitedHealth Group's Surgical Care Affiliates and Tenet Healthcare Corp. unit United Surgical Partners International questioned Friday if the group of senior-level workers was too diverse for class treatment.

  • May 08, 2026

    Nike Customers Join Tariff Refund Class Action Trend

    A group of Nike customers on Friday joined the growing number of proposed class actions looking to secure legal rights to refunds of costs tied to President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, saying they were the ones who actually bore the costs.

  • May 08, 2026

    Colo. Casino Asks Court To Toss Employee Wage Suit

    A casino operator said a proposed wage and hour class action from a former employee must be tossed because the allegations in the complaint are too broad to move forward, according to a motion to dismiss filed Friday in Colorado federal court.

  • May 08, 2026

    Consumers Say Bank Can't Escape Fintech Collapse Suit

    Consumers who lost access to their funds following the 2024 collapse of fintech middleman Synapse Financial Technologies pushed back against an Arkansas bank's bid to escape a consolidated proposed class action, contending in Colorado federal court they sufficiently alleged fraud.

  • May 08, 2026

    Angi Says Texts No Longer Covered By TCPA

    Home services platform Angi Inc. told a federal judge as it seeks to toss an amended proposed class action that a text message isn't the same thing as a phone call under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

  • May 08, 2026

    Brokers Deny 'Reverse Auction' In Backing Opt-In Settlements

    Real estate brokerages facing an antitrust lawsuit in Florida federal court pushed back against homebuyers in a proposed class that are seeking to block two defendants from opting into a settlement in a similar case in Illinois federal court.

Expert Analysis

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    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • Key Trends In PFAS Regulation And Litigation For 2026

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    As 2026 begins, the legal and regulatory outlook for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances is defined less by sweeping federal initiatives and more by incremental adjustments, judicial guardrails and state-driven regulations — an environment in which proactive risk management and close monitoring of policy developments will be essential, say attorneys at MG+M.

  • Reviewing 2025's Artificial Intelligence Disputes Over IP

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    2025 brought the first major fair use rulings involving generative artificial intelligence, and in 2026 courts will weigh in on more discovery disputes, renewed motions to dismiss, class certification challenges and fair use defenses that could shape the course of future AI litigation, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Key Trends Shaping ESG And Sustainability Law In 2026

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    2025 saw a chaotic regulatory landscape and novel litigation around environmental, social and governance issues and sustainability — and 2026, while perhaps more predictable, will likely be no less challenging, with more lawsuits and a regulatory tug-of-war complicating compliance for global companies, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

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    Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • 2025 Calif. Banking Oversight Centered On Consumer Issues

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    The combination of statutory reform, registration mandates and enforcement activity in 2025 signals that California's financial regulatory landscape is focused on consumer protection, particularly in the areas of crypto kiosk fee practices, earned wage access providers and elder fraud, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • The Major Securities Litigation Rulings And Trends Of 2025

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    The past 12 months saw increased regulator focus on disclosures concerning artificial intelligence, signs of growing judicial scrutiny at the class certification stage, and shifting regulatory priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — all major developments that may significantly affect securities litigation strategy in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • A 6th Circ. Snapshot: 3 Cases That Defined 2025

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    With more than a thousand opinions issued this year, three rulings from the Sixth Circuit stood out for the impact they'll have on the practice of civil procedure, including a net neutrality decision, a class certification standards ruling and an opinion about vulgarity in school, say attorneys at Ice Miller.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • Reviewing 2025's Most Pertinent Wiretap Developments

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    2025 was a remarkable year in the world of web tracking wiretapping litigation, not only for the increased caseload but also because of numerous developing theories of liability, with disputes expected to continue unabated in 2026, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

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