Class Action

  • July 24, 2025

    Commission Inflation Suit Spurs COVID Tolling Query In Conn.

    A Connecticut judge on Thursday questioned a real estate firm's argument that two antitrust suit plaintiffs misused a COVID-era executive order to enter the case after the statute of limitations would have expired, indicating she was concerned about the broad impact her ruling might have if she found the pandemic-era tolling unconstitutional.

  • July 24, 2025

    JBS S.A. Sued In Del. Over Pilgrim's Pride Control Moves

    Pension fund stockholders of poultry industry giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp. have sued Brazil-based meat giant JBS S.A., its affiliates and its Pilgrim's board appointees in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging actions that unfairly increased JBS' clout and access to dividends and tax benefits at minority shareholder expense.

  • July 24, 2025

    Boeing Hit With Disability Bias Suit Over Bonus Exclusion

    Boeing employees on long-term disability leave missed out on a $12,000 bonus distributed after workers ratified a union contract in September, a new proposed class action alleges, claiming that limits on who qualified for the bonus violated Washington state discrimination law.

  • July 24, 2025

    Luminar CEO's Resignation Sparks Investor Suit

    Laser sensor company Luminar Technologies Inc., its ex-CEO and chief financial officer were hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging that they failed to inform investors that its highest officer was engaging in conduct that made him subject to an inquiry by an audit committee, leading to his resignation in May.

  • July 24, 2025

    Sun Pharma Settles Consumer Price Fixing Case For $200M

    Sun Pharmaceuticals has agreed to a $200 million settlement with a class of consumers who claim that the company joined other generics makers in fixing drug prices.

  • July 24, 2025

    Bellwether Plaintiffs Want Redo Of GE Pollution Trial

    The plaintiffs in a bellwether pollution suit against General Electric Co. and a former subsidiary are asking for a new trial, arguing the jury should not have been able to find in the subsidiary's favor after it had admitted to responsibility in prior court filings.

  • July 24, 2025

    Intel Secures Final Toss Of Investor Suit Over Chip Struggles

    A California federal judge has permanently tossed a twice-amended complaint from Intel Corp. investors that alleged the company concealed struggles with expanding its domestic computer chip manufacturing, saying the investors failed to properly plead that any of the suit's challenged statements were false or misleading.

  • July 24, 2025

    Magistrate Says DR Horton Refused To Hear Accessibility Ask

    A magistrate judge in Texas federal court endorsed claims that homebuilder D.R. Horton refused to consider adding accessibility features to single-family houses under construction, while finding another claim brought by three plaintiffs and a fair housing group is reserved only for multifamily properties.

  • July 24, 2025

    Conn. Water Cos. Want Judge To Toss Customer PFAS Cases

    The Connecticut Water Co. and Aquarion Water Co. on Thursday asked a Connecticut Superior Court judge to dismiss two consumer proposed class actions seeking cash damages for tap water allegedly contaminated with PFAS "forever chemicals," arguing the case should have been first considered by a state regulatory agency.

  • July 24, 2025

    Chancery OKs $12.75M Settlement In MoneyLion SPAC Suit

    Saying parts of the deal "reflect a poster-child scenario for the problems and malincentives associated with the de-SPAC form," a Delaware vice chancellor on Thursday approved a $12.75 million settlement in a stockholder suit challenging a take-public deal for digital finance platform MoneyLion.

  • July 24, 2025

    Swimmers Cut Deal In Antitrust Case Against Governing Body

    Professional swimmers have reached a settlement ending their claims accusing the sport's international governing body of organizing a group boycott against an upstart league, while the league's antitrust claims against the governing body remain set for a January trial.

  • July 24, 2025

    Ex-UMich Coach Must Answer Hacking Claims By Sept. 2

    A former University of Michigan football coach told a federal judge Thursday that he wasn't trying to delay civil cases alleging he hacked thousands of female student-athletes' personal information, as the judge rejected his request to give him more time than other defendants to respond to the allegations.

  • July 24, 2025

    Naval Engineers In No-Poach Suit Hint At New Named Plaintiff

    A proposed class of naval engineers suing the nation's major military shipbuilders and contractors over an alleged no-poach wage-fixing scheme may have a new named plaintiff to bring to the case.

  • July 24, 2025

    Judge Says UiPath Investors Disappointed, Not Deceived

    Automation software firm UiPath Inc. has, for now, defeated a consolidated investor suit accusing it of falsely touting the success of a new development strategy, after a federal judge said that security laws do not shield against bad outcomes and investors did not plausibly allege material misstatements or fraudulent intent.

  • July 24, 2025

    Seyfarth Shaw Employment Atty Jumps To Akerman In LA

    Akerman LLP is boosting its employment team, bringing in a Seyfarth Shaw LLP class action litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • July 23, 2025

    9th Circ. Upholds Birthright Citizenship EO Injunction

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship in a legal challenge by four states, ruling in a published opinion that Trump's order contradicts the "plain language" of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause.

