Class Action

  • February 06, 2025

    Meta AI Used 'Astonishing' Load Of Pirated Works, Writers Say

    Meta Platforms allegedly downloaded tens of millions of pirated copyrighted works from peer-to-peer networks to train its Llama artificial intelligence product, and its employees repeatedly discussed this "illegal" strategy with lawyers, with one engineer writing, doing so "from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right," according to internal communications unsealed in copyright infringement litigation Wednesday.

  • February 06, 2025

    Block's Dorsey, Others Face Derivative Suit Over AML Woes

    Officers and directors of Square and Cash App parent company Block Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint over alleged anti-money laundering compliance failures weeks after the company reached an $80 million settlement of related claims with state banking regulators.

  • February 06, 2025

    Tom's 'Natural' Kids Toothpaste Has Lead, Arsenic, Dad Says

    Tom's of Maine and its parent company Colgate-Palmolive have "egregiously" failed to disclose that its "Silly Strawberry" children's toothpaste has dangerous levels of lead and arsenic, a New York dad alleged in a proposed false advertising class action filed Thursday in New York federal court.

  • February 06, 2025

    Buyers Want Kratom Cos. Addiction Suit To Go On

    Two California kratom manufacturers shouldn't be allowed to escape a lawsuit claiming they failed to warn about the "highly addictive" nature of their products, a proposed class of consumers argued, pointing to a podcast where a company executive suggested their products were more potent than morphine.

  • February 06, 2025

    TikTok Moderators Alleging Harm Face Uphill Cert. Battle

    A California federal judge suggested on Thursday there might be too many individualized issues to certify a class of thousands of current and former TikTok content moderators in a suit alleging the social media platform is responsible for mental health issues the workers developed after being exposed to graphic content.

  • February 06, 2025

    Judge Questions Firm's Candor In Apple, Amazon Docs Row

    A Washington federal judge said on Thursday there was "troubling shifting" around Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's explanation of texts and emails with a client who disappeared from a proposed class action targeting Amazon and Apple, while also saying it might not matter because the firm found substitute plaintiffs.

  • February 06, 2025

    Travelers' $6M Data Breach Settlement Nabs Final OK

    A New York federal judge gave a final stamp of approval to a $6 million deal ending a proposed class action alleging Travelers failed to protect people's personally identifiable information prior to a 2021 data breach.

  • February 06, 2025

    Earthlink Investors' Attys Score $28M In Merger Suit

    The attorneys who helped Earthlink investors score an $85 million settlement with the company after they said they were tricked into approving a $1.1 billion merger with a failing telecommunications company will be walking away with almost $28 million for their trouble.

  • February 06, 2025

    Sam Altman Calls Musk's Claim Of Ban On Rivals 'False'

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the key claim made in a preliminary injunction request from Elon Musk in their ongoing investment spat is false, saying in a new declaration that he never told OpenAI investors that they wouldn't be able to invest in the company if they also invested in Musk's xAI.

  • February 06, 2025

    CooperSurgical Hit With IVF Embryo Loss Class Claims

    A proposed class has sued CooperSurgical Inc. over embryos lost to its defective culture medium for in vitro fertilization, in the latest complaint in a series of individual lawsuits brought against the company after its 2023 recall of the product.

  • February 06, 2025

    No Imminent Plans To Publish Jan. 6 FBI Agents List, DOJ Says

    FBI agents were unable to strike a deal Thursday that would block the federal government from releasing a list of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, but the U.S. Department of Justice told a judge it does not immediately intend to make that information public.

  • February 06, 2025

    Abbott Tells Judge To Keep Formula Cases In Federal Court

    Abbott Laboratories urged an Illinois federal judge on Thursday to keep six previously remanded lawsuits over allegedly harmful preterm baby formula in federal court after local hospitals' dismissal prompted their second removal, arguing the hospitals were only in the suits to avoid federal jurisdiction.

  • February 06, 2025

    UFC Fighters Get Final Approval For $375M Settlement

    A Nevada federal judge granted final approval Thursday to a $375 million settlement in a more than a decade-long class action in which fighters accused UFC of suppressing their wages, according to a lead attorney on the case.

  • February 06, 2025

    Papa John's Franchisee Fails To Pay All Wages, Worker Says

    A Papa John's franchise owner failed to properly pay workers minimum wage and overtime pay and did not provide workers with meal and rest periods, according to a lawsuit filed in California state court.

  • February 06, 2025

    Allstate Collected, Sold Driver Data, Suit Alleges

    Allstate unlawfully collected the driving data of at least 45 million policyholders through software integrated in third-party mobile apps, using information about their driving behavior as a basis for denying coverage, hiking up auto insurance premiums, or dropping them from coverage altogether, according to a proposed class action filed in Illinois federal court Wednesday.

