MVP: Labaton Keller's Michael P. Canty

By Daniela Porat

Michael P. Canty, co-leader of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP's consumer protection and data privacy litigation team and leader of one of the securities litigation teams, successfully challenged Meta, Google and Flo Health over how the companies handled users' sensitive health data, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Class Action MVPs.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

Is the False Claims Act constitutional? Will Mark Zuckerberg be deposed in high-profile privacy litigation? Did a major drugmaker's shenanigans cost investors nearly $7 billion? That's a small sample of the intriguing legal questions we're exploring in this preview of December's top appellate action.

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Judge Nixes Hagens Berman's Recusal Bid After DOJ Referral

By Emma Cueto

Two days after referring powerhouse plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman to the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged misconduct, a Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday dismissed the firm's request that he recuse himself from the long-running product liability suit, calling the firm's arguments "absurd."

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Authors' Attys Seek $300M In Fees After $1.5B Anthropic Deal

By Elliot Weld

The attorneys who represented a group of authors that secured a $1.5 billion settlement with artificial intelligence business Anthropic after claiming the company infringed copyrights by training its models with pirated books have asked the court for $300 million in fees.

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Snap Investors' $65M Deal OK'd, But Attys Face 'Cheap' Judge

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge said Thursday he will grant preliminary approval of a $65 million deal to resolve a proposed securities class action against Snapchat, but warned the plaintiffs' side they will "have to see" about the request for 30% of the settlement in attorney fees because he is "notoriously cheap."

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Credit Bureaus Can't Duck Suit Over Excluded Medical Debt

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal judge has found that Equifax, Experian and TransUnion must face key parts of a rejiggered proposed antitrust class action from medical practices and collection agencies targeting the credit reporting agencies' decision to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports.

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Former Live Nation Workers See 401(k) Fee Suit Tossed

By Kellie Mejdrich

A California federal judge tossed a suit from two Live Nation ex-workers alleging excessive fees in their employee 401(k) plan, following the Ninth Circuit in August saying the workers hadn't specifically appealed the lower court's holding that the ticket sales company could enforce a class action waiver.

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11th Circ. Won't Rehear NCR Corp. Compensation Fight

By Carolina Bolado

The Eleventh Circuit denied on Wednesday software company NCR Corp.'s request to rehear a case in which the court ruled that the company cannot issue lump-sum payments to deferred compensation plan participants as alternatives to promised life annuities.

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Workers Snag Partial Collective In Management Co. OT Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

Three workers can proceed as a limited collective in their suit accusing a land management company of cheating them out of overtime pay, a Maryland federal judge ruled, saying that they failed to support their claims on a nationwide basis.

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Starbucks Hit With Another Suit Over Uniform Reimbursement

By Gina Kim

Starbucks employees sued the coffee giant in California federal court Thursday accusing it of refusing to reimburse them for hundreds of dollars they spent to buy apparel that comply with the company's new uniform requirements and for using their personal mobile devices for work-related matters.

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Sunday Ticket Subscribers Claim NFL Added Late Arguments

By David Steele

The National Football League improperly introduced new arguments into their defense of the decision to dismiss the $4.7 billion verdict in their favor in the Sunday Ticket antitrust trial last year, a group of subscribers told the Ninth Circuit.

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Brief

$1M AAA Club Settlement Gets Final Nod In COBRA Suit

By Grace Elletson

A Michigan federal judge granted final approval Thursday to a $1 million settlement an American Automobile Association club brokered with a class of workers to resolve their suit claiming they weren't notified on time that they could extend their health insurance after their benefits ended.

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Temple Cancer Center Can't Escape Worker's OT Math Suit

By Irene Spezzamonte

A higher multiplier for overtime calculations for an orderly who earned both hourly pay and a flat bonus is necessary to meet the public policy requirements of Pennsylvania's minimum wage law, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting a dismissal bid from the Temple University Health System's cancer center.

