Social Media Jurors Say They Are Deadlocked On A Defendant

By Craig Clough

A California jury considering claims Meta and Google harm children's mental health through their social media platforms reported Monday that it is deadlocked as to one of the defendants, but it wasn't clear if the jury is stuck on the question of liability or on potential punitive damages.

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Teens Are Meta's 'Collateral Damage,' Jury Hears In Closings

By Cara Salvatore

New Mexico on Monday closed out its trial against Meta over allegedly undisclosed mental health harms, telling a jury the social media giant openly committed to "move fast and break things" but hid that minors "are the collateral damage, what's broken when Meta moved fast."

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Social Media Atty Sanctioned For 'Most Shameful Moment'

By Craig Clough

A California judge on Monday sanctioned an attorney for the plaintiff in a bellwether trial alleging Meta Platforms and Google's social media platforms harm children's mental health, fining him $1,100 and keeping him off the plaintiffs' steering committee for violating court rules by twice filming inside the courthouse.

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Google Defeats News Publishers' Antitrust Suit Over AI Tools

By Dorothy Atkins

A D.C. federal judge tossed Friday an antitrust suit by digital newspaper owners accusing Google of effectively operating as a monopoly through its generative artificial intelligence search features and other practices, finding that the publishers lack standing and haven't plausibly alleged Google has monopoly power in the online news market.

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Fiat Chrysler Agrees To Pay $3.8M In OT Math Case

By Irene Spezzamonte

Fiat Chrysler has agreed to pay approximately $3.8 million to about 68,000 workers to settle a suit in Michigan federal court accusing it of not including shift differentials and nondiscretionary bonuses in production employees' pay.

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Colo. Judge Denies Class Cert. In Marriott Trafficking Suit

By Rachel Konieczny

A worker alleging Marriott International Inc. engaged in racketeering and trafficking by abusing the J-1 visa program to secure cheaper labor cannot bring his claims as a class action, a Colorado federal judge ruled Monday.

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Co. Denied Denver Airport Workers Screening Pay, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

An airport services company failed to pay employees at Denver International Airport for off-the-clock tasks, including time spent undergoing mandatory security screenings, according to a proposed class action filed in state court.

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Progressive Escapes Workers' Tobacco, Vaccine Fee Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

Allegations that Progressive Corp. wrongly charged higher health premiums from workers who used tobacco or refused the COVID-19 vaccination failed to state a claim for violating federal benefits law, an Ohio federal judge ruled as he tossed a proposed class action against the insurance giant.

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Emory Healthcare Defeats Black Nurse's Retaliation Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Emory Healthcare has escaped a suit brought by a Black travel nurse alleging she was fired for complaining about receiving less training than white nurses, a Georgia federal judge ruled Monday, finding the nurse failed to show she engaged in protected activity. 

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Concrete-Maker Survives OT Suit With FLSA Exemption

By Irene Spezzamonte

A concrete-maker supported its arguments that drivers who claimed they were misclassified as overtime-exempt fell under a Fair Labor Standards Act exemption, a Texas federal judge said, adopting a magistrate judge's findings.

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Chemical Co. Beats Suit Over Pension Plan's Mortality Data

By Patrick Hoff

Chemical manufacturer Olin Corp. has defeated a proposed class action alleging it shortchanged retirees' pension payments by relying on decades-old mortality data, with a Missouri federal judge saying federal benefits law doesn't dictate the information employers should use to calculate their plans' actuarial estimates.

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J&J Amici Seek Clarity On Goldman Precedent For Class Cert.

By Jarek Rutz

Four groups of amici have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Johnson & Johnson's challenge to a Third Circuit decision allowing a securities class action over its talc products to proceed, warning the ruling could reshape how shareholder suits are litigated nationwide.

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Revance Investors Ink $17M Deal In Take-Private Offer Suit

By Sydney Price

Dermal fillers company Revance Therapeutics Inc. and two of its executives have agreed to a $17 million settlement to end claims the company hurt investors after the value of a take-private tender offer was negotiated down following allegations that Revance had breached a distribution deal with another company.

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Semiconductor Co. Can't End Suit Over Key Witness's Reversal

By Katryna Perera

An investor's securities fraud suit accusing STMicroelectronics of failing to acknowledge pandemic-related declines in demand will proceed after a New York federal judge rejected the semiconductor manufacturer's bids for dismissal and reconsideration.

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Cosmetics Giant Coty Faces Investor Suit Over Fragrance Biz

By Emilie Ruscoe

Beauty giant Coty Inc. faces a proposed investor class action alleging the company misled investors when it said it was poised for growth only to reverse course last month and say its earlier forecast was premature.

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Fertilizer Makers Hit With Proposed Price-Fixing Class Action

By Hailey Konnath

A Missouri farm Monday filed a proposed class action accusing fertilizer companies of conspiring to fix the prices of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium products, adding to growing scrutiny of the fertilizer market.

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Duke Health's $3.7M Pixel Privacy Deal Gets Initial OK

By Abigail Harrison

Hundreds of thousands of Duke University Health System Inc. patients are one step closer to securing a share of a $3.7 million settlement stemming from a health data tracking suit involving Meta's Pixel, after a North Carolina federal court granted preliminary approval of the class action settlement.

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Trinity, Health Gorilla Sued Over Patient Data Breach

By Melanie Dorsey

Trinity Health Corp. and Health Gorilla Inc. were hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court alleging that they failed to protect the sensitive personal information of patients whose data was improperly disclosed through a health information exchange platform.