  • February 06, 2025

    GSK's Zantac Woes Gave Investors Heartburn, Suit Says

    The maker of heartburn and acid reflux relief tablet Zantac has been hit with a shareholder suit in Pennsylvania federal court alleging that the company suffered stock price losses after it was revealed that for nearly 40 years the company knew that Zantac contained high levels of a cancer-causing compound.

  • February 06, 2025

    Girardi's Mental Evaluation At NC Prison Extended By 15 Days

    A California federal judge Thursday ordered Tom Girardi's psychiatric evaluation at a North Carolina federal prison to be extended by 15 days, and she also lectured Girardi's public defender while saying she "could not have imagined" why it took 17 days to get his client's medical records sent to the facility.

  • February 06, 2025

    HP Defeats Ex-Worker's Suit Over 401(k) Forfeitures

    A California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action claiming HP Inc. should have used forfeited funds in its 401(k) plan to pay down administrative fees instead of its own contributions, stating the former worker behind the case hasn't shown the tech company did anything wrong.

  • February 06, 2025

    Inspection Workers Get Collective Status In Wage Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday signed off on a collective of inspectors accusing an inspection services firm of shorting them on wages, saying the employees showed in their suit that they were all subject to the same pay policy and thus sufficiently similar.

  • February 06, 2025

    Mobility Scooter Co. Gets Nod For $2.1M Deal In ESOP Fight

    A Pennsylvania federal judge gave initial approval to a $2.1 million deal Thursday that would resolve a class action claiming a mobility scooter company invested funds from its employee stock ownership plan into dismally performing Treasury bills and cash equivalents.

  • February 06, 2025

    Wash. Judge Latest To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Edict

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday became the latest judge to block President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship amid a legal challenge by four states, keeping enforcement on hold and calling out the president for trying to amend the U.S. Constitution "under the guise of an executive order."

  • February 06, 2025

    Steel Co., Ex-Worker To Settle 401(k) Mismanagement Suit

    A steel manufacturer agreed to settle a proposed class action claiming it loaded its 401(k) plan with unreasonable fees and risky investment options, the worker leading the suit told a Florida federal court.

  • February 05, 2025

    Publishers, Authors Slam Idaho Restriction Of 'Harmful' Books

    Some of the biggest book publishers, including Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, have joined forces with authors, parents, a rural library and others to challenge an Idaho law requiring public schools and libraries to restrict access to books that some in the community have deemed "harmful to minors."

  • February 05, 2025

    Blue Ridge Bankshares, Investors Reach $2.5M Deal

    Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. and a proposed class of investors have reached a $2.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the multi-state bank holding company engaged in improper loan accounting practices.

  • February 05, 2025

    Catholic Investors Bring Smith & Wesson Suit To Fed. Court

    A group of Catholic sisters has refiled in federal court their suit accusing Smith & Wesson's directors and senior executives of placing their own "greed" and "political concerns" above the interests of the company and its stockholders by ignoring the liabilities of marketing AR-15 rifles that are used to perpetrate mass shootings.

Expert Analysis

  • Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling

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    Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.

  • Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape

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    Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.

  • 5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024

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    B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.

  • Justices Could Stitch Up ERISA Circuit Split With Cornell Case

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    In Cunningham v. Cornell, scheduled for oral arguments next week, the U.S. Supreme Court has the opportunity to provide uniform pleading standards for Section 1106(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the lack of which has vexed circuit courts and benefits counsel for years, says Scott Tippett at Offit Kurman.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • 6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025

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    This year is likely to bring with it some thorny and expensive cyber challenges, including increased ransomware activity, more data breach class actions and continued efforts to define business interruption loss calculations, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok

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    Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.

  • 5 Privacy Law Trends That Will Continue In 2025

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    While preparing privacy programs for the year, companies should keep in mind several developments from 2024 that will carry over — namely, in the realm of artificial intelligence, passive data collection, combining data from multiple sources, privacy program expectations and managing vendors, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • When Judging Product Label Claims, Follow The Asterisk

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    A recurring question in false advertising class actions is whether misleading or ambiguous statements on a product's front label can be cured by information on the back label — but recent decisions from the Ninth Circuit suggest that a front-label asterisk can help alert consumers to seek further clarification, say attorneys at Hunton.

  • 2 Cases May Enlighten UK Funds' Securities Litigation Path

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    Following recent nine-figure settlements in securities class actions against Apple and Under Armour, U.K. pension funds may increasingly lead U.S. shareholder derivative suits, advocating for transparency, better risk management and stronger governance practices, say lawyers at Labaton Keller.

  • Series

    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

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