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Del. Justices Nix Challenge To $1.1B Smart & Final Sale

By Jeff Montgomery

A three-justice Delaware Supreme Court panel has rejected with little comment a bid to revive a stockholder suit alleging disclosure failures and conflicted moves ahead of the $1.1 billion April 2019 sale of Smart & Final Stores Inc. to interests of Apollo Global Management.

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Brief

TaskUs' $17.5M Investor Settlement, Atty Fees Get Final OK

By Sydney Price

Final approval has been granted to the $17.5 million deal settling claims between outsourced digital customer service company TaskUs and its investors who allege that the company improperly influenced its ratings on the employer review website Glassdoor, according to an order on Thursday.

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Starbucks Wants 2nd Shot To Nix Investors' 'Triple Shot' Suit

By Ben Adlin

Starbucks is asking a Seattle federal judge to reconsider a ruling last month that flushed all but four claims in a proposed securities class action against the coffee giant, aiming to dismiss entirely the shareholder suit accusing company executives of lying about a struggling "reinvention" campaign.

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Medical Device Co. Faces Investor Suit Over IV Pump Issues

By Sydney Price

Medical device company Baxter International Inc. has been hit with a proposed investor class action accusing it of falsely claiming that it resolved issues associated with an IV pump before recalling the product this year.

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Blue Owl Capital Faces Investor Suit Over Redemption Woes

By Emilie Ruscoe

Alternative investment manager Blue Owl Capital Inc. faces a proposed investor class action alleging that it concealed financial stress related to shareholder redemptions, hurting investors when it disclosed a quarterly earnings miss and announced a merger that could have halted certain private fund redemptions.

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Banks Ask Justices To Review Class Cert. In $12B VRDO Suit

By Katryna Perera

A group of major banks has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit decision upholding class certification in a $12 billion municipal-bond antitrust lawsuit, arguing the district court erred in not resolving an expert witness evidence dispute before granting certification.

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Live Nation Customers Appear Poised For Antitrust Class Cert.

By Craig Clough

Consumers accusing Live Nation of monopolizing the live entertainment industry were in a good position Thursday for class certification after a California federal judge issued a tentative ruling that would approve the request and appeared skeptical of the entertainment giant's arguments at a hearing.

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NAR Says Realtor Rule Changes Not Relevant To Antitrust Suit

By Grace Dixon

The National Association of Realtors and local Realtor groups at the center of a proposed class action have urged a Michigan federal court not to allow real estate brokers and agents to bring recent NAR handbook changes before the court in their antitrust suit.

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Class Cert. Denied In Splenda False Ad Suit

By Emily Field

A California federal judge on Wednesday declined to certify a class of consumers who claim that Splenda falsely advertised that its sweetener packets were "suitable for people with diabetes," partly because the lead plaintiff is prediabetic.

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Calif. Judge Tosses Baby Food Experts In Heavy Metals Suits

By Emily Field

A California state judge Wednesday tossed experts in a suit alleging that the presence of heavy metals in Hain Celestial baby foods caused a child's brain damage, finding that a toxicologist couldn't single out exposure from different companies.

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Vivimed To Pay $1.9M To End Losartan Economic Loss Claims

By George Woolston

Vivimed has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle economic loss claims from a class of consumers and insurers related to its losartan product in sprawling multidistrict litigation over contaminated blood pressure medication, according to a Wednesday filing.

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Data Co. Seeks To Consolidate NJ Judicial Privacy Law Cases

By Jake Maher

The data privacy firm Atlas Data Privacy has asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to consolidate over 100 ongoing cases where it is suing data brokers under the state judicial privacy statute Daniel's Law into a single multicounty litigation, according to a notice to the bar filed this week.

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9th Circ. Won't Revive Google Maps Antitrust Suit

By Bryan Koenig

A Ninth Circuit panel gave short shrift Thursday to app-makers trying to revive a proposed antitrust class action accusing Google of locking out rival maps products, rejecting the appeal because Google doesn't actually bar "the use or display of non-Google maps content to a Google Map."