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Pediatric Data Breach Class Action Can Stay In NC Biz Court

By Hayley Fowler

A consolidated class action alleging a pediatric medical practice failed to protect minor patients' data from hackers can remain in the North Carolina Business Court, a judge ruled in finding the lawsuits were properly designated to the state's specialized superior court for complex business matters.

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Novartis Faces Class Suit Over Patient Health Info Disclosure

By Zak Kostro

Drugmaker Novartis collected patients' personal and health information through pharmaceutical marketing websites and transmitted it to third parties including Google using "surreptitious online tracking tools" without patients' consent, a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court alleges.

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SeaWorld Nixes Bait-And-Switch Service Fee Suit, For Now

By Gina Kim

A Florida federal judge dismissed, for now, a putative class action alleging SeaWorld deceptively tacked on mandatory service fees for park admission ticket purchases, ruling Monday the suit is barred by the voluntary payment doctrine, since the plaintiff acknowledges she knowingly and voluntarily paid the fee.

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Md. Judge Rules Written Consent Not Needed Under TCPA

By Christopher Cole

Echoing a recent Fifth Circuit ruling, a Maryland federal judge has held that written consent to receive telemarketing calls is not required under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, reversing a decision to certify a class of consumers against a dental plan marketer.

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Brief

New Wash. Law Cuts Antispam Penalties Amid Multiple Suits

By Ben Adlin

Statutory penalties for emails sent in violation of Washington state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act, which bars messages with false or misleading subject lines, will fall from $500 per email to $100 under a measure signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson on Monday.

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Timeshare Exit Co.'s Insurer Challenges $630M Class Deal

By Ben Adlin

Insurance provider General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin on Friday challenged client Reed Hein & Associates LLC's $630 million settlement with a class of Reed Hein customers in Washington federal court, saying the figure was crafted by a plaintiffs' expert with no relevant background.

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Justices Won't Review Erie Indemnity Fee Dispute

By Hope Patti

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not review a decision vacating a temporary halt on a Pennsylvania suit challenging Erie Indemnity Co.'s collection of a management fee.

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Health Insurers Can't Force Conn. ERISA Row Into Arbitration

By Gianna Ferrarin

Elevance Inc. can't compel arbitration of a union health plan's allegations the insurer caused it to pay excessive administrative fees and medical costs, a Connecticut federal judge ruled, finding the insurer and its subsidiaries waived that right by seeking to dismiss the proposed class action.

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Stem Cell Clinic Accused Of Deceiving Patients

By Carolina Bolado

An operator of clinics offering stem cell and plasma therapies lures in desperate patients for unproven treatments marketed as guaranteed cures with no-interest payments, according to a proposed class suit filed Monday in Miami.

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Judge Halts Trump Administration's Refugee Detention Policy

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing what the court said is likely an unlawful policy shift mandating detention for refugees who have not applied for legal permanent residency within a year of arrival.

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Arts Groups May Post DOGE Deposition Videos, Court Says

By Lauren Berg

Scholarly groups seeking the reversal of $175 million of Trump administration cuts to grants for writers can repost online videos of depositions they took of former Department of Government Efficiency personnel, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled Monday, saying the depositions centered on "public officials acting in their official capacities."

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured high-stakes disputes involving major consumer brands, a reinstated video game executive, revived noncompete and compensation claims and fresh allegations of corporate misconduct in the healthcare sector.

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3 Policy Lines To Revisit After Justices Nix Emergency Tariffs

The U.S. Supreme Court's invalidation of President Donald Trump's emergency-based tariffs could expose businesses to allegations of misrepresenting tariff effects and raise the prospect of consumer actions seeking refunds — underscoring the need for policyholders to potentially reposition their insurance portfolios, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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Labor & Employment Head Named Next Morgan Lewis Chair

By Tracey Read

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Monday that the global leader of its labor and employment practice was unanimously elected as the firm's next chair to take over for Jami McKeon, who will retire at the end of the year.

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NJ Judges Name US Atty In Apparent End To Leadership Fight

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey federal court on Monday appointed a career federal prosecutor to serve as U.S. attorney for the Garden State in what appears to end a lengthy standoff between district judges and the U.S. Department of Justice over leadership of the office.

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Immigration Judges To Challenge Their Firing At Fed. Circ.

By Britain Eakin

Attorneys for a pair of fired immigration judges said Monday they will ask the Federal Circuit to review a federal panel ruling that stripped them of civil service protections, warning of a dramatic expansion of presidential authority over the civil workforce.

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Day Pitney Fights DQ Over Ex-Justice's Time On Case He Heard

By Aaron Keller

Day Pitney LLP has apologized after former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson, now a firm partner, billed 15.7 hours for reviewing a since-remanded case he heard years ago as a justice, but the firm said the "error" should not disqualify its other lawyers from advancing the litigation. 

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Reed Smith Pushes To Continue Atty Depo In NJ Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

Reed Smith LLP is urging a New Jersey state trial court to allow it to resume its deposition of a former attorney suing it for gender discrimination years after the last deposition date in the wake of an appeals court decision widely expanding the scope of discovery.

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Ramey IP Attys, Client Must Pay $107K Fees In Bad-Faith Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A San Francisco federal judge has ordered three sanctioned attorneys, including Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III, together with their client, to cover $107,389 in attorney fees stemming from three identical patent suits the lawyers launched and withdrew in 2024, also ordering Ramey to show cause why he should not face further sanctions.

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Roundup

Injury Law Roundup: Meta Atty Uses Jane Doe Plaintiff's Name

By Y. Peter Kang

A Meta attorney's gaffe and Mark Zuckerberg's testimony in the closely watched social media addiction bellwether trial, and an announced $7.25 billion settlement by Bayer over Roundup weedkiller claims, lead Law360's Injury Law Roundup.

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