  • July 23, 2025

    NJ Fed. Judge Pulls Opinion Flagged With Nonexistent Quotes

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday withdrew his decision declining to dismiss a securities class action against CorMedix Inc. after an attorney for the biopharmaceutical firm pointed out the opinion contained "a series of errors," including nonexistent quotes and misstated decisions.

  • July 23, 2025

    Navy Federal Inks $1.7M Deal Over Rejected Fraud Claims

    Customers of Navy Federal Credit Union have asked a California judge to give an initial nod to a proposed $1.7 million deal ending class action claims the credit union "mechanically" rejected fraud claims after they saw accounts drained of funds by unauthorized users.

  • July 23, 2025

    Apple Beats Consumer Suit Over ICloud Storage At 9th Circ.

    A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Wednesday the dismissal of a proposed class action claiming Apple misled consumers about how much iCloud storage they were getting, finding that no reasonable person would expect the 200GB plan she bought would stack on top of Apple's free 5GB and that Apple's conduct wasn't deceptive.

  • July 23, 2025

    Meta Grabs Menstrual App Users' Data For Ads, Jury Told

    Meta collected sensitive medical information using the Flo Health menstrual cycle app and used that information to sell targeted ads, a computer security expert told a California jury Wednesday in a multibillion-dollar privacy class action brought on behalf of 13 million women.

  • July 23, 2025

    Meme Coin Buyers Say Pump.Fun Offered 'Illegal Gambling'

    Users of the meme coin launchpad Pump.Fun accused the company of operating an illegal digital casino in an updated complaint that added racketeering allegations to their earlier proposed securities class action and named developers of the project's underlying blockchain as defendants.

  • July 23, 2025

    Anthropic Judge Says Authors Can Seek OpenAI Docs In NY

    A California federal judge on Wednesday told a certified class of authors claiming Anthropic stole their work to train its AI technology that they have his blessing to ask a New York court overseeing copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft to produce documents and deposition testimony related to the California case.

  • July 23, 2025

    Stitch Fix Execs Hid Losses And Sold $102M In Stock, Suit Says

    Stitch Fix's top brass have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit accusing them of selling more than $102 million worth of company stock on insider information, as the company's new purchasing option was undercutting and cannibalizing its core curated box subscription.

  • July 23, 2025

    Medical Device Co. Faces Investor Suit Over Sales Decline

    Eye surgery equipment manufacturer RxSight Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of concealing "adoption challenges" and declining sales of its products, which led to a nearly 38% hit to shares when it finally disclosed the shortcomings.

  • July 23, 2025

    MicroStrategy Sued In Del. After No-Vote Stock Expansion

    A stockholder of cryptocurrency venture MicroStrategy Inc. has launched a proposed class suit in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing the company and its chairman and former CEO, Michael Saylor, of amending — without a stockholder vote — liquidation preference rules for some preferred company stock. 

Expert Analysis

  • Addressing Antitrust Scrutiny Over AI-Powered Pricing Tools

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    Amid multiple recent civil complaints alleging antitrust violations by providers and users of algorithmic pricing tools, such as RealPage and Yardi, digital-era measures should feature prominently in corporate compliance programs, including documentation of pro-competitive benefits and when to use disclosures, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Lessons From Pa. Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal

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    A recent wiretapping class action in Pennsylvania federal court resulting in the dispositive dismissal of the action provides key insights on how online notice and consent can be leveraged to directly address and mitigate legal risks and class action liability exposure, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

  • Series

    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.

  • Influencer Campaign Lawsuits Signal New Endorsement Risks

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    Recent class actions allege that companies' influencer campaigns violate the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and various state laws, but it's not clear whether the failure to comply can sustain these lawsuits, or whether the plaintiffs' creative theory of damages will hold up to scrutiny, says Gonzalo Mon at Kelley Drye.

  • Calif. Antitrust Laws May Turn More Zealous Than US Regs

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    California is poised in the next 18 months to significantly expand its antitrust laws, broadening the scope of liability and creating a premerger review process that could be more expansive than review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, say attorneys at Munger Tolles.

  • Digesting A 2nd Circ. Ruling On Food Delivery App Arbitration

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    The Second Circuit recently rejected Grubhub's attempt to arbitrate price-fixing claims, while allowing Uber Eats to do so, reinforcing that even broad arbitration clauses must connect to the underlying dispute and suggesting that terms of service litigation may center on websites' design and content, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • How Cos. Can Mitigate Increasing Microplastics Liability Risk

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    Amid rising scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe of microplastics' impact on health and the growing threat of litigation against consumer product and food and beverage manufacturers, companies can limit liability through compliance with labeling laws, careful contract management and other practices, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.

  • Meta Case Brings Customer-Facing Statements Issue To Fore

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    Now that Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank has returned to California federal court after the U.S. Supreme Court in November found it improvidently granted certiorari, it will be worth watching whether customer-facing communications, such as Facebook's privacy policies, are found to be made in connection with the sale of a security, says Samuel Groner at Fried Frank.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

  • Series

    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Opinion

    Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

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    Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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