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Brief

Mortgage Insurer Inks $650K Deal To End ERISA Suit

By Grace Elletson

A mortgage insurance company has agreed to pay $650,000 to close a worker's proposed class action filed in North Carolina federal court claiming its mismanagement of an employee retirement profit sharing plan caused a $1.3 million loss.

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Crypto Investors Fight To Revive Ripple Suit At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

A certified class of investors urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive allegations Ripple Labs violated securities laws through unregistered sales of digital-token XRP, arguing the lower court misapplied the Ninth Circuit's SEC v. Murphy precedent in granting Ripple summary judgment under a three-year statute of repose.

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Allstate, Homeowners' $4M Deal OK'd In Overcharge Dispute

By Hope Patti

A California federal court gave final approval to a deal requiring Allstate to pay $4 million to end claims that it overcharged home insurance policy owners by inflating the square footage of their homes.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: December Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses recent rulings and identifies practice tips from cases involving securities, takings, automobile insurance, and wage and hour claims.

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Series

Preaching Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Becoming a Gospel preacher has enhanced my success as a trial lawyer by teaching me the importance of credibility, relatability, persuasiveness and thorough preparation for my congregants, the same skills needed with judges and juries in the courtroom, says Reginald Harris at Stinson.

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Bonus Spotlight

Cahill Gordon Offers Associates 'Super Bonus' Of Up To $200K

By Anna Sanders

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP won't just match BigLaw's prevailing scale for year-end bonuses — the firm will also reportedly offer outsized special bonuses, or super bonuses, up to $200,000 for high-performing associates.

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Analysis

Appeal Of US Atty Invalidations May Be 'Devastating' To DOJ

By Phillip Bantz

As the list of interim and acting U.S. attorneys found to be unlawfully appointed under President Donald Trump grows, so too does the pressure on his administration to make the next move, which could force a risky strategic decision on whether to push the issue up to the U.S. Supreme Court, experts said.

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Senate Impeachment Hearing On Judges Likely In January

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate hearing on impeachment of "rogue" judges is likely going to be rescheduled for January, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who will be chairing the hearing, told Law360 on Thursday.  

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SDNY Judge Unsure Of Jurisdiction In Maurene Comey Suit

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday he may not have jurisdiction over former prosecutor Maurene Comey's suit claiming President Donald Trump's rivalry with her father, former FBI Director James Comey, led to her firing.

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NY AG Applauds Reports Grand Jury Declined To Reindict

By Lauren Berg

New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday hailed reports that a Norfolk, Virginia, federal grand jury had declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, refusing to revive a case that President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against his "guilty as hell" political opponent.

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NY Law Firm Files Ch. 11 After Hostile Takeover Allegations

By Ben Zigterman

A New York law firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief a week after its creditors filed involuntary Chapter 7 liquidation petitions and more than a month after the firm's founder accused the creditors of a hostile takeover of his firm.

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Google Fights Unlockd's Judge Recusal Bid In Antitrust Case

By Christine DeRosa

Google is opposing a move by Unlockd Media seeking the recusal of U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. in an antitrust lawsuit in California federal court, arguing that the judge's close relationship with Google's vice president for litigation and discovery doesn't require him to step away from the case.

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Brief

Senate Confirms 4th NC Federal Judge This Week

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday confirmed its fourth federal judge this week for North Carolina.

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Fla. Judge Admits To Ethics Breach Over Bogus Recording

By Madison Arnold

A Florida state judge has admitted to an unintentional violation of the state's judicial ethics code over her publicly sharing a fabricated recording of a chief judge disparaging another judge during her 2024 election campaign.

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SEC Investor Panel Presses For Corporate AI Disclosures

By Jessica Corso

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission working group is urging the agency to adopt regulations that could standardize the way publicly traded companies report the way they use artificial intelligence, arguing Thursday that investors are not always being kept informed about the risks of the technology